NCERT Class 4 English Santoor Chapter 04 One Thing at a Time PDF Download

Unit 2: My Beautiful World

Chapter 4: One Thing at a Time

Let us Recite

Work while you work,
Play while you play;
To be useful and happy,
That is the way.

All that you do,
Do with all your might;
Things done by halves,
Are never done right.

One thing at a time,
And that done well;
Is a very good rule,
As many can tell.

Moments should never,
Be trifled away;
So, work while you work,
And play while you play.

Teacher's Note

Read the poem aloud and clap once on each beat, like "WORK while you WORK, PLAY while you PLAY". Keeping a steady beat helps you learn a poem by heart. Try saying one stanza at a time until you can recite it without looking.

Let us Think

A. Answer the following.

1. Why is it important to focus on doing one thing at a time?
2. Make a list of words that rhyme in the poem 'One thing at a time'.
3. How do you feel after finishing a task that you have done well?
4. What are some of the things you do every day that help you stay calm and focused?

B. Think and discuss.

What do you like doing in your free time?

Let us Learn

A. Match the words with their meanings.

Now use the words and frame meaningful sentences.

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Note to the Teacher

Focus helps us completing tasks faster and better. It improves learning, reduces mistakes and increases efficiency. To enhance focus, you can tell children to incorporate simple yoga asanas like: Pranayama, Tree Pose, etc.

Teacher's Note

When you use a new word in a sentence, first say what the word means in your own words. Then think of a real moment from your day where the word fits, and build your sentence around it.

Let us Speak

Describe what everyone is doing in the picture.

[Figure: A colourful folk-art painting of people working and playing in a village, See in your textbook]

Key Points

• The poem "One Thing at a Time" has four stanzas and begins and ends with the lines "work while you work" and "play while you play".
• The poem says that things done by halves are never done right, and that doing one thing at a time, and doing it well, is a very good rule.
• The poem says moments should never be trifled away.

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