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The Way to My Home

In this topic you will describe the way from school to your home. You will name landmarks you pass.

By the end of these notes you should be able to:

  • Describe the way from school to your home
  • Name landmarks on the way
  • Know how to stay safe on the road

What you already know

  • Left and right

Copy everything that has a blue line on its left into your notebook. The other parts are for reading.

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All about us
Sub-strand
Home and School
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B1.1.4.1.1 – Describe and show direction to their home

Introduction

Esi walks home from school. She passes the market, turns left at the big tree and sees her blue house. She can describe the way to her home.

1. Landmarks

Landmark: A place or thing that helps you know where you are.

Examples of landmarks

  • a big tree
  • a church or mosque
  • a market
  • a filling station
  • a clinic

2. Describing the Way Home

Esi's way home

  1. Walk out of the school gate.
  2. Walk straight on to the market.
  3. Turn left at the big mango tree.
  4. My house is the blue one on the right.
A map showing a path from school to a blue house past a market and a mango tree
Figure 1: Esi's way home Draw your way home with two landmarks.Illustration: Sirbus

3. Staying Safe on the Way

  • Walk on the side of the road.
  • Look left and right before crossing.
  • Do not follow strangers.
  • Go straight home.

Safety: Know your parents' names, your house number and a phone number.

New words

landmark
A place that helps you know where you are.
route
The way from one place to another.
cross
To go from one side of a road to the other.
stranger
A person you do not know.

Summary

  • Landmarks help us describe the way home.
  • We use left, right and straight on.
  • We look left and right before crossing the road.

Class activity: My Way Home

  1. Draw the way from school to your home.
  2. Mark two landmarks.
  3. Tell a friend how to get to your home.

You need: Sketch map of the local community, Locally made direction cards, Chalkboard, Chalk

Exercises

Answer in your exercise book first, then check your answers.

  1. 1. Which is a landmark?

    • A. A big tree
    • B. Your shoe
    • C. A pencil
    • D. A cup
    Show answer
    Answer: A big treeIt helps you know where you are.

  2. 2. What should you do before crossing a road?

    • A. Run fast
    • B. Look left and right
    • C. Close your eyes
    • D. Play
    Show answer
    Answer: Look left and rightThis keeps you safe.

  3. 3. We should not follow strangers.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: TrueStrangers may harm us.

  4. 4. It is safe to walk in the middle of the road.

    • A. True
    • B. False
    Show answer
    Answer: FalseWalk on the side of the road.

  5. 5. A place that helps you know where you are is a ______.

    Show answer
    Answer: landmarkThat is the meaning of landmark.

  6. 6. Name two landmarks near your home.

    Show answer
    Answer: Answers will differ, e.g. a market, a church.Landmarks are places people know.

Homework

  1. Ask your parents your house number and a phone number. Learn them.