SETH ANANDRAM JAIPURIA SCHOOL VASUNDHARA, GHAZIABAD SESSION: HOLIDAY HOMEWORK CLASS: V

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1 Dear Children, SETH ANANDRAM JAIPURIA SCHOOL VASUNDHARA, GHAZIABAD SESSION: HOLIDAY HOMEWORK CLASS: V The much awaited and joyous summer vacations have arrived- the time of splash pools and juicy mangoes, the time to relax and enjoy without having to worry about school and exams. Summer vacations are the best part of the childhood. The purpose of the summer vacations is multifold. They are an opportunity of exploring the innate talents, scaling new heights and touching new horizons of personality enhancement through various activities. They are a time to catch up with grandma s and grandpa s tales and to make the memories for a life time with cousins. For parents, it is time to be together with your child and have a wonderful time with your family. Here are some tips for parents to make the most of the time you will spend with your child during the summer break. Promote reading at home: Stimulate your child to read by demonstrating that reading is an enjoyable activity. A family reading time can be designated and discussion can be done on what each family member is reading. Collection of reading material can be put together and should be easily accessible. Building Vocabulary: Engage your child in conversations every day. If possible, include new and interesting words in your conversation. Read to your child each day. When the book contains a new or interesting word, pause and define the word for your child. You can look up the dictionary together for the exact meaning of the word and in this way

2 inculcates a good reading habit. After you're done reading, engage your child in a conversation about the book. An activity box: Sit with your children and chart out their dream time table for the vacations. Make chits of different suggested activities and put them in a box. Every morning, pick up a chit and that s the activity for the day. Bookmark this! : Let your child create a scrapbook on one of his interests cricket, football, the environment etc. Encourage him to cut out newspaper articles, photos and other features related to his topic of interest and paste them in his book. Shopping: There are ways of turning this regular outing into an opportunity for interaction, conversation, and fun! There is a lot to see and do at a store. Making a list with your child is an excellent way to introduce your child to the vocabulary related to shopping as well as to the printed material. Both will encourage your child s early literacy skills. Go Play! : Have an active vacation. It's a chance to do things your family already enjoys and maybe try something new. Go cycling, play badminton, cricket, yoga and swimming. Eat healthy and fresh food to stay fit and robust.

3 Education is not the filling of a pail but the lighting of a fire. Yes!!! You guessed it right. The theme of your holiday homework is based on the divine element FIRE. So, ignite your minds with the activities planned for you and exhibit the most everlasting genius of yours. ENGLISH (TO BE DONE BY ALL) Put your pen on fire! Make a fiery booklet and do as directed: Search for idioms or proverbs related to fire (any 10), for example; Adding fuel to the fire. Make a list and frame sentences using each of them. (FOR ROLL NO 1 TO 10) Poet in Me!!! Compose a poem related to fire such as Fire The Destroyer, Fire -The Friend, The Blazing Fire, Fire The Sacred Element, The Ferocious Fire, Fire The Illumination etc. You can choose any other topic as well, other than the ones suggested here. Do your work on an A4 size sheet. (FOR ROLL NO 11 TO 20) Fire is the symbol of anger, energy, inspiration etc. Take any one symbol of fire and draw/paste a cut out of the same on an A4 size sheet. Write a self created beautiful poem. Find out any poem written on any one topic (anger, energy, inspiration) by some great poet. MATHEMATICS (TO BE DONE BY ALL) Learn tables up to 20 Do any 5 Sudoku from Newspaper and paste them in activity copy. Do 5 sums of 4 operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) weekly. Solve any 5 questions on Mental Math weekly. Make a crossword puzzle on any 2 operations.

4 FOREST FIRE (Roll no.1 20) 1. Make a booklet with related pictures of forest fire. 2. What is forest fire? Surf the internet and find out about 5 major forest fires that have occurred in the world. (REFERENCE UTTARAKHAND, paste the pictures related to the Uttarakhand fire) 3. Arrange the years in which these fires have occurred in ascending and descending order. 4. Round off these years to nearest 10, 100 and 1, Write these years in Roman Numerals. 6. Write these numbers names in Indian and International place value system. 7. Write the number of people who got injured by these fires and draw a bar graph to show the comparative study. SCIENCE (Roll No. 1-8) Make a First Aid Kit for Fire Safety and write the names of all equipments and their uses on A4 sheet. Also write fire safety methods and make a fire exit plan that one should follow during fire emergency for your society. (We have emergency evacuation plan for our school and children are aware of the same.) (Roll No. 9-16) Make a project on Fire Safety in School / Home. Include the following information on A4 sheet. (Types of fire, their causes, emergency number, instruments used to put off fire, how does fire extinguisher work? (Importance of fire safety in school or home.)

5 SOCIAL STUDIES (ROLL NO. 1-10) The discovery and use of fire was very important to early humans for many reasons. Prepare an attractive pictorial booklet showing how fire was useful to early human keeping the following pointers in your mind. Origin of fire How life changed after the invention of fire? Various uses of fire Fire can also be destructive (refer to recent forest fire in Uttrakhand) (ROLL NO ) Make a motivational poster on fire safety keeping the following pointers in mind: (Use A3 size sheet) Message /Slogan related to fire safety. Important fire signs Precautions to be taken (Dos & Don ts ) Important phone numbers, during fire emergency. (For eg- IGL, electrician etc.) ENGLISH (FOR ROLL NO 21 TO 30) RIVER MY PICTURE ALBUM (Moods of A River) A river has different moods. Look for pictures depicting different moods of a river on the Internet, in newspapers, magazines, postcards, calendars or photographs. Make an album with the pictures you have collected. You can give a catchy title to each picture. Design the cover page of your album in creative ways. (FOR ROLL NO 31 TO 40) Rivers provide good water sports. Give a pictorial presentation on the various popular water sports:

6 In the water On the water MATHEMATICS (ROLL NO ) 1. Locate ten famous rivers of India. 2. Write the number and names of dams build across these rivers and names of dams built across the river. 3. Write the distance covered by following rivers Indus, Ganga, Godavari, Krishna, Yamuna, Narmada. 4. Write the distance in Roman Numerals, round off to nearest 10 and Write these distances in ascending and descending order. 6. Write the distance in both Indian and International number names 7. Make a bar graph of these distances on a graph paper. Note: Include the above information in a form of a booklet. SCIENCE (Roll No ) Prepare a report on Narmada Bachao Andolan and highlight its aim and objectives, benefits, people associated with Narmada Bachao Andolan. Also list the major dams built on River Narmada, write its benefits and harmful impacts on the environment. (Roll No ) Prepare a portfolio on River Ganga. Include the following points on A4 sheet.:- River Ganga- its source; Names of famous towns on the banks of River Ganga, Any recent case study of flood in River Gang; Present condition of Ganga, Causes of pollution and its harmful impacts on living beings; Ganga Action Plan-Steps taken by the Government and your opinion to protect River Ganga. (Roll No )

7 Name the river which is nearest to Ghaziabad and note down your observation on its condition, cleanliness, water flow, flora and fauna, level of pollution and its causes and harmful effects on the surroundings, steps taken by the Government to clean River Hindon. Also suggest ways to clean River hindon and paste related pictures on A4 sheet. SOCIAL STUDIES DOLPHINS (ROLL NO ) Seth Anandram Jaipuria School is an active participant in Dolphin Conservation Programme by an NGO Saviours in association with WWF INDIA. Since last 5 years we are contributing our bit to this cause under the mentorship of Principal cum Director Manju Rana, who herself is a zealous environment enthusiast. Dolphins are at the top of the food chain of rivers and are indicators of good biodiversity and less pollution in rivers. River dolphins have been declared as National Aquatic Animal on October 5, 2009 by the Government of India. Poster making on Dolphins of the Ganges River History Habitat Threat to the Dolphins Work done for their protection ART AND CRAFT To be done by all Best out of Waste Make flowers using any Pepsi/plastic bottle (four) OR

8 Paper napkin (four) HINDI: Important Dates Submit your homework subject wise on the mentioned dates in the handmade folders English, Hindi and Art Math, Science and S.St

9 For any queries please mail at. HAPPY SUMMER HOLIDAYS!!