IN SUMMER WE WEAR COTTON CLOTHES.

DO YOU KNOW HOW COTTON CLOTHES ARE MADE?

LET ME TELL YOU THE STORY OF COTTON

CLOTHES.

COTTON IS GROWN ON BIG FARMS OR PLANTATIONS

COTTON PLANTATIONS

COTTON IS GOT FROM COTTON PLANTS .

THE DRIED FRUITS OF COTTON CONTAIN FLUFFY COTTON .

THIS IS COLLECTED TO MAKE COTTON CLOTHES

COTTON PLANT

WHEN THE FRUITS BECOME RIPE THEY BURST AND FLUFFY WHITE COTTON COMES OUT.

•DRY SEED BURSTINC

COTTON FIELD

RIPE COTTON FRUITS

RIPE COTTON FRUITS

MACHINE TO PICK COTTON

COTTON MOUNTAIN•THE COTTON IS COLLECTED IN BALES .

SEPARATING COTTON

COTTON THREADS

WORKING ON THE LOOM

• THREADS ARE THEN WOVEN INTO CLOTH . TAILORS STITCH THE CLOTH INTO DIFFERENT SUMMER CLOTHES.

COTTON FROCK

LOOK AT THIS LOVELY SILK CLOTH.DID YOU LIKE IT ?

LET ME TELL YOU HOW WE GET SILK.WE GET SILK FROM THE

SILK MOTH.

A SILK MOTH

THE MOTH LAYS EGGS ON LEAVES OF MULBERRY

THE EGGS HATCH AND YOUNG CATTERPILLARS COME

OUT.THEY ARE VERY HUNGRY AND FEED ON THE LEAVES

EACH CATTERPILLAR MAKES A COVER AROUND IT’SELF AND

GOES TO SLEEP IN THAT

THE COCOON IS SILK THREAD WOUND AROUND

THE SLEEPING CATERPILLAR JUST LIKE WE PUT BANDAGE ON A WOUND

S ILK THREAD

COCOON

COCOON

THE THREAD FROM THE COCOON IS ALMOST A KILOMETERLONG.IT IS

UNWOUND AFTER KILLING THE WORM IN HOT WATER.

IF THE WORM IS NOT KILLED A MOTH WILL COME OUT

FROM THE COCOON.

AFTER SOME TIME THE COCOON BREAKS AND A

BUTTERFLY -MOTH COMES OUT

A BUTTERFLY HATCHING OUT

Fill in the blanks with suitable words.

1.We wear …………….. Clothes in summer.

2.Cotton is got from …………….. .

3.We get silk from ……………………… .

4.The silk moth lay eggs on leaves of …………………… .

5.The …………………..is silk thread wound around the sleeping caterpillar.

FORMATIVE ASSESMENT

• LESSON: A BEAUTIFUL CLOTH

• Decorate a piece of cloth with lace, sequins, mirrors, etc.

• Prepare a handkerchief with a piece of white cloth, designed using cut vegetables.

THANK YOU