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GUIDELINES FOR PARENTS Dear Parents, Warm greetings! For the past few months we enjoyed taking care of your precious children. You might have noticed that they loved to come to school. For the next few days during the vacation we expect you, their natural guardian will spend quality time with them. Let’s share some tips to make this period a happy and fruitful period for them.

Creating a family bond 1. Have atleast two meals together with your

children. Teach them the value of hardwork of the farmers and ask them not to waste food.

2. Visit the grandparents and let them build a rapport with them. There love and emotional support is very important for your child. Click snaps with them.

Inculcating Reading Skills Get your children exposed to the fascinating world of fictitious characters through interesting story books. However, throw in some non-fiction reading as an added advantage. Cyber Fun : Few suggested Internet sites to visit : www.pitara.com www.funbrain.com www.magickeys.com (reading books), www.nationalgeograhic.com

VANDANA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK (2018-19)

CLASS – V__ Name_______________Roll No___

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Imparting Life skills through real life events • If possible, take them to your workspot, and

let your child understand how hard you work to support your family.

• Do not miss the local festival and local market

• Gently encourage your child to raise a kitchen garden by planting seeds. Learning about plants and trees is an integral part of growing up.

• Let them wash their own plates after meals. Children learn dignity of labour from such activities.

• Allow them to help you in cooking

• Share stories about your childhood and your family history

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English Activity – 1

(Use A-4 size sheets for the activities .)

READERS FOR TOMORROW

Reading is always a challenge. Let’s begin this challenge in a fun way which not only involves reading the books but also engages the children in various activities and develops linguistic skills of children. Dear Parents, help your ward in reading these books and do these activities. You can choose any one of the books out of these. Here is the list of the books:

➢ One Plastic Bag ➢ Seeds of change ➢ The Earth book ➢ Tree Lady

Now after your reading , do these activities :

✓ Make a list of 5 new words (Weekly) and write their meanings in your vocabulary notebook .

✓ Write a book review according to the given format .

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Activity -2

➢ Design an English magazine which should cover the following points-

• An attractive cover page

• A suitable name

• Poster on save water or save trees

• Short story ,jokes ,puzzles, poems, article on environment

• Your efforts on “How you kept your environment clean”

Activity -3

➢ My Perfect World - Make a wish!!!

How to make a wish leaf?

• Take an A4 size pastel sheet of green colour and cut it into a shape of a leaf (about

10cm).

• On one side of the leaf, write your one wish about your dream city (what all you wish to

see or have in your city) you would like to live in using a

black sketch pen in a neat handwriting.

• On the other side of the leaf, draw and colour the picture

related to your wish.

• Punch a hole at one end of the leaf and attach a colourful

satin ribbon to hang it (any shape of leaf)

Activity -4

Assignment ➢ Do Pages 38, 39, 54, 55 in Assignment Book.

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MATHS

Activity 1:-

“ Without MATHEMATICS , there’s nothing you can do.

Everything around you is MATHEMATICS.

Everything around you is NUMBERS.”

“ The only way to learn MATHEMATICS is to do MATHEMATICS”.

Nature is written in MATHEMATICAL language.

➢ BOARD GAME Using your creativity, prepare a board game e.g. Snakes

and Ladders , Cross Word Puzzle Bingo or any other game

based on any one of the following topics:-

• Save Energy

• Say No To Plastic

• Save Heritage

Instructions:

• For the board game use cardboard.

• Use miniature figures, pictures, drawings, colourful illustrations or any other desired materials to make it look attractive.

• Mention the directions or steps how to play the game along with instructions related related to your game.

• Use All Mathematical Operations for your Game.

Activity 2

Creative hands with knowledge.

➢ Make a creative 3-d model of your “DREAM EARTH” by using shapes.

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Activity 3

DO THE FOLLOWING WORKSHEET ON A4 SIZE SHEETS AND COMPILE THEM IN A

FOLDER

Answer the questions

(1) During a construction project, if a worker can lay 442 bricks in a day and 679

workers are working on the project, how many bricks will be laid in a week?

(2) In a hotel, there are 137 rooms. If the rent of each room for one night is Rs.

6629, what would be the daily income of the hotel, assuming all rooms are

occupied ?

(3) Find the product of 22796 and 399.

(4) Add the difference of 35 and 21 to the quotient of 240 and 12

(5) Divide the following

a) 131104 ÷ 112 b) 590478 ÷ 214 c) 2215436 ÷ 12

(6) Fill in the blanks

a. 7 × 13= 91, so 91 is a_____________of 7 and 13.

b. 2 × 3 × 4= 24,so 2,3,4,6,8 and 12 are________________ of24.

c. 15 and 6 are factors of 90. So 90 is______by 15 and 6

d. Among 14, 27, 68, 103 and 2,004 __________and_________ are odd

numbers.

e. Among 16, 43, 97, 409, 5,000 and 21,215, __________and_____ are even

numbers.

f. The third and fourth multiples of 16 are _________and__________.

g. Four factors of 72 other than 1 and 72 are ___________,

__________,_________ and ________.

Activity 4

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➢ Learn tables from 2 to 20

SCIENCE (Do activity 1 and 3 on A-4 size sheets) Activity 1

➢ Some animals such as “DODO” became extinct because of the indirect activity of humans.

DODO was a large flightless bird that lived in Mauritius.

• Collect 5-6 pictures of endangered animals, name them and paste them on A-4 size pastel sheet.

For eg:- Black Rhino Bengal Tiger

• Find the information about above mentioned animals (other than the 2 examples) and fill the table

given below

• Write atleast 5 points on how we can take care of these animals.

Activity 2

Creative Hands

S.No. Name of the animal

Native place Population/No. of animals left

Reason for threat

• Eg.1 • Black Rhinoceros.

native to eastern and southern Africa

fewer than 2,500 left

trade in rhino horn and increased poaching due to poverty.

Eg. 2 Bengal Tiger Indian subcontinent.

2,500 due to habitat loss caused by deforestation, and hunting by human poachers,

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Diorama ➢ Let’s wear our creative hats and make a Diorama (miniature scene in which figure,

stuffed animals, birds, trees, humans or any other such objects are arranged against a painted background)

Materials required:

• Shoe box or a small carton

• Cotton, small toys, figures or any other desired material of your choice

• Cut outs of coloured pastel sheets related to your scene

• Also use small tags to display the message you want to give through your diorama.

• Finally cover it with cellophane sheet to maintain its tidiness.

You can make a diorama depicting a scene related to any one of the following given topics:

• Save biodiversity

• Climate change

• Save marine life Activity 3

➢ A Chemistry professor in India has found an innovative way of dealing with plastic pollution by turning

that into roads. Many cities in India like Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Ranchi etc have followed this model and

developed such roads.

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• Write 5 advantages of such road as compared to the traditional cemented roads.

• Please mention the material required to make such roads.

SOCIAL SCIENCE

Activity -1

Clean India, Green India- Play your part You all must know, that things thrown into the trash could be recycled, reused or composed. If

the waste is not managed efficiently, it ends up in a land fill where garbage takes a long time

to decompose. You can help by creating awareness on “Sorting of Waste” before it is disposed

off. Let’s do these simple activities and increase our knowledge :

➢ Take cutouts (A3 size) in the shape of bins in colours Green, red , and Pink.

➢ On the pink cutout, Stick pictures of things that can be reused . On the Brown cutout,

stick pictures of things that can not be reused (Non- biodegradable) and on the green

cut-out, stick pictures of things that can be composted .

Now prepare a composed pit using the things which can be composted

• Compost is a organic matter that has been decomposed in a process called composting. This process recycles requires various organic materials or green wastes like peel of fruits and vegetables, wet leaves , grass etc. , waiting for the materials to break down into humus after a period of months and produces a soil conditioner (the compost). Compost is rich in nutrients. It is used for example in gardens, landscaping, horticulture, urban agriculture and organic farming. It increases the fertility of the soil .

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Follow the steps to prepare a compost pit: ➢ Take a garden pot / an earthen pot ➢ Add green wastes and water into the pot. ➢ Covet it with a lid ➢ Leave it for one and half months for

decomposing . ➢ Use it in your garden and bring sample to

school after vacation .

Activity 2

(Do this activity on A-4 size sheets and bring them in a folder )

COMMUNITY SPEAKS

Conduct a survey of at least three households to collect information under the heads given

below. For this, you need to create a ‘Survey Form’. (You can either type it or have it

handwritten)

Collect the following information

➢ Personal Information:

Name, Age, Gender, Occupation and Residence

➢ Awareness Quotient:

a) Are you aware of global warming? Yes/No

What do you do to reduce its impact?

b) Are you energy wise? Yes/No

How do you ensure it?

c) Are you water wise? Yes/No

How do you save water?

Does ‘Car pooling’ help in reducing the level of air pollution?

Yes/No

How is it helpful?

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Note: The format given above is for your reference. You can frame your own questions

(any 4). Note down the measures / suggestions / ideas also.

Activity 3

MY POSITIVE FOOTPRINT

➢ Take half green pastel sheet. Paste/Draw image of our earth on it. Then, take a cut out

of your left/right foot on a white drawing sheet and write about the steps you take to

save our planet earth.

Drawing Activity 1

➢ Make a folder for keeping your important circulars or worksheets using your old note

book’s cover or any cardboard available at home. Cover it with jute/cotton/handmade

sheet. Write a message/quote on the front cover for

“ Save The Air “ Activity 2

Peace Cloud ➢ Make a hanging ‘Peace Cloud’ using an A3 size colored pastel sheet. First cut out a big cloud from the pastel sheet and label it beautifully writing ‘Peaceful World’. Then cut 5 -6 big droplets or any other desired shape using colourful pastel sheets (cut each droplet or shape separately) Then write neatly on each droplet one way of how to create a peaceful world (You may write slogans, quotations or any other kind of message) . Finally attach the cut outs with slogans on quotations with colourful ribbons or strings to the big cloud cut out.

Activity 3

➢ Wonder of Art Book Do page no 9, 11, 12and 15 of Wonder of Art Book .

Computer Activity 1

➢ Make a PowerPoint presentation on “HOW ENVIRONMENT PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN OUR DAILY LIFE” .(you can include few points like healthy environment, its cause and effects and polluted environment its cause and effects) and Take print out and make a File.

Activity 2

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➢ Design a brochure to appeal to people “WE WANT TO LIVE IN A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT SO DON’T POLLUTE OUR ENVIRONMENT” and bring the printout.

General Knowledge Activity – 1

➢ Democratic Republic of Congo is located in the torrid zone. It experiences hot and wet climate. There are no seasonal changes in the weather conditions. On the other hand, Greenland is located in the frigid zone. It experiences a very cold climate throughout the year. the temperature is always below zero degree. Find out how the different climatic conditions are affecting the vegetation, animal life and people in these two countries.

• Present this as a picture collage on a A-3 size sheet .

• Write the information on A-4 size sheets.