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Dear Parents,

Summer is here again and with it comes the vacation. In order to give our young
learners respite from the scorching sun, schools would be closed and we have
planned various activities to engage them with fun and frolic.

This is an ideal time for you to bond with your young ones. Summer vacations give
you quality time with your child. This is a time for enrichment. The parents’ role
during this period is of vital importance. This is the time to celebrate and shape the
spirit.

Here are some parental tips which you might find beneficial during your time with
your young ones.

 Introduce your child to the concept of time management by drawing up a

schedule. Vary the schedule with fun activities and ensure that the young one
gets enough rest as it is going to be very warm.
 Encourage the young learner to bond with friends and relatives. Provide them
ample opportunity for social interaction.
 Encourage the child/children to read by taking them to the local library or
bookshop. Help them to select 8 to 10 books that they will enjoy reading.
Holiday homework assignments will be based on the books read by them.
 Visit the supermarket in order to observe money handling and basic math
transactions. Warn them about interacting with strangers. Indicate to them that
plastic bags must not be used because they are dangerous for children and
bad for the Earth.
 Use the kitchen to reinforce primary years science and math concepts. You
can build up concepts like heat, cold, nutrition, weight etc. through kitchen
activities. Please ensure that all kitchen activities take place under adult
supervision.
 Always emphasize safety rules, especially during water and kitchen activities.
 Take the learner into the garden to observe nature. On a cool day, a nature
walk might be ideal. Show them a variety of plants and flowers. Let them
observe different kinds of leaves, their venation, types of roots etc.
 Let the learners enjoy a good water swim. Enrol them for professional
swimming classes. Be vigilant of their safety at all times and ensure adult
supervision. Educate about them saving themselves from excessive exposure
to the sun and its hazards. Encourage them to use sunscreen lotion, wear sun
visors and avoid looking directly at the sunlight.

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  It’s important for children to keep themselves hydrated by drinking a lot of
fluids and eating fresh fruit and vegetables. They should avoid street food as
rising temperatures encourage food contamination and decomposition. Explain
the science behind it – that rising temperatures provide favourable conditions
for the growth of microorganisms. This is the reason why food decomposes
quickly in summer if not refrigerated.
 Remind your children to carry filtered water in water bottles for any outdoor
activities.
 Make their indoor experiences fun by inviting their friends and organizing small
group activities such as treasure hunt, dumb charades etc.
 Create opportunities to play indoor board games like chess, carom, monopoly,
scrabble etc.
 Allocate one household chore like watering the plants or washing the car to
inculcate a sense of responsibility in them.
 Motivate them to rise early in the morning, take them for morning walks ,
encourage them to exercise, do the morning newspaper crosswords , mazes ,
quizzes etc. Keep them aware of general knowledge and current affairs.
 Art and craft projects are ideal to do together at this time of year.
 Limit and supervise the use of television and the internet. It is a great source
of innovation and inspiration only if used discreetly.
 Watch informative channels such as National Geographic, BBC and Discovery
with your child. Guided watching will generate their interest in the program;
you can discuss the programs at the dining table or during family time.

Enclosed you will find a selection of engaging activities that will energize your child
and enhance creativity. These activities will keep your learners abreast of their work,
keep them engaged and ready to enjoy learning through play.

Important Information: New Assessment Pattern

CBSE has suggested a new pattern of assessment from Grade 6 onwards where
maximum emphasis is going to be on pen and paper assessment, which is very
different from the CCE pattern. The school is taking special care and measures from
Grade 3 onwards to prepare our learners for writing the papers well. So we have
included enough writing exercises for our learners to be prepared for this change.

Happy Vacation!

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English Be an Editor
Look at the picture carefully and write 5-6 line with the help of the clue box.

Beach mud relaxing bucket shovel

Children vacation swimming mud houses water
sports sea shore Family

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Look at the picture carefully and write 5-6 line with the help of the clue box.

Breakfast table mother preparing

healthy bookshelf music system summer clothes
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Look at the picture carefully and write 5-6 line with the help of the clue box.

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Look at the picture carefully and write 5-6 line with the help of the clue box.

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 TOPIC: COMPREHENSION
Read this interesting poem about a cow and answer the questions that follows.

The friendly cow all red and white,

I love with all my heart.
She gives me a cream with alll her might,
To Eat with apple-tart.
She wanders lowing here and there,
And yet she cannot stray.
All in the pleasant open air,
The pleasant light of day.
And brown by all the winds that pass,
And wet with all the showers.
She walks among the meadow grass,
And eats the meadow flowers.
--Robert Louis Stevenson

1. What was the colour of the cow?

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2. Why does the poet love her?

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3. What does the cow eat?

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4. Where does the cow usually walk?

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5. Give two pairs of rhyming words from the above lines.

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Read this poem about a beautiful fairy and answer all the questions correctly.

A little fairy comes at night.

Her eyes are blue,
Her hair is brown
With silver spots upon her wings,
And from the moon
She flutters down.

She has a little silver wand,

And when a good child goes to bed,
She waves her hand from right to left.

And makes a circle round its head.

And then it dreams of pleasant things,
Of fountains filled with fairy fish,
and trees that bear delicious fruit,
and bow their branches at a wish.
---Thomas Hood

1. Give the brief description of the fairy’s appearance.

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2. What does the fairy do when a good child goes to bed?

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3. Tick the correct answer.

a. The fairy
-rides on mother’s back.
-travels on a broomstick.
-flies down.
b. `The little fairy’s wings are
-plain in colour
-decorated with silver spots.
-marked in gold and green stripes.

4. Write the opposites of the underlined words.

a. A little fairy, a _______________fairy.
b. A good child, a ______________ child.
c. She flutters down, she flutters ______________.
d. Pleasant things, _____________ things.

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5. Make meaningful sentences from the following words.

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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follows.

Riku was a small boy. He was very lonely at home. his mummy used to take him to the
nearby park but Riku could never make friends. It was so difficult for him to play and jump
around with the other kids. He would stay in one corner with his mother. But he liked to
watch the children in the park.

One day, a girl came up to him and asked,

“What is your name?” the boy replied shyly,
“My name is Riku.” She caught his hands
and pulled him towards the children playing,
“Ring a ring roses…”
but Riku didn’t let go of his mother’s hand.
He started crying and went home.
Next day, the door -bell rang. ”Who is it?” called out Riku.

It was the little girl Naina from the park.

She smiled and shook hands with him.
Riku did not run away. He was happy to see her.
He took her to his toy room. He had a cricket set,
a cricketer’s cap, knee pads, a bat and a ball.
Naina asked him if they could play cricket. Riku agreed.
They carried the bat, ball, wickets and stumps to the garden. Naina bowled and Riku played
like a true batsman.

Soon, a family from the neighborhood joined them in the game. Everybody clapped as Riku
hit many sixers. Before leaving, Naina told Riku, “see, it is easy to make friends. All you
have to do is smile and shake hands.”
In the evening, he went to the park and played with everybody. Riku was happy to make
new friends.

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Answer the following questions.
1. Who was Riku?
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2. What was Riku’s problem?

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3. Who came to Riku’s house one day?

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4. What did Naina play with Riku?

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5. Write the words from the story which means opposite of the following words.
a. Easy - ___________________

b. Laughing-_____________________

c. Sad- ________________

d. Enemy - __________________

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Answer the following questions from the passage.

In one of the large cities of India, there lived

a tailor, whose name was Hashim. Hashim was
very poor and found it difficult to buy food
for himself, for his wife and he couldn’t even
provide proper food to his only child named Ali.

Ali was a very naughty and a lazy boy.

He would never do what his parents wanted
him to do. He played in the streets from morning till night
with other naughty boys living in the same area.
When Ali grew up a little, his father took him to his shop and tried to teach him to use a
needle. It was of no use. He did not want to learn anything good.

It was very difficult for his parents to control him and make him do something useful.
One day, there was one boy named Armaan who came from other city and he also used to
join Ali and his friends in the evening for play and sooner became friends with Ali. Armaan
was a sharp and kind boy. He always helped Ali in lot many ways like he used to share his
food, make him study for one hour and even taught him a few tricks at play.
Ali too enjoyed Armaan’s company and his parents also saw positive change in him.

1. Where did Hashim live?

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2. What did Ali do all day?

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3. What did his father try to teach him?

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4. How did Armaan helped Ali ?

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Correct the following paragraph with reference to spelling, parts of speech and
punctuation. There are at least 3 mistakes in the passage. Rewrite the correct
paragraph in the given space below.

Paragraph-1

Every summer, Selma and her family went to beach for their holidays. selma’s
brothers loved go swimm in the sea, but Selma didn’t. She felt much safer at the
land. ‘Come on, Selma,’ Dad cried. ‘Can you go in the water this year. You’re much
bigger now’. ‘No, I’m staying here on the beach,’ Selma said, shaking her head.

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 Be an Editor
Correct the following paragraph with reference to spelling, parts of speech and
punctuation. There are at least 3 mistakes in the passage. Rewrite the correct
paragraph in the given space below.

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Once, there lived a potter and a washerman on akbar’s capital city. They was
neighbour and and helped each other in times of need. The potter was famous far
and wide for his skills and earn a lot of money with the sale of beutiful clay pots. The
washerman, too, earned enough money to support family. he had bought a donkey
to carry his load of clothes.

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 Read a story of your choice. On scrap paper,

Story Pie
make a list of the events in the story you read
recently. In the story pie below, put the events in
the order in which they happen. Put the first main
event in piece 1. Tell how the story ends in piece
10. You can make the story chart on a pastel
sheet or an ivory sheet. Remember to bring it on
the first day of the school when the school
reopens.

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Maths Number and Numeration

1. Write number name for the following numerals.

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2. Write the face value and the place value of each of the underlined digits. Also

write the number in the expanded form.

Number Place Face Expanded form

value value
a. 9860
b. 5431
c. 8762
d. 2638

3. Separate out Even and Odd numbers from the given list of numbers.
8934, 3295, 1290, 4502, 6711, 8764, 4563, 9249, 9127, 1678

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4. Write the predecessor and successor of the following number.

Predecessor Number Successor

a. 8952

b. 4830

c. 5786

d. 2935

e. 8421

5. Write the number in the standard form.

a. 5000 + 200 + 30 + 9 ____________
b. 2000 + 700 + 40 + 6 ____________
c. 7000 + 20 + 4 ____________
d. 4000 + 5 ____________
e. 4000 +800 + 30 ____________
f. 3000 + 200 + 70 + 1 ____________

6. Complete the following number pattern:

a. 8293, _______, 8297, 8299, _______
b. 3422, 3424, _______, _______, 3430
c. 6711, 6713, _______, 6717, _______
d. 7038, _______, 7042, _______, 7046
e. 5000, _______, 5004, 5006, _______
f. 7937, 7939, _______, _______, 7945

7. Fill in the boxes with <, > or = sign.

a. 6528 _____ 6240
b. 8038 _____ 8038
c. 1829 _____ 1670
d. 7281 _____ 7821
e. 9999 _____ 999
f. 2810 _____ 2810

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8. Odd and even color by number

Colour the odd numbers pink and the even numbers blue to see who is walking
on the tightrope.

9. Write the names of my friends whose house number is-

a. One thousand five : [1005] Peter______

b. Two thousand four hundred sixty one: [______] __________
c. One thousand one hundred eleven: : [______] __________
d. Nine thousand nine hundred ninety nine: [______] _________
e. Three thousand six hundred ninety: [______] _________
f. Four thousand twenty nine: [______] _________

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10. Observe the numerals in the given box and answer the questions given below:

8940, 9876, 5346, 6799, 2564, 4768

8438, 3086, 2111, 1080, 1675

a. Number that have 3 in hundreds place. ______________

b. Number that have 8 in tens place and 6 in ones place. ______________
c. Number that have 9 in thousands place. ______________
d. Number that have 1 in hundreds, ones and tens place. ______________
e. Number that have 0 in ones and hundreds place. ______________
f. Number that have 6 in thousand place. ______________

11. A code is a way of writing a message in secret. Each letter of the alphabet is
replaced by a number.
A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4 E-5 F-6 G-7 I-8 …. Z-26
So if you want to write I am a good student. You will write your secret message
as:
8 1 13 1 7 15 15 4 19 20 21 4 5 14 20.
I A M A G O O D S T U D E N T.
Please write 5 secret messages for your family members and let them try and
find out your hidden message.
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12. The Delhi Government introduced odd and even rule in which a vehicle was
allowed to run across the city based on their registration numbers. Look in your
locality and write down the registration numbers of five vehicles which were
allowed to run on even dates. Also note down the registration numbers of five
vehicles which were allowed to run on odd dates.

A) How can you identify even and odd numbers.

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B) Complete the following table

Registration Number Name Expanded form

Number

C) Arrange the numbers in ascending order.

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D) Make a place value table and arrange the numbers in it.

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 PROJECT WORK-
Design and make an interesting wind chime using different geometrical shapes.

or

Make a mini Mathematics dictionary using waste paper or old greeting cards. Pick
up 10 words used in Mathematics and write them down along with their meaning.
(You may refer to your mathematics book)

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EVS Reading and Understanding a Mind map

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1. What makes a house a home?
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2. Name any two parts of a house.
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3. What is a family tree?
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4. Describe three ways to stay safe at home.
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a. Carpenter
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Happiness is …
Hanging out with friends and family is more than just fun. When you spend time with
people you love, you feel happy. And so do they. For each day on the calendar,
draw a smiley face (or use a sticker) if you did any of these things with family or
friends:

(You may fill the label for any four weeks)

Played a game Played a sport Talked about your day

Went for a walk Rode bikes Ate a meal together
Read together Acted silly together

Write your own together-time activity here: ....................................................

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ICT Technology and Us
We are pretty sure that you will use computers at many places during the holidays. It
might be an idea to record these occasions. Make a list of the situations in which
the computer has enhanced the process of your work. Here are some examples.
Complete the table as you go along.

Situation What did I need? How did the computer help me?
I wanted to watch a My brother booked the tickets
Tickets
movie online.

I was hungry A vegetable burger Mom ordered a burger online.

KUDOS! You have completed your Holiday Homework!

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