Apeejay School, Saket Holiday Homework Class : V Wander, Explore, Discover! Dear Children Summertime is here! Great memories are to be made! Summer vacation has begun. The time we all look forward to. It is time for you to play, have fun, visit new places and meet your near and dear ones. Enjoy your holidays. Read books, improve your writing, work on vocabulary enhancement. Manage your work in such a way that a little work is done everyday to avoid piling up of work for the last moment. Go for a walk with your family. You will realize that you have two of God's greatest gifts- nature and family. Do not forget to thank God for these gifts. Remember the magical words - hello, thank you, please, excuse me, welcome, sorry. Make these a part of your conversation. Go cycling, play badminton, cricket, hide and seek anything that will make you run. Show care and concern. You can surely be of some help around the house.help your family members and see them smiling. Weigh and measure yourself as the holidays begin and before coming back to school. See for yourself how you have grown. Eat lots of fruits and healthy things. We have put together some interesting work for you to do during the vacation.
Task 1 Read the poem given below. Chilli seeds and tea I accidently ate some chilli seeds That fell into my tea, I went screaming and shooting through the roof And landed in the sea. My dearest mum yelled You ll burn your mouth! While hopping about like a flea, But I left not a single seed to waste And lost my sense of taste. It s well over a decade now, But my mind always reads: I accidently ate some chilli seeds That fell into my tea. a) Find the meaning of the words given below and make one sentence each to bring out the meaning clearly: i) yelled ii) decade iii) accidently iv) flea b) Have you ever had such an experience when you ate something very spicy? Write your experience in about 50 words. c) Write illustrate the poem as per the theme. Task 2 Travel and Explore Take a metro ride to the Asia s largest wholesale spice market in Khari Baoli, Chandini Chowk, Delhi. Explore the market. Write your experience of the visit to this place (100 words). Click your pictures with the displayed spices in the background.
Task 3 Read one book from the given list: a) Charlie and the glass elevator- Roald Dahl b) Matilda- Roald Dahl c) An Island Of Trees- Ruskin Bond d) Rusty - Ruskin Bond Draw two illustrations of the character you liked in the story. Write a book report of the book you read. The guideline for writing the report is given below: BOOK REPORT Name of the book: Author's Name: Major Characters (and a description of each one) : Summary of the book/story in your own words: Task 4 From the link given below: http://www.perfectyourenglish.com/grammar/cbse-class-5-grammar-worksheets.htm Practice : a) two worksheet each on simple present tense and simple past tense. b) one worksheet each on article, preposition and collective nouns. c) one worksheet each on has/ have and do/does/did Paste the worksheets in your English notebook. Task 5 ढ़ र र - एक समय क स म म म क एक य क औ म, -भ म क म क, क क क ए ध कम म क क म म घ क क म क क स - स क क म म भ म क क धक स म क - क स -स म - क स य भ क एक म क सक एक -स म य औ क - " म स " स म क य म क म य स म स स म य सम स
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Task 8 Put the numbers from 1 to 9 in the circles so that the difference between each pair of the joined numbers is odd. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Task 9 NUMBER DETECTOR I am a 3-digit number. I am an odd number. I am divisible by 5. Each of my digits is different. My digits add up to 8. My tens place digit is smaller than the hundreds place digit. I am less than 300 I have only one even digit. I am Let us take this further. You can use the above steps to create hints for another number. Do it on an A-4 size sheet of paper and it can be displayed and used in the class. Task 10 By adding four odd numbers, in how different ways can you make 20? 1, 1, 3, 3 5, 5, 5, 5 7, 7, 9, 9 You may use the same odd number more than once. Similarly, by adding four even numbers, in how many ways can you make 16? 2, 2, 2, 2 4, 4, 4, 4 6, 6, 8, 10 You may use the same even number more than once. Task 11 Each spotlight (circle) has a certain brightness between 1 and 15. Figure out how bright each spotlight is by following these rules: The number in the center where all three spotlights meet is 28.This is the sum of the three spotlight values. The number where spotlight A and spotlight B overlap is 22. This is the sum of the values of spotlight A and spotlight B. The number where spotlight B and spotlight C overlap is 14. This is the sum of the values of spotlight B and spotlight C.
Task 12 Our kitchen is a spice hub. Mummy uses a variety of spices while cooking food. Choose any five spices from your kitchen and draw a pictograph showing the state in which it is grown. Task 13 Spices are frequently used in cooking in combination with herbs. Spices are dried plant parts other than leaves. For example, pepper is a berry, cloves are young flower buds, cardamom is a fruit and cinnamon comes from the bark of the cinnamon tree. We have learnt about the steps farmers follow to grow their crops. Here are some of the spices you can try growing at home: Ginger, turmeric, coriander, garlic, onion. Grow one such plant at home and bring it to school. You could take help from the link given below. http://www.naturallivingideas.com/10-spices-youll-be-amazed-you-can-grow-at-home Task 14 Spices from around the World : Spices and herbs are some of the key ingredients for preparing and cooking food from different countries, as it is their flavour which gives it the authentic taste of the dish. Choose any one variety of food (example - Chinese,Continental,Indian) and write a description for some of the most commonly used herbs and spices, as well as their health benefits. Note :- The entire holiday homework is to be done on A4 sheets. Submit it to your class teacher after the holidays in a beautifully designed folder.