APEEJAY SCHOOL, SAKET NEW DELHI

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK CLASS V

Dear children, We are sure that all of you must be enjoying your holidays. You must have started making plans to visit your grandparents, relatives and friends, watching television during the day, taking a dip in the swimming pool and joining some activity classes with your friends. We wish that you enjoy every minute of this long break with your family and friends. It will be great if you are able to find time to visit museums and monuments, learn new things, explore new areas near your house, play indoor and outdoor games , read as many story books as you can ,help your parents and grandparents, go for morning walk and play in the park in the evenings during your long summer break. We are giving you a variety of fun-filled activities and worksheets which you can do during the noon time. Do them neatly and submit the worksheets to your teachers after the vacation. Wishing all of you a very enjoyable and fun-packed summer break. See you on Thursday, July 4, 2013. Mrs. Anita Paul Principal

ENGLISH

Summer time is fun time. Enjoy this season by participating in lots of fun activities and spending more time with your family and friends. Here are some activities that will help you spend noon time in a very enjoyable way.

1.Design your own scrap book using paper and eco-friendly material. Be creative

and use your imagination to design a beautiful cover too. Write your name and paste your own picture on the cover .

2.Collect some information about two authors- Roald Dahl and Ruskin Bond and write a short biography of these authors in your scrap book. 3. Read one book written by each of these authors.

Ruskin Bond Suggested titles: Charlie and the glass elevator-Roald Dahl Matilda-Roald Dahl The enormous crocodile-Roald Dahl An Island Of Trees-Ruskin Bond Children’s omnibus-Ruskin Bond Rusty-Ruskin Bond Draw two illustrations based on the characters you liked in the stories. Write a book report of the books in your scrap book. 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:_______ 4. Tongue twisters are great fun. Try learning these tongue twisters and practice saying these as quickly as possible. We will be organizing an intra class tongue twister competition in the class after the summer vacation .So, learn these tongue twisters and come prepared. She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore.

The shells she sells are sea-shells, I'm sure. For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore Then I'm sure she sells sea-shore shells.

Betty Botter bought a bit of butter. The butter Betty Botter bought was a bit bitter And made her batter bitter.

But a bit of better butter makes better batter. So Betty Botter bought a bit of better butter Making Betty Botter's bitter batter better.

A good cook could cook as much cookies as a good cook who could cook cookies. I saw a saw that could out saw any other saw I ever saw. Black bug bit a big black bear. But where is the big black bear that the big black

bug bit? A big bug bit the little beetle but the little beetle bit the big bug back. If you understand, say "understand".

If you don't understand, say "don't understand". But if you understand and say "don't understand". How do I understand that you understand? Understand!

I thought, I thought of thinking of thanking you. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch

wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish. Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds. You must try and create at least two tongue twisters with the help of your family members and write them in your scrap book. 5. Read the newspaper regularly during your holidays. You may utilize the noon

time for this activity when you are at home. Cut five pictures from old newspapers. Paste them in your language notebook and give a caption to each picture.

6 Learn these two poems during your holidays. Learn one more poem from the ones given in your text book. These Simple Things By Ruskin Bond

The simplest things in life are best- A patch of green, A small bird’s nest,

A drink of water, fresh and cold, The taste of bread, A song of old; These are the things that matter most. The laughter of a child, A favourite book, Flowers growing wild, A cricket singing in a shady nook. A ball that bounces high! A summer shower, A rainbow in the sky, The touch of a loving hand, And time to rest- These simple things in life are best.

The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog ~Sarah Catherine Marine

Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To give the poor dog a bone; When she came there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.

She went to the baker's To buy him some bread; When she came back The dog was dead.

She went to the undertaker's To buy him a coffin; When she came back The dog was laughing.

She took a clean dish To get him some tripe; When she came back He was smoking a pipe.

She went to the fruiterer's To buy him some fruit; When she came back He was playing the flute.

She went to the tailor's To buy him a coat; When she came back He was riding a goat.

She went to the hatter's To buy him a hat; When she came back He was feeding the cat.

She went to the barber's To buy him a wig; When she came back He was dancing a jig.

She went to the cobbler's To buy him some shoes; When she came back He was reading the news.

She went to the seamstress To buy him some linen; When she came back The dog was spinning.

She went to the hosier's To buy him some hose; When she came back He was dressed in his clothes.

The dame made a curtsy, The dog made made a bow; The dame said, "Your servant," The dog said, "Bow-wow."

7.Visit the following websites under the supervision and guidance of your parents and enjoy doing these grammar exercises and playing grammar games with other members of your family whenever you have some time. www.eduplace.com/kids/hme/k_5/grammar/ www.loyolapress.com/voyages_in_english_2011_grade5_student

MATHEMATICS

1. Learn tables from 2 to 20 2. Collect information about any two Mathematicians and their contribution to the subject. Also paste their pictures. 3. ROMAN SQUARE This puzzle works like a crossword puzzle, except it uses Roman numerals. Change

the numbers in the clues to Roman Numerals. Then write the Roman Numerals in the grid.

4. 12 ANGRY NUMBERS The numbers 1 through 12 are really angry! No two consecutive numbers want to be next to each other. Can you help them? Write the numbers in the circles so that no line connects two consecutive numbers.

5. Colour or shade this design to highlight the different shapes or patterns. Use different colours or different shades of pencil from dark to light.

6. CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK Cut each piece along the solid lines. You will get three triangles and three quadrilaterals.

Try to form the following shapes with the block pieces.

What other shapes can you make? You can play this game with your friends. So go ahead and enjoy!

7. Challlenge your logical puzzle solving abilities with SUDOKU. Try solving 10 Sudoku puzzles on your own.

SOCIAL STUDIES

The most fascinating feature of our city is that it has beautiful monuments built by the Sultanate and Mughal dynasty. Take a tour of your city ,if possible,during the summer holidays and visit any two monuments, from the list of monuments given below, along with your family members during the holidays. 1) Red Fort 2) Qutab Minar 3) Jama Masjid 4) Jantar Mantar 5) Old Fort 6) Safdarjung’s tomb 7) Tughlaqabad Fort Interact with tourist guides there and collect information about the location of the monument, nearest metro station and about the history and architecture of the monument. Click photographs also. Present the information and the photographs in a self designed scrap book. Use craft material to decorate your file. Visit this internet site under the supervision of your parents and do the exercises Learn and enjoy. www.interactivesites.weebly.com/social_studies.html

COMPUTER

1. Make PowerPoint presentation on any one of the given topics: Wonders of the world Indian monuments Generations of computers Indian festivals

Make at least 8 – 10 slides. Mail your presentation to skool.saket.del@apj.edu 2. Find the words in the given grid which are given in the box below.

T N T J B O Q B A I C J A H M R D Z R P Z B S T V L T L A L N R P F L D B F M I L D O E C P K R C P K O W L W T S P G L X A U N K W E N S V R N C F E R T S L P H N Q R G W I S U Y D A W D E X A L U D W C G E O R N M C R I F S K W D I B R H Z U B T Z O E S N A B U A Z X O B N U O L V S N C B I V B H R E E S N B K H O N H E V I R D D R A H P O H O R P K H H Y V C W U P Q V V C S A L T R D H A R Q V F D R A O B Y E K L N E Q I A Y T X V H T M K F Y V K E S W M E E C N L E Q X D N E R E T N I R P R O C E S S O R E Q Q X N P O K V M Q A D W D B R U O M Q U I W U L E F J E K C O L S P A C O E T X A D O S M M A W U E A H C R A E S M S Z J F Q G J A K Z D P H X W I Q H O O L R T R B Q K T G T T G L X M U I D M R M J H E N W D T B O Z X W C O F E U P Y E S E A N S Y P P C S V Z M T M Y V B U W I O

BACKSPACE CAPSLOCK DISC HARDDRIVE ICONS INTERNET MEMORY MODEM MONITOR MOUSE SPEAKERS TOWER YAHOO KEYBOARD LAPTOP

PROCESSOR SCREENSAVER SEARCH SHIFT PRINTER 3. List out the following (at least five):-

Computer languages IT/software companies in India IT/Computer magazines Famous IT personalities

SCIENCE 1. Create your own crosswords using minimum 10 words from Science is fun(Science Text Book) Lesson -1 'Plants increasing in number’using the web address given below. http://www.classhelper.org After opening the web page, click on the icon- ‘crosswords’. Then click on- create custom printable crossword puzzles Create your own crossword and take a printout of the same .Paste the printout in your science notebook. 2. There are words from the lesson-1 ‘Plants increasing in number’ in this word search. Find the words and circle them using colour pencils.

3. Activity -1 Grow baby plants from seedless plants during your holidays.

You will be amazed to know that the top section of a few vegetables like carrot, turnip, onion and potato (some of these vegetables are available in summer season) can be used to grow new baby plants. Follow these easy steps.

1. Put the tops of these vegetables (the ones you get easily at a vegetable store near your house) in a deep dish, leaving some space between them.

2. Pour water into the dish till the vegetable tops are covered by water . 3. Add some water every day to maintain the water level.

After 10 days you will observe little seedlings coming out of the vegetable tops. Plant them in different pots . Watch the plants grow and take good care of these plants during your holidays .Click pictures of the plants .Paste these pictures in your science notebook.