ARAVALI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL BADKHAL SURAJKUND ROAD, SECTOR 43, FARIDABAD HOLIDAY HOMEWORK SESSION – 2015-16 Class 1 Paste Your Passport Size photo Here Name:__________ Section:_________ Colour this sheet EAT HEALTHY, BE HEALTHY &SMILE!!! Dear Children, Summer Vacations are synonymous with fun, frolic, getting up late in the morning, playing for longer hours with friends, going for picnic, exploring new places and watching fun filled shows on television. But dear children, there is a lot more you can do to make your vacations more interesting, meaning full and full of fun, along with doing all your heart desires. Here is a summer vacation activity treasure just for you. Summer homework has been designed theme based, rich in inter- disciplinary connections. The theme for the class is FOOD. FEW GUIDELINES FOR YOUR PARENTS TO MAKE YOUR SUMMER BREAK FRUITFUL  “Victory is for those whose language is knowledge “. Therefore encourage your child to cultivate the reading habit because it not only enhances the knowledge acquired but also develops the vocabulary, language skills and improves spellings. And also read to your child because reading skills and increases his/her attention span.  “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy”. Encourage your child to go out and play because sports instill discipline, generate sporting spirits, channelize energies constructively.  Communication skills play a pivotal role in grooming the overall personality of the children. Converse with your child preferably in English to help him/ her get comfortable with the language.  Spend quality time with your child engaging him/her in activities based on enhancing his/her powers of observations and imaginations.  Help your child to become independent by giving them responsibilities. Involve them in small household activities.  Encourage your child to do the activities himself/herself and appoint a specific time to do homework every day. Fruits and vegetables taste great. They are also packed with vitamins and minerals and fibers to help you stay fit and healthy. Everybody should eat fruits and veggies every day. How much you need depends upon your age. So check out the chart below and find out how much you should be eating. Of course you can always eat more if you want. AGE FRUITS VEGETABLES (year) (serves/day) (serves/day) 4-7 1-2 2-4 8-11 1-2 3-5 12-18 3-4 4-9 How much is a serve? One serve of fruit is equal to 1 medium piece of fruit, 2 smaller pieces of fruit or 1 cup of chopped fruit. One serve of vegetable is equal to ½ cup / bowl of cooked veggies, one medium potato or one cup / bowl of salad veggies. Tips to help you eat more fruits and veggies. To help you eat enough fruits and veggies, try to include same in every meal and choose fruits and veggies if you have snack. Different colour fruits and veggies have different health benefits, so try to make sure you have many different colours as you can. Fruits and vegetables can be served now. Steamed, boiled, baked, grated or diced. You can also eat them with other ingredients such as meat, fish, eggs, rice, noodles, pulao or pasta. Eating fresh fruits is much better for you than drinking fruit juice, which has very little fiber. Water is best drink to quench your thirst. ACTIVITY -1 DESIGN YOUR OWN COCONUT TREE INSTRUCTIONS: Using banana, kiwi and orange fruits design your own coconut tree with your creativity. Once it’s ready click a photograph and paste that in the space given below to be shared with your classmates after the vacations. Banana can be used as stem and kiwi slices as leaves(you canuse any other fruit)  TABLE MAT-Along with eating healthy, our eating habits should be well mannered and hygienic. Hence, spreading a Table mat is a must. Make your own table mat which you can use in the class during lunch time. Make 2 different patterns using vegetable printing. Take a cut lady’s finger, lemon or bitter gourd and dip it in water colour. Use it to make pretty patterns on coloured A-3 sheets and get it laminated.  FLASH CARD MAKING ACTIVITY - Make two magnetic flash cards (size 1/4th of an A4 pastel sheet) each on the topics given roll number wise. You may collect pictures from old magazines/ newspapers and may even draw pictures and color ( with the help of clay stick the magnet to the cardboard base given to the flash card) ROLL NO. 1–5 6- 10 11- 15 16 – 20 21- 25 26 – 30  TOPICS FOOD TYPES OF HOUSES CLOTHES FESTIVALS ANIMALS TRANSPORT Vocabulary Building a) Write your name and the names of your father, mother and brother/sister in capital letters. b) Write any two words beginning with each of these letters. egMy name –Dhairya My father’s name- Pankaj D-drum, doll P- pillow, pen H-house, horse A- arrow, aeroplane A-axe, antelope N- neck, necklace I-ink, igloo K- kettle, kangaroo R- rose, ring A- apple, animal A-astronaut, ant J- jam, jackal To be done in the space provided below. My name Father’s name Mother’s name Brother / sister’s name ACTIVITY D E A R Time ( DROP Everything And Read ) Reading is a great learning source when we learn to enjoy it. While spending quality time with your child, make him/her read any story / book of your choice. It could be- fairy tales, stories from Panchtantra  Writing Time – On the basis of reading, complete the questions given below 1. The name of the book / story that I read___________________________________ 2. The few characters I came across _______________________________________ 3. Pick out four new words you have come across while reading the book and write them below. Frame a sentence for each word. One example has been done for you. * Help – I always help my mother. a.___________________________________________________________ b.___________________________________________________________ c.___________________________________________________________  d.___________________________________________________________ 4. How did you feel about this book? 5. Draw your favourite part of the book ACTIVITY-3 * uhps fn, x,'kCn¨ esalsnks rhu o pkjv{kj ds 'kCn Nk¡Vdj vyx& vyx Qy¨aesafy[k®A dVgy Qy cr[k [kVey Xkt txr ?kj cVu cjxn nks rhu cpiu uy Qyd pkj Activity- 4 Fun with numbers Count the number of fruits and fill in the information to complete the table provided. Fruit Number Number name Bananas Mangoes Cherries Melons Look at the table and fill in the blanks: 1. The biggest number in the above table is………..and the smallest number is………………… 2. There are ………………bananas then mangoes.(less/more) 3. There are ………………bananas then melons. (less/more) Activity- 5 Crossword challenge. Word bank Cheese Raisin Banana Apple Peanut butter Carrots cherry milk 1 2 3 4 M I L K 5 6 7 8 Across Down 3. You drink this. 1. It is brown and sweet. 5. It is red and it can go in pies. 2. They are orange with green tops. 7. It is good with jelly. 4. It is made from milk. 6. It can be green yellow or red. 8. It is yellow and sometimes turns black. ACTIVITY-7FUN WITH COLOURS Activity-8 Write the name and number of letters in each fruit and vegetable name. First one has been done for you. PINEAPPLE _________ 9 _________ ________ __________ ________ __________ _________ The fruit of Banana has no seed. ACTIVITY-9 MY SENSORY WEEK CHART Different food items taste different. For instance the apple is sweet. The oranges were sour, the cookies were sweet etc. You also must be enjoying eating things with different tastes. Now its your turn, categorize the daily food items that you eat according to their taste and make a daily chart of the same for any one week of June… DAY SWEET SALTY BITTER SOUR And now draw any one food item according to its taste in the space given below SWEET SALTY BITTER SOUR ACTIVITY-10 आ व इ मा ा के श द िलखकर श द माला बनाए । हर श द के आ खर वण से नया श द शु उढहरण :- कल लाख करे । खाता ितनका कान िनकल fy[k