B. D. PUBLIC SCHOOL, BUDDHA COLONY, PATNA SUMMER VACATION ASSIGNMENT – 2015 CLASS – V Dear children, The Summer Vacation is often taken as synonymous with fun and frolics, getting up late in the morning, playing for longer hours with friends, going on trips and watching fun-filled shows on television. But dear children, there are a lot of things that you can do to make your vacation more interesting and meaningful, along with doing all these fun and frolics. Here is a “Summer Vacation Activity Treasure Box” for you which will mould you for a better and successful forthcoming year. So, set out to hunt your Activity Treasure Box now. A few guidelines for your parents to make your long Summer break fruitful. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. “ Knowledge is Power”. Therefore, encourage your child to cultivate reading habit because it enhances the knowledge acquired as well as develops the vocabulary, language skills and improves spellings. “ A healthy mind lives in a healthy body”. So, encourage your child to play outdoor games because sports instill discipline, generate sporting spirits and channelize energy constructively. Also encourage him/her to play board games as chess, Ludo, Carrom, etc. “ Communication- the human connection – is the key to personal and career success”. Therefore, converse with your child preferably in English to help him/ her get comfortable with the language. Also encourage your child to read children‟s magazines and story books. Spend quality time with your child engaging him/ her in activities based on enhancing his/her powers of observation and imagination. Sensitize your child about the rich culture and heritage by watching different informative channels like „ The National Geographic‟, „Animal Planet‟, etc. Encourage your child to do the activities himself /herself and fix a specific time to do homework everyday. SCIENCE 1. Look at the physical map of India and list down. a) Mountains b) Plateaus c) Seas d) Rivers Find out the names of seas and oceans that surround our country. 2. There are many popular dances in India. Most of these dances are associated with a particular state, prepare a booklet about various classical and folk dances of India using lots of pictures and information related to those dance forms. 3. Find out the weather report from the newspaper of your city for a week. Now as per your findings, fill in the table given below . Date Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Rain fall Humidity -2Now as per your recording, find out a) Which was the hottest day ? b) Which was the coldest day ? c) Find out the average maximum temperature of the week ? d) Find out the minimum temperature of the week? 4. Find out where the following crops are grown in India ? Why ? Wheat, Rice, Barley, Corn 5. Prepare a chart of VIP‟s of different nations who visited our country ? 6. Consult your telephone directory and look for the STD codes of important towns of your state. Arrange them in alphabetical order and write their STD codes also. 7. Why is our country named “ Bharat” ? Find out from your sources if there is any story related to it. Write one story in your own word. 8. Make a picture album of people who live in different parts of India. Find out more about the clothes they wear, their customs and festivals. 9. Read newspaper everyday and maintain a diary to keep a record of all important events that happened in India during the period. Maths 1. Learn the tables from 5 to 30 and write it on a chart paper in a beautiful handwriting. 2. Write Roman numerals 1 to 1000. 3. Prepare the Indian and International place value chart in copy. 4. Complete the exercises of Ch 1, Ch2 and Ch 3 ( Numbers and Numerations ) ( Roman Numerals ) ( Operations on whole numbers ) 5. Complete pg. no. 1 to 23 of maths Apt. book. 6. Paste the pictures of 10 great Mathematician and write two lines about them. English 1. Memorize the poem ( Not Invited …… ) , the chapter -3 of your Literature Reader and pick out atleast ten rhyming words from it. 2. Paste the pictures of your Principal and Director and information as such the name of the state she/he belongs to, dress, famous food, hobbies / favourite pastime message for children, etc. 3. Many of you go out in summer break. It may be to a hill station or to any other relative‟s place. Click photos of different types of items and make a collage. 4. Write one page cursive handwriting in cursive book everyday. 5. Describe the experience of your summer vacation in a diary entry format. ( 150 – 200 words ) 6. Write an application to the Principal of your school, requesting him/ her to give you permission to avail the bus facilities of your school. 7. Read chapter -2 ( Visiting France ) of your Main course book and pick out the following from the chapter :a) Ten nouns b) Ten pronouns c) Ten adjectives d) Ten verbs e) Ten adverbs f) Ten preposition g) Ten conjunctions. 8. Write the experience you had of the recent Earthquakes and describe your feelings about it, in a paragraph. Paste pictures cut-outs from the newspapers and magazine of the disaster in your holiday Homework copy. -3S.Science. 1. Draw a diagram of the earth on a chart paper. Label and shade all the three Heat zones. 2. Paste ten historical places of Bihar which were famous during the British Rule. 3. Draw a conventional symbol on a chart paper. 4. Write the names of states and union territories of India and their capitals in your note book. 5. Make a small model of an igloo by using small blocks of clay. 6. Show the seven continents on the outline map of the world. Computer 1. Mention different uses of computer with photographs on a chart paper. Sanskrit Hindi