New Rainbow Public School Pratap Vihar, Ghaziabad

Holiday Homework

Class – VI (2015-16)

English

1. Book- Review:- Read any story book and prepare the notes like:- a. Name of the student with class and section at the front page with the heading ‘Book Review’. b. Write the name of the book and its author at the next page. c. Characters of the story at the third page. d. Summary at your own words at the fourth page. e. Character you like most and why at the fifth page. f. Moral of the story at the last page.

Suggestion: - Cut the colored A4 sheets in any one shape and write the book Review as per above mentioned instructions.

2. Write a newspaper report on a talent hunt show for children that were held in your colony or society. As a newspaper reporter give details about the event in not more than 100 words. Do this in your Grammar note book.

3. Prepare your own mini dictionary with at least 150 words. Arrange them alphabetically and note down either in a small pocket diary or prepare your own by cutting pages in any shape of your choice.

4. Write your own experience of Summer Vacations in about 100- 150 words in your Grammar note book.

 

Maths

1. Write different properties of whole numbers on A-4 sheet with examples. 2. Make a scrap file on symmetry that can include

a) Symmetry in numbers b) Symmetry in alphabets c) Symmetry in shapes

Completethefollowingsymmetricalfigures1and2.Fi

gure1

 

Figure2

 

Complete the symmetrical figures and color them.

 

 

 

 

3. Make a beautiful chart on the following topics- a) Factors and multiples Roll No1-15 b) Whole numbers Roll No-16-30 c) Triangles Roll No 31-45

4. a) Note down one day temperature of different cities (any seven) and use the information for making Bar

Graph given as below-

City Temp

b) A gym class recorded how many active players there are for various sports. Use the data in the table to complete the bar graph. Label the parts and colour the graph. .

Science

1. Make a crossword Puzzle on following topics a) Nutrition-Roll no 1-10 b) Food habits-Roll no 11-20 c) Photosynthesis-Roll no 21-30 d) Insects-Roll no 31-41

2. Make a report showing causes and current effect of Nepal earthquake.

SST

Geography

1. Find out the name of the first manned space mission that successfully landed on moon. Make a chart about the information and pictures related to it.

2. Map Work Select all states of India and mark on Map a) The language spoken there-1-10 b) Festivals celebrated there-11-20 c) Traditional dresses-21-28 d) Staple Food29-35 e) Climate & the crop grown35-41

Activeplayersonsportsteams

Sport Numberofactiveplayers

Volleyball 60

Football 75

Basketball 55

Waterpolo 20

Polo 10

 

History

1. Write a biography of any one Indian social reformer. Give a detail account of his/her life and their contribution to the society. Note: - a. Use A-3 size sheet. b. Illustrate with information and pictures. c. Source: - textbooks, library, newspapers and internet.

2. Make a flash card on Upanishad teaching in the form of question and answers. 3. Make a model of any ancient Indian monument of your choice using materials such as cardboard,

clay,thermocol etc. Roll no. 1-10 Sanchi stupa Roll no. 11-20 Mahabalipuram Roll no. 21-30 The iron pillar at Mehrauli Roll no. 31-41 Nalanda University

PracticeWorksheet Summer holidays are here and it’s a chance for you to know more about the world and be more geographically smart. We have putup some fun thinking questions for you to attempt. We promise that you will enjoy doing it and learn a lot about our world.So put on your thinking caps and start.

Tick the correct answer:

1. Shown here is a ticket bought at a railway counter’.

This ticket can be used

to .

a. Travel by train to Pune station. b. Get free food from counters at Pune station. c. Get to the railway platform at Pune station. d. Stay overnight in the waiting room at Pune station.

 

2. Shown here is an image taken by a satellite. The feature indicated by the arrows is MOST LIKELY to be a .

a. river b. volcano c. waterfall d. mountain range

3. Students in the10thstandard were discussing food and this is what some of them said:

Who were MOST LIKELY to be discussing their religious or cultural beliefs?

a. Gargi and Ali b. Sheila and Ali c. Gargi and Peter d. Sheila and Peter

4. The truck shown here is MOST LIKELY to be transporting .

a. water b. textiles c. petrol d. vegetables

Gargi: We have to fast for 10 days every year during the monsoon season. Ali: We are not allowed to cook any dishes that are made with pork.

Sheila:My father gives us a mix of ginger and honey when we have a cough or cold.Peter: My brother is not allowed to eat prawns but everyone else in my family eats them.

 

5. A glacier is a large body ofice. The maps here show shaded regions.Which of the shaded regions would have the LARGEST areas of glaciers?

6. If the following items are stored in a clean, dry place, which one of the miss MOST LIKELY to get spoiled first?

a. onions b. almonds c. potatoes d. strawberries

7. Which of the states in India would have a major coast a fishing industry?

a. Bihar b. Assam c. Gujarat d. Uttar Pradesh

 

8. Kanchenjunga is the third highest mountain in the world.It is located along the India-Nepal border in the Himalayas.

Which of the options on the map correctly indicates the location of Kanchenjunga?

9. The place marked with“?”shows the location of .

a. Nepal b. Bhutan c. Myanmar d. Bangladesh

10. Imagine that the following things were left exposed to nature in the same place for hundreds of years.

After such a long time, which of the following will MOST LIKEY be in the BEST condition?

a. A piece of jute b. A piece of paper c. A piece of cotton d. A piece of glass

 

11. Shown here is the Port of Karachi in Pakistan.

This port is located on the .

a. Red Sea b. Pacific Ocean c. Arabian Sea d. Atlantic Ocean

12. This image shows the river Hooghly IN Kolkata.

The Hoogly is a distributary(branch)of the river .

a. Brahmaputra b. Narmada c. Ganga d. Indus

 

13. Many animal products are used as traditional medicine.

In which of the following uses of an animal product, would the animal be harmed?

a. The urine of dog used for ear ache b. The fat of wild boar used for musclepain c. Goat milk used for mouth ulcers(a type of wound) d. Sparrow droppings used to cure asthma(a lung disease)

14. The shop manager says that more customers means more sales and less sales.According to him, when are sales MOST likely to be neither too high nor too low?

a. Early in the afternoon b. Just before closing time c. Late in the afternoon d. Just after opening time

15. Which of the following peaks of the Himalayan mountain range is located on the border between Nepal and the state of Sikkim in India?

a. Everest b. Nanda Devi c. Nanga Parbat d. Kanchenjunga

 

Computer

Roll nos-1 to 10 Uses of Internet in our lives. 11 to 20 Search the internet on the topic “Cloud computing”. Write about it on the activity sheet 21 to 30 Chart on topic: - Search on the topic (History of the windows OS) through internet and make a chart on it. 31-41 Write about different educational websites on A4 sheet.

G.K.

1) Read the Newspaper daily. 2) Watch Discovery, Animal Planet and National Geographic channels daily). 3) Write 20 CURRENT AFFAIRS in your G.K. notebook.

ART

1. Flower pot (use ceramic, beats, mirrors to decorate them). 2. Wall hanging.

PSA

 

 

Note: Learn the entire syllabus done in all the subjects as a preparation for FA2.