HOLIDAY HOMEWORK CLASS V Cambridge School New Friends Colony

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1 HOLIDAY HOMEWORK CLASS V Cambridge School New Friends Colony The much awaited summer holidays have arrived! Have fun, but spend a little time everyday doing your holiday homework. The school will be closed for the summer vacations from 19 th May to 2 nd July and will reopen on 3 rd July, Please check the school website for any changes. Submit all the holiday homework on 5 th July, English Book Reviews- Two book reviews to be written, in about words, from the given list of books/ series (recommended reading list attached). Some suggestions for writing the book reviews - The review could have: The name of the book along with that of the author, the illustrator and the publisher. The setting of the story could also be included e.g. Matilda - This story is about a girl with an unusual power who lived in England. Brief summary of the story What you liked and disliked about the story, or the characters in it, giving reasons. Anything in the story that touched you or you found interesting/funny/exciting/scary. You could compare the present story with a similar story you may have read earlier, and can comment on the way the story ended and how you felt in the end. Presentation of homework: To be done on A-4 sized sheets. The sheets must be put in a folder. The cover page of the folder to have the name, class & section of the child and colorful illustrations drawn by the child. Don't forget to read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie And The Great Glass Elevator for Book of the Month Quiz

2 Social Studies Compulsory Take political maps of the continents ASIA and EUROPE (maps attached) Learn the location of all the countries in each of these continents and mark them on the respective maps. Also mark the major water bodies surrounding the continents. Paste each map on an A-4 size sheet Put the sheets in a folder with your name, class and section written clearly on the cover page of the folder. Do any one out of A and B. (A) In case you go outside Delhi and visit other places during the holidays, prepare a travelogue giving an account of your trip or journey. The travelogue should include the following details: Names of places visited/destinations along with travel dates (Travel tickets to be pasted) People you travelled with A small paragraph describing the geographical aspect of the place(s) visited. Also what the place is famous for. Show the location of the place(s) on a relevant map. Write about the interesting spots you visited during your stay, the cuisine, activities you enjoyed over there and so on. Paste pictures to make your presentation attractive Present your work in a folder with A-4 size sheets. Make sure to paste your travel tickets and a map with the places located clearly. You can also paste photographs and drawings to make your presentation interesting. (B) Prepare an interesting slide show (Power Point) on any one country of your choice from the given continents. Your slide show could focus on the geography, history or any other aspect that interests you. Your presentation should not be more than 5 minutes long. Share the slide show with your classmates once the school reopens. *Best presentation will be shown in the assembly.

3 ihmdi Maths Twenty word problems related to the topics covered in class given (separate sheet attached) Children to do this work in the Maths home work copy Learn tables up to 15 by-heart. Quiz on Dodge Tables will be held after the school reopens. The children would display their holiday homework as a small exhibition, after the summer vacation. Some suggested movies for viewing 1. Stuart Little 2. Two Brothers 3. Eragon 4. Night at the Museum 5. Bambi 6. Angels in the Field 7. Karate Kid 8. Frozen H A P P Y H O L I D A Y S!!!

4 Math Word Problems for Practice Class V 1. A man bought 5,324 Kg of rice on Monday 3,924 Kg on Tuesday and 104 Kg on Wednesday. He then sold 6,995 Kg. How much rice is left with him? 2. There is 1 mango tree for every 4 apple trees in a garden. If there are 8 mangos trees. How many apples trees are there? 3. The cost of a computer is Rs. 565 less than Rs. 24,410. Find the cost of 28 computers? 4. 1,648 Kg of sugar needs to be packed in 16 bags. How many Kgs of sugar can be packed in 1 bag? 5. A dozen notebooks are sold for Rs. 648 and a profit of Rs. 120 is made on the overall sale. What is the cost price of the notebooks? What is the cost price of each book? 6. Rama bought a computer for Rs. 17,250 and spent Rs. 2,500 on its repairs. She then sold the computer for Rs. 25,000. Find her gain or loss? 7. A man wanted to buy a fridge costing Rs. 24,362 and a washing machine priced at Rs. 16,485. He had Rs. 31,999 only. How much more money did he need to buy both the things? 8. Ram saves Rs.45 per week for a bike he wants to buy. How much he will save in 3 years? 9. Ali made a profit of Rs. 5,200 on a sofa set he bought for Rs. 20,000. At what price did he sell it? 10. Raja had Rs. 6,85,942. He borrowed Rs. 2,78,952 from a friend to buy a car. How much was the cost of the car he bought? 11. A shopkeeper in a shoe shop requires 75,500 pairs of shoes in a year. One box can fit 25 pairs of shoes. How many boxes of shoes must he buy? 12. A sweet shop had 30 boxes of gulab jamuns and 40 boxes of ladoos. Each box had 50 sweets. How many sweets were there in all? 13. Ram won 25 prizes in one year. The prize money totaled to Rs. 50,000. If he received the same amount for every prize, how much money did he get for a single prize? 14. If you subtract 43,129 from a number you are left with 25,906. Find the number? 15. The sum of two numbers is 28,952. If one of the numbers is 7,654, what is the other number? 16. If 682 coins are put in a box with a capacity of holding 1200 coins, how many more coins can we put in the box? 17. A man buys 20 pens at Rs 24 each, 56 pencils at Rs 16 each and 85 notebooks at Rs 69 each. How much money did he spend in all? 18. Arun makes kites at home. He has an order for 1550 kites. He is yet to make 527 kites to fulfil the order. How many kites has he made so far? 19. I am ordering three books online. The first book costs $21.95, the second book costs $4.95, and the third book costs $5.95. Postage and handling cost $3.50 no matter how many books I order. How much will my total cost be? 20. There are 8 red pens in Ryan's desk drawer. There are 9 more black pens than red pens. There are also 7 more blue pens than red pens. How many pens are there in all?

5 Recommended Reading For Grades 4 & 5 S. No. Name Of The Book Author Publisher 1 Charlotte's Web E B White Penguin 2 Stuart Little E B White Penguin 3 The Trumpet Of The Swan E B White Penguin 4 The Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe C S Lewis Harper Collins 5 Bridge To Terabithia Katherine Peterson Penguin 6 More Perfect Than The Moon Patricia Maclachlan Joana Cotler Books 7 The BFG Roald Dahl Puffin Books 8 James And The Giant Peach Roald Dahl Puffin Books 9 Matilda and other Roald Dahl books Roald Dahl Puffin Books 10 Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing Judy Blume Macmillan 11 Ghosts Don t Eat Anushka Ravishankar Scholastic 12 Spinning Yarns : The Best Children's Stories From India Rupa 13 The Parrot Who Wouldn t Talk and Other Stories Ruskin Bond Puffin Books 14 Trouble With Magic Asha Nehemiah Duckbill 15 School Stories Paro Anand Scholastic 16 Tales From India : Funny And Wise Hema Pande Rupa 17 Anneli The Art Hater Anne Fine Egmont Press 18 The Jacket Andrew Clements Alladdin Paperbacks Series 19 The Secrets Of Droon Tony Abbott Scholastic 20 Diary Of A Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney Puffin Books 21 A-Z Mysteries Ron Roy Random House 22 Ramona Quimby Age 8 Beverly Cleary Harper Trophy 23 Famous Five; Secret Seven Enid Blyton Hodder Headline Ltd 24 Malory Towers; St. Claire's Enid Blyton Hodder Headline Ltd 25 Fun In Devlok Devdutt Pattanaik Puffin Books 26 Nate The Great Marjorie Weinmann A Yearling Book 27 Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne Random House 28 Diamond Brothers Detective Agency Anthony Horowitz Walker Books For Advanced Readers 29 Percy Jackson Series Rick Riordan Puffin Books 30 Harry Potter Series J K Rowling Bloomsbury Classics Abridged Unabridged 31 A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens Madhuban Puffin 32 Oliver Twist Charles Dickens Classic Starts Sterling Puffin 33 The Canterville Ghost Oscar Wilde Usborne Young Readers Puffin 34 The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Classic Starts Sterling Puffin 35 Black Beauty Anna Sewell Classic Starts Sterling Puffin 36 Five Tales Oscar Wilde OUP Puffin

6 Non Fiction 37 Florence Nightingale L Du Garde Peach Ladybird 38 Curiosity Killed The Cat and Other Animal Idioms Bindia Thapar Puffin Books 39 Scholastic Question And Answer Series Scholastic 40 Magic School Bus Series: Scholastic a) Space Explorers Scholastic b) Inside The Earth Scholastic c) Sees Stars Scholastic d) On The Ocean Floor & other titles Scholastic 41 Weird And Wonderful Phenomena Teri 42 Weird And Wonderful Animals Teri 43 Weird And Wonderful Natural Formations Teri 44 Science In Our Environment - Human Body Teri 45 Earth Explorer Fantastic Forests IL & FS Edu. & Tech Services Ltd. 46 Earth Explorer Ocean Adventure IL & FS Edu. & Tech Services Ltd. 47 The Usborne Book Of Peoples Of The World Scholastic 48 We Are All Born Free Tara Books ihndi 49 ica~kar ranaajai Leo Timmers A & A Book Trust 50 maastr saaihba Mrinalini Srivastava CBT 51 ek AnaaoKI rajakumaari Komila Raute Katha 52 Ammaa ka pirvaar Saroj Mukherjee CBT 53 Ajau-na Mahashweta Devi Katha 54 gaijaubaa[- ka gauladsta bafi-lai baumd NBT 55 baccaaom ki saubad`a Chandra Sadayat NBT 56 CuTkI igalahri Vinay Dube Eklavya 57 SaoKicallaI ki khainayaað Anupa Lal Scholastic 58 rsti ko karnaamao Ruskin Bond NBT

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