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Delhi Public School Ghaziabad International

HOLIDAY HOME WORK

Session : 2015-2016

Theme : Our Migratory Birds

Dear Students,

It is summer vacation time again, a time to relax as well as fruitfully occupy the children in various

scholastic and co-scholastic areas. Keeping this in mind, our teachers have painstakingly designed and

framed interesting Project Work / Assignments to be completed during the summer - vacation to

encourage in-depth learning, clearing concepts and preparing ground for improved academic output.

Happy Holidays! Have fun!

Name : ___________________________________________________ Class : V

Submit the given homework in a folder with clearly mentioned name, class and section. It would be wonderful if the

children themselves decorate the folders. Latest by 6th July, 2015

Helpline : Ms. Rakhee Sharma : 8376029949 Ms. Kaveri Vashisht 8800141367

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GENERAL GUIDELINES

As parents, kindly motivate and lend support to your children and ensure that they complete the

given work well-in-time and to the best of their ability. Your encouragement can actually make a

huge difference to the ultimate learning outcome of these projects. We would be happy if parents

encourage children to work on their own.

Please note the following :-

☺Make your child read Hindi and English story books and children’s Science magazines as much

as possible. Remember that this is the best time for them to write stories, poems and articles for the

School Magazine.

☺Encourage them to undertake creative writing (both in Hindi and English). You can tell them to

write their experiences about the vacations and maintain a daily diary too. Even watching good

English Movies / Plays can be an enjoyable learning experience.

☺To make them aware of their surroundings tell them to watch various informative T.V. Channels

like Discovery Channel, National Geographic Channel, History Channel and Animal Planet.

☺To enhance their creative talent, motivate them to draw / paint, make PPT presentations on any

family celebration or any activity / place / concept that interests them. Bring your presentation in

your pen drive.

☺Last but not the least, practice English and Hindi writing to improve their hand writing. Let these

assignments / projects be fun filled and ensure that learning is always a pleasurable activity.

We look forward to your co-operation.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

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Learning Objective: Time Required: 30 Min.

To develop reading practice and to inculcate writing skills.

The word migration comes from the Latin word ‘migratus ‘which means ‘to change’. The word

has special meaning when it refers to animals. Migration is the movement of an animal from one

region, or habitat, to another. This happens at regular periods of time, and during a particular

season. Birds migrate twice a year, once in spring and again in fall.

Animals migrate in order to breed, grow, find food or avoid cold weather. Birds seek out places that

have warmth, food and are safe for breeding.

Seasonal migration primarily happens in the Northern-Hemisphere, because in the Southern

Hemisphere, especially in the tropics, it is always warm enough for an adequate year-round food

supply, and there is little variation in the length of day throughout the year, so birds have plenty of

time to eat in a day. So, not all birds migrate.

During the long days of the northern summer, birds have more hours to feed their young on the

abundant insect population. As the days shorten in the north in autumn and food supplies become

scarce, the birds migrate south.

There are 4 kinds of migrating birds:

Permanent residents are non-migrating birds who remain in their home area all year round.

Summer residents are migratory birds that move north in the spring, nest during the Summer,

and return south in the fall.

Winter residents are migratory birds who fly south for the winter.

Transients are migratory species who nest farther north than our neighbourhoods, but who

winter farther south. We only see transients as they are passing through.

The Arctic Tern has the longest known migration route. It flies about 22,000 miles each year

between its breeding grounds in the high Arctic and its winter grounds in the Antarctic.

Navigation is complicated because it requires three things: birds must know their current location,

their destination and the direction they must take to get there.

Some birds use the sun and the stars to navigate. Some also use landmarks like rivers, mountains or

coastlines. Some might use smell. Still others might follow the other birds in the

flock. Some even monitor the Earth's magnetic field. These birds are able to use their visual system

along with tiny grains of a mineral in their heads. This mineral, called magnetite,

might act like a compass.

Not all is known about how birds find their way but they probably use more than one method.

Speed ranges from 20 to 50 miles per hour. Larger birds fly faster than smaller birds. If

the flock flies for 10 hours a day, then they could fly about 400 miles a day!!!

Radar studies show that most flight occurs at less than 10,000 feet, but some have been recorded

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flying at 27,000 feet!! Birds on long-distance migrations fly at higher altitudes than short-distance

migrants. Sometimes birds must fly across harsh habitats such as deserts, where there is little water,

or oceans, where there is no place to land and little food to eat. Sometimes stormy weather may

make the trip difficult. There can be many predators along the migration route.

Bird banding or ringing is one method used to study wild birds. Scientists attach a small

individually numbered metal or plastic ring to a bird's legs or wings. They also use mist nests as a

way to capture birds. This way they can capture and re-capture the same individual and measure

and weigh it and gather other important information.Sometimes scientists use satellite tracking for

follow birds on their migration routes.

Many species migrate very long distances. It is very common that birds will migrate to the northern

hemisphere in the summer where they can breed in a cooler climate. In the winter they will head to

the southern hemisphere where the climate is more temperate. This pattern is known as a flyway. It

is sort of a highway that birds fly. Each species migrates at a certain time of year and time of day.

Some are very irregular in their migration patterns. Some species start their migration south in early

July and some don't migrate until the weather gets too harsh or the food becomes unavailable later

in the fall.

Experiments show that day length stimulates migration. In the Spring, you might see migrating

birds as early as January in Florida! Most birds fly by night in small flocks. This allows them to eat

during the day, and avoid some predators.

There are 4 main Flyways, or routes, in North America that most migratory birds follow between

their summer and winter residences.They follow certain established migratory routes and pass

through at predictable times. These routes tend to avoid land forms that might block their way, such

as mountains, or water.

Ospreys, eagles, vultures, and hawks and known as soaring birds. They have a special talent at

finding hot air rising from the land. The heated air spirals up and is known as a thermal. They use

this spinning air to soar with by floating upon a thermal and gliding down to the next one. This

helps them to save energy needed for long journeys.

Some birds eat along their journey by finding food when they are hungry. But some birds eat more

just before migration. They store a special, high-energy fat in their body to last them for several

weeks as they migrate.

ENGLISH

Now answer the following questions.

When do birds migrate? How do birds find their

way?

How fast do migratory

birds fly?

What are the dangers of

migration?

Find the answers

Activity

Which bird has the longest

migration route?

What is a ‘flyway’? What is migration? How do ornithologist study

birds and migration?

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Collect some information about these two authors and write a short paragraph in your self

designed scrap book. Find out the titles of some of the books written by these authors and

try to read at least 2 story books written by each one of them.

Write a book review of the books you read in your scrap book. The guideline for writing the review

is given below.

BOOK REVIEW

Name of the book: ______________________________

Author's Name: ________________________________

Major Characters (and a description of each one): ____

Summary of the book/story in your own words: _______

Read the following Poem.

Everybody, everywhere,

seeks happiness —it’s true

But finding it and keeping it

seems difficult to do,

Difficult because we think

that happiness is found

Only in the places

where wealth and fame abound,

And so we go on searching

in “palaces of pleasure”

Seeking recognition

and monetary treasure,

Unaware that happiness

is just a state of mind

Within the reach of everyone

who takes time to be kind—

For in making others happy,

we will be happy, too,

For the happiness you give away returns to shine on you.

-Helen Steiner Rice

Learn it for the recitation competition. (Date will be intimated)

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SOCIAL SCIENCE

Learning Objective: To introduce students to the concepts of adaptation in the bird

Species.

Collect pictures and information about migratory birds and paste them in a scrap book.

Choose any 2 migratory birds or animals. Collect the following information about them

and write it in yourself scrap book .

a. Name of the bird/ animal

b. Where do they live?

c. Which place / continent do they migrate to?

d. Reason for their migration

e. Trace / write their migratory path. (Do it yourself)

Do it

SCIENCE

ELO: Student will be able to learn about migratory birds.

Skill: Data collection.

Surf the net under the supervision of your parents or grandparents

and find out about five migratory birds that visit India.

Try to read about these migratory birds and write about:

Their habitat.

Their journey.

Route and time taken in reaching the destination.

NOTE: Do all the above work in your scrap book, with beautiful colour pictures and detailed

information.

Links: internet, newspaper, magazines.

Student will give presentation of their work

Time: required 60 mins mins.

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Learning Objective :

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inayamaanausaar [sa pik`yaa kao pUra krnaa haota hO.

(i) pxaI iva&ana ka mah%vapUNa- AMga @yaa hO ?

(ii) pixayaaoM ko p`vaasa ka p`mauK karNa @yaa hO ?

(iii) p`vaasa sao phlao pxaI Apnao Baaojana kI vyavasqaa iksa p`kar krto hOM ?

(iv) pxaI p`vaasa ko samaya iksa gait sao ]D,to hOM ?

(v) pxaI Apnao jaIvana ka Ktra maaola laokr p`vaasa kI ik`yaa kao @yaaoM

pUra krto hOM ?

(vi) @yaa saBaI pxaI AakaSa maoM ]D, sakto hOM ?

Time Required : 2 Hrs.

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(vii) @yaa saBaI pxaI samaana gait sao AakaSa maoM ]D,to hOM ?

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ilaiKe.

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ilaiKe.

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(iv)]sanao palaGaaT maoM j,maIna KrIdI hO.

(v) CaoTU jaldI jaa, pana lao kr Aa.

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(vi) dukana pr maaocaI nahIM imalaa.

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MATHS

Time required 2 hrs.

Learning Objective:-Students will be able to know about the mathematician and

their contribution in maths.

Q1. Collect information about any two mathematicians. Write about their

contribution to the subject and also paste their pictures.

Time required:- 30 minutes

Learning Objective :- Students will be able to understand the concept of

numbers and shapes.

Q2

a) What is the total of the numbers in the circle but not in any other shape?

________________

b)What is the total of the numbers in both the triangle and the circle and not in any

other shape? ___________

c) What is the total of the numbers in the rectangle but not in any other shape?

____________

d) What is the total of all the numbers in the circle, triangle and square, but not in

any other shape?

Activity 1

Activity 2

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Time required:- 30 minutes

Learning Objective :- Students will be able to apply their knowledge and

understand the concept of addition.

Q3. By using every number between 1 and 16 try and complete this number square

so that every line, up and down, left to right and diagonal adds up to 34.

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20

3

11

16

Activity 3

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Time required:- 30 minutes

Learning Objective :- Students will be able to apply their knowledge and

understand the concept of shapes.

Q4.Count and write down the number of triangles in the figure given below.

Q5.Complete the other side of the following pictures so that they are symmetrical:

Q6. Traffic lights are arranged with red on top, yellow in the middle and green at

the bottom.

How many other ways could these three colours be arranged? Draw and show.

Q7. Learn tables from 2 to 20 .Practice answering quickly.

Activity 4

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Time required:- 2 hours

Learning Objective :- Students will be able to apply their knowledge to

understand the concept of shapes and make best out of waste.

PAPER PLATE CRAFT ACTIVITY : Bird

This is a great looking Bird paper plate craft that is simple and easy to make.

You will need:

Paper plate

Light blue acrylic paint

Lightblue pastel paper

Light green pastel paper

Yellow pastel paper

Scissors

Glue

Large wiggle eyes

Black marker

Prodecure:

Paint a paper plate light blue and allow to dry.

Cut branches and leaves from green and brown pastel sheet.

Cut birds from yellow pastel sheet or draw .

Glue on a large wiggle eye

Activity 5