Holidays are the best time of the year, Time to shout, clap &cheer !!!

Jump about and have lots of fun, Enjoy treats in tons and tons !!!

Dear Parent,

Summer Vacations are a welcome break!!! Let’s utilize these days in the best possible manner.

Guide, motivate and facilitate your children to complete their Holidays Homework, independently.

Tips for Parent :

1. Make a time table for your ward so that s/he can work effectively during vacations, giving equal importance to academics, co-curricular activities & social outings.

2. Guide your ward to do the Holiday HW independently& neatly.

3. BOOKS ARE A UNIQUELY MAGICAL!!So help them to develop regular

reading habit of story books in English & Hindi. Do take out time to help your child read

& understand the story. Also motivate them to narrate the story in front of all the family

members.

4. TV TIME !! Restrict the TV watching time and ensure that they watch only educational

and knowledge enhancing programs.

5. Develop their sensitivity towards protection of our mother earth !! Help your child to

grow&nurture at least one plant during the vacations. Do discuss the other ways of saving it.

6. Fluent Communication Skills is the need of the hour !! Try to converse with your child

in English and encourage him/her for the same with you &their friends as well.

7. Last but not the least, help them to read newspaper both in English as well as in Hindi

regularly to enhance their general awareness.

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Hey Kids !! want to become good & smart!! Follow the given basic guidelines:

Obey & respect your parents and elders and play kindly with your youngers and friends.

Don’t play in the sun for a long time & take proper fluid intake.

Be observant & try to learn new things.

Don’t forget to follow proper sleeping habit & Oral hygiene.

Your Teacher says: Happy Holidays!!

Welcome back on 3rd July 2017 (Monday) with aalong with your Holiday HW

GREENWOOD PUBLIC SCHOOL Sector - 9 Gurugram

Revise all the work done in books &notebooks.

Do the ENTIRE Holiday homework neatly & compile it in a beautiful folder.

For homework from book & W/S booklet, please refer to the School Almanac.

Name -………………………………Class – II Sec. -…………Roll No.-

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ENGLISH

A book is a portable dream that you hold in your hand.

1. There is no friend as loyal as a book. Reading enhances our vocabulary as well as our power

of imagination. So utilize your precious time during vacations for reading interesting stories

and enjoy travelling into another world of imagination. Read books like -

Jatak / Panchatantra Tales

Tenali Raman

Akbar Birbal Tales

Mulla Nasiruddin stories

Moral Stories

Books by NBT (National book Trust)

STORY NARRATION TIME – Let’s become a story teller! Learn any one story from the list

given above, and prepare it for narration in front of the whole class. Your narration should

cover: –

name of the story and the author

name of the main character and a small description about that character

the moral of the story

You can use different visual aids like picture cards, hand puppets, masks, stick puppets, etc

for narration.

2. Dear Children!

We all enjoy watching movies. Remember, you all had thoroughly enjoyed watching the

movie “KungFu Panda” along with your classmates. Come, let’s recall the movie. Make a

cut out of your favorite character from the movie and write 4 lines about it. (Check & follow

the given instructions)

Material required: Chartpaper, Colours, Sketch pen, Scissor, Pencil, Eraser

Steps to follow:

Step 1- Cut a thick paper/ chart paper into a square shape, measuring

10x10 inches

Step 2-Draw/ Paste the picture of your favourite character and cut the

outline around its shape.

Step 3-Cut and paste a rectangular sheet on it of size 4x5 inches. Write

the name and four lines about why you liked the character.

Look !! you have learnt about shapes also

My movie CUTOUT !!!

Let’s go for a voyage of reading!!!

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Tip for Parents : Help your child to learn some more new words and help

them to enhance their vocabulary and reading skills.

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3.

There are different kinds of words with names the same as you.

Nouns are anything you name: a Cat, a Dog, a Shoe,

a City, or a Country, a Feeling, or a Zoo.

Let’s recall the nouns by doing the simple exercises given below:

(a) Read the English newspaper / magazine daily. Identify the nouns of the given

categories, cut the words carefully & paste them / write them in the space provided for

10 consecutive days.

Date People Places Things Animals

Look !! you have learnt so many new words

The Noun fun !!!! Remember…

Nouns are the

names of

persons, places,

animals or

things

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(b) Make a word train using different nouns starting with the last letter of given words.

Now, arrange all these words in alphabetical order.

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Holiday Yacht

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Let’s enJoy tHe Word train ride !!!

Look… I have made _____ word’s chain

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(c) Determine whether each noun is a common noun or a proper noun.

• If the noun is common, write common noun on the line.

• If the noun is proper, re-write the noun on the line using capital letter.

examples: waterfall common noun

niagara falls Niagara Falls

1. march ___________________ 2. month ___________________

3. day _____________________ 4. tuesday __________________

5. holiday ___________________ 6. christmas _________________

7. cereal ____________________ 8. flower ____________________

9. dr. gomez _________________ 10. doctor ___________________

11. city _____________________ 12. india _____________________

13. street ___________________ 14. main street ________________

15. mc. donald ______________ 16. restaurant _________________

17. reema __________________ 18. china _____________________

19. dog _____________________ 20. snoopy ___________________

Challenge: Write five sentences using a proper and common nouns given above. 1._________________________________________________________________________ 2._________________________________________________________________________ 3._________________________________________________________________________ 4._________________________________________________________________________ 5._________________________________________________________________________

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Tip for Parents: Help your child to identify and categorize some more nouns

from their surroundings and their usage in meaningful

sentences.

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MATHS

1. For each alphabet two numbers are given, one is odd and other is even. Use the key

to decode the mystery numbers.

Key

A B C D E

1 or 2 3 or 4 5 or 6 7 or 8 9 or 0

Mystery Number:

______ ______ ______

D Even C Even C Odd

Mystery Number:

______ ______ ______

B Odd D Odd A Odd

Mystery Number:

______ ______ ______

A Even E Even E Odd

Mystery Number:

______ ______ ______

C Odd A Odd A Even

Ascending Order: _________ __________ __________ __________

Descending Order: ________ __________ __________ __________

Biggest number is Smallest number is

Even & Odd Mystery Numbers

Example: 1 8 9 ___________ ___________ ___________

A Odd D Even E Odd

Now arrange the numbers in ascending and descending order, also find the biggest and

smallest number.

189

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3. Now a days, we see different variety of attractive cars and motor bikes on the road.

During these vacations, whenever you go out, keep a look-out for such vehicles. Try

to note the name & number of that vehicle ( at least 5).

After enjoyment, now it’s the time to make your observation also strong.

Direction – Write the noted names & numbers in the given format. The numbers have

digits as well as alphabets. Frame a sentence from the letters and add the numbers.

For eg. - if the number is DL3C8564, the sentence could be David likes cats. Now add

the numbers 3+8+5+6+4=26 and tick the correct option if the answer is odd or even.

1. Name of the vehicle _______________ No. of the vehicle ________________

Sentence ________________________________________________________

Addition of digits _____________________ Sum = _______ It is ( odd /even)

2. Name of the vehicle __________________ No. of the vehicle ________________

Sentence ________________________________________________________

Addition of digits _____________________ Sum = _______ It is ( odd /even )

3. Name of the vehicle ____________________ No. of the vehicle ________________

Sentence ________________________________________________________

Addition of digits _____________________ Sum = _______ It is ( odd /even)

4. Name of the vehicle ____________________ No. of the vehicle ________________

Sentence ________________________________________________________

Addition of digits _____________________ Sum = _______ It is ( odd /even)

5. Name of the vehicle ____________________ No. of the vehicle ________________

Sentence ________________________________________________________

Addition of digits _____________________ Sum = _______ It is ( odd /even )

Games on road

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Tip for Parents : Involve your child in similar kind of activities which will make

him / her a strong observer.

4. The letters of the alphabet are replaced by numbers 1 to 26 as given in this table.

1. Write the given messages in code language. The first one is done for you.

a) HOW ARE YOU?

b) WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

c) WHERE DO YOU STUDY?

d) I LOVE MY COUNTRY.

2. Decode and write the messages. The first one is done for you.

a) 23 5 / 1 18 5 / 9 14 4 9 1 14 19.

b) 18 15 19 5 19 / 1 18 5 / 18 5 4 .

c) 19 8 21 20 / 20 8 5 / 4 15 15 18 .

d) 12 5 20 / 21 19 / 16 12 1 25 .

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

WE ARE INDIANS.

8 15 23 / 1 18 5 / 25 15 21 ?

it’s fun time to Learn CODING and DECODING!!!

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Tip for Parents : Students will learn about coding and decoding.

Make them do similar exercise to improve their skills.

5. Learning to add through magic squares.

15 1 15

15

15

15 15 15

5. Following the quote “Education is not received, it is acquired through practice

& consistent Hard work”! try to use holidays to learn / do something extra.

Revise tables (2 to 6) learnt in class.

Try to memorize further, tables of 7 to 10 also.

Regularly practice the concepts done in class. This will help you enhance your

accuracy in solving problems, speed of working & interest in Maths.

For the same, daily try to solve minimum 2 sums each on addition, subtraction and the

other concepts which you have done in the class, in a thin practice notebook and get it

checked by your parents after finishing………….. (Do this for at least 15 days) .

Dear students!!

During your holidays also prepare yourself for upcoming Maths Wizard Competition (Syllabus covered till now).

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A magic square is when the sum of every line is the same.

Tip for Parents: Help your child to explore himself / herself by making two more

magic squares on A4 sheet. This will enhance his / her mathematical skills.

Magic square Let’s

play with

numbers

8 3 4

1 5 9

6 7 2

EVS

1. India is a beautiful and vibrant country with people of different cultures and religions

living here. We all are well aware about the culture, festivals, currency and people

living in our country. So, let’s find out about 5 neighbouring countries of India and do

as follows:

Material required: Chartpaper, Colours, Scissors, Pencil, Eraser, String / Satin ribbon

Steps to follow:

Step1: Take 5 thick paper / chart of size 6x 8 inches

each. Paste/draw the national flag of each country and

write the information about that country as given in

the example.

Step2 : Now tie all the cut outs with a string as shown in the

example.

TABLE MAT (Vegetable/leaf printing)

2. Vegetables aren't just for eating! They can be used to make

beautiful paintings and impressive craftwork.

Let’s make a table mat.

Material required: Chartpaper, Colours, Vegetables ,

Leaves

Steps to follow:

Take 1/4th of a chart paper.

Use vegetables and leaves of different shapes and sizes to make beautiful paintings.

Use water colours or pastel colours for printing.

Write your name at the back of it.

Get it laminated and bring it to school every day.

Name: India

Head of country: President

Capital : New Delhi

Currency : Rupees

Currency : INR

Name: India

Head of country: President

Capital : New Delhi

Currency : Rupees

Currency : INR

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Know your neighbouring countries !!!

Tip for Parents : Encourage your child to learn more about the cultures

and people living in different countries around the world.

Tip for Parents: Let your child use his / her creativity, thought and drawing skills.

3. Let us make colorful and beautiful flash cards according to Roll nos.

Material required: Chart paper / Thick paper, Colours, Scissors, Pencil, Eraser

Steps to follow:

a) Make 2 flashcards (4’’ X 4’’) of the following topics.

b) Also draw or paste the pictures for the same.

c) Present the flash cards beautifully by colouring and decorating it.

Eg.

Roll Numbers Topic

1 to 4 Internal body organs

5 to 8 External body organs

9 to 12 People who help us.

13 to 16 Means of Transport

17 to 20 Types of plants

21 to 24 Festivals

25 to 28 Seasons

29 to 34 Different land forms.

CONSULT YOUR TEXTBOOK BEFORE MAKING FLASH CARDS.

YOU CAN USE THESE FLASH CARDS FOR CLASS ACTIVITIES.

FLASH CARD MAKING

Lungs

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9 10 11

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4. Dear students, it’s fun time to solve puzzles. So come on, let’s solve this crossword

puzzle.

ACROSS DOWN

1. Big animal that has one horn 2. This animal has a long trunk

3. This animal has a very long neck 4. This animal likes to eat grams and

grass

6. Man’s best friend 5. This animal loves bananas

8. Lives in the cold and waddles 7. Some say this animal has nine lives

9. Slow moving and has a shell 10. Has big ears and likes to hop

12. Striped animal that looks like a horse 11. King of the jungle

Happy Holidays!!!

Write the answer in

the given space.

Puzzle TIME!

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