27. Chuskit Goes to School

TLO: To write how we should treat the differently abled people. To write the use of Ramp and Wheel Chair.

Points to Ponder:

Children like Chuskit, who cannot walk and use a wheel chair, find it difficult to go to school because they are dependent on other people.A wheel chair has to be pushed up a ramp to go from one level to another.We should all kind and helpful to such ‘special children’. We should be patient with them.Bridges are made of different materials over rivers, and lakes.

Fill in the blanks:1. Bridges are built across the rivers.2. Be kind and helpful to ‘special’ children.3. A wheel chair can be pushed up a ramp easily.4. A wheel chair can move only on smooth surface.5. Ladakh is a place in Jammu and Kashmir

Answer the following:1. What is a ramp? What is it used for?Ans: Sloping smooth surface joining two different levels is called ramp. A wheel chair can be pulled up the ramp easily.

2. Do you have a ramp in your school?Ans: Yes

3. Name two places where you have seen the ramp.Ans: Hospital, Banks, schools.

4. Where is Skitpo Pul village?Ans Skitpo Pul village is in Ladakh.

5. How did Chuskit’s friend helped her go to school?Ans: Chuskit’s friends levelled the uneven road and the area near the river. They took the help of the teachers and made a small bridge with wood across the river. It helped Chuskit to go to school every day by wheel chair.

Activity:Make your own bridge.