BANYAN TREE SCHOOL

HOLIDAY HOMEWORK- CLASS I

2013-2014

Dear Parents,

Vacation is here and it’s time to enjoy the summer with ice-creams and shakes.

  • Time to go and feel cool in the swimming pool.
  • Smell flowers and hear the birds chirp.
  • Eat lots of fruits and salads to stay healthy.
  • Drink plenty of water.
  • Learn to be self dependent. Try to make your own bed, learn to wear clothes yourself and tie your shoe laces.
  • Remember to converse in English and use the magic words like Excuse me, Sorry and Please frequently

Note: - All the home work must be done in 1 scrap book.

1.  Do two pages of English handwriting every week. Practise Hindi Swar & Vyanjan- Oral and written and twice a week. Use a new thin note book for each.

2. Wear your apron and surprise your dad by making a yummy sandwich for him with the help of your mom.

Things you will need –Two slices of brown bread with sides cut, two tablespoon of cheese spread slices of tomato and cucumber, salt and pepper.

Method-Apply cheese on the slices, place tomato and cucumber slices on one slice of bread. Sprinkle little salt & pepper. Put the other slice of bread on top. Use a plastic knife to divide it in two equal parts. Arrange it on a plate add a few chips on the side and serve to dad with a smile. Draw and colour your sandwich in your scrap book.

3. Read 2 story books and write five new words that you have learned from each book.

4. On the given coloured flashcard draw and colour a big Mango tree. Paste leaves and mango cut outs on the tree. Count the leaves and mangoes on the tree and write on the sheet. Suggestion: You can use coloured pages from old magazines for the leaves & mangoes.

5. Using waste material like beads, cotton, matchsticks etc make 2 figures with different shapes. For eg. hut, robot, engine etc.

6. Go shopping with your mother to buy household goods. After shopping, divide the things that you

bought under the following three categories –

1. Things we get from plants

2. Things we get from animals

3. Man-made things.

7. Draw and cut pictures of parts of a computer in different colours and assemble them to make a complete computer system.

8. Make any one of the following. Instructions are given below:-

·  Family collage

·  Photo frame

·  Sunflower

Family Collage

You can make a great family collage by cutting out pictures of family members and gluing them to card board.

Things you need: Family photos, Scissors, Glue, Thick paper or cardboard and Markers (to decorate your collage).

/ Cut a variety of pictures of family members from photos. Make sure you ask your parents before you cut any photos!
Glue the pictures onto the paper or cardboard.
/ Decorate the collage using markers and make a border with stickers.

Photo frame

Things you need: Ice Cream sticks, Fevicol, Colors. Thick string or wire, Stickers

(A) (B)

Step 1:Collect around 15 ice cream sticks. For the base of the frame, stick the ice cream sticks as shown in the picture (A).

Step 2: Leave half-an-inch space from all the sides and glue four sticks on the base to make the upper layer of the frame.

Step 3:Slide the photograph through the gap.

Step 4: Take a thick wire or a string to make a loop. Stick the two ends of the loop at the back of the frame. You can now hang your photo frame. As in Picture (B)

You can draw & colour a variety of patterns on the sides of your photo frame to make it look attractive.

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Sun Flower

Things you need: 1 small plain paper plate , foil roll ,green florescent sheet ,yellow florescent sheet (a few) scissors, pencil, tape, fevicol, stapler & Black bindis

/ The Stem of the Sunflower: Use glue or tape to wrap a piece of green florescent paper around an empty foil tube. /
/ The Petals of the Sunflower: Trace your handprints on yellow florescent paper. Cut them out. You'll need about 6 handprints. /
/ The Sunflower: Glue or staple the handprints around the small paper plate. Paste small black sticker bindis in the centre.
/ Staple the stem to the flower (you'll have to flatten the top of the foil tube in order to staple it). You now have a huge sunflower!

9. Colour the following picture and write Naming Words in the given blanks.

For ex: 1) tractor 6) ______

2) ______7) ______

3) ______8) ______

4) ______9) ______

5) ______10) ______

Spelling Bee Words

Learn 3-4 words daily.

garden / short / season / hungry
each / morning / rain coat / house
finger / evening / brush / ice cream
smell / dinner / teeth / school
tongue / lunch / chew / laugh
taste / banana / soap / river
speak / clean / fruit / children
black / dirty / vegetable / home
blue / strong / friend / sweets
orange / weak / animal / drink
green / rice / truck / eating
yellow / water / road / walk
white / summer / kite / jump
open / winter / market / slow
close / rainy / game / fast
smile / after / before / little
afraid / grass / cake / cry
milk / diwali / jump / monkey
squirrel / goat / rabbit / forest
elephant / farm / clothes / baby
wing / flap / crow / please
people / Thank you / welcome / between