KALKA PUBLIC SCHOOL

(A UNIT OF KALKA GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS)

ALAKNANDA, NEW DELHI

SUMMER HOLIDAY HOMEWORK

SESSION: 2017– 2018

CLASS – VI

ENGLISH

  1. Compile a PICTURE DICTIONARY of Nouns wherein each noun should be classified under its respective kind viz. Common, Proper, Collective, Material and Abstract. For each kind, at least 15 words should be coined into the treasure of dictionary. It should be made visually appealing with colourful pictures and drawings. The dictionary is to be compiled in the Writing Skill notebook.
  2. Read Lessons-3, 4 & 5 of the Long Reading Text ‘THE THREE MUSKETEERS’ and pen down the summary of each lesson in your own words in the Writing Skill notebook.
  3. You have chalked out some great plans for the summer vacation this year. You propose to yourself that you are going to spend your holidays in a constructive and fruitful manner. Write a letter to your cousin sharing your plans in the Writing Skill & Grammar notebook.

HINDI

MATHS

  1. How many numbers have exactly -(a) 2 digits (b)3 digits (c) 4 digits (d) 5 digits
  2. Write all prime numbers between 40 and 60
  3. Give two prime numbers whose sum is also a prime number
  4. A bottle contains 50 ml of ink .how many litres of ink are there in 360 such bottles ?
  5. Write each of the following in expanded notation (a) 12345 (b) 10019 (c) 30576
  6. Determine the product of the place values of two fives in 450758
  7. A six digit number has 1 as its first , third and fifth digit from the right, The second digit is 2, the fourth is 4 and the sixth is the sum of the second and forth digits, write the number in (a) the standard form (b) the expanded form (c)in words in Indian system (d) in words in international system.
  8. Find the largest possible 6-digit number with unique digits having 9 in the hundred’s place.
  9. Represent the following numbers on the number line- 2,0,3,5,7,11,15
  10. The digits of 6and 9 of the number 36490 are interchanged. Find the difference the original number and the new number.
  11. The population of a town was 59000 in one year it was increased by 4536 due to new births. However, 9218 persons died or left the town during the year. What was the population at the end of the year?
  12. Find the value of-(a) 4.375-0.985 (b)4× 0.5× 0.005 (c) 7.009÷ 7009 (d) 35.005 × 100 (e) 57.05× 4.2
  13. In one city, the number of scooters sold in the year 2000-2001 was 7,43,000. In the year 2001-2002 the number of bicycles sold was 8,00,000. In which year were more bicycles sold ?and how many more ?
  14. Use the given digits without repetition and make the greatest and the smallest 4- digit numbers (a) 2,8,7,4 (b) 9,7,4,1 (c) 4,7,5,0 (d)5,4,0,3
  15. (a) starting from the greatest 6 digit number ,write the previous five numbers in descending order.(b) starting from the smallest 8- digit number , write the next five numbers in ascending order and read them.
  16. A merchant had Rs. 78,592 with her. She placed an order for purchasing 40 radio sets at Rs. 1200 each. How much money will remain with her after the purchase?
  17. Estimate the following products using general rule (a) 578× 161(b) 5281 × 3491 (c) 1291× 592 (d) 9250 × 29
  18. Find the values of the following-(a) 297× 17 +297× 3 (b) 54279× 92+ 8 × 54279
  19. Find using distributive property (a) 728× 101 (b) 5437 ×1001
  20. Give the answers- 1. How many tens make a million? 2. How many lakhs makes a crore?3. How many lakhs in a million?

DO THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES-

  1. Select any ten countries and find the area of these countries. Also write down the numbers in expanded form as well as in both the system of numeration (indian and international)(ROLL NO- 1 TO 8)
  2. Write the number of players that make a team in various indoor and outdoor games. Also mention if the number of players is odd or even(ROLL NO. 9 TO 16).
  3. Identifying circular objects-list all the circular objects that you find at your home .use a ruler and a string to measure the radius ,diameter and circumference of each object(ROLL NO. 17 TO24).
  4. Notedown the height of any of your 10 relatives in centimeters and the convert it into metre as well as in feet. (ROLL NO25 TO 32)
  5. To draw various angles using the hour hand and minute hand of a clock.(Any 10) (ROLL NO.33 ONWARDS)

SCIENCE

SOCIAL SCIENCE

GENERAL INSTRUCTION 1. The holiday assignment should be hand written only. 2. Use of pictures, illustrations, newspaper clippings is essential where ever required. 3. Question number 1 should be done on a chart paper/A3 sheet. 4. Question number 2 should be done in a separate file using A3 sheet. 5. Question number 3 should be done in the map work book. 6. Question number 4 should be done in the History notebook.

1.ACTIVITY BASED

ASTRONOMERS OF THE INDIA Collect information and/or picture of the famous astronomersof India. Write a project report on the topic, "Great Astronomers of the India "Especially mention their contribution in the field ofastronomy.

OR

MY INDIA Create a collage on the topic ”This is my India” using pictures, poems,phrases, words and quotations to bringout the essence of diversity in India.

OR

REPRESENTING SOCIAL ISSUES

Design editorial cartoons or comic strips that focus on socialissues like gender equality, freedom of speech, create awarenessand bring about a change in worker's rights.

OR

PANCHAYATI RAJ

Create the front page of a rural newspaper and add headlinesregarding the meetings, achievements and working of the three tiers of the Panchyati Raj. You can also add articles about the village and advertisements by farmers

2. SURVEY BASED

Interview - Crafts People that Work in the Society

Procedure: Interview two people involved in making crafts items like pottery making, hand bags, decorative items etc. Prepare and fill a questionnaire covering the following points:

a.Name b.Type of product c.Design d.Equipments used to make these product e.Raw materials used f.Utility of their product g.Market value of these product h. Impact of changing technology on the demand of their products. i. Market strategy adopted by them to sell their products.

(NOTE: Paste your photographs along with the photos of the craftsmen’s and their products.)

3. MAP WORK Complete the following exercises of your map book :- History – pg no 56-57 Geography- pg no 4-15

4. Theory based

Prepare 20 very short answer type questions along with the answers from the chapters given below:

CH-1(History) CH-1, 2 (Geography) Ch-1(Political Science)

F.I.T

Design a poster in Ms Word using autoshapes, wordart, clipart to frame an argument between E-Banking and Digital Wallet. Get a colored/black-White printout.

Q. 2.Collect various screenshots of any threeE-Governance websites and stick them in scrap book and write its description.

SANSKRIT