Lines and Lines

Whose Line is It?

Today, there is a cricket match inFatima's school. Fatima, Jasbir andRaima have each brought their ownstump from home.

They keep these in a corner of theroom.

Fatima keeps her stump inposition.

Jasbir his inposition.

standing

slantingkeeps stump

Raima keeps her stump inposition.

sleeping

To show others how they have kept their stumps, theydraw lines in a notebook.

Fatima draws a line.

Jasbir a line.

Match the picture of each childwith the correct line.

standing

slantingdraws

Raima draws a line.sleeping

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Fatima

Jasbir

Raima

Here are somelines, lines and

lines. Now drawsome more such lines.

standingslanting

sleeping

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Ekta's lines are not straight. These are .

Draw more lines by joining the dots.

curved

curved

I will try to drawlines with only

my hand.

I can drawlines with the

side of mypencil box.

I can draw lineswith a scale.

Ekta

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Come makesome more!

Fun with Lines

Jigyasa has a clock. She can read the

time written in numbers and also the day

of the week. The numbers and letters are

made with straight lines.

Jigyasa made more numbers and letters with usedmatchsticks.

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Is there any number or letter that youcannot with matchsticks?

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What about? Which ones are easy?

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ollect used matchsticks. Have funmaking numbers and letters with these.

make

rite some numbers usingstraight lines.

writing letters using straightlines

Find out where else numbers and letterswritten with straight lines.

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Dancing Lines

Remya saw a traffic policeman givingdirections to vehicles.

Does a traffic policeman sometimesmake curved lines? ___________

Remya tried to act like a trafficpoliceman. She made many straightand curved lines. It was fun. It lookedlike dance.

Try the dance steps given below andenjoy like Remya.

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Several classical dance forms such as Bharatanatyam and Odissi use geometricalmovements. Children can be encouraged to look for different lines or shapes in pictures orT.V. programmes.

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Look at his arms.

They look like

standing and

sleeping lines.

Designs with Dots

� Join the dots with curved or straight lines.

Make your own designs.

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Lines in Pictures

Nancy saw these pictures made by folk artists.

Look for different types of lines curved, standing,slanting and sleeping.

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� Draw some more pictures like these.

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