CLASS 1 SYLLABUS 2015 2016 FIRST ASSESSMENT · PDF fileCLASS 1 SYLLABUS 2015 – 2016 FIRST ASSESSMENT ENGLISH Books: 1. Tree Top (Course Book 1) (Headword Publishing Company) 2. Tree

CLASS 1 SYLLABUS 2015 – 2016

FIRST ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH

Books: 1. Tree Top (Course Book 1) (Headword Publishing Company)

2. Tree Top (Companion Book 1) (Headword Publishing Company)

Reading

Lessons from Tree Top (Course Book 1)

Recitation

1. My House 2. The Little Elf Man

Oral Composition

Questions to be asked on topics such as: Cricket, My Best Friend, A place I visited.

Comprehension & Grammar

1. Nouns 2. Composition

3 Capital Letters ,Full Stop, Question Mark 4. One & Many

5. Describing Words ( Adjectives) 6. Doing Words (Verbs)

Text

1. My Family 2. Ratty learns a lesson

3. A tale about tails 4. The Ugly Duckling

Dictation

Words and Passages from the lessons read in class

Unseen words and Passages

Writing

Set exercises in Graded Handwriting Series – Book – 1

Story 1. The Greedy Dog 2. The Hare and the Tortoise

HINDI

Books: 1.

Revision: 2, 3, 4 letter words.

Language:

Written work:

Text

Reading and dictation

Recitation

Picture and oral composition

Writing

MATHEMATICS

Book: Mastering Mathematics for Primary Classes – Book 1 - M. L. Aggarwal (Arya Publication)

1. Oral and Written numbers from 1 to 100 2. Number names 1 to 49

3. Numerals 1 to 49 4. Add and subtract single digit

5. Missing numbers-before and after 6. Counting in 2’s, 5’s and 10’s

7. Tables of 2, 5 and 10 8. Ordinals 1-10

NATURE STUDY

Book: Living Science – Part – 1 (Ratna Sagar)

1. The World Around Us 2. Living And Non Living 3. My Body

4. Good Habits 5. How is the weather

VALUE EDUCATION

Book: My Big Book of Values- Book 1 (Ratna Sagar)

1. Lessons from My Big Book of Values Book 1 2. Lessons on Human Values

ART

Books: Hello Colours! Part 1 (Vision Publications)

Checkmate! Part 1 (Vision Publications)

1. Plain Drawing Primary colours used in free expression and drawing of simple scenes such as ‘A Rainy Day’

2. Hello Colours Skill – Joining the dots and colouring objects eg. Ball, Mango, Kite

3. Checkmate Skill – drawing and colouring repeated patterns in blocks eg. Straight lines and arcs

CRAFT

Motor skills 1. Paper crushing is using crushed paper to make handicrafts

2. Moulding is the process of moulding plasticine in different shapes.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. About myself 2. College details, etc 3. Project on ‘Festivals of India’

COMPUTER STUDIES

Book: Enjoying Computers 1 (Cordova Publications)

1. Introduction to Computer 2. Computer : A smart Machine 3. Parts of A computer

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Basic Discipline - Height order line, Hygiene

Basic commands - Standing to attention, at ease, right and left turns, about turn

Body movements - Walking, animal walk

Running - Straight, zigzag, in circles

Basic skills - jumping, jogging, hopping, squats, skipping, frog jump

Apparatus skills - Ball - holding, throwing, kicking and passing

Bat - holding and hitting

Rings - holding and throwing

Disc - throwing and catching

SECOND ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH

Reading

Lessons from Tree Top Book 1

Recitation

1. A Good Boy 2. Strange Man 3. Elocution poems

Oral Composition

Questions to be asked on topics such as: A visit to the Zoo, My Best Friend, Festivals


1. Comprehension 2. Preposition 3. Conjoint words

4. Is/ Are / Am 5. Rhyming words 6. Jumbled Words

7. Has / Have 8. One / Many 9. Composition (5 lines)

Text

1. Cleo, The Greedy Cat 2. Fanny’s Birthday Party

3. The Princess who never smiled 4. How the Turtle got its shell

Dictation



Writing


Story 1. Red Riding Hood 2. The Fox and the Grapes

HINDI

Books: 1. ß Þ

Language

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TEXT

Reading and Dictation s

Recitation Elocution

Picture and Oral Composition s

Writing

MATHEMATICS

1. Number names 50-100 2. Numerals 1 - 50

3. Counting in 3’s and 4’s 4. Tables of 3 and 4, and revision of tables 2, 5 and 10

5. Multiplication in TO with one digit 6. Place value up to 100

7. Greater, Less than and Equal to signs 8. Simple addition and subtraction with one and two digits

9. Simple problems in addition and subtraction with 1 and 2 digits

NATURE STUDY

1. A Green World 2. Food From Plants

3. The Animal World 4. Food And Shelter For Animals

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. College details, etc 2. National flag 3. Project on National symbols & National Days

VALUE EDUCATION

Lessons from My Big Book of Values – Book - 1

ART

Books: Hello Colours Book 1 (Vision Publications)

Checkmate 1 (Vision Publications)

1. Plain Drawing Primary colours used in free expression and drawing of simple scenes such as ‘Christmas’

2. Hello Colours Skill – Drawing and colouring objects eg. Car, Butterfly, bird

3. Checkmate Skill – drawing and colouring repeated patterns in blocks eg. House, Diya

CRAFT

Skill – Hand-eye coordination

1. Origami - The art is of transforming a flat sheet of paper into a finished sculpture through folding, without the use of glue.

2. Finger and Hand Printing – using hand and finger prints to create designs.

COMPUTER STUDIES

1. Learn to use the Keyboard 2. Learn to use the mouse

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Gymnastics - Front roll, back roll, cartwheel and splits

Track events - Starting the races, running in tracks, finish line

Mass drill exercises

THIRD ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH

Reading


Recitation

1. I Saw a Ship a- sailing

Oral Composition

Questions to be asked on topics such as: My Favourite Toy, How I Spent My Summer Vacations


1. Comprehension 2. Composition 3. Comparative/ Superlative Adjectives

4. Pronouns 5. Me, Us, Them 6. Opposites

Text

1. The Ant and the Grasshopper 2. The Magic Window 3. Farmer Brown Goes to Town

Dictation



Writing


Passages for Transcription

Story 1. The Lion and the rat 2. The Thirsty Crow

HINDI

LANGUAGE

,

TEXT

Reading and dictation

Recitation

Picture and oral composition

Writing

MATHEMATICS

1. Revision of First and Second Assessment 2. Time O’Clock

3. Shapes – Circle, Oval, Triangle, Square, Rectangle 4. Odd and even numbers

NATURE STUDY

1. We Need Water 2. We Need Air 3. Safety First

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. College details, etc 2. People who help us 3. Project on Indoor games OR Outdoor games

VALUE EDUCATION

Lessons from My Big Book of Values –Book 1

ART

1. Plain Drawing Primary colours used in Free expression and drawing of simple scenes such as ‘My Garden’

2. Hello Colours Skill – Drawing and colouring objects eg. Rocket, Mushroom

3. Checkmate Skill – drawing and colouring repeated patterns in blocks eg. Flowers, Peacock

CRAFT

Skill – Finger dexterity 1. Paper tearing – tearing paper in small pieces and pasting them to create a design.

2. Painting - this a form of colouring articles using paints and brushes.

COMPUTER STUDIES

1. Manners in the Computer room 2. Fun with Paint

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Yoga - Basics asanas and breathing exercises

Group games - Dodge ball, etc.


FIRST ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH

Books: 1. Tree Top Course Book 2 (Headword Publishing Company)

2. Tree Top Companion Book 2 (Headword Publishing Company)

Reading

Lessons from Tree Top Course Book 2

Recitation

1. Homes 2. Something’s happening

Picture Composition

Oral questions to be asked on pictures shown in class, by the teacher.

Written Composition

Ten sentences in a paragraph on topics given in Tree top Companion Book 2

Comprehension

Passages will be done from the Tree Top Companion Book 2

1. The proud Butterfly 2. A House of Ice 3. The Selfish Crows

Grammar

1. Nouns 2. Proper Nouns 3. Common Nouns

4. Collective Nouns 5. Verbs 6. Frame Sentences

7. Jumbled Sentences 8. Jumbled words

Text

1. Three Little Butterfly Brothers 2. The Great Big Turnip

3. The Farmer and the Snake 4. Selfish Sally Learns a Lesson

Spelling/Dictation

Words and Passages chosen from Tree Top Course Book 2

Writing

Lines and Passages given in class

Story

1. The Monkey and the Peas 2 .The Shoemaker and the Elves

HINDI

Books: 1. ( )

2.

Text

Reading and Dictation

Recitation

Written Compostion

etc.

Comprehension

Writing

Pages from

Grammar

Oral Compostion Picture Composition

MATHEMATICS

Book: Mastering Mathematics – Book 2 M. L. Aggarwal (Arya Publication)

1. Numbers 99 to 999 2. Number Names 3. Numerals

4. Place Value 5. Tables 2-7 6. Ascending and Descending Numbers

7. Number Line- Arranging Numbers, Addition and Subtraction 8. What comes After, Before, In between

NATURE STUDY


1. Plants around Us 2. Plants give Us 3. Animals give Us

4. Animals in the Jungle 5. Rocks and Minerals

VALUE EDUCATION


1. Lessons from My Big Book Of Values Book 2 2. Lessons on Human Values

ART



1. Plain Drawing – Free expression, drawing of objects such as ice cream cones, flowers, etc.

Drawing of scenes such as a rainy day, etc

2. Hello Colours – Colouring of scenes in the book

3. Check Drawing – Colouring of blocks in different colours

Drawing in squares – zig zags and spirals, diamonds and discs, houses, etc.

CRAFT

1. Moulding – is the process of manufacturing by shaping pliable raw material.

2. Cutting & Pasting – cutting paper or cloth in different shapes and pasting them to create a design.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Our College 2. Current Affairs 3. Project on ‘A Playground’

COMPUTER STUDIES

Book: Enjoying Computers 2 Cordova Publications

1. Introduction to Computer 2. Uses of Computer 3. Learn to use Computer

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Basic Discipline - Height order line, Hygiene

Basic commands - Standing to attention, at ease, right and left turns, about turn

Body movements - Walking, animal walk

Rotation – Head, shoulder, hands, wrist, trunk, leg and ankle

Running - Straight, zigzag, in circles

Basic skills - jumping, jogging, hopping, squats, skipping, frog jump

Apparatus skills - Ball - holding, throwing, kicking and passing

Bat - holding and hitting

Rings - holding and throwing

Disc - throwing and catching

Group Games

SECOND ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH

Reading


Recitation

1. Apple Tree 2. Poems for Elocution

Picture Composition

Oral questions to be asked on pictures shown in class, by the teacher.

Written Composition

Ten sentences in a paragraph on topics given in Tree top Companion Book 2

Comprehension


1. The Hero 2. Save Trees 3. A Fairy Went a-Marketing

Grammar

1. Adjectives 2. Homonyms (and / but / or) 3. Conjunctions

4. Contractions 5. Comparative / Superlative Adjectives 6. Verbs

7. Singular / Plural 8. Jumbled Sentences

Text

1. A Perfect Pet 2. The Tiger and the Big Wind

3. The Little Red Hen 4. The Woodcutter and the Fairy

Spelling/Dictation

Words and Passages chosen from Tree Top Course Book 2

Writing

Lines and Passages given in class

Story

1. The Princess and the Monster 2. The Salt Merchant

HINDI

Text


Recitation

Elocution Poems

Written Compostion

etc.

Comprehension

Writing

Pages from

Grammar

Oral Composition Picture Composition

MATHEMATICS

1. Greatest and Least Numbers 2. Put the correct sign < = > 3. Addition

4. Subtraction 5. Tables 8-10 6. Multiplication

7. Problem Sums- (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication)

8. Solve

NATURE STUDY

1. Air Everywhere 2. Housing and Clothing 3. Water for all

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Facts 2. Current Affairs 3. Project on ‘Professions’

VALUE EDUCATION


ART

1. Plain Drawing – Drawing of scenes such as ‘A Zoo’, ‘A Birthday Party, cards for festivals, etc

2. Hello Colours – Completing and colouring of pictures in the book such as a cake, school uniform and building, etc.

3. Check Drawing – Drawing in squares – watermelon, urns, cacti, etc.

CRAFT

1. Painting – this is a form of colouring articles using paints and brushes

2. Block Printing – is a form of dyeing and colouring a material using blocks

COMPUTER STUDIES

1. More about the Keyboard 2. More about the mouse

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Gymnastics - Front roll, back roll, cartwheel and splits

Track events - Starting the races, running in tracks, finish line

Mass drill exercises

THIRD ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH

Reading


Recitation

1. Six Little Mice 2. Birdies

Picture Composition

Oral questions to be asked on pictures shown in class.

Written Composition

Ten sentences in a paragraph on on topics given in Tree top Companion Book 2

Comprehension


1. Mouse Finds a House 2. Time to Go

Grammar

1. Nouns 2. Jumbled Sentences 3. Vowels

4. Adverbs 5. Prepositions 6. Homonyms

Text

1. Pinocchio 2. The Toys That Ran Away

Dictation



Story 1. The Vain Stag 2. The Grasshopper and the Ants

Writing


HINDI

Text:


Recitation

Composition

etc.

Comprehension

Writing

Pages from

Grammar

Picture Composition

MATHEMATICS

1. Division 2. Time-(Hour, Half n Hour) 3. Shapes

4. Weight– heavier and lighter (use of Kg. and grams – without conversion)

5. Length –longer and shorter (use of Km., metres and centimeters – without conversion)

6. Money-(Simple Bill Sums only rupees addition, subtraction and multiplication)

NATURE STUDY

1. Sun, Light and Shadow 2. Bones and Muscles 3. Going to the Moon

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Current Affairs 2. Sports etc. 3. Project on ‘My Best Friend

VALUE EDUCATION

Lessons from My Big Book of Values –Book 2

ART

1. Plain Drawing – Drawing of scenes such as ‘Spring time’, ‘Holi’, and designing of coins

2. Hello Colours – Completing and colouring of pictures in the book such as animals, etc. Drawing scenes with

crayons on a dark background, and other such activity.

3. Check Drawing – Drawing in squares – fruits, flowers, etc.

CRAFT

1. Thread work – Using thread, wool, fine ropes, twines, etc. to make articles such as Pompoms, utility holder, etc.

2. Ice cream sticks – Using ice-cream sticks to create a variety of items

COMPUTER STUDIES

1. More on paint

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

1. Yoga - Basics asanas and breathing exercises

2. Group games - Basket ball, badminton, football, etc.


FIRST ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH

Books: 1. Tree Top Coursebook 3 (Headword Publishing Company)


3. The Little Oxford Dictionary (O.U.P.)

Reading


Oral Composition

Questions to be asked on topics such as: My City, My School

Written Composition

Paragraphs of about 150 words


1. Nouns 2. Punctuation

3. Opposites 4. Singular and Plural

5. Similes 6. Subject-Verb Agreement

7. Adjectives 8. Degrees of Comparison

9. Articles 10. Comprehension Passages

Text

1. Kitty Has a Bath 2. William Tell- the Swiss Hero

3. What If (poem) 4. Anansi the Spider

5. The Lazy Frog (poem) 6. The Farmer and the Apple Tree

7. Why (poem) 8. Ursula’s Umbrella

Dictation

Words and Passages from the lessons read in class, Unseen words and Passages

Writing


HINDI

Books: ݠ ( )

for class 3 (Frank Bros.)

Text


Recitation

Composition

Topics such as: etc.

Comprehension

Grammar

Oral Composition

MATHEMATICS

Book: Mastering Mathematics for Primary Classes – Book 3 M. L. Aggarwal (Arya Publication)

1. Number System (4, 5 digit numbers), Even and Odd numbers, Roman numbers up to 20.

2. Addition of 4, 5-digit numbers (with carrying), properties of addition, Story sums.

3. Subtraction of 4, 5-digit numbers (with borrowing), story sums.

4. Multiplication – Tables up to 15, Properties, multiplication by 10, 100, and 1000, multiplication by 2-digit numbers

(product not exceeding 99,999), story sums.

5. Geometry – Point, Line, Line Segment, Ray, Straight Line (Horizontal line, Vertical Line and Oblique Line), Curved

Line, Open and Closed Figures, Plane Figures, Perimeter (without using formulae), Symmetry, Tessellations.

GENERAL SCIENCE


1. Food and Feeding Habits of Animals 2. Safety and Home

3. Precious Soil 4. Living and Non- Living

SOCIAL STUDIES

Books: 1. Social Studies – An Environmental Approach Book 3 (Frank Bros.)

2. The Orient BlackSwan Primary School Atlas - Third Edition (Orient BlackSwan)

1. The Universe 2. The Movement of the earth

3. The Physical Features of the Earth. 4. India- Physical Features

5. India – Political Features 6. Map Work

VALUE EDUCATION

Book: My Big Book of Values - Book 3 (Ratna Sagar)

1. Lessons from My Big Book Of Values Book 3 2. Lessons on Human Values

ART



1. Plain Drawing – Drawing pictures with the help of outline of the hands

Composition such as background (sunset), middle ground and foreground

2. Hello Colours – drawing of objects such as pencils, houses, etc. with the help of rulers

3. Check Drawing – Drawing in squares – flowers, birds etc.

CRAFT

1. Papier Mache – is an art where objects are made from paper pulp or shreds of paper mixed with glue or paste.

2. Moulding – is the process of manufacturing by shaping pliable raw material.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Our College 2. Current Affairs 3. A project on ‘My City’

COMPUTER STUDIES


1. Introduction to Computer 2. Learn to use MS Windows 3. More on Paint

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Introduction to physical education: Importance of health, games and sports in our daily lives

Nutrition and hygiene

First Aid: How to be safe, how to help others in an emergency, road rules

Importance of discipline in school: Uniform

Workouts: Strengthening, stretching, toning of muscles through exercises

Aerobics

Skipping

Marching on the spot

Athletics: Track events: Sprints and long distance races, relays; rules

Conditioning exercises for sprints and relays

SECOND ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH

Reading


Oral Composition

Questions to be asked on topics

Written Composition

Paragraphs of about 150 – 200 words. Eg. My Aim in Life, A Train Journey


1. Pronouns 2. Synonyms

3. Conjunctions 4. Homophones

5. Tenses 6. Preposition

7. Comprehension Passages

Text

1. King Midas and the Golden Touch 2. The Rainbow (poem)

3. Four Oxen and the Lion 4. Grace Darling

5. Jack and the Beanstalk 6. Poems for Elocution

Dictation



Writing


HINDI

Text


Recitation

Elocution Poems

Composition

Topics such as: etc.,

Comprehension

Grammar

Oral Compostion

MATHEMATICS

1. Division and multiplication facts, division by 1-digit number, Verification of the answer, division by 10, 100 and 1000,

Simplification using DMAS Rule, story sums (division) and with more than one operation.

2. Time and Calendar – Reading Time in 5-minutes and 1-minute, a.m./p.m., conversion of units (days, hours & minutes),

story sums, Calendar.

GENERAL SCIENCE

1. Animals and Plants 2. Parts of a Plant

3. Birds – Food and More 4. The Frog

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Delhi 2. Directions and maps

3. Food and clothes 4. Our National Symbols

5. Map Work

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Facts 2. Current Affairs 3. A project on ‘Different countries’

VALUE EDUCATION


ART

1. Plain Drawing – Free expression such as beach scence, the zoo, etc.

2. Hello Colours – drawing of objects such as bears, lamps and flowers with the help of basic shapes – rectangles,

ovals.

3. Check Drawing – Drawing in squares – spiders in webs, flower designs, geometrical borders, etc.

CRAFT

1. Cutting & Pasting – cutting paper or cloth in different shapes and pasting them to create a design.

2. Painting – this is a form of colouring articles using paints and brushes.

COMPUTER STUDIES

1. More about the Keyboard 2. Introduction to Internet

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

1. Gymnastics

2. Free hand exercises with props

THIRD ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH

Reading


Oral Composition

Questions to be asked on topics such as: The Happiest Day of my Life, Our Sports Day

Written Composition

Paragraphs of about 150 – 200 words.

Text

1. The Boy Who Never Told a Lie (poem) 2. Timothy Boon (poem)

3. You Can’t Please Everybody! 4. What the Leaves Said (poem)

5. Three Wishes

Dictation



Writing


HINDI

Text:


Recitation

and others

Composition

Topics such as: etc.

Comprehension

Grammar

Oral Composition

MATHEMATICS

1. Fractions – Representation of fractions of whole and fractions of a Collection, Proper Fractions, Equivalent Fractions,

Story sums.

2. Money – Indian Currency (Rupees & paise), conversion of units of money, Story sums.

3. Metric Measures – Conversion, Addition and Subtraction of units of Measurement, story sums, Length: metres and

centimetres, Weight (mass): Kilograms and grams, Capacity: Litres and millilitres.

GENERAL SCIENCE

1. Man the Living Machine 2. Light Sound and Force 3. Water and Weather

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Culture and Traditions 2. Transport and Communication

3. The Early Humans 4. Map work

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Current Affairs 2. Sports, etc. 3. A project on ‘My favourite game’

VALUE EDUCATION

Lessons from My Big Book of Values – Book 3

ART

1. Plain Drawing – Using different material such as ice cream sticks, wool, etc. to create pictures.

Scenes such as historical monuments

2. Hello Colours – drawing of birds,

Still life such as A vase with flowers

Spray painting

3. Check Drawing – Drawing in squares – ice cream cups

Enlargement of simple pictures such as clown, fish, etc.

CRAFT

1. Quilling – Paper Quilling is the art of creating decorative designs from strips of paper that are rolled and glued

together to create a variety of designs.

2. Needlework – Embroidering small designs to learn the basic skill of sewing

COMPUTER STUDIES

1. Learning to use MS Word

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Group Games: Kho-kho, dodge ball, throw ball

Recreational Games: Chain-chain, Capture the flag, seven tiles, Copy cat

Fun Races: Caterpillar race, Carry the Patient, Skipping, Obstacle race, hopping on one leg.


FIRST ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH

Books: 1. Tree Top Coursebook 4 (Headword Publishing Company)


3. The Little Oxford Dictionary (O.U.P.)

Reading

Lessons from Tree Top Course Book– 4

Recitation

1. The Story of the Baby Squirrel 2. Trees

Oral Composition

Questions to be asked on topics such as: Cricket, My Best Friend, A place I visited.

Written Composition

Paragraphs of about 150 words on topics like: My City, My Best Game, My Holidays, A Journey etc.

Comprehension / Grammar


2. Grammar: Parts of speech, Synonyms, Similes Articles, Subject Verb agreement, Verb Be, Degrees of Comparison,

Conjunctions, Syllables.

Text

1. Silly Jack 2. The Dragon Who Grew

3. The Pied Piper of Hamelin 4. The Most Difficult Job in the World

5. Beauty and the Beast

Dictation



Writing


HINDI

Books: 1. Bharti Hindi Paathmala Book 4 (Cordova)

2. Hindi Vyakaran and Rachna for Class 4 (Frank Bros)

Text


Recitation

Composition

, etc.

Comprehension

Letter writing

Grammar

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Oral Composition

MATHEMATICS

Book: Mastering Mathematics for Primary Classes – Book 4 M. L. Aggarwal (Arya Publication)

1. Numbers (6, 7 digit numbers), Indian and International system of Numeration (Ten lakh and one Million).

Roman numbers up to 50.

2. Addition and Subtraction of numbers (sum & difference not exceeding 99,99,999), story sums.

3. Multiplication – Tables up to 20, Multiplication by 3 digit numbers, Story sums.

4. Division – Division by 2 digit numbers and verification of the answer, Simplification using DMAS, Unitary method,

Test of divisibility by 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10.

5. Factors and Multiples – Prime and Composite numbers, Factors, Multiples, Properties of factors and multiples, Prime

Factorization (using short division and factor tree methods), Common factors & Common multiples, H.C.F. and L.C.M.

GENERAL SCIENCE


1. Plants – Preparing and storing food 2. Plants – Living and Surviving

3. Safety First

SOCIAL STUDIES

Books: 1. An Environmental Approach Book 4 (Frank Bros.)

2. The Oxford School Atlas – C. A. E. Rodgers (O.U.P.)

1. India and its Neighbours 2. The Northern Mountains and Plains

3. The Great Indian Desert and the Southern Plateaus 4. Ashoka the Great

5. Our Government

VALUE EDUCATION


1. Lessons from My Big Book of Values Book 4 2. Lessons on Human Values

ART



1. Plain Drawing – Different strokes such as

Composition such as background (sunset), middle ground and foreground

Perspective vanishing point, roads and rivers

2. Hello Colours – drawing of objects such as inkpot, leaves of different shapes, trees

3. Check Drawing – Drawing in squares – peaches, semi circles, chain designs, etc.

CRAFT

1. Papier Mache – is an art where objects are made from paper pulp or shreds of paper mixed with glue or paste.

2 Needle work – making samplers to learn hemming, sewing buttons, blanket stitch and chain stitch, etc.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Our College 2. Current Affairs/Facts 3. Project on ‘My City’

COMPUTER STUDIES


1. Introduction to Computer 2. More on MS Windows 7

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

1. Health, nutrition, and hygiene

2. First aid – How to tie a bandage and a splint

3. Workouts - Strengthening, stretching, toning of muscles through exercises

Aerobics, skipping, hula hoops

4. Marching in files

5. Athletics - Track events – Relays, hurdles, sprints, long distances races, conditioning exercises for the same

Field events – long jump, triple jump: conditioning exercises for jumps

6. Major games - Basketball: stance, pass, dribbling, shooting, basic rules

Badminton: service, basic rules

SECOND ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH

Reading

Lessons from Tree Top Course Book– 4

Recitation

1. Poems for Elocution

Oral Composition

Questions to be asked on topics such as: My Hobby, My Garden, My Best Television Serial

Written Composition

Paragraphs of about 150 – 200 words. Eg. Our Sports Day, A Holiday I Enjoyed, An Accident



2. Grammar: Parts of Speech, Antonyms, Homophones, Subject and Predicate, Apostrophe, Analogies, Tenses

Text

1. Colours of Friendship 2. The Bird

3. The Animal Contest 4. M Shadow

5. The Red-nosed Reindeer 6. Tea

Dictation



Writing


Letter writing

Informal letters

HINDI

Text


Recitation

Elocution Poems

Composition

Comprehension

Letter writing

Grammar

,

Oral Composition

MATHEMATICS

1. Fractions – Review of equivalent fractions, Proper, Improper & Mixed Fractions, conversion of improper and mixed

fractions, Fractions in the lowest term, Like fractions – addition and subtraction , story sums.

2. Decimals – Fractions and Decimals, conversion, Place value of decimals, decimals in words and figures, Expanded

notation, Like & Unlike decimals, Order relation, Equivalent decimals.

3. Money – Conversion and Operations (Addition, subtraction, multiplication & division) of money, Story sums.

GENERAL SCIENCE

1. Teeth and Microbes 2. Food and Digestion

3. Animals – How Life Goes On 4. Air, Water and Weather

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. The Coastal Plains And The Islands 2. Climate in India

3. Akbar 4. Our Goals, Rights and Duties

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Our College 2. Current Affairs/Facts 3. Project on ‘The Game I Play in School’

VALUE EDUCATION

Lessons from My Big Book of Values- Book- 4

ART

1. Plain Drawing – Structures such as huts and houses

2. Hello Colours – drawing of objects such as fruit, flowers, foliage

3. Check Drawing – Drawing in squares – pyramids, fish, designs, ethnic borders, etc.

CRAFT

1. Painting – This a form of colouring articles using paints and brushes.

2. Quilling – Paper Quilling is the art of creating decorative designs from strips of paper, that are rolled and

glued together to create a variety of designs.

COMPUTER STUDIES

1. More on MS Word 2007 2. Introduction to multimedia

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

1. Gymnastics

2. Free hand exercises with props

THIRD ASSESSMENT

ENGLISH

Reading


Recitation

1. The Magic Handbook 2. Our Hero

Oral Composition

Questions to be asked on topics such as: A Festival, How I spent my Sunday

Written Composition

Paragraphs of about 150 – 200 words. Eg. What I would like to become when I grow up



2. Grammar: Parts of Speech, Proverbs and Similes, Numbers, Preposition, Gender

Text

1. Gold Powder 2. Fair Play

3. The Mysterious Box

Dictation

Words and Passages from the lessons read in class.


Writing


Letter writing

Formal Letters, Applications

HINDI

Text:


Recitation

Composition

Comprehension

Letter writing

Grammar

, , ,Oral Composition

MATHEMATICS

1. Measurement – Conversion and Operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) of units of Length –

Kilometres, metres, decimetres, centimetres and millimetres, Weight (Mass) –Kilograms, Grams, Capacity – Litres and

millilitres, story sums.

2. Time – Reading time in seconds, conversion of units of time – Years, months, days, hours, minutes and seconds.

Addition and Subtraction of time, duration of an activity, story sums.

3. Geometry – Review of polygons and circle, Parts of a circle. Solid shapes –Cube, Cuboid, Sphere, Cylinder, Cone and

Pyramid. Perimeter of a square and a Rectangle by using the formula, Story sums.

GENERAL SCIENCE

1. The Earth and its Neighbours 2. Solids, Liquids and Gases 3. Force, Work and Energy

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. Transport and Communication 2. Shahjahan 3. Shivaji

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1. Current Affairs/Facts 2. Sports, etc. 3. Project on ‘The Junior School’

VALUE EDUCATION

Lessons from My Big Book of Values – Book 4

ART

1. Plain Drawing – Places to see such as a Zoo, A Park

Scenes such as Under the Sea, Green grocer, Carpenter

2. Hello Colours – drawing of birds,

Still life such as ‘A vase with flowers’

Spray painting

3. Check Drawing – Drawing in squares – ice cream cups

Enlargement of simple pictures such as clown, fish, etc.

CRAFT

1. Weaving – It is a craft in which thin strips or sheets of paper, cloth or thread is woven together to create

textured, durable and colourful creations.

2. Block Printing – is a form of dyeing and colouring a material using blocks

COMPUTER STUDIES

1. More on Internet

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

1. Major Games - Cricket: Stance, batting, bowling, catches, fielding, basic rules

Football: pass, kicking, throws, basic rules

2. Group games for developing team spirit, coordination

Fun races, Tug of war, Kho-kho


ENGLISH LANGUAGE and LITERATURE

Books: 1. Tree Top - Course Book 5 (Headword Publishing Company)

2. Tree Top - Companion Book 5 (Headword Publishing Company)

3. Good Grammar Book 5 (Ratna Sagar)

4. The Little Oxford Dictionary (O.U.P)

FIRST TERM

Essay Writing: One Essay per fortnight

Letter Writing: One letter per fortnight (informal)

Comprehension/Grammar

1. Comprehension passages set from Companion Book 5

a. The Magic Pot (Pg.9)

b. Student becomes a Teacher (Pg.17)

c. The Wooden Bowl (Pg.23)

2. Nouns (Number, Gender, Collective nouns)

3. Pronouns

4. Verbs(Antonyms, Subject-verb agreement ‘be’, simple present, past and continuous)

5. Tenses (Present-simple and continuous & Past – simple and continuous)

6. Non-finites (Infinitives, Gerunds)

7. Punctuation

8. Adjective (Comparatives)

9. Articles

PROSE POETRY 1. The Magic Paintbrush 1. The Little Big Man

2. The Lost Camel 2. A Sage’s Pigtail

3. The Worst Journey In The World

4. How I Taught My Grandmother to Read

5. The Canterville Ghost

FINAL TERM


Letter Writing: One letter per fortnight (Formal-Application to Principal)

Comprehension Grammar


a. The Princess and the Pea (Pg.37)

b. Animals in India (Pg. 49)

c. Test Paper 2 (Pg.85)

2. Future forms (going to+ verb, will + verb)

3. Present and Past Perfect Tense

4. Adverbs

5. Conjunctions

6. Prepositions

7. Similes, Proverbs

8. Active and Passive Voice

9. Reported Speech

PROSE POETRY

1. Princess September –I 1. The Ant and the Cricket

2. Princess September -II 2. Abou Ben Adhem

3. Mukesh starts a Zoo

4. Alice in Wonderland- I

5. Alice in Wonderland – II

HINDI

FIRST TERM

Books: 1. Bharti Hindi Pathmala – Book 5 (Cordova)

2. Hindi Vyakaran and Rachna – Part 2 (Frank Bros)

Text:

1 + ckyd panzxqIr 2 + gsyu dsyj

3 + chjcy dh f[kpM+h 4 + dkyk ?kksM+k

5 + laj{kd jkgqy

Poems:

1 + ,d cw¡n 2 + vkt ughaa rks dy

Language:

1 + fuca/k

2 + vifBr x|ka'k

3 + i= ys[ku % vkSipkfjd i= & ç?kku v?;kid

4 + O;kdj.k % 1 + fyax 2 + opu

3 + foykse 4 + ,d 'kCn

5 + Ik;kZ;okph 6 + okD; 'kq) djks

7 + laKk] loZuke] fdz;k rFkk fo'ks"k.k Nk¡Vuk

FINAL TERM

Text:

1 + laxfr dk çÒko 2 + fQj mM+k gokbZ tgkt

3 + viuk LFkku Lo;a cukb, 4 + vks.ke

5 + ,dkxzrk dh tk¡p Poems

1 + ge lc lqeu ,d miou ds 2 + dchj ds nksgs Language:

1 + fuca/k

2 + vifBr x|ka'k

3 + i= ys[ku % vkSipkfjd i= & ç/kku v?;kid ] iqLrd fodzsrk

4 + O;kdj.k % 1 + fyax 2 + opu

3 + foykse 4 + dky

5 + Ik;kZ;okph 6 + eqgkojs

7 + laKk] loZuke] fdz;k rFkk fo'ks"k.k Nk¡Vuk

SANSKRIT

FIRST TERM

Book: laLdr̀ nf'kZdk Part-1 Dr. Meera Gupta (Orchid publications (P) Ltd)

bZ'k oUnuk

1. o.kZekyk 2. vkdkjUr iqfYyax 'kCn ¼ rhuks opu ½

3. vdkjkUr L=hfyax 'kCn ¼ rhuks opu ½ 4. vdkjkUr uiqladfyax 'kCn ¼ rhuks opu ½

FINAL TERM

1. yV~ ydkj ¼izFke iq:"k½ 2. yV~ ydkj ¼e?;e iq:"k½

3. yV~ ydkj ¼mRre iq:"k½ 4. yV~ ydkj ¼Hkfo";ydky½

5. drkZ dkjd ¼izFkek foHkfDr½

FRENCH

Books: Apprenons Le Français Part-0 (New Saraswati Publication)

Text Book and Work Book

FIRST TERM


1. Greetings 2. Definite Articles

3. Adjectives 4. Punctuation

5. Auxiliary Verbs (etre/avoir) 6. Verbs (Ist groups)

PROSE POETRY

1. Bienvenue en France 1. Un, deux, trois

2. Didou Apprend Le Français 2. La Famille Luberlu

3. Didou sait Compter

4. Didou à l’école

5. Vous etês Français?

FINAL TERM


1. Comprehension Passages 2. More ‘er’ Verbs

3. Indefinite Articles 4. Colours

5. Days of the week 6. Months of the year

PROSE

1. Didou a un crayon et une règle

2. La Famille d’éric

3. Vous aimez les fruits et les Légumes?

4. Didou aime les couleurs

5. aujourd’ hui c’est dimanche

6. L’ anniversaire d’ éric

MATHEMATICS

FIRST TERM

Book: Mastering Mathematics – Book 5 M. L. Aggarwal (Arya Publishers)

1. Number System: Large numbers up to 8,9 – digit numbers (Indian and International system)

2. Operation on large numbers – addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

3. Simplification using DMAS rule

4. HCF and LCM

5. Fractions

6. Decimals

7. Geometry:

(a) Difference between a line, a line segment and ray, parallel and perpendicular lines.

(b) Bisection of a line.

(c) Angles (types of angles – draw using a protractor)

(d) Circle (Construction and parts)

FINAL TERM

1. Metric measures (Conversions, addition and subtraction)

(a) Mass – Kg and gm

(b) Length – Km and m

(c) Capacity – L and ml

(d) Rupees and Paise

(e) Hours and Minutes

2. Percentage

3. Profit and loss

4. Average

5. Area and Perimeter

6. Geometry:

(a) Construction of angles (60o, 120

o and 180

o)

(b) Triangles: Types – (on the basis of their sides)

GENERAL SCIENCE

Book: LIVING SCIENCE – Book 5 - Manjula Khuller, Louisa Chawhan, Lekshmi Menon (Ratna Sagar)

BEGINNER’S SCIENCE DICTIONARY - Terrapin

FIRST TERM

1. Plants: Increasing the Numbers 2. Animals Everywhere

3. Our Skeletal System 4. Our Nervous System

5. Food and Health 6. Soil Erosion and Conservation

FINAL TERM

1. Rocks and Minerals 2. Our Life Supports

3. Force and Energy 4. Solids, Liquids and Gases

5. Moon: Earth’s Natural Satellite 6. Natural Disasters

SOCIAL STUDIES

1. SOCIAL STUDIES - AN ENVIRONMENTAL APPROACH – BOOK 5 (FRANK BROTHERS)

2. THE OXFORD SCHOOL ATLAS – C.A.E. Rodgers (O.U.P.)

FIRST TERM

1. Our Earth 2. Movements of the Earth

3. Maps 4. Climate

5. Modern Means of Communication 6. The British Raj

7. The Beginning of the Struggle 8. Freedom Movement

FINAL TERM

1. Equatorial Regions 2. The Hot Deserts

3. The Temperate Grasslands 4. The Tundra Region

5. The World of Growing Knowledge 6. Some Persons Never Die

7. Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties

COMPUTER STUDIES

GATEWAY TO WINDOWS (Navdeep Publications)

FIRST TERM

1. Development of Computers

2. Using the Control Panel

3. Problem Solving

4. Page formatting in MS Office Word

5. Advanced Features of Word

FINAL TERM

1. Working in Microsoft Office PowerPoint

2. Background and Animations

3. www and E-Mail

4. Starting Q Basic

5. Introducing Microsoft Office Excel

VALUE EDUCATION

Book: MY BIG BOOK OF VALUES – BOOK 5 (RATNA SAGAR)

FIRST TERM

1. Dhubiben, The Brave Girl

2. The Prodigal Son

3. The Buddha Smiled

4. The Faithful Dog

5. Tong for Granny

6. God is Everywhere

7. There’s Always Room for Goodness

FINAL TERM

1. He Dared to say No

2. An Image of Love

3. The Bag

4. The Little Master’s Greatest Innings

5. Love versus Evil

6. The Bishop’s Candlesticks

7. Manu Wins the Race

8. God’s Wonderful Gift

ART

Books: Hello Colours! - Part 5

Check Mate! Part 5

Khanna Art Book

FIRST TERM

1. Design your Name

2. Colour Wheel

3. Greeting Card

4. Poster making

5. Stamp design

FINAL TERM

1. Composition/landscape

2. Dangler

3. Folk Art

4. Collage making

Art Material – Colour Pencil (Faber Castle), Students Poster Colour (Camel), Weldon Brushes 0, 2, 4

S.U.P.W.

Development of an ‘Eco Park’ – Objective: - To instil in the students an awareness

about medicinal and aromatic plants and learn the process of gardening and develop

a love of nature.

FIRST TERM

1. Preparation of flower beds, which will involve digging, levelling of selected plots.

2. Planting of medicinal and aromatic plants, wherein the boys will learn the value and use of plants selected.

3. Maintenance of flower bed, taking out weeds, watering etc.

4. Installation of bird baths.

FINAL TERM

1. Taking care of plants.

2. Re-planting decayed or spoilt plants.

3. Planting of different seasonal plants.

4. Development of a compost pit.


ENGLISH

Books: 1. Tree Top Course Book 6 (Headword Publishing Company)

2. Tree Top- Companion Book 6 (Headword Publishing Company)

3. Grammar Plus Book 6 (Ratna Sagar)

4. The Little Oxford Dictionary (O.U.P)

FIRST TERM

Essay Writing: One essay per fortnight

Letter Writing: One letter per fortnight (formal/informal)



a. The Jungle Book (Pg.9)

b. How the Whale Got His Throat (Pg.14)

c. The Miser in the Bush (Pg.18)

2. Sentences and Phrases

3. Nouns

4. Pronouns

5. Adjectives

6. Articles

PROSE POETRY

1. The Bremen Town Musicians 1. The Miser and His Gold

2. How the Cat Became 2. Daddy Fell into the Pond

3. The Emperor’s New Clothes

4. Beowulf, the Mighty Hero

5. Jeannie’s Amber Beads

FINAL TERM

Essay Writing: One essay per fortnight

Letter Writing: One letter per fortnight (formal/informal/Application to Principal)



(a) Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley (Pg.51)

(b) Why Seawater is Salty (Pg.55)

(c) A Tiger in the Zoo (Pg.62)

2. Verbs

3. Adverbs

4. Prepositions

5. Conjunctions

6. Tenses

7. Proverbs

PROSE POETRY

1. Amazon Adventure 1. Day

2. The Little Blue Bag 2. A Green Cornfield

3. Taro and the Sea Princess

4. My Early Home

5. Uncle Podger Hangs a Picture

HINDI

Books: 1. 6

2. 6

FIRST TERM

HINDI TEXT fgUnh lkfgR;

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

LANGUAGE

1.

2.

3.

4. (Parts of Noun) 5. (Pronoun)

6. 68 71

7. 73 74

8. 85 87

9. i (Formal Letter) ii (Informal Letter)

10. (Unseen Passage)

11. (Essay Writing)

FINAL TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

LANGUAGE

1. (Adjective)

2. (Verb)

3. (Syntax & Correction of Sentences)

4. (Punctuation)

5. 68 71

6. 73 74

7. 85 87

8. 76 78

9.

10.

11.

SANSKRIT

Book: SANSKRIT DARSHIKA Part-1 Dr Meera Gupta (Orchid publications (P) Ltd)

FIRST TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

5.

FINAL TERM

1.

2.

3.

4.

FRENCH

Books: Apprenons Le Français Part-1 (New Saraswati Publication)

Text Book and Work Book

FIRST TERM


1. Alphabets 2. Numbers

3. Subject Pronouns 4. Professions

5. Culture

PROSE POETRY

1. vous connaissez la france 1. Frère Jacques

2. Les salutations

3. Les Copains

4. Devinez

5. Dans la classe

FINAL TERM


1. Masculine/Feminine 2. Plural of Nouns

3. Verb: aller 4. Months of the year

5. Feminine / Plural of colours 6. Cardinal Numbers

PROSE POETRY

1. Les Amis De Caroline 1. Vole Joli Papillon

2. Quel Jour Sommes-Nous? 2. Le Weekend

3. La Famille De Manuel

4. Les Vacances

5. Le Drapeau De Mon Pays

6. La Carte De La France

HISTORY & CIVICS

Book: THE TRAIL - HISTORY & CIVICS – Class 6 Jayanti Sengupta (O.U.P.)

FIRST TERM

HISTORY

1. Sources of History 2. Early Man

3. Mesopotamian Civilization 4. The Egyptian Civilization

5. The Harappan Civilization 6. The Early Vedic Period

CIVICS 1. Introduction to Civics

FINAL TERM

HISTORY

1. The Later Vedic Period 2. Jainism and Buddhism

3. The Rise of Magadha 4. The Mauryan Empire

5. The Mauryan Administration 6. The Guptas

CIVICS

1. Living in Society 2. Communities in India

GEOGRAPHY

Book: DISCOVER GEOGRAPHY – BOOK 6 J. Balagopal (Orient Longman)

FIRST TERM

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

1. The Earth: Our Habitat in the Solar System

2. Major Landforms and Water Bodies of the Earth

REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

1. Australia – Location and physical features

2. Australia – Political Divisions

3. Australia – Climate and Natural Vegetation

4. Australia – Natural Resources

FINAL TERM

REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

1. Africa – Location, Size, Physical features and Political divisions

2. Africa – Climate and Natural Vegetation

3. Africa – Natural Resources

4. New Zealand

MATHEMATICS

Book: MASTERING MATHEMATICS – BOOK 6 M. L. Aggarwal (Arya Publishers)

FIRST TERM

ARITHMETIC

1. Sets (Listing, Description, Cardinal Number, Union and Intersection)

2. HCF and LCM

3. Integers

4. Fractions (BODMAS)

5. Decimals

6. Ratio and Proportion

ALGEBRA

1. Substitution

2. Addition

GEOMETRY

1. Fundamental Concepts and Lines.

2. Angles: Types and Properties

3. Construction of Angles (Using a protractor and compass)

FINAL TERM

ARITHMETIC

1. Unitary Methord

2. Work and Time

3. Percentage

4. Simple Interest

5. Area and perimeter of squares and rectangles.

6. Volume of a cube.

ALGEBRA

1. Subtraction

2. Removal of Brackets

GEOMETRY

1. Bisection of lines and angles.

2. Kinds of Triangles

3. Calculation of angles.

GENERAL SCIENCE

Book: LIVING SCIENCE – BOOK 6 A. C. Sahgal & Mukul Sahgal (RATNA SAGAR)

BEGINNER’S SCIENCE DICTIONARY - Terrapin

FIRST TERM

1. Source of food

2. Components of food

3. Fibre to Fabric

4. Separation of substances

5. Changes around us

6. Getting to know plants

7. Measurement and motion

FINAL TERM

8. The body and its movements

9. Light Shadows and Reflections

10. Electricity and circuits

11. Fun with magnets

12. Water

13. Air around us

14. Garbage and garbage out

COMPUTER STUDIES

Book: SURYANSH’S THE BRAIN CHIP – I Rajiv Kohli & M. Sharma (Suryansh Publishers (P) Ltd)

FIRST TERM

1. Introduction to Computer Fundamentals.

2. Basic Commands & Statements.

3. Programming in Basic.

4. Data Representation - Number System. (Binary Addition, Binary Decimal Binary -- Conversion -- Interconversion)

FINAL TERM

1. Introduction to Multimedia.

2. Basic Concepts of Internet & E-mail.

3. Internet Programming in Java.

4. Graphical User Interface.

VALUE EDUCATION

Book: WE ARE THE WORLD – BOOK 6 Sr M. Cyril (IBVM) & Nandita Bir (ORIENT LONGMAN)

FIRST TERM

1. Who am I? 2. In Their Footsteps

3. My Secret Wishes 4. Not Afraid Anymore

5. Ever-widening Circles 6. The Voice of Authority

7. Accepting the Difference 8. That’s Funny

FINAL TERM

1. Precious Moments 2. God to Me

3. Different Routes 4. Keep the Channel Open

5. Children of the World 6. They think I am ...

7. Special People 8. We are Classmates

ART

Books: OPTIMA ART PLUS – PART 6 Joel Gill (G. Ram Books)

FIRST TERM

1. Colour Wheel (Primary, Secondary and tertiary)

2. Free Expression (Festivals)

3. Card Design

4. Folk Art

FINAL TERM

1. Cartoon Making

2. Landscapes

3. Poster Making

4. Repeated Patterns

5. On the spot Drawing and Sketching

S.U.P.W. WORK: Adoption of leprosy Home

FIRST TERM

1. Medication – Dettol, Savalon, Cotton, Bandage, Calpol & Disprin.

2. Ration – Rice, Sugar, Powder Milk, Dal & Tea leaves.

3. Toiletries – Soap, Toothpaste.

4. Clothing – Old Clothes Shirts, Trousers etc.

5. Medical camp will be arranged.

FINAL TERM

1. Hygiene – Lyzol & Phenyl cleanliness habits will be taught.

2. Stationary – Note books, Drawing books, Pencils & Erasers etc.

3. Festive gifts for children – Old toys & small gifts for others.

4. Confectionary – Cakes, Buns & Biscuits.

5. Footwear – Old & new slippers


ENGLISH

Books: 1. Tree Top- Course Book 7 (Headword Publishing Company)

2. Tree Top- Companion Book 7 (Headword Publishing Company)

3. Grammar Plus Book 7 (Ratna Sagar)

FIRST TERM


Letter Writing: One Letter per fortnight


1. Comprehension passages set from Companion book 7

a. A Curious Excursion (Pg.20)

b. Gulliver’s Travels (Pg.30)

c. The Cottingley Fairies (Pg.48)

2. Sentences and Phrases

3. Nouns

4. Articles

5. Pronouns

6. Adjectives

LITERATURE

PROSE POETRY

1. The Emperor and the Nightingale 1. From a Railway Carriage

2. My life on an Island 2. Tartary

3. The Most Precious Gift

4. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

5. Alien Invaders

FINAL TERM


Letter Writing: One Letter per fortnight


1. Comprehension passages set from Companion book 7

a. King Bruce and the Spider (Pg.60)

b. Men in Jogging Suits (Pg.69)

c. Michael Goes Climbing (Pg.80)

2. Verbs

3. Adverbs

4. Prepositions

5. Conjunctions

6. Classes of Verbs

LITERATURE

PROSE POETRY

1. Ashamanja Babu’s Dog 1. The Outsider

2. The Gift 2. The Dove

3. The lost Empire

4. Adventures of Don Quixote.

5. My Lord, the Baby

HINDI

Books: 1. 7

2. 7

FIRST TERM

HINDI TEXT

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

LANGUAGE

1.

2.

3.

4. (Parts of Noun)

5. (Pronoun)

6. 86 89

7. 91 92

8. 108 113



11. (Essay Writing)

FINAL TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

LANGUAGE

1. (Adjective)

2. (Verb)


4. (Punctuation)

5. 86 89

6. 91 92

7. 108 113

8. 95 98

9.

10.

11.

SANSKRIT

Book: SANSKRIT DARSHIKA – PART 2 Dr Meera Gupta (Orchid Publication (P) Ltd)

FIRST TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

FINAL TERM

1. 2.

3.

HISTORY & CIVICS

Book: THE TRAIL - HISTORY & CIVICS – Class 7 Jayanti Sengupta (O.U.P.)

FIRST TERM

HISTORY

1. The Medieval World

2. Christianity and the Roman Church

3. Islam and its Impact on the Middle East

4. The Turkish Invasion

5. The Mamluk Dynasty

6. The Khilji Dynasty

7. The Tughlaq Dynasty

CIVICS

1. The Making of our Constitution

FINAL TERM

HISTORY

1. Life Under the Delhi Sultanate

2. The Early Mughals

3. Akbar the Great

4. Jahangir and Shah Jahan

5. The Reign of Aurangzeb and the Marathas

CIVICS

1. Fundamental Rights and Duties

2. Directive Principles of State Policy

GEOGRAPHY


FIRST TERM

1. Practical Work

2. Locating places on the Earth and calculating Time

3. Motions of the Earth

4. North America

a. Location and Physical Features

b. Climate and Natural Vegetation

c. People and Natural Resources

d. Making use of Natural Resources

e. Political Divisions

FINAL TERM

1. The Four Realms of the Earth

2. Weathering and Soil Formation

3. South America

a. Location, Physical Features and Political Divisions


c. Natural Resources

4. Antarctica

MATHEMATICS

Book: MASTERING MATHEMATICS – BOOK 7 M. L. Aggarwal (Arya Publishers)

FIRST TERM

ARITHMETIC

1. Operation on sets, Venn diagrams

2. Square roots

3. Unitary method

4. Speed, Distance and Time

5. Percentage

ALGEBRA

1. Fundamental Concepts and Operations on algebraic expressions

2. Formulae

3. Factors

GEOMETRY 1. Fundamental Geometrical Concepts

2. Angles, Parallel lines.

FINAL TERM

ARITHMETIC

1. Profit & Loss

2. Simple Interest

3. Mensuration

ALGEBRA 1. Simplification of Algebraic fractions

2. Linear equations

GEOMETRY 1. Congruency of Triangles

2. Parallelograms: Definitions and properties

3. Construction of Squares and Rectangles

4. Triangles

PHYSICS

Book: NEW LIVING SCIENCE - PHYSICS - CLASS 7 Raymond Fernandez (Ratna Sagar)

FIRST TERM

1. Measurement

2. Motion

3. Heat

FINAL TERM

1. Light and Shadows

2. Reflection of Light

3. Sound

CHEMISTRY

Book: NEW LIVING SCIENCE - CHEMISTRY - CLASS 7 Raymond Fernandez (Ratna Sagar)

FIRST TERM

1. Elements and Compounds

2. Physical and Chemical Changes

3. Water

FINAL TERM

1. Air and Constituents

2. Acid, Bases and Salts

3. Chemistry in Your Life

BIOLOGY

Book: CONNECT WITH SCIENCE - BIOLOGY - CLASS 7 Sangeeta Sinha (Oxford University Press)

FIRST TERM

1. Basic Biology

2. Organization in Living Things

3. Life Processes: Movement in Animals and Plants

FINAL TERM

1. Life Processes: Nutrition in Animals and Plants

2. Life Processes: Ingestion, Digestion, Absorption and Assimilation

3. Life Processes: Respiration and Excretion in Animals and Plants

4. Life Under a Microscope

COMPUTER STUDIES

Book: SURYANSH’S THE BRAIN CHIP – II Rajiv Kohli & M. Sharma (Suryansh Publishers)

FIRST TERM

1. Introduction to Computer Fundamentals.

a. History of Computers b. Computer Generations c. Types of Computers

2. Introduction to Hardware & Software.

3. Algorithms & Flowcharts.

4. a. Basic Programming – Review. b. Basic Programming – More features.

5. Number System - (Binary Addition, Binary Subtraction, Binary Decimal Octal - Conversion - Interconversion )

FINAL TERM

1. Internet Programming in Java – Review

2. Java Programming - More Features

3. Microsoft Front Page

4. Multimedia Presentation: Microsoft PowerPoint

VALUE EDUCATION

Book: WE ARE THE WORLD – BOOK 7 Sr M. Cyril (IBVM) & Nandita Bir (Orient Longman)

FIRST TERM

1. Why be Shy? 2. Being in Control

3. Let your Light Shine 4. Reaching Up

5. How Life Begins 6. Feeling at Home

7. In Relationships 8. What is Leadership?

FINAL TERM

1. With Words and Actions 2. Bridge the Gap

3. Way of Praying 4. Do you Care Too?

5. Author of Beauty 6. This Land is my Land

7. A Time to Act 8. We are the World

ART

Book: OPTIMA ART PLUS – Part 7 Joel Gill (G. Ram Books)

FIRST TERM

1. Colour Wheel (Primary, Secondary and Tertiary)

2. Composition (Composing from imagination)

3. Border Design

4. Book Cover

FINAL TERM

1. Card Design

2. Poster Making

3. Folk Art

4. Check Drawing

On the spot sketching and drawing.

S.U.P.W.

The students of Class 7 will adopt the school ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV ACADEMY, 18 JOPLING ROAD for the session

2014-15. This is a school for the underprivileged children whose parents can ill afford their education and the children are studying on

sponsorship. The age groups range from 4 to 13 years. It is a project of Mrs. Meera Talwar, who is personally involved. Benevolence

drives will be organized by the students, under the guidance of their teachers. These will aim at social interaction, imparting basic

knowledge on various topics, organizing medical camps and maintenance projects which will enable our students to understand the

needs of these children and provide help in ways befitting.

During this session, student representatives (around 50) will be sent to this school on Saturdays while the others will remain in class to

make different articles planned for the next drive.

FIRST TERM

1. Benevolence Drive (footwear and stationery).

2. ‘Keep my Environment Healthy’ – a project wherein our students will give talks on basic hygiene and also act as volunteers

in cleaning their school. Dustbins made by our students will be taken for each classroom.

3. ‘Teach and Learn’ – our students will make informative charts according to the needs of children and put up these teaching

aids in the school adopted.

4. ‘Assets in order’ – our students will assess and maintain furniture of this school, involving the inmates in polishing, minor

repairs and painting.

5. Medical camp – doctor parents will be requested to help and boys will run the camp under the able assistance of the doctor.

FINAL TERM

6. ‘Go Green’ – a tree plantation drive in which our boys will plant saplings or make a kitchen garden and train the inmates to

maintain it.

7. Excursion and picnic at La Martiniere College – our students will organize a fun-filled day for their friends, after taking them

on a tour of our school.

8. Our students will organize a Special Assembly for the inmates at their school, celebrating a festival by organizing a skit.

9. ‘Money-wise’ – our students will paint ‘Gullaks’, personalize them and give them to their friends, telling them about the

importance of saving and encouraging them to do so.

10. Woollen drive in winters.


ENGLISH

Books: 1. Tree Top - Course Book 8 (Headword Publishing Company)

2. Tree Top - Companion Book 8 (Headword Publishing Company)

3. Grammar Plus-Book 8 (Ratna Sagar)

FIRST TERM

Essay/Story/Debate Writing: One written task per fortnight

Letter Writing: Formal and informal: One letter per fortnight



a) Dr Dolittle (Pg.9)

b) I Cannot Remember My Mother (Pg.28)

c) A Cello Against the Guns (Pg.36)

2. Sentences and Clauses

3. Nouns

4. Articles

5. Pronouns

6. Figures of Speech

PROSE POETRY

1. The Old Man Who Made the Withered Trees Blossom 1. Casabianca

2. The Hero 2. All the World’s a Stage

3. I Never Forget a Face

4. A Day’s Wait

5. Perseus and Andromeda

FINAL TERM

Essay/Story/Debate Writing: One written task per fortnight

Letter Writing: Formal and informal: One letter per fortnight



a) Principle Put to the Test (Pg56)

b) Where’s the Doctor? (Pg.70)

d) The Germ (Pg.99)

2. Adjectives

3. Verbs

4. Adverbs

5. Prepositions

6. Conjunctions

7. Introduction to Precis writing

PROSE POETRY

1. Seventeen Oranges 1. Past and Present

2. The Fun They Had 2. The City Planners

3. The Mists of Mystery

4. The Model Millionaire

5. Man against Virus

HINDI

Books: 1. 8

2.

FIRST TERM

HINDI TEXT

1. 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

LANGUAGE

1.

2.

3.

4. (Parts of Noun) 5. (Pronoun)

6. 96 99

7. 102 103

8. 118 121



11. (Essay Writing)

FINAL TERM

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6.

LANGUAGE

1. (Adjective)

2. (Verb)


4. (Punctuation)

5. 96 99

6. 102 103

7. 118 121

8. 114 116

9.

10.

11.

SANSKRIT

Book: SANSKRIT DARSHIKA – PART 2 Dr Meera Gupta (Orchid Publication (P) Ltd)

FIRST TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

FINAL TERM

1. 2.

3. 4.

HISTORY & CIVICS

Book: THE TRAIL - HISTORY & CIVICS - Class 8 Jayanti Sengupta (O.U.P.)

FIRST TERM

HISTORY

1. Decline of the Mughal Empire

2. Rise of Independent Regional Powers

3. Anglo-French Rivalry in the Carnatic

4. Rise of British Power in Bengal

5. Growth of British Power in South, West and Central India

FINAL TERM

HISTORY

1. Expansion of Power in North India

2. The Revolt of 1857

3. Rise of Indian Nationalism

4. The Indian National Movement (1885 – 1918)

5. The Indian National Movement (1919 – 1947)

CIVICS

1. The United Nations

GEOGRAPHY


FIRST TERM

1. Practical Work

2. Solar System

3. Weather and Climate

4. Temperature

5. Asia

a. The Continent of Contrasts

b. Physical Features

c. Climate of Asia

d. Natural Vegetation and Wildlife

e. Agriculture and Population

FINAL TERM

1. Atmospheric Pressure

2. Wind

3. Moisture in the Atmosphere

4. Europe

a. Location, Physical Features and Political Divisions


c. Natural Resources and Economic Activities

5. India

a. The Indian Sub-Continent

b. Climate

c. Flora and Fauna

MATHEMATICS

Book: ICSE MASTERING OF MATHEMATICS - 8 M. L. Aggarwal (Arya Publishers)

FIRST TERM

ARITHMETIC

1. Set Theory

2. Venn Diagrams – two and three circle venns to bring about relationship in sets and their use in solving logical problems.

3. Number Systems

4. Approximation, Significant figures and Rounding

5. HCF and LCM – Using factors only

6. Square Roots and Cube Roots- use of tables in computing squares, cubes, square root and cube root of natural numbers.

7. Unitary Method and its Applications

8. Simple Interest

9. Compound Interest – Elementary idea and elementary problems related to it.

10. Percentage

11. Profit and Loss

12. Speed, Time and Distance

ALGEBRA

1. Fundamental concepts: monomial, binomial, trinomial, polynomial degree of polynomial coefficient, variable, constant,

linear and algebraic fractions.

2. Fundamental operations (Addition, subtraction and multiplication)

3. Products and Expansions (x + a) (x + b), (x + a)2

4. Factorization – Grouping, difference of two squares, trinomials and by taking out common factors.

5. Simple Equations

6. Simultaneous Equations

7. Quadratic Equations – In one variable only, using factors. No problems to be discussed (only illustrative).

8. Problems based on Simple and Simultaneous Equations

9. Framing of Formula and change of Subject of Formula

GEOMETRY

1. Fundamental Concepts (Lines, angles and properties of straight and parallel lines and related Theorems)

2. Congruency of Triangles

3. Pythagoras Theorem

4. Lines, Angles and Polygons

5. Parallelograms, Rectangle, Rhombus and related Theorems (No derivations)

6. Area of Parallelograms and related Theorem (No derivations)

FINAL TERM

ARITHMETIC

1. Proportional Parts (Ratio and Proportion)

2. Mensuration:

Area and perimeter of Squares, Rectangles, Triangles, Parallelograms, Rhombus, Trapezium and Area of the paths

inside or outside.

Volume and Surface area of Cubes, Cuboids.

Circle – Area, Circumference, Radius and Diameter

ALGEBRA

1. Graphs – solving simultaneous linear equations in two variables graphically, solution of a pair of linear equations in two

variables graphically.

2. Exponents: Introduction to the Positive integral and zero indices only, Law of Exponents xm=x

m+n; x

m/x

n=x

m-n; (m>n only)

(xm)

n=x

mn and x

0=1 (Elementary problems only, Proof of different laws will not be required)

3. Inequations – Simplification of Algebraic fractions (cancelling the HCF/ in Nr. And Dr.) Addition and subtraction of simple

algebraic equations by finding the LCM of the denominators (Simple problems only).

4. Elementary idea of Relations and Mapping: roster and equation form of functions (excluding classification of functions).

GEOMETRY

1. Construction of angles of 300, 45

0, 60

0, 90

0 (Using ruler and compass only)

2. Construction of triangles, incircles and circumcircles (Using ruler and compass only)

3. Construction of squares, rectangles and rhombus (Simple and elementary idea only).

4. Construction of Parallelograms (Simple and elementary idea only)

5. Circles: Chords, arcs, semicircle, major arc, minor arc, sectors, segments, central angle, tangents, angles in a semicircle =

900.

6. Introduction to Symmetry, Reflection and Rotation: Figures having symmetry, line symmetry and rotation through 900

(elementary ideas only)

STATISTICS

1. Tabulation of raw data, making data array, frequency tally, frequency distribution and column graphs based on frequency

distribution only.

2. Introduction of grouped data – tabulating data and finding mean.

3. Introduction of median and mode.

PHYSICS

Book: NEW LIVING SCIENCE - PHYSICS - CLASS 8 Raymond Fernandes (Ratna Sagar)

FIRST TERM

1. Reflection of Light

2. Heat

3. More About Energy

FINAL TERM

1. Static Electricity

2. Magnetism and Electricity

3. More about Solids, Liquids and Gases

(Except: Archimedes Principle and Laws of Floatation)

CHEMISTRY

Book: NEW LIVING SCIENCE - CHEMISTRY - CLASS 8 Raymond Fernandes (Ratna Sagar)

FIRST TERM

1. Atomic Structure

2. Transformation of Substances

FINAL TERM

1. Hydrogen

2. Carbon and Compounds

3. Fuels

4. Metals and Non-Metals (Except: Metallurgy)

BIOLOGY

Book: CONNECT WITH SCIENCE - BIOLOGY - CLASS 8 Sangeeta Sinha (Oxford University Press)

FIRST TERM

1. Life Processes: Transport of Food and Minerals in Plants

2. Life Processes: Transport of Food and Minerals in Animals

3. Reproduction, Growth and Development

FINAL TERM

1. Health and Hygiene

2. Control and Coordination

3. Conservation and Pollution

4. Food Production and Management – I

5. Food Production and Management - II

COMPUTER STUDIES

Book: SURYANSH’S THE BRAIN CHIP – III Rajiv Kohli & M. Sharma (Suryansh Publishers (P) Ltd)

FIRST TERM

1. An Operating System – MSDOS

2. Number System – (Binary Addition -Subtraction – Multiplication – Division , Binary Decimal Octal

Hexadecimal - Conversion - Interconversion )

3. Computer Languages

4. Computer Networking

FINAL TERM

1. Internet Programming – Java Review.

2. Java Decision Making & Branching with Command and Line Input

3. Looping in Java

4. Java Programming – More Programs on Looping & Floating Point Number

VALUE EDUCATION

Book: WE ARE THE WORLD – BOOK 8 Sr M. Cyril (IBVM) & Nandita Bir (Orient Longman)

FIRST TERM

1. A Look at Yourself 2. The Highest Bid

3. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 4. Snap Decision

5. Think Again 6. A Meeting Point

7. My Teacher is … 8. The Outsider

FINAL TERM

1. It’s so Boring 2. The Written Word

3. Footprint on the Sand 4. Beyond the World of Reason

5. Being an Indian 6. All Men are Equal but …

7. A World we Ignore

ART

Book: OPTIMA ART PLUS - PART 8 Joel Gill (G. Ram Publishers)

FIRST TERM

1. Composition (from imagination) 2. Calligraphy

3. Poster Making 4. Book cover

5. Nature Study

FINAL TERM

1. Border Design 2. Still Life

3. Folk Art 4. Traditional Designs

5. Check Drawing 6. On the spot sketching and drawing

S.U.P.W.

Book: Ten Steps to Good Health Prof (Dr) Gourdas Choudhuri (Bloomsbury India)

Theme: Service & Compassion

FIRST TERM

1. Drives:

(i) Daily use medicines to be distributed among the poor in and around the College campus (collection of Band-aids,

Boroline, Vaseline, Dettol, Cotton, Burnnol, Vicks, Vicks Inhalers, Savlon, Lifebuoy soaps, Nail-cutters, Bandages,

etc.)

(ii) Old and unused copies to be bound or stitched again by boys and distributed to the needy children outside, along with

Pencils, Sharpeners, Erasers, Pencil Boxes, Geometry Boxes, Old Files Punch Papers, Brown Cover Sheets, Pens,

Scales, Writing Boards etc.

2. Table-sheets for school tables with paintings on the four corners or bordering.

Bags of old clothes to keep the articles collected for free distribution.

FINAL TERM

Theme: Service & Compassion

1. Drives:

(i) Collection of old slippers of all sizes, socks, shoes, short pants, long pants, old blazers (without the College Crest) etc.

Distribution of these things will be done to the slum area near Khurram Nagar.

(ii) Distribution of dry eatables only like Glucose Biscuits, Soya Puffs, Toffees, Chips, Salted Mixtures, etc.

2. (i) Dusters (clothes as well as the ones with a stick)

(ii) 2 White Pillow cases for painting and selling at the Fete.

(iii) 2 Handkerchiefs in blue (College colour) with the College logo on it.

Documents

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