Portions for Common Assessment, Term 1

2021 – 2022 (Grade 5)

ENGLISH
LANGUAGE
Composition
 Opinion writing

Reading Comprehension (Unseen passage)

 Comprehension strategies – visualizing, predicting, inferencing &
contextual clues
 Vocabulary – synonyms & antonyms

Grammar
 Abstract Noun (identifying, converting and applying in sentences)
 Punctuation (End marks & comma)

LITERATURE
Poem - Leisure - Reference to context & word meanings

HINDI
Lesson – “ईदगाह“
 New words for sentences
 Opposite words (from the lesson)
 Synonyms (from the lesson)
 “who” said to “whom” (From the lesson)
 Reference to context (From the lesson)

FRENCH
 Les Accents - Accents
 Les Salutations formelles et informelles – Formal/Informal Salutations.
 Les articles définis et indéfinis - (Definite/Indefinite articles)
 Qui c’est ? / Qu’est-ce que c’est ? - Who is this? / What is this?
 Les nombres 0 à 31 – Number names 0 to 31
 Les mois de l’année – Months of the year.
 Se présenter et présenter quelqu’un (le prénom, l’âge, l’anniversaire et où
on habite) – Self introduction & Introducing someone else (Name, Age,
Date of birth & where one lives)
 Les verbes – Être, Avoir and S’appeler
MALAYALAM
 Vedanikkunna kunju hrudayangal
 Atham pathonam
 Comprehension passage
 Paragraph writing.
ARABIC
Unit: Daily routine / Happy occasions
 Comprehension.
 Singular & plural.
 Opposites.
 Synonymous.
 Word meaning.
 Rearrange the words to frame sentences
 Translate.
 Grammar: noun and verb sentences and past tense.
 Composition: Daily routine / Happy occasions

ISLAMIC STUDIES
 Surat ul Infitar and Surat ut Takweer – words Meaning, interpretation
of first 10 verses of the surah, theme of the surah, lessons learnt in the
surah.
 The most beloved deeds to Allah – memorization of Hadith, explanation
of hadeeth, identify the ways to please Allah
 The congregational prayer – Definition of Jama’ah, benefits and
importance of praying in Jama’ah, explain the impacts in our daily life.
 The night journey and ascension to heaven ( al-isra wa al- mi’raj)
definition, hadeeth, story in sequence, explain the purpose of the visit,
list of the things seen by The Prophet S.A.W.S during this journey.
MATHEMATICS
Unit: Lines and Angles

 Identify the parts of an angle

 Measure and identify angles using a protractor
 Construct reflex angles
 Polygons and types of polygons
 Types of Triangles- by sides, angles
 Properties of triangles, finding the missing angle using the angle sum
property of triangles

Unit: Base 10 Number System

 Understand and differentiate between Indian and international number

system
  Place value and face value of upto 9 digits in the indian and international
number systems
 Compare and order large numbers
 Expanded form, Standard form, word form and figure form representation
of numbers in indian and international number system
 Rounding off of numbers for upto 8 digits
 Integers- Absolute value, Opposite value, representation on a number
line, comparing and ordering

Two level word problems involving arithmetic operations on upto 9 digit

numbers
GENERAL SCIENCE
Scientific Inquiry –
 Framing Question
 Constructing Hypothesis
 Identifying Variables
 Analyze data – Interpret table
 Write Conclusion
Pollination and Reproduction –
 Identify, label, and list the functions of parts of flower.
 Identify complete and Incomplete flowers.
 Define Pollination and differentiate between self and cross pollination.
 Define, identify, and list the Agents of pollination.
 Differentiate between Insect and wind pollinated flowers.
 Define and explain the process of fertilization using a flowchart.
 Explain the importance of pollination in plants.
Interdependence of Living Beings – Plants and Animals:
 Define food chain.
 Identify, define, and cite examples of the different trophic levels of food
chain – producers, consumers, scavengers, detritivores, and
decomposers.
 Describe the flow of energy between the producers and consumers in a
food chain.
 Explain the causes of imbalance in nature and the effects of human
actions on the environment.
SOCIAL STUDIES
1. Primary and secondary sources of information in Pre -historical and
historical periods.
 Definitions of Key words.
 Identify and classify Primary and Secondary sources.
 Artefacts, Features, Fossils, Archaeology, Archaeologists, Oral
traditions and written documents.
2. Prehistory
  Definitions
 Life in the Old stone age.
 Deduce connections between material remains and life in the Stone
age.

3. Ancient Egypt and the Nile

 Definitions
 Sources and characteristics of Ancient Egypt.
 Importance of River Nile to the ancient Egyptians and its continued
influence in the present.
 Benefits and problems of living near the river.

4. Mesopotamia and Agriculture

 Definitions
 Importance of agriculture and domestication to ancient civilizations
and its continued influence in the present.

5. Transport and Trade in Ancient Civilizations.

Definitions
 Importance of water transport in ancient civilizations
 Early examples of water transport
 Sea travel in ancient and modern times.
 Trade between ancient civilizations.
COMPUTER-STUDIES
• Photopea Interface
• Fill tools – Paint Bucket and Gradient tool
• Brush tool and its options like Flow, Opacity
• Save and Open files
• Type tool – Warp and Blending options
• Working with Layers – New layer, Delete layer, Show/Hide layer
• Selection tools – Rectangle select, Ellipse select, Lasso, Polygonal lasso,
Magnetic lasso
• Filter effects – Liquify, Distort - Ripple, Spherize, Pixelate – Crystallize,
Stylize - Oil paint