ASTER PUBLIC SCHOOL, GREATER NOIDA WEST

HOILDAY HOMEWORK
CLASS 5(2022-23)
THEME: SAVE SOIL

“The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice”.

Holiday Homework is an attempt to enhance children‟s imagination. Doing it in the right spirit with
enthusiasm will make it a great learning experience. This is the time when skills, other than intellectual
skills, can be nurtured and developed in soft and evolving brains. Holiday assignments are focused to let
the creative and latent talents, skills and desires of the children come to the surface so that they may be
identified and satisfied

Learn a new hobby – swimming, roller skating, cricket, karate, golf summer camp etc.

i. „Work and Play are Equally Important‟. Computer games are good. They sharpen your intellect, but
what about the rest of your body? You do need some exercise, don‟t you? Go cycling, play badminton,
cricket, kho-kho, hide n‟ seek …… anything that makes you run.

ii. Go for walks with your family. You will realize you have two of the greatest gifts of life…. NATURE
and your FAMILY.

iii. „Care and Concern‟ this is your chance to look after your parents, grandparents, elders and even your
younger brothers and sisters. You can surely be of some help to your family members. Ask your family
members if they need some help and then do the needful.
iv. Train yourself to become independent in your daily chores.

5. Submit the holiday home work to your class teacher on July 1, 2022.

Wishing all of you a very pleasant and fun-packed summer break!

ENGLISH

1. You step on it. You stomp on it. You walk all over it. Soil doesn‟t seem very precious but it is.
Without soil, there would be no plants. Without plants, we would have no food to eat and no
oxygen to breathe. Soil is very precious to our way of living.

 Write and implement any 5 ways to save soil and write your experience in 60-70 words.
 Visit a nursery or a farm near your residence or school with your parents and collect
information on ways to take care of soil and note down the points in your notebook. Also
enquire about what fertilizers are and why do we use them.
 Write a notice to the members of your society to participate in an awareness drive to save
the soil which all the children will be conducting in the summer holidays.
2. Practice minimum 15 pages of handwriting from any English Newspaper.

HINDI

3. प्रतिदिन एक पेज द ि
िं ी सुऱेख लऱखें। ( कम से कम 15 दिन)
4. लमट्टी से सिंबिंधिि मु ावरों का प्रयोग करिे ु ए स्वरधिि क ानी लऱखो।
i) लमट्टी में लमऱ जाना - नष्ट ो जाना ·
ii) लमट्टी का मािो - नासमझ
iii)बुढ़ापे में लमट्टी खराब - बुढ़ापे में इज्जि में बट्टा ऱगना
iv) लमट्टी खराब करना - घबरा जाना
5. लमट्टी की उपयोधगिा िथा लमट्टी के सिंरक्षण(बिाओ) पर एक ऱेख लऱखे िथा उससे
सिंबिंधिि धित्र या पोस्टर बनाएँ।
MATHS

Q6. Organic agriculture area in India in financial year 2021, by leading state (in 1,000 hectares)

S. No. States of India Area in thousand hectares

1 Maharashtra 372
2 Gujarat 148
3 Himachal Pradesh 204
4 Uttar Pradesh 159
5 Rajasthan 482
6 Chhattisgarh 287
7 Odisha 96
8 Karnataka 174
9 Madhya Pradesh 1638
10 Jammu and Kashmir 193

Observe the given data and answer the following questions:

a. Which state has highest and lowest agriculture area in India recorded in financial year
2021?
b. Which state has 2nd highest agriculture area?
c. Arrange and write the organic agriculture area of states in ascending order (with states).
d. Write the successor of the state having 3rd highest organic agriculture area.
e. Calculate the total organic agriculture area of Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat
and Odisha and write its number name using Indian system of numeration?
f. According to you, which state has highest opportunity for harvesting with respect to the above
given organic agriculture area.

Q7. Brainteaser (Coding and Decoding)

a) If SAVING is coded as M, SOIL is coded as D, OUR is coded as C, ABOUT is coded as
L, IS is coded as X and PLANET is coded as V.

e.g. C + V = OUR PLANET

Combine the given codes and frame a meaningful sentence of your own.

M+ D+ X+ L+ M+ C+ V = …………………………………………………………………..

b) Write the Hindu Arabic numbers for the given Roman numerals?

A) MD = ………………..

B) XL = …………………

C) MC = ………………..

D) MMM = ………………..

E) XLIX= ……………..

SCIENCE

Q8. SOIL EROSION MODEL

Soil erosion is a gradual process that occurs when the impact of water or wind detaches and
removes soil particles, causing the soil to deteriorate. Soil deterioration and low water quality
due to erosion and surface runoff have become severe problems worldwide. The problem
may become so severe that the land can no longer be cultivated and must be abandoned. Let
us understand soil erosion and its conservation through an engrossing activity. This might
look like such a simple experiment but it will definitely show the importance of having
vegetation covering the soil to your kids! They will love this hands on experiment!

WHAT YOU‟LL NEED: 6 empty coke bottles, thick cardboard, glue, scissors and cutter,
string, soil from the garden and compost, 4 Seedlings, Mulch (bark chips, dead leaves and
sticks), water

PROCEDURE:
Step 1
Prepare three of the coke bottles by cutting a rectangular hole roughly 7cm x 25cm along the
side of the bottle (You can use a permanent marker to mark out the piece you want to cut
out.)
Step 2
Stick the bottles to the cardboard with the glue making sure that the necks of the three bottles
protrude a little over the edge of the board.
Fill the first bottle with plain garden soil and the other two with a soil and compost mixture.
Press down firmly to compact it.
Step 3
Leave the first bottle as it is. Cover the top of the soil in the second bottle with your mulch
(bark chips, dead leaves and sticks etc).
Plant your seedlings in the third bottle. Make sure you plant them tightly together and press
down

firmly to compact the soil.

Step 4
Cut the other three bottles in half, horizontally and keep the bottom halves. Make two small
holes opposite each other, nearest the cut side of the bottle.
Cut three pieces of string, roughly 25cm long and insert each end into the holes. Tie a knot
on the ends to secure them. This will form a “bucket” to collect the water. Hang them over
the necks of each of the three bottles on the board.
Step 5
Slowly pour equal amounts of water into each of the bottles. Pour the water in at the end
furthest from the neck of the bottle.

 Take note of the colour of the water collecting in the cups! Let the kids do this every
day for a week or two and record their observations.
 Record your one week observation (also prepare few lines for the same) in a good
video and send it to the teacher.
Q9. Solve the following crossword puzzle with the clues given:

1 3

2 O N F

4 5 L E

Y U

S I

7 E R T N

ACROSS

2. Plantation prevents it.

5. Use should be banned to avoid soil pollution.

7. Major cause of soil erosion

DOWN

1. In a desert, soil erosion occurs through -

3. Planting more number of trees to save soil erosion.

4. The type of farming seen in hills to avoid soil erosion

6. Type of soil used for making pottery.

8. The topmost layer of the soil.

Social Science

Q10. Write a note on 5 human activities that lead to soil degradation. Suggest possible
measures to reduce them.

Reason of soil degradation Ways to reduce soil degradation

Q11. Show the different ways to conserve soil on a colourful sheet of paper (sample
attached). Use your imagination.

Q12. Save Soil - “Each one Plant one”

Compost is the single most important supplement you can give your garden. It’s a simple
way to add nutrient rich soil to your lawn or garden that fuels plant growth and restores
vitality to depleted soil. It’s also free, easy to make and good for the environment.

Steps: how to make organic soil

 1. Take a pot; fill it one third with garden soil.
2. Top up one third more with vegetable peels and fruits leftover at home.
3. Fill the pot with another layer of soil.
4. Keep the pot in sunlight for five to seven days and sprinkle water occasionally.
5. Now your fertile soil with compost is ready.
6. Plant a sapling and then bring it when school reopens.
Q 13. On a political map of India mark and label the region having six types of soil found
in India

(a) Alluvial soil

(b) Black soil
(c) Red soil
(d) Laterite soil
(e) Mountain soil
(f) Desert soil
COMPUTER

Q14. MAKE A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION ON THE TOPIC „SAVE SOIL‟ (Use pictures,
slogans, animations)

Sub topics (importance of soil, methods to conserve it, benefits etc)

FRENCH

Fichier de ferraille

Q15. Make a collage and paste the pictures of French monuments, museums m, currency, flag,
National Emblem, map and traditional clothes of France. Write 2 – 3 lines about it.

Instructions:

 Make it on A 4 size sheets.

 Make it creative and decorative as much as you can.
 Use of crayons and oil pastels is prohibited.
Note – you may use sketch pens, pencil colours and other decorative material.

SANSKRIT

Q18. किन्हीं 10 ऐसह वस्तु ओीं िे कित्र बनाएँ और सींस्कृत में नाम किखें जो कमट्टह िे द्वारा बनाई जातह हैं ।

जै से – कमट्टह िा घडा, कमटटह िे बततन इत्याकि।

ARTS

16. Make a beautiful poster on „Save soil‟ in art file.

17. 3)Decorate pot with 3D decoration by using shilpkar clay

NOVEL (The BFG)

 Read the novel till pg 89
 Write character sketch of Sophie and The BFG.
 Find out five amazing facts about The BFG.
 What is the main idea of The BFG and what inspired the author (Roald Dahl) to
write it.

 Solve the worksheet based on vocabulary.