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BEAUTIFUL COLOURS SHEET 1 Fill in the blanks with the correct colour. 1. is the name of a fruit as well as a colour that comes between red and yellow, in a rainbow 2. is the name of a dark, yellow colour as well as seed from which oil and sauce is made. 3. A holiday is marked in on a calendar. 4. A zebra has and white stripes. 5. The Australians One-day cricket team wears and green outfits. 6. The room behind a stage, where actors change and get ready for show is called a room. 7. is a colour in the rainbow as well as a flower and a girl s name 8. The colour of the Chakra on our national flag is We live in a beautiful and colourful world. Look around you. How many different colours can you see? I can see a rainbow High up in the sky Seven pretty colours Oh I wish that I could fly! To remember the colours of the rainbow in the correct order, remember the word VIBGYOR Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red. GROW WITH... Close your eyes for a minute and don t think about any thing. Now open your eyes and look around you and notice the different colours around you. Isn t it a beautiful and colourful world? 2
THE GREAT EPICS SHEET 2 The Mahabharata The Mahabharata is the story of the Kauraves and the Pandavas. The Kauraves were hundred brothers of whom Duryodhana was the eldest. They were the sons of Dhritarashtra. The Pandavas were five brothers - Yudhishthira, Bheema, Arjuna, Nakula, Sahadeva. They were the sons of Pandu. Both the Kauravas and the Pandavas fought a great battle at Kurukshetra, for control of the kingdom of Hastinapur. The Pandavas finally won the war. The Bhagawad Gita is a part of the Mahabharata. The Ramayana The Ramayana tells the story of the victory of good over evil. Rama was King Dashratha s eldest son. Queen Kaikeyi, one of the King s wives, wanted the King to send Rama to exile so that her son Bharata could become the king. Rama along with his wife Sita and brother Lakshmana, was sent to live in the forest for fourteen years. There, Ravana, the King of Lanka, kidnapped Sita. Rama and Lakshmana, with the help of Hanuman and an army of monkey, defeated Ravana and rescued Sita. The Mahabharata and the Ramayana are epics. An epic is a long poem about the adventures of great heroes. The Mahabharata is the longest epic in the world. GROW WITH... There are many stories and lessons to be learnt from these two great epics. Both have many stories of bravery and sacrifice and teach us that good will always wins over evil. 3
ONCE UPON A TME SHEET 3 Here is a quiz on some of your favourite bedtime stories. Fill in the blanks the help of the words given alongside. 1 When Aladdin rubbed the magic a genie appeared and granted him three wishes. 2. Ali Baba shouted Open and the cave door opened. 3. Raman was a clever court jester in the Emperor s court. 4. Sleeping Beauty pricked her finger on a and went into a deep sleep. 5. As a young boy, Lord Krishna loved to eat. 6. The Pied played on his flute and all the rats followed him. 7. Luv and were the twin sons of Lord Rama. NOSE TENALI NEEDLE KUSH LAMP BUTTER SESAME PIPER GROW WITH... It is a very good habit to read. The more you read the more stories you will know. Read a story slowly and carefully. If you come across a new word, copy it down in your rough copy and ask your teacher or your parents what it means. 4
DIFFERENT BOOKS SHEET 4 Know and Grow with Derek is a Life Skills and General Knowledge book. Let me introduce you to some other books that you see around you. Do you know what they are called? A book given to you every year in school, in which you take down the instructions. A book which contains articles and pictures of things that have happened recently. A set of books which gives us information about many things. A book that tells us where to find different countries and places. A book that gives us the meanings of words A book in which your class teacher marks you present or absent every day. 1. Magazine 2. Dictionary 3. Atlas 4. Attendance Register 5. Encyclopedia 6. Diary When someone wants to withdraw (take out) money from a bank or pay someone, he might use a cheque. It looks like this Ask your teacher to show you one. 5
DESCRIBING WORDS SHEET 5 He is a good boy. What kind of a boy is he? A good boy. The word good tells us something about the boy. It describes him. It is a describing word Fill in the blanks using the correct describing words from the list given alongside. 1. Ravi respects his parents. He is a boy. 2. Seema likes to play with dolls. 3. Samir never shares his toys. He is a boy. 4. Everyone has heard of Shah rukh khan. He is a actor. 5. My mother cooks very food. 6. The Mattress on my bed is very. 7. When I have a cold, Mummy gives me a bowl of soup. 8. On the first day of school, our principal gave us all a welcome. 9. When it is very cold, I wear a cardigan. TASTY HOT BUSKY GOOD SELFISH POPULAR SOFT WARM, THICK PRETTY 10. The squirrel has a tail. A word that describes a thing is called an adjective. Adjectives tell us something more about the thing. Write down three adjectives which you think describe you the best. 6
STORY TIME SHEET 6 Identify the story with the help of the clues given. 1. The story about a little girl who went to visit her grandmother, and a big, bad wolf who wanted to eat her up. 2. A series of books about a little toy with a nodding head and all his friends in Toyland. 3. The story about a great Indian king and a vampire that lives in a tamarind tree. 4. The story about a beautiful girl who went to live in the castle of an ugly beast. 5. The story about a sailor in Baghdad who sailed around the world and had many wonderful adventures. 6. The story about a boy who never wanted to grow up. VIKRAM AND BETAL NODDY PETERPAN SINDBAD THE SAILOR LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD BEAUTY & THE BEAST A person writes a book is called an author. The person or company that prints and makes the book ready to be sold called the publisher. 7