MODUS OPERANDI/APPROACH TO THE SYLLABUS

AIM OF THE SYLLABUS IN EACH SUBJECT:

1) Self –grasp on the content of the chapters. ( Parents do need to spent time with your child)

2) Making the child to raise questions on the content he/she has read or understood.

3) Help the student to connect the content of the different chapters, including the co- relation of the subjects.

4) To do away with mugging, by heart learning method, or simply copying from text or from others.

FOR THE TEACHERS, PARENTS AND THE STUDENTS:

1) Main focus: Reading skill, writing skill, speaking skill and identifying skill. 2) Care should be taken to groom the student in the above given skills

3) Towards the Text Book contents: Self reading, self –comprehension, Pronunciation & word meaning of

difficult words by referring the dictionary.

4) The given work-out exercises contents at the end of chapter is just a taste of varied questions that could be

made use of to evaluate the students grasp on the chapter during timely assessment methods.

5) Every chapter will be accompanied by an Assignment (in written or project or scrap book pasting) which is

obligatory/compulsory and it adds to the weightage of academics in the respective subject.

6) In subjects languages, Computer/ Moral Science/ cursive Writing/ GK, the Student should be guided to do self-

reading, understand and write/speak with much clarity.

7) Subjects like mathematics need conceptual understanding and not mugging.

HINDI : Book 4- कनक (text) Grammar ( वयकरण सबोध book 4 pages 1-53) * Reading/ Writing and Identification of Words from the lesson, Dictation, basic grammar & Pronunciation of word is inclusive of syllabus throughout the session.

UNIT I:

1. Lesson No. 1 : कछ काम करो ( Self- Reading/ comprehension/ pronunciation of the difficult words )

a. Assignment : Search and write difficult words with the meaning from the lesson. Learn to write and speak proper sentences.

b. Grammar assignment: Learn to make simple sentence based on given in the lesson from the text. .

Find out सजञा from the sentences. .

UNIT II: 1) Lesson No. 2,3,4, & 6

2) Grammar : Word meaning (शबद अरथ), sentence making ( वाकय ऱखन) TERM I:

1) Lesson No. 7, 8, 9, and 11

2) Grammar : word meaning (शबद अरथ), sentence making ( वाकय ऱखन)Gender ( लऱग) , number वचन) , synonyms (ऩयाथयवाची शबद), antonyms ( ववऱोम शबद) , punctuation (ववराम चचहन), correct

spelling(शबद ववनयास), idioms ( महावर), one word substitution( अनक शबदो क लऱए एक शबद) ,

unseen passage (अऩठित बोध), paragraph writing( अनचछद ऱखन) ,essay ( ननबध ऱखन) and letter

writing ( ऩतर ऱखन) ( on any event taking place during the current academic session )

ST. JOSEPH’S HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, BARAMULLA

SYLLABUS FOR CLASS 4TH

( 2017-18)

UNIT III:

1) Lesson No. 12, 13, and 14.

2) Grammar : word meaning (शबद अरथ), sentence making (वाकय ऱखन) Gender (लऱग), number(वचन) synonyms (ऩयाथयवाची शबद), , antonyms ( ववऱोम शबद), unseen passage (अऩठित बोध)

TERM II: 1) Lesson No. 16, 17, 18 and 19.

2) Grammar : Word meaning (शबद अरथ), sentence making ( वाकय ऱखन) Synonyms(ऩयाथयवाची शबद), ,

antonyms ( ववऱोम शबद), gender ( लऱग), number( वचन), one word substitution ( अनक शबदो क लऱए एक शबद), punctuation (ववराम चचहन),, idioms ( महावर), correct spelling (शबद ववनयास), paragraph writing)( अनचछद ऱखन) , essay( ननबध) and letter writing (ऩतर ऱखन) ( on any event taking

place during the current academic session )

MATHEMATICS ( Book 4- Pearls series Semester 1)

UNIT I: 1. Chapter No.2: Place Value : ( Self- Reading/ comprehension/ pronunciation of the difficult words/

mathematical terms ) a. Assignment : Make a chart/ project book highlighting the numbers with different digits. b. Hand written assignment based on the topic given by the subject teacher.

UNIT II: 1) Chapter No.3: Addition and Subtraction 2) Chapter No.4: Multiplication

TERM I: 1) Chapter No.5: Division 2) Chapter No 6: Multiples and factors 3) Chapter No 7: HCF and LCM 4) Chapter No 8: Fractions

UNIT III: ( Book 4- Pearls series Semester 2) 1) Chapter No1: Decimal 2) Chapter No 2: Metric Measures 3) Chapter No 5: Points , Lines, Line Segment and Rays

TERM II: 1) Chapter No.4: Time 2) Chapter No.6: Angles and Circles 3) Chapter No.8: Perimeter and Area 4) Chapter No.9: Pictograph

GENERAL SCIENCE: (Book 4- Pearls series Semester 1)

UNITI: 1. Chapter No.1: Plants : Preparing and Storing Food: ( Self- Reading/ comprehension/ pronunciation of the

difficult words ) a. Assignment: a) Collect different types of leaves

b) Make a project book of leaves collected c) Label the parts of the leaves and the mention the tree

names too d) Give a critical report of your findings on this activity

UNIT II: 1) Chapter No. 2: Plants Living and Surviving.

Assignment : Search for different botanical gardens of India and note them down. 2) Chapter No.3: Animals how life goes on.

Assignment : Draw the life cycle of frog, cockroach and butterfly.

TERM I: 1) Chapter No.4: Animals Living and Surviving,

Assignment : Search for different wild life Sanctuaries and National Parks 2) Chapter No. 5: Food and Digestion .

Assignment: Collect the pictures of energy giving foods and body building foods. 3) Chapter No. 6: Teeth and Microbes

Assignment: What are microbes? Write down its different kinds. How are they beneficial and harmful to us?. UNIT III: (Book 4- Pearls series Semester 2)

1) Chapter No.2: The Right Clothes to Wear. Assignment : Make a collage of synthetic and natural fibres.

2) Chapter No.3: Air, Water and Weather. Assignment : Elucidate the land breeze and sea breeze with the help of a diagram.

TERM II: 1) Chapter No.4: The Earth and its Neighbours

Assignment : Make a model of solar system. Collect all the information about celestial bodies. 2) Chapter No.5: Solids , Liquids and Gases.

Assignment: What is universal solvent? How can it be changed in different states of matter? 3) Chapter No.6: Force, Work and Energy.

Assignment : Collect all the information about geothermal energy and note down. 4) Chapter No.7: A Clean World.

Assignment: Collect all the information about recycling of paper.

SOCIAL SCIENCE: (Book 4- Pearls series Semester 1)

UNIT I: 1. Chapter No.1: Our Beautiful Country: ( Self- Reading/ comprehension/ pronunciation of the difficult words )

a. Assignment : Make a collage on the project book about the physical features our country. Mention the feature names.

b. Hand written assignment based on the topic given by the subject teacher. UNIT II:

1) Chapter No.2: The Northern Mountain: 2) Chapter No. 3: The Northern Plains 3) Chapter No. 4: The Western Desert

TERM I: 1) Chapter No.5: The Southern Plateau 2) Chapter No. 6: The Coastal Plains and the Islands 3) Chapter No.7: The Soils of India 4) Chapter No.8: Our Forest Wealth

UNIT III: 1) Chapter No.1: Our Water Resources 2) Chapter No.2: Our Mineral Resources 3) Chapter No.3: Our Agriculture

TERM II: 1) Chapter No.4: Our Industries 2) Chapter No.5: Means of Transport 3) Chapter No.6: Means of Communication 4) Chapter No.7: Our Rights and Duties 5) Chapter No.8: They showed us the way

ENGLISH: ( ‘Pearls’ -Book 4- Semester 1)

* Reading/ Writing and Identification of Words from the lesson, Dictation, basic grammar & Pronunciation of word is inclusive of syllabus throughout the session.

UNIT I: 1. (Text) Lesson No.1: The Tale of a Mountain ( Self- Reading/ comprehension/ pronunciation of the difficult words )

a. a. Assignment : Search and write difficult words/ nouns with the meaning from the lesson. Learn to write and speak proper sentences.

b. Grammar assignment: Learn to make simple sentence based on given in the lesson from the text. 2. Poem: The Caterpillar Story : ( Self- Reading/ comprehension/ pronunciation of the difficult words ) a. Assignment: ( same as above) 3. Grammar : ( Book 4- Grammar success with composition ) a) Nouns ( Ch. 1) ( Self- Reading/ comprehension/ pronunciation of the difficult words )

UNIT II: 1) (Text) Lesson No 2: The Boy Who went to London 2) Lesson No 3: Some Apples, Please! 3) Poem: Grandma’s Hugs are made of love 4) Grammar : a) Proper Nouns ( Chapter 2)

b) Correct Word Order- A Sentence( Chapter 11) c) Collective and Abstract Nouns ( Chapter 3) d) Singular and Plural ( Chapter 4) e) Countable Nouns and Uncountable Nouns ( Chapter 5) f) Gender ( Chapter 6) g) Pronouns ( Chapter 8)

TERM I: 1) Lesson No. 4: Snake bite 2) Lesson No. 5: A Home for their Babies I 3) Lesson No. 6: A Home for their Babies II 4) Poem: The Lion and the Mouse 5) Grammar : a) Verbs ( Chapter 7)

b) Articles (Chapter 10)’ c) Subject and Predicate ( Chapter 12) d) Am, Is, Are, Has, Have ( Chapter 13) e) The Simple Past Tense ( Chapter 15)

6) Paragraph Writing, Letter Writing UNIT III: Book semester II

1) Lesson No. 1: The Tiger gets a Fright 2) lesson No. 2 : The Park 3) Poems : 1. Come, My Little Children

2. All things bright and beautiful 4) Grammar : a) Adjectives ( Chapter 9)

b) Adverbs ( Chapter 17) 5) Composition: a) Picture Analysis ( Chapter 2)

b) Conversation ( Chapter 4) TERM II:

1) Lesson No.3: The beautiful ball 2) Lesson no. 4: Dear Dilip 3) Lesson No. 5: The Happy Prince 4) Poem : Flying 5) Grammar: a) Prepositions ( Chapter 18)

b) Conjunction ( Chapter 19) c) Questions ( Chapter 20) d) Punctuation ( Chapter 21)

6) Comprehension of Passages: a) Story Writing ( Chapter 3) b) Letter Writing (Chapter 5) c) Paragraph Writing ( Chapter 1)

URDU

TEXT Book: 1. Tameer-i-urdu Book-4 ( چوتھی جمبعت کے لئے)تعمیراردو۔

Grammar: 2. Tamer-i-urdu Grammar

* Reading/ Writing and Identification of Words from the lesson, Dictation, basic grammar & Pronunciation of word is inclusive of syllabus throughout the session.

Unit I: Course Book Lesson No.1. Dua (Poem) (دعا)

Lesson No.2. Piyare Nabi pboh ke Akhlaq ( پیبرے نبی کے اخالق)

Vocabulary and comprehensions, Word Meaning, word making, Opposites, Sentence Making

Unit II: Course Book Lesson No.3. Buri Suhbat (بری صحبت)

Lesson No.4. Bhudya Ka Diya- Poem (بڑھیا کا دیا۔ نظم)

Lesson No.5. Cha Cha Nehru (چا چا نہرو)

Vocabulary and comprehensions, Word Meaning, word making, Genders, Numbers, Opposites, Sentence Making

Term I: Course Book Lesson No 6. Achi Maa (Poem) (اچھی ماں)

Lesson No 7. Chinaar (چنبر)

Lesson No 8. Aadam khor Pahaad (ادم خور پہاڑ)

Lesson No.9. Kehna Badoun Ka Manu (Poem) ( ۔ نظمبڑوں کب مبنوکہنا)

Vocabulary and comprehensions, Word Meaning, word making, Genders, Numbers, Opposites, Sentence Making

Grammar: Ism, Fial aur Haraf )اسم، فعل اور حروف( Essay writing ۔Mera school, (or similar topics around 50 words preferably known to the students like

Gghar (home), Playground, shope, Garden etc ) Letter writing ….. Application to Principal ) Leave/ fee concession (

*Note: Above mentioned Essays and Letters are only for the teaching and learning process and training purpose, students should be able to write the essay or letter on any of the similar topic/title in his/her own words according to his level/standard. Unit III: Course Book

Lesson No.10. Ek Sachi Kahani (انیایک سچی کہ)

Lesson No.11. Dasehra (دسہرہ)

Lesson No.12. Koyal (Poem) (کوئل ۔ نظم)

Vocabulary and comprehensions, Word Meaning, word making, Genders, Numbers, Opposites, Sentence Making

Term II: Course Book Lesson No.13. Qudrati Gas (قدرتی گیس)

Lesson No.14 Sar zameen-i-watan (Poem) (سرزمین وطن)

Lesson No.15 Be Emaani ka Anjaam (بےایمانی کا انجام)

Lesson No.16 Olympics (اولمپکس)

Vocabulary and comprehensions, Word Meaning, word making, Genders, Numbers, Opposites, Sentence Making

Grammar: Ism-i- maarfa, Ism-i-nikrah )اسم معرفہ اور اسم نکرہ(

Fail-i-Haal, Fail-i-Mustaqbal, Fail-i-maazi )فعل حبل، فعل مستقبل اور فعل مبضی( Essay writing -- Mera doost (or similar topics around 50 words preferably known to students like A

Teacher, brother, Sister, Mother shopkeeper etc )

Letter writing -- Letter to any relative or Friend ( Father/brother/sister / mother etc.) *Note: Above mentioned Essays and Letters are only for the teaching and learning process and training purpose, students should be able to write the essay or letter on any of the similar topic/title in his/her own words according to his level/standard.

ART AND CRAFT:

TERM I: 1) Pages No. 3 to 24 ( Drawing and Colouring ) 2) Craft : Paper Penguin, Lion Collage, Paper Lotus, Baby Cradle, Grandpa’s Bow (Ribbon craft) Butterfly

Card. TERM II:

1) Pages No. 25 to 40 ( Drawing and Colouring ) 2) Craft : Crafty Chick ( Paper craft), Cat, Stamping Garden ( Potato Stamping) Bruno’s picnic ( Tear and

paste), Tribal Crown ( Hand -made paper craft), Crafty Wood pecker ( Paper craft), Fire Engine ( Paper model)

PUNJABI :

* Reading/ Writing and Identification of Words from the lesson, Dictation, basic grammar & Pronunciation of word is inclusive of syllabus throughout the session.

TERM I: Chapter No. 1 to 18( Self- Reading/ comprehension/ pronunciation of the difficult word and word meanings)

*Grammar : Spellings, Change of number, Gender, Opposites, Write Sentences, One Word Substitution,

TERM II: Chapter No. 19 to 31 ( Self- Reading/ comprehension/ pronunciation of the difficult word and word meanings) *Grammar : Number, Opposites, Gender, Idioms, Joining Words,

KASHMIRI TEXT Book: Keashir Kitaab Book- II

* Reading/ Writing and Identification of Words from the lesson, Dictation, basic grammar & Pronunciation of word is inclusive of syllabus throughout the session.

TERM I: Course Book Lesson No. 1 to 6 Acchar

Lesson No. 7 to 12. Lesson No 13 to 18

TERM II: Course Book Lesson No. 19 and 25 Lesson No. 26 to 36

GK:

TERM I : ( ‘Pearls’ -Book 4- Semester 1) Pages No. 286 onwards. * Please note: 1) Daily happenings/events taking place at national and international are also part of GK syllabus. 2) General Knowledge information mentioned in use subjects like languages, science, social studies, computer, etc for this academic session is also part of the syllabus. TERM II: ( ‘Pearls’ -Book 4- Semester 2) Pages No. 266 onwards * Please note: 1) Daily happenings/events taking place at national and international are also part of GK syllabus. 2) General Knowledge information mentioned in use subjects like languages, science, social studies, computer, etc for this academic session is also part of the syllabus.

COMPUTER SCIENCE

TERM I: Chapter No. 1 ,2,3,4,5, & 9 TERM II: Chapter No. 5,7,8, & 9

MORAL SCIENCE

TERM I: Chapter 1 to 8 * Self- Reading/ comprehension/ pronunciation of the difficult words/ and more important is the application of the moral value mentioned in the lesson for one’s life. The teacher and the text book is a guide and mentor in this process. The child should be encouraged to read more on the value mentioned in each particular lesson by the parents and the teacher.

TERM II: Chapter 9 to 14 * Self- Reading/ comprehension/ pronunciation of the difficult words/ and more important is the application of the moral value mentioned in the lesson for one’s life. The teacher and the text book is a guide and mentor in this process. The child should be encouraged to read more on the value mentioned in each particular lesson by the parents and the teacher.

BOOK: KNOW YOUR APPTITUDE

1. Book “Know your aptitude is a companion book for subject like : Mathematics, GK, Computer Science for class activities to build confidence and mental alertness.

Note please:

1. Cursive writing – parents do help your ward to write legibly during holidays time.

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