SUMMER VACATION TASK

Grade
III
Date: 13
th

April 2016
Dear ____________
The summer vacation approaches, I am sure you are
looking forward to many
interesting activities with your parents and siblings. Summer
is the time for taking a
break from regular academics, it is the time to relax, unwind
and have fun. To avoid a
learnin
g gap we are giving you some interesting work, which we
are sure will be fun
and help you in strengthen some skills too. Your knowledge
can be enriched through
reading. Please make sure that your day includes time that
is set aside for independent
reading
and writing. Your efforts are greatly appreciated!

Mind Spark

Math : to help you brush up some basics of math and

prepare you for
the upcoming concepts.


Fundamentor
: Honing analytical thinking and reasoning skills

Mother tongue familiarity

How to d
o these tasks
:
1.
Mind Spark

Maximum daily session limit is 60 minutes per subject.

2.
Fundamentor
: For fundamentor summer task
the link is
www.fundamentor.com
this will be activated from 10th April to 10th June.
3.
Mother Tongue
: By the end of the vacation you must know
Alphabet of the script of your mother tongue
Writing your name and names of family members
A song, poem and a story in your language
DAY
SUBJECT
DAY
1
English:

Learn sight words; watch the video on helping verbs to

frame sentences and
read pg
46 and 47 from Quest
DAY
2
Math:Resource book (RB) Pg.No
7 ,8,9,10,11 (Place Value)
DAY
3
Language: Telugu:
,
5
.
Hindi: LESSON

( POEM )
Recite along with the CD given, learn and write neatly to win
a certificate.
DAY
4

English: Learn sight words; watch the video on helping

verbs to frame
sentences and do listening comprehension.
DAY
5
M
ath : Resource book Pg. No
12,13,14
DAY
6
Language:
Telugu:
( places)
5
.
Hindi:Read the
words and write them neatly given
on Pg.No

106
Day
7
English:
Learn sight words; watch the video on have to and must to
complete the
given task and read pg
48, 49 and 50

from quest.
DAY
8
Math:
R.B Pg. No
15,16,17,18
DAY
9
Language:
Telugu:
10 (
)
.
Hi
ndi:Lesson

(poem)
Listen to the cd, recite along and learn the poem for
recitation competition.
DAY
10
Science:
Topic: Birds
Link

1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vL_2rF8JHU
link
2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWgBhru8rRo
Watch the video and answer the following questions
on an
A4 sheet.
Q1. How do feet and claws help the birds?
Q2. Give three examples of perching
birds?
Q3.How do woodpeckers use their claws?
Q4. What type of claws do preying birds have?
DAY
11
English:
Learn sight words; watch the video on can you
May I to frame sentences
and do the listening comprehension of a poem.
Day
12
Math :
R.B Pg. No
: 23 and 24
Task 3: Now, its time to listen to the poem and answer the
following
questions:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4Z4LFSn7ioaY2xMQXBYdTZzUFk/vi
ew?usp=sharing

After listening to the poem in the given link, answer the

following questions:
1.
What
are the different gadgets that the family loves?
____________
_____________________________________
_________________________________________
_______
____________
________________________
_
________________________________________
___________________
2.
How long does
the brother play?
________________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_
____________________
________________________________________________
_______
___________________
3.
Our screens went blank what does this mean?
________________________________________________
_______________________________________________
_____________________

________________________________________________
_______
___________________
4.
How did the family spend time when the power went out?
_______
________________________________________________
________________________________________
_____________________
________________________________________________
_______
___________________
ORAL READING RUBRIC:
Criteria/
Descriptors
FLUENCY

Smooth
flow

Vocabulary
recognition
Reader is familiar
with most of the
Vocabulary and is
able to read with
ease. Is also to read
new words
successfully.
*most = all words
as per class level
Reader is
familiar with
most of the

vocabulary and
reads known
words
with ease
but hesitates to
read unknown
words
Reader
takes time
to recognize
and read
familiar
words and
does not
make an
attempt to
read
unknown
words.
Reader finds it
difficult to
read even the
simplest of the
words
Voice modulation

Modulation

Expressi
on

Pause
Reader modulates
the voice
throughout as per

the context using

pauses as reader
captivates the
audience by using
correct expressions
Reader
modulates the
voice as per the
context
inconsistently
thus able to
captivate the
audience most
of the
time.
Inconsistently=
misses 2 to 3
times
Most= not all
Reader is
not able to
modulate
voice most
of the time
thus loses
the
audience
interest.
Most : more
than 5
times
Reader reads
with
monotony
without

expression
and pauses.
Pronunciation
Reader
pronounces
all the words
correctly
Reader
pronounces
most of the
words correctly.
Most =2 to 3
words incorrect
Reader is
unable to
pronounce
many
words
correctly
Many= 4 or
more words
Reader
pronounces
most of the
words
incorrectly.
Most = 2 to 3
words
correct
Audibility
The voice is
consistently
audible throughout
the reading
The voice is

audible most of
the time but not
throughout
The voice is
audible
only to the
people
closer to
him/her.
The voice is
too
soft/inaudible
to be
understood
Source:
www.englisheveryone.org
;
www.poetry4kids.com

Videos by Mark kulek and Crown English academy

Reading comprehensions from Quest