Grade -4 Podar International School, Gandhinagar

Two Friends and a Lion a.Why did John and Ace decide to buy Christian? A.John and Ace decided to buy Christian, the cub because it looked lonely and frightened and the two men did not want to leave it at the Harrods store. b. How did Ace and John look after Christian? A.The two men brought him in a loving and caring home. He lived below the furniture shop where the two men worked. They took him to the garden for exercise every afternoon. c. Why did the two friends decide to send Christian back to Kenya? A.The two men decided to send Christian to Kenya because he was growing up fast and getting too big for the area below the shop. d.  How do you know that Christian did not forget his friends? A.When Christian saw Ace and John in Kenya, he looked at them closely and then came bounding towards them. He hugged and leapt into their arms. e. What does this story teach you? A. The story teaches us to be kind and gentle to animals

Bhagiratha and the Story of Ganga Kindly refer to the text for questions Answers: a) There was a fierce battle between the asuras and the gods. The asuras hid in the waters of the ocean during the day and came out at night and attacked the gods. The gods went to Agastya seeking his help. The sage sucked in his breath and drank the water from the ocean till it became a dry bed. The asuras had no hiding place and they were defeated by the gods. b) King Sagara was grief stricken because his sons were burnt to ashes by one look from Sage Kapila’s eyes. c) Ganga was unwilling to come down to Earth as she was insolent and did not want to leave heaven. d) On Earth, Ganga flowed joyously and ceaselessly. Her rippling water flowed over plains and danced over cliffs. Her water filled the empty ocean and there was water on earth.

E.E Prose: Two Friends and a Lion Prose: The Little Boy who Saved the Town Poem: Indian Weavers Poem: My Shadow SR:  Bhagiratha and the Story of Ganga The River Kaveri Grammar: The Present Tense   The Past Tense    The Future Tense Punctuation Asking Questions   Symphonics: Contractions   More silent letters    Composition:  Message Writing Notice Writing  Letter Writing/Friendly Letters   Comprehension:  Story Writing

 Comparison of Adjectives 1. A steak knife is ______________________ than a butter knife. (sharp) 2. David is the _______________________ player on the team. (fast) 3.That was the ______________________ test I've ever taken. (difficult)  4. Isn't he the _____________________ little boy you've ever met? (nice)  5. That was a much _________________________ homework assignment. (challenging) 6. Do you think a snake is _____________________ than an owl? (slow)  7.. Robert's arms are _____________________ than John's. (long) 8. Joe has the _____________________ feet of anyone in his family. (big) 9.Monica is happier than Michael. ______________________________  10. That is the heaviest rock in the garden. ______________________________ 11. Math is easier for her than Science. ______________________________  12.The ice cream is cold. ______________________________ Pronouns 1. Marvin and _______ got new ice skates when we joined the hockey t

 Revision Questions 1)Where did Robinson find himself? 2) Where does Robinson live on the island? 3) How did he make the clay pots ‘hard as stone’? 4) What did he cook in the newly-baked pot? 5) With what did he make the baskets? 1) How did Robinson make some clothes for himself?  2) When did Robinson get the idea to bake the clay pots on fire? a. What did Rahul’s father work as? b. What attracts visitors from all over the world to Egypt? c. How long was the flight from Delhi to Cairo? d. Name the three pyramids. e. Why were the pyramids built? f. What did the steps in mastabas symbolize? a) The Egyptian name for the soul was ……………….. b) The Great Sphinx combines the ………… of a lion with the ………… of a man. a) What did the size of the pyramids depend on? b) What makes the pyramids in Egypt a ‘wonder’? c) Why were the pyramids built? 1) What is another name for ‘snare’? 2) What does the poet mean when he says ‘frightened air’? 3) Quote the lin