PROGRAM OF WORK (POW) - Term - 1 / HALF YEARLY EXAM-2024
CLASS - Class 6
SI No. Subject APR MAY JUN JULY AUG SEP
1 English

The Boy Who Broke the Bank
 • Reading skill development and activity
 A Musical Cure
 • Prose (Reading+ questions and answers)

 Determiners
 • Articles, demonstrative, possessive, numeral, quantitative
 Email writing
 • Format + writing practice work

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Chapters 1-5)
 • Prose (Reading+ questions and answers)
 Memories of Spring
 • Project (Best out of waste) + questions and answers
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
 • Poem (recitation + questions and answers)
 Sentence reordering
 • Reordering, rearranging
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Chapters 6-10)
 • Prose (Reading+ questions and answers)
Story writing
 • Story writing with hints
 Preserving Forests
 • Prose (Reading+ questions and answers)
Prepositions
 • Fill in the blanks, multiple choice questions
Figures of speech
 • Simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration and onomatopoeia
The Girl on the Train
 • Prose (Reading+ questions and answers) + dramatization
Realising Dreams
 • Comprehension
2 Mathematics  Whole numbers
 • Representation on number line
 • Successor and predecessor
 • Division algorithm
 Integers
 • Representation on number line
 • Successor and predecessor
 • Addition and subtraction
Fractions and decimals
 • Operations (Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division by using power of '10')
 • Simplification
 • Word problems
Fractions and decimals
 • Operations (Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division by using power of '10')
 • Simplification
 • Word problems
Algebra
 • Framing linear equation and solving (simple types)
 • Word problems (simple type)
Geometrical concept
 • Point, line, line segment, ray
 • Angles and its types
 • Triangle and its types
 • Quadrilaterals and its types
Understanding elementary shapes
 • Measuring lines and angles using ruler, compass and protractor
 • 3-D shapes
Ratio-proportion
 • Basic concepts
 • Word problems
Unitary method
 • Direct variation
 • Word problems
Construction
 • Construction of line segments, bisection of line segments, perpendicular bisectors
 • Copying of angles, bisecting angles using ruler, compass
3 Science Components of food:
• Introduction
• Basic food groups and nutrients
• Carbohydrates
• Fats
• Proteins
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Roughage
• Water
• Balanced diet
• Obesity
• Deficiency diseases
 Sorting materials into groups:
• Introduction
• Importance
• Grouping of objects according to materials
• Properties of materials
• Appearance
• Hardness
• Soluble and insoluble materials
• Light and heavy materials with respect to water
• Transparency
Fun with magnet:
• Introduction
• Magnetic and non-magnetic materials
• Properties of magnet
• Magnetic field
• Magnetic compass
• Make your own magnet
• Care and uses of magnets
Water and waste management (water):
• Introduction
• Why is water essential for all living being?
• How much water do we consume in a day?
• Sources of fresh water
• Formation of clouds and rainfall
• Water cycle
• Rainfall distribution
• Conservation of water
• Rainwater harvesting
Changes around us (Part I):
• Introduction
• Classification of changes
• Reversible change
• Irreversible change
• Physical change
• Chemical change
• Slow and fast changes
Motion and measurement of distances (measurement):
• Introduction
• The story of transport
• Concept of distance and measurement
• Measurements
• Units of measurement
• Standard units of measurements
• Measurement of length
• Correct method of measurement
• Measuring the length of curved line
Water and waste management (waste management):
• Introduction
• Where does all waste go?
• Biodegradable waste and non-biodegradable waste
• Efficient disposal of waste
• Composting
• Vermicomposting
• Recycling
• Re-use
• Plastics
 Changes around us (Part II):
• Expansion and contraction
• Application
Measurement and motion (motion):
• Introduction
• Types of motion
• Combination of different types of motion
Measurement and motion (motion) (continued):
• Introduction
• Types of motion
• Combination of different types of motion
 Getting to know plants:
• Parts of plant
• Herbs, shrubs and trees
• Creepers and climbers
• Stem
• Leaf
• Roots
• Flowers
Body movement – Part I (invertebrates and vertebrates except humans):
• Movement in some animals (Earthworm, snail, cockroach, fish, snake, and bird)
Separation of substances:
• Introduction
• Mixtures
• Reasons for separating substances from mixtures
• Methods of separation
• Separation of substances by using more than one method
• Can water dissolve any kind of substances?

Separation of substances (continued):
• Introduction
• Mixtures
• Reasons for separating substances from mixtures
• Methods of separation
• Separation of substances by using more than one method
• Can water dissolve any kind of substances?
Light, shadow, reflection:
• Introduction
• Sources of light
• Luminous and non-luminous objects
• Transparent, translucent, and opaque objects
• Shadows
• Pinhole camera
• Light moves in a straight line
• Mirror and reflections
• Periscope

4 SST What, Where, How & When (HISTORY):
• Where early men lived
• Location (Map work-locating the neighbouring countries of India)
• Finding about past & Dates
Understanding Diversity (CIVICS):
• What is Diversity & its importance in India (Unity In Diversity)
 The Earth in the Solar System (GEOGRAPHY):
• Concept of Universe & Celestial Bodies
• The Solar System (The Sun, The Planets, The Earth)
• Satellites & Other Heavenly Bodies
From Hunting Gathering to Growing Foods (HISTORY):
• Why they were in the Move & Sources
• Discovery of Fire
• (Locating habitat sites in a map of India)
• Beginning of Farming & Herding- Towards a Settled Life
• Mehrgarh (Case Study)
• Locating Mehrgarh in a map.
 Diversity And Discrimination (CIVICS):
• Difference & Prejudice
• Creating Stereotypes
• Inequality & Discrimination
Globes, Latitudes & Longitudes (GEOGRAPHY):
• Concept of Globe
• Parallels & Meridians (with diagrams)
• Important Parallels of Latitude (with diagrams)
• Heat Zones of the Earth (with diagram)
• What are longitudes & its relationship with Time (with diagrams)
• Concept of Standard Time

 In The Earliest Cities (HISTORY):
• Why were these cities special?
• Features, Lives in these early Indus cities
• Dholavira & Lothal
• End of these Cities (locating the Indus sites in a map )
Motions of the Earth (GEOGRAPHY):
• Concept of Rotation & Revolution
• Rotation & its Effect
• Revolution & its Effect (with diagrams)
What Is Government (CIVICS):
• Definition, Levels & Types of Government & Functions
• India as a Democracy

What Books & Burials Tell Us (HISTORY):
• Rigveda, Why it is important?
• What does it tell us?
• Megaliths & Burials
• Case Study – Inamgaon (locating Inamgaon in a map of India)
 New Questions & Ideas (HISTORY):
• Rise of Buddhism & Jainism (Background & Teachings)
• Sanghas & Monasteries

 Panchayati Raj (CIVICS):
• Levels of Panchayat & Functions
Rural Administration (CIVICS):
• Land Administration
• Police Station
• Hindu Succession Amendment Act 2005
• Activity Mock Panchayat session

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