Syllabus for Class IV

English (50 Marks)

Grammar :Articles, numbers, persons, genders, parts of speech, past participle forms of verbs, use of must/may/should/can, punctuation, Tenses: Present, Past, Future. Concept of assertive, imperative, negative, interrogative sentences.

Vocabulary : Opposite words, single word for a group of words, jumble words, jumble sentences, sorting alphabetically, finding the odd one, error correction, make sentences, crossword puzzles.

Comprehension :A few simple questions from a passage. Describing a picture in a few sentences (by using present simple and continuous tenses). Rearranging sentences to form a story.

Mathematics (50 marks)

1. Addition, subtraction, Multiplication and Division of four digit numbers. Different practical problems. Use of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division in single operation.

2. Face and place value of a digit in a numeral. Use of > and < signs arranging numbers in ascending and descending orders. Formation of greatest and smallest numbers, using each of the given 4 digits only once. Expressing a number up to 8-digit in words.

3. Measures of money and time (calculations related to hour / minute/second and year / month / day). Concept of multiple /multiplier and divisor/dividend / quotient / remainder. Time in 24-hour clock.

4. Calculating average.

5. Odd and even numbers, prime and composite numbers. Consecutive and prime to one another.

6. Common factor and common multiple. H.C.F. and L.C.M. By prime factors and division method.

7. Simplification of numerical expression. BODMAS order.

8. Unitary method, percentage.

9. Unit, proper, improper and mixed fractions. Equivalent fractions, reducing to lowest terms, Comparison of fractions with different numerators, denominators, addition, subtraction by finding the L.C.M. of denominators, multiplication, division of fractions. Reciprocals, simple practical problems.

10. Decimal fraction. Like and unlike decimals, converting decimals into fractions and vice-versa. Calculations of decimals with integers. Multiple, divide by 10, 100, 1000 etc.

11. Measures of length, weight and volume in C.G.S unit. Conversion from one to another unit. Calculation and practical problems.

12. Rules of divisibility.

13. Logical reasoning, series of same order. Finding the odd one or the next figure.

14. Geometry: Open and closed diagram. Space bounded by simple lines or curves. Plane and curved surfaces. Point and line segments, parallel lines, concurrent lines, collinear points, plane figures. Triangle (Equilateral, isosceles, scalene), quadrilateral (square, rectangle), circle. Area and perimeter. Concept of cuboids, cube and sphere. Concept of angle (acute, right and obtuse angle). Simple problems on area, perimeter.