DELHI POLICE PUBLIC SCHOOL

SYLLABUS (CLASS: VI) MATHS(2018-19)

Months Topic/Sub Topic

April Chapter 1 (Knowing our numbers)

Comparing Numbers (Ascending and Descending Order)

Indian System of Numeration

International System of Numeration

Large Numbers in Daily Life Problems

Estimation

Roman Numerals Chapter 2 (Whole Numbers)

Successor and Predecessor

Number Line

Properties of Whole Numbers

May

Chapter 4 (Basic Geometrical Ideas)

Point, Line, Line segment, Ray

Intersecting Lines & Parallel lines

Curves and Polygons

Angles, triangles, Quadrilaterals

Circles and Parts of Circles

July

Chapter 3 (Playing with Numbers)

Factors and Multiples

Prime and Composite Numbers

Divisibility Tests

Common Factors and Common Multiples

Prime Factorization

HCF and LCM

Word Problems Chapter 5 (Understanding Elementary Shapes)

Line Segments

Angles

Perpendicular Lines

Types of Triangles

Quadrilaterals

Polygons

3 – Dimensional Shapes

August Chapter 6 (Integers)

Number Line

Addition of Integers

Subtraction of Integers

September

Chapter 13 (Symmetry)

Symmetric Figures

Horizontal Lines of Symmetry

Vertical Line of Symmetry

Revision

October

Chapter 7 (Fractions)

Fractions on the Number line

Proper, Improper and Mixed Fractions

Equivalent Fractions

Simplest Form of a fraction

Like and Unlike Fraction

Comparing Fractions

Addition and Subtraction of Fractions

Word Problems on Fractions

November

Chapter 8 (Decimals)

Conversion of Fractions into Decimals

Conversion of Decimals into Fractions

Comparing Decimals

Use of Decimals in money, length and weight

Addition and Subtraction of Decimals

Word Problems on Decimals Chapter 9 (Data Handling)

Pictograph

Frequency Distribution Table

Bar Graph

December

Chapter 10 (Mensuration)

Perimeter (Triangle, Rectangle and Square)

Area (Square and Rectangle)

Chapter 11 (Algebra)

Idea of a Variable

Use of Variables

Expressions using Variables

Equations

ENGLISH

Month Chapter, Grammar, Writing Skills

April Literature The Model Millionaire The Little Match Seller Work Book – Unit 1 ( Trees ) ( Articles and Pronouns) Writing Skills – Paragraph Writing

May Literature Poem – Dear Mum Work Book- Unit 2 (Special People) (Adverbs) Writing Skills – Diary Entry

July Literature How we kept Mothers Day The Railway Children Work Book – Unit 3 (Dignity of Work) (Prepositions and Punctuations) Main Course Book – Unit 4 (Helpers) Poem - Abou Ben Adhem Writing Skills - Application Writing ( Leave, Remission of Fine, Change of Sections and other requests)

August Literature Poem - Midnight Wood Main Course Book – Unit 3 -A Journey through the Desert Work Book – unit 4 Helpers (Question Tags, Phrasal verbs and Antonyms and Synonyms Writing Skills – Message Writing

September Revision

October Literature

January

Chapter 12 (Ratio and Proportion)

Ratio

Proportion

Unitary Method

Chapter 14 (Practical Geometry)

Construction of : (I) Circle (II) Line Segment (III) Perpendicular Bisector of a Line Segment (IV) Angle and its Bisector (V) Angles of 30o , 60o , 900, 120o

February Revision

New Blue The School for Sympathy Work Book – unit 5 When I was a child (Pronoun, Punctuation – Revision Writing Skills- Notice Writing (Lost Found, Trips, Magazines, Subscriptions, Competitions, Meetings)

November Literature Poem – Kieran On Another’s Sorrows Work Book – Unit 6 Travel (Adjectives) Writing Skills- Informal Letter Writing

December Literature Marilla Cuthbert is surprised Main Course Book – Unit 5 When I was a child- Poem - I’ll remember Work Book – Unit 7 Believe it or not (Subject Verb Agreement) Vocabulary – Homophones, Idioms Writing Skills- Story Writing with outlines.

January Main Course Book Unit 8 Entertainment -Murder in Bombay Work Book – Unit 8 (Entertainments) (Tenses) Writing Skills – Revision

February Revision

Notes: 1. Main Course Book will be used to practice reading listening skills and grammar 2. Novel is meant to be read by the students independently and will be used for making

projects as part of their holiday home work.

SOCIAL SCIENCE

MONTHS SYLLABUS

APRIL HISTORY Chapter1- What, Where, How and When

Inscriptions and Manuscripts SPL Chapter 2- Diversity and Discrimination

Difference and Prejudice

Stereotype

Inequality and Discrimination

Fighting for Equality GEOGRAPHY Chapter 1- The Earth in Our Solar System

Basic Concepts of full moon, new moon, celestial bodies

Solar System

Sun, moon, planets , constellations, meteorites, asteroids

MAY HISTORY Chapter 2- On Trails of the Earliest People

Movement of People

How we know about them

Choosing a place to live

Stone tools and Fire

Change in Environment

Case study of Hunsgi Geography Chapter 2- Globes: Latitudes and Longitudes

Globes

Axis

Equator

Inportant Parallels of Latitudes

Heat Zones

Longitudes

Standard Time

JULY History Chapter 3- From Gathering to Growing Food

Farming and Herding beginning

Domestication

First Farmers and Herders

Towards a settled life

Customs and Practices

Case study – Mehrgarh and Daojali Hading SPL Chapter 3- What is Government

Levels of Government

Laws and Government

Types of Government

Democratic Governments Geography Chapter 3-Motions of the Earth

Rotation and Revolution

Leap Year

Circle of Illumination

Summer Solstice , Winter Solstice

Equinox

August History Chapter 4 –In the Earliest Cities ( Project Based) Chapter 5- What Books and Burials Tell Us

Megaliths

Burial Spots

Case Stdy- Inamgaon

Occupations at Inamgaon SPL Chapter 5- Panchayati Raj

The Gram Panchayat

Three Levels of Panchayat Geography Chapter 4- Maps

Physical Maps

Political Maps

Thematic Maps

Distance, Direction and Symbols

Sketch and Plan

September REVISION

October History Chapter 6 – Kings , Kingdoms and Early Republic

Janapadas and Mahajanapadas

Taxes

Changes in Agriculture

Case Study- Magadha and Vajji SPL Chapter 7- Urban Administration

Ward Councillor and Adnistrative Staff

Municipality and Municipal Corporation

November Geography Chapter 5- Major Domains of the Earth

Lithosphere

Hydrosphere

Atmosphere

Biosphere History Chapter 7 – New Question and Ideas

Buddhism

Jainism SPL Chapter 8- Rural Livelihoods

Case Study of Kalpattu Village

Agricultural Labourers and Farmers in India

Rural Livelihoods

December

History- Chapter 8- Ashoka – The emperor who gave up War

Kingdom, Empire

Ashoka

Kalinga War

Ashoka’s Dhamma Geography Chapter 6- Major Landforms of the Earth

Internal Process, External Process

Mountains

Plains

Plateaus

People and Landforms SPL Chapter 9- Urban Livelihoods

Casual Labour

Fixed Labour

Call Centres History Chapter 10- Traders, Kings and Pilgrims

New Kingdoms

Silk Route

Beginning of Bhakti

January History Chapter 11- New Empires and Kingdoms

Prashasti

Genealogies

Harshvardhana and Harshcharita

Samudragupta’s Prashasti and Policies Geography Chapter 7- Our Country India

Location

India’s neighbours

Physical Divisions Chapter 8- India- Climate Vegetation and Wildlife

Cold and Hot Weather Season

Types of Forests

Uses of Forests

February History Chapter 12- Buildings, Paintings and Books (Picture Based)

SCIENCE

MONTH TOPICS/SUB-TOPICS

APRIL Ch-1 FOOD: WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?

Food variety

Food ingredients and sources

Plant parts and animal products

Classification on the basis of food habits

Herbivores,Carnivoresand Omnivores

Ch-2 COMPONENTS OF FOOD

Definition of nutrition

Importance of food

Nutrients

Food Tests ( Carbohydrates ,Fats and Proteins)

Deficiency diseases and symptoms

May Ch-3 FIBRE TO FABRIC

Natural and synthetic fibre

Animal vs plant fibre

Cotton and jute (climate ,soil and harvesting )

Process involved in converting fibre to fabric

History of clothing material

Ch-4 SORTING MATERIALS INTO GROUPS

Objects around us-materials they are made up of

Properties of materials

Appearance ,hardness and softness ,solubility

Transparency ,Opaqueness ,Translucency

Floating and sinking ,lustre ,soft and rough

JULY Ch-5 SEPARATION OF SUBSTANCES

Need for separation of substances

Methods of separation-

Handpicking,Seiving,Sedimentation,Decantation,Filtration,Evaporati

on,Condensation

Saturated solution

Ch-6 CHANGES AROUND US

Reversible and irreversible changes

Contraction and expansion

Interconversion of three states of matter

AUGUST Ch-7 GETTING TO KNOW PLANTS

Plant classification- herbs , shrubs and trees

Root, Stem, Leaves - Structure ,type and function

Flower- structure , function.

Transpiration

Ch-8 BODY MOVEMENTS

Type of joints- hinge ,pivotal ,ball and socket ,immovable and

movable ,cartilage ,skull and ribcage

Skeletal system

Movement in animals-earthworm ,snail ,birds ,cockroach ,fish and

snake

SEPTEMBER Revision

OCTOBER Ch-9 THE LIVING ORGANISMS AND SURROUNDINGS

Habitat and adaptation Biotic and abiotic component of habitat Terrestrial and aquatic habitat Characteristics of living organisms and their comparison with non living things Ch-10 MOTION AND MEASUREMENT OF DISTANCES Story of transport Standard unit of measurement Correct measurement of length

NOVEMBER Ch-11 LIGHT,SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS

Light

Reflection

Formation of shadows

Transparent ,translucent and opaque objects

Pinhole camera

How light travels in a straight line?

Ch-12 ELECTRICITY AND CIRCUITS

Electric cell and bulb

Electric circuit-closed and open

Electric switch

Insulators and conductors

DECEMBER Ch-13 FUN WITH MAGNETS

Discovery of magnet

Magnetic and Non magnetic substances

Types of magnet

Compass

Precautions while storing magnet

Ch-14 AIR AROUND US

What is air made up of?

How is oxygen available to plants and animals living in water and soil

JANUARY Ch-15 WATER

How much water do we use?

Water cycle

Famines, Droughts

Water Conservation

Rain water harvesting techniques

FEBRUARY Ch-16 GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT

Dealing with garbage

Vermi composting

Recycling of paper

Plastic boon or curse

Revision