# Between Home and School

## Overview
In the chapter “Between Home and School,” readers follow Ravi, a Class 2 student, as he describes his joyful daily journey to school with his friend. The story highlights their playful exploration through fields and trees, combined with practical learning exercises in speaking, writing, drawing, and phonics. The chapter encourages observation, storytelling, vocabulary building, and connecting real-life experiences to learning.

## Key Topics Covered

### 1. Ravi’s Journey to School
- **Daily Route**: Ravi and his friend walk through paddy fields, mango groves, and across a main road.
- **Fun Along the Way**:
- Jumping over canals
- Climbing trees
- Swinging from branches
- Watching garden lizards
- Despite their fun detours, they always reach school on time.

### 2. Let Us Speak
- Questions to encourage oral expression:
- “What time do you leave home for school?”
- “What time does your school start?”
- “Tell your classmates about the fun you have on your way to school.”

### 3. Vocabulary Development
New words introduced:
- **school**
- **paddy**
- **fields**
- **grove**
- **route**
- **canals**
- **branches**
- **lizards**
- **bicycle**

### 4. Let Us Write – Phonics and Spelling
- **Activity**: Fill in blanks using the sound “ch” in common classroom words.
- Examples:
1. lun__ __ (lunch)
2. __ __ips (chips)
3. Tea__ __er (teacher), __ __art (chart), __ __air (chair)

- **Oral Activity**: Identify and point to objects when their names are called out aloud (e.g., chalk, chair, chart).

### 5. Let Us Draw
- **Creative Task**: Draw the route from your home to your school in a box, visualizing Ravi’s or your own journey.

### 6. Let Us Write and Observe
- **Circle the Things Ravi Sees**: A mix of nature and man-made elements like mango grove, lizards, canals, paddy fields, etc.
- **Answer Writing**:
1. Name interesting things seen between home and school.
2. Ask family members about their long journeys and write about where they went, and what transport they used.
3. Rearranging jumbled letters to form words from the lesson.

### 7. Sentence Formation
- Form sentences using provided words:
- **gate**, **road**, **tree**, **lunch**, **lizard**

### 8. Let Us Do – Project Activity
- **Cut & Paste Task**: Students cut out vehicle pictures from magazines and paste them on a class chart.
- Write the name of each vehicle below its picture.

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## New Terms and Simple Definitions

| Term | Definition |
|-----------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| paddy | A type of field where rice is grown |
| grove | A small group of trees |
| canal | A narrow waterway used for farming or transport |
| route | The way or path taken to get from one place to another |
| lizard | A small reptile often seen on walls or in gardens |
| field | Open land used for farming |
| branch | A part of a tree that grows out from the trunk |
| chart | A visual display of information |
| chair | A piece of furniture for sitting |
| vehicle | Something used to carry people or goods (e.g., car, bus) |

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## Practice Questions

### Easy (3)
1. **What do Ravi and his friend see on their way to school?**
**Answer**: They see paddy fields, mango grove, canals, trees, and lizards.
**Explanation**: These are mentioned in Ravi’s description of his walk.

2. **What is a canal?**
**Answer**: A water channel used in farming.
**Explanation**: It helps carry water through the fields.

3. **Fill in the blank: My friend eats banana __ __ips.**
**Answer**: chips
**Explanation**: The correct word with ‘ch’ sound.

### Medium (2)
4. **Draw a route from your home to school. Label two things you see on the way.**
**Answer**: (Student's drawing) – Example labels: Tree, Shop
**Explanation**: Encourages visual recall and labeling.

5. **Make a sentence with the word ‘tree’.**
**Answer**: There is a big tree near my house.
**Explanation**: Helps with sentence construction.

### Difficult (3)
6. **Rearrange the letters: oa h m**
**Answer**: home
**Explanation**: Rearranged letters spell a word from the chapter.

7. **Write two things Ravi does for fun on his way to school.**
**Answer**: He climbs trees and swings from branches.
**Explanation**: Activities listed in the passage.

8. **Describe a journey your family member took. Mention where and how they travelled.**
**Answer**: My uncle went to Delhi by train and returned by bus.
**Explanation**: Writing based on interaction and real experiences.

### Very Difficult (2)
9. **Why do you think Ravi and his friend enjoy walking to school?**
**Answer**: Because they get to play, see nature, and have fun.
**Explanation**: Inference based on the joyful tone of the story.

10. **List and explain two new words you learned from the chapter.**
**Answer**:
- **grove**: a small group of trees
- **route**: the path from one place to another
**Explanation**: Shows vocabulary understanding.

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