NCERT Textbook - The Giving Tree | English for Class 4 PDF Download

 Page 1


The Giving Tree
UNIT-7
A Watering Rhyme
The Donkey
2024-25
Page 2


The Giving Tree
UNIT-7
A Watering Rhyme
The Donkey
2024-25
Read and learn this poem
Early in the morning,
Or the evening hour,
Are the times to water
Every kind of flower.
Watering at noonday,
When the sun is high,
Doesn’t help the flowers,
Only makes them die.
4
115
A Watering Rhyme
2024-25
Page 3


The Giving Tree
UNIT-7
A Watering Rhyme
The Donkey
2024-25
Read and learn this poem
Early in the morning,
Or the evening hour,
Are the times to water
Every kind of flower.
Watering at noonday,
When the sun is high,
Doesn’t help the flowers,
Only makes them die.
4
115
A Watering Rhyme
2024-25
New words
hour, watering,
noonday, boots,
soak, heat
Also, when you water,
Water at the roots;
Flowers keep their mouths where
We should wear our boots.
Soak the earth around them,
Then through all the heat
The flowers will have water
For their thirsty ‘feet’!
– P.A. Ropes
4
115
A Watering Rhyme
2024-25
Page 4


The Giving Tree
UNIT-7
A Watering Rhyme
The Donkey
2024-25
Read and learn this poem
Early in the morning,
Or the evening hour,
Are the times to water
Every kind of flower.
Watering at noonday,
When the sun is high,
Doesn’t help the flowers,
Only makes them die.
4
115
A Watering Rhyme
2024-25
New words
hour, watering,
noonday, boots,
soak, heat
Also, when you water,
Water at the roots;
Flowers keep their mouths where
We should wear our boots.
Soak the earth around them,
Then through all the heat
The flowers will have water
For their thirsty ‘feet’!
– P.A. Ropes
4
115
A Watering Rhyme
2024-25
Reading is fun
Word building
1. What is the best time to water the plants?
2. When should we not water the plants?
3. Which part of the plant should be watered?
Place letters in their right order to form
the names of flowers.
PAETWEES S _ _ _ _ _ _ A
MRAIDOLG M _ _ _ _ _ _ D
JMINEAS J _ _ _ _ _ E
TLOUS L _ _ _ S
ARGOM M _ _ _ A
DHAAIL D _ _ _ _ A
XOLHP P _ _ _ X
ANSPY P _ _ _ Y
BISIHCUS H _ _ _ _ _ _ S
J
5
116
4
117
2024-25
Page 5


The Giving Tree
UNIT-7
A Watering Rhyme
The Donkey
2024-25
Read and learn this poem
Early in the morning,
Or the evening hour,
Are the times to water
Every kind of flower.
Watering at noonday,
When the sun is high,
Doesn’t help the flowers,
Only makes them die.
4
115
A Watering Rhyme
2024-25
New words
hour, watering,
noonday, boots,
soak, heat
Also, when you water,
Water at the roots;
Flowers keep their mouths where
We should wear our boots.
Soak the earth around them,
Then through all the heat
The flowers will have water
For their thirsty ‘feet’!
– P.A. Ropes
4
115
A Watering Rhyme
2024-25
Reading is fun
Word building
1. What is the best time to water the plants?
2. When should we not water the plants?
3. Which part of the plant should be watered?
Place letters in their right order to form
the names of flowers.
PAETWEES S _ _ _ _ _ _ A
MRAIDOLG M _ _ _ _ _ _ D
JMINEAS J _ _ _ _ _ E
TLOUS L _ _ _ S
ARGOM M _ _ _ A
DHAAIL D _ _ _ _ A
XOLHP P _ _ _ X
ANSPY P _ _ _ Y
BISIHCUS H _ _ _ _ _ _ S
J
5
116
4
117
2024-25
Fun time
Let’s talk
You have visited your school garden and seen different
kinds of plants, shrubs and trees. This grid has the names
of different parts of a tree. Look for these words – ,
, , , , , and
as fast as you can – vertically, horizontally and
diagonally.
1. Do you have a garden at home?
2. Name some flowers which grow in your garden
or near your house.
3. Give another word for ‘thirsty feet’.
BUD
POD LEAF STEM ROOTS THORNS BRANCHES
FLOWERS
B
A
I
R
B
I
R
A
E
P
V
P
U
J
S
C
J
S
B
F
Q
W
R
B
D
T
T
H
O
R
N
S
X
S
C
K
U
D
E
T
A
G
R
Y
T
D
L
V
E
K
M
N
H
S
Z
Q
F
M
W
P
L
U
C
I
T
A
V
F
L
X
O
M
V
H
J
U
B
F
E
N
O
D
M
W
E
K
R
C
S
F
O
Y
W
O
X
S
L
O
D
U
G
P
Z
F
E
Y
C
M
O
E
J
H
Q
A
G
P
R
D
N
T
F
L
E
A
F
H
Q
Z
S
O
S
G
5
116
4
117
2024-25