Grade 5 | Life Skills

Beware of cheating

Genre/Topic: Honesty

Is it called cheating -if you copy from somebody during a test? -if you break the rules of a game? -if you pretend something is yours when it isn’t? Here are some ways to avoid cheating and being cheated.

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Making new friends

Genre/Topic: Relationship management

You meet new people every day and make new friends as well. How do you make friends then? This lesson is about the different ways in which you can make new friends. It also tells us how to keep our friendship alive.

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Silence please

Genre/Topic: Environmental awareness, Safety lesson

Here are some ways you can protect yourself from noise pollution…

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The miraculous wall

Genre/Topic: Duty, Faith, Trust

Let us read a heart touching story about how God guards his children in a miraculous way. This lesson teaches you that it is important to trust in God. But it is also equally important to do your duties properly. It makes us understand that God helps only those who help themselves and not those […]

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The optimist

Genre/Topic: Changing perspectives, Positive thinking

Two people look at a glass with some water in it. One says, “The glass is half-full.” The other says, “The glass is half-empty.” What do you say? Let us read a story about two brothers. One was an optimist, who saw the glass as half-full. The other was a pessimist who saw it as […]

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Rotten potatoes

Genre/Topic: Emotional freedom, Forgiveness

Read the story and answer these questions. 1. What did the teacher ask the students to do? 2. Why did the students not want to carry the bag of potatoes any longer? 3. What did the teacher want to teach her students through this exercise?

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Speed reading

Genre/Topic: Study skill

Do you understand better if you read fast or if you read slow? Here’s the answer: FAST! The faster you read, the better you understand. So let’s learn some speed reading…

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