Term 1
Units 1 – 3
Unit 1
📖 Prose
Sea Turtles
Discover the fascinating world of sea turtles — their nesting, survival,
and conservation.
🎵 Poem
The Crocodile
A witty poem by Lewis Carroll — appearances can be dangerously deceptive!
📚 Supplementary
The Friendship
A true story of an unlikely bond between a baby hippo and a 130-year-old
tortoise.
Unit 2
📖 Prose
When the Trees Walked
Ruskin Bond's beautiful memoir of his Grandfather's love for trees and
nature.
🎵 Poem
*Trees
Eight Indian trees — Banyan to Mango — each celebrated in a beautiful
rhyming couplet.
📚 Supplementary
The Apple Tree and the Farmer
A farmer wants to cut an old apple tree — until one bite of an apple
changes everything.
Unit 3
📖 Prose
A Visitor from Distant Lands
How did chillies, potatoes and tomatoes reach India? A comic-strip family
finds out!
🎵 Poem
I Dream of Spices
Little Raj forgets his errand and buys all the wrong spices — Ouch!
📚 Supplementary
Stone Soup
A clever traveller teaches a selfish village the magic of sharing — with
just a stone!
Term 2
Units 1 – 2
Unit 1
📖 Prose
Sports Stars
Meet Mithali Raj, Usha Rani and P.V. Sindhu — three inspiring Indian
women who broke barriers in cricket, kabaddi and badminton.
🎵 Poem
Team Work
Edgar A. Guest reminds us that courage and skill matter most when they
serve the whole team — not just one star.
📚 Supplementary
Think to Win
Rucha overcomes self-doubt and discovers the power of a positive mind
— right when it matters most in a relay race.
Unit 2
📖 Prose
Trip to Ooty
Merlin's letter to Malli: a joyful toy-train ride through the Nilgiri
hills, monkeys, misty clouds — and Muthu's genius near a baby elephant.
🎵 Poem ★ Memoriter
From a Railway Carriage
Stevenson's fast-paced poem captures the blur of sights outside a train
window — each a glimpse and gone forever!
📚 Supplementary
Gulliver's Travels
Shipwrecked Gulliver wakes up tied down by tiny Lilliputians — and ends
up saving their whole kingdom from a fleet of 100 ships.
Term 3
Units 1 – 3
Unit 1
📖 Prose
Who Owns the Water?
A dispute over a water source teaches a village a lesson about sharing
and community — mediated by an unexpected judge.
🎵 Poem ★ Memoriter
Indian Seasons
A vivid poem celebrating the six seasons of India — each brought alive
with colour, sound and feeling.
📚 Supplementary
A Childhood in Malabar: A Memoir
Kamala Das recalls a birthday feast, a serpent shrine, and a terrifying
cyclone night — all woven into a vivid childhood memory.
Unit 2
📖 Prose
That Sunday Morning
A girl determined to beat her brother in a cycling race ends up riding a
runaway cow straight into the governor's cavalry.
🎵 Poem
A Tragic Story
Thackeray's comic poem about a wise man who spends all day spinning
around trying to get his pigtail to hang in front of him.
📚 Supplementary
Brought to Book
Mahesh's neglected books come alive in a dream and put him on trial — but
the most damaged book defends him in the end.