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Question
Do you remember the picture of Sitamma’s family tree which we saw in Class III?
- You had also drawn a family tree of your own family. Let us again draw the family tree of last year in your notebook.
- Ask your grandmother or grandfather how many members were there in their family when they were your age? Then draw a family tree in your notebook of their family when they were young.
- Can you see yourself, your brother or your sister, your mother or your father, anywhere in this family tree?
- Now draw a family tree of your present family in your notebook.
- Can you see yourself anywhere in this family tree? Who are the members of your family today? Where are your grandparents?
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Solution
yes, I remember the picture of Sitamma's family tree which we saw in class III.
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No, I cannot see myself, my sister and my mother in this family tree.
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Yes, I can see myself in the family tree. The members of my family today are my sister, my mother and my father. My grandparents are living in my native village.
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