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1.1.1.1.Theme : Elements of Nature (Water)

Key Topics Covered

� Importance of Water and its introduction as one of the elements of nature

� Sources, uses, states and properties of Water

� Water pollution and conservation

Some activities conducted

� Discussion on the different sources of water and uses of water through

encyclopedia, role play and PPT

� Discussion about the importance of water through riddles

� Giving first hand experiences to children regarding different properties of water e.g water is colourless,

tasteless and odourless

� Discussion about water pollution & water conservation through PPT and making slogans

� Video on the story: “Appu and the tailor”

Math and Language learning

� Concepts: Above - Below, Full - Half - Empty, Float - Sink

� Identification of Solid, Liquid, Gas, Volume, Cause and effect

� Ordinals Numbers: First-Tenth� Segregating objects according to their size, shapes, colours to enhance the

concept of ascending and descending order

� Writing thematic words and making sentences

� Creating spelling using letter cut outs

� Reading and describing the pictures and making simple sentences

� Story of “Dhooli” through book and enactment by teacher

� Recapitulation of Hindi Vyanjans

Creative and Physical development

� Colouring and cutting pictures on the outline of water animals and pasting them

to make a collage� Painting on an easel sheet� Depicting water cycle through drawings� Making rhymes and stories on the theme� Creating their own music band and making self created songs and playing

musical instruments� Playing instruction based game “Hitting the target”and ‘Bucket race”

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Theme: AssessmentKey topics covered

� Recapitulation of topics - Vegetables and Bags

Animals and Elements of Nature

Some activities conducted

� Playing Be-quick game to name different vegetables

� Exploring different components of land through pictures

� Playing riddle game to recapitulate the properties of air

� Recapitulation of the experiments related to paper and plastic bags

� Segregating the pictures of domestic and wild animals

Math and Language learning

� Addition with objects till 15

� Recapitulation of numbers from 1-50

� Classification of objects on 3 dimension

� Seriation using different objects

� Recapitulation of shapes and colours

� Recapitulation of concepts covered so far

� Word building and reading

� Writing of the sentences in the notebook

� Creating spellings of simple new words

� Recapitulation of the words covered so far

� Dictation of the words covered so far

� Narrating story - "Gadagada Guduguddu" and “Jack and the Beanstalk” using a book

Creative and Physical development

� Paper folding to make a tulip� Patterning within the outline of vegetables� Making faces using paper cups and colours� Stitching on matte cloth with plastic needle and wool� Creating designs by cutting and pasting coloured papers.� Making stories using puppets� Role play with voice modulation� Hitting the pyramid and hurdle race on the playground� Walking on the bricks to check the balance� Playing structured games like “Dog and the bone”, “Fire in the mountain”

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Week 2 and 3 | March 27 to April 7 2017

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Theme: Year End CelebrationsThe last two weeks at Redbricks Junior before the summer vacation were planned differently. The activities were

a combination of learning and fun. Revision time was coupled with whole school and class activities.

Dramatization, story telling by resource person, rain dance, class party marked the last few days and the

academic session ended on a cheerful note.

Some Activities Conducted

� Story of “Ratatoullie” through video� Splash Pool activity� Rain Dance� Interviewing the peers about their vacations� Playing “Guess the action” game using body movements and gestures

Math and Language learning

� Addition using indigenous materials like leaves, blocks etc� Recapitulation of Ordinal Numbers� Recapitulation of the concept: Wet-Dry using handkerchief and water� Reading of three letter words through a chit game� Framing sentences using different objects� Recapitulation of vyanjans through flash cards� Writing of vyanjans on A4 size papers� Self-created story narration by children using puppets� Story telling using big picture book� Read Aloud the story ‘Alibaba and the forty thieves” using a book� Role play done by children on their favourite story� Creating rhymes and songs

Creative and Physical Development

� Making flowers using tissue papers and rubber bands

� Making a “Happy Vacation Card” for the peers

� Creating finger puppets using cut-outs of different shapes

� Making bird using paper plates

� Creating different models using play dough

� Playing Hide & Seek, Throw and Catch game, Hit the object and run game, Musical Chair, Kho- Kho on the

playground

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Week 3 and 4 | April 10 to April 21 2017

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Celebrations

� Mother’s Day Celebration� Earth Day� Foundation Day� Achiever’s Day

Field Trip - ISRO

Activity of the Month

Splash Pool - Children were very excited to play in the splash pool. They alljumped inside the pool and sprinkled, splashed and played with water for a longtime. They also enjoyed the rain dance along with their favourite music and It wasreal fun for them and they enjoyed the activity completely.

Students Verbatim

Anant: “We want to play more in the water.”

Srushti: “Aaj to bahut mazaa aa gaya water mein.”

Anshee: “Ma’am Rain dance is fun.”

Fun and learn at home

� Parents can do different art activities with the children using various mediums during the vacation� Parents can take them on a Nature walk and discuss about the things they can see on the road.� Encourage children to read simple story books and make a word wall of new words

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Highlighted activities of the Month

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