Week of 15th

April 2013

The students inquired into their sixth Unit –How we organize ourselves. Central idea- In a workplace people share responsibility towards a common purpose.

Inquiry Into-

• Purpose of a workplace

• Interconnectedness of people in a workplace

• Importance of shared vision or common purpose

Key Concepts- Function, Causation, Change Related Concepts– Cooperation, Employment

Students were involved in- Group discussion on roles and responsibilities of people involved in a

Restaurant and School -to understand the interconnectedness of people in a workplace.

Audio visual on the different functions of a workplace. Comprehension exercise based on the poem- ‘Together’ focusing on poet’s

message, importance of team work and their thoughts about the same. Familiarization to rhyming words- identified the set of rhyming words from the

poem and made their own poem using rhyming words. Introduction to Acrostic poem as a form of writing where the first letter spells

out a word or a message and made acrostic poems on words from the inquiry- Together and Teamwork.

Understanding the conversion of litres and millilitres and solved different mathematical equations based on the same.

Assessment of the concepts done in measurement. Introduction to the concept of Position- familiarised to the terms ‘rows’ and

‘columns’ and solved questions describing the position of the given pictures.

Home Task- Practice sheet on measurement and positions.

Fun sheet on Earth day

Spelling Bee • There will be a spelling challenge on Thursday- 25th April 2013

• Words for the week are- hostess, manager, assistant, waiter, litre, millilitre , receptionist, guest,

department, steward, employee, accounts, kitchen, house-keeping

Suggested activity- Encourage your child to make their own acrostic poem on their first and last name. They may even choose the name from any one of their family

members.

Brainstorming on the roles and responsibilities of people in a

workplace Videos on workplace

Children making their own poem acrostic poems

Poems made by the children

Identifying rows and columns

Standard Level: Reading and writing practice of words with matraa Dictation on the same ‘Ling’ (gender) Names of the days Making sentences Viewing and listening to Hindi animated stories and

and oral comprehension based on the same Home Work- Rehearse the spellings and names of animals and also revise the sounds of the animals given in

the worksheet for assessment on Wednesday (24thApril, 2013) Intermediate Level: Reading assessment on and matraas Recitation of the poem Introduction to matraa Writing practice of words with the same Viewing and listening to Hindi animated stories and

and oral comprehension based on the same Home Work- Read and rehearse the given words for dictation on Wednesday (24thApril, 2013) Abinitio Level: Introduction to and matraas Reading and writing practice of words with the same Counting numbers upto 25 ‘Vilom shabd’ (opposites) Viewing and listening to story and oral comprehension based on the same

Specialists

Students in the dance class

Students were introduced to some basics of internet like www, hyperlinks, web browsers, websites, address bar, search engines through an online educational site at http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/welcome/indexold.htm

Discussion was held on responsibilities/safe guards while working on internet through an online educational site at: http://www.kidscomjr.com/games/safety/safety.html

Summative assessment was done on internet through a worksheet to analyse their understanding on the basics of internet.

ICT

Art

The students completed their stuffed toy making activity. They learnt drawing of animals- giraffe, tiger and lion. Exercise on development of composition using bigger and varied forms. Focus on drawing and compositional skills

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