Week of 18th November 2013
Unit 3- Sharing the planet
Central idea- We share the planet with many animals and our actions
can affect their survival.
Inquiry Intoo How people or nature impact animal habitats
o How animals become endangered
o Our responsibility towards animals and nature
Key Concepts- Connection, Responsibility
Related Concepts- Impact, Extinct
Students were involved in Presenting their research findings on animal habitat and how people and
nature impact their habitat
 Group work- Inquiring about the different types of habitat (Desert, Forest,
Arctic and Water and collected information about their physical description ,
plants and animals found in that region
 Formative assessment on the first line of inquiry
 Videos showing animals getting endangered and students reflecting on the
same.
 Revisited new vocabulary words from the Inquiry
 Writing a creative piece on habitat with the help of given pictures
 Predicting the ending of the story- ‘ Who is stronger and more powerful?’
 Introduced Prepositions - Further understood the usage of prepositions
through group activity
 Introduction to bar graph and frequency table- to read and compare the
collected data followed by practice sheets
 Introduction to multiplication as a repeated addition
 Home Work Math- Practice sheets on bar graph
 Creative writing on- “If you were an animal, how would you react if
humans were taking your land?”
 Spelling Bee
 There will be a spelling challenge on Friday 29nd November 2013
 Words for the week are- deforestation, afforestation, poaching,
natural, calamities , drought, forest, Tsunami, earthquake, Tornadoes
Suggested activity
Encourage your child to practice the following preposition activityhttp://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammargames/prepositions-place
Advance Level:
Hindi
 Recap of ’ ’
 Words related to above matraa
 Dictation
 Viewing and listening to Hindi animated story ‘
’ and
oral comprehension based on the same.
Standard Level:
 Introduction to letters ’ , ’ and words with it.
 Reading and writing practice of above letters.
 Story Telling – ‘
’ and oral comprehension based on the
same.
Abnitio Level:
 Revision of letters done so far
 Reading and writing practice of two and three letter words
 Dictation
 Poem recitation -
Grade 2 at
work
Students presenting their research work on Habitat
Videos on extinct and endangered animals
PSPE- Being happy
Information Technology and Communication
 In collaboration with the Unit of Inquiry on ‘How the world works’, students
explored the following interactive activities on the properties of materials:
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/materialproperties.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/5_6/sorting_using_mate_fs.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/grouping_materials_fs.shtml
 They also explored the following word processing skills through MS word:
 Inserting Tables
 Inserting decorative text through WordArt
Students on
Founder’s Day
Grade 2 celebrated Yash and Zoya’s birthday
Kriti Chadha
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Priya Syal
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