WEEKLY NEWS
Unit of Inquiry
‘How the World Works’
Central idea “All living things go through a process of change”.
Lines of inquiry• Life cycles
• How living things change over their life time
• Developmental stages of various living things
Key concepts• Change
• Connection
The students
• Discussed and identified the basic needs of living
things followed by an activity sheet
• read the book-The case of the missing caterpillar , discussed
the life cycle of a butterfly followed by an activity
• inquiry into the lifecycle of a Frog through the book
“The Trouble with Tadpole”
• discussed the similarities and differences between the life
cycles of a butterfly and frog through a venn diagram
followed by a classroom presentation
• were introduced to ‘ff’ sound through a story ‘’The Three Billy
Goat Gruff’’ followed by identifying words with ‘ff’ sound.
They also rehearsed the ‘ff’ sound through rhyming words,
such as - stuff-gruff-puff-bluff, stiff-cliff-Biff
• reviewed the use of capital letters and full stops through a
sentence making activity
• recapitulated opposites/antonyms
Inquiry in Numeracy:
• revisited the concept of Place Value by using manipulatives
and practised the expanded/standard form of Place Value
• continued to solve sums on double digit by identifying and
placing them under tens and ones
Inquiry in Hindi (Standard ):
• recapitulation of two and three letters words through
sentences ,
,
,
.
• writing of two and three letters words and sentences
• audio Visual “ The lonely seed”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoPzDMcvp5E
Abnitio:
• introduction to akshars p f ba h ma
• shabad kosh mein vridhi related to akshars done
• writing of akshars in the notebook
• reinforcement of the above akshars through audio visuals
• oral comprehension of the story “ The lonely seed” through audio
visual :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoPzDMcvp5E
Personal, Social and Physical Education
Students viewed an audio visual on ‘Kermit the Frog’ to
understand how we respect and accept differences and
similarities
Glimpses of the week
Glimpses of the “Mother Tongue Day”
Dance
Students were introduced to the founder’s day theme(silk
coat), and have started rehearsing their dance for founder’s
day.
Music
Students
• practised singing of simple ascending and descending
scales in three and four note pattern
• practiced previous sargam
• were introduced to a new song ‘Sa se sargam gate hain’
Challenge
The next spelling
challenge will be on
Friday, 4th October.
The words for the
challenge are:
different, giraffe,
stiff, stuff, off,
my, has, have, live,
give and like
Suggested Activity
Connect the life cycle of hen to the life
cycles ( butterfly and frog) discussed in
the class and illustrate your predictions.
Weekend Work
• English: activity sheet on opposites
• Numeracy: practice sheet on place
value
Warm regards
Puja Grover
and
Rachna Hughe