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1st April 2013
Week of
Transdisciplinary Theme
Central Idea
Sharing of the planet
Water is essential to life, and is a limited resource for
many people
An inquiry into
●Sources, distribution , availability and usage of water
●What happens to water after we use it
●Responsibilities regarding water
Concepts, knowledge and skills acquired
In the Inquiry students
Explored the usage of water in the school environment
The students framed questions related to water usage and interviewed the housekeeping, gardening and cafeteria personnel to further their understanding
 Inquired into what happens to water after it is used
Worked in groups to brainstorm about the same
Watched a video -‘ Water Cycle after the Tap’
-http://prof.danglais.pagesperso-orange.fr/animations/watercycle/watercycle02.htm
Presented their understanding
 Tuned into the 3rd line of inquiry - Responsibilities towards water
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Inquiry in Language students
Revised conjunctions
 Were introduced to Limericks (Poetry)
Explored and understood the features of limericks
Wrote part of a limerick
Created their own limerick
 Continued character analysis of the important characters of the reader- The Enormous
Crocodile
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Inquiry in Mathematics
Reviewed holiday homework
Fractions 
Created fraction wall
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Revisited fractions on Number line
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Matching equivalent fractions Explored matching fractions with the help of Fraction wall
 Practised matching fractions
 Solved word problems
In Hindi
Standard Level:  Introduction and usage of ‘yojal shabd’ (conjunctions) 
Discussion on ‘What will I do to save water’  Writing the paragraph on
*ikuh cpkus ds fy, eSa D;k&D;k d:¡xk* Home Work- Submission of the poem and presentation of the paragraph on Monday (8th
April, 2013)
Intermediate Level: 
Paragraph writing - *esjk nksLr* Explanation and recitation of the poem *vueksy
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Viewing and listening to Hindi animated story ^/kks[ksckt
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oral compre-
hension based on the same PPT on recognition of birds and the task sheet based on the same
Introduction to ‘sanyuktakshar’ and ‘halant’ (joint letters) Home Work- Complete the task sheet on names of the birds 
Read and rehearse the given words for dictation on Wednesday (10th April, 2013)
Abinitio Level: 
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Loud Reading of words and sentences with *b* and *bZ* matraa Dictation based on above matraas Viewing and listening to Hindi animated story ^jaxk fl;kj* and oral
comprehension based on the same PPT on recognition of animals Explanation and recitation of the poem *vueksy ty* ICT
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The students practised the functions of the following tools in MS PowerPoint:
choosing a desired layout and background themes for the slides
 reorganizing slides
 running a slide show
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Kaleidoscope
Exploring Matching
Fractions
Inquiring into the
various features of
Limericks
DEAR time
Interviewing the
Housekeeping and
Cafeteria personnel
Inquiring into—what
happens to water after
we use it
Presenting
their
understanding
Activity sheets
on
Water
Dance
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Art
Students practiced basic warm up, floor
exercises and stretching for flexibility.
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Students were introduced to small patterns of dance movements and hand-leg
co-ordination movements.
The students were introduced to
stuffed toy making using paper.
 Learnt creating copies of similar form
by joining papers and cutting out with
scissors.
 Learnt stuffing and closing of the created character.
 Development of drawing skills, painting
and craft skills.
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Taavissh Jain
With warm smiles we welcome
Jhalak Harjai
Gobans Sibia
Weekend Homework
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Practice sheets on grammar
Observe the environment around your homes/apartment
blocks and click photographs or make illustrations of water
being wasted in at least 3 places .
Warm Regards,
Namita Shah
Harbinder Kaur