videos and websites for assessment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvKzur1p6ic       (Gacchibowli accident)


https://www.indiatoday.in/crime/story/hyderabad-drunk-bmw-driver-kills-royal-enfield-biker-1622352-2019-11-25                 

(BMW accident)

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/drunk-driver-runs-over-7-pedestrians-on-bengaluru-footpath-1582236-2019-08-19       

(Bangalore road accident)

Week of 18th-21stNov 2019

In Maths students understood fraction of quantity, multiplication of fractions with fractions and the concept of least common multiple was also reinforced amongst some students. Students practiced Maths problems with the help of www.myimaths.com

In English some students were writing a mythical story, while some created a mythical character and writing it's characteristics.
Apart from the above, the concept of proper nouns was reinforced, so that while they write their myths or character sketch, they are able to keep the proper nouns in mind.

 The list below was given to them so that students can come up with some names on the below-mentioned categories.

In unit of inquiry, students did some inquiry on creative ways of spreading messages across the masses. They were asked to look for songs poems and dances which had a message and which were creatively presented. They worked with their partners for research on this topic.

  

weekend-research

Find articles from newspapers or websites which have a message in them and are trying to bring about a change in our society.

websites on the unit creativity

https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poems/children/nature/       (poems)

Week of 11th November 2019

In unit of inquiry students continued to mark the areas of the ancient civilisations on the world maps and made a key on the map.
Then they made the coordinates on the map and marked the coordinates of the ancient civilisations.

In unit of inquiry, students also had to finish the summative assessment and they reflected on seesaw. Students were engaged in a pre-unit assessment for the forthcoming unit.

In English students were given a few phrases and sentence openers and many pictures to look at. Along with the above, the following instructions were given to them:

In English students looked at picture books and thought about the following:

characters, plot, setting, protagonist, antagonist, problem and solution.

Now they have started reading myths and understanding mythical creatures.

In Maths, fractions have been started and most of the class is engaged in understanding the lowest common denominator.

Myth

http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/textonly563-theseus-and-the-minotaur.html

(Theseus and minotaur)

”  http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/playstory532-a-mermaid-and-a-magic-comb.html

(Mermad and a magic comb)

Read the myths and identify what are the features of a myth? or What makes a myth?)

See, listen/hear, think/wonder

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRB4e_aEces 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbTlEoqvBzE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=150&v=8A0FMzmPqjw   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tejd7ntLGeE  

See think and wonder what message is given through the videos

Week of 2nd November 2019

This week in Mathematics students explored quadrilaterals with the help of jodo straws, some of them made nets of 3D shapes and the second half of the week was spent on revising coordinates with the help of four quadrants. 
Last but not the least students also explored lines, line segments and rays with the help of ribbons.
Photographs of the above activities are below:

In unit of inquiry students continued with their formative assessment 3 and began with their summative assessment of the civilisation unit.

In English students practiced writing with the help of different strategies. One of them was music. They were made to listen to music of different moods and tempo and were asked to write their feelings and emotions. Thereafter they were asked to write a story based on the last piece of music.
Lastly students also wrote on the following:

Unit reflection

Use these questions as a tool to reflect on the unit- civilisation

- What are the interesting understandings/learnings from the unit?

- What more would you want to know?

- What is an important/big understanding of the unit?

- How was the unit?

padlet link

https://padlet.com/reemit000/l74cprpp4fv9   

Week of 28th October 2019

This was a short week!...nevertheless a good one where many learnings happened.

In English students explored sentence length and fluency in an interesting way. At first, they interlocked a few rubber bands and stretched them as much as they could.
Then they read a paragraph. In the paragraph, they identified short and long sentences.
Students were asked to knock out the unnecessary words from a sentence

Students also explored tongue twisters in English.
How do we make a tongue twister? What is required to make a tongue twister?
Students had to think on the above questions and come up with a tongue twister. An example of a tongue twister was given to them:

Below is a photograph of students exploring the length of rubberbands and sentences.

In Maths students continued to practice order of operations in their groups for the initial part of the week. They practiced it through www.myimaths.com and on google drive. 

Some of the students had the opportunity to play a fun game with the order of operations while solving the problems.

In the unit of inquiry, students did some reflection on the achievements of the 21st century. The questions which they thought on were:

What they can't live without?

What live makes their lives easier?

What is/are the technology which they can't live without?

What achievements did the world have in the last five years?

Students also did their assessment on the third line of inquiry:

In integrated play students started working on their drama and their props. They are done with their props and are practicing their drama on the third line of inquiry: