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Students tuned into the 1st line of inquiry ‘Relationship between humans and animals’ through a brainstorming class activity. They gained knowledge on different type of animals namely herbivores and carnivores and omnivores, through interesting learning engagements and videos. Students were introduced to the ‘food chain’ wherein they understood about producers, consumers and decomposers and how the food chain works. Students participated in a class discussion ‘human dependence on animals’ and made a mind map on the same. Students learned about farm and wild animals and showed their understanding through a Venn diagram. Students were assessed on their understanding of 1st line of inquiry through a formative assessment. Students were tuned into the 2nd line of inquiry ‘Reasons threatening animal survival’ through class discussion and activities. During their English classes, students listened to the story ‘Dear children of the Earth’ followed by class discussion on loss of animal habitat and animal endangerment, in integration with the current unit of inquiry. Students were assessed on their reading skills through a reading assessment. They enhanced their thinking and writing skills through creative writing wherein they wrote a story about ‘what if an animal has to live in a different habitat’. Students honed their listening and social skills through a ‘dicta draw’ activity wherein students in a group were given different pictures to become the artist, depending on their time management skills. Students revised various concepts like nouns, verbs and adjectives. During their spell bee students were given meanings of the word, were expected to guess and write each word as per the cue. During their Math classes, students enhanced their understanding about the calendar and clock through various engaging activities. They were assessed for the same through a formative assessment. They were introduced to Pictographs through games and videos. For the Hindi lessons students viewed a video based on ‘ek’ aur ‘anek’(singular and plural).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-tTOJ1RvUY They also learnt about ‘लिंग’ (gender) and ‘वर्ग पहेली’(crossword). The Hindi ab-initio classes students were assessed on their knowledge of ‘vyanjan and maatra’ covered so far, through reading and writing engagements. During the PE classes students learned basic skills of gymnastic like front roll, back roll and beam balancing. They also played recreation games.
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Tuning into the third line of inquiry – How materials change, was done through an experiment wherein students observed Plaster of Paris (POP) in powdered form and how it changed its form upon mixing it with water, molding and drying it. They made interesting shapes using the powder. Students recorded their observations in the process journals. Using their research skills and using iPads students inquired on various topics like - how sand changes to glass, how paper is made from wood, how does cotton change to fabric? Students attempted a summative task using Kahoot that tested their knowledge on materials followed by a unit end refection. Prior knowledge assessment of the new unit on ‘Animals’ under the transdisciplinary theme “Sharing the planet” was done through brainstorming questions like -What do you call the place you live in? What are the essential things for their environment? Do you get that all in your homes? What do we call the place where animals live? How do you feel at home? How should an animal feel in its own habitat? .They further wrote their understanding in their process journals. For their English classes, students enhanced their communication and presentation skills through a ‘Take and Talk’ on materials. Students improved their thinking skills through a ‘follow directions activity’ wherein they had to read the directions and add the details to the map. Students also attempted a summative assessment .Having gained knowledge on how to create a book cover students used their creativity and thinking skills appropriately. Students improved their listening and social skills through a ‘dictadraw’ activity wherein students in a group were given different pictures to become the artist, depending on their time management skills. During their spell bee students were given meanings of the word to guess the word and write each as per the cue. For their Math classes, students tuned into the concept of calendar wherein their attention was brought to the calendar, to answer questions like-What was the day YESTERDAY? What is the day TODAY? What will be the day TOMORROW? They learned about the number of days in a week and in different months and number of months in a year along with their names. Students were introduced to vocabulary like day before, day after etc. Students were also introduced to clocks by used their thinking skills to answer brainstorming questions like ‘where do they use time in their life’, followed by writing about it in their process journals. They were further introduced to imitation clocks (manipulative).Students enhanced their understanding of o’clock and represented the given o’clock time on the clock. Students were introduced to vocabulary like half past, quarter past, quarter to etc. and practiced the same. During their Hindi lessons they viewed a video on animals and their homes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK5QYXqsPU0 in conjunction with their unit based on the T.D theme ‘Sharing the planet’. They also learnt about wild animals and domestic animals. They recited a poem ‘chal mere ghode chal chal chal’. During their Hindi ab-intio classes students did story sequencing and learnt vyanjan 'ga' . For their ICT classes, students were introduced to book creator app on the iPad and they explored various tools present in the app. During Art classes, students of grade 1 honed their thinking and creative skills by creating a free expression using colour pencils and crayons. Most of them wrote their reflections also. During their Music lessons students were asked to make instruments out of waste material which they displayed in the music room and then spoke about the function of their self made instruments. The students received prior knowledge on the endangered species and the how we can help with our small efforts to save animals. Later they were asked to research about the celebrities in the field of music who are helping towards this cause. They learnt and sang the song 'Summer holidays' by Cliff Richard as a group. They also revised some old songs which they had learnt earlier. During the PE classes students learned locomotor and non-locomotor movements like balancing and co-ordination and students played a football match.
In continuation with the second line of inquiry ‘How we can use material’ students understood how different materials can be used to make the same object. To further enhance their knowledge students went for a field trip to ‘Anandagram’ where they explored objects made out of different materials like terracotta, metal, clay, husk and mud. They observed objects made of ceramic at the ‘Ceramic center’. The school carpenter and electrician were invited as guest speakers to apprise them about the role of materials in our daily lives. Students were assessed on their understanding of preposition through a formative assessment. Students enhanced their writing skills through an interesting story writing activity. They were also assessed on their spelling through spell bee and they also created sentences with the chosen words. Students were introduced to the concept of fractions with interesting cookies activity and they gained knowledge on the concept of whole, half and quarter. To further enhance their understanding, they practiced fractions in their journal through a task sheet. During ICT lessons students enjoyed playing ‘Kahoot;, an online quizzing tool and they loved it. They were very excited and were truly engaged in it the whole time. For their Hindi lessons students were taught ‘anuswar’ and ‘anunasik’ with the help of a t-chart activity. They were introduced to the grammar concept ‘vishashan’ (adjective) through an activity. The Hindi ab-initio students were introduced to Vyanjan ‘tha’ and learnt poem ‘aasmaan mei sooraj ek’. In their Art classes, students integrated with their current unit ‘Materials’ by creating a mix media artwork using different mediums and materials like newspaper, florescent paper, thread, glitters, paints, crayons, etc. They also gave a title to their art work. Dance students are now doing a combination of basic hands and feet positions with different type of music during their dance routine. Students also enhanced their coordination by practicing dancing statue. Students attended a session on Zumba . They also practiced skating while learning to balance and speed up.
In conjunction with the 1st line of inquiry ‘Materials around us’, students explored and discussed properties of different types of materials in the environment. They were assessed on their understanding of the 1st line of inquiry through a formative assessment. Students understood more about the properties of materials like why some materials float and some sink, magnetic & non-magnetic materials etc. through engaging class activities. Art classes saw students create the layout of the mix media artwork that they will commence working on from next week . During English classes, students enhanced their auditory skills through an interesting listening activity. They were introduced to prepositions through videos and activities. They were also assessed on their spellings with a spell bee and constructed sentences with spell bee words of their choice. During Math classes, students were introduced to the concept of symmetrical and asymmetrical things. They enjoyed working with tangrams and geoboards. They also made various 3D shapes using paper templates. They were assessed on their understanding of shapes through a formative assessment In Hindi Ab-initio students drew pictures related to Vyanjans learnt so far like ba, sa, na, la. To improve now we are doing combination of basic hands and feet positions with different type of music with their dance routine also we are working on coordination by using dancing statue . In their Hindi lessons they recited a poem on ‘Rasoi ghar’. They picked up new vocabulary from the poem. They also practiced writing sentences with the same. For the ICT classes, students continued to work on OneNote and explored few other tools on OneNote.
Tran disciplinary Theme: How the world works Central Idea : We can understand more about materials by exploring them. Lines of Inquiry : · Materials around us. · How we can use materials. · How materials can change. Tuning into the new unit was done through a story “Three little pigs” wherein the students watched the video. They were later given pictures of the different houses shown in the story and were asked to explore and write their understanding of materials. Students went for a nature walk around the school and identified the things around them that were made of different materials. Later they brainstormed in a group and discussed various properties of the different materials. Students were also engaged in an interesting activity wherein they sorted natural and man-made materials. In their Art classes, students of grade 1 integrated ‘materials’ into their current unit, by inquiring into the different mediums of art like- pencil colours, oil pastels, wax colours, plastic crayons, poster colours and watercolours. They also observed different art materials like- pastel sheet, kite paper, cartridge sheet, fluorescent paper, chartpaper and newsprint sheet. Students also inquired into the technique of mix media art and observed some artwork that had been done using this technique. For their English classes, students were assessed on their understanding of verbs through a formative assessment wherein they had to write verbs by looking at the picture pasted in their process journals and make few sentences related to the picture using those verbs. They further honed their thinking skills through a picture sequencing activity wherein they marked each picture in the correct sequence and wrote what each picture depicted. They were also assessed on their spellings with a spell bee and wrote sentences with spell bee words. During Math classes, students demonstrated their knowledge of 2D shapes through a formative assessment wherein they had to identify shapes, mention number of sides and vertices. Students were introduced to 3D shapes like sphere, cube, cuboid, cone and cylinder through an activity by speaking about the shapes kept in a tray. They also watched a visual presentation for further understanding. Students also related the shapes with real life objects present in their classroom.Students wrote their understanding about 3D shapes followed by a task sheet in the process their journals. In Hindi ab-initio class students played a game where they followed the instructions in Hindi and learnt new words. They also learnt numbers and colours in Hindi. For their Hindi lessons, students viewed a video on the story of ‘Imandaar Lakadhaara’ and picked up new vocabulary from the story. They also revised ‘maatraas’. Students recited a poem on ‘Rasoi Ghar’ in connection with their unit based on the T.D theme ‘How the world works’. During their ICT classes, students had a great session on ‘One note’, an online documentation tool. They were very excited to notice their work instantly on the smartboard. What a great way to start cloud-based documentation skills with Grade 1 students! They also worked on their capitalization and spell check. In their Music classes, students were introduced to 'Arpeggio'. They practiced to sing the scales along with metronome. They modified their tempo according to the metronome beats as slow, fast and faster. They learned about musicals. They heard songs from some of the most famous musicals. They learned to sing - "Raindrops on roses”. In their P.E. classes students practiced stance for the game and holding the basketball. They practiced dribbling too.
During their UOI classes students were assessed on their understanding of the unit through a formative assessment. Students continued to practice for their UOI presentation. During English lessons, students prepared for a ‘take and talk’ on any form of art (visual or performing) and expressed what inspired them to do so. Students watched an online story ‘The clay boy’ and reflected on the story. For Math students were introduced to shapes through a shape hunt game where the facilitator mentioned a shape and students identified the shape within the classroom. To further enhance their knowledge and understanding students watched a visual presentation and drew 2D shapes. They also described the number of sides and vertices for each shape, in the journals. During their Hindi lessons, students watched a video related to Holi festival to learned new words like ‘Pichkari, Gulaal, Gujiaa’ and read a poem related to the festival. They also formed couplets from the poem. The Ab-initio students watched a poem related to Holi festival. Students practiced stance for cricket and grip of the cricket bat
In continuation with the second line of inquiry ‘Expressions through art’, students observed different cultures from India (Bengal culture) and around the world (African culture) through pictures and videos shown to them. They understood the importance of various forms of artwork, music and dance and how they express the essence of the place. Students were assessed on their understanding of the second line of inquiry wherein they illustrated and wrote about what makes them feel happy. They inquired into third line of inquiry ‘Interpretation of art’ and expressed their take on different paintings. During English classes, students enhanced their thinking and writing skills with creative writing. They further honed their listening skills through story telling sessions and varied activities based on the story. They were introduced to phonograms (‘ou’ and ‘ow’) and wrote vocabulary words & sentences with the same in their journals. Students revisited the parts of speech - nouns, verbs, adjectives and pronouns through a sorting activity. They were also assessed their spellings with a spell bee and wrote sentences with words of their choice from the bee list. In their Math classes, students extended their knowledge and understanding of patterns through various engaging activities. They learned about number patterns and skip counting. They were assessed on their understanding of patterns (shape, colour and number) with a formative assessment Students viewed and learnt the song ‘lakadi ki khathi’,during Hindi lessons .They picked up new vocabulary and revisited the maatras they had learned previously. The Ab-initio students were introduced to ‘vyanjan gha, ra and ka’. They were introduced to animal names in Hindi. During ICT students compiled their digital stories and were given a feedback about their work by their peers. Later, they learned the basics of a computer and it's parts. They enriched their vocabulary by learning new technical terms. They also worked on Microsoft Word to improve their documentation skills In their Art classes, students reflected on their art work and expressed how they felt while painting a picture and the reason for choosing specific colours. Music classes engaged students in an interesting music activity wherein they wrote the feelings and emotions they experienced after listening to various classical and pop artists. They also learned about the Indian Ragas and their relevance to a particular time of the day. They learned to sing the solfeges along with hand motions. During their P.E. classes, students practiced balancing the lawn tennis ball on the racquet while standing in a stationary position or while moving forward with long strides. They also practiced bouncing the ball on the racquet. They enjoyed playing football too. Students practiced for the UOI presentation during their dance classes.
Students were assessed on the first line of inquiry wherein different scenarios were given to express their feelings / emotions related to any one art form of their choice. Students tuned into the second line of inquiry- through a classroom discussion and looked at images and videos that represented different cultures. They gained knowledge about the artwork, music and dance which denote the essence of a particular place or culture. To further enhance their understanding of the unit students attended a guest speaker session by an art curator Mr. Niten Mehta where they observed various paintings and artworks by different artist. In their English classes, students revisited phonograms (ai, ay, ey) and wrote vocabulary words with the same in their journals. The concept of verb was introduced with a life-sized drawing of a child wherein students wrote the words like jump, eat, hold, listen on post-its and pasted them on the body part that pertains to specific actions. They also practiced creative writing and picture composition in their journals. During Math lessons, students were assessed on their understanding of subtraction with a summative assessment. Provocation of the topic ‘patterns’ was done through a ‘Beep-Beep, Vroom-Vroom’ story followed by a discussion about patterns. Prior knowledge was assessed by asking the students to identify different patterns from the classroom. Students documented unique patterns by combining different shapes, in their journals. For their Hindi lessons, students listened the story of ‘Panna Dhai’. They identified new words from the story and enhanced their verbal skills by retelling the story. They revised all matraas like आ, इ, ई etc. During Hindi Ab-intio classes students were introduced to the Vayanjan 'ja' .They revisited all the vayanjans done so far by writing two letter words in their process journals. They enhanced their oral vocabulary by recalling the names of the months or 'Mahino ke naam'. Students explored various tools of “Puppet Edu” the digital story telling app and created a digital story using various emoticons, during ICT lessons. They also expressed how emoticons are used for online communication. In Music students learnt a song on HOLI - aayi Holi re. They practiced to sing the chromatic scale in the ascending and descending order . They even presented the earth song in group. Students learned the grip, neck, head of the racquet and the points/spots on the palm that should be placed on certain grip levels. The grip of the racquet should be based on what feels right for the player with the emphasis that the strings should be facing forward at contact and also learned body position and swinging movement.
During English classes, students enhanced their thinking and writing skills with creative writing. They further honed their listening skills through story telling sessions and varied activities based on the story. They were introduced to phonograms (‘ou’ and ‘ow’) and wrote vocabulary words & sentences with the same in their journals. Students revisited the parts of speech - nouns, verbs, adjectives and pronouns through a sorting activity. They were also assessed their spellings with a spell bee and wrote sentences with words of their choice from the bee list. In continuation with the second line of inquiry ‘Expressions through art’, students observed different cultures from India (Bengal culture) and around the world (African culture) through pictures and videos shown to them. They understood the importance of various forms of artwork, music and dance and how they express the essence of the place. Students were assessed on their understanding of the second line of inquiry wherein they illustrated and wrote about what makes them feel happy. They inquired into third line of inquiry ‘Interpretation of art’ and expressed their take on different paintings. In their Math classes, students extended their knowledge and understanding of patterns through various engaging activities. They learned about number patterns and skip counting. They were assessed on their understanding of patterns (shape, color and number) with a formative assessment. Students viewed and learnt the song ‘lakadi ki khathi’,during Hindi lessons .They picked up new vocabulary and revisited the maatras they had learned previously. The Ab-initio students were introduced to ‘vyanjan gha, ra and ka’. They were introduced to animal names in Hindi. During ICT students compiled their digital stories and were given a feedback about their work by their peers. Later, they learned the basics of a computer and it's parts. They enriched their vocabulary by learning new technical terms. They also worked on Microsoft Word to improve their documentation skills. During their P.E. classes, students practiced balancing the lawn tennis ball on the racquet while standing in a stationary position or while moving forward with long strides. They also practiced bouncing the ball on the racquet. They enjoyed playing football too. Music classes engaged students in an interesting music activity wherein they wrote the feelings and emotions they experienced after listening to various classical and pop artists. They also learned about the Indian Ragas and their relevance to a particular time of the day. They learned to sing the solfeges along with hand motions. Students practiced for the UOI presentation during their dance classes.
TD Theme : How we express ourselves. Central Idea : Art communicates in a variety of ways. Lines of Inquiry : Different forms of art Expressions through art Interpretation of art Provocation of the unit was done in the Music class wherein students listened to different tunes depicting various emotions. Students listened to the tunes and tried to associate these tunes with feelings and emotions. This was then taken forward in the UOI classes where students through different musical tracks, dance videos and paintings understood that verbal communication is not the only way to communicate and that art, music, dance, drama are all ways to express ones feelings and emotions. This was followed by writing of the central Idea and the lines of Inquiry in the journals. Students also played dumb charades and enacted various situations. Through this activity students learnt about communicating through facial expressions and body language. Through a sorting activity, students differentiated and sorted out visual and performing arts. In the English classes students enhanced their reading and writing skills through various comprehension passages, picture compositions and visual imagery passages. They practiced sentence construction and attempted a listening activity. In the Math classes students continued practicing simple subtraction sums using the number line, manipulatives and number grid. They were introduced to the concept of 1 less than, 10 less than of a number. They also practiced subtraction number bonds and concluded the week with a Formative assessment on the concept of subtraction. In their Hindi lessons they enhanced their verbal skills through reciting a poem (mein ik chhoti kathputlee). They were introduced to the grammar concept like ‘Kriya’ (verbs) through place - mat activity. They revisited ‘anunasik’ (chaand bidu) and wrote words like खाऊँ,पीऊँ,पहनूँ etc. छात्रों ने अपनी T D Theme ‘HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVES’ के अंतर्गत कठपुतली के नाच का आनंद लिया | In their ICT classes Students were introduced to a digital story telling app on the iPad. They also learnt how to research using an iPad, to download images from the internet and to use them with their digital story.
In dance classes students practiced a combination of steps with music in groups of four, also practicing a routine for UOI presentation using different type of props to create better effects. During music lessons, students learned to play the scale of 'Twinkle-twinkle' on the xylophone. They practiced the school anthem and revised old songs done during the music class. Students in their PE classes learned mini tennis movements like lifting the racquet and hands grip. |
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