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While pursuing the second line of inquiry ‘Food and its impact on our body’, an interesting activity of reading food labels was conducted. Students were given empty packs of food items like cornflakes, chocolate, chips etc. They gained knowledge about the terms like ingredients and nutritional value, calorie count, protein, fat etc. Students enthusiastically inquired about the significance of the red and green dot, manufacturing and expiry date of different food products. Students later wrote the ingredients and the nutritional value of a food product in their journals. Students enhanced their thinking skills by analysing whether the food item is healthy or junk and gave reasons to support their answer. Students also inquired about the health benefits of plants like aloe vera and tulsi through a nature walk. Students tuned into the third line of inquiry ‘Reflecting on choices and their consequences’ through an interesting activity where they were given different scenarios and they reflected on the possible reasons which lead to the health related problems. In order to enhance their understanding of healthy eating habits and having a balanced diet, students attended a guest lecture by Ms. Navshikha Bhandari and later wrote their reflection in the process journals. Students were assessed on their understanding of a balanced diet wherein they planned a meal by incorporating all the food groups in adequate quantities through writing/ illustrations. Students further enhanced their social and thinking skills through role plays where they were given different scenarios related to eating habits. Students enhanced their thinking skills through discussions on their favourite food and illustrated it through a mind map. In their English classes, the concept of nouns was revisited through an interesting game where students used letter cards from a-z and flash cards of name, place, animals and things. They were also asked to sort the letters as per proper and common nouns. Their writing skills were enhanced through a sentence making activity wherein they created sentences using common and proper nouns along with appropriate punctuation marks. Students practiced the ‘magic e’ (u-e) words and created sentences using them. Students were assessed on their spellings through a spell bee. In their Math classes, students strengthened their understanding of measurement by choosing the appropriate unit of measurement for the situations given in a classroom discussion. Students further explored different tools of measurement like scale, measuring tape and weighing machine to measure different class objects and later recorded their findings in the process journals. Students were assessed on their understanding of measurement through a formative assessment wherein they chose objects each for length, breadth, height, weight and capacity by mentioning its attributes and the unit of measurement. In their Hindi classes students were introduced to words with ‘badi ee ki maatra’. They watched a video and identified those words and later attempted forming simple sentences. They enjoyed the story ‘Kisne khaaye maal pue’ and participated in a discussion followed by written work on ‘Ling badlo’. In their Hindi ab-initio classes, students were introduced to ‘aa’ kee maatra and wrote ‘aa’ maatra words in their journals. They enhanced their reading and writing skills through different activities done in class. In their Art classes, students finished their fruit collage using the technique of tearing and pasting of coloured paper.
In their ICT classes, students learnt to create graphic images in Microsoft Paint to record temperature for days using tools like Pencil, Shape and fill with colour. In their Dance classes, students did combinations of basic hand and feet positions with different types of music with their dance routine. In their Music classes, students practiced to play the 2/4 and 2/6 beat on the congo. They played and presented the same individually. They revised the scales on the xylophone and started learning the Christmas carols. In their Drama classes, students were making mechanical as well as natural scenery like car, bike, tree etc. In their P.E classes practiced various types of exercises (stretching, flexibility).
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January 2017
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