Connectives and conjunctions

The students have been exploring the difference between connectives and conjunctions. We also looked at kinds of connectives and the appropriate usage of conjunctions and connectives especially in connection with debates. The students enjoyed reading the succeeding chapter of Robin Hood and related comprehension activities.

Unit of Inquiry- WHERE WE ARE IN PLACE AND TIME

Provocation to the Transdisciplinary theme – Where we are in place and time. 

Transdisciplinary strands were given to students in groups and they presented their understanding of the strand through role plays. Other students tried to guess the words and everyone in the class contributed to come up with the transdisciplinary theme.

Students were shown pictures and they wrote down their observations about the picture. This was followed by a class discussion to encourage students to come up with the word “Revolution”. They then penned down their understanding of the Central idea and lines of inquiry through a placemat strategy.

Students also presented their understanding of the terms “Revolution” and “Evolution”  and the difference between the two  in the form of words and pictures through a Graffiti wall strategy.

Students came up with a list of revolutions which were later on grouped by them under three categories – Socio-political, economic and cultural. They created a mind map on “Kinds of Revolutions”.

 

 

Decimals

The students recapitulated the concept of decimals through fun activities and task sheets.They were introduced to addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of decimals. They also ordered them in ascending descending order.They also converted decimals to fractions and vice versa.

Persuasive writing- Debates

The students have been exploring Debates as a form of Persuasive writing. They have learnt how to plan organize and debate as a group and even put forward their individual thoughts and opinions with reasons and examples. They have formulated rules for debates and attempted to write debates using different planning formats. The students have also been introduced to conjunctions and would be further exploring different forms of the same. They have started reading Robin Hood and his Merry Men and enjoyed different comprehension activities related to the book.