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.

Poetry

Students were introduced to different forms of poetry. They made a concept map on the elements of poetry and wrote their understanding of what a verse or poetry means.

Students learnt about similes and alliterative verses. They attempted worksheets on similes. Students also enjoyed watching videos on alliteration.

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT- UOI

 To assess students’ understanding of the central idea, ‘the choices we make can keep us healthy & disease free’; students planned and created a logo to showcase their understanding of the central idea along with the write up. It was a celebration of their learning; they shared their learning about the five factors that affect our health and different kinds of diseases and ways to prevent them. The students also created health related quizzes, riddles, jumble words, word search along with the street play and role plays in Hindi. 

Ms Tareeta Arora's Session

Ms Tareeta Arora, the School Counsellor, spoke to the students about physical, mental and spiritual health. She taught them wonderful relaxation exercises to help them overcome stress, and understand their own thoughts, feelings, emotions and behaviour pattern in a better way. They reflected on their health practises and identified elements they would continue doing or start doing in an effort to stay healthy.