TD THEME - Where we are in place and time Central Idea - Explorations can lead to discoveries, opportunities, challenges and new understandings. Key Concepts – Form, Function and Reflection Students continued with their research about the explorers. Their research was about the route of the voyage and the reason for the exploration. The important voyages were also marked on the world map. As integration with English, they learnt the skill of reporting an event. In groups, they discussed and planned an imaginary voyage, then took the role of an explorer and reported their discoveries and exploration to the audience. They watched a video about explorations and identified the common reasons of European exploration. In their dance classes students learnt to express themselves as explorers through dance movements and came up with their own brilliant movement combinations which enhanced their understanding of the unit. Integrating UOI with technology, students created QR Codes to design clues for the explorers and researched about it in their Unit of Inquiry. Students were tuned into report writing through reading reports from a newspaper and identifying the elements of report writing. Students enhanced their social skills while working in pairs and presented a report on an imaginary voyage. In their Math classes students revised the steps of solving a word problem. They created their own story problem using the menu from different restaurants for reference. They also took their Summative Assessment based on the four basic operations. In ICT students gained knowledge on MS Excel tools like addition, row function and to maneuver through the excel sheet using arrows. Students gained knowledge on ‘pratyaya’ (suffix) and how it can create a new meaningful word. They practiced writing a formal letter.
Hindi Ab initio students learned letters 'Ja' and explored the vocabulary using these letters. They were introduced to the concept of 'Milte julte shabd' through couplets and created some couplets on their own. In music, students learned "Renegades" song and body percussion. In their art class, students explored Doodle Art. They also started to create their own designs using Doodle Art. In French class, students practiced spellings of various greetings and classroom objects. They also took the formative assessment of ‘Articles’. In Spanish class, students revisited greetings and the vocabulary used for ‘family members’ which was followed by a formative assessment.
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