MUSINGS AT GRADE 2A
In their UOI class, students gained knowledge on the lifecycles of different vertebrates. They made beautiful booklets, cutting- pasting activity etc. to learn about the different life cycles like that of a frog, bat, crocodile, plant, bird, salmon and even a meal worm. They also inquired about the life cycle of a fish using ipads. The third line of inquiry started where they gained knowledge on how the changes in environment are affecting the different life cycles of animals around the globe. They further attempted their formative assessment on the same. Students were tuned in to pronouns. They sorted different pronouns from their favourite book from the library, and penned them in their process journals. Students enhanced their thinking and listening skills by attempting ‘visual imagery’ on a poem by Risa Jordan. Going further, genders were introduced and students categorised them in four kinds. They further saw a video on alliteration and did a practice exercise in their process journals. Students practiced addition and subtraction by putting up shop counters on their tables and acting as vendors and customers. Students worked on rounding off numbers to nearest tens and hundreds. They practiced the same in their process journals and worksheets. Going further, they were introduced to the ordinal numbers and their uses. Students did some fun activity to practice the same in class. They were tuned into ‘currency’, where they got to know various facts on currency and its uses. They also inquired about the various currencies used across the world. They are currently practicing multiplication and working on their tables. In their Hindi lessons students watched a video ‘Bhukkhad illi’ (A very hungry caterpillar) (http://www.teachertube.com/video/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-178046) and attempted ‘Listen and answer’ activity. They also learnt ‘Titali ka jivan chakra’ (Life cycle of the butterfly) and picked up new vocabulary from it and made simple and meaningful sentences. In their Hindi Ab-initio lessons students, enhanced their verbal skills through reciting a poem ‘Titali aur kali’. In their ICT classes students were introduced to ‘digital book’ and learnt to illustrate and author an ebook related to the UOI using Book creator app on the iPad. In their Music classes the students have started learning the rhythm system in western music. They gained knowledge about while, half and quarter note. They also inquired about the speed if the songs according to these symbols. They sang the song ‘Count on me’ along with karaoke track individually. In their Art classes the students inquired about a famous paper mosaic artist, Mary Wells and observed some of her artwork and working style through a presentation. Students also discussed the process of paper mosaic art and made their personal drawing for their Mosaic art.
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Shefali
4/18/2017 07:04:05 am
So currency has been introduced in class thats why kids started collecting currencies of different countries.
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