MUSINGS AT GRADE 2A
Students pursued the second line of inquiry - ‘functions of our body systems’ in their current unit ‘body systems’. They tuned into the digestive system through a visual presentation followed by a discussion about the path of food transportation in our body. Students inquired about the functions of the digestive system through an experiment in the biology lab and gained knowledge about digestion of food during a guest lecture conducted by Ms. Rabeya Meraj. Students brainstormed and discussed the different ways to keep the digestive system healthy. They enhanced their social skills through a group activity wherein they arranged the cut-outs of the different organs in order to make a human digestive system. Students inquired about the respiratory system by performing an interesting experiment ‘Fogging of the mirror’. They gained knowledge about the various organs of the respiratory system and the function of lungs by performing an experiment. Students pursued the third line of inquiry ‘Ways in which we can aid the wellbeing of our body systems’ through a guest lecture which was conducted by Mr. Tarun Tokas and Dr. Tapasya wherein they shared ways to keep the respiratory system healthy through various sports activities and students did reflection for the same. Students tuned into the circulatory system through an interesting video post which they shared their understanding about organs and the function of the circulatory system. In their English classes, students brainstormed about vowels and consonants through interesting games. They gained knowledge about articles through an interesting ‘post box’ strategy and knowledge based discussions with their peers. Students enhanced their reading skills by participating in read aloud sessions from the book ‘Granny’s glasses’. Students further practiced articles through interesting online games. In their Math classes, the students discussed and wrote their understanding about subtraction. They also practiced subtraction sums using number lines and fun worksheets. An interesting activity of ‘paper chits’ was conducted which further strengthened their understanding of subtraction. Students also learnt about borrowing in subtraction using place value kit. In their Hindi classes students revisited grammar concepts through various activities. They learnt and wrote 'shareer ke, angon ke naam' (names of the body parts) through video and made sentences from the same. They also learnt and wrote 'paryaayvaachee shabd' (synonyms).
In Hindi ab-initio classes, students learnt maatra ‘aa’ and enjoyed participating in knowledge based games. In ICT students were introduced to Hour of Code, an online coding activity observed worldwide during Computer Science Education week in December and they learnt the basics of coding using blocks for various themes like Angry Birds, Starwars, Minecraft, Maona and Anna and Else. In their Art classes, students inquired about ‘Warli’ art and created a composition of the same using oil pastels. In their Music classes, students learnt different Christmas carols like ‘Ring Ring’, ‘Rudolph the red nosed’, ‘I am a little star’ and performed them individually during lessons. In their P.E classes students practiced dribbling in football. They also practiced kicking and passing the ball to the partner.
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Shefali
12/13/2016 10:05:16 pm
Worli art too..lovely
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