MUSINGS AT GRADE 2A
The year started by tuning into the new unit ‘communication’ through an activity wherein the students looked at the banners displayed in class and brainstormed to guess their new unit. They further found out about the different kinds of communication through the ‘See-Think-Wonder’ activity. Students gained knowledge on the ‘communication cycle’ and discussed its importance in the process of communication. Students enhanced their social and thinking skills through an activity wherein they sorted pictures given to them into means of verbal and non-verbal communication. Students also found out about different means of communication along with the factors that hinder a good communication. Various videos were shown to students to differentiate between the verbal, non-verbal, visual and written communication. Students did a role play to reflect their understanding on the different kinds of communication. In their English class, students worked on their comprehension skills by reading the ‘Granny’s glasses’ and answered questions from the text. They also did a sequencing activity post which they were introduced to ‘diary writing’ and they made diary entries about what they did during their winter holidays. The concept of adjectives was introduced wherein students practiced describing themselves by using adjectives and also writing diary entry about their mother. In their Math class, students were tuned into the new unit of ‘Measurement’. They worked in groups to find out about the unit of measurement and used different measuring tools to measure the different things. Later they presented their work in class showcasing their communication and social skills. Students also tried their hands at measuring different objects in class like tables, process journals, pencils etc. Students explored the different measurement tools along with different units of measurement. In their Hindi lessons, students read the story ‘Meethi Saarangi’ and attempted ‘Listen and answer’. They picked up new vocabulary from the story and were able to form simple and meaningful sentences. Ab-initio – During their Ab-initio classes, students revisited the concepts covered in Term 1. In their Art classes, students integrated their current unit by learning how to communicate through visual art and the role of warm and cool colours to express oneself. They also learnt about the different time periods of Pablo Picasso's painting history (black, blue and rose period). During ICT, students learnt to create an infographic in Microsoft Word on the topic "Communication". They gained knowledge on the important tools and elements used in creating an infographic. Lessons in cricket were introduced during PE classes. Students were introduced to the rules of cricket and practised skills like batting, bowling and fielding. In their Dance classes students started with basic ‘warming up’ on the choreography for their UOI presentation. In Music the students practiced various techniques of vocal warmups in western music and learned the kookaburra song and a motivational song- ‘Umeedon wali dhoop’.
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Shefali
1/30/2017 09:20:50 pm
Grannys Glasses was a great pick from Ruskin Bond collection.
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