Grade 4-A
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Current TD Theme-How the world works The students continue to gain knowledge about their current unit - ‘Space’ and while pursuing the 2nd Line of Inquiry - ways and means of space exploration, the students understood the concept of “gravity” and how weight and mass are related to gravity by watching a video. They also attempted a formative assessment on the 1st line of inquiry - how the universe is changing through a Bingo game. They watched a video of Sunita Williams and other astronauts sharing their life on the Space station and compared their lives here on Earth. Students understood the layers of the atmosphere and the position of planes, satellites and rockets through a class discussion. They comprehended the difference between a satellite and a probe through research on iPads. Students appreciated the responsibilities of the people working in NASA and ISRO and their functions. Students learnt the art of appreciating poetry in their English classes by reading the poem written by Rabindranath Tagore “The Astronomer”. They explored various planets and constellations through a real time star gazing app Skywalk and clicked images through this app in their ICT class. In their Hindi classes they performed a short Hindi stage play based on their unit 'Space'. During the preparation students learnt key vocabulary words related to space in Hindi and researched various facts about earth, solar system and space. They also recited the poem 'man ke bhole bhale baadal' and did grammar activities based on it. They also attempted 'shrutlekh' (spell bee) test. Students sharpened their listening skills by listening to a story “The ant and the grain” and answered questions related to it in their English classes.
Students were assessed on their understanding of the number system through a Summative Assessment. They tuned into the concept of addition and practiced sums and word problems in their process journal. In their French classes students explored the various ways of responding to the same greeting and worked in pairs to practice their speaking skills they also took notes to improve the writing skills. Students gained knowledge on the names of the months in French and numbers till twenty with a learning outcome of writing date in French. In the Spanish classes - students revisited the calendar. They did a role play on greetings and learnt vocabulary related to space. Hindi Ab-initio :- Students read and learnt the poem 'Ibnbatoota ka joota' and later had a presentation of the poem. They did reading practice of story books and did oral comprehension based on the same.
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February 2017
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