Where are in place and time Central Idea

Earth may be the only planet in the solar system that

supports life

Lines of Inquiry

• The solar system ( Form)

• Movement of earth as a part of solar system(Change)

• Approaches to discover and explore universe

(Connection)

Key concepts: Form, Change, Connection

Related concepts: Space, seasons, systems

Newsletter

Week of

5th

December

2016

Grade 1

Students

• were assessed on their understanding and application of adjectives

• revisited the concept of short vowel sounds

• inquired into long a vowel sounds like ai, ay and a-e through various learning

engagements

• continued their inquiry into the movement of the Earth through experiments

• explored further into the theory of rotation and revolution through visual art, audio-

visuals, interactive games and classroom discussions

• recapitulated the concepts of shapes, greater than less than, before and after with flash

cards and interactive games

• were introduced to numbers names of 30, 40 and 50

Unit Of Inquiry

Students

understanding

the difference

between

rotation and

revolution

through a

graphic

organizer

Students involved with colouring the cut outs of Sun and Earth in groups to prepare a

working model on rotation and revolution while one group busy doing the experiment

Students jotted down the activities they do during the day and night and sorted them out

to put it together with the Sun or the Moon respectively

Zoom in and Zoom out activity- Understanding planet Earth in the sense of its size and

capacity , starting right from our home – where we are in place and time

I wonder !!! How we all live on earth and do not fall off despite of the sphere shape and

the movement of Earth? This question lead to an inquiry into “Gravity “ - the force that

attracts a body towards the center of the earth . The students did a balloon experiment to

understand the process.

Inquiry into Numeracy

Students

being

introduced to

number

names for 30,

40 and 50.

Recapitulated

various

concepts of

numeracy by

using

different

ways

Students recapitulating Greater than, less

than by using the symbol correctly with

different numbers .They did a hands on

activity in pairs, Ms Meenakshi also enjoyed

the game with the students.

Students illustrated their favourite public

place using different 2D shapes

Inquiry into literacy

Students being assessed on their knowledge of Adjectives, followed by an activity of writing

different adjectives and mounting them on flowers, thus creating colourful vase of adjectives

Students watching a video on short vowel sound followed by coming up with their own

words with short vowel sound

Students being introduced to long vowel sound through a hands on activity, using their

thinking skills and writing words on their own thus distinguishing between short and long

vowel sound

Story Time

Morning Assembly

Students of KG showcased the importance of friendship and its essential elements

through a role play.

Students of 1 U presented a skit on conflict resolution

Learner profile

Communicator

Knowledgeable

Inquirer

Country of the week presentation

We are Communicator !!!!! Inquirer !!!!

Our Budding Readers

Visual Arts

Students inquired about organic patterns in Henri Matisse’s

collage work through visual presentations.

They further drew these organic patterns and started cutting

out shapes using scissors in their art classes.

Physical Education

Physical Fitness and Exercises

Students did physical fitness activities for developing gross motor

movements like jogging, shorts sprints and zig - zag running, etc.

Locomotor Patterns

They were involved in different locomotor activities like balance

the body balancing, stretching, shaking and swinging their trunk

from side to side.

Gymnastics

They performed floor exercises like front roll and back roll with

appropriate lead-up activities.

They also practiced walking on balancing beam.

Swimming

Students explored the following activities during swimming classes:

Activities for leg and arm action

Lead - up games for enhancing floating techniques.

Yoga

Students practiced different breathing exercises like Kapalbhati,

Ailom-Vilom, Surya Namaskar along with various lying postures.

Inquiry into Hindi

Standard level

Recapitulated names of fruits and colours through poem reading followed by written

practice

Practiced Sentence writing

Reading Unseen passage ‘बारिश का दिन’ and oral comprehension based upon it.

Conducted Spelling Challenge

Homework: Choose and write names of any 5 fruits with their pictures on A4 sheet

Ab-Initio Level

Introduced letter ‘ह’ by creating pictures of objects starting from letter followed by written

practice

Introduced name of fruits through audio visual story ‘फल चले दिकदनक िि’

Conducted Spelling Challenge

Practiced two letter words

Homework: Complete the work given in the notebook

Happy Birthday

Ayaan!!!!!

Country of the week

Each week two students will be chosen for show and tell on a particular country. They must

prepare information (around five lines) to share with their classmates OR prepare something

creative to present about the allotted country.

For next week the two participants for the country of the week are

Rabya Monga and Saira Chhabra

Canada

Thank you Anita Saini Pooja Khera

(9971780315) (9717198132)

LanguageLearning objective: To revisit the concept of nouns and verbs.

Task – Read the story from the link below-

https://www.turtlediary.com/kids-stories/the-doves.html

Identify and write nouns and verbs (at least 5 each) from the story in the notebook. Use

these nouns and verbs to make sentences.

Numeracy-Write number names from 31 to 40 in the note book.

Submission date - Tuesday13th December

There will be Spelling Challenge on Friday, 16th December, 2016. The words are as

given below:

apron, flake, wait, afraid, pray, relay, stamp, clamp, movement, support

Homework

Spelling Challenge