Saturday, 30 September 2017

Week of 30th September

This week in unit of inquiry students began their inquiry into different civilisations. They were given pictures of different structures of various civilisations and guiding questions. This led to an interesting inquiry:




In Mathematics students practised operations in fractions and they also enjoyed using ICT while solving fractions:




In English students had their summative assessment on persuasive writing and they have now started inquiring into myths.

Sunday, 24 September 2017

civilisations-guiding questions

Guiding questions

Which civilisations were earliest in history? What is their time line? 
(Approximately when did they begin and when did they end?)

What were the important buildings or places of that civilization?

How did the people live or what was their lifestyle like?

Did the society have any structure or class? (example pharaoh’s of Egypt were considered almost like Gods and were given a lot of respect in society.)

What kind of food did the people eat in that civilization?

What kind of work did the people engage in or what jobs did they do?


Did the people of the civilization have any particular belief or practice which is unique?

Tuesday, 19 September 2017

Ccivilisation-websites and videos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR6SFLhD32Q  (PART-1)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc1me9jOxgk    (PART-2)




Friday, 15 September 2017

Sept 1st -15th

The two weeks passed by and students have been engaged as usual with many things in their respective classes.
In the unit of inquiry students inquired into the two lines of inquiry:
Impact of media in our lives
and
Ways to make media effective
They inquired into the above through videos, websites, discussions and situations given to them. The following are some of the situation on social media which they had to ponder on with their partners:





Students were also assessed on the above lines of inquiry and they have begun their summative assessment.
In English students have started understanding argumentative speeches and how to make arguments. Guided reading is done thrice a week instead of once a week and books are being kept in class instead of being sent home.
In Mathematics, basic operations and place value has been revised and most students are on equivalent fractions at this point while some are on improper and proper fractions.

On Saturday (9th Sept), there was a celebration of different festivals in a variety of ways. Below is a glimpse of the Durga Puja celebration.