MATHEMATICSIt was great catching up with all the students after the Summer Break. The students joinedthe sessions with full vigor and excitement. The first weekwitnessed a detailed discussion of the Holiday Homework and students self-checked their work. Students also revised the concepts done for their upcoming Unit Test. Students started their inquiry into 2-D and 3-D shapes, learnt about their properties and related the various shapes to the real life objects that they see around them. Further, the next topic, the key terms of number operations – addition and subtraction was discussed in class. They also practiced addition of 4-digit numbers. As a way to enhance their mathematical and logical thinking, students worked on the activities from the SEP Edu activity kit. Science Students joined school after the summer break rejuvenated and revived with lot of enthusiasm and energy. During the first week they revised the concepts done for their upcoming unit test. They also attempted a live quiz to check their understanding. They further understood about the functions and importance of different organs of the digestive system. Diving deep into the learning about the digestive system, they realized the importance of eating healthy and keeping their gut healthy. As part of the next in the organ system, they also studied how the Respiratory system works. As an introduction to the Nervous system, the class played a game ‘Jack says’ and explored how their brain was following and responding to the orders given to Jack which developed the learning about Nervous system. Young learners were inquired about the bluish green lines visible on their body to introduce the concept of circulatory system and they also shared some interesting facts about the ‘Pumping Station –Heart’. Quiz link: https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5fa94ba0be1f6d001e8e4763/organs-and-the-organ-systems Social Science EGeared up for more learning students began the month of July with a recap concepts done before the vacations. They thoroughly enjoyed a Quiz on “Quizizz”. The topic ‘State of Haryana’ was also recapped with a video on ‘Haryana state’. This was followed by class discussion on the same and marking the places of Haryana in the map to enhance their map marking skills. Taking the learning further students continued the learning journey to understand and know more about other regions of India(Eastern, Southern, Western and Central). They identified the location of the states/UT, learnt their capitals. Our enthusiastic students deep dived into the different locations to learn facts about the state, culture, food, historical significance and tourist destinations in the cities of Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai and Delhi. Google Earth, topic related video’s, PowerPoint presentations and interactive sharing session were the methodologies used in guiding the learning throughout the month. Students continued to develop their Spatial thinking skills as they enhanced their map marking skills and plotted different states of our country on the political map of India in the Map Book. Information and COMPUTER Technology (ICT)At times, the theory seems boring when it comes to computers but when an interesting activity is added into it, the students find reasons to enjoy the same. In the chapter – ‘Parts of a Computer’, the students created and observed the ‘Jal Tarang’ (Integration with Music) using bowls of different sizes with water filled into them at different levels. The students observed that how the change in input changes the output at every level. In another activity, the students learnt the use of online tool –Mentimeter.com and Padlet.com as the collaboration tool to share the real-life day to day examples of IPO cycle and the uses of computers in various fields. During the learning, the students created Origami Art (Integration with Arts) and discussed the steps of IPO cycle. This brought enormous joy to them. In addition, the young brains were initiated to discuss the critical situation as to how wastage of electronic equipment is destroying the mother Earth. How can the hardware and devices be sustained for better future? (linked to UNESCO Sustainable Development Goal – 12:Responsible Consumption and Production). To showcase their understanding, students created a quick 1-minute video and shared about the disadvantages of a computer and postedit on the Flip grid to share with their peers. The chapter was concluded with the Revision for and text book exercises EnglishThe month of July started with a discussion of holiday home task and recapitulation of concepts done for the upcoming unit tests. As part of the Instructional writing, students enjoyed the ‘Chana Chaat’ activity, observed the process, followed instructions, sequenced information and collated the information to write the steps as part of instructional writing. As part of Grammar, students learnt punctuations and its usage. Practiced using correct punctuations in a variety of sentences. They enjoyed putting the jumbled sentences in order. The students understood how to organize a story by identifying the 5 elements of story writing. They were not only able to identify the transitions in the story - beginning, middle, and end of a story but also understood how the story is organized. Instructions for story sequence activity were discussed in the unit ‘Animal Tales’. Punctuation link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-DTA0PeVz4 हिंदीछात्रों को हिन्दी कैलैंडर दिखाकर ICT के साथ एकीकृत करते हुए १-३० तक हिन्दी अंकों और शब्दों में गिनती और सप्ताह के दिन व अंग्रेज़ी और हिंदी महीनों के नाम लिखवाए गए | छात्रों से एक माह का हिन्दी पंचांग बनवाया गया ताकि छात्र विषय को अच्छी तरह समझ सकें | उनके साथ पक्षियों के बारे में बात करते हुए कविता ‘ कोयल ’ का परिचय दिया गया | छात्रों को कविता समझाते हुए ‘ मीठी बोली के फ़ायदे ’ का रचनात्मक लेखन करवाया गया | ( सतत विकास लक्ष्य-१५- थलीय जीवों की सुरक्षा ) पाठ के अंतर्गत कराई गई गतिविधि में छात्रों ने पक्षियों के लिए पानी व दाना रखकर एक हफ़्ते तक पक्षियों की गतिविधि को देखकर लिखा | छात्रों को एक कहानी सुनाकर सर्वनाम का परिचय दिया गया |पी.पी.टी. दिखाकर और व्याकरण पुस्तक से पाठ पढ़ाकर सर्वनाम का ज्ञान दिया गया । छात्रों से सर्वनाम शब्दों की लड़ी बनवाकर अभ्यास-पुस्तिका में अभ्यास कार्य करवाया गया और सर्वनाम का ऑनलाइन खेल खिलाया गया | छात्रों को वीडियो की सहायता से भाषा के शुद्ध-अशुद्ध का अंतर स्पष्ट करते हुए बताया गया कि किस तरह केवल शुद्ध वाक्यों से ही भाषा प्रभावशाली बनती है | छात्रों की प्रथम इकाई परीक्षा की पुनरावृत्ति कराई गई | पशु-पक्षियों के जीवन के बारे में बताकर पाठ ‘ शेरु ने ढूँढी गेंद ’ का पठन कार्य करवाया गया और ‘ जानवर बचाओ ’ विषय पर स्लोगन लिखते हुए छात्रों ने पोस्टर बनाए और कक्षा में प्रस्तुत किए | छात्रों के शब्दकोश में वृद्धि हुई व उनके पठन व लेखन कौशल का समुचित विकास हुआ | लिंक :- https://wordwall.net/resource/3516026 https://www.liveworksheets.com/qo1601855pt https://youtu.be/s1wh5Eq8kGg Physical education (pE)In their Physical Education lessons, students worked on: Learning the game of chess
indian danceIn their Indian Dance lessons, students learnt:
Dance form: Freestyle (action and expression) Song : Teri Mitti Video link: https://youtu.be/wF_B_aagLfI western danceIn their Western Dance lessons, the students learnt: About Contemporary dance. The basic feet positions of Contemporary dance. Dance form: Contemporary (Beginners Level) Song: Let it go - Frozen Video link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU dramaIn Drama lessons, students learnt: Forms of Acting: Through drama games and role play, students learnt dialogue delivery and voice modulation. Application of their learning: Student understood Navarasa—the nine emotions and practised the same. Students learnt how to use question words in dialogue and performed using the nine emotions. Additionally, they learnt how to maintain a tempo while performing They also did drama related warm up exercises. indian musicIn their Indian Music lessons, students learnt: Vocal warm-up exercises: Alankar practice, Balloon breathing. Practiced: Shudh swar Alankar New song/s learnt: Guru vandana. Instruments: Tanpura Techniques: Basic techniques of practicing vocal. Reference video link for the song: https://youtu.be/hTdZkPeIkhs western musicIn their Western Music lessons, students learnt: Vocal warm-up exercises: Basics of music Songs learnt: (Recap Session) Five hundred miles Instruments: Ukulele Techniques: Breathing techniques with vocal visual artIn their Visual Art lessons, students learnt: Memory drawing of any special event from their vacations. (‘How I spent my Vacations’)
Art Technique: Free hand, paper craft, colour mixing, geometric (with tools), colouring, outlining Art tools: Pencil, Sketch pen, crayons, oil pastels, scale, craft Paper, tissue life skills“Honesty is the best policy”, taking the monthly theme into
consideration, the importance of honesty was explained to the students. Students learnt the importance of being truthful and the consequences of lying, no one will trust us ever. Also, BEING HELPFUL, CARING and COMMON GOOD concepts were introduced with enthusiastic videos and letting each student share their own experiences. This month’s learning includes being helpful and caring makes others happy and builds strong relations. Students enjoyed a lot learning these values.
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