Unit of inquiry
A formative assessment marked the reflection of learning based on the third line of inquiry, ‘importance of taking care of their body’ as a summation of the unit. What better way than to encourage students to actively appreciate and explore nature around them with a nature walk. Students keenly observed different kinds of plants grown in the green areas at school. They identified medicinal plants like aloe vera and tulsi (basil) and further inquired into the health benefits of these plants. Later, they completed the thinking routine by writing their understanding in their journals .
Exploring the medicinal plants
Math :
Students revisited the concept of ordinal numbers class activities.Formative assessment on ordinal numbers was taken with a game called ‘where is the orange cat?’
The concept of patterns was introduced with the story ofpattern fish; this helped students to enhance their thinking skills. A nature walk whereby students closely observed patterns on leaves, flowers and fish further strengthened the concept. Later they were shown pictures of animals like zebra, tigers, butterflies etc. Patterns in day, night and seasonal cycles were also discussed.
Students created and illustrated their own patterns in their journals. Taking the concept further, they were introduced to color and object patterns.
English :
Students enhanced their understanding of proper and common nouns by engaging in an interactive games. Concept of capitalisation was reinforced too. Students were assessed on their spellings with a spell bee. A formative assessment on nouns was conducted using the scavenger hunt activity. Students enhanced their vocabulary by thinking of meaningful words using ‘dr’, ‘br’, ‘fr’ and ‘cr’ blends and showcased their writing skills by framing short and relevant sentences using these words.
Hindi:
To enhance reading and writing skills, students identified, read and wrote words with त, ह,च,द, व, ख (व्यंजन) letters. They saw a story ‘किसने खाए मालपुए’ and performed a role play allowing their creativity to soar, whilst developing an array of valuable skills; inquiry, thinking, social, emotional, communication and language amongst others. The students attempted a formative assessment. They were assessed on spellings with spell bee. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iu_uQPpeNI
ICT :
Using their research skills, students designed a food pyramid. Students used proper proportion and colour code to depict different food categories and the most and least consumed foods using MS-Paint. They also learned to save their files in specific folders.
Art:
Students integrated Math with their Visual Arts classes as they solved addition sums and used the solutions to find the keys to the colours, they needed to use for colouring each section in the given picture. This activity helped them in improving their observation as well as colouring skills.
Music :
The students were assessed on their understanding of note values. They attempted playing different note values on the Conga. Individually, the students sang their favourite songs ‘Maa tujhe salam’ and ‘A gift to you’.
Dance:
Through movements we convey our emotions; this week’s dance lessons were focused on the discussion of dance therapy. Students were engaged in several group activities related to the same. An activity was performed where they were instructed to stay still while a calm music was played and were asked to focus on what was happening inside their body. During another task, with their eyes closed, students imagined an empty auditorium having only one source of light and were asked to dance visualizing nobody was watching them.
PE & Skating :
Students developed basketball skills with the help of different lead-up activities and recreational games, which included dribbling, passing and shooting. Students practiced walking and balancing on the skates during their skating lessons.
Library :
To celebrate the birthday of much-loved children’s author Julia Donaldson, students were read one of her popular books ‘Tiddler- A story telling fish’.
Tiddler was always late for school and would make up tall and exciting stories for his classmates as to why he got late. One day as Tiddler was moving slowly- thinking about a new story, he unknowingly got caught in a net, which resulted in a real adventure! All children identified with Tiddler as a fish with big imaginative powers !
Grade 1B 