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Pathways School, Gurgaon Newsletter Grade 5 Unit of Inquiry Week of 25th February, 2013 Transdisciplinary Theme Central Idea An inquiry into Who We Are Changes people experience at different stages of their lives affect their evolving sense of self. The physical, social, emotional and intellectual changes that occur throughout life . Factors that contribute to well being during adolescences. How relationship contribute to our self concepts. Concepts, knowledge and skills acquired Inquiry in the Unit : Students - Discussed the Summative Task for the Unit ‘Who We Are’. Continuing with the learning and discussions at the camp the students did a Mini inquiry on the “TIGER” Reflected on and collated their personal understanding on why didn't they spot a tiger in Rajaji National Park Jungle Safari. Discussed and inquired into History of tigers Dwindling population of tigers Endangered species Steps taken by the Government to save Tiger. Research on the steps Government has taken to save Tiger. were explored Group discussions were held Information sheets reinforcing the discussions were given Students reflected on their learning making connections with the knowledge acquired during the unit Created awareness posters on ‘Save the Tiger’ Students interacted with the wildlife activist Mrs. Anita Malhotra discussing Tiger conservation.
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<strong>Pathways</strong> <strong>School</strong>, Gurgaon<br />
Newsletter Grade 5<br />
Unit of Inquiry<br />
Week of 25th February, 2013<br />
Transdisciplinary Theme<br />
Central Idea<br />
An inquiry into<br />
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Who We Are<br />
Changes people experience at different stages of their lives<br />
affect their evolving sense of self.<br />
The physical, social, emotional and intellectual changes that<br />
occur throughout life .<br />
Factors that contribute to well being during<br />
adolescences.<br />
How relationship contribute to our self concepts.<br />
Concepts, knowledge and skills acquired<br />
Inquiry in the Unit :<br />
Students -<br />
Discussed the Summative Task for the Unit ‘Who We Are’.<br />
Continuing with the learning and discussions at the camp the students did a Mini inquiry on the<br />
“TIGER”<br />
Reflected on and collated their personal understanding on why didn't they spot a tiger in<br />
Rajaji National Park Jungle Safari.<br />
Discussed and inquired into<br />
History of tigers<br />
Dwindling population of tigers<br />
Endangered species<br />
Steps taken by the Government to save Tiger.<br />
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<br />
<br />
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Research on the steps Government has taken to save Tiger.<br />
were explored<br />
Group discussions were held<br />
Information sheets reinforcing the discussions were given<br />
Students reflected on their learning making connections with the knowledge acquired during<br />
the unit<br />
Created awareness posters on ‘Save the Tiger’<br />
Students interacted with the wildlife activist Mrs. Anita Malhotra discussing Tiger conservation.
Newsletter Grade 5<br />
Unity of Inquiry<br />
Glimpses of the Week<br />
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Newsletter Grade 5<br />
Unity of Inquiry<br />
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Newsletter Grade 5<br />
Inquiry in Numeracy:<br />
Students -<br />
Measurement<br />
Watched videos on Conversion (Measurement).<br />
Practiced conversions based on Measurement on board.<br />
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Were assessed for conversions based on Measurement of Length, Mass and Capacity.<br />
Numbers<br />
Were introduced to Multiples and Factors.<br />
Practiced finding all the factors of a given number.<br />
Found Prime/Composite Numbers between 1 and 100.<br />
Weekend Work<br />
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Numeracy- Worksheet based on Rules of Divisibilty<br />
Language - revise punctuations (period, comma, question mark),<br />
worksheet on reading comprehension – Acne - by Cindy Grigg<br />
Day/Date of submission— Monday ,4th March, 2013.<br />
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Hindi:<br />
Students -<br />
Standard Level:<br />
Loud reading of the lesson<br />
Writing difficult words and making sentences with them<br />
Oral and written comprehension of the same lesson<br />
Discussion on –‘My trip to Raja ji National park’<br />
Paragraph writing on the same<br />
Intermediate Level:<br />
Oral and written comprehension of the lesson<br />
Making sentences with the difficult words from the above lesson<br />
Paragraph writing -‘What did I learn from my trip to Rajaji National<br />
Park’<br />
‘Viram chihan’ (punctuation mark)<br />
Dictation<br />
Abinitio Level:<br />
Writing practice of words with joint letters<br />
Reading practice of sentences (without matraas)<br />
Introduction to matraa<br />
Award Ceremony<br />
Reading and writing practice of words with the above matraa<br />
In ICT:<br />
The students<br />
reviewed and further explored the following features of MS Excel:<br />
Ways to format cells<br />
Application of formulas for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division<br />
Application of formulas for finding out the biggest and smallest number in the series.<br />
Usage of sum and average functions.<br />
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Inquiry in Language :<br />
The students…<br />
Creative Writing<br />
were assessed the ability to write a picture composition legibly, coherently<br />
and cohesively<br />
listened to audio-visuals clip on Jungle Safari to answer the MCQs<br />
Website link http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.aspid=7724<br />
were assessed on spelling challenge and dictation linked with UOI<br />
Grammar Punctuations<br />
understood the value of punctuation and identified usages of the `comma’ and `question<br />
mark’<br />
With Warm Regards,<br />
Arpana Malhotra<br />
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With Warm Regards,<br />
Sushmita Bhaumik<br />
Co-Tutor<br />
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