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Newsletter Grade 5

Transdisciplinary Theme

Central Idea Change people experience at different stages of

their lives contributes in their evolving sense of self

The changes that occur throughout life.

Factors that contribute to well being during

adolescence.

How relationship contribute to our self concepts.

An inquiry into

Pathways School, Gurgaon

Week of 2nd February, 2015

Concepts, Knowledge and Skills Acquired

Concepts:

Change, Causation,

Connection

Social Skills

Self-management Skills:

Safety, Healthy Lifestyle,

Codes of Behaviour

IB learners profiles:

Reflective, Caring,

Balanced

Concepts, Skills and Learner Profiles for the unit

UOI:

Collated their research about the factors that contribute to well-being during

adolescence.

Watched a Power Point Presentation to further understand healthy eating, and

the importance of balanced diet and exercise.

Represented their understanding through a ranking ladder graphic organis-

er to list the factors from lowest to the highest priority.

Session with the guest speaker Dr. Deepak Ahuja (paediatrician and neonatolo-

gist)

To further understand the changes during adolescence.

Different ways to cope up with the challenges faced during this period of

growing up.

Tuned into the concept of self-concept through an activity and reflected on

building a positive self-esteem.

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Watched a Power Point Presentation to understand various factors that

contribute towards building a sense of self.

Reflected and presented their understanding through mind maps.

In Language

Introduced ‘Haiku’ (a Japanese form of Poetry) through a presentation

and reflected on the key points to be included in Haiku.

Children created ‘Haiku’ on a topic of their choice, amidst nature, along

with illustrations .

Class wrote couplets and limericks according to their individual ideas.

Brainstormed and collated the essential elements of writing a Picture

Composition after viewing a presentation.

Practiced writing a picture composition.

Gave a closure to Narrative Writing by working on the second draft.

Read chapters from the reader followed by making connections with

personal life and any incident from the chapters

In Numeracy

Numbers:

Practiced:

Square numbers till 12

Multiplication using doubling and halving

Measurement

Were tuned into the concept of measurement through an audio-visual

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhtgKHYZti0

Brainstormed and collated their understanding using ‘Ripple Effect’

graphic organizer

Prior knowledge assessment – measurement

Were introduced to Metric units of measurement of length

Made connections with the real life through an engagement to estimate

the dimensions of different objects followed by comparison with the ac-

tual dimensions.

Practiced conversions between metric units of length (Kilometer/meter/

centimetre)

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Introduced rhyming words - आना-जाना, खाना-पीना Slogan writing from the help of rhyming words

Introduced Punctuation marks and did exercise related to above topic

Reinforcement of spellings

Intermediate Level

Debate on nuclear and joint family in collaboration with the unit of in-

quiry

Introduced rhyming words - आना-जाना, खाना-पीना Introduced Punctuation marks and did exercise related to above topic

Reinforcement of spellings

Ab intio level

Revisited ‘इ’ मात्रा through mind map

Practiced “इ” मात्रा words and sentences ex –खखल, पपन, गिन, किताब Reinforcement of spellings

Students reinforced and extended their knowledge of MS Excel by revisiting

and exploring the following features of the tool:

Structure of the spreadsheets

Nomenclature of the cells

Navigation across various cells in the sheets

ICT

Students were introduced to the musical instruments ‘Harmonium’ and

the ‘Dholak’.

They explored traditional and non-traditional musical instruments.

They further delved into how Harmonium gained popularity in India.

Music

HINDI

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Glimpses of the Week

Inquiry into Literacy

Revisiting Simile, Metaphor, Personification and Onomatopoeia

Assimilation Poetry—

What, Why, Elements

and Form

Students practiced making a drawing composition by adding sketches of

two human figures in action and movements such as jumping, walking,

dancing, and running.

They added details and colors to complete their sketches.

Students were also introduced to the concept of “human body propor-

tions”.

They were given a demonstration on sketching an average human figure.

Visual Art

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Inquiry into Haiku

Assimilation of understanding of different

forms of Poetry

Practicing Writing Limerick online with the

help of vocabulary

Going

through

the

samples

of Haiku

Learning to

count

syllables to

write perfect

Haikus using

ROBOT SPEAK

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Filling in the missing Syllable to

complete the Haikus

Inquiry into Picture Composition

Reader Activity

Reading chapters of

the reader and mak-

ing connections be-

tween events in the

reader and their

personal life.

Completed Haikus

Elements of Picture Composition

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Inquiry into Numeracy

Tuning into Measurement leading to conversion of metric units

Assimilating

information about

the Food Pyramid

and Sources of

Nutrients in food

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Tuning into how

relationship contribute

to our self concepts.

An engagement to

Identify what

Self Concept is….

Tuning into 3rd line of Inquiry

Using Ranking Ladder Graphic

Organizer to prioritize the

factors that contribute

towards well being of

adolescents

Watching Presentation on ’Self –

Concept and Image’ to widen their

understanding and comprehension

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Reemphasizing on Self con-

cept , Self Image and Self

esteem

Students engaged in estimating

the measurements of various

things/places and then taking the

actual measurement for

comparison and conversion.

Mapping their Self Esteem and

Image by being a part of an

engagement on SELF CONCEPT in

the classroom

Learning to

count the

number of

Syllables to

write perfect

Haikus

Preparing for CAS Activity :

Street play on Health and Hygiene for

students of Bas Panchayat School, Aravali

WOW MOMENTS

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Expert Speak : A visit by Pediatrician Dr. Ahuja

satisfied curious minds by answering the inquiries

of students through a presentation on changes

during growing up , brainstorming and discussion

Sports Meet

PHOTO MOMENT

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Warm Regards Tripti Bagri Co-Tutor 5S

Warm Regards Hanu Narang Form Tutor 5S 9711479174

WEEKEND HOMEWORK

LANGUAGE

Write the picture composition using the given sheet.

Practice writing Haikus using the following link.

http://www.kongregate.com/games/Montoli/haiku-hero

NUMERACY Task sheets on conversions based on measurement of length.

Practice metric units using the following links:

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-5/choose-the-appropriate-metric

-unit-of-measure

http://ca.ixl.com/math/grade-5/compare-and-convert-metric-

units-of-length

SPELLING CHALLENGE

carbohydrates, character, protagonist, antagonist, proteins, syllable,

composition, limerick, acrostic, couplet ,self—esteem , concept, awareness ,

self—image

Spelling challenge will be held on Friday, 20th February, 2015