To enhance the thinking and writing skills of the students, a situation was given to them and they created a story with a moral which solved the problem in that situation.Students were then assessed on their knowledge of comprehending the moral through a formative assessment. Tuning into our 3rd line of inquiry “How stories can be shared” was done by with a guest speaker session in which students were told about the importance of body language,expressions and voice modulations while presenting stories. They brainstormed on different ways of presenting a story. After viewing different comic strips students outlined the characteristics/elements of the comic strip(Panels, background, speech bubbles, characters, narrator boxes) on the placemat given to them. This was followed by a class discussion which led to the idea that due to limited space, comic strips focus on the main idea and the most important elements of the topic, event, or message to be communicated.Thereafter students created their own comic strips that included onomatopoeic language. The week started with the recap of animal genders. Students were tuned into verbs through a reading comprehension 'The days of the banyan tree' in which the students found out the verbs from the comprehension passage. They also practiced linking verbs through a worksheet. Further, to enhance their listening skills, students attempted a listening comprehension. In their math classes, students tuned into the concept of capacity. After listening to an online book, a pig in the pantry, they reflected upon the concept of capacity vs volume. Using different measuring jars and cups, they were practically demonstrated the difference between the two concepts. They discussed about the different units of measurement and how we use them. They practiced addition, subtraction and conversions on capacity and length. A formative assessment on weight and capacity was also conducted later in the week. For their Hindi lessons they watched video depicting the story of ‘luv and kush’, listened to the story of Ramayana and attempted ‘listen and answer’ activity. They also wrote three sentences on various characters from the Ramayana. During their Hindi Ab-initio classes, the students practiced loud reading to develop their oral skills. They also learned and practiced vocabulary using the maatraa'ref' . The concept of 'sangyaa' was introduced through a picture reading exercise and was further reinforced using story reading. The letters 'dhha', 'Va', 'da' were written, spoken aloud and vocabulary using the same was practiced. The ICT students created a comic strip on Storyboard that to digitalise their learning and they were fully engaged and enjoyed it thoroughly. In dance classes, student are learning elements of jazz like - jazz walk, buzz stop, pencil turn and attitude turns. During the music classes, students learned the song "everything at once" and about the instruments family and they worked on "MUSICAL STORY" as a part of UOI. Students did a recap on numbers from 1 to 100 in Spanish and they learned parts of the body in Spanish. A formative assessments on numbers was also administered. Students learned number names till 100 and enjoyed learning more parts of the body by singing a French poem 'Alouette'. For P.E classes students practiced forehand and backhand drive in lawn tennis and also played short rally matches.
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