NUMERACY

The students inquired into the concept of percentage and learnt to calculate discounts. As a part of the summative task, they conducted sale on their toys and sold toys to their friends. A fun learning experience for them and it was amazing to see their enthusiasm.

The shopkeepers are ready to sell their products!

My product is the best among all.

                       
    

How much percentage of discount are you offering?

 Let me calculate the discounted price.

                  
   

 Waiting for more customers.

                        

Unit of Inquiry-Our Solar System

The students attempted their formative task on the first line of inquiry. They made song, model, poster and role play to show their understanding about solar system, lunar eclipse, solar eclipse, big bang theory, asteroid, meteorite. Here are some videos of their presentation.

 

Numeracy- My Piggy Bank

The students were given paper decimal money which they had to round off to the whole number. If they got it correct they would put the money in their piggy bank. The students really enjoyed and had fun along with learning the concept of rounding off. 

Rounding off and counting their money

My Piggy Bank

Numeracy-My Imagination with 3D shapes

The students used imagination and creative skills to make different things using 3D shapes. Their work exhibits their understanding about the concept of 3D shapes.

Unit Of Inquiry- Inquiring Further

 The students further inquired into the solar system. They were shown a video related to the solar and lunar eclipse. The different phases of the moon were shown with the help of an orio biscuit. The students then researched about the solar and lunar eclipse and presented their findings and created a flip book to show the eclipse.

Numeracy-2D and 3D shapes

GOING FURTHER-

The concept of 3D shapes was very interesting for the students. The students were divided into teams and were asked to make 3D shapes out of 2D nets. It was fun filled activity for the students and they thoroughly enjoyed it.

The students showed their creativity by making and decorating the 3D shapes

Here are the winners!

Numeracy-2D and 3D shapes

The students inquired into various 2D and 3D shapes. The students examined different shapes and figured out faces, edges and vertices of the 3D shapes. Some students got a badge for determining the correct number of faces, edges and vertices of various shapes.

Finding Out

The Central Idea and Lines of inquiry of the unit 'Universe' under the TD theme 'How the world works'

                                       

Through class discussion, the students came up with names of different planets in the solar system. They started the research work on different planets. Then after collating the information, the students made presentation on the planets in the solar system.

New Year- New Unit

It was fun filled vacations for the students. The students returned with lots of excitement and joy. They shared their experiences on how they spent their holidays.

The students were looking forward to the new unit. They were shown a video related to the Transdisciplinary theme of the unit. The students had to identify with which TD theme the video is associated.

Treasure Hunt: As the provocation of the unit, the students were given clues to find the things related to the universe. The students were very delighted to find treasure with the help of clues.

After the treasure hunt, the students generated the list of various clues that they found out. They came up with different names for the unit. The students then started working on the central idea and lines of inquiry.