Weekly Update- 7th Dec to 11th Dec

Important information: Grade 3 exhibition is on 17th Dec from 9.30 to 10.30 am in the classrooms



Unit of Inquiry

• Students used De Bono's thinking hats to analyse a case study on beavers.
• Students inquired into the issue of 'oil spill' using De Bono's thinking hats. 
• Students researched on issues affecting their biome and what is being done to protect biodiversity.
• Students started making posters in their biome groups for the exhibition on 17th Dec.

Math

• Students were introduced to multiplication of a 3 digit number by 1 digit number and multiplication word problems.
• Students wrote about multiplication facts they know and understand.
• Students were introduced to associative property of multiplication.
• Students made and solved their own multiplication sums and word problems.
• Formative assessment of multiplication was done and it is attached in the Math notebook.

Language Arts

• Mini lesson on punctuation marks.
• Introduction to 'Words their Way' (spellings) in different spelling groups.
• Students chose a Report Writing piece that they would like to publish. They revised and edited their writing.
• Conferring with teachers was done.

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Weekly Update: 23rd Nov to 4th Dec

Unit of Inquiry

• Students inquired into food chains/food webs and researched the food chains/food webs in their biome.
• Presentation on biomes by the students which was uploaded on seesaw.
• Students made a poster on food chain/ food web in their biome.
• Students inquired into different symbiotic relationships and used i-Pad to research about relationships in their chosen biome.
• Integration with Language Arts: Book- 'Cactus Hotel' was read to the students. Students used De Bono's hat to reflect their understanding.

Language Arts

• Students wrote their first draft ( Report writing).
• Mini lesson on capitalization and different types of sentences (simple,compound, complex).
• Integration with UOI: Students wrote their second draft on biotic and abiotic components in their biome.
• Reading non fiction text and reflection on it.
• Literature Circle.

Math

• Students were introduced to standard way of multiplying a 2 digit number by a 2 digit number ( with carry over).
• Students were introduced to the lattice way of doing multiplication.

Some pictures of field trip to Karjat

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