Weekly Update ( 23rd May to 27th May)

Unit of Inquiry

• Students continued practicing for their summative performance in groups.
• Guest lecture on performance strategies by Aric and Sunjoy from Terrence Lewic Dance institute.

Language Arts

• Students chose a free verse poem that they wanted to publish. They revised, proofread and published their poems.
• Read to self.

Math

• Math revision

Other activities:

• Preparing for Grade 3 dance concert.
• Transition day.

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Weekly update ( 16th May to 20th May)

Unit of Inquiry

• Introduction to different performance strategies.
• Students were introduced to their summative task and they started to work on it in their groups.

Literacy

• Students continued writing free verse poems.
• Read to self.

Math

• Students continued practicing 2D and 3D shapes.
• Shape assessment.
• Math revision.

Other activities: Students practiced for their concert during the homeroom class.

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Weekly Update (9th May to 13th May)

Unit of Inquiry

• Students researched on dances of their choice.
• Students analysed Chinese fan dance and Chinese sword dance using  BASTE.
• Guest lecture on belly dance by Ms.Malvika Kathpal.

Math

• Recap of quadrilaterals and parallelogram.
• Introduction to polygons- regular and irregular.
• Introduction to different types of triangles- equilateral, scalene, isosceles and right angle.
• Students composed 2D shapes.
• Introduction to 3D shapes with the help of foldify app.
• Assessment of time and calendar.

Literacy

• Mini lesson on personification.
• Mini lesson on free verse.
• Students started writing free verse poems by using the writing process.
• Guest lecture on free verse and performing poetry by Ms.Malvika Kathpal.

Other activities: Students have been practicing for their concert during homeroom class.

Composing 2D shapes

Introduction to the app foldify

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Weekly update ( 2nd May to 6th May)

Unit of inquiry

• Students continued their research on the dance form they wanted to know more about.
• Guest lecture on 'hip hop' dance form by Mr.Valerian.
• Introduction to folk dances around the world.
• Guest lecture by Ms.Priti Panchmatia on Zumba.
• Reflection on the guest lecture by the students.

Language Arts

• Mini lesson on 'Hyperbole'.
• Students continue writing Haiku poems.
• Students revised,edited and published their chosen haikus.
• Read to self by the students.

Math

• Students continued practicing the concept of 'elapsed time'.
• Introduction to 12 and 24 hour time format;Conversion of time from 12 to 24 hour time format and also from 24 to 12 hour time format.
• Introduction to calendar.
• Introduction to 2D shapes- quadrilaterals.

Zumba session with Ms.Priti Panchmatia

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