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Grade 2
Week of 5th December, 2016
Newsletter
Learner Profile: Open mindedReflective
Attitude:RespectAppreciationIndependence
Skills: Thinking:Acquisition of Knowledge, EvaluationSocial:Respecting others, Resolving conflict
Central Idea: People’s beliefs and values determine their choice of leaders and role models who influence them in many waysLines of inquiry:o Characteristics of leaders and
role modelso Factors that influence our
choice of leaders and role models
o How we can nurture leadership in ourselves
Key concepts: Function, perspective, changeRelated concepts: Identity, Opinion, Roles, Impact
This week the students continued inquiring into their third unit under the
TD Theme: Who we are
Concepts, Knowledge and Skills acquired
Students:
• recapitulated the factors that influence their choice of leaders
and role models
• tuned into the third line of inquiry through the book ‘7 habits of
a happy kid’ by Sean Covey
• wrote reflections based on the previously mentioned book in
their journals
• further delved into data handling through audio/visuals and
hands on activities on Tally marks, Bar graphs and Venn
diagrams
• read the story ‘Tally O’ Malley’ for finding out more about the
usage of Tally marks as a method of data collection
• were introduced to Common and Neuter gender noun through
various audio/visuals and hands on activities
• were introduced to the concept of subject and predicate through
“Simon Says’ game and other hands on activities
• Created a Venn Diagram of gender nouns using hoopla rings
Glimpses of the week
Unit of Inquiry
We develop a PERSPECTIVE! We understand that there are various
factors that make a leader and influence our choices
“Leadership is not a position or a title, it is an action and example.”
Glimpses of the week
Unit of Inquiry
Be Proactive! Begin With The
End In Mind!
Put First Things
First!
Think Win-
Win!!
Glimpses of the week
Inquiry into Numeracy
Malley tells me
the importance
and uses of tally
marks in the
world around us
Our own
Grade 2T
Tally booklet-
we collect data
about our
friends and
know more
about them
Glimpses of the week
Inquiry into Numeracy
Yippee! Now I understand how to
create Venn diagram to understand
the similarities and differences
between different objects; plants and
animals; day and night
We make Venn
diagrams to
understand the
similarities and
differences between
• classic stories
• Numbers in skip
counting of 3
and 5
Glimpses of the week
Inquiry into Numeracy
We create our own Venn Diagram!
Enhancing the attitudes of Creativity and building on our Critical
Thinking Skills by sorting gender nouns in our Hoola hoop Venn
diagram
Glimpses of the week
Inquiry into Literacy
Using the A to Z graphic organizer to list nouns and then
sorting them as masculine, feminine and nouns which can have
a gender (Common gender) or without a gender (Neuter nouns)
Neuter
nouns
Common
gender
nouns
Sort into
Glimpses of the week
Inquiry into Literacy
Yippee! I know how to
identify the 2 parts of a
sentence- subject and
predicate
Inquiry into Hindi
Core level
• Were introduced Story Writing through picture description
• Were introduced to Correct- Incorrect Word
• Spelling Challenge was conducted
• Recitation of poem ‘तििली रानी’ Homework: Task sheet given in the notebook
Intermediate Level
• Story narration ‘नटखट चूहा’ and oral comprehension based on
the same
• Sequencing of the above mentioned story through pictures
• Recapitulated ‘इ’ and ‘ई’ matraa through identifying correct
and incorrect words
• Reading unseen passage ‘बाररश का दिन’ and oral
comprehension based on the same
• Spelling Challenge was conducted
Homework: Choose one of your favorite animal and prepare
4-5 lines for class oral presentation
Ab initio Level
• Oral and written practice of letters ‘ष’, ‘स’and ‘ह’through
picture making activity of their Hindi names
• Practiced two and three letter words
• Recapitulated all letters through a learning engagement
• Spelling Challenge was conducted
Homework: Complete the homework given in the notebook
At the PE Class
• Students did physical fitness activities for developing gross
motor movements like jogging, shorts sprints and zig-zag
running etc.
• They performed floor exercises like front roll and back roll
with appropriate lead-up activities
• They also practiced walking on balancing beam
• Explored lead up activities for ball handling like dribbling,
passing and receiving
• Students practiced different breathing exercises like
Kapalbhati, Ailom-Vilom, Surya Namaskar along with
various lying postures
• In continuation with the previous class, students started
colouring a figure in their artwork using oil pastels and
added details to complete it
• They also inquired and made interpretations about
another famous painting by artist ‘Manjit Bawa’ through
class discussions
At the Visual Art class
Learner Profile of the week- Reflective
The children exhibited the Learner Profile of being a ‘Reflective’
learner by listening to stories from the book ‘The7 Habits of
Happy Kids’ by Stephen Covey. The understood the importance of
developing good habits like being proactive, beginning with the
end in mind, putting first things first and thinking win-win.
The listened to stories based on these and penned beautiful
reflections based on what they have learnt from the same. These
stories helped them to develop and nurture leadership qualities in
themselves- a reiteration of their learning on the current unit on
leaders and role models. The whole process helped them enhance
their Attitudes of Appreciation and Independence.
Warm Regards : Prerna Mehrotra – 9810149792
Mohini Mittal Raizada - 9711487974
Weekly Spelling Challenge
There will be Spelling Challenge on Friday, 16th December, 2016.
The words are as given below:
proactive, synergize, frequency, subject, predicate, machine,
comprehension, independence, nurture, celebrity
Maths: Task sheet on bar graph
Language: Observe the given picture carefully. Identify the
variety of gender nouns (masculine, feminine, common and
neuter). Think and create a story of minimum 50 words including
all genders