Grade 2

week of 1st August 2016

Newsletter

We welcome our students to Grade 2Q

Dear Parents,

It has been an exciting week of learning, bondingand connecting with each other. Students are wellsettled and ready to start their journey with a lot ofzeal and zest.

The buddy system has helped the children tounderstand the school culture and their friends in abetter way.

We, the Grade 2 team along with the students havebeen involved in making essential agreements forthe class. Students also reflected on the LearnerProfile they exhibited during their vacations.

It was a pleasure to see how the childrenintrospected on their growth and what they want toachieve during this year in Grade 2 through the goalsetting activity.

We look forward to a fruitful parent teacherpartnership and a successful year ahead .

Learner Profile: BalancedReflective

Attitude: CooperationIntegrityEnthusiasm

Skills: Thinking: ComprehensionSelf-Management: Healthy lifestyle and Informed choice

This week the students began inquiring into their first unit under the

TD Theme: How we organise ourselves

Central Idea: Food is vital for our well-being and can go through various stages before we eat it

Lines of inquiry:o Sources and origins of food

productiono The changes and journey of food

from farm to table o The impact of food choices on our

health

Key concepts: Form Connection Reflection

Related concepts: Classification, Choice, Nutrition, Health, Production, Transportation, Employment, Consumption

Concepts, Knowledge and Skills acquired

Students:

Viewed a presentation related to the function of organization “Mambo comes to class”

Discussed and made mind maps on their observations and reflections on being organized

Recapitulated number concepts of counting, ordering, number names, odd and even of 2 digit numbers

Recapitulated sight words through a bingo activity, punctuation ( full stop and capital letters) and nouns through a person, place, animal, thing game

Unit of Inquiry

Inquiry into Numeracy Inquiry into Literacy

Glimpses of the week

Mambo’s

Room

Inquiry into Hindi

• Were welcomed and shared their experiences during the summer

break

• Formulated the essential agreements for Hindi class with their

teachers

• Revisited Hindi letters through a class activity

Goal setting for the first term

At the Specialist Classes

Welcome Assembly

Swimming for Grade 2Q will be every Thursday.

Their swimming bag should have the following

items, neatly labeled:

Swimming costume/trunks

Swimming cap

Swimming goggles

Towel

Comb

On horse riding/ yoga day(Thursday) , the

children need to wear full track pants

Uniform schedule applicable from 16th August,

2016 is as follows:

Regular sports uniform- Monday,

Tuesday and Thursday

Formal uniform- Wednesday

House T-shirt- Friday

Important Note

Warm Regards : Ritu Kalla and Pooja Rajput

Math:Play the game in the given link and reflect using the given tool ‘Connect

Extend Challenge’ in the Math notebook.

Link –

http://www.turtlediary.com/game/number-names-up-to-1000.html

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/Fruit_shoot_odd_ev

en.htm

Connect - What connections was I able to make?

Extend - How did these links extend my understanding of number names and

odd-even numbers?

Challenge - What challenges did I face while playing the game?

Language:Look around your house. Observe and identify the following:

• 5 naming words. For example: book, kitchen, mother, dog

• 5 action words. For example: My father is reading a newspaper.

• 5 describing words. For example: A green book.

Present your work creatively.

There will be Spelling Challenge on Friday, 12th August 2016

Words for the Week

Forty, ninety, hundred, fifteen, inquiry,

organize, sources, origin, punctuation, ourselves