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