ENGLISHA literature piece with the message of staying positive in life was taken up to begin the month. Pollyanna – The Game’. This was introduced through a video clip showing the gist of the chapter. Students discussed the various aspects of the story from the story comprehension, to prediction, and vocabulary from the story in small teams. They made connection with the story and tried to relate the situation to their lives. Students then consolidated their learning in the written form in their notebooks. During the Language, Sst and Performing arts integration week -19th -23rd August, in small teams created their own short stories with focus on different genres and presented it in front of a larger audience in the form of a role play. In Grammar, the students recapitulated the concept of adjectives and practiced degrees of adjectives, making adjectives from nouns and verbs. The students revised their knowledge of informal letter writing to learn formal letter writing. Hindi(पाठ- एक पत्र माँ के नाम) (पाठ - गोभी का फूल) का पाठवाचन, कठिन शब्दार्थ और जीवनोपयोगी व्यावहारिक सीख का छात्रों से परिचय कराना। श्रुतलेखन, कठिनशब्दार्थ, वाक्यप्रयोग , प्रश्नोत्तर आशय और स्पष्टीकरण करते हुए गद्यांशावबोधन विधा सीखी। (कविता- कोई नहीं पराया) के माध्यम से सद्भावना औरअपनेपन से जीवन जीने की आवश्यकता का महत्व समझाया गया। काव्यज्ञान के रूप में तुकबंदी व काव्यकल्पनाशीलता से छात्रों को परिचित कराया गया। गतिविधि के रूप में (पाठ -एक पत्र माँ के नाम) के माध्यम से छात्रों का महान देशभक्त क्रांतिकारियों के जीवन आदर्शों से परिचय कराया गया। पाठ के स्पष्टीकरण के साथ गद्यांशावबोधन सिखाया गया SANSKRIT(व्याकरण पाठः- प्रथम पुरुष एकवचनम् द्विवचनम् बहुवचनम् अव्ययशब्दाः) का स्पष्टीकरण करते हुए संभाषण व वाक्यानुप्रयोग सिखाया गया। गतिविधि के रूप में पुल्लिंग, स्त्रीलिंग और नपुंसकलिंग शब्दों को तालिकाबद्ध किया। प्रथमपुरुष एकवचनम् , प्रथमपुरुष द्विवचनम्, और प्रथमपुरुष बहुवचनम्, को स्पष्ट करते हुए लट्लकार का भी प्रयोग छात्रों ने सीखा। वर्णविच्छेद और वर्णसंयोग की पुनरावृत्ति अभ्यासपत्र द्वारा कराई गई। समस्त विषयवस्तु को उदाहरणों व नियमों सहित सीखा। रंगों, फलों व सब्जियों के संस्कृत नामों को चित्रावली के द्वारा स्पष्ट कराया गया। SPANISHIn their Spanish lessons students enhanced their vocabulary by learning about different places in the city. As part of their Grammar lessons, they learnt about the Verb conjugation “Ir” meaning “to go”. The usage of this was practiced as part of role play between friends who meet in the street and talking about where they were going. In other aspect of their Spanish lesson, students learnt how to give directions in the language. They drew a sketch of the school and wrote the directions in Spanish. FRENCHIn the month of August, students prepared for the subject integration week where all the students, including students of French/German/Sanskrit learned a Spanish song related to fruits and performed in the special assembly during the “Language, SST and Performing Art’ week. Students also practiced more exercises related to culture and civilization of France to learn more about the country. SOCIAL SCIENCECivics: Prejudice, Discrimination and Inequality In their Civics lesson, students of Grade 6 were able to relate to topics like stereotype, gender inequality to real life by watching videos and class discussions. The next lesson on Government, students understood the types of government, various functions and key features of Government. History: The Vedic Age The VARNA system was explained to students by giving examples of real life scenarios. The Vedic Age chapter explains the base of our administration, society, culture and how they followed a different way. They studied about how Vedic period was influenced by Vedas. They also gained knowledge about how situations were different in the Vedic age. Geography: Globes and Maps As a part of this chapter the students worked extensively on creating the 'School Evacuation Plan'. Phase 1: Post understanding the difference between Maps and sketches, they went for a tour of the school, identified minor details and drew a sketch of the ground floor, keeping in mind the various 'IN USE' Exits . Phase II :With the help of direction arrows that indicated the Exit path,to be followed during and emergency evacuation situation they completed the next phase Phase III : They then went around creating awareness among students and teachers about the same and impressed upon the need to be alert. Phase IV: The implementation and effectiveness of the plan will be judged during a mock drill in the coming week. Phase V: Assessment of their work will be done based on a rubric already share with them. MATHEMATICSStudent were divided into different groups and played a card game as an introductory activity for the concept Factors & Multiples. They were able to differentiate between Prime and Composite numbers with the help of SIEVE method. As an add-on activity, students were given set of numbers to find the HCF & LCM. Towards the end of the session, they were able to apply their understanding of this concept to real-life situations. SCIENCEPhysics: Students listed the importance and uses of water as part of a Group Discussion activity. Following this, students started their research by interviewing the teachers and their peers to find the different sources of water – rain water, underground water, lakes, wells etc. They also had a discussion to understand the various processes related to water cycle like evaporation, transpiration, condensation etc. As a culmination activity, students designed a poster to create awareness about conservation of water. Biology: By 'life,' we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay. ..... yet the foundation for the theory of evolution is life originating from non-living chemicals ...To differentiate between the living and the non-living things, the students went for a nature walk. Listed the things observed and sorted them into living and non-living. The limited resources available in an environment promote competition in which organisms of the same or different species struggle to survive. ... …Charles Darwin suggested that “survival of the fittest” was the basis for organic evolution. To survive in the changing environment one has to struggle, bring changes in oneself and adapt to the surroundings. To learn about adaptation in various living beings the students were given a food for thought to observe various living beings and ponder over why are they different? Why the camel has a hump, padded feet and long eyelashes whereas fish and birds have a streamlined body? If lotus has broad leaves then why do leaves shrink in cactus? They researched, shared, presented and thus understood how important it is to adapt. Chemistry: Although Nature needs thousands or millions of years to create a new species, man needs only a few dozen years to destroy one. How and why all this is being done? The Grade VI students took an initiative for this Cause ‘n’ Effect Analysis and are in the process of finding solution to it. In continuation with the activity of the last month that included nature walk, segregation of biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances; and group discussions, they took other initiatives to make August -an Awesome August. They explored about managing biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste to Protect, Preserve and Promote Mother Earth. The Young Eco-Suncitizens visited the school composting area accompanied by the facilitator and the school gardener. They enquired about the process of composting and concluded that composting is better than burning garbage and the manure is better than chemical fertilizers. They collected various news clippings related to dumping of plastic in the landfills and were much inspired by the Independence Day Speech of Our revered Prime Minister Sh. Narendra Modi Ji and raise the voice in unison to Make India Plastic Free. They made collage using clippings while working in groups. The class was divided in two groups, one group highlighted the cause ‘n’ effect whereas the other suggested the solution. They also had an interaction with the house-keeping staff and queried about the garbage management. Not only this, but these Eco-buddies conducted a Swacchata Survey as well, wherein they collected data for how much we all are responsible and aware about the importance and need of cleanliness. Well, what these Sensitive Suncitizens are going to do with this data?...You will come to know about it in Swacchh September! ICTStudents learnt about the ‘Mail Merge’ feature. They made 5 name data source file and address book, created the main document and merged them. They applied their understanding of this feature to print 2 merged letters using Mail Merge feature. INDIAN MUSICStudents of Grade 6, in their Indian music lessons, they are practicing their vocal warm up exercises through Sargam and singing in different pattern and different rhythm. The winners of the Patriotic song competition, practiced their song and performed during the Independence day special assembly. Students presented a Sanskrit Shloka with Harmonium and sang in different patterns. Students of Grade 6 & 7 also danced to a beautiful song “Kalbeliya” during the Independence day assembly WESTERN MUSICIn the month of August the students learnt Lesson taught: Vocal warm up exercise in C minor scale Instruments taught: Dynamic in Guitar/Piano. Exercises done: Finger warm up exercise (in piano) ART and POTTERYART Students knowledge of the national symbols took them one step further to make clay models in their pottery lesson. They learnt how to make outline map of India out of slab cutting. They also enjoyed making a 3-D model of our national flower, Lotus. The students also made clay pen stand for all teachers to be gifted on Teacher’s Day.ART. Students learnt how to draw the outline of India map during their art lessons. They have also drew the national symbols – lotus, mango, peacock, and Indian Flag using pastel, acrylic, colour pencils. To complete their artwork, they have also wrote a slogan praising our mother land. POTTERY Students knowledge of the national symbols took them one step further to make clay models in their pottery lesson. They learnt how to make outline map of India out of slab cutting. They also enjoyed making a 3-D model of our national flower, Lotus. The students also made clay pen stand for all teachers to be gifted on Teacher’s Day. PHYSICAL EDUCATIONStudents continued to explore the game of Tennis. They were made to understand the different types of grips in tennis. They continued to work on their forehand Stroke and tried making rallies with the teacher. They also continued to with their swimming and Taekwondo classes where they got to know about skills such as bubbling under the water, kicking in freestyle, front float and kicking and self defense techniques. TAEKWONDO Students are learning stretching, kicks, punch, blocks, self-defence and fighting DRAMAStudents of Grade 6 learnt various forms of acting in the Drama lessons. They learnt how to modulate their voice as per the character they were playing and showcased their acting prowess during role plays done in class. In sync with the theme of the month ‘Plants’, they listened to various stories related to plants and trees and understood the importance of character in the fable stories and emulated a few characters with appropriate voice modulation and expression. ROBOTICSUNIT TOPIC: BASIC ELECTRONICS - MULTIMETER
In this session student covered the basic fundamentals related to electricity. It helped students to learn about the evolution of electronics. They studied about concepts related to circuits including open and closed circuits. OBJECTIVE: To learn about the use of Multimeter, its features and different functions. Learning Outcomes
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