17th Feb

The children of grade 5 were assessed on their prior knowledge today by using a "Flower diagram". They were asked to write whatever they knew about ancient civilizations and how could connect the story board with it.

In math, we discussed the formative assessment. The groups sat together with the the two teachers and got feedback for their work. They have been given extra practice today based on their performance.

In Language, the children searched the origin of the new words they found out for assignment. They also found few English words which have been originated from India. We will discuss more about the origin of words tomorrow.

Along with all this, the children also picked up books related to their unit from the Library.

16th Feb

Today, the children presented their 'Story board' to grade 3.

They found answers to the questions they have in mind after the story board activity by referring books from the Library. We also converted sentences from indirect to direct speech.

They worked on their portfolios most of the day by putting in their best work in the files and reflecting on them.

15th Feb

Story board Presentations:

12th Feb

Today, the children continued to write their own story in 'Joyland'. We also had a quiz on converting sentences in indirect to direct speech.

We prepared ourselves to present the storyboard to the other PYP children and teachers on Monday. Each child was randomly given a topic to speak about.

In Math, we had a formative assessment on the topics covered so far in Fractions. It was in the form of Multiple Choice Questions. They will be given feedback on Monday.

For the week end, the children have been asked to write their reflective journal, complete their 'Joyland' story and create a story on their own. They also need to prepare their script for the presentation. As an extension, the children can visit http://jamit.com.au/fraction-games.htm or http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/grade_g_2.html and practice fractions.

11th Feb

We did an activity in language on converting sentences in direct speech to indirect speech. The groups had to select another group that they want to challenge by giving them a sentence in direct speech to be converted to indirect.

In UOI, we continued with our story board. Today, the children made places on 'Joyland' for their culture like a religious place, a cultural centre, a dead people's place, musical instruments, etc.

The children also freezed on their central idea for the PYP Exhibition. They looked into how other schools around the world do the exhibition through the IB website www.occ.ibo.org.

Our central idea for the exhibition is:

"We can work together to make a difference with in our communities"

10th Feb

In Math, today we practiced addition and subtraction of unlike fractions. Some children began operating on mixed fractions and a few also operated on more than two fractions.

In language, we learnt the similarities and differences between direct and indirect speech through a venn diagram. We began to convert sentences in direct speech to indirect.

In UOI we worked on the story board. In groups, the children worked on their culture. They their own language, recipes, dressing, leisure and traditions. A video is included.

For the PYP Exhibition, we re framed our groups today. We also included a new topic "Poverty" Now the four topics are:

1. Optimum use of resources

2. Stray animals

3. Garbage disposal

4. Poverty

9th Feb

Neha and Shreya working on the Story board: making a dairy.

Natalie and Rohan making a health centre for their "Joyland"

Story board: "Joyland" (East)

Story board: "Joyland" (West)The children writing a narrative story on their life so far in "Joyland" (Above and Below)