Newsletters – Feb 2015

Jr KG

THEME: Plants and Trees/Chirpy BirdsLANGUAGE:Conversation:Plants and trees, Parts of a tree, Uses of  plants and trees, information on different types of birds, body parts of the birds, different habitats of birds, food habits and nestsStory:The thirst crowSongs:The little seed, The tree, The little bird, Baby Chick,Picture reading:My world Pictures “Life around me”, ”Chirpy Birds”Sight words:Tree, branch, leaves, trunk, brown, shade, home, food, planting, fresh air, bird, beak, feather, wings, tail, claws, nestReading (oral):Reading three letter words,  rhyming wordsWriting:u, v, w, n, m, p, h, b, fEVS:Uses and importance of a tree, different stages of plant growth, characteristic feature and behavior of birds,MATHS (PRE-MATH ACTIVITIES):   Concept of full/empty, concept of equal, concept of one more, seriating in size, addition using objects(up to 10)FINE MOTOR ACTIVITIES: Clay work, paper tearing and pasting, paintingGROSS MOTOR ACTIVITIES:Jumping from one hoop to another, rotating hoops around the waistCREATIVE:Leaf painting, feather painting, drawing favorite bird making bird headbands, etching, string painting

Sr KG

THEME: Transport,Money magic,ToysENGLISHSight wordsMoney magic:cost,spend,money,rupees,shop,shopkeeper,customer, pay, change, more,

less, all, coin, treasure, gold ,who, what, was, want, new.buy,sell.

Toys: toys, blocks, ball, doll, rattle, yo-yo, kite,Drum, balloon, smooth, rough, soft, hard.Pattern bookThree letter words,blend words

Dictation of a,e,i ,o,u words

Information : currency, value of currency, mock drill of provision store and sweet mart.GamePassing   the parcel game with letters and picture cards ,enacting sounds of different vehicles.StorySikka’s coin, King Midas and his golden Touch, The Treasure map, The ‘th’ story, The golden Hen, The coin Jar, My  favourite  toys.Songs1.The ‘th’ rhyme,

2. Pat a cake

3. If you are happy and you know itReadingCommunicate in English pg no-57-61EVSWeather update

Baking Activity: Banana cake, CookieMATHSWorksheet S 4.1,5.1,5.2,6.1,,7.1,8.19.1,10.1                                            Number and number names orally 0-10                                            Math Notebook:  numerals 1-100,number names-one-hundred,before,between and after numbers till-100,greater than smaller than, put the correct sign <> =

Number grid till -100, skip counting ,value of currency, mental maths.ValuesWritten –1to100ConceptsHeavy/light,floating /sinking

More/less, shiny/dull: sorting shiny &dull objects. Sorting texture-soft, hard, smooth.FINE MOTOR  SKILLSThreading beads, blocks, puzzles, lacing, clay, pastingGROSS MOTOR SKILLS1.  Treasure hunt

2.  Balance &Walk on ropes:  straight, wavy

3.  stone tower (lagori)CREATIVESketch book1.  drawing of bullock cart.

2.  pasting different shapes.

3.  making of aeroplane, parachute (paper folding )

4.  making of bullock cart, train,  rocket, car, submarine,

purse making, wish book.

5.  decorating earthen money pot and gift wrap paper.

6.  coin etching.

7.  making of stretch dog.

8.  making of doll houseHINDIOral and Written work: त — श्र

Std. ISubject/ Unit

TopicsClassroom ActivitiesContent Book (Green) and Student WB (Red)Note book workEngLs. I don’t like my hair

Ls The biggest pie

Poem – Flying

Writing a narrative using a graphic organizer, Pair work

Rearrange words to form sentences, Arrange according to the alphabetical order.Content Book Pg . no 69 to 83

Workbook pg. no  S 15.1 to S 28.1

Content Book Pg . no 84 to 96Singular and plural, Phonics words , sight words, oppositesEVS  Ls. Air and Water

Ls . Weather

LsForce, light and soundExperiment to show that air is everywhere, it occupies space

Observe and  draw a picture of the weather outside, observe the shapes of the clouds,draw a rainy day,colours of the  rainbow, recitation of poems on ‘rain’, making a paper boat.

Kicking a football, pull and push toy cars , tug of war

Content Book Pg . no 71 to78

Content Book Pg . no 79 to 87

Workbook S.1.1 to S 7.1

Content book – Pg no 88 and 91

Workbook  S3.1 to S5.1Spelling, Fill in the blanks, draw  and colour an aquatic plant and animal.

Spelling, Question and answers ,True or false.Math

Ls .Geometry and Patterns

Ls. Length and WeightSorting things according to their shapes,  draw shapes  , form shapes using ice- cream sticks and clay, patterns using shapes and ice – cream sticks

Group activities for the concepts of  near and far, long and short and thick and thin.Work book S.12.1  to  S  22.1

Work book S 2.1 to S 5.1                                          Content book – Pg. no.102 to 105  Shapes – Sides and Corners

Fill in the blanksHindiऐकीमात्राऔरउसकेकेशब्द

कविता –१.स्कूलचलेहम

रंग – २ .बिरंगीदुनिया

पाठ – जम्बोहाथी ने सीखाडांस

पाठ – उलटा – पुलटा

रंगों के नाम

गिनोगिनतीवर्णों पर मात्रा लगाना|

ऐ मात्रा के शब्द

शब्दभंडार , चित्रकावर्णनअपनेशब्दमेंकरना|चित्रोंकोनिरीक्षण|

मौखिकपरीक्षा

कवितायाद करना|

कार्यपत्र करवाना|शब्द लिखना|

सभी वर्णों पर ऐ की मात्रा लगाना|

पाठ से नए शब्द लिखवाना|Marathi

गाणे , श्लोक श , ष    व्यंजन गोष्टचिऊताईचे गाणे म्हणणे , श्लोक म्हणणे. श ,ष  व्यंजन पान क्र.४६ ते ४७श , ष  अक्षर पुस्तकात लिहिणे .

Std. IISubject/ Unit                                             TopicsClassroom ActivitiesContent Book (Green) and Student WB (Red)Note book workEngCollective Nouns – Animals, Picture Description,  Unseen Comprehension, Punctuation Marks , Verb Agreement and review , Alliteration , Making Inferences – Gadagada Gudugudu and The trees grandma did not plant, Writing instructions , Framing questions , Adverbs , Adverb of time , Past tense , Drawing conclusions , Homophones , Writing in  a diary*Use of flash cards for sight words. *Group Activity – Describe and draw the settings, characters, events from the lesson – The Trees Grandma Did Not Plant. *Writing Instructions – How to brush your teeth. *Framing sentences with the words cut from the newspaper.WB – Pg no. 5 to 31.

Content Book – Pg no. 71 to 76 and 78 toNotes on Homophones.

Exercise on Punctuation marks.EVSL 12- Earth  and its Neighbours – Sun , moon , stars , phases of moon, first man on the moon. L 13 – Our Environment – Uses of forest , forest products , deforestation , effects of deforestation , caring and sharing of natural resources.Observe the phases of moon daily.

Group activity on forest products.Content book – pg no 85 to 94.

WB – pg no 26 to 41.Deforestation and its effects.

Clean water sources. How do we waste water?

How is water polluted?MathDivision – Relation between multiplication and  division.

Geometry and Patterns –                          shapes – describe them. Identify the lines, Different ways of drawing lines, Identify objects by their shadows , 3- D shapes , Patterns – complete the sequence , Fun with Patterns , Pattern Creation.*Group Activity – Describe the plane figures and draw different things of the same shape.

*Counting the standing , sleeping , slating lines in the given alphabets.

*Drawing lines with the help of a string , ruler , book , freehand.

*3 – D shapes activity.

*Join dots activity.

*Shadow activity.

WS – Pg 26 to 49.Most of the activities were done in the note book,

Notes on plane and solid shapes.Hindiकविता – १. कितनेसारेमौसमपाठ – १. फिरआयासरदीकामौसम

२. नन्हा पेड़पाठ से नए शब्द ढूढ़ना और लिखना|

शब्द भंडार , चित्र का वर्णन अपने शब्द में करना

प्रश्नों के उत्तर लिखना|कितने सारे मौसम और फिर आया सरदी का मौसम कविता याद करना|

मौखिकपरीक्षा

कार्यपत्र करवानापाठ से नए शब्द ढूढ़ना और लिखना| प्रश्नों के उत्तर लिखना|Marathiघटक  ३Reading  skill activity ,  माळीदादाची गोष्ट ,  काका ची गोष्ट  वाचणे लिहिणे,  पाठ वाचन पान क्र ११ ,१२, १४ listening skill activity based on  ख,उ,थ,   letters, अं ची मात्रा नवीन शब्द लिहिणे,  पाठ वाचन पान क्र १९   पृष्ठ क्र .११  ते २०पान ११ माळीदादाची गोष्ट लिहिणे , काका ची गोष्ट  वहीत  लिहिली . शब्द  लिहिणे  अं ची मात्रा नवीन शब्द ख,उ,थ अक्षरे वहीत  लिहिणे  .

Std. IIISubjectTopicsClassroom ActivitiesContent Book (Green) and Student WB (Red)Note Book WorkEngLit: L13-A Day in a Washerman’s Life

Poem: In The Park

Gram: Compound Words, Nouns & Verbs-identification, Adverbs, From Adjective to Adverb, Comparatives,  Punctuation, Indefinite Pronouns, Verb Tense & SpellingsIdentifying Nouns & Verbs

Forming Adverbs from Adjectives

Word Sort

Word Chain – adjectives

Fun Sentences- alliteration

Exploring non-fiction – main idea & detailsContent Bk: L13 &  Poem (pg100)

Work Bk: Adverbs 1&2, Compound Words, Nouns & Verbs, Word Work 1, Punctuation Marks & Capitalisation, Adding –ly,  Comparatives & Superlatives, Indefinite PronounsLit: Spell drill, word meanings, Reading Comprehension

Gram: Word Fun- vocabulary exercises, Adverbs, Formation of Adverbs from AdjectivesEVSLs  11: Force and MotionGame (football)- outdoor

Group activity – to demonstrate ways of movement

Pair work- experiment on force

Racing game- speed & direction

Pair work- activity to demonstrate – force can change ‘shape’

Activity- contact & non-contact forceContent Bk: Ls 11

Work Bk:

Force – pull & push

Effects of force

Types of forceClass notes on the topic

Tabular representation of the observations of the various activities.MathLs 7 : Geometry & Pattern

Length

Perimeter & AreaSymmetry

3-d shapes

Patterns

Tessellations

Measuring length of strips & arranging them in ascending order

Tangrams

Folding a square & counting sides and cornersContent Bk &Work Bk:-

3-D shapes- edges, faces & corners

Making patterns with tessellations

Finding perimeter & area of the given figures

Story problems on area3-D shapes- edges, faces & corners

Making patterns with tessellations

Finding perimeter & area of the given figures

Story problems on area

Logical ReasoningHindiअकबर-बीरबल और

आओ घूमने चलें |१ अर्थ लिखकर वाक्य बनाना |

२ तुकांत शब्द बनाना   |

३ विलोम शब्द लिखना |पाठ ७. शहंशाह अकबर को कौन सिखाएगा ?

कविता ९ आओ चलें घूम लें हम भी   अभ्यास पत्र अ ११.१,१९.१,१९.२,३.१,३.२,८.१,  ८.२,११.१,१४.कठिन शब्द और प्रश्न-उत्तर  लिखना |Marathiघटक -७सृजनशीलता ॠ स्वर शब्द चित्र वाचन वेगवेगळ्या शब्दांचे आवाज त्यावरून वाक्य

reading skill listening skillपृष्ठ क्र . १२  ते १८चित्र वाचन लिहिणे

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