Friday, 16 December 2016

English homework



Here is your holiday homework in connection to our novel, ‘The Tale of Despereaux’:

1)      You should read to the end of the book (which I know many of you have been really keen to do!).


3)      Can you also collect artefacts which you think could represent different things from the novel. These might be objects which represent a character, a scene, something that happens or a theme you have identified. We will collect them all and make a ‘Despereaux’ display area in the classroom.

Thursday, 15 December 2016

Also look for experiments on the following (only spend 3 days on it)

- Compression (Nipun
- tension (Yesasvi)
- different types of forces (Shwana-written part,
- structures of atoms and molecules (Sarah & Gitanjali, Alina & Alvira)
- movement of atoms and molecules in hot and cold water (Zawiyya and Tanya)
- Effect of motion on smooth and rough surface (Advaith, Ali, Karthik, Adam)
- Different types of earthquake resistant buildings and different materials used for them (Shumair)
- Gravity- (Kaushik, Sahishnu)
- Ramyasri, Hitesh, Kamala will be assigned in a day


unit of inquiry homework

You will have to research on any one of the following issues

The issues:

1)      Climate change – weather conditions
a)      What do you think when you hear about the term climate change?
b)      Why do you think the temperature differs in different areas of the same city?
c)       Do you think the weather has changed compared to the last 3-5 years?
d)      Why do you think the weather is changing?
e)      What changes do you find in the weather?
f)       How to overcome with the problem of climate changes?

2)      Water management
a)      What are the main issues related to water in our city/country/world?
b)      How does water helps us in industries, recycling of products, climate changes?
c)       How much percentage of water is salty on earth, which is not in use?
d)      Which areas or regions on earth are still facing shortage of water?
e)      The consequences of not getting water leads to –
f)       How to save ourselves from these problems?
g)      How to ensure we get clean water?
h)      What is clean water
i)        Water are the different types of ways water can be contaminated?


3)      Animal welfare (ethical treatment of animals)
a)      What do you understand by animal welfare?
b)      What should animal welfare consist of?
c)       Are there any laws for animal welfare? If yes then what are they?
d)      Have you noticed any animals or birds in trouble? If yes then have you done something about it?
e)      What would you do for the welfare of animals?

4)      Reuse, reduce, recycle



5)      Living with disabilities
a)      What do you understand by the term disability?
b)      Are there any disabled people in your family / community ?
c)       Have you come across disabled people anywhere in the city?
d)      Do you think being different physically or mentally is an opportunity or a curse? Give reason to justify your answer.
e)      What could be the ways to make disable people feel normal and lead a normal life?

6)      Mental health in developing countries
a)      What according to you is negligence?
b)      What is mental health, what does it comprise of?
c)       What kind of situation may arise if mental health is neglected?
d)      What could be the causes of depression?
e)      Have you ever been sad? What are the reasons which have made you sad? How have you overcome your sadness?
f)       What can you do to make yourself happy in any situation?
g)      What can you do to make others (who are not necessarily) your family members happy?

7)      Child labour
a)      Find out the ratios of child labour in different countries and major reasons behind it.
b)      What is child labour?
c)       How are children engage in child labour?
d)      What could be the reasons behind child labour?
e)      What laws are made by the government to control and demolish child labour? Do you think there should be consequences on child labour on people who propagate child labour?
f)       What action can you take on this aspect?

8)      Peace and Justice
9)      Development- quality education, gender equality, availability of jobs and economic growth
10)   Poverty



Tuesday, 13 December 2016

homework - 13thDecember

How much time do you spend in natural surroundings in a week?

Write about the above in your English note book. Write a page on it.

Monday, 12 December 2016

Homework- 12th December

Draw the  incident which you think is most significant until chapter 8 in 'Tale of Despereoux'. Also explain why you think it is the most significant incident.

Thursday, 8 December 2016

Consider the following scenarios

Choose any two of the following scenario and explain the science behind your logic.
Scenario-1
You and your family have decided to move to the coastal regions of Orissa which is flood prone. What type of house would you like to build for yourself and why? (consider the soil in coastal regions)
Scenario -2
You are going to move to Japan for year. Your parents have taken a rented house on a building which is 150 storeys tall. What would you check for before living there? Describe the requirements and why you need them. (Japan is prone to earthquakes and tsunamis)
Scenario- 3
You have gone for a holiday to Iceland and you are so mesmerized by the heavy snow fall that you decided to stay there. What kind of facilities would you like in the house that you stay and why? (Iceland is extremely cold with freezing temperatures)
Scenario-4

The government of Kolkata has asked you to build a bridge across the Ganges river. What are things you should take into consideration in order to make the bridge strong and durable?

Criteria:
Student’s ideas should reflect that he/she has put in some effort towards research and inquiry. (integrity and commitment towards work)
Student is taking initiative to reflect on the class discussions and engagements and is enthusiastically making connections with research from various websites. (Enthusiasm)

Student is able to support his/her ideas with science and logic

homework 8th December

Research on the following:

- Why is the ground dug a couple of feet before constructing a building?
- Is there any ratio between the depth and height of a building?
- Should there be different types of bases for different types of soil?
- Is there any requirement for the arrangement of pillars?
- Should there be a requirement for any particular materials to be used in pillars?
- The different types of ways a building can be earthquake resistant.
- The different types of ways a house can be cold resistant.

English:
You have to write at least a page and a half on the following topic:
Which celebrity would you like to have in your neighbourhood and why?

Wednesday, 7 December 2016

homework for 7th December 2016

#Reflect on the session on plagiarism by Mr. Sanjeeb. You may consider the following questions:
- What is plagiarism?
- What are the different things which can be plagiarised?
- What is complete plagiarism?
- Is paraphrasing without acknowledgement plagiarism?
- What type of websites should you approach while researching?
- Which learner profile attribute should you display when you think about plagiarism?

#Complete the English work on 'Tale of Despereoux' 

Sunday, 4 December 2016

homework-unit of inquiry

Research on the following:
# What materials should be used in these places?:-
- flood prone areas
- desserts
- regions prone to heavy snow
- rainy places

# What specific designs are considered for houses in rainy/flood prone regions
# What specific designs are considered for houses in extremely cold regions which are prone to heavy snowfall?
# What are the specific designs considered for houses in deserts?
# Any other factor which might affect the design and construction of building and structures?
# How does the economy of a place influence the buildings and structures?
# How does the culture of a place influence the buildings and structures? 

Saturday, 3 December 2016

Week of 28th November to 2nd December

This week students explored the concepts of- force, tension, compression, center of gravity, atoms and molecules in various ways. They began with watching videos and reading articles. They represented their work and thereafter roleplayed and did some art work on them. Below are some photographs to show the same:

Alvira is trying to show an experiment on center of gravity




Zawiyya is showing an experiment on tension and compression




Ramya and Gitanjali are showing and experiment on tension and compression




Sarah is showing and experiment on center of gravity




Adam is showing an experiment on the role of tension and compression on a shifting bridge



In mathematics students practised operations of addition and subtraction with decimal numbers. 

In English students began reading 'The tale of Despereoux' since last week and they are continuing to read chapters and review them.

Below are some snapshots of students after the musical:




Wednesday, 30 November 2016

homework- 30th November

Write on the given topic in your english note book. Also write about a page and half and not less than that.

- What is special about your hometown? Explain why they are special.

Monday, 21 November 2016

Homework- 21st November

Write on given topic:

Which were the happiest moments you spent with your family? Why do they make you happy?

You must write at least 1 page on the above topic. Do not exceed 2 pages. Write in your English note book. You may also illustrate the above if you wish to.

Sunday, 20 November 2016

videos and websites on buildings and structures

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma9Y97hrsb4      (contact forces)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njGz69B_pUg        (atoms)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j78qLGJzL90   (factors affecting construction of buildings)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-V_8_qmJbE  (role of force and tension)

http://www.historyofbridges.com/facts-about-bridges/truss-bridge/  (truss bridges)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYRYtTMcYZM     (bridges types and forces)










Monday, 14 November 2016

Week of 7th Nov (Monday) - 12 Nov (Saturday)

Last week students spent most of their time on assessments.

In unit of inquiry they completed formative assessment 2 and 3 which they had begun the previous week. They also finished summative assessment of the unit on civilisation.

In Maths students did a diagnostic on the following strands:
shape and space - 0-3 dimensions, angles, and triangles
number system - BODMAS and PEMDAS/PEDMAS

A pre-unit assessment was done on fractions to gauge students' prior knowledge. They revised the following things:
proper and improper fractions, mixed fractions, equivalent fractions

They also learnt to visualize/illustrate fractions and below are some photographs of the same:


They also used legos to make equivalent fractions:







Saturday, 12 November 2016

Homework- 11th Nov

Reflect on the unit on civilisation through the following questions:

- What is the big understanding that you got through this unit? (It may be one or many)
- How did the unit help you to understand the following:
- key concepts (change, connection, reflection)
- Learner profile attribute (open-minded, inquirer, reflective)
- attitude (appreciation, respect, tolerance)
- skill (communication)
- AK strand (cultures)

What did you like about the unit?

What do you think was unnecessary about the unit?

If you want to write anything more, you may do so.



Thursday, 10 November 2016

homework- 10th November-2016

Come up with your own mission statement on the piece of paper given to you. If you have misplaced it, you may use any other plain paper.

The following are the PYP attitudes.
appreciation
enthusiasm
cooperation
creativity
confidence
commitment
curiosity
integrity
empathy
tolerance
indepence
respect
Choose any one and do the following:
colour: Choose a colour which best represents the attitude
symbol: Draw a symbol which denotes the attitude
image: Draw an image which best describes the attitude

Do the above on plain piece of paper.

Wednesday, 9 November 2016

homework- Pandora's box and writing an essay

Read the following story today- Pandora's Box at home from the given website: Reading to be done only by students who go to Ms Alison's class on Tuesday

http://myths.e2bn.org/mythsandlegends/origins562-pandoras-box.html 

Write on the following topic in your English note book. You should write minimum one page and maximum two pages: (this has to be done by everyone)

What achievements make you proud of yourself and why?
(Achievements can be anything small or big example: it can be being able to successfully sit for reading everyday or winning an award in a national competition.)


Saturday, 5 November 2016

homework - Collect data and analyse information

Below are some questions you should consider for collecting data. You might have already collected data on some of them and therefore please check and collect data on the ones you need to: 

 1) lifestyle

Questions for analysis
- What work did men do and what type of work did women do?
-  What type of occupation was there in the society (give examples)?
- What is the strcucture of society? (example in Egypt there were Gods, Pharoah's, Scribes and Slaves)
- Who made laws in that civilisation (which section of people were responsible for making laws)?
(Compare the above with today's world- bring out specific examples to validate your point- example there are many different occupations in today's world. Name some of them and find connections between similar occupations. Also name some jobs which never existed until a few years ago.)

2)  religion-

Questions for analysis
- Which gods and goddesses were worshipped?
-  What did the people of the civilisation value in the Gods and goddesses?

3 )artefacts-

What do some of the artefacts tell about the ancient civilisation?


4) strucrures-

-  Structures were made for what purposes?

Friday, 4 November 2016

Week of 31st October - 4th November

This week in maths students learnt powers and roots and their application and role in order of operations. Students were also engaged in a preunit assessment of fractions and decimals. This was done in order to understand their prior knowledge on fractions and decimals.

In English students completed their research on Greek theater by identifying the parts of Greek theater. They also inquired into the famous playwrights of the time. They also read out scripts of various myths in order to understand the features of a script.

In unit of inquiry students made connections between the past civilisations and present day. They collected data and are in the process of analysing and validating data.

Wednesday, 2 November 2016

homework-2nd November 2016

Write on the given topic in your English note book. You should write minimum 1 page and maximum 2 pages. Remember about VCOP (vocabulary, connectives, sentence openers and paragraphs), while writing.

topic: What objects or artefacts describe you best and why?

homework- 2nd November 2016

Please go through the questions in the pictures and complete your task regarding Greek theatres:


Monday, 31 October 2016

Websites on different civilisations

Research on the various things we have learnt from different civilisations

http://www.ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/   

http://www.criscenzo.com/jaguarsun/mayanow.html  (Mayan civilisation -this day)

Sunday, 30 October 2016

Week of 24th-28th October 2016

Last week in unit of inquiry students discussed the research they did through a gallery walk. A brainstorming was done on various civilizations on the following aspects:
- lifestyle
- religion
- artefacts
- strucrures
- culture (food, clothes, occupation, governance, importance of death/burial)
- structure of society
This was done so that students have a good understanding of different civilizations.
Students did their formative assessments on the first line of inquiry- Different ancient civilasations and their development.
Students also went for a field trip to the State Archaeological Museum.

In mathematics, students were taught operations with exponents (positive and negative numbers).
Students also inquired into the cardinal directions and boundaries of any three civilisations of their choice.

In English students inquired into the features of a script through a myth. Students were given various myths like- King Midas and the Golden Touch and Helen of Troy. Students acted out the script and understood purpose of italics and brackets in a script.

Monday, 24 October 2016

Homework-24th October 2016-Civilisations

Please go through the blogs created by your classmates and write one thing that you found interesting regarding the content

allaboutancientegyptiancivilization.weebly.com - Ancient Egyptian Civilization blog     (SarahNathani)
allaboutancientgreekcivilization.weebly.com - Ancient Greek Civilization blog      (SarahNathani)

advaithanubis.weebly.com        (advaith)

Monday, 3 October 2016

Maths games on angles

http://www.mathplayground.com/measuringangles.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy-tools.html#angle

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?a=activity16   (angles)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/ma25time-game-hours-vs-minutes  (time)

http://mrnussbaum.com/clockmaker-ipad.html   (time)

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=matchingpairstimev3 (time)

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

myths

Week of 19th- 23rd September

Last week in English Students did an assignment on persuasive writing and features of non-fiction texts.
 In maths students revised 2D and 3D shapes and their properties.  They also practised BODMAS in groups.
In unit of inquiry, students brainstormed about the action they would take and the tools they would use for their action. They completed their summative assessment and began working on their action. They tuned into the new unit on civilization with the help of a movie 'night at the meuseum'. It was followed by a short brainstorming session on what kind of people they saw in the movie.

Below are some photographs of students engaged in various learning engagements:
Students are engaged in analysing the given pictures. They are trying to give their perspectives on the given questions:
What do you think it is?
What could have been its usage?
Does it remind you of anything?
What could have been the purpose of this building or thing?
What kind of things might have happened here?



Tuesday, 20 September 2016

week of 12th - 16th of September

Last week students of grade5A were primarily engaged in assessments.

In Maths they were assessed on the four operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Other topics which were assessed are: place value, expansion and contraction of numbers while adding and subtracting, splitting strategies and number bonds 

In unit of inquiry students completed their second and third formative assessments. 

In English students continued to revise features of non-fiction books by representing them through a graphic organizer 

Tuesday, 13 September 2016

Week of Sept5th- Sept9th

Last week in English students comprehended phrases and their usage. They highlighted phrases and did role plays on different phrases.
In writing they also did their English assessment.
In reading they understood the features of non fiction books: Title, subtitles, page numbers, diagrams, pictures, captions and sequence.

In Maths students practised splitting strategies and number bonds.
Students also inquired into the concept of BODMAS. They were given different equations and each group was asked to solve them. The equations were interchanged among groups.
Each equation had come up with a few variety of answers. Students had to reflect on the question-

Below are some photographs of the above:



What do we do to come to a common answer?

Students felt that rules are required to solve equations with a variety of operations.

They also tried to understand which operations are stronger and which are weaker?
They came to a conclusion that stronger operations are those which can change a number to a great extent in one attempt. Weaker operations are those which take longer time to change a number.
Below are some photographs of students inquiring into strong and weak numbers:



In unit of inquiry students inquired into the positive and negative effect of media and were engaged in their second formative assessment.



Wednesday, 7 September 2016

Phrases

Homework for today- 7/9/2016
Go through the video and the phrases
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/features/the-english-we-speak/ep-160830

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/phrases-and-sayings-list.html   (phrases and idioms)

https://blog.udemy.com/persuasive-words/    (sentences and words)

http://www.business2community.com/brandviews/buffer/big-list-power-words-189-phrases-influence-persuade-convert-0933163#jgQhwhAwFYkhTyR8.97    (words)

http://lessons.ovient.com/negotiating/174-persuasive-sentences   (sentences which are persuasive)

Monday, 5 September 2016

Connect-extend-challenge

Connect- You will make connections with similar incidents which have happened in your families/communities/society/or a previous happening which you came to know through media
Extend- You will understand why media is focusing on these things through the following questions:
- Will it benefit the media to focus on these kind of messages? Why and how?
- Will it help if the people come to know certain things from media? How?

Challenge- Any idea which has been projected by the media which you
want to challenge?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37278556?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central   (kabul blast)

http://sports.ndtv.com/tennis/news/262571-us-open-another-win-another-record-puts-serena-williams-in-last-eight  (Serena Williams)

http://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/protests-shutdown-in-karnataka-after-order-to-release-cauvery-water-1454912?pfrom=home-lateststories   (Karnataka-strike)

You may also refer to the previous videos/articles for connect-extend-challenge

Connect-extend-challenge

Connect- You will make connections with similar incidents which have happened in your families/communities/society/or a previous happening which you came to know through media
Extend- You will understand why media is focusing on these things through the following questions:
- Will it benefit the media to focus on these kind of messages? Why and how?
- Will it help if the people come to know certain things from media? How?

Challenge- Any idea which has been projected by the media which you
want to challenge?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37278556?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central   (kabul blast)

http://sports.ndtv.com/tennis/news/262571-us-open-another-win-another-record-puts-serena-williams-in-last-eight  (Serena Williams)

http://www.ndtv.com/karnataka-news/protests-shutdown-in-karnataka-after-order-to-release-cauvery-water-1454912?pfrom=home-lateststories   (Karnataka-strike)

You may also refer to the previous videos/articles for connect-extend-challenge

Last two week's engagements

In English students inquired into descriptive, forceful and expressive words in advertisements and news reports. Here are photographs:








In maths a lot of differentiated work  happened in class. Students practised division, multiplication (lattice method, long multiplication), application of division and multiplication in real life. Below are photographs:

A student creates word problems on division based on real life application


Students used ribbons and wools to understand divisibility

A lot of inquiry happened on impact of media. Students analysed videos, news reports, advertisements and bullying in social media.
In the photographs below students are engrossed in the inquiry process:













Wednesday, 31 August 2016

Go through the given videos and think about the following questions while you are viewing the videos.

1) What is the most important part of the article or the video?
2) Why do you think it's important ?
3) Did it effect you in any way? (Did you feel happy/ irritated/ worried/ sad/ excited)

4) Which video seems real/genuine/ believable?

5) Which video seems exaggerated or sensational?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcbiGsDMmCM (Melania Trump and Michelle Obama)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFYuFdkEqfw (Barack Obama endorsing Hillary Clinton)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ8NGXZVeb0 (patanjali ayurved advertisements)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7piGe1VRNw (Ramdev advertising products)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiGXTKWmNWM (ASCI slams patanjali's false claims)

http://www.ndtv.com/video/news/the-buck-stops-here/kashmir-ground-zero-3765-cartridges-1-3-million-pellets-lack-of-vision-427893 (Kashmir Ground Zero: 3765 Cartridges, 1.3 Million Pellets - Lack Of Vision?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deVTW6ELi0c     ( Ministers Going to Olympics to Click Selfies?)


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/world/americas/justin-trudeau-is-on-the-cover-of-a-marvel-comic-book.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0          (article on Justin Trudeau)

http://news.nationalpost.com/news/world/white-lives-matter-declared-a-hate-group-in-the-u-s-this-is-standard-white-supremacist-stuff             (white lives matter)

http://mediasmarts.ca/sites/mediasmarts/files/publication-report/full/young-canadians-electronic-bullying.pdf           (cyber bullying)

http://www.ndtv.com/video/news/news/a-ray-cured-tumour-says-woman-who-claimed-mother-teresa-s-first-miracle-429977         (miracle of mother Teresa)

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/iits-are-slaves-of-their-own-tradition-and-orthodox-manish-sisodia-1454221          (IIT's are slaves of their own tradition and orthodox)

http://mediasmarts.ca/sites/mediasmarts/files/tutorials/facing-online-hate/html5.html          (online hatred)

You may answer or reflect on the above questions in the given link of padlet

https://padlet.com/reema_mitra/9gvyad4bu6go

Watch the videos and come up with:
3-thoughts
2-questions
1-analogy (an opinion or perspective)
You should try to analyze the role media played in developing your idea or opinion and were the facts ethically presented?
What kind of impact the news or information has or might have had on you, people in general?