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Grade NewsletterGrade Newsletter

ACADEMICS

GRADE 4

Volume 1, Issue 3

January, 2017

Grade Newsletter

ENGLISHAn exhilarating winter break has let our students embrace a plethora of opportunities as well as explore diverse

learning. The lesson, “The Conceited Python” by Ruskin Bond helped the students reminisce the Animal Petting

Session that they had before the break. Students comprehended the chapter by indulging in discussions and

collecting trivia about snakes. It also inspired students to borrow and read Ruskin Bond books from the school

library. In Grammar, the students identified different kinds of adverbs in their worksheets as well as in textbook.

An excerpt ‘Mowgli joins the Wolfpack’ from ‘The Jungle Book’ by Rudyard Kipling kept the students engrossed.

They could recall and connect the lesson with the movie The Jungle Book. Sampann Mishra of Grade 4 D modelled

characters from the Jungle Book using clay and displayed them in all classes.

Creative Writing continues this month with a clear planning and presentation.

At the onset of this month, the students tried exploring and analyzing the adaptive traits of animals through the

lesson ‘Adaptation in Animals’. The chapter was inferred with the aid of explanations, discussions and audio visuals.

In order to throw more light on the topic, a research based project was done in the class which was duly assessed.

In order to evaluate the understanding level of the students, ‘Pre-test’, ‘Check your progress’ and ‘Post-test’ were

conducted after the completion of the lesson. As the students participated enthusiastically and actively in the

teaching learning process, all the concepts related to the chapter were clear to them.

MATHEMATICSIn today’s world, critical thinking, problem solving, reasoning ability and ability to communicate mathematically are

essential skills. These skills are developed through hands on activities in the classrooms.

In Mathematics, the students solved problems related to the chapter “Fractions and Decimals.” A research on

‘Decimals’ as a project work helped them get a clear picture of decimal number and also deduce its application in

real life.

In the forthcoming days, the students will be taught “Metric Measurement” and “Area and Perimeter.” We would

use Yardstick while teaching the lessons in order to enhance the measuring and computational skills.

SCIENCE

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ARABIC

Students read sentences while trying to understand the pictures given through a PowerPoint presentation. They

learned to use new vocabulary in meaningful sentences. They even tried to make sentences describing the city

they live in. In order to facilitate a better understanding of the question words, the students formulated questions

with the same.

Students enjoyed studying numbers from 1-30 and they even used subtraction, addition, multiplication and

division. They even read different stories in groups and each group tried to read and comprehend the stories given.

They were given the task to tell how he/she used all the days of the week fruitfully. To enhance the use of correct

spellings, dictation was conducted in the classroom.

We used the strategy of discussions in the classroom to enable students to solve the questions and answers

given in the text book. With the help of discussions and pictures, students differentiated between zal and zay.

Students learned to even arrange meaningful sentences using pictures.

SOCIAL STUDIESThe students exhibited great enthusiasm and vigor while learning about the special events of Prophet Muhammad

(PBUH) such as his life before Prophet hood, year of sadness, his special night journey, the Prophet’s emigration etc.

Students enjoyed creating the family tree of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), making a fact file on Prophet Muham-

mad’s (PBUH) life and a flipchart on Al Isra’a wal Miraj. They prepared a quiz on his life events and recreated Proph-

et’s emigration in the classroom through enactment. All these activities have enabled the students to enhance their

thinking and analytical skills.

In the upcoming days, the students are going to learn about the “Great Battle of Badr” and the “Two Important

Feasts”

FRENCH

• Faites des phrases avec les verbes en « er »• Analysez les phrases, revision of “er” verbes, unit 6• Introduced qu’est-ce que c’est un calligramme, to make a poem with calligramme,• Dessine une personne ou un objet..• To apply calligramme in Creative Writing Competition on Jan 17th • Traduisez en anglais /francais(translate in to french /english.revision , er verbes, avoir, etre.• Vocabulaire les pieces de la maison(the different rooms of the house.) • Activity was done based on the unit.• Dictation will be conducted based on the vocabu;aire • Exercises to be finished in the work book.

HINDI

The eagerness to equip with all the nuances of the subject enabled the children to summarize perfectly the

chapter, “Jeet Kiski” and also to paraphrase the poem “Rituraj”. Students had to even comprehend seen passage

and exercises from the lesson. In Grammar, students learned topics such as paryayvachi, vachan, vilom, viram chin

and they comprehended an unseen passage as well. A read aloud activity was also done in the class during the first

session. In the coming days, we plan to cover the chapter, “Balb Jala” along with ginti of 30 to 40 and kriya. As a

part of assessment, all the four skills of the students would be evaluated.

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ICTThe refreshing winter break exposed our students to new learning in the classroom.

In ICT, the students were taught to interpret and apply the tools to express the design of a computer program -

ALGORITHM and FLOWCHART in the classroom.

ARTStudents love to use their imagination to design creatively in their art classes. In the beginning days of January,

students were excited to create a collage with the help of papers. They generated their thoughts in the form of art

by decorating the artistic piece. Students thoroughly relished the joy ride of drawing and coloring as well.

New Year brought in the onset of the practice of Annual Day Celebration. In order to start fresh, different theme

based dance styles were introduced to the students for helping them prepare for the D day.

Soon after the completion of the Annual day performance, folk dance would be taught to the students.

MUSIC

The school resumed to witness an aura of positive vibe and energy in our children. It was evident in their eagerness

to learn new songs in the new term. The term began with the students recalling all the songs taught in the previous

terms. Their first song for this term is titled ‘Golden Peace’ followed by ‘Country Roads’ by John Denver.

GAMESCricket - Match: To understand the concept of match play.

The Game Play technique was adopted during the sessions. ‘Game Play’ gives an opportunity to the students to

practice individual skills in a game situation. Children were allowed to play limited over games so that everyone

gets to bat and bowl.

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ISLAMIC EDUCATION

Objective of Islamic Education:

Acquaint the students with the meaning and significance of Islam as the universal and practical religion, that

teaches to fulfill their duties towards Allah and his creation.

During the beginning of January, students learned the following lessons in Islamic Classes :

Quran portion

1. Suartul- Mutaffifeen

Chapter : Prophet yaqqob and his Beloved Son

Chapter : Prophet yousuf – A leader in Egypt

Chapter: Sunanul-Fitrah

• Students imbibed the life story of Prophet Yousuf and how Allah gave respect to him as he put all his trust on

Allah, even though he underwent a lot of hard ship. They also learned as to how jealousy is harmful for the community.

• The students were familiarized with Islamic personal hygiene and also as to the maintenance of their personal life.

• They got to know how important it is in Islam to wear an outfit that looks decent

Various activities like Hadees, story writing and notes were also done for the covered topics.

YOGA

Maintaining good health is the need of the hour and applying the same in the classroom has always been our forte.

Our children were trained to demonstrate 17 count Surya Namaskar with poise. They were even taught to perform

the postures of Sarvangasana, halasana with the support of the wall as well as with their peer.

These asanas help our children to stay healthy by reducing weight and by enabling them to maintain their

KARATEIn this present scenario, self - defense is of utmost importance and as a result Karate comes to prominence.

In Karate classes, students learned to do ‘kata’ rhythm wise with the help of blocks and punches thus, producing

extreme flexibility in their psycho-motor skills.

They also performed ‘kata’ group wise in their regular class.