Kindergarten

newsletter

Week of 25th November 2013

How we express ourselves

Central

idea

Celebrations and traditions are

expressions of shared beliefs and

values

Why people celebrate

Features of traditions and cel-

ebrations

Symbolic representations of

celebrations and traditions

What meaning people assign to

celebrations and traditions

An inquiry

into

Key con-

cepts—

form, con-

nection,

perspective

Related concepts–

Beliefs, values, belonging , culture

In the inquiry class the students:

Were grouped in two’s and they dis-

cussed about each other’s traditions.

They illustrated the tradition of their

partner

Created a pictograph by choosing the

symbols of their favourite celebration

Gained knowledge about the story of

the festival of colours- ’Holi’ and illus-

trated the same

Inquiry in language

Revision of vowel sounds through a

quiz

Writing of words from word box 1a,

2 and 3 from Jolly phonics in the

notebook and underlining the vowels

Introduction of ‘Tricky

words’ (words that do not follow

regular phonetic sounds) e.g -he,

she, we, me ,the etc

Inquiry in Hindi

Introduction of letter Ga through a

rhyme ‘ ,

Writing practice of along with the

pictures

Introduction to oral counting(1 to 15)

in Hindi using spindles and beads

Related rhyme –

Power point presentation on fruits and

vegetables , sorting of fruits and veg-

etables through flash cards

Inquiry in Numeracy

Introduction to 1-40 based on the

concept of tens and ones

Introduction and reinforcement of

skip counting with 2’s and 5’s through

learning engagements like skipping

games and stories

Students watched the following vide-

os

Interactive videos for skip counting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=k6SXWX4ZlOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=Szy2UE4VPJo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=GTYxfltyPgg

Music

Students practiced singing of simple

ascending and descending scales in

two and three note pattern

Rehearsals of previous songs were

conducted

Students were introduced to a

Christmas song

Dance

Basic stretches were taught to stu-

dents focusing on floor workout

Students were taught about combina-

tion workouts were hands and legs

move together

Students were taught staccato move-

ments in their dance routine

Glimpses

Glimpses

Glimpses of the art competition

held on 28th of November

Home Work

Literacy: Task sheet on word building

Numeracy: Task sheet on skip count-

ing by 2’s

Spelling Challenge: Next spelling

challenge would be on Thursday 5th

December 2013 . Following is the list

of words:

pet,met,get,jet,bet,let,met,net,set,

wet

With Warm Regards

Dimple Kumar