PATHWAYS SCHOOL GURGAON

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In This Issue

Glimpses of the week

Time to recap

Learning Engage-

ments

Inter School Sports

Tournament

Founders Day Prac-

tice

Special assembly

Dear Parents,

Greetings!

Being Balanced ……..

Students showcased the learner profile Balanced by

keeping up with the enthusiasm and commitment in all

spheres at school . ………..participating in sports events ,

going for Founders practice and then back to the class-

room with full dedication towards learning .

Warm regards,

Antara McNamara

Jigyasa Chandna

Grade 5 Weekly Newsletter Week of 3rd October’ 2016

Enhancing their communication and social skills

Presenting the information

on different government sys-

tems

Monarchy

Dictatorship

Communism

Exhibiting thinking skills by sharing

their perspective on US elections

Reflecting on their un-

derstanding

Watching a movie on Adolf Hitler to understand the impact of govern-

ment systems on the lives of citizens

How the World Works

An inquiry into the interconnected of human-made systems and communities: the structure and function of organization: societal decision-making, economic activities and their impact on humankind & the environment.

Central idea:

Government systems influence the lives of citizens in different ways

An inquiry into:

Organizational structure of different government systems

(Function)

Impact of government on the lives of citizens( causation )

Rights and responsibilities of citizenship ( reflection )

Learning engagements:

Pupils

Formative assess-ment on the first line of inquiry – organiza-tional structure of different Govern-ment systems

Collated the infor-mation on different government systems through their own choice of graphic or-ganisers

Presented their find-ings on different gov-ernment systems us-ing various mediums – role plays, presen-tations, charts

Watched a movie on Adolf Hitler to tune into the second line of inquiry followed by a reflection through critical thinking questions

Read and reflected on few articles based on the impact of de-cisions by the gov-ernment on the lives of citizens

Reflecting on the movie by creating a comic strip

Developing their logical skills by learning different Math concepts

Understanding LCM and HCF

Inquiry into recounts

The paragraph is in past

tense and it seems as if it is

narrating an incident .

Interacting with Grade 6 students to know more about PYP Exhibition

Connecting the

US elections

with IB learner

profiles

Special assembly on Interna-

tional Women’s Day

Receiving certificates for participating in Vasant Valley Drama festival

Happy Birthday

Divyanshu

Winners of the Inter School Sports Tournament

ICT :

Students continued

to extend their under-

standing on the con-

nection between

hardware, software,

operating systems

and the CPU via re-

search and various

audio visuals. They

further started creat-

ing a presentation

based on their under-

standing of these

components.

Students extended

their learning by

creating a rap on

divisibility rules :

Video 1: https://youtu.be/PS0K9pR6O3g

Video 2: https://youtu.be/t6mPNgbDtAY

Inter School Soccer match

Pupils:

Were introduced to the terms Phrase and Clause Built upon their understanding by citing examples from the class

‘Reader Understood the difference between Independent and Dependent

clause Understood and exhibited the understanding of the structure of

different types of sentences Read aloud the Reader to understand and practice awareness of

the function of punctuation and read dialogue with expression in chorus

Introduction to Informational paragraph writing- Recounts were tuned into prime numbers, twin primes and co primes using

Sieve of Eratosthenes method. did formative assessment on divisibility using the 4 corner activity ( did formative assessment on factors and multiples with the help of

a game followed by a relay race link - http://www.math-play.com/Factors-Millionaire/factors-

millionaire-game.html were tuned into prime factorization using factor tree method. solved real-life questions on LCM and HCF.

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Inter school sports tournament

Pupils:

Core level

Recapitulated Antonyms (विलोम) through a story ‘पत्थर तोड़न ेिाला’ fol-lowed by written practice

Discussed Antonyms words (विलोम शब्द) and their meanings Spelling Challenge was conduced

Discussed about ‘दशहरा’ Why do we celebrate it? How do we celebrate it? Intermediate Level

Recapitulated Singular /Plural (एकवचन-बहुवचन)) followed by the reading and written practice

Picture Composition (चचत्र वर्णन) Spelling challenge was conducted

Discussed about ‘दशहरा’ Why do we celebrate it?/ How do we celebrate it?

Ab initio Level

Recapitulated ‘इ’ and ‘ई’ मात्रा Introduced Names of colours (रंगों के नाम) followed by written

practice Spelling challenge was conducted

Time to recap and go further

Unit of Inquiry

Government influences the lives of citizens in different areas like:

Art and entertainment Family Business and economics Religion Education Media and communication Choose any government system prevailing in a country to find out its impact on the lives of citizens on any of the

two areas mentioned above . You can present your understanding using any medium of your choice. Mention

the sources and strategies that you used to find out the information .

Language

Write a recount of the last family trip you undertook, on an A4 sheet. Remember to make use of the check-

list as a guide.

Numeracy

Practice sheet on factors and multiples

HINDI :

Core level : Write a paragraph on ‘Dushera’ in 8 sentences on A4 size sheet ( A4 आकार के कागज़ पर ८ वाक्यों का ‘दशहरा’ ववषय पर एक अनुच्छेद लिखिए।)

Intermediate level :Complete given exercise of Singular /Plural in Bhasha Sanjeevani page number 30, 31

(एकवचन और बहुवचन का अभ्यास कायय भाषा संजीवनी, पषृ्ठ संख्या – ३०, ३१)

Ab Initio level : Complete the worksheet given in the notebook

Spelling challenge will be held on Friday, 14th October, 2016using the strategy unscramble words

determined diffusion discreet independence inference ductile elastici-ty exclamatory healthy hydrochloric hydrogen hypothesis experience

S.No.

Does it open with a rough idea of what it is about?

Is it in chronological order? (In the order in which things hap-

pened).

Are there suitable time connectives such as next, after, finally

etc.?

Does it come to a satisfactory ending?

Is it in the past tense?

Did I make efforts to use Past Perfect suitably, too?

Is it written mostly using ‘I’ or ‘we’?

Have adjectives and adverbs been used effectively?

Have I checked for COPS

Antara McNamara

Form Tutor

Grade 5 Q

Jigyasa Chandna

Co- Tutor

Grade 5 Q