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Asset Result - Winter 2012
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GRADE 2 |
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At Riverside the curriculum is designed/developed keeping in mind the age, developmntal milestones and overall well-being of the child. The ‘BIG IDEA’ for Grade 2 is :
The students of Grade 2 develop awareness that what they learn in school is applied in life outside school. This helps them to see the relevance of what is done in the classroom. Through the year they will do this in many ways.
Language: Using language to interact/communicate with the world
Speaking / Listening:
o Language Development
o Participate in Discussion
o Listening, Questioning, Contributing to the discussion
o Oral Presentation of understanding
o Relate book experience to life
o Imaginative dialogue (dictate ideas and stories created by self)
o Describe familiar objects/place/people
o Identify the elements of dialogue in a story and use it in plays
Reading:
o Various Text
o Informational text
o Expository text
o Document and Procedural text
o Literary Text
o Understand the text
o Identify from written text the following:
o Different genres – fiction, non fiction, poetry, drama
o Similarities in works of different authors
o Cause of specific events in a story
o Major and minor characters in a story
o The important points from an informative text
o The elements of dialogue and use in informal plays
Writing:
o Editing
o Spellings
o Punctuations
o Complete/incomplete sentences
o Imaginative writing
o Picture writing
o Stories
o Poems (short)
o Expository writing
o Letter writing
o Short accounts of events
o Make predictions about the content using prior knowledge and text features (title, captions, illustrations)
o Short poems/stories
o Skills
o Language Conventions : Identify the rules of language when reading and apply them when writing –
o Capitals
o Full stop
o Question mark
o Exclamation mark
o Quotation mark
o Regular and irregular singular / plural
o Homophones
o Action words (verbs)
o Describing words (adjectives)
o Multi step written and spoken instructions
Hindi
o Identify the sounds of all the letters
o Write the letters (swar and vyanjan)
o Identify and apply the matraas appropriately
o Read simple text
o Write simple sentences on different topics
o Present ideas/thoughts/understanding verbally using the language structure
o Translate Hindi to English and English to Hindi – Orally and in written form
Logical mathematical: Developing number sense
Term 1:
1) Number Sense: Place Value: Verbal articulation of how the child understands the value of a number by the virtue of its position
- Sequencing- patterning or sequencing and articulating how the sequence follows
2) Number Operation: Understand the relationship between addition and subtraction. Application of borrowing and carry over’s. (0-999)
- Mathematical representation of the problems and solving it
- Decoding the word problems and solving it
- Creating word problems for a given operation (written)
- Algebra: relationship between operations
- Math writing- each child must be given the opportunity to understand and solve a problem and realize when and where will they have a similar situation in their real life.
3) Geometry: Recognition of the shapes
- Properties of shapes- straight lines and curved lines
- Identifying 2D shapes – square, triangle, circle, rectangle
- Identifying 3D shapes- cube, cuboids, cylinder, cone and sphere
4) Time: Use real clocks
- Hour
- Half past clock
- Minutes
- Word problems- simple problems for passage of time
5) Data Interpretation and representing:
Term 2:
1) Number sense – give opportunity to the students to build or extend the number system on their own and articulate why they think it must be so
2) Number Operations - addition, subtraction and introduction of multiplication as repeated addition
3) Estimation & Measurement:
- Using their own standards to measure, students must decide to describe the quantities using their own units or instance- the room is 4 benches long; bench is the unit.
- Quantify space: heavy and light for weight, long and short for lengths and more and less for capacities.
- Introduce the standard tools for measurement
- Establishing the need for uniformity for measurement
- Awareness of the Standard Indian units: weight- kgs/gms, length- meters/kms, Capacity- liters/mls
4) Data Interpretation and representing:
5) Money - Application of the operations
Building General Awareness: will be done through generating and nurturing curiosity (provocation) and the following units of inquiry:
- Stories
- Adaptation
- Problem Solving – in real life context
The understanding goals and details will be sent through the emails of regular postings/MLV. Students will continue with the Interest Centers, Sports, Thinking Routines, Art and Craft etc as part of their program.
13th April 2013
Dear parents,
Important Dates:
- 19th April, 2013- Student Led Conference (SLC) followed by Potluck. This will be a last working day for all students.
- 30th April, 2013- Parents can have a look at the report card online on the given link <http://riverside.three60.in>
- 13th June, 2013- School reopens.
- 13th June - 30th June - School timings will be from 8 am to 1 pm.
- 1st July, 2013 onwards- Regular routine as per first term (Mon-Tue: 8 am to 3 pm and Wed to Fri: 8 am to 1 pm).
Highlights of the Class
- Students have been working on their portfolios to showcase the work they have done throughout their journey from Pre-K to Grade 2. They have selected work samples to show their growth in language, Math, Program of Inquiry, Hindi and Things they Love.
- Grade 2 children had Buddy Interaction with Grade 5 for a tour around the Installations put up in different spaces. It was good to see children taking interest to tell stories not only from their own group but also from their peer group. Also they made visible their understanding of the Respiratory System through the culmination that was prepared by them.
Language Concepts: Using the language to interact/ communicate with the world
- Reading comprehension of passages in their language workbooks.
- Story time in class to enhance listening skills.
Logical Mathematics:
- Recap of mixed bag question through worksheets covering all concepts learnt.
- Rigour through math Oxford Book
Intra-Interpersonal Skills: Develops the healthy identity of self and appreciate others:
Self and Peer Evaluation:
- Students were evaluated on their social skills by self, peers and teachers. They had to evaluate their growth in reference to the criteria set and evaluate themselves as well as their peers. Children were very honest and gave feedback based on their understanding and performance throughout the year.
Any doubts or queries we request you to call before 7pm on weekdays.
Regards
Sabina and
Amrita
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