Sharing timeline

The students shared their timeline showing the major milestones and the changes they have gone through since birth till now. Example: Any trips, when they learnt cycling, when their first tooth fell, when they  had their first hair cut, first day at school, first friend, etc. They recorded the year and the event that occurred in that year. 

 

Novel Study- A group discussion

The students discussed that part of the 5th chapter where some of Earth’s “fighters against the Dark Thing,” or evil, are named. (Jesus, Leonardo, Gandhi, Buddha, Copernicus, Bach, etc.)They reflected why these people have been fighters of evil, and talked about how some of their contributions have changed the world.



The students were asked to name others who might be called fighters of evil and they shared how these people have contributed to the good of the world. 


The discussion was taken further and the students were asked to name some people in history who they think have been on the side of evil. The students came up with names like Hitler, ISIS, Taliban, etc. 


Then we discussed less prominent ways in which people might contribute to good. (by being kind to others or volunteering for a worthy cause, etc.) 


It was a very interesting session and the students enjoyed the fact that we had the class on the lawns instead of the classroom. 

Childhood Photo Gallery Walk

Taking their understanding of the various changes that occur as part of growing, the students were asked to bring a photograph of theirs as a toddler. These were displayed in the display board and each photograph was given a number. The students were asked to write the numbers as a list in their notebooks and then walk around the photo gallery. They had to identify who the photographs belonged to and write the names in their notebooks in the corresponding number.


This was followed by a classroom discussion on why they felt a particular photograph belonged to a particular student. They came up with a variety of reasons including, "The hair is same", "The eyes are same", "The face looks same except now he is thinner", etc.


Through this activity the students understood that there are a number of physical changes that occur since the time we are born and these changes determine how we look now.

Rally Race

The students worked in groups wherein they were given a deck of fraction cards and a deck of whole numbers. They picked one card from each deck and performed the multiplication. This was a time bound task. As soon as they were done with the given deck of cards, the team representative collected another set. The pair which was able to perform the most number of multiplications within the allotted time won. The same strategy was used to multiply two fractions wherein. The students thoroughly enjoyed this fast paced activity.

Comparing Fractions

The students were given a whole and they were asked to fold the whole to represent the given fraction. They then compared their fraction with their peers and shared their observations. They observed that the fractions with the same numerators emphasizes that a larger denominator means smaller parts. They also noticed that the fractions with the same denominator tells how many parts the whole is divided into indicating larger the numerator larger the fraction.