grade-5A (2018-2019)

Websites for reading https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/remote-island-rapa-nui-combines-traditional-knowledge-science-tackle    (Rapa-Nui island) What has happened to the island? What are the people of the island doing about it? How have they combined science and tradition to tackle the problem? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… https://unfoundation.org/blog/post/7-global-issues-watch-2018/   (7 global issues of 2018) Go through two –three blog posts of the above websites. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2018-12-12/secretary-generals-remarks-the-closing-of-the-high-level-segment-of-the-talanoa-dialogue-cop-24-delivered    (Antonio Guttress) ………………………………………………………………………………………........... https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/calling-time-fossil-fuel-subsidies (fossil fuels) What are fossil fuels? How will measuring of fossil fuels help? …………………………………………………

http://www.ndtv.com/business/vistara-adds-more-flights-to-kochi-kolkata-for-festive-season-details-here-1746190   http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/destiny-2-release-date-start-time-price-editions-xbox-one-ps4-1746175

Over the past two weeks, students have been doing the following amidst musical practice: In unit of inquiry students have come up with the lines of inquiry and concepts for the unit. They were being tuned into the unit through: artwork, advertisements and short films. They were asked to express their - thoughts, feelings and emotions after watching them. Maths: Students continued to explore different operations with fractional quantities through myimaths, manupulatives and of course computation. In English, students were working in their groups with their respective novels. They were attempting questions from the bingo (stuck in their note books) or were attempting specific questions given to them. Example like the one below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=804-ew3Zn7A  (introvert) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrIpXkuusus&spfreload=10  (delivery boy) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJWZchIXpow   (mickey and donald) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV6NqX65__U   (maggie add) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=779KwjAYTeQ     (samsung add) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9vFWA1rnWc Watch any four of the above videos and think about the following questions: - How did make you feel? - Did it influence/impact you in any way? - Did it persuade you in any way?