We began the week by reviewing cereal boxes. We discussed and shared
What was the target audience for a particular box of cereal? Why did we think so?
What marketing techniques are used to sell this cereal to that target group?
What images or special offers are included on the box of cereal that might be appealing to consumers?
Cre - ad - tivity!
We then put our own creativity to test. We worked on creating an ad for a cereal box. Our task was to identify the target audience, the special ingredients and the marketing techniques that we would use to sell our cereal boxes.
Stay tuned to see how we convinced the audience that our cereal was the best!!!
In Language, we have been busy honing our persuasive writing skills. We wrote a letter to our school principal trying to persuade him to build a swimming pool and start gymnastics as an extra curricular activity for students for next year.
Persuading to have gymnastics in school
Trying to get a swimming pool built in school
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In Math, we have been learning how to compare fractions.
Last but not the least, we would like to thank all the parents for coming for the PTSMs. We had a lovely time sharing and discussing our learning. Thank you for helping us think of how we could work on our challenges and overcome them. We truly appreciate your support!!!
This week we have been busy trying to understand and identify the different techniques that are used by advertisers to persuade the consumer to buy their products. We began with understanding what are advertisements and consumers.
We began with understanding what are facts and opinions.
We used that understanding to look at different ads to identify the facts v/s opinions in them.
Using the bus stop strategy we looked at 4 different ads and tried to identify the target and purpose of the ads. Looking at them more critically we also tried to identify how the ad was trying to convince us of their opinions.
We then moved on to see how these facts or opinions were presented in ads to convince the consumer to buy the product. Watching different ads helped us understand the different techniques used by advertisers.
Looking at different print ads to spot the techniques used in the ads.
Searching for ads that showed the techniques we had learnt.
Sharing with our friends the ads that we found.
Stay tuned to find out how we will apply these strategies!!!!!
As advertising is all about persuasion, we are learning about persuasive text in Language. We looked at different persuasive texts and identified the key features of persuasive writing. We brainstormed the different things we want and are trying to persuade and get our point of view accepted. We are using the OREO technique for the same.
We came back all energized and roaring to restart post the Christmas break. We began by reflecting and sharing about our Christmas break and all the exciting things we did.
With the new year we began our new UOI under the theme - How we express ourselves.
We began by brainstorming the different ways we express ourselves.
We looked through magazines/newspapers and cut out different advertisements that caught our attention. We shared about why we picked that advertisement.
Matching the print to their slogans....
Unfolding the main idea and expressing them in our own words.
Sharing which ads we come across and what are their intentions according to us.
We tried to understand what words like need, want, desire and persuasion meant to us.
In Math, we are beginning to understand what fractions are..
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We had one of the most exciting events of the term. The second sports day at EIS. Thank you to all the parents for coming and cheering us so loudly.
A sneak peek into a few moments of our sports day -
The last two weeks have been very busy. We visited the BIS school library to see how they had organised their library as per the needs and requirements of their school. We learnt an interesting thing about the functioning of this school. This school is run and organised by the parents of the school!!!!
We compared the EIS and the BIS school library using a Venn diagram.
As part of our summative assignment for the on going unit we had to plan and organize a small celebration for the children of the Vatsalya foundation orphanage. We had to work as a team and share different responsibilities to plan , organize and arrange for all that would be needed to make it a success.
A small peak into our preparations -
Presenting their plan to Mick sir and Ms. Pramila for permission
As rightly said by Ernest Dimnet,' Children have to be educated but they have also to be left to educate themselves.'
The experience of going to Vatsalya Foundation and celebrating Christmas with the children there has made the students of Grades 2 and 3 reflect and be thankful for all that they have been blessed with. We were very proud to see our students mingle and play with the children there without any inhibitions. The enthusiasm and dedication with which they planned and organised the celebration is surely worth a pat on the back! What a way to end the unit !!!!
Our Dance assembly. Thank you to Ms. Abigail for teaching us this lovely dance. This is one of the dances we performed for the children of the Vatsalya foundation.
We took some time to reflect on the learner profiles we developed during this unit.
In Language, we have been looking at alliteration in poems. We tried to write a few alliterations of our own too...
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In Math, we had been working hard on completing out 3 D project. Seeing the 2 D shapes turn into 3 D shapes was quite intriguing.
A peek into the construction of our 3D dream town -
Along with all our other PYP friends we made a Christmas tree. It was a fabulous team effort !!!
As part of the Christmas celebrations we did face painting, made a pop up Christmas tree card, a spiral Christmas tree, and a hand print reindeer. It was a fun afternoon.
This week we began by reviewing letter writing and using our knowledge of the same to write emails to the different people in the school to ask for interview appointments.
We compared an email and letter using a T chart.
We thought about what are the questions we would like to ask that will help us understand and connect to the central idea of our UOI. Now, we were ready to interview and find out the different responsibilities of the different people in the Edubridge team. A big Thank you to everyone for giving us your valuable time.
We tried to think and understand how the different people and the jobs they do are interconnected to each other. We tried to understand the same by brainstorming the entire process that took place for planning our first field trip of this year.
This exercise helped us understand how everyone worked together to help achieve the common goal of the Grade 3 field trip.
We spent some more time in the school library to understand a few more things bout organisation of the library. Ms. Nirmala and Ms. Julie showed us how the labels for the spine of the book are printed using the Dewey decimal system. The books were now finally ready to go up on the book shelves in the library.
In Language we looked at different acrostic poems and made a few of our own too!!
We started with a simple one -
We also composed one on together as that is what our UOI is all about.
Teamwork is a success when
One stands behind the other
Gives and share ideas
Encourage each other
Try and solve problems
Hand in hand and
Everyone fulfills their
Responsibility on time
We took it further by challenging ourselves and wrote acrostic poems on the different people we interviewed. We looked at our notes that we collectedthrough the interview and made acrosticpoems to show what are the different responsibilities of the staff.
In Math we have been learning about 3D shapes. We began by using all the waste material that we had to make something. Voila!!! We created a space robot. Once we were done with that, we identified the shapes we had used for the same.
We learnt what is a vertex, face and edge
We explored the shapes to find out how many faces, edges and corners they have.
This week, we also started working on a project with our friends from Grade 1 & 5. Stay tuned to see the complete project.
This week we began by understanding what is the common mission that Edubridge International and its team is trying to achieve. We looked at the school mission statement to understand what the school goal is.
We had Ms. Pramila come in as a guest speaker and explain to us what the IB mission statement is and how our school mission is also aligned with the IB mission statement.
We then looked at the two statements together and tried to highlight the similarities in the two.
While we were looking at the mission statement our inquirers began wondering as to why we have a 'diya' in our school logo. The sparked curiosity got us to invite Mick sir to class to inquire why we had the 'diya' in our school logo.
Mr. Mick explained that the school wanted to find a symbol that would represent India and education. So they froze on the symbol of the 'diya' as it spreads light and enlightens its surrounding out of darkness. Similarly, the school envisions to take its students away from ignorance and towards the fountain of knowledge. The wanted a symbol that associates itself with giving light which is knowledge. At Edubridge, we want to enlighten i.e. open the light in the minds of the students.
We then brainstormed of what are the different things that need to be done in order to organize a school.
Taking it forward from there we went on to meet Ms. Nirmala our school librarian to learn how she organised our school library that has made it so easy for all of us to find books we need so easily. We also wanted to know how the library contributes to help attaining the school mission. Thank you for all the time and information you gave us Ms. Nirmala. Thank you to Prashant Sir too to help us go through the process a book is put through before putting it on the shelves of the library.
In Language, we continued to look at rhyming poems. We read a number of rhyming poems and identified the rhyming words in them.
Once we were confident we understood rhyme in poems, we began writing a rhyming poem as a class. We went through the steps that a good writer goes through . We brainstormed words for the chosen topic. Then we planned our writing. Once we were done we finally got to writing our poem.
Here is a peek at the process and the poem that we wrote -
We attempted to write poems on 2D shapes after reading a few. This is what we wrote -
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I am Penny Pentagon Subtract 5 sides
And I’m gone
I’m your house,
in which no one can hide.
I am Howard the Hexagon,
Make me up with sides six
Join 2 triangles and a rectangle
and me you will fix.
Harry Heptagon is my name
I have seven sides to tame
Don't get confused
because hexagon and I look the same!!
When you see an octagon
You stop and then go on
the shape of a stop sign is the same
I’m the 8 sided,Olive the Octagon
After working as a class we got to writing a rhyming poem independently.
It was challenging but we came through with rhyming colors!!!!
In Math, we began with reviewing the properties and names of 2D shapes. We made a poster for the same.
We moved on to look at symmetry in 2D shapes. We began by understanding what a line of symmetry is. We understood that symmetry is when both sides are exactly the same when split in half. The two sides are the mirror images of each other.
To explore the same we used mirrors to understand symmetry and line of symmetry better.
As our understanding got stronger we went on to explore how many lines of symmetry can a shape have. We folded and unfolded shapes to see how many lines of symmetry we could find.
Here is a glimpse into how we found out how many lines of symmetry does a square have -
We then built symmetrical figures using tangrams. We kept in mind that whatever we put on one side of the line, we had to put in the other side to so that the figure was symmetrical.
B.U.I.L.D. time
This week our little friends from Skg put up an assembly on friends and family. They taught us how our harsh words can hurt a heart and no matter what a crushed heart cannot be restored to its original condition. You have truly inspired us to use our kind words. Thank you Skg , Ms.Tapaswini and Ms. Saloni for the lovely message.
