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1. Amity Global
School
Grade 1
2019-2020
Family Letter 8
3rd March

2. Transdisciplinary theme — How we organize
ourselves.
Central idea — Physical and virtual public
spaces provide people with opportunities to
make connections and establish a sense of
community.
Lines of inquiry —
Purpose of public spaces
Characteristic of different public spaces
How people use public spaces
Key concepts : Function, Connection,
Responsibility
Related concepts : Community, Environ-
ment, Participation, Access
IB Learner Profile : Principled, Risk-taker
Approaches to learning — Self-management
Skills, Social Skills

3. Visit—Physical public spaces
Children wrote letters and visited a public space post office to post letters and
witness its functioning.
A visit to the market place a physical public space gave them an opportunity to
experience the functioning of a bank and also the various shops and stores
around in the market in reality .

4. Mr. and Mrs. Sapra, Nuqksh’s parents visited to conduct an interactive
session on community helpers. They shared the roles and responsibilities of
community helpers and the children guessed the befitting community helper
as per the descriptors.
Expert Visit

5. Maira’s mother, Mrs. Manju Singhal, an advocate, visited children and shared
the function, connection and responsibility of lawyers, a community helper, in
the community/society.
Expert Visit

6. Virtual Public Spaces
Children virtually interviewed
Captain Aditya (Vihaan’s uncle) an
army personnel by profession,
posted out of country. Children
asked about his role and also got
to tour his office and the scenic
place where he is posted.
A virtual walk through into a 5* hotel
and its functioning helped the
children connect between physical
hotel and a virtual hotel.
Hospital in a 3dimensional view was ex-
perienced by children. They saw the dif-
ferent places and rooms that a hospital
has and how they function.

7. Virtual Public Space
The various online options available were explored by children and then
stationery of their choice was ordered from an online store. Children got to
connect how virtual world assist us make our life easy and they also
understood that things can be ordered and delivered not only at home but at
school if need be.
Happy faces when the stationery
got delivered physically!

8. Formative Assessment
Children chose a community helper of their own choice and interviewed them
about their roles and responsibilities in the community and their
interconnectedness. They then shared their finding with their classmates.
They were assessed on the criteria matrix of understanding of function of
community helpers, application of research (interview) skills and presentation
(clarity, confidence).

9. Children were divided in groups and each group was given a situation in a specific
public place and they role played how they would react or behave in that public
place in the given situation.
They were assessed on the criteria matrix of presence of mind in that situation
appropriateness of the action taken, organisational skills and teamwork.
Formative Assessment

10. In groups children created ideal communities of their own using artifacts, waste
materials and tools used by the community helpers. They labeled the
physical as well as virtual public spaces in the community created by them. They
then presented the ideal communities respectively to their peers and shared their
understanding of an ideal community and its contribution.
They were assessed on the criteria matrix of understanding, creativity
(Illustration), presentation and teamwork.
Summative Assessment
Happy
Community
Children in groups creating an ideal
community of theirs.

11. Inquiry in Language — English
Prepositions of locations ‘in’, ‘on’, ‘under’ ‘by’ and ‘in between’ were introduced
to the children. They are in process of learning how prepositions precede nouns
telling their location.
Prepositions — ‘in’ , ‘on’, ‘under’ and ‘by’

12. Inquiry in Language — Hindi
Listening to a poem on swar and understanding while reciting it along with.

13. Inquiry in Math — Angles
Provocation—Tuning In
Angle is an amount of turn
between two lines that
meet each other at appoint
Finding Out
Children went on a tour of the
school premises to look for
right, angle, acute angle and
obtuse angle.
Sorting Out
Children listed 3-5 nouns in
and around them under
right angle, acute angle
and obtuse angle

14. Inquiry in Art
Kandinsky’s art work—Children going further in their inquiry made head-
gears using circles the main element of Kandinsky art work.
Physical Exercise
Children learning the skill of German Drill and a, b, c, exercise.

15. Birthday of the month!
Happy Birthday Rishabh and Kabir!