I love math, and I always will. It is one of the strongest topics out of other ones. Math is useful even when you grow up. For example, you have to check how much change you get when you buy things. Math is learning but in different ways, it’s fun! Example, you can experiment probability by throwing a coin 50 times and see how many times you get head and how many times you get a tail. It should be around 25 times each.
I like the math classes we get in Indus. We learn more and more. And it is fun. We even take tests that come from a 6th to 9th graders book and it is easy.
Strength-
I am pretty good at most of the subjects like decimals, ratio, addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, percentage, area and perimeter, and so on.
Weakness-
I still need to improve in a little bit of fractions, and I have to try and avoid making silly mistakes in tests, because that’s what I do a lot which lowers my marks. So I will check the test paper at least once in the next math test I do.
Ana
Friday, June 6, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Reflection - how we started
We were all struggling at the begining and now look where we are! We are going to go back to the past to remember what all we did, and how our lovely teachers guided and helped us.
As I can remember, we first were teaching each other and learning from the board, the PYP profiles, the attitudes, the concepts, the skills, etc. and all those important things that we should know by now. Then I guess we decided the performences we'll do: dance, drama play, etc. After that, we shared good sites we found during laptop time. And then we were deciding the Theme, Unit Title, Central Idea, and inquiry points. We really struggled a lot to make the central idea as we had to come up with a good one. And we came up with a lovely central idea. Next we wrote individualy "How best might we learn" and the timeline/plan. Then was what I want to learn. We were then making our questions following the concepts. We kept on including things in our folder (the answers of our individual questions) until Earth Day came and we brought news about it and helped the Earth. After more days passed, that's when we realized that our inquiry points weren't inqeuiry points - they were - student qeustions! So we quickly changed our student questions which we thought they were inquiry points to real lovely inquiry points. Then we concentrated in our performences. After that, we found topics that we are actually going to talk in front of the parents, because, 28 children can't talk about the same thing over and over again. And we now are researching and researching into the deapth of our topic. We are also making charts and models. But that's not all, we were always taking action for the Earth. So now we are found here, at this time which is completely different from when we just started.
One more thing, I'd like to thank all the teachers who helped and guided us so nicely:
As I can remember, we first were teaching each other and learning from the board, the PYP profiles, the attitudes, the concepts, the skills, etc. and all those important things that we should know by now. Then I guess we decided the performences we'll do: dance, drama play, etc. After that, we shared good sites we found during laptop time. And then we were deciding the Theme, Unit Title, Central Idea, and inquiry points. We really struggled a lot to make the central idea as we had to come up with a good one. And we came up with a lovely central idea. Next we wrote individualy "How best might we learn" and the timeline/plan. Then was what I want to learn. We were then making our questions following the concepts. We kept on including things in our folder (the answers of our individual questions) until Earth Day came and we brought news about it and helped the Earth. After more days passed, that's when we realized that our inquiry points weren't inqeuiry points - they were - student qeustions! So we quickly changed our student questions which we thought they were inquiry points to real lovely inquiry points. Then we concentrated in our performences. After that, we found topics that we are actually going to talk in front of the parents, because, 28 children can't talk about the same thing over and over again. And we now are researching and researching into the deapth of our topic. We are also making charts and models. But that's not all, we were always taking action for the Earth. So now we are found here, at this time which is completely different from when we just started.
One more thing, I'd like to thank all the teachers who helped and guided us so nicely:
- Miss Poonam - for helping us so much by giving us ideas websites. She helped each one of us in the class. I really thank her.
- Mr. Joseph - for guiding us towards beautiful songs.
- Mr. Terrence - for helping us in our drama play.
- Miss Sabha & Shubba - for guiding the dancing students to a perfect end.
- Miss Prita - for helping us make good charts and posters.
- Miss Lakshmi - for guiding the students like Miss Poonam did.
Ana
only a few more days left!!!!!
The PYP exhibiton is so close by!!! We have all been working really, really really hard. These days we are only working on the PYP exhibiton. In other classes like art and english, we do stuff related to our topic too. Everyone has finally gotten serious about this. We have done alot so far.We have made posters and models. We are almost ready with plays and dances. and have done so much more!!!
by RheaAlmost There
Today we worked very hard on our musical and it is looking very good.With the help of Mr. Joseph and Mr.Terence all of the songs and lines have been learnt and the acting is really good. My powerpoint has been finished and I am working on my chart. It's only a few more days till the exhibition and everyone is working really hard.I am almost done with everything and we are almost there. I am very excited about the exhibition and I think it is going to be a great show.
Zoish Pithawala
Indus International School
Happenings today, in grade 5a
Today, we have finished the play/musical and we have practised on it. Others have practised on the global warming dance. We have finished the letters to the headline saying
"THE PYP EXHIBITION IN GRADE 5".
i think this is going to be a great exhibition!!!!!!
BY Sara Berglund
5a
"THE PYP EXHIBITION IN GRADE 5".
i think this is going to be a great exhibition!!!!!!
BY Sara Berglund
5a
Sunday, May 18, 2008
The countdown begins
Here starts the countdown. we just have 11 days left for the PYP Exhibition. I am excited like anything. on the 20.05.2008, Monday we have to show miss all our costumes for the dances, the charts, the speech, the plan etc. I just cant wait for the big day. I have done most of my stuff and the rest will be surely done by the next weekend which is the 23,24 and 25 of may. We dont get any homework these days except the work of the PYP exhibition. In english we are doing something which is related to the PYP exhibition. Mioss Mohua gave us 2 options we had to choose one of them and do it.I have decided to do the 2 option but even do 1 extra poem. I am done with the poems but I still have to finish the short story. For the cultural show I am doing a skit, a dance ans a pup pet show. We are half way through with the dance and the skit but we have just started the puppet show.It is okay as we can finish it this week.I am excited and cant wait for the"Big Day".
Megha Goel
V-A
Indus International School
Megha Goel
V-A
Indus International School
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Pyp exhibition
On 6th May we talked a lot about the PYP exhibition.
- Ms. Poonam talked to us about our folders
- We worked on our Global Warming Musical
- Some people made badges and bookmarks
- Rhea,Ana, Ricky,and Sara are going to make a compost pit
- Nehal,Ruchi and me are making a survey for Cisco since our parents work there to find out what cisco is doing to be eco-friendly
- Some people even made cards
Zoish Pithawala
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
what we have done for the pyp exhibition so far...
today, ms.poonam told us that the PYP exhibition is very big thing.
so far i have...
so far i have...
- answered all the student questions we made in class
- started a ppt on the ozone layer
- made an action plan
- helped finish the skript of 'the great global warming musical'
- made questions for the ozone layer
- almost finished the contents of my PYP exhibition folder
MY ACTION PLAN: Ana, Sara , Ricky and i are going to organise a compost pit to put our schools waste in and turn it into manure. then we will sell the manure. Ana and I are going to make a website.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Reflection on our field trip to Lal Bogh
Grade 5 went to a field trip to Lal Bogh on Thursday 24th April 2008. We saw lots and lots of trees. Miss Roopa guided all of us. We did lots of fun activities except that lots of people were allergic to something there, which was why they didn’t enjoy as much as others did.
Miss Roopa showed and told us about seven different trees: Peeple, Ficus Mysorensis, White Silk Cotton, Sita Ashoka, Sausage Tree, Chicken Pox Tree and Krishna’s Buttercup. In the notebook that Miss Roopa had given us, we wrote down the things we learnt and noticed about each tree, as well as how we will remember it and what we would name it. We even bark rubbed the Chicken Pox Tree so we could see the chicken pox-like buttons clearly on the paper.
Then we played a game where we were in groups of 5 or 6 and searched for names of countries that some trees came from. The team which gets the most wins. The team who won got 17 countries.
We also smelled Leaves that smelled like lemon and mint on our way. After a while we sat down and in total silence, we wrote what we heard: Cicada (insect that makes noise by rubbing its legs together), music, people talking & laughing, horns of cars, birds singing, airplanes, wind and people’s footsteps.
Next, we saw a banyan tree that strangled another tree by going around it. Then everybody started to ask for Miss Roopa’s autograph.
We went to an enormous tree and everybody climbed up and down. That was really fun. After enough playtimes, we all grouped together on the tree and Miss Roopa, our class teachers, and us talked about how global warming is connected to trees and nature. Then we went home.
Ana
Miss Roopa showed and told us about seven different trees: Peeple, Ficus Mysorensis, White Silk Cotton, Sita Ashoka, Sausage Tree, Chicken Pox Tree and Krishna’s Buttercup. In the notebook that Miss Roopa had given us, we wrote down the things we learnt and noticed about each tree, as well as how we will remember it and what we would name it. We even bark rubbed the Chicken Pox Tree so we could see the chicken pox-like buttons clearly on the paper.
Then we played a game where we were in groups of 5 or 6 and searched for names of countries that some trees came from. The team which gets the most wins. The team who won got 17 countries.
We also smelled Leaves that smelled like lemon and mint on our way. After a while we sat down and in total silence, we wrote what we heard: Cicada (insect that makes noise by rubbing its legs together), music, people talking & laughing, horns of cars, birds singing, airplanes, wind and people’s footsteps.
Next, we saw a banyan tree that strangled another tree by going around it. Then everybody started to ask for Miss Roopa’s autograph.
We went to an enormous tree and everybody climbed up and down. That was really fun. After enough playtimes, we all grouped together on the tree and Miss Roopa, our class teachers, and us talked about how global warming is connected to trees and nature. Then we went home.
Ana
Friday, April 25, 2008
Our trip to Lalbagh
On 24th of april (thursday) we went for afield trip to Lalbagh. We had a kind of guide named Ms.Roopa. First when everyone arrived we sat on a mountain kind of rock which was a volcanoe about 3 billion years old. that was the time when dinosaurs existed! Then we left from there and went to the peepal's tree, the fig tree etc. Later we went to the biggest tree in Lalbagh and all of us climbed the tree. Then we had a disscussion near the tree. After this we went back to the place where we started (the volcanoe place).
My reflection
I like this field trip very much because we discovered many things that I wasn't aware of. I had gone to Lalbagh many times but this time I liked it because I was with my friends and we did some research together etc. We had lots of fun though we were all exosted.
Tejaswini 5-A
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Field Trip to Lalbagh
Today grade 5 went for a field trip to LalBagh. LalBagh was founded nearly 250 years ago by Hyder Ali.
We looked at different trees and wrote down several things about the tree in our nature notebooks we got. All the trees we saw were very unique and unusual in their own ways. There was a Cypress Garden, the story behind the Cypress Garden was that Tipu Sultan(son of Hyder Ali) used to ask people to bring to him lots of different plants and trees from different parts of the world to plant in LalBagh.
We went to that garden and were asked to get in to groups of 5, we went around the Cypress Garden and looked for the contries name from which the plant was from. There was lots of places like: China, Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Mexico etc.
We went to LalBagh to see all the plants and trees in terms of how they protect our Earth from Global Warming. Overall I liked the field trip and it was intresting to learn about how trees protect our Earth and not only that we got to learn about all the different trees that grow in the world.
Misha
We looked at different trees and wrote down several things about the tree in our nature notebooks we got. All the trees we saw were very unique and unusual in their own ways. There was a Cypress Garden, the story behind the Cypress Garden was that Tipu Sultan(son of Hyder Ali) used to ask people to bring to him lots of different plants and trees from different parts of the world to plant in LalBagh.
We went to that garden and were asked to get in to groups of 5, we went around the Cypress Garden and looked for the contries name from which the plant was from. There was lots of places like: China, Africa, Malaysia, Japan, Mexico etc.
We went to LalBagh to see all the plants and trees in terms of how they protect our Earth from Global Warming. Overall I liked the field trip and it was intresting to learn about how trees protect our Earth and not only that we got to learn about all the different trees that grow in the world.
Misha
grade 5's feild trip to lalbagh
today gr5 went on a feild trip to a place called lal bagh. we were going n a trail from a company from bangalore walks.the bus picked me up at villa del mar. it came 1hour late!! me and ana waited there for 1hour and 15mins. eventually the bus came and we got on. the people already in there told us the bus that was supposed to come never arrived and they had to get a new one! anyway, the bus ride was really fun. i sat with ruchi. after 35 minutes, we reached lalbagh. when we got there we said hi to the people who were already there. then we got these cool, free
eco-friendly bags with pouchs and nature notebooks. we sat on a enourmous rock which used to be a volcnao and talked to our guide about plants. this got kind of boring at times so i just talked to ruchi. finally we started exploring the different trees in lalbagh. we noted down stuf in our notebooks. i was alergic to some trees in lalbagh and i felt sick so i did not participate to much. i just stayed with ms.mohua. at the end we got to climb a huge tree:the biggest in lal bagh. the nurse who accompanied us told me not too because i might be allergic but it looked really fun so i climed it anyway. then our guide made us reflect. it was really boring. the trip was ok. i liked the bus ride better.
by rhea 5a
eco-friendly bags with pouchs and nature notebooks. we sat on a enourmous rock which used to be a volcnao and talked to our guide about plants. this got kind of boring at times so i just talked to ruchi. finally we started exploring the different trees in lalbagh. we noted down stuf in our notebooks. i was alergic to some trees in lalbagh and i felt sick so i did not participate to much. i just stayed with ms.mohua. at the end we got to climb a huge tree:the biggest in lal bagh. the nurse who accompanied us told me not too because i might be allergic but it looked really fun so i climed it anyway. then our guide made us reflect. it was really boring. the trip was ok. i liked the bus ride better.
by rhea 5a
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
PYP Exhibition
In grade 5A we are preparing for the PYP Exhibition by firstly deciding our topics. Mine is drugs. As usual we started by making a unit title(which we got to decide on our own) and then a central idea and lastly five or six inquiry points. We got to decide how we want to present the information. We had different options. We chose to do a skit with a message . DON'T TAKE DRUGS. For our individual work we have each chosen to do our own separate drugs. I chose to do crystal meth which is a type of drug. Which is a drug that is usually somed in glass pipes. It is prescribed in very, very small quantity by doctors for weight loss but some people take too much and start to look demented. We will make some posters, powerpoints, etc. too explain. I chose to do drugs because I thought it would be a very interesting topic to learn about. And it is!
Friday, April 11, 2008
pyp exhibition: the begining
when miss poonam told us about the pyp exhibition everyone was excited that we would get to conduct our own uoi topic doing everything by ourselves central idea, inquirery points... the usual stuff. we started by going to the av room with 5b and were given pieces of paper to write all the burning issues in the world and pick what you think is most important and why you think so. i chose pollution because pollution causes global warming which most people chose. in the end we split up in three groups
- polltuion and global warming
- drugs
- save the animals
i am in the pollution and global warming group. our central idea is: 'global warming is a serious threat to the earth and it is our responsibility to stop pollution in order to prevent global warming and save our planet.' in our classroom since there were lots of people in my group we split up into three other groups. i am in a group with zoish, alex, jere, faizan and shahajii.
preparing for the exibition is hard work, but really fun too!!
by rhea aurora 5a
Thursday, March 20, 2008
The Math Exhibition
The math exhibition was coming and all the PYP classes were very busy. So was ours. I was going to talk about “how to make tangram pieces” out of squared paper, with Tejaswini. Each and every child in the class got to know what they have to say. Then we all had a chance to practice in front of the class. I and Teju were ready earlier then other people. So we helped others on their charts and we also helped Miss Poonam decorate the class.
The day was about to come and all of us were putting the tables into there places. But Teju and I got separated because Nikita needed a lot of help so Teju went to her group and me alone. But somehow I was happy to be able to manage talking about a topic alone. And I had to seat next to Ricky and Nicolas who were talking about “how to make tangram DESIGNS”.
The PYP had the math exhibition on Wednesday 19th March 2008 from prep 1 to grade 5. Our grade talked about all kinds of things we learnt in math: large numbers, tangrams, graphs, coordinates, number patterns, transformations, and much, much more.
I told the customers what tangrams were and I showed them how to make tangram pieces, then I passed the pieces to my classmates and they showed the people how to make different shapes out of it.
I really liked the math exhibition because I had a lot of fun and my throat didn’t hurt like on the day of the science exhibition which is one of the reasons why I liked the math exhibition better and the other reason is because we knew exactly what other people were talking about.
The day was about to come and all of us were putting the tables into there places. But Teju and I got separated because Nikita needed a lot of help so Teju went to her group and me alone. But somehow I was happy to be able to manage talking about a topic alone. And I had to seat next to Ricky and Nicolas who were talking about “how to make tangram DESIGNS”.
The PYP had the math exhibition on Wednesday 19th March 2008 from prep 1 to grade 5. Our grade talked about all kinds of things we learnt in math: large numbers, tangrams, graphs, coordinates, number patterns, transformations, and much, much more.
I told the customers what tangrams were and I showed them how to make tangram pieces, then I passed the pieces to my classmates and they showed the people how to make different shapes out of it.
I really liked the math exhibition because I had a lot of fun and my throat didn’t hurt like on the day of the science exhibition which is one of the reasons why I liked the math exhibition better and the other reason is because we knew exactly what other people were talking about.
Ana Choi
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
My surgery
On Wednesday March 5th I went to the manipal hospital for a surgery. I was having it on my spinal cord. It was my 7th surgery. I was out of the hospital on Saturday, March 8th. I have to stay home for a few weeks before going back to school. Both Mrs.Poonam and Mrs.Mohua came to visit me. The food that the hospital gave was horrible!!! It was so bad my mom and dad had to bring food from home. In the American hospitals you get pizza and burgers but what I noticed in India it is rice,rice and more rice.
My doctor showed my mom and my dad a video of the surgery. They even saw the people cutting me open!!! My mom thought the video was really neat and my dad almost barfed.
I am looking forward to coming to school soon.
My doctor showed my mom and my dad a video of the surgery. They even saw the people cutting me open!!! My mom thought the video was really neat and my dad almost barfed.
I am looking forward to coming to school soon.
By Adrianne Satish
5A
Sunday, March 2, 2008
science exhibition
we had the science exhibition on 27th and 28th and we worked really hard i was doing the benifits. on 27th we visited other kids and they saw ours. they did the folowing projects...
- gr1-shodows and light
- gr2-expirements
- gr3- plants
- gr4- machines
- gr5- space of course!!!
the next day was the main thing where all the parents saw us. everyone was nervous. but for some odd reosan i was not!! i dont know why but i was not really anxious even if i got my lines 2 days ago!! anyway, i still got a partially sore throat and had to constantly drink water. i was glad when it was over and i got to go home!!
by rhea
Thursday, February 28, 2008
The Science Exhibition
On Wednesday 26 February 2008, we had the first day of the science exhibition after so much hard work.
Our topic was “Space”. I was to talk about the presentation that my father made for grade 5. The evening before, I asked my dad how to present it the way he did. So he thought me.
We were preparing in the morning and after lunch, we went to see other classes. I first went to my brother’s class (grade 1). Their topic was about light. My brother spoke about the reflection of light. Then we went to see grade 2. Their topic was about chemical experiences. After grade 2 finished their presentation, they all sang a song to us. We then went to grade 3, then 4 and finally it was our turn. Everybody in grade 5 was exited, including me. All the other grades came to watch our presentation. Each time when my turn came, I tried to explain my PPT as interesting as possible. Not many people came to our class because most of them were too young to understand.
The day ended and we just waited till tomorrow comes. Tomorrow came and I was so exited that the energy in me wanted to pop out. Today was the 2nd day of the science exhibition. The day for parents to come. The parents came from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. My throat started hurting from 11 o’clock, because I talked to lots of parents. Luckily it was the time when break started, so I went out, drank water, and ate my snack. So my throat felt better. Then my mum came at 11:45. I talked to her in my best voice and in the most interesting way I could talk because I didn’t want her to be disappointed with me. Time went on fast and soon, science exhibition was over. I was really proud of myself.
It was over and my brother took pictures of me, my friends and Ms. Poonam. I went home feeling proud and happy.
Our topic was “Space”. I was to talk about the presentation that my father made for grade 5. The evening before, I asked my dad how to present it the way he did. So he thought me.
We were preparing in the morning and after lunch, we went to see other classes. I first went to my brother’s class (grade 1). Their topic was about light. My brother spoke about the reflection of light. Then we went to see grade 2. Their topic was about chemical experiences. After grade 2 finished their presentation, they all sang a song to us. We then went to grade 3, then 4 and finally it was our turn. Everybody in grade 5 was exited, including me. All the other grades came to watch our presentation. Each time when my turn came, I tried to explain my PPT as interesting as possible. Not many people came to our class because most of them were too young to understand.
The day ended and we just waited till tomorrow comes. Tomorrow came and I was so exited that the energy in me wanted to pop out. Today was the 2nd day of the science exhibition. The day for parents to come. The parents came from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. My throat started hurting from 11 o’clock, because I talked to lots of parents. Luckily it was the time when break started, so I went out, drank water, and ate my snack. So my throat felt better. Then my mum came at 11:45. I talked to her in my best voice and in the most interesting way I could talk because I didn’t want her to be disappointed with me. Time went on fast and soon, science exhibition was over. I was really proud of myself.
It was over and my brother took pictures of me, my friends and Ms. Poonam. I went home feeling proud and happy.
Ana Choi
Grade 5A
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