29 April 2011 (Additional information)

Dear Parents,

I have reviewed with the children with regard to their homework (all components), and have gone through aspects that they should know, so that they can better attempt their homework, as well as how to go into lead.com.sg if they do not know what to do. For those who are paying attention, they should know what to do. If not, please ask them to come and ask me again on Tuesday.

Today, I have given them their spelling book to bring home for your signature. Please help to look through and to  sign it on the inside of the front cover of the book. They will hand in their spelling book on Tuesday.

Thank you. I will see your child on Tuesday as Monday is a holiday.
I've already told them that as Friday 6 May (there is no school for the P1s and 2s) due to the elections arrangements, I will issue rewards on Thursday instead to deserving children.

Thank you. Have a wonderful long weekend!
Happy Labour Day!
Ow Yeong

29 April 2011

Dear Parents,
As Monday is a holiday, school will start only on Tuesday. We will be returning files and books etc next week, as well as the relevant periodic reports.

Here's the information regarding Homework and Things to bring for Friday:-

Homework (Due 3 May)

·         English Worksheets ( The Giant’s Ice Cream) – to complete all

·         Lead.com.sg  Review

Please go to www.lead.com.sg  and key in your BC number as your Login ID, School ID would be HPPS, and the password is the default password of “ mconline” .

-          For Maths, please go through the tutorials and activities for the 1^st 9 topics from Numbers to 10 all the way to Length.

-          For English, please go to Primary 1 Grammar Quiz ( 2^nd section on the left of the screen) and do each of the 3 quizzes found under these 3 topics only (Singular countable nouns, plural countable nouns, uncountable nouns).

(For those who do not have access to the internet at home, you are allowed to access this during the non-core periods next week. Please inform me in advance. )

Things to bring on Tuesday ( 3 May)

-          Green pen

-          Colour pencils

-          Small hole puncher

-          Stapler

Your bag should be light next week as you will have to bring back your files and books next week.

Note: There will be a listening comprehension quiz next week. Please remember to listen carefully.

Thank you.
Ow Yeong

28 April 2011

Dear Parents,
Homework has already been issued yesterday and due tomorrow. Things to bring list has already been included yesterday. Thus there is no updates today.

The pupils learnt how to type using Microsoft word today, based on their writing in class (corrected version), of their favourite dish.

Homework will be issued tomorrow, over the long weekend.
Thank you.

Ow Yeong

27 April 2011

Dear Parents,
I will include a few more input for your info (with a few more bite-size assessments), and thus I will issue letters and reports next Monday.

Here's the information for today:-

27 April , 2011

Homework (Due on Friday 29 April)

Maths :  Length Worksheets 1 and 2

English :  My Favourite Fairy Tale worksheet. To choose a fairy tale that you like. A fairy tale is a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands. Please write down the title and draw a picture to show what the fairy tale is about. Please also write down why you like this fairy tale. Please give two reasons.

Things to bring on 28 April 

• Small whiteboard, duster and marker
• Colour pencils
• Colour markers
• A box of paper clips
• 3 A4 size blank paper

Things to bring on 29 April 

• Colour pencils
• Green pen

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

26 April

Dear Parents,
I am down with gastric flu and will be on medical leave for 2 days.
The pupils will be doing Vocabulary, comprehension and Writing (composition) exercises on 26 April and they will be given a Maths worksheets (puzzle) to do in class.

Homework for 26 April

Incomplete Maths classwork

 

Things to bring on 27 April

1) Small whiteboard, duster and markers

2) maths coursebook 1A

3) A4 size blank paper 3 sheets

4) colour pencils

 

Thank you.

Ow Yeong

25 April 2011

Dear Parents,
As I am on medical leave, there will be a delay in passing you the letter as well as reports. It will be given by end of the week. Sorry for the delay as I was unwell over the long weekend.

Today, the pupils are doing an English practice on Comprehension and Sentence rearrangement, and also a Maths worksheet on Shapes (revision) and an introductory on Length, in class.


Homework for today :
To do a book review on a recent book that you have read (to do on A4 size blank paper and to include title/author/what is the book about /why you like the book/ illustration)

Things to bring for tomorrow : green pen and colour pencils


Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

21 April 2011

Dear Parents,
Today, we have completed our Show and Tell in class for all pupils except for 2 absentees. They will do so on Monday. The children have also done peer evaluation and in that process, they are also made aware of the pointers that they must take note of when presenting. They were given the 'rubrics' for evaluation and they tick when they observed that their friends have done that e.g. maintained eye contact, or spoke clearly. After the Show and Tell, we managed to have about 5 minutes of walk through our "mini-exhibition" of favourite dishes displayed in the adjoining MT classroom (which was vacant then).

I will be including the results of this evaluation in the feedback given to you on Monday.   Here's a reminder that the pupils have to complete 2 assigned tasks for each subject. Please refer to my note on 20 April.

For English, we have concluded the big book - The Hungry Giant, and for Maths, we will be starting on the topic of Length. Thank you.

Happy Holidays to all! Have a wonderful long weekend!
Ow Yeong

Additional Information on 20 April

Dear Parents,
Today, we had just enough time for our Maths activity (quiz), as well as making of your child's favourite dish using modelling clay. As it was already 5.30pm and the end of the lesson by then, our class has agreed to do show and tell tomorrow. There will be peer evaluation as well, besides my assessment of their presentation. I will be using the visualizer to show the class the dishes created, and each child will stand in front of the class to present. They will have the choice of whether they would like to use the microphone.

I have already given each child 3 handouts today (the homework list, p50 activity book printout, as well as pictures of fruits and vegetables (for those who need them in their assignment). I have also allowed each child to select 3 photographs of fruits or vegetables taken at the Bollywood Veggies so that they can use the photographs in their assignment.

By the way, as it is taking me a longer time to prepare the individual letters for you, I will only be giving you the letter and the results of the maths quizzes and reading etc on Monday. For your understanding please.

Thank you.
Ow Yeong

20 April 2011

Dear Parents,
I am working to complete my letter for you to review the progress of your child thus far. I hope to pass it to you via your child by tomorrow. I will also be sending back the results of the 2 Maths quizzes and that of the reading and picture conversation assessments.

Due to the long weekend, I am issuing homework today and will collect it only on Monday. This will give your child the flexibility and time to complete the work assigned. I've printed the homework list - reproduced below (hopefully the pictures comes out as well), and I've also printed pg 50 of the activity book instructions (shrunk to half a page) so that your child can refer to it. I am also issuing the journals as well as the photographs taken at Bollywood veggies (and giving an extra copy of fruits and vegetables pictures) for use for their assignments.

Here's the homework and things to bring list for both tomorrow and Monday:-

20 April 2011

Homework (Due 25 April )

English

1. A booklet on poems

(It can be one with multiple poems to describe fruits and vegetables seen at the Bollywood farm or common fruits and vegetables seen at the market/supermarket. Please include the photographs or pictures of the fruits and vegetables that you are writing about.) This can be handwritten or typed. Please highlight your rhyming words in your poem.

e.g.  

Oranges

      Round and orange in colour,

      Some are nice and sweet,

      Others can turn out sour,

      and we may not like to eat.

 (this is supposed to be pictures of oranges in a row) 

2. Journal Writing

-         My Show-and-Tell in Class (My Favourite Dish)

Please write and illustrate about your experience.

Maths

1. Design a card with patterns

To use patterns to design a card for your friend. Please refer to Page 50 of your Maths Activity book (printed for you). Please use a computer software to create your card. For those who do not have access to the computer, you may draw and colour instead.

2. Read up on the topic on Length in your Maths Coursebook 1A

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Things to bring on 21 April 

-         Clipboard with attached pencil

-         Green pen

-         A4 size blank paper ( 3 sheets)

Things to bring on 25 April

-         Small whiteboard with marker and duster

-         Green pen

-         Colour pencils

Thank you. Have a wonderful day! 

P.S. We are having show and tell these 2 days. Your child will also be evaluating for other presenters. 

Ow Yeong 

19 April 2011

Dear Parents,
As the pupils are given the problemsums.com exercise to complete till tomorrow, there is NO homework today. Homework will be assigned tomorrow. However, pupils will be asked to prepare and think about how they would  Things to bring today will include: old newspapers, A4 blank paper (2 sheets), colour pencils, green pen.

While preparing for their Show and Tell, they have to take note of the following:
- to share extensive details about the dish
-to explain why he/she likes the dish without any prompting
- to use a wide range of vocabulary to describe the dish
- to adopt proper posture when presenting
- to maintain eye contact with the audience throughout the presentation
- to speak with clarity throughout the presentation

I will be reminding them regarding this as well.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

18 April 2011

Dear Parents,

Homework today would be the exercise on Problemsums.com (due Wed 20 April). Things to bring will be
: scissors, gluestick, colour pencils and green pen.

The pupils will be asked later this week to 'prepare' their favourite dish using platicine (those who may not take well to plasticine can use other materials like paper etc to make) and to use it for Show-and-Tell at end week. I will be providing the necessary plasticine for them on Wed/Thurs. Show-and-Tell will be assessed as a bite-size assessment this time round.

I am still trying to complete my oral assessment (from register 19 onwards) and will be sending back this information (results of the oral reading and picture conversation) as well as the two maths quizzes ( already marked but waiting for the oral results ) at end of week.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

15 April 2011

Dear Parents,
Today, for those who are unable to submit their homework and have told me their reasons are given an extension for their homework yesterday. The rest have handled in.

For this weekend, the pupils are to complete 5 worksheets from  the stapled set of 'The Hungry Giant' English worksheets. They are not to complete all. The 5 worksheets are 9.1, 9.1a, 9.7, Word Order 1 and Punctuation.

Things to bring will include:
a) Colour pencils
b) Green pen

I will continue the reading assessments next week as we have not done this. May I know if there are any pupils who cannot play with plasticine? I am going to give an assignment next week re this for English. (Mrs Singh, please help to send this out to parents not on the blog. Thanks.)

Many thanks to the parents who helped at sandwich making yesterday! The children have enjoyed themselves. Much appreciated!

P.S. As I want to reinforce care and share (to be nice and how to resolve conflicts), as well as to be more on task (instead of talking and playing when they are supposed to be doing work), I have delayed rewards day to Monday to observe the pupils one more day as the majority of the class was not ready today.  For your information please.

Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend!
Ow Yeong

14 April

Dear Parents,
I am back. Many thanks to Mrs Singh for blogging for me when I was on medical leave. The children are supposed to bring the paper plates today and not on Wed, but no worries, Mrs Nair has reminded the children yesterday.

Here's the homework and things to bring list:

14 April 2011

Homework ( Due on Friday)

English : Journal – Our Sandwich-making Class

(Please write and illustrate as well.)

Maths: Please write on a piece of A4 size paper – Patterns formed by the common shapes. Please colour your shapes as well. You may use any number of common shapes in your patterns. (3 points will be awarded for very pattern formed.) - please refer to your child's hardcopy as the shapes didn't come up in the blog. 

 

E.g. 1

           

E.g. 2

Things to bring on Friday 15 April:

- black marker

- blue marker

- colour pencils

- green pen

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

Ms Ow Yeong on MC

Dear Parents,
Ms Ow Yeong is on MC for 2 days and she has asked me to write the things to bring on Wednesday.
For Wednesday there will be NO homework. All written work will be done in the class.
Things to bring on Wednesday
2 clean paper plates
colour pencils
green pen

On Thursday, As there is a Sandwich Activity, children will be eating the Sandwich during recess which they will be preparing during their activity.If the parents still think the sandwich won't be sufficient for their child then please ensure to send some food for their recess.
All parent volunteers to meet up at 1:15p.m. in -front of General Office and to proceed from there to Home Economics room and do the necessary preparations.Parent Volunteers need to stay after the recess is over and to help clean up after that.

Regards,
Mrs Singh

11 April 2011

Dear Parents,
Hope you and your child have had a good weekend!

Homework (Due 12 April)

School Worksheets on Shapes (Worksheets 1 to 3)

Things to bring on 12 April

• Toothpicks (that does not have sharp ends) – 1 small bottle 

(I am just worried that the children may want to play by poking each other if there are sharp ends. I believe the cheaper versions do not have sharp ends.) 

We are doing Maths with this. 

• Colour pencils
• A4 size blank paper – 2 sheets

 P.S. We are still in the process of assessing oral reading and picture conversation. (We have only assessed half the class.) 

Fyi pl. Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong 

For 8 April (Friday)

Dear Parents,

This is what the children will be told to do for the weekends. They will be getting their journals tomorrow to do their homework. Today they had computer class and I typed out their BC number for them  and give them in a slip of paper to log into the school system. Please help to get them to remember their own  BC number as soon as is possible so that they do not need to refer to the slips with the BC number.

8 April 2011

Homework (Due 11 April) :

Journal – My Favourite Dish

Please write and draw about your favourite dish. It must be something that you like to eat very much. Please get ready a photograph of your favourite dish for show and tell in Week 5. This journal exercise is the first step that helps you prepare for your show and tell in Week 5.

Note: A dish is a particular type of prepared food e.g. chicken chops,  fried rice,  noodle soup, mee siam.

Maths (Shapes assignment)– Please find pictures of things that are the same shape as a circle, a triangle, a square and a rectangle. Please paste them on an A4 size blank paper. One shape on each page like the example shown. Please staple the papers together. Please remember to write down your name, class and date.

Circles

(Please paste all the pictures that have the same shape of a circle here.)

Triangles

(Please paste all the pictures that have the same shape of a triangle here.)

Squares

(Please paste all the pictures that have the same shape of a square here.)

Rectangles

(Please paste all the pictures that have the same shape of a rectangle here.)

Things to bring (on 11 April )

• Clip Board with an attached pencil
• Colour pencils
• Green Pen
• Journal
• Shapes Assignment

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

7 April 2011

Dear Parents,

Here's the information regarding homework and things to bring:-

7 April 2011

There is NO homework today as your child has been given the time to complete all corrections and exercises in his/her Maths Activity Book 1A Part One.

Homework will be issued tomorrow.

Things to bring on 8 April

• Maths Activity Book 1A Part One
• Colour pencils

I will be away from school for a cluster event tomorrow and the class will be assigned to an English review exercise (with grammar/vocabulary and sentence construction components) as well as a Maths review exercise in class tomorrow during the 4 periods (2 English/ 2 Maths). Fyi pl. Mrs Nair will be there with the class, and with my relief teacher as well.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

6 April 2011

Dear Parents,
Today we will be having another round of book sharing whereby the children will be going to different classmates to share their favourite stories with them as well as to convince them that it is a great book to read. By the way, we are still doing the reading assessments thus far and is only half way through. I can only do that during written work.

As for homework and things to bring, this is what has been typed for them today. Yesterday, they had their practice to copy down things to bring and homework.

For today:

6 April 2011

Homework (Due 8 April)

To complete all incomplete work in Maths Activity Book 1A Part ONE.

By now, all pupils should have already completed all exercises, except the last 2 journals at the back of the book. For those who have to do corrections or who have not completed all exercises, please take these 2 days to complete all. For those who have been dutifully following instructions and completed your work, you would have already earned an extra 20 points and you will just have to do your last 2 journals.

On Friday, please hand in your Maths Activity Book 1A Part ONE. You should have completed the exercises in the whole book by then. Pupils who have completed all the work properly ( in a neat and orderly manner) and have done all corrections necessary will be awarded another 20 points.

For English, please think and write down why you like the story book that you will bring on 7 April. Please note down the best part(s) of the story and the interesting characters in the story. You will be doing an advertisement during class time.

Things to bring on 7 April 

• A story book that you like very much
• 3 A4 size blank paper
• Stapler
• Colour pencils
• Colour markers
• Newspapers cutouts of advertisements as samples

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

5 April 2011

Dear Parents,
Today's homework is just a one-page investigative worksheet, whereby pupils are to form a word less than 10 points and a word more than 10 points, with letters given associated with a designated number of points e.g. A - 2 points, E - 3 points, C - 2 points so ACE will be 7 points ( which can be the answer for the word less than 10 points).

Things to bring is just colour pencils and a green pen. As the children have not completed their book sharing, classwork for Maths took a longer time than expected, they are also to bring the same book and their A4 size paper as well for tomorrow.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

4 April 2011

Dear Parents,

4 April 2011

There is NO homework today. Your child is to read a new book at home and get ready to share it with his/her group tomorrow, about what the story is and what he or she likes about it. Your child is to bring the story book along with him/her.

Things to bring on 5 April 

• Story book (For sharing)
• Colour pencils
• Colour markers
• A4 size blank paper – 3 sheets

 P.S. For those who did not bring their Maths Activity Book 1A Part 2, I've bought a new one to give to them as we needed to do class work in that book today. For those who already have those books at home, and it is not used, and if I have given them the new book to do their work, please bring them to school so that I can let others use. Thanks. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

1 April 2011

Dear Parents,
We had a good trip today, although the weather was rather hot. The things brought back today are the things that your child has redeemed with the vouchers he or she has received based on the points that he or she has earned during these 2 weeks. Every 10 points - 1 voucher. This is to ensure that the numbers are more manageable and the children can then count (within numbers to 20) and know how to make a choice (which makes use of their number bonds and other maths strategies to get the best combination with the vouchers that they had received). We hope to motivate your child to work harder in his/her learning and to display a positive attitude in class.

1 April 2011

Homework due 4 April

1. Maths Activity Book 1A Part 2 

-         1^st 2 Pages - Numbers to 20 (We will be going through and doing the rest in class. Please do not do more pages on your own.)

2. Journal - This was given out to all pupils present. (Those who have not received because they were absent are to do on a piece of A4 paper first and then later paste it into the journal next Monday.)

-         Please write about your learning journey today at the Bollywood Veggies. Please describe what you see and what you did. Please also tell me how do you feel about this trip.

-         For those who did not visit the Bollywood Veggies, please write about what you did at home and how did you feel about not going today.

Things to bring on 4 April 2011

-         Maths Activity Book 1A Part 2

-         Journal

-         Maths Coursebook 1A

-         Colour Pencils

-         Green Pen

Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend!
P.S. The next exciting event will be the sandwich making session. Parents of children who are allergic to cheese or tuna, or have any food allergy- please do let me know. (Mrs Singh - Pl help to let the other parents know about this. Thanks. )

Ow Yeong