31 Oct (Additional information)

Dear Parents,
The children did a revision paper last Friday - that was the one I have marked in red and I've gone through with the children in class today. The children also did another revision paper today (before recess) and we have also managed to go through before dismissal - that was marked by the children in green - I have gone in detail with them to explain the answers(You may wish to add up the marks accordingly, as there was no time for us to do so today. Once wrong, there will not be any marks awarded.) These are past year's papers and thus they include topics that will not be included in tomorrow's quiz - but is a good review for the children so that they do not forget what was learnt. I have stressed more in my explanation for the four topics to be assessed tomorrow, namely Time, Money, Multiplication and Division.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

31 October

Dear Parents,

Here's what I will be giving and informing the pupils today. Fyi please. Thanks. Have a wonderful day!

31 October 2011

Homework for 31 October 2011

-         Revise for Maths quiz on the topics of Money, Time, Multiplication and Division

There is NO homework on 1 Nov.

Homework for 2 Nov 2011 (Will be given on 2 Nov and due on 8 Nov)

-         Maths Heuristic Worksheets

-         Grammar exercises

Things to bring for this week (Time table is suspended on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday this week due to the P2 examinations.)

-         Green pen

-         Colour pencils

-         A4 size blank paper – 3 sheets

(Note: Maths File to be brought on 1 Nov.)

Learning Schedule in class

-         31 Oct - (Time table suspended)

                 - Maths review and Maths revision exercise (written)

-         1 Nov- (Time table suspended)

                 – Maths Quiz 

- Return of English quiz paper

- English activity (if time permits)

-         2 Nov – Normal time table ( We will be having an English Project and Enrichment Maths activities.)

-         3 Nov - (Time table suspended)

-         Written work for English and Maths (we need to be quiet during the P2 examinations.)

-         4 Nov – Normal time table ( We will be having our usual activities of Big Book activity, and will start on topic of Graphs for Maths. Please do read up in advance.)

-         7 Nov (Monday) Hari Raya Haji off-in-lieu holiday

-         8 Nov- 11 Nov  (Tuesday to Friday) and 14 Nov to 16 Nov (Monday to Wednesday) – Normal school days from now onwards. 10 Nov will be our Learning Journey to the museum.

-         14 Nov – Party Day

-         Mega reward day will now be on Wednesday 16 Nov (last day of school) but you will be informed of your points to make a selection of the mega rewards.

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Thank you. 

Ow Yeong  

27 Oct 2011 ( Homework due 31 Oct )

Dear Parents,
As a number of pupils have completed their homework, I will issue the homework due 31 Oct earlier. However, I am still giving those who needed more time to complete their homework due 28 Oct till tomorrow.

27 October 2011

Homework due 31 October

1. To complete Problemsums.com exercises – 2 exercises
2. To review tutorials, quizzes and activities on Lead.com.sg for Division, Multiplication, Time and Money (1) and (2). 

Things to bring on 31 October

-         Green Pen

-         Colour pencils

-         A4 size blank paper – 3 sheets

-         Foolscap paper 2 sheets

For your information please. 

P.S. The class party at year end has been changed to Monday week 10 , and the level has planned to have it in the canteen so that there is no issue of mass cleaning after the party. For your information please.  

P.P.S. The Learning Journey to the museum - to get to know more about Singapore - has been arranged only for 1 Flexibility and it will be fully funded (including transport) by me. Thus there is no payment involved. This is a special end of year - Learning journey for 1F as they have always enjoyed their learning journey. 

Thank you. Have a wonderful day! 

Ow Yeong 

27 Oct 2011

Dear Parents,
Seemingly my earlier posting was not registered. Thus there was a lapse. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

The children were given this note on Monday :-

24 October 2011

Homework (Due on 28 Oct)
- Journal Writing : How have I spent my 4 days of Holiday (PSLE marking days) last week?
- Maths Worksheets on Division 5 sheets (stapled)
- Self - Review of  Maths topics learnt - Money, Time, Multiplication and Division

Things to bring on 25 Oct
- Maths Coursebook 1B
- Small whiteboard, duster, marker
- 3 sheets of A4 size blank paper

Things to bring on 27 Oct and 28 Oct
- Green pen
- colour pencils
- 3 sheets of A4 size blank paper


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Today, we will be having spelling and reviewing our English quiz papers (if it is ready - we are marking for the next class and had common marking to ensure a standardized level of marking). Then we will review the topic of division. 


Tomorrow I will be at a cluster meeting, thus the children will be attempting a revision Maths paper in class (1 and a half hours long), followed by English - a short exercise to draw a book character and write about it in class. As always, I have ensured that there is no lesson/ instruction missed out due to my absence. 


Next week, timetable will be suspended on Monday (31 Oct) , Tuesday (1 Nov), and Thursday ( 3 Nov) due to the P2 exams. 
On 1 Nov, we will doing the Maths Quiz paper. On the other days during the exam timing, we will be doing written exercises. 


Fyi please. Thank you. Have a wonderful day!


Ow Yeong 

Timetable for 1F

Dear Parents,
Please be informed that the timetable will only be suspended on days when there is SA2 (for the children in school in Primary 2) - 31 Oct, 1 Nov and 3 Nov. Other than that, timetable for the class is as usual, as given by the form teacher, Mrs Ho.

Thank you. Have a wonderful weekend!
Ow Yeong

14 Oct 2011

Dear Parents,
Today due to the fact that we had a fire drill (our first for the P1s), and only certain periods were allocated to me (due to timetable suspension today), we had a more challenging time completing our work but we managed to do all that we are supposed to do.  Today, the children reviewed multiplication. We had also spent a lot of time briefing on homework and other matters on the handout given today. The children are given their plastic folder (with their Maths practical quiz, Spelling worksheet, as well as their writing quiz) and were told that these were to be returned next Friday. They were also given their Maths and English files to be returned next Friday for further filing. We will return the files on Friday again after the filing. We did not have time to complete more filing today. They were also given their blue Grammar Book back as well for revision. Some pupils have not completed their Grammar classwork, so they will complete as homework. We will review the rest of the pages done after all have completed next Friday.

Please be reminded that there is NO school from 17 Oct to 20 Oct. Pupils will return to school next Friday.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

13 Oct 2011

Dear Parents,

Today, the children will be doing their revision exercises in class, as well as Spelling. Tomorrow, I will be returning their English and Maths files, Grammar Book and a clear plastic folder with Maths Practical Quiz results, Individual Writing Quiz results and Spelling worksheet for your signature. I will be briefing the children tomorrow regarding what to do for the next week - whole week (1st 4 days no school, and to come back on Friday - work will be assigned via Mrs Nair).

For the Hindi children who may need to prepare for their MT exam this coming Saturday, I will be extending the deadline (if there is a need) for the e-homework due 14 Oct,  till next Friday so that they will have time to prepare for their MT exam. For those who have submitted, please ignore this part of the message. I was informed about this yesterday.

Here's the earlier posting of what the children will be receiving tomorrow. They will not be getting this today as I will not be able to see them today. (apologies that the pictures on the document could not be copied below. I was drawing groups of apples to illustrate.)

14 Oct 2011

Homework due 24 Oct 2011

1. My Multiplication Booklet (for Times Tables from 1 to 10) : (A4 size) – This can be typed or handwritten. Pictures can be computer generated or self-illustrated. Please include a cover page with title, name, register number, class and date of completion of assignment. It is important to illustrate the concept of multiplication, and NOT just state the multiplication tables. Please number your pages as well. You may wish to include a content page as well.

E.g.

            My 2 Times table

            2 x 1 = 2            ( 2 groups of 1 :                               )

2 x 2 = 4            ( 2 groups of 2 :                            )

2 x 3  = 6           ( 2 groups of 3 :           

……… till 2 x 10  = 20   ……

2. Problemsums. com assignments (to be assigned on 15 Oct)
3. Lead.com.sg – to review

a)      All the Grammar and Vocabulary sections of Term 1 to 4 of Primary One English Grammar, and all items in Primary One Grammar Quiz. 

b)      All the topics covered in Primary One Maths

4. Review worksheets done in the English file (all school worksheets) and the Maths File (on Time, Money, Multiplication and Division)

English Quiz on 24 Oct 2011 

-         Full paper with Grammar, Vocabulary, Cloze passages with helping words, punctuation, Word Order and Comprehension questions

Items learnt for Grammar this year:

- Prepositions

- ‘Has’, ‘Have’

- Demonstrative Determiners ‘these’, ‘those’, ‘all’, ‘some’

-Punctuation: apostrophe ‘s’

- Conjunctions ‘but’, ‘so’

- Adjectives

Object Pronouns

- Possessive Pronouns

-Commas to Separate Repeated Words

- Synthesis (joining sentences)

- Sentence Structure ‘When’

- ‘Was’, ‘Were’

- Adverbs of Time

- Adverbs of time

- Commas After Time  Sequence Phrases e.g. One day,

- Regular Past Tense

- Contractions ‘ll, ‘ve, ‘re     (will, have, are)

- am, is, are

- Common Nouns

- Articles ‘a’, ‘an’

- Punctuation ( Full-Stops, commas, exclamation marks, question marks, Capital Letters)

- Pronouns ( He, She, It, They, You, I, We )

-Countable and Uncountable Nouns

- Verbs

Maths Quiz on 1 November (Tuesday) : Topics to be covered - Time, Money, Multiplication and Division

Mathematical Skills needed for each topic:

Unit 4: Multiplication

- To use the mathematical language such as ‘3 fives’ and ‘2 groups of 3’ to describe equal groups

- To recognize equal groups and find the total number of items in equal groups by repeated addition

- To make multiplication stories for given multiplication sentences

- To write number sentences for situations involving multiplication

- To work out multiplication facts within 40 by repeated addition

- To use rectangular arrays to illustrate multiplication facts

- To solve one-step word problems involving multiplications

Unit 5: Division

- To divide a quantity, not greater than 20, into equal groups given the number of groups

- To divide a quantity, not greater than 20, into equal groups given the number of items in each group

Unit 6: Time

- To tell time in terms of o’clock and half past

- To relate time to events of a day

- To sequence events according to time

Unit 7: Money - To recognize and name the 1-cent, 5-cent, 10-cent, 20-cent, 50-cent and 1-dollar coins - To recognize and name the 2-dollar, 5-dollar, 10-dollar, 50-dollar and 100-dollar notes - To match a coin/note of one denomination to an equivalent set of coins/notes of another denomination - To tell the amount of money in cents (¢) up to $1 - To tell the amount of money in dollars ($) up to $100 - To compare the amounts in 2 or 3 sets of money in cents only - To compare the amounts in 2 or 3 sets of money in dollars only - To add and subtract money in cents only - To add and subtract money in dollars only - To solve one-step word problems on addition and subtraction of money in cents only -  To solve one-step word problems on addition and subtraction of money in dollars only

Things to bring on 14 Oct, 21 Oct, 24 Oct, 25 Oct, 27 Oct and 28 Oct

-         Green Pen

-         Colour pencils

-         A4 size blank paper – 3 sheets

26 Oct is Deepavali Holiday. There is no school on that day. 

12 Oct 2011

Dear Parents,

All the pupils have completed their Maths Practical Quiz. Tomorrow, the time table will be suspended as the P2s are having their exams, and English teachers are deployed to invigilate in the earlier part of the school day.  Thus the children will most probably be having MT lessons in the earlier part of the day. The timetable for tomorrow will only be out tomorrow, but not to worry, the children will still be doing their work in class tomorrow: a) Spelling (Week 5) b) English Review paper to practise as an assessment c) Maths Review paper to practise as an assessment.

Please do note that there will be an English Quiz on 24 Oct, on everything learnt thus far. We will return the files and Grammar Book again for the week long holiday for the children (during PSLE marking days). I will be away the whole of next week due to my PSLE duties ( including an extra cluster duty on Friday). I have arranged for the children to do revision exercises next Friday as well. For Homework, I will be arranging e-learning exercises for the children for next week.

Rest assured that learning opportunities have not be compromised, as during my absence, the children are all gainfully occupied, reviewing their learning via written exercises.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

10 Oct 2011

Dear Parents,
Today, the children will be doing an integrated project (involving English and Maths skills) in class today. Homework assigned will be all from Problemsums.com and Lead.com.sg. They are due end of this week on Friday. Please help to pace the exercises for the children so that they do not do everything all in one day. This will not be good for their eyes.

I will also be assessing the children individually from Tuesday to Friday in class from register numbers 9 onwards for their Maths Practical Quiz on Time and Money. Thus the children will be doing their classwork this week, while I am doing the individual assessment, and there would not be any written homework.

Homework due Friday 14 October

-     Problemsums.com exercises assigned

- Lead.com.sg exercises  assigned


Things to bring (for the whole week) 
- colour pencils
- green pen 


Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong 

4 Oct 2011

Dear Parents,
We will be having the Maths Practical Quiz on Time and Money ( for the children to show timing on practice clocks and to tell the time, as well as to be able to tell the amounts of money given and know which amounts are more or less). It will be done on a one-to-one basis with me. (Starting with Register number 1 today, I will be calling them out one at a time.) As such, due to the limited involved in conducting the quiz this week, I will be most be having this today all the way till next week as well. The children will be doing written work when I am doing the quiz with a particular child.

For your information please.
Thank you.
Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

3 Oct 2011

Dear Parents,
We read a new book "Shark in the Park" today, as well as a lesson on Multiplication (learning about equal groups, multiplication = repeated addition (of the same number) , how to write multiplication sentences, and how to write a multiplication story).

We also took a long time to go through  the Comprehension questions in the homework worksheets ( except the last worksheet so that the children can try on their own), stressing on how they can answer 'Why' questions - to answer directly but without "because".
E.g. Why was he late?
       He missed the bus.
Although it is also right if the answer is " He was late because he missed the bus.", children will then to make mistakes by copying the whole sentence. Thus they are highly encouraged to answer directly in the correct tense and in a FULL sentence.
The children were also reminded not to 'lift' answers by copying word for word from the comprehension passages. They can choose to rephrase the sentences from the passage and answer according to the questions given.  I have shown them how to do this for the first 3 exercises.  I will go through their answers once again to remind them of the proper way of answering next week, when we review comprehension skills again in class.

Here's the homework and things to bring list:

3 October 2011

Homework (Due Wednesday 5 Oct 2011)

-         Complete Reading Comprehension Worksheets (4 exercises that we have gone through in class) (due Wednesday 5 Oct)

-         Maths coursebook 1B pages 66, 67 and 69. Prepare for page 70 to be done in class on Wednesday as a class activity.

NOTE: Week 4 spelling will be on Wednesday.

Things to bring on 4 Oct 2011

-         Colour pencils

-         Green pen

-         A4 size blank paper – 3 sheets

Things to bring on 5 Oct 2011

-         hole puncher

-         stapler

-         colour pencils

-         green pen

Please note that on Wednesday 5 Oct, you will be doing filing in your English and Maths files, so please bring the files back for corrections and also to get your parent’s signature on the various worksheets indicated on the coversheets. Besides corrections and signature by parents, as part of the Children’s Day ‘present’ from Ms Ow Yeong, there is NO additional homework this weekend! 

Next homework will be issued on Monday 10 October.

6 Oct 2011

-         NO lessons that day – lower primary sports and children’s day celebrations in the hall

Things to bring on 10 Oct 2011

-         Colour pencils

-         Green pen

-         A4 size blank paper – 3 sheets

-         Pictures of objects ( There must be groups of similar objects e.g. individual pictures of 6 oranges, or 10 hats etc. Please also bring cut-outs of characters in nursery rhymes or fairy tales. ) The class would be doing a project combing English and Maths knowledge on Monday.

-         Scissors

-         Glue stick or double-sided tapes

-         Stickers for decoration or colour markers for decoration purposes 

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
P.S. I've explained the whole list to the class during a 10 minutes briefing. Including what to bring e.g. pictures of objects.

Ow Yeong