5 April 2012

Dear Parents,
The children had Spelling, as well as further written practice in their Maths Activity book on the topic of Division, as well as Multiplication of 2 and 3. I've also completed all the Maths Practical Assessment on Mass today. The children also completed enrichment Vocabulary puzzles on Food, and they also had their Reading period.

Things to bring on Monday (9 April)
- Scrap Book Materials ( We are doing the writing piece on Monday. They are to choose either ONE of the 2 given topics to write on. They can practise at home BUT they are NOT to bring their completed writing to school to copy on Monday. Instead, they are allowed to bring ONLY their written plan - showing helpful phrases, SPACE plan with pointers of what to write for each, as well as helping words. The children will then write in class. They can bring along any decorative materials for this part of the scrapbook. The number of pages is not limited.
- Small whiteboard, duster and marker

Reminder: English Homework due Monday will be the Comprehension Skills booklet. The children have been taught skills like highlighting key words, reading twice, highlighting grammar items in the questions, how to answer Why questions, Not to do "lifting", how to answer questions like " Which word in the passage means ....? The word is '  .....' .  , answers to the first 3 to 4 questions can be found in sequential order from the passage, last question may be inferential etc........ to name a few.

The children are to use examples e.g. quoting any part of the given passage and then illustrating the answer and explaining how to answer by naming these skills. There is no limit, but they are to do as many as they can remember. This will also let me know who have paid attention and remembered what was taught in class. This will also be a resource booklet that the children can use for themselves as a reminder and record of their comprehension skills training.

Note: 6 April is a public holiday, so there is NO school and NO remedial.

I will see the children on Monday.
Thank you.

Advanced information:
a) There will be a Picture conversation (component is counted) cum reading record assessment ( component is not counted in this instance) in Week 6 and 7, and children will be again assessed on a one-to-one basis.
b) Social Studies component will involve the assessment of writing on Things so Singaporean. The children will need to write at least 5 sentences ( in class) on their favourite food and at least 5 sentences ( in class) on their favourite activity. This will be counted in terms of the grade given for Social studies. The children will be informed on Monday. They will do this in class on Wednesday. Fyi please.

Thank you. Have a wonderful long weekend :)
Happy Easter weekend to those who are celebrating:)

Ow Yeong