19 April 2012

Dear Parents,

Today, we had another Graphic Stimulus assessment, with the questions not printed but read out by me.
We then had Show-and-Tell on our cupcake experience. (For the only absentee in class,  I will do this with him on his return for both activities.) The children were shown the powerpoint slides of their own pictures and then presented on it. They did a great job!

We ran out of time for review and filing etc so we will do so tomorrow.

As for Maths, we had mental sums ( 10 written sums), and we have also gone through the Mass Practical paper. This was returned ( plus the Journal writing rubrics feedback) in a plastic pocket.

For the Mass Practical paper, this is the class statistics -

Band1 >=85		24
Band2 >=70<85		5
Band3 >=50<70		1
Band4 <50		0
VR		0
Average		95.33
Highest		100.00
Lowest		60.00

For Journal writing , we have selected one of the pieces to assess. The piece selected was "My favourite play area in the school". No marks are awarded, only a checklist with comments.

Things to bring for tomorrow:
a) Hole puncher
b) Stapler
c) Green pen
d) Spelling ex book with your signature and corrections done
e) Plastic pocket with Mass Practical paper plus Journal writing rubrics feedback ( with your signature)

P.S. The journal was returned so that you can take a look at the piece of journal I had selected to comment on. Please also help to initial on the last exercise so that I know you have seen. The children will be using their journals on Monday so I am not collecting it tomorrow.


P.P.S. a) I have explained to 5 pupils today on how to do the synonyms booklet.
          b) I will issue the Learning Journey consent form tomorrow. Currently we only have 3 Parents volunteering as facilitators for the Learning Journey. Interested parents, please do let Mrs Singh know. Same arrangement as before. It will be f.o.c, and parent volunteers will be tasked to lead a group of 3 to 5 children.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

18 April 2012

Dear Parents,
Today I have assessed about 7 children and have advised them on their picture discussion performance. We also did English and Maths Filing today. However, there was no time to do Show-and-Tell for the cupcake decoration experience today so we will do so tomorrow.

18 April 2012

Homework due Friday (20 April)

1.        English – 2  leaves for book review indicating title , author, what is nice about book and reviewed by (your name).  Size of leaves about a third of an A4 size paper.

2.        Maths – To memorise the 4 times and 5 times tables

Homework due Monday (23 April)

-          English – My book of Synonyms ( for composition writing purposes)  - I have explained this at length in class. Please do ask your child to ask me again if they are in doubt.

-          Maths – Maths Worksheets (stapled)

Things to bring on Thursday 19 April

-          Stapler

-          Hole Puncher

-          Green pen

-          Maths Coursebook 2A

Thanks. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

17 April 2012

Dear Parents,

The children had a very enjoyable cupcake decorating experience today - a cupcake fit for a King! Many thanks to Celeste's mum, Seth's mum, Linus' mum, Odelia's mum and Rahul's mum for making this a reality for the children and for making the experience such a wonderful one as well! My sincere gratitude and appreciation to our parent volunteers today! We couldn't have done it without you! The children have chosen to either eat their final product or bring it home. Upon completion, I have taken a photograph of them and their cupcake creations and will be using it as a powerpoint slide for them to do their Show-and-Tell tomorrow. This will ensure a more lasting impression - I will give them the photograph when I get it developed during the weekends, and will ensure that the cupcake and its decorative ingredients do not litter the classroom during the Show-and-Tell. The children had a class dictated writing and individual writing on this experience. I can tell that the children have all enjoyed themselves.

For Maths, we had an editing experience. I had given the children a worksheet with 2 story sums attempted by a child who had done his work wrongly. They are to discuss and to edit and highlight the mistakes and point it out on the paper. They are also to provide a 'model answer' for these 2 story sums on division. They did this before recess.

Btw, I will be assessing the children to assess their level of readiness on picture conversation for the next 3 days. I will be assessing them (the real assessment) starting on Monday next week, with both reading aloud and picture discussion, starting from register no. 1.

Things to bring tomorrow:
a) stapler
b) hole puncher
c) green pen

P.S. We will be doing filing tomorrow.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

16 April 2012

Dear Parents,
Thanks to the wonderful parents who are helping with the cupcake experience, the children are going to enjoy this tomorrow:) My sincere gratitude to the group of wonderful parents helping in this!

Today, we had a wonderful session of Character Education, focusing on the strengths of each the students. I will be compiling for the children what their friends think of them - all their strengths. This will be given out later as I will need time to type and compile.

We also enjoyed our Oral Mental Sums game on Multiplication and Division. After recess, we had our Graphic Stimulus assessment, as well as time given ( 1 period) for the final Scrapbook check and preparation. We will be doing the evaluation later this week.

During the last 2 periods, we reviewed the techniques for picture discussion via SPARO (Setting, People, Action, Response and Opinion) and the children had a few rounds of practice with their partners.

Homework due Wed
- Lead.com.sg Oral Buddy practice on Picture discussion - I showed the children where to find this in lead.com.sg
- Problemsums. com assignments - it may vary for different children

Things to bring for tomorrow:
a) A4 size blank paper - 4 sheets
b) Foolscap paper - 4 sheets
c) Maths Coursebook 2A
d) markers

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

Calling for help to create a cupcake decorating experience for the children

Dear Parents,
To fit with the book theme for "Food fit for the King", which talks about preparation of a lot of food,especially desserts for the king and his family,  I am planning to give the children a cupcake decorating experience on Tuesday 17 April. Very frankly, that is just my vision, and we will be writing about our experience after that.

I am now asking for help from parents who can help us with this experience. My plan is to let the children go for an earlier recess on Tues and then we can remain in the canteen after recess and use the time from 3.30pm to 4.30pm (within that one hour time frame), to work on their own/ in pairs or groups , but each get to have their own to decorate and get to bring back or eat in the end, by planning what they would do to decorate a cupcake fit for a King. They are to share their ideas with the class with their final version of the cupcake.

The problem is I really don't why where I can get these 'blank' cupcakes, decorative materials for cupcakes e.g. sprinkles etc etc etc , plastic gloves, we can get aprons from the home econ room though.

Do you think any one of you can come forth to help me for this? I can fund the materials used but am not sure where to get it and I would like the children to have a good experience.

Please do message me if you can help and do let me know how you can help for this.
Thanks in advance. Sorry for the late notice.

Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong
P.S. If no one is helping, I will have to change it to a video showing the experience, but I am sure we know that is nothing like a real experience. Thanks.

13 April 2012

Dear Parents,
Today, although we had only two periods and it was the last two periods, we managed to complete our spelling (except for those in Mdm Kwan's Maths class), and also had a Maths quiz on Division.

We will be starting with Reading Aloud and Picture Conversation from next Wednesday onwards. We will be reviewing with the children on techniques and key points to note on Monday. Graphic Stimulus assessment (not counted) will also be on Monday.

Thank you.
Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

12 April

Dear Parents,
Today, I have shared with the children w.r..t Spelling words for Week 5 and 6 - unseen words from the spelling of numbers from zero to one thousand. We also learnt to write diamante poems, which highlight the use of nouns, adjectives and participles ( verb+ing).

For Maths, we created division story sums, and also did classwork in the Maths Coursebook on the topic of multiplication and division.


Tomorrow we will be celebrating International Friendship Day during the first two periods. Pupils are encouraged to wear costumes of different countries. If it is not comfortable or convenient for the children to wear it the whole day, please do bring along a change of uniform so that they can change back to their uniforms and will be more comfortable.

I will only see them during the last two periods (Maths periods) - first two became assembly. Thus we will have spelling and Maths quiz then. For the pupils under Mdm Kwan for Maths, they will have their spelling on Monday, as I won't be seeing them at all tomorrow.

Things to bring tomorrow:
Small whiteboard, duster and marker

Things to bring on Monday:
a) Anything your child needs for the 30 minutes given to them to ensure that their scrap book is ready for submission and evaluation. 30 minutes will be given for them to do whatever they deem necessary to complete.
b) Maths Coursebook 2A
c) Green Pen
d)  Stapler

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong