Early posting for 4 May

Dear Parents,

Tomorrow, I'll be printing Homework and Things to bring list for the children as we will not have time to get the children to copy. Here's an early posting:

4 May 2012

Note: There is no school on 7 May (Holiday in lieu of Vesak Day on Saturday).

Things to bring on Tuesday 8 May 

a)       Green Pen

b)       Maths Coursebook 2A

c)       Foolscap Paper – 3 sheets

Homework (Due Tuesday 8 May )

1. Journal –

a)       Reflections on my own learning progress for English

b)       Reflections on my own learning progress for Maths

c)       How am I preparing for my English and Maths Review Papers on 10 May (English) and 11 May  (Maths)

2. Revise and prepare for the Review Papers on 10 May (English) and 11 May ( Maths) 

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

3 May 2012

Dear Parents,
Today, we went through the English Revision Paper 1, and the children did corrections as well as strategies for attempting the paper. This is a practice paper to assess your child's readiness for attempting a full review paper on 10 May. We will be going through the English Revision Paper 2 tomorrow. Both papers will be filed in their English file ( when the children bring their files in tomorrow just for filing purposes). 

I will also be going through the Maths Revision Paper 1 tomorrow as well. Noting the time available - only 4 periods tomorrow, we may not be able to go through the Maths Revision Paper 2 till Tuesday. The Maths papers will also be filed in their Maths files tomorrow.

Things to bring tomorrow:
a) Green pen
b) Hole puncher
c) A4 size blank paper - 3 sheets
d) English file
e) Maths file

The children will get to bring their files back tomorrow. This is to ensure that the revision papers get to reach home and will be properly filed.

We also did continued our Maths worksheet ( on revising the last 3 topics) today. We then did a story map on one / two books read. The children had to come up with a map with basic components of title , setting, characters, best scene in the book, as well as why other should read this book.

Btw, we will be exchanging classroom with the P6s during the exam period ( from 8 May to 15 May).  We have to shift as the tables and chairs in our container classroom will be changed to the bigger ones and will also be placed in the exam format.

Fyi please. Thank you.

P.S. Just a reminder re donation drive for the school anniversary - I hope that you can help the school by donating generously as the funds will be allocated to providing better facilities and resources for the children. Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

2 May 2012

Dear Parents,
Today, the children's homework (due Friday) will be to revise through on their own things learnt for English and Maths thus far. I will be issuing homework only on Friday and due Tuesday, as next Monday is a holiday in lieu of Vesak Day on Saturday.

We had a short briefing today, followed by having the children attempt English Revision Paper 2.  There was no time to return English Revision Paper 1 today, so I will do that tomorrow. This will give you a gauge of the readiness of your child, for the Review Paper on 10 May (For English).

The other revision papers will be given later, most probably on Friday, if there is no time to go through tomorrow. The Maths Review Paper is on 11 May.

We also did a picture composition in school today. With the children written work today, I have managed to complete my oral assessment for all the children. I will be returning the feedback forms to you, when I have recorded their scores.

The children also attempted a Maths Revision Exercise to review topics of Addition and Subtraction, Multiplication and Division, and Multiplication Tables 2 and 3.  This exercise will be completed in class tomorrow as there was no time to complete today in class.

Things to bring tomorrow:
a) 2 English story books that have been already been read
b) A4 size blank paper (white) -  6 sheets
c) Coloured markers

Thanks. Have a wonderful day!
P.S. I will be asking the children to bring their files on Friday to complete filing, but they can bring it back on Friday as I will not be keeping their files yet. I will keep the files after the review papers so that I can do file check.

Ow Yeong

30 April ( 2nd post)

Dear Parents,
Today we did not have time for the English Revision Paper 2, so we had penmanship instead, after the children had finished their Maths Revision Paper 2.

For the Oral Assessment, I have spoken to all those who have not met me for the "rehearsal" for picture discussion, before I started my actual assessment. Today, except for one absentee among the first 19 pupils, I have assessed 18 of them (Register numbers from 1 to 19).

Tomorrow is a public holiday. I will continue my assessment on Wednesday.

Things to bring on Wed - Green pen, Foolscap Paper - 4 sheets, A4 size blank paper - 4 sheets

Homework - Learn Spelling for Week 7 and 8, as well as to learn the times tables from 2 x to 6x again.

Thank you.
Happy Labour Day Holiday!

P.S. The children received their Maths file today (pink file). I will be collecting their files only in Week 9. Both  (English and Maths) are now returned for the children to review and revise on their own.

Ow Yeong

30 April 2012

Dear Parents,
Today, we will be having a Show and Tell by a pupil who was absent previously, followed by a briefing on the oral this week.

We would also be returning the Maths files to the children today, as well as for them to do another Maths and English revision paper - while I conduct English oral assessement ( reading aloud and picture discussion) with each individual pupil, starting with register number 1.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

Separate list for Week 7 and 8 Spelling

Dear Parents,
I had wanted the whole extra spelling list (just given) for the children to organise and also to keep as a reference when writing. Thus the words were not separated. Linus' mum emailed me the separate list - all separated into Week 7 and 8. Thanks! I'm attaching it here for your reference, in case your child needs to confirm which words are to be tested in Week 7 and which in Week 8. By the way, I will only test 10 words in Week 7 and 10 words in Week 8. The extra words are for their use in writing. Thanks.

List of frequently misspelt words for spelling for the next 2 weeks (Week 7 and 8)

Week 7

A       address       advice         advise

B       believe

D       deceive

F       finally  

G      grammar

H      happily       hoarse

J       jealous

L       leisure           likely       lovely          luxury

P       piece

Q      quizzes

R       realize          really         receive  

S       safety          several        similar    

T       though          through

U       until                     usually  

V       villain

W      weird           whether     which  

Week 8

A       accidentally         advertisement      appearance   

B       barbecue               beginning    

C       conscientious       courteous  

D       disappoint           disastrous  

E       embarrass             especially                      extremely  

F       familiar                fascinating  

G      generally              guidance

H      handkerchief        humorous  

I        immediately        information  

K      knowledge

M      medicine             millionaire            mischievous        

mysterious

N       neighbour            nuisance

O      occasionally        occurred  

P       pleasant                principal               principle  

Q      questionnaire  

R       restaurant

S       surprise                suspicious  

T       themselves           therefore             thorough              tomorrow  

V       valuable      

W      wherever  

 Thanks:) Have a wonderful weekend!

Ow Yeong

P.S. For the last 2 periods of Maths yesterday, we had completed Maths journals and also completed the Maths Activity Book 2A part 2. Only 2 children could not complete and they had to bring home as homework. The rest had already handed in.

27 April 2012

Dear Parents,
Today, we had Spelling ( for words in numbers), and we also had reviewed and understood the list of words ( for Spelling for Week 7 and 8 - misspelt words) given to them. I am copying these words below for your info, but I have already printed a copy for them. For those who are in school, they have received today. For those who are absent, they will get it on Monday. But in case you need to know earlier, the list of words are copied below. I have informed the children that I will test 10 words from the list ( those words with 7 or fewer than 7 letters to be tested in Week 7, and those longer words (longer than 7 letters) to be tested in Week 8). This will give them more time to learn these words, which will be useful in composition writing.

Things to bring will be the same as that for today - Green pen, foolscap paper and A4 size blank paper.
As stated earlier, there is NO homework issued today. A number of our class pupils are having their Hindi or Punjabi tests/ exams this weekend.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong
The spelling list (for week 7 and 8) is attached below:

List of frequently misspelt words for spelling for the next 2 weeks (Week 7 and 8)

A   accidentally     address   advertisement   advice   advise     appearance   

B    barbecue    beginning   believe  

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C    conscientious    courteous  

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D   deceive   disappoint   disastrous  

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E    embarrass    especially     extremely  

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F    familiar   fascinating   finally  

G   generally    grammar    guidance

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H   handkerchief   happily    hoarse   humorous  

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I    immediately    information  

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J   jealous

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K   knowledge

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L    leisure    likely    lovely   luxury

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M   medicine    millionaire    mischievous    mysterious

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N   neighbour    nuisance

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O    occasionally   occurred  

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P    piece    pleasant   principal   principle  

Q   questionnaire   quizzes

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R   realize   really    receive   restaurant  

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S    safety    several   similar     surprise     suspicious  

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T    themselves    therefore   thorough   though   through   tomorrow  

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U     until   usually  

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V    valuable    villain  

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W   weird   wherever   whether   which