12 July 2012

Dear Parents,
We had Maths Day today. We had a Mental Sums Interclass challenge, followed by Maths activities. The children tried to work in pairs to build the tallest structure using newspapers and masking / scotchtape.  From this activity, it can be seen that not many tried to think out of the box and a number wanted to give up easily saying that it was too difficult. We will be reflecting soon on this and I will arrange for another session for the children to learn from this experience to see if they can outdo themselves.

We also enjoyed the Shopping Game and the children took turns being the stall holder and buyer. They did this by swapping roles with 2 Generosity children.  The children then recorded their purchases and also counted the change that they received. The children also learnt to interact and communicate in different roles (as buyer and as stall holder) with members of the other class.

We did not have time for the last activity - Bingo game for Multiplication and Division , so we will do it tomorrow.

P.S. Tomorrow, the children will be having unseen dictation. It will be based on what they have learnt thus far, and related to the big book that we are reading currently. 

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

Note: Things to bring and Homework have been given yesterday.

Maths Day on 12 July

Dear Parents,
For Maths Day tomorrow, the children will be viewing the Mental Sums Challenge ( 1 rep from each class - the winner of Round 2) in the Hall. Then they will all do an activity called 'Building the Tallest Structure' ( on the topic of 'Length') , followed by 'Shopping' in the Hall (on the topic of 'Money'). We will then go back to class for the Multiplication and Division Bingo Game.

Fyi pl. Thank you. No posting till Friday.
Ow Yeong

11 July 2012 ( Second post)

Dear Parents,

Today during Maths, we also went through the problem sums booklet and the children learnt how to draw models for multiplication and division questions. This will be their homework due Tuesday.

Tomorrow for Maths Day, if they can bring, the children are encouraged to bring along old newspapers and scotch tape to build the tallest structure.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

11 July 2012

Dear Parents,

Today, we had written work (English Worksheet on 'Owl Babies') while I conducted the second part of the oral assessment for reading. I have completed till register number 20.

We also watched videos and discussed about the anti-littering issue which was discussed this week.

We will be having an English Drama lesson (based on 'Owl Babies' ) and a Maths quiz later in class.

Here's the printed list given to the children :

11 July , 2012

Homework due Tuesday 17 July 

-          Problems Sums Booklet  

-          One English Book Review for Display in Class (Compulsory)  - Optional – More than one submission

Things to bring on 12 July 2012

-          Clip board with attached pencil

-          Foolscap Paper  4 sheets

-          A story book that you have not read

Things to bring on 13 July 2012

-          Maths Course book 2B

-          A 4 size Blank Paper – 4 sheets

-          Foolscap Paper – 4 sheets

-          Colouring materials

Things to bring on 16 July 2012

-          Small whiteboard, duster and marker

-          Maths Coursebook 2B

-          Materials needed  ( e.g. story books for ideas, paper, stickers ) for creation of a Readers’ Theatre Story Book 

Thank you.
Ow Yeong

Re: Journal - Incomplete classwork

Dear Parents,
As the children could not complete their classwork today,  they were allowed to take it home as homework and the journal would be due Thursday, as they had to get it peer edited and recopied in their journal.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

10 July 2012

Dear Parents,
Today, we will be doing written work in class for Maths ( the topic on Multiplication and Division) while Round 2 Mental Sums Challenge is conducted. 9 children got into Round 2, and we will be choosing the winner to represent our class today after Round 2. Round 3 - Interclass challenge will be on Thursday in the Hall, during Maths Day.

For English, we will be going through the vocab and grammar items highlighted in 'Owl Babies', as well as to go through Book Day events via photographs taken. The children will be doing a journal in class on Reflections about Book Day 2012. They would be doing a draft before checking with their peers to further improve their journals before copying down and illustrating on the journal book itself. We are moving into peer editing now for our writing component.

During journal writing time,  I will be conducting the first part of the reading assessments for register numbers 1 to10, except 2, who is not very well.

Things to bring tomorrow will be the same as that for today. New Homework will be issued tomorrow.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

Lessons for 9 July

Dear Parents,
This would be the schedule of lessons for today:
The children would be going for any earlier recess today so that they can have the activities all at one go, without interruptions .

During Maths, they would be having a Maths Challenge - Mental Sums round 1 - to look for the top Mental Sums pupils to take part in tomorrow's Round 2 ( The final winner for 2F will represent 2F in Thursday's Interclass Mental sums challenge on Maths Day in the Hall.)  They would also continue with the Auction - which will also take up some English periods as it involves oral English presentation as well.
For English, besides completing the activity for Auction Day, we will also have Big Book Reading on the second book - Owl Babies. 

For this week, we are completing the Maths topic of Money today and will contine with the topic of Multiplication and Division ( 4, 5 and 10). English will be langage components related to Owl babies, namely:-

Grammar Items a) Conjunction: or, but, and, for b) Contractions: apostrophe c) Preposition d) Verbs: past tense e) Pronouns f) Adjectives g) Editing h) Grammar Cloze i)Vocabulary Cloze

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong