20 July 2012

Dear Parents,

Besides the Composition (level based) and Comprehension (Class based) Assessments that would not be weighted or considered in the marks calculations, there would also be a Maths Practical Assessment on Money (weighted - 5%), as well as Journal for Maths Assessment (Class based and not weighted) next week as well.

For your information please. Thank you.

This is the information for the Practical assessment :

Notes on Math Practical Test (8 marks)

Topic: Money

Term 2, Week 5    (25 , 26, 27th July 2012)

Objectives: Pupils are required to

¨       Count sets of notes and coins

¨       Write the amount of money for each set of notes and coins in the correct unit.

¨       Identify various combinations of notes that make a specified amount of money

¨       Identify a set of coins that make a specified amount of money

¨       Arrange the items from the lowest amount to the highest amount

¨       Find the maximum number of items that can be purchased with a given sum

¨       Calculate the amount of money left / change

Things to bring on Monday 23 July

-          Small whiteboard, duster and marker

-          Foolscap Paper – 4 sheets

-          A4 size blank paper – 4 sheets

-          Coloured markers for decoration

-          Maths Coursebook 2B

P.S. Today, the first two periods will be our Racial Harmony celebrations in the Hall. I will only see the children for the last 2 periods for Maths. We will be having Mental Sums and also a discussion on Fractions before doing a reflection on the topic.

P.P.S. E-Homework is due today for both Maths and English. Homework due Monday has been issued.


Thank you.
Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

19 July 2012

Dear Parents,
Today the children went for their Learning Journey. Many thanks to the Parents who volunteered to accompany them.

Tomorrow, we are celebrating Racial Harmony Day. Please do remind your child to wear his or her ethnic costume, or another race's ethnic costume. If your child does not have any, he or she is to come in uniform as usual.

The first two periods will be the celebrations, so we will only have our Maths periods tomorrow.

P.S. Next Wednesday, we will be having a composition writing assessment - no weighting. It will be based on 4 given pictures and with helping words.

        - Next Thursday, as practice, we will be having a class-based Comprehension assessment - no weighting.  There will be both MCQ and Open-ended exercises.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!

Ow Yeong

18 July 2012

Dear Parents,
Today, we had a briefing on the Learning Journey tomorrow ( including the grouping, the things to bring, and the worksheets that they will be doing). Mrs Singh will be sending the Parent Volunteers the information w.r.t. the groupings. Mrs Leong has also been given a copy of it as well.

I then explained and issued the order for the class photograph and a photocopy of the photograph. Please look through together with your child to decide on the order. The order form is to be returned to Mrs Ho by Friday if possible.

I have also given out the feedback form for the reading assessment done last week. Please sign. Your child is to return it to me on Friday 20 July. (NOT Thursday tomorrow as both Mrs Nair and me will not be around and we do not want the form to be lost.)

Btw, we are celebrating Racial Harmony Day this Friday 20 July so the children are highly encouraged to come in their ethnic costumes or ethnic costumes of their friends.  For those who do not have, they can still come in uniform.

Things to bring for tomorrow 19July :
A small bag with Mother Tongue 'things'
and
a) Insect repellent
b) Snacks for recess
c) Water bottle - filled and does not leak
d) Clipboard with attached pencil
e) Poncho / Raincoat
f) Cap

The children will have the last two periods of MT.

Things to bring on 20 July
- Ethnic costumes - to be worn
- Maths Coursebook 2B
- Small whiteboard, duster and marker

Homework has been issued much earlier.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

P.S. We have also done ( and have not completed and will be completed later) a rewrite of the book 'Owl Babies' by making it more interesting. The children were given a copy of the actual book and they then expanded the book by adding in more details or incidents/ events.

For Maths later, we will be having games to reinforce the concept of Fractions.

16 July 2012 ( 2nd post)

Dear Parents,
Today, we had our Maths Lesson to introduce Fractions. The children viewed examples and counter examples of fractions. They then viewed youtube videos on fractions - what it is and how it is formed. They then did reflections on what they have learnt before going for recess.

After recess, we had a session to reinforce the concept of 'CARE'. The children were reminded to show care physically and verbally to their classmates. I then went through what was expected for their homework. We viewed more information on plants and orchids to prepare them for their Learning Journey and scrapbook homework. I then read them two stories based on days long ago - ' The Pasar Malam' and ' The Magic Box'. The children then used the book that they had brought to create questions and answers from the book. Some did not finish by 5.30pm (at the end of the period) and thus they were allowed to bring it home to complete and to hand in tomorrow. 

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
P.S. Today, for those who did the ICAS (IT) , they received their results.

Ow Yeong

16 July 2012

Dear Parents,
Tomorrow, the children will be taking the ICAS English paper (during the English period) for those who have signed up for it earlier. Fyi please.

Here's the list of homework and things to bring for tomorrow and beyond. Homework due Wed, Fri and Mon are also given. This list is typed and will be given to your child today. Explanations on what is expected for homework will be done today as well.

16 July 2012

Things to bring on 17 July 

-          Foolscap Paper – 4 sheets 

-          Homework due

Things to bring on 18 July 

-          Small whiteboard, duster and marker

-          Maths Coursebook 2B

-          Green pen

-          A4 size blank paper – 4 sheets

Homework due Wednesday 18 July 

-          Maths Reflections – a fuller version  ( a few paragraphs using SPACE format) on foolscap Paper  on ‘ Maths Day’

Homework due Friday  20 July 

-          Maths Problemsums.com – differentiated work

-          English lead.com.sg – differentiated work

Homework due Monday 23 July

-          Scrapbook on Orchids – Title and emphasis will be a matter of your own choice e.g. ‘The Orchids of Singapore’ or ‘ My visit to the Orchid Garden’ , or ‘ How to grow orchids’.  With illustrations (pictures, drawings or photographs)

-          Maths  - My everyday book on Fractions – with illustrations (drawings or photographs or pictures) of everyday objects showing fractions. With a small write-up below each illustration showing the fraction demonstrated and what the objects were.

e.g. place a picture showing a slice of cake( one quarter) cut from a whole cake – you may write at the bottom of it as such :

This is a cake that my mother has bought for the family. She cut one quarter from it to be given to me for my tea. I could not finish it as it was such a big piece. In future, I would ask my mother to only give me one-eighth of it as then it would just enough for me. 

Thank you. Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

Art Homework - making paper garland

Making a flower garland

What you need :

-colourful construction papers

-scissors

-ruler

-stapler

-hole puncher

-string

-straws

Instructions

1. Get ready a small square piece of construction paper. You can obtain it by 

-folding your paper into quarters a few times OR measuring and cutting it. (This is a challenge , you cannot make your flower too big.Example : 6cm by 6cm.)

2. Fold your flower by following these steps :

www.impressyourkids.org/paper-dogwood-craft/

3.-You can add another smaller flower to the bigger flower by stapling them or putting glue in the centre.

-You can use a pencil to roll the edges of the petals to make them curl..

4.Make the leaf for the flower.

-Cut out the template and trace the leaf onto your construction paper.

-Make a bent in the centre of each leaf.

5.-Cut your straw into short pieces of equal length.

-Thread your string through the flowers and leaves . Put a short straw between them.

-You may need to punch a hole in the flowers and leaves (or make a hole) for the string to thread through.

13 July 2012

Dear Parents,

The children had unseen dictation as well as completion of unfinished classwork and penmanship today.

Today I have completed the assessment of all the children in the class in terms of their reading aloud. Most of them have done well. There is still a general need to improve in terms of fluency and expression. There is also a need for the children to look carefully as some good readers tend to be less careful and misread words as they were in a hurry to complete reading. They should take their time to read expressively. There is no time limit for this exercise, so they can just 'perform' at the right pace to ensure that the listener understands the passage and enjoy listening to their reading. I will be sending the feedback forms to you for your signature next week. 

We then had a briefing. Reminders were given for ALL the children to submit the zip bag containing the yellow form (which must be completed and signed by you, as parents), and the relevant cheque plus any unsold tickets. If your child is coming for the carnival, I would highly advise buying the tickets for your child's and your use, as all FOOD, DRINKS, GAMES, RIDES ETC ETC ETC  will need tickets to purchase or gain entry.  All must be submitted on Monday 16 July or you may need to bring it to your child if your child forgets on that day, as it is compulsory to submit then. We have to hand it in and it will be counted and counter signed immediately after the collection during the first two periods.  So please do help remind your child and help your child get ready this for submission.

There was no art for your child yesterday due to the Maths Day, so I have helped the Art teacher, Ms Xu to inform your child of a racial harmony paper garland making competition. To be handed in on Monday 16 July to the art teacher.  I have helped to show the children re this. Details will be posted on the next post due to space constraint on this post.

We completed the Bingo Game on Multiplication and Divison today. The children then did a reflection on 'Maths Day' before they went home.

Thank you.

P.S. Next week, I will be away on Tues - HOD symposium organised by MOE.  The children will be doing written Maths work and penmanship then. Penmanship practice is long due, and is an important skill and we had always had lots of activities in class and could not find time for penmanship practice. Thus Tuesday would be a good time to work on this.  On Thursday, Mrs Leong will be taking the children for their Learning Journey. Mrs Leong is our Senior Teacher, specialising in English and she is wonderful with plants and would be able to share with the children a wealth of knowledge in this area.  I will be informing all regarding LJ groupings next week.  Mrs Leong also know the children as she was their Health Ed teacher last Semester.  I will be away for a cluster meeting then.

Have a wonderful weekend!
Ow Yeong