28 Aug - Things to bring and Holiday Homework list

28 August 2012

Things to bring on 29 Aug

-          Readers’ Theatre script

-          Clip board

-          Unread English Story book

Things to bring on 30 Aug 

-          Readers’ Theatre script

-          Clip board

-          Maths Course book 2B

-          English File

Things to bring on 31 Aug

-          Maths File

-          Maths Activity Book 2B Part One and Two

-          Foolscap Paper

Things to bring on 10 Sept

-          Homework – Scrapbook (Correspondence with a twist )

-          Foolscap Paper – 4 sheets

-          A4 size blank paper

-          Maths Coursebook 2B

-          Colouring materials

Holiday Homework (Due 10 Sept 2012)

-          English –  Correspondence with a Twist    (done up in a scrapbook)

( a collection of self-created correspondence – e.g. from the Billy goat to the Troll, from the Troll to the Billy Goat, from the Fisherman to the Fish, From the Fisherman’s Wife to the Fish, From the Fish to the Fisherman or to his wife, from the Wolf to the Three little pigs, or From the Three little pigs to the wolf etc. )

-          Maths – lead.com.sg assignments (Revision) as well as the Monday auto-assigned problemsums.com exercises

P.S. Please refer to the handout for the example of the type of correspondence to include - it can be a letter and / or email (not a real email but a created and printed one like the one shown in the sample given to your child).

Thanks.

28 August 2012

Dear Parents,
I am giving the children time to rehearse for Readers' Theatre today and tomorrow, before Thursday's performance. The rubrics have been given to the children way beforehand, so they have an idea of what we woud expect from them.
I am also giving them their holiday homework as well as tell them regarding things to bring - all the way to 1st day of Term 4 Week 1.  This gives them more time to prepare and I will be explaining to them what will be expected. Please refer to the next few post - one for things to bring and homework list - I have also copied an example of what I want, plus one for Spelling for Term 4 - very few spelling words as time is given for revision and preparation for SA2. 

Today we are having  the Maths Review Paper as well as rehearsal for Readers' Theatre besides briefing by me.
P.S. Spelling list for Term 4 is given today.
P.P.S. We will be issuing the holistic report as well as periodic feedback by me - by Thursday/ Friday. I am currently trying to complete marking the EL paper and also hopefully complete the Maths paper so that by Friday, I can return to you to take a look. We also have to ensure that everyone has taken this paper within the week.

Thank you.
Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

27 Aug

Dear Parents,

Today, we had a CE lesson with the children's respective mentors - some are with Mrs Ho, the rest are with me. For Maths, we had a revision quiz. They were also given the feedback form for 3 journals done. Please sign and return the stack of feedback and journals tomorrow via your child. This will be filed in their portfolio in school.

For English, we continued to watch videos showing various Readers' Theatre performance, while pointing out the good parts of the performance. I then modelled the reading of the script for the children and the children practised individually on their own after that. Tomorrow and Wednesday, there will be group rehearsals and performance with assessment will be on Thursday.

Things to bring tomorrow
- Readers' Theatre script
- Clip board
- Foolscap Paper - 4 sheets
- A4 size blank paper - 6 sheets

Homework - To prepare for their Maths Review Paper tomorrow.

Thank you.
Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

24 Aug 2012

Dear Parents,

Today we had Spelling and unseen Dictation. The children also decided on their roles within their groups. We only had a little bit of time and they saw one and a half Readers' Theatre video presentations. We will continue this actvity for them to view and learn, before they start to practise on Monday.

For Maths later, they would be doing Mental Sums as well as a Maths activity on time.

Homework (due Tuesday 28 Aug) - Maths Assignments on Lead.com.sg  ( already assigned) - This is meant to aid revision to a certain extent.

Things to bring on Monday - a) Maths Coursebook 2B
                                              b) A4-size blank paper - 4 sheets
                                              c) Foolscap Paper - 4 sheets
                                              d) Colouring materials

Note: The children are having their Maths Review Paper on Tuesday, and Listening Comprehension exercise on Wednesday. 
I have NOT asked them to bring their files as yet.  So please do not ask them to bring them to school if I have not called for them.

Thank you. Have a wonderful day and a great weekend!
Ow Yeong

23 Aug 2012

Dear Parents,
Today, the children had their English review paper. They were reminded once again before the paper started to work hard, highlight key words, read the compre passage 2 to 3 times and to check their work a few times. The handful of boys who did not take the paper seriously ( 6 of them  who wanted to spend their time playing and not checking have been advised by me personally before they went for recess.) The rest  remembered and used the one hour allocated to them carefully.

After the paper, I gave them a copy of the script for the Readers' Theatre assignment/assessment to read at home. 6 leaders for Readers' Theatre were chosen and they selected their team mates - 6 members each. There was no time for further work and tomorrow I will then show them sample videos of others performing Readers' Theatre and also gave them time to decide on their roles. We will also have spelling and dictation tomorrow.

For Maths, we needed a quiet activity as the next class was having their English review paper. Thus we went through the worksheet on Time that was completed yesterday, and did peer marking and corrections. The papers are with me for me to go through once again. 

Reminder : We need parent volunteers for the LJ to Changi Airport.There are a no. of stations that need to be completed. Please do let me and Mrs Singh know if you are volunteering.
Thank you.
Have a wonderful day!
P.S.
a) The Maths Activity book 2B has been returned today - all Maths activity books are now with the children.
b) Next Wed, I will be assessing the children on their Listening Comprehension.
Thanks.
Ow Yeong

22 Aug 2012

Dear Parents,
We will be moving to the 6I3 classroom ( sorry posted the wrong room yesterday) today.

Tomorrow, the class will be doing their English Review Paper. I will go through the different strategies once again with them in class today. I wil also be giving them the Rubrics for Readers' Theatre assessment - a copy - so that the children know what to expect when we are grading them in this aspect. We had two practices thus far, and will be doing more practice before the actual assessment.

The children will also be receiving the consent form today for their Learning Journey to the Changi Airport.

For today's English lesson,
we will review the strategies for English. We will review the big book read. Then the children will be doing classwork on the new book read. Then the children are to do an exercise with their unread book - to create a new book jacket and an advertisement on the back cover.

For Maths,
We will review what we have learnt for Time, as well as do classwork on the topic.

Fyi please.

Thank you.
Have a wonderful day!
Ow Yeong

21 August 2012

Dear Parents,
Today, I have returned the comprehension and composition Mock Test papers to the children. Please sign on the cover of both papers ( for compre it will be next to the mark, and for compo, above the date). For comprehension, highest was 28/30. For compo, as a level, we are only reflecting the range on the feedback template attached. I have also written comments or made corrections in the composition. There were three very well-written compositions and I would be reading them to the class next week, when the files are returned.  The children are to file both papers in their English file - at the last segment. For comprehension, they are to do their corrections - the answer sheet has been given to them. For composition, they do not need to do corrections as yet. We will be doing that next week, in conjunction with their IT assignment in Week 10.

Today for Maths, we went through corrections for the last set of worksheets on multiplication and division - returned today for your signature as well.  To be filed in the Maths file. We also did another Maths Journal mock assessment. This is done to assess the understanding of concepts taught. All journal assessments will be returned to you for your viewing this week. We also started on the topic of 'Time'.

For English, we went through corrections for 'The Fisherman and his wife'. We also started on a new book 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff - much more than a story'. The children enjoyed the book as it not only has the traditional story, but also a poem, an extended 'story' with an email invitation by the billy goats, as well as a factual introduction of bridges. I then used this same book to show the children how they can write advertise for a book. The children then used the book that they have brought to read to find out more about the book and also come up with an 'advertisement' for the book that they have brought.

Things to bring will be same throughout for this week - Foolscap Paper ( 5 sheets) , A4 size blank paper (4 sheets), colouring materials, stapler, and a book that they have not read. We will be using the books to explore different aspects, in various projects.

There is NO homework this week. We will be doing written work in class, and time will be given for self-revision. Note: Thursday - English review paper, Friday - Spelling (for Week 8) and unseen dictation for Week 9.
P.S. Problemsums.com assignments are weekly auto-assigned. So this will serve as a continual practice.

Btw, due to the prelims for P6, we will be moving to the p6 classroom from tomorrow onwards.

Thank you.
Good night.
Ow Yeong