Primary 2 Exam Papers for downloading

Dear all,

These are 2013 exam papers and test papers from this website:
I have downloaded 2013 papers and zipped them. You may want to print some for your children to try it out.



1) English 

2) Mathematics

3) Chinese


Cheers,
Mdm Chan

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Dear all,

For the stellar book: The Ant and the Grasshopper, there is this nice video to watch to find out more about this story.


Cheers,
Mdm Chan

Misconceptions in quantifiers

Misconceptions in quantifiers:

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A quantifier is a word or phrase that is used before a noun to express quantity or amount. 

During one of the stellar topics, we had a discussion between some, several and many. 

Do note that some should be both countable and uncountable nouns. 

Hope the list clarifies. 

Holidays are almost over. I have set Maths practices in learnlogy starting next week. The next unit review is due in week 6. (National day holidays week) it will be a short week due to the celebrations on the 8th August. 

Cheers,

Mdm Chan

English writing

Something which you may want to do over this holidays to promote learning and writing skills.

http://1armps.blogspot.com/2012/05/creating-story-using-storybird.html

This was done previously with another p2 cohort two years ago to encourage them to write. Do read on and share a story if you wish to.. On storybird. 😄

What I enjoy doing

Dear all,


This is the essay written by the class. 


What I enjoy doing



Cheers,
Mdm Chan

My pet - MLEA written in class

Dear all,


This is the next MLEA they have completed in class. Each of them will get a copy to be pasted back onto their MLEA book.

My pet 



Thanks/regards
Mdm Chan

Synthesis worksheet

Dear all,

We will be doing this Synthesis worksheet for tomorrow.
FYI, these were actually from P1's work last year.
You may want to revise tonight first.

Thanks.
Regards
Mdm Chan

PS: There is quite a fair bit of homework on Synthesis tonight... Please do bear with us.
We'll conduct the test only when we complete these worksheets. :)

Test this week

Dear all,

but, and, so and when will be tested for this week's test.

There is synthesis. I just realised it today.

Please learn them for this week's test. 

I will going through these tomorrow..... 

Thanks/regards,

Mdm Chan

Magnetic Max group work

Dear all,


Please find attached MLEA Magnetic Max group work.
This was the finished product from the groups after they have completed their writing last Wednesday.



Thanks/regards
Mdm Chan

PS: Do note that for the final year examination, they are supposed to write about 80 words. 

MLEA homework on magnetic max

Suggested topic(s):

Something I enjoy making in my free time

Use the following questions to guide pupils in their writing.

What do you like to make in your free time?

Why do you like to make it?

What can you do with it after making it?

How do you feel after completing it?

Have your parents or friends seen what you have made?

What were their comments?

MLEA writing to be completed.

Pls read the questions to get you started. 

Thanks to complete on Wednesday.

Announcements

English test in week 9:
Topics tested: Food Fit for a King and Magnetic Max
Format of the test is also similar to the previous 2 unit reviews.
Will post more once I have looked through in detail the actual grammar items we need to study.


Learnlogy assignments: these are optional. Please do not feel so stressed that these need to be completed on the very same day or week. There is no harsh deadline. Just try your best to complete the assignments.
Learning should really be fun.


Next lesson on AnimateImagine:
This coming Monday is the only lesson we will be doing the actual filming of the drawings that they have completed. So, if they have completed at least 2 stories, they are encouraged to bring them on Friday for safe-keeping in school. :)
For those who did not bring them this Friday, just remember to bring them back next Monday.

We'll also be starting lessons on Art Rage. This is a paid software to draw using this software. It's much more interesting than using Paint last year to draw the monster and fairies.
You may want to see some samples of drawings done previously by another group of students.


Some of the children have received some letters for them to get spectacles or to get their eye sight tested further. Please let me know if your child needs to sit in front in the interim period.




Thanks/regards,
Mdm Chan

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Unit 9: The Ant and the Grasshopper
This is the book we are reading in Term 3.
There's this interesting video on youtube to introduce this famous fable.
Pls help here.  

The Actual rubrics

Show and tell in week 7

Here the rubrics for the show and tell.

Pls prepare for the presentation next Monday. Thanks.

Topic: What food would you serve a guest who is visiting from overseas. Do bring a picture of it. 

Option: You may draw the picture.

We'll be looking at:

1) Posture, eye contact

2) Clarity 

3) Volume of voice

4) Vocabulary (the words used)

5) Prepardness (how prepared is the child) 

Regards,  

Mdm Chan

Composition Done - Composition 1

Dear all,

Here's the first composition about the greedy boy:
The greedy boy

Here's the second composition about the mischief committed in the restaurants.
These are the groups' compositions which they wrote as a small group.

Thanks and regards,
Mdm Chan

Unit Review and upcoming assessment

Please note the upcoming unit reviews and assessment. The next upcoming test is next week, week 5 English where the assessment is similar to the first unit review we did in Term 1.
It is 5% for this component.

Thanks and regards,

Mdm Chan

Things due for this term (English)

Unit review 3 will be coming in week 5. ( the week after Good Friday.) Please refer to the first unit review format as a gauge to study and prepare for the next test. 

Things tested: 

unit 5: Beware of the Cat

unit 6: life in the shell

How to prepare:

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1) past tense, present tense is a must know. When to use past, when to use present tense. 

This is so especially for irregular verbs. 

E.g, eat, give, drink, go, say, run, meet, etc.. 

2) grammar items from life in the shell- plural forms of special nouns. 

Eg: leaf, change to leaves 

Fly, change to flies

These will be tested. 

3) open-ended compre: Read and read, and of course with understanding of the clues. 😄

Regards

Mdm Chan

Composition 1

Dear all, please note that we are completing composition 1. 

How will this be done:

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1) pupils to complete group writing in small groups of 3. 

2) teacher to mark group essays and provide feedback for group essays

3) pupils to complete individual essays (revised) based on their group essays. 

We have completed step 1 on Thursday. 

Will will proceed to do step 3 next week once I have completed marking. 

Thanks. 

Regards 

Mdm Chan

Misconceptions: English

Misconceptions in the sea creatures;

Clams, scallops, mussels. They can be misunderstood. Take note of the difference between them. 

 

Plural of words ending with 'y':

Eg: baby, babies. Have to change to 'ies'

Eg: leaf, leaves. Have to change to 'ves'

It was already mentioned in class but these mis-conceptions may appear again in the unit review. Thanks. 

Another part:

Past tense, plural and singular for present tenses. We will revise these again as they will again be tested. 

Regards 

Mdm Chan

Spelling list -- extra words for composition

Dear all,

This was announced in the class: these words will be tested in term 2's spelling. These are useful words for composition. 

1) immediately
2) hospital
3) an ambulance
4) vulgarities
5) incident
6) embarrassed
7) mischievous
8) diligent
9) unfortunately
10) porridge 

This list is slightly different announced in class. This will be the finalized version. Will also announce to everyone in class. 

Cheers,
Mdm Chan