Maths -- ordinal numbers

Things done and completed today:

The topic on Ordinal Numbers have been completed.
Ordinal Numbers stress on placing of the people, things in their positions.
They are also expected to be able to write and spell:

1st -- First
2nd -- Second
3rd -- Third
4th -- Fourth
5th -- Fifth
6th -- Sixth
7th -- Seventh
8th -- Eighth
9th -- Ninth
10th -- Tenth

Spelling on these words will be given out shortly during Mental Sums.

Within the topical worksheet, other words/phrases to be tested:
from the left / right, top/bottom.
They need to understand from where this is.

Other words: who is to win the race?
Who is in front of the queue -- meaning, the first in line
Who is the last? -- the furthest, away from the first.

Hypothetical Questions: If something is taken away, how is the placing being changed?
Strategy: cross out or cover up the one being taken away, then count the placing of the item.

Based on the previous unit review, the trend will be to have questions which are tougher and higher order.
However, the strategy remains: underline the key words, put down the placing (1st, 2nd, etc), then comprehend the question, and finally solving it. :)

Hope this posts helps.

Cheers,
Mdm Chan

Things to be learnt in English for Term 2

Things to be learnt in Term 2: This was based on the handout given earlier this year. 

Unit 5: To Town

Vocabulary: vehicles, bulldozer, fire-engine, jumping stick, motor bike, vintage car, yellow, green, red, blue, orange, silver

High frequency words:

Will, go, way big, then

Grammar:

Possessive adjective: my

Preposition: in, on, over, up, down, between, into, out, over, beside, under

Adjectives: my(possessive), big

Question word: who, what, where

Demostratives: these, those

Phonics:

Blends: bl,

Consonants: v,j

Vowel: e, i, o

Unit 6: Smarty Pants

Vocabulary: aeroplane, jungle vine, mountain, racing car, thumb, trumpet, swimming pool

Grammar:

present tense: infinitive to followed by the verbs )go, fly, ski, swing, fall,

Base verbL as simple present tense, after modal “will” and after auxiliary verb “do”

Punctuation: full stop

Word identification:

Vowels: u as in “jug”

Consonants: j

Blends: sm, fl, sk

Term 2:

Unit 7:  The hungry Giant

Vocabulary: beehive, bees, bommy-knocker, bread, butter, giant, honey, hungry

High frequency words:

Some, or, so, with

Grammar:

Uncountable nouns: bread, butter, honey

Singular and plural

Contractions: that’s I’ll, don’t I’m, you’re, there’s

Conjunction: or, so

Phonics:

Consonants: g as in giant

Vowels: ee, ow

Unit 8: Crocodile Tea

Vocabulary: crocodile, elephant, lion, monkey, snake, tea, tiger, hippopotamus, numbers  1 – 10, animals and their homes

High frequency words:

Again, come, door

Grammar:

Adjectives: colours, size

Speech marks

Pronoun: we

Possessive pronoun: my, your, his, her

Phonics: m and n

Vowels: I as in hive

Unit 9: The Giant’s Ice-cream

Vocabulary: breakfast, lunch, dinner, purple, ice-cream, doorway, party, stuck

High frequency words: that

Grammar:

Countable and uncountable nouns.

Verb: -ing, simple past tense,

Pronouns: it, me

Adjectives: big, tough

Possessive: ‘s

Quantifier: some, much

Phonics:

Vowels, a, i, o

Blend: st

Unit 10: Jigaree:

Vocabulary: climbing, dancing, flying, jigaree, jumping, riding, skating, swimming

High frequency words: here, there, everywhere, after

Grammar: verbs: -ing form

Phonics: cl, sw

English Unit review 1

English Unit review:

Although this is a practice, this gives a good gauge what is the level of the paper, and where are we heading. Congrats, the class has done well. The average is at 82%. However, there are 3 failures in the class, and we need to close the gap for the failures.

To those who have done well, continue to work hard. :)
To those who have not done that well, it's okay. This is just a test, let's just work hard for the up-coming test in Term 2.

Cheers,
Mdm Chan

Career education

Career Attachment: 


This was mentioned during the the induction early this year. The purpose of the programme is to develop pupils' awareness of their values, skills and interests which is critical for their self-identity development. 

There is a letter to you and a note to company sent out today.  There is also a journal for them to complete while on 1-day attachment.


If there are cases where you are unable to take them to work, they can accompany family members or relative or parents' friend to work for a day. If the mummy is a home-maker, please kindly assign some chores which your child can do, and hence being able to complete the assignment.


Cheers,

Mdm Chan 

Things completed today - 12 March

Things completed today: 

1)  Maths PSLE booklet: Worksheet 4 --> Part Whole Model.
Knowing the whole and the part, solving the other part using Subtraction.

2) Maths PSLE booklet: Worksheet 5 --> Comparison Model.
Comparing between 2 quantities, finding the difference using Subtraction.

3) Heuristics: Drawing a diagram, Looking for a pattern.

PAL lesson - Bring oil pastels

PAL lesson:
For the next lesson on Visual Arts, please kindly bring along your oil pastels.

Thanks/regards,
Mdm Chan

Yan Yan Shuo Shuo

Dear all,

Yan Yan Shuo Sho (Show and Tell in Chinese) starts Monday.

Please get ready and prepare for this.

Thanks,

Mdm Chan

Health Booklet

Dear all,

The School Health Service (SHS) will be conducting their annual Health Check for our school from 16th April 2013 till 26th April 2013. There will be health screening for ALL Levels and immunization for P1 and P5 levels.

letter and immunization booklet has been given out today.
Pls complete and sign the Medical Information Form and Consent form for Immunisation (Found inside immunization booklet).


I will collect all completed forms starting Monday 11 March.
Pls hand in your health booklets starting from Monday 11 March.

If you have lost your book, please inform me by this Monday 11 March. (A new booklet costs $1.50)


Thanks/regards
Mdm Chan

Announcements on Friday 8 March

On 6 April, there is a sandwich making competition. Please kindly complete the form and return back to me on Monday if you are interested. Details can be found in the March notifications.


Maths Unit review -- corrections have been done and this paper has been returned back to them. Please kindly sign on the paper, and on the rubrics too. This will be collected on Monday 11 March.


Thanks/regards,
Mdm Chan

March Notifications

Notifications for March is out. 

It will be given out today. 

Jogawalk: 6 April, Sat

Moe Excel Fest: 5 and 6 April

http://www.excelfest.com/ 

You can sign up for courses over there on Saturday. :) 

Link for soft copy: 

http://www.radinmaspri.moe.edu.sg/cos/o.x?c=/wbn/pagetree&func=view&rid=1131974

Cheers,

MC