Friday, July 29, 2011

English Show & Tell Session

Dear Parents,

The topic is My imaginary Animal (5%)
The session will be conducted from 1 August, Monday to 5 August, Friday.
Monday-  Index Number: 1 to 6
Tuesday- Index Number: 7 to 12
Wednesday- Index Number: 13 to 18
Thursday- Index Number 19 to 24
Friday- Index Number 25 to 30

For example:
Introduction of Show and Tell presentation
• Greet the teacher and friends.
• Introduce themselves and class your child/ward is in
• “This morning/Today, I will be sharing with you about my _______” ( topic )


Development of Show and Tell presentation
• Introduce the topic for Show and Tell.( “This is a drawing of my imaginary animal”)
• What is its name?

• How does it look like? How does it move? Where does it live? What does it eat?

How to end his/her Show and Tell presentation
• Share about his/her thought/feeling about this animal. Why? ("I am ..... to have .... as my imaginary animal.")
• End the session by thanking the class for their attention.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Term 3 Holistic Assessment

Week 3- Thursday- 14 July: English Reading Aloud for Accuracy and Expressiveness (5%)

Week 5- Thursday- 28 July: Math Topical Review(TR) 4 (15%)
  • Numbers to 40
  • Numbers to 100
  • Heuristics- Draw a diagram/Model
Week 5- Friday- 29 July: Individual Writing (5%)
  • Class preparation: Word Order and Group Writing
Week 6: English Show and Tell (5%) Topic: My imaginary Animal
  • Class preparation: Picture Description (Individual)
Week 6- Thursday- 4 August: Math Journal Writing
  • Numbers to 100
Week 7- Thursday- 11 August: Math Performance Task (10%)
  • Numbers to 100
  • Money (1) 
Week 9- Friday- 26 August: English TR 2 (25%)
  • Vocabulary MCQ (6 x 1m)
  • Grammar MCQ (6 x 1m)
  • Vocabulary Cloze (4 x 1m)
  • Grammar Cloze (4 x 1m)
  • Comprehension MCQ (3 x 2m)
  • Comprehension MCQ (2 x 2m)
Week 9- Thursday- 25 August: Math Topical Review(TR) 5 (15%)
  • Money (1)
  • Money (2)

English Listening Comprehension - TBA
  • Spelling
  • Picture Matching
  • Sound Discrimination

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Numbers- Have Fun

Interesting Online Math Games:

Base Blocks
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_152_g_1_t_1.html?from=topic_t_1.html

Base Blocks Subtraction
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_155_g_1_t_1.html?from=topic_t_1.html

Number Pairs
(http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html)

Digit Work-out
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.html

Save the Math Apples - Addition and Subtraction
http://www.playkidsgames.com/games/apples/savetheApples.htm

To cultivate the habit of reading

Dear Parents,

Please ensure that your child brings the EZ-Link card or the photocopied EZ-Link card to school every Friday. I want them to borrow at least a storybook per week.

Your cooperation is appreciated. Thanks.