Math foundation is important!

Dear Parents,

Can you remember Mr. Tsu's letter dated 4 Jan 2011?

"The '10,000 hour theory' posits that people who do well in Mathematics would have practised more than 10,000 hours over about 10 years of their lives as a student.

The number of hours for Math in the classroom is not enough. If your child can't do basic addition and subtraction, your child will definitely can't do the topic on Money. The accumulated topics that your child doesn't know will increase as days go by. I hope you will understand my concern.

Updates!

Dear Parents,

1) Next Thursday, there is a performance task. The topics are Numbers to 100 and Money.

2) Some of you have not signed the worksheet on Numbers to 100. Please ensure your child complete the Math corrections.

3) This coming Monday, students will be able to go home at 10am. Students are to wear red and white but no sleeveless T-shirt please.

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.

Our Learning Journey!

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

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.