Thursday, November 8, 2012

Grains of Kindness @ North West

Dear Boys and Girls,

Help a needy family get 10kg of rice now by simply posting a short personal story of an act of kindness.
Remember to end with your name, class and the name of the school. For example:

I have given up seats to the elderly on trains.
Grace Soh (1F), Wellington Primary School

Are you ready? Click on Grains of Kindness

Dear Parents,
You may help by going to this link:                
Just like the Facebook page and start posting to help the needy residents.
If you don't have a Facebook account and don't want to create one, you may use the above form too.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Reading & Listening


November Update

Dear Parents,

8 November 2012
Mark Processing/ E-Learning Day
All students to stay home for E-learning

13 November 2012
Deepavali Holiday

14 November 2012
Launching of Sports Safety Champs
Students to be in school from 7.35am-10am.

15 November 2012
Prize Giving Day 7.35am-12.30pm
Students to be in school from 7.35am-12.30pm

Prize Giving Day 6.30pm-9.30pm
Attendance by invitation only.

16 November 2012
Parent-Teacher-Meeting/No Student Day
Selected students to come to school with parents

Friday, October 12, 2012

English: Grammar

Term 1:
determiner: the
structure: The .... can..., The ... can't ...
conjunction: and
pronouns: he, she
preposition: over, in, into
punctuation: comma
contractions: don't, I'll, I'm, you're
pronouns: I, you, they, he, she
structure: I'm ... I'm not ...
articles: a, an
pronouns: it, me
question word: What
structure: What do you ...; What could it ...;
Possessive adjective: my
This is/It is my ...
...is my...
preposition: in, on
verbs: go, fly, play, swing
sentence structure: I am a teacher. Here is ..., See me ...?

Term 2:
uncountable nouns
contractions: that's, I'll, don't, I'm, you're, there's
conjunctions: or, so
imperatives
pronoun: who, your
structure: Will you ... I will/can't ...
punctuation: capital letters
structure: "..... ," said ......
pronouns: we, your
adjectives: big, tough
vowels: ice, ate, no
adjectives: big, tough
adjectives: colours, size
structures: The ... ate ... for breakfast
blends: /gr/, /dr/, /cr/
pronouns: my, mine, our, everyone
structures: Whose
Is this ....?
It's my/our ...
This is ...
contraction: it's
verbs: -ing
pronouns: it, me
structures: I can see ...
It is ....ing
letter sounds: /sl/, /qu/, ...sh
present continuous tense

Term 3:
prepositions: phrases, e.g., up the hill
contractions: there's, it's, he's
structure: There's a ________ in the _______.
pronouns: she/her, he/his
past tense: huffed, puffed, etc.
contractions: haven't, that's, can't
structure: The ______ verbed and verbed.
pronouns: her, him, me
possessive adjectives: my, your
structure: (pronoun/noun) (verbed) when (pronoun/noun) (verbed)
her, him, it
eg: My baby sister cried when Mother carried her.
punctuation: commas to separate repeated words, eg. Thee, there ...
Oh, oh!
conjunction: and comma
past tense verbs: waddled, prowled, scratched, scraped
contractions: you're; you've, we'll
prepositions: phrases eg., around/in the farmyard, in the pot.
structure: On (day of the week), the __ (noun)___ (past verb - ed)

Term 4:
conjunctions: but, so
verbs: grow/grew; go/went, etc.
adjectives: big, sweet, juicy
structure: They (verbed) but they could not (verb). So they (verbed) …..[variations of the story]
articles: a/an
past tense: swallowed, wriggled, jiggled, wriggled
contractions: she's, she'll, don't
structure: There was/I know a/an ____ who (past verb) a/an ____.
timeless present: has/have, is/are, wear/wears, do/does, walk/walks
these/those
all/some
possessive: ('s)
irregular singular/plural: (hoof/hooves)

English: Sound Discrimination

Term 1
Unit 1:
Words begin with the sounds /b/, /f/, /y/, /fr/ and /sh/

Unit 2:
Words begin with the sounds /c/, /d/, /p/, /t/ and /w/

Unit 3:
Words begin with the sounds /br/, /tr/, /fl/ and /cr/

Unit 4:
Words begin with the sounds  /b/, /f/, /y/, /fr/, /sh/, /m/, /r/, /z/, /cr/, /st/

Unit 5:
Initial consonant: the beginning sound /l/

Unit 6:
Words begin with the sounds /v/, /bl/

Unit 7:
Words begin with the sounds /j/, /fl/, /sm/, /sk/

Term 2
Unit 8:
Initial consonant: g /j/ sound as in giant, genius
/ow/ as in Ow!
vowels: /ee/ as in bees

Unit 9:
Initial consonants: wh as /h/
vowel: /oy/ as in toys

Unit 10:
Initial consonants: /n/
vowels: ee
i as in hive, fine

Unit 11:
initial consonants: /st/
vowels: ice, ate, no

Unit 12:
Words begin with the sounds /gr/, /dr/, /cr/

Unit 13:
Consonant blends: cl, sw

Unit 14:
Letter sounds: /sl, /qu/, ...sh,
sl in slowly, qu in queen, sh in hush

Term 3
Unit 15:
vowel sound: ou as in shout
word families: -ight (right), -ack (back)

Unit 16:
word families: -ight
Vowel sound: -oy

Unit 17:
Initial consonant: /k/ as in key, kite, cake, cat, etc.

Unit 18:
initial consonant: br as in [brother], cr as in [cry], gr as in [grandpa]

Unit 19:
letter sounds: /scr/
words ending in -tch

Term 4
Unit 20:
Initial consonant: /j/
Vowels: seed, sweet, meat

Unit 21:
Blend: /sw/ as in sway
Word ending: - er

Unit 22:
initial consonant: /f/ as in feet, /h/ as in hooves
wh as /h/ as in whose, who
vowels: ee in feet
word parts: -aw (s) as in claws

Math Results- Semester 2

1F students, Keep it up!

Topical Review 4: Picture Graphs, Numbers to 100 & Heuristics - Draw a diagram/model -

41.4% (12 students) score Band 1 (85% - 100%).

Topical Review 5: Money & Heuristics - Draw a diagram/model -

44.8% (13 students) score Band 1 (85% - 100%).

Topical Review 6: Multiplication, Division & Heuristics - Guess & Check -

62.1% (18 students) score Band 1 (85% - 100%)

Topical Review 7: Time & Heuristics - Guess & Check, Draw a diagram/model, Act it out & Look for patterns

48.3% (14 students) score Band 1 (85%-100%)

Term 4 Holistic Assessment Schedule

Dear All,

I've been very busy....

Term 4 (Weightage 40%)


Week 2
Wednesday, 19 September: Multiplication - 0%
Week 3
Friday, 28 September: Individual Writing - 5%
Week 4
Wednesday, 3 October: Topical Review 6 - 15%
  • Chapter 14: Multiplication
  • Chapter 15: Division
  • Heuristics -- Guess & Check
Week 5
Wednesday, 10 October: Performance Task (10%)
  • Chapter 14: Multiplication
  • Chapter 15: Division
Thursday & Friday, 11 & 12 October: Picture Description - 5%

Week 6
Friday, 19 October: Listening Comprehension - 5%
  • Spelling (List is given for you to learn the 10 words)
  • Picture Matching
  • Sound Discrimination
Week 8
Tuesday, 30 October: Topical Review 3 - 25%
  • Vocabulary MCQ
  • Grammar MCQ
  • Vocabulary Cloze
  • Grammar Cloze
  • Comprehension MCQ
  • Comprehension Open Ended
Wednesday, 31 October: Topical Review 7 - 15%
  • Chapter 16: Time
  • Heuristics --
    • Guess & Check
    • Draw a diagram/model
    • Act it out
    • Look for patterns