Summary of What We Learnt

Picture Composition Writing

• Make use of the given helping words.
• Begin a sentence with a capital letter.
• End a sentence with a full stop.
• Begin a new paragraph with a two-finger spacing.
• Begin a new paragraph when you're writing about a new event in the story. (Pupils have the most difficulty deciding when to start a new paragraph)
• Write the story in the past tense.

Please Note: The children still require many reminders on the above points. Please do help me to remind them as repetition will help them pick up the writing skills faster.

Grammar

Whose vs who's

• Definition: Whose - possessive pronoun ; Who's - short form/contraction of who is

How to choose the correct word to fill in the blank?

• Use the long form of who's to fill in the blanks.

Example: Who is book is this?

• If it is incorrect you use whose instead

Example: Whose book is this?

• If it is correct,

Example: Who is the one wearing the black shirt?

• Replace it with the short form

Example: Who's the one wearing the black shirt?

Penmanship

Pupils need constant and strict reminders to:

• write the 'tall' letters properly - especially k, t, l, h, b
• write the 'short' letters properly - for especially s, z, m and n

Please note that this is important as teachers from the other levels have commented that students still make this mistakes when they are in primary 2, 3, 4 and 5. Let's get the children to practice good penmanship from P1. Thank you for your help.

Mathematics: Mass

• Definition: Mass is a measure of how heavy an object is

Important Notes:

• If the scale balance is balanced, the right pan is equal to/as heavy as the left pan.

• If the scale balance is not balanced, the right pan is not equal to/heavier than/lighter than the left pan.

• You can substitute an object with the number of units it represents. (This is quite abstract for pupils and some are finding difficulty grasping this. I will be highlighting this again during remedial/class)

Example: 1 durian - 4 marbles, 1 apple - 2 marbles

If a book is as heavy as/equal to 2 durians,

book - 8 marbles

Thank you for reading this post. I hope it helps you guide your children.