Wednesday, 31st August

Important Reminders:
1. School attire for tomorrow: Anything yellow/green; malay costume and school shoes
2. Sign and return the Musical Theatre consent form by tomorrow. It would really be great if you could come and watch your child perform.
3. If you're interested for your child to take the Muscial Theatre Exam, do complete the registration form and include the $40 fee. Please take note that it is strongly encouraged but not compulsory.
4. Complete and decorate the appreciation note for teachers.
5. Please report to school as per usual tomorrow by 1.45 p.m. Dismissal is as per usual also. Please remind your child to leave their school bags at the classroom before reporting at the outdoor stage by 1.45 p.m.

Wednesday, 24th August

Important Reminders

1. Thursday and Friday 25th & 26th August are E-learning days and are non-schooling days. Do ensure that your child logs on to Mc Online and completes the assigned tasks. 2 tasks will be given for each subject.

* Do check the class blog for any possible updates on both the E-learning days. The children have from the 25th -29th to complete the tasks.


1st Update :
1. You can access the school website and subsequently the level blog via this link:
School Website

Tuesday, 23rd August

Homework

1. Picture Composition - Please leave a line and write at least eight sentences. The composition should have three paragraphs, the beginning, middle and ending.

Monday, 22nd August

Homework

1. Please complete the FTGP booklet page 49. Parents do sign on the page after your child has completed it. Thank you very much.

2. Journal Writing

1. I am happy when...
2. My Best Birthday Ever

Do include illustrations.

Please note: I will be collecting the Teachers' Day Appreciation Message tomorrow.

What We Have Learnt in Term 3 Week 8

Important Notice

1. Do take note of the amendments made regarding the questions and pages to be completed for homework in the previous post. I typed the wrong pages and the pupils will be unable to do the homework as I have not taught them division or page 11-14 of the English worksheet. I do apologise for any inconvenience caused. For your easy reference, listed below are the amendments:

Homework

1. Maths Diagnostic Test (*complete questions on multiplication only as we have not done division) (Amendment as of 19/8)
2. Please sign the Mathematics workbook. Complete the corrections
3. The Enormous Watermelon page 14-17 (Ammendment as of 18/8)
4. Complete the Teachers' Day Appreciation Message.

Mathematics

1. Multiplication in Word Problems (Revise)

After doing more multiplication word problems with the students, I find that it is useful to use the multiplication concept of (groups and items) and models to solve word problems.

Example:

There are three children. The teacher gives each child 6 sweets. How many sweets does the teacher give out altogether?

Teaching Note 1:

Multiplication concept of (groups and items)

*Highlight that there are 3 groups of 6 = 3 children with 6 sweets each

Thus the number sentence is 3 x 6 = 18

**Highlight that the first factor 3 represents the groups and the second factor 6 represents the items in each group. This helps them to formulate the multiplication number sentence.

Highlighting the groups of items in the word problem, i.e. ___ groups of _____ will help them to see that they need to multiply and not add to get the answer.

Teaching Note 2:

Models

I find it effective to get pupils to draw models to visually represent the word problem especially when no picture representations are given.

This model will come in especially useful in helping pupils understand the concept of division ( concept of equal proportions) when we are doing division later .

English

Sound discrimination and listening comprehension (Revise)

1. We practiced listening and identifying the ending sounds /ow/, /tch/, /ose/ and /op/ in words such as cow, witch, rose and mop.

2. We practiced listening and identifying the beginning sounds /f/, /sh/, /k/ and /scr/ in words such as frame, shake, kite and screw.

Common mistakes:

1. Pupils confuse beginning and ending sounds.

Example 1:

They selected the word shake as beginning with the beginning sound /k/ instead of the word kite.

(Error is due to the fact that shake has the ending sound /k/)

Example 2:

They selected the word pot as ending with the ending sound /ose/ instead of the word pose.

(Error is due to the fact that pose and pot has the same beginning sound /p/)

Teaching note: Do highlight and practice listening and identifying the beginning and ending sounds that have been taught as this will be tested in SA2.

Wednesday, 17th August

Important Notice
1. There is no school for P1-P5 students on 18 & 19 August as it is the PSLE oral examination day. Please come to school as per usual on Monday.

2. I have issued the library cards for the pupils who have recently registered as members of the NLB.


Homework

1. Maths Diagnostic Test (*complete questions on multiplication only as we have not done division) (Ammendment as of 19/8)
2. Please sign the Mathematics workbook. Complete the corrections
3. The Enormous Watermelon page 14-17 (Ammendment as of 18/8)
4. Complete the Teachers' Day Appreciation Message.

Tuesday, 16th August

Homework:

1. Maths Homework book page 54-62

Important Reminder:

1. Please allow your child to bring their library card/school smart card tomorrow so that they can borrow the NLB books. For those who have recently registered, I have been informed that you can use your school smart card to borrow the books tomorrow.