Holiday Assignments

Dear 1F,
   I hope all of you are enjoying your holidays.
Please find some time to do the following assignments as well, if you get too bored at home. :)

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English : Test 1 and Test 2
Mathematics : Revision 2 and Revision 3

Take care and spend the rest of the holidays wisely!
Remember to pick up more books!

Best regards,
  Mrs Lee

Our Progress : Term 4 Week 4 to 6

Dear all,
   It has been a very busy schedule for me and I could not update the blog earlier.
Here's the update.

English
Big Book : The Enormous Watermelon

Vocabulary :
bare, enormous, juicy, kitchen, watermelon

Word Identification :
initial consonant /j/
vowels /ee/

High frequency words :
grow, little, pull(ed), call(ed)

Grammar :
conjunction - but, so
verbs - grow / grew , go / went , pull / pulled , call / called
adjectives - big, juicy , sweet
structure : They (verbed) but they could not (verb).

Mathematics

We have completed Numbers to 100. Pupils have learnt to :
- compare numbers within 100, using greater than, greatest, smaller than and smallest
- find number pattern and fill in the missing number
- add and subtract with and without renaming
- solve word problems

We have completed 2 performance tasks on Multiplication and Division as well.

Lower Primary Games Day

Phonic Songs: y, x, ch, sh, th

Song of /y/ : (Tune:Apples and Bananas)
I like to eat, eat, eat
yogurt and bananas.
I like to eat, eat, eat
yogurt and bananas.
I like to eat, eat, eat
yogurt and bananas
/y/-/y/-/y/-/y/-/y/!
Action: Pretend to eat yogurt from a spoon.

Song of /x/ : (Tune: Skip to My Lou)
/ks/-/ks/! Take an x-ray.
/ks/-/ks/! Take an x-ray.
/ks/-/ks/! Take an x-ray
-x-ray of my hand!
Action: Pretend to take an x-ray with an x-ray camera.

Song of /ch/ : (Tune: Merrily We Roll Along)
Trains are chugging
up the hill.
/ch/-/ch/-/ch/,
/ch/-/ch/-/ch/.
Trains are chugging
up the hill.
/ch/-/ch/-/ch/
choo, choo!
Action: Move your arms at your sides, as if you are a train.

Song of /sh/ : (Tune: Where, Oh Where, has My Little Dog Gone?)
Hush! Hush! Hush!
Don't make a sound.
Be as quiet
as you can be.
The baby's asleep
and I'm tired out.
Sh! /sh/-/sh/-/sh/-/sh/!
Action : Put your finger on the lip

Song of /th/ : (Tune: Did You Ever See a Lassie?)
Did you ever hear
a rude clown
make this sound
and that sound?
Did you ever hear
a rude clown
say /th/-/th/,/th/-/th/?
Action: Pretend to be a rude clown and stick out your tongue a little for th (as in this), and further for th (as in thumb)

Phonic Songs : z, w, ng, v, oo

Song of /z/ : (Tune: Did You Ever See a Lassie?)
Did you ever hear
a bee buzz,
a bee buzz,
a bee buzz?
Did you ever hear
a bee buzz,
"/zzz/!" , like this?
Action: Put your arms out at your sides and flap them like a bee

Song of /w/ :  (Tune: He's Got the Whole World in His Hands)
I see the clouds moving,
/w/-/w/-/w/.
I see the kites flying,
/w/-/w/-/w/.
I see the tress bending,
/w/-/w/-/w/.
The wind is blowing strong!
Action: Blow onto your open hand, as if you are the wind.

Song of /ng/ : (Tune: If You're Happy and You Know It)
If you're strong and you know it,
say "/ng!"
If you're strong and you know it,
say "/ng!"
If you're strong and you know it,
and you really want to show it...
If you're strong and you know it,
say "/ng!"
Action: Imagine you are a weightlifter, and pretend to lift a heavy weight above your head

Song of /v/ : (Tune: Go In and Out the Windows)
Drive Vic's van
round the village
Drive Vic's van
round the village
Drive Vic's van
round the village
-/v/-/v/-/v/-/v/-/v/!
Action: Pretend to be drivng along in a van

Song of /oo/ : (Tune: Go In and Out the Windows)
Who wants to
be a cuckoo?
Who wants to
be a cuckoo?
Who wants to
be a cuckoo?
/oo/-/oo/,/oo/-/oo/,/oo/-/oo/!
Action: Move your head back and forth, like the cuckoo in a cuckoo clock

Our Progress : Term 4 Week 1 to Week 3

English

We have completed the Big Book Lazy Duck.

Vocabulary:
days of the week, beetles, bugs, hoes, farmers, farmyard, goats, sheep, hens, cows, weeds, thistles, lucky, busy

Grammar:
-  conjunction : and
- past tense verbs : waddles, prowled, scratched, scraped
- contractions : There's , He's , It's
- preposition : around, in , over, behind, beside, in front of , on
- structure : On _______(day of the week), the _____(noun) ______(past tense verb) ______.

Phonic :
 - scr and tch

Jolly Phonics :
We have completed up to Group 6 sounds.
Will post the lyrics in a separate post.

Writing :
We have done our class writing : Taking Care of a Horse and our group writing : My Pet.
Individual writing will be done next week.

Mathematics

We have completed Multiplication, Division and Time.

Multiplication :
The pupils have learnt to identify the number of groups and the number of items  in each group.
They know that multiplication is also repeated addition. This helps them to find the total.
It will be good if they start memorising times tables.

Division :
The pupils have learnt 2 ways of division.
1st : dividing by number of groups
2nd : dividing by number of items in each group

Time :
The pupils have learnt to identify the hour hand and minute hand.
They are able to tell the time using the terms  o'clock and half past.

Green For Hope

Dear all,     

CapitaLand’s Green For Hope recycling programme is back again!
For every 1kg of newspaper that is collected, CapitaLand Hope Foundation will donate $2 to our school welfare funds. We are happy to bring back another round of competition, all in the good spirit of saving the environment and helping our FAS students.

Collection dates are on every Wednesday, starting from Term 3 Week 10 to Term 4 Week 10.
Pupils can bring their newspapers down during recess and deposit them at the ramp behind the parade square. The areas for deposition will be clearly marked according to classes.

E-learning Assignments for September Holidays

Dear 1F,
   Please log in to MConline (http://www.mconline.sg/) and click under My Assignments on the LEFTcolumn.
I have assigned a few assignments for you.

English :
1. Comprehension - My Family
2. Pronouns 2
3. Past Tense

Mathematics :
1. Numbers to Forty
2. Word Problems 1
(Note: Some of you have not completed the 18 Aug E-learning Assignments, please check again. They are different from LESSON PACKAGE. You can find them under MY ASSIGNMENTS.)

Will be posting one more Multiplication assignment soon.

Study Hard. Play Hard.

  Mrs Lee

P1 English : Rhyme Time (3)

Polar Bear

The polar bear lives in Alaska,
He never gets cold in a storm,
He swims in cold icy water,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.
Warm, warm, warm, warm,
His heavy coat keeps him warm,
Warm, warm, warm, warm, warm,
His heavy coat keeps him warm.

Tiny Tim

There was a little turtle,
His name was Tiny Tim.
I put him in the bathtub to see if he could swim.
He drank up all the water,
He ate up all the soap,
And nowhe is in the bathtub,
With a bubble in his throat.
Bubble, bubble, bubble,
Bubble, bubble, pop!

My Pet Alligator

He crawls through the rooms
He likes to watch TV
And he almost eats everything
If he can
But if he doesn't like the food
He gets very mad
So we give him food he likes
Just to be on the safe side.

My Cat

My cat is black as darkest night,
Just like when there is no moonlight.
His eyes shine as green as grass
Just like two round balls of glass.

But whenever the day is warm and sunny
His eyes are gold and clear as honey.
He rolls on his back and very soon
His coat is dusty by afternoon.

The Tiger and the Zebra

The tiger phoned the zebra
and invited him to dine.
He said, "If you could join me,
that would simply be divine."
The zebra said, "I thank you,
but respectfully decline.
I heard you ate the antelope;
he was a friend of mine."

On hearing this the tiger cried,
"I must admit it's true!
I also ate the buffalo,
the llama and the gnu.
And yes I ate the warthog,
the gazelle and kangaroo,
but I could never eat a creature
as beautiful as you.

FTGP - Bookmarks for My Friends !

Did your child receive any bookmarks from his / her classmates?
During FTGP the week before, the children tore out a page from their FTGP book to make special gifts for their friends. They wrote notes and decorated their personal bookmarks and gave them to 2 special friends in class.

Our Progress :Term 3 Week 6 to Week 10

English
Big Book : When My Baby Sister Came Home

Phonics:
- br, cr, gr

Vocabulary:
- aunty, baby sister, brother, father, mother, grandma, grandpa, grandson
- carry, made, listen

Grammar:
- Pronouns : her, him, me
- Possessive Adjectives : my, your
- Punctuation : comma, full stop, exclamation mark
- Connectors : when, but
- Prepositions : in, on, in front of, into, above, behind, beside, under

Comprehension:
- 2 passages
- revised the comprehension strategies taught previously

Jolly Phonics:
- Group 5 : z , w , ng , v, oo

Writing:
- Finished Class Writing and Group Writing.
- Will be doing Individual Writing next week.

Mathematics
We have completed the topic : Addition and Subtraction within 40.
Pupils learnt to :
- read and write numbers to 40
- compare numbers - greater than, greatest, smaller than, smallest
- complete number patterns
- do addition with and without renaming
- do subtraction with and without renaming

Revision:
Part + Part = Whole
Whole - Part = Part

Word Problems:
Pupils learnt to
- underline keywords
- link 'names/items' to the number
- write number sentences

P1 English : Rhyme Time (2)

These are some other poems we have recited in class.

Ten Little Penguins

Ten little penguins,
Standing on the ice.
All of them are smiling,
They seem so very nice.
They play out in the snow,
All the winter long,
They eat a lot of fish,
Which makes them big and strong.

Five Little Bears

One little bear
Wondering what to do
Along came another
Then there were two!

Two little bears
Climbing up a tree
Along came another
Then there were three!

Three little bears
Ate an apple core
Along came another
Then there were four!

Four little honey bears
Found honey in a hive
Along came another
Then there were five!

Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear

Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear,
Where have you been?
Over the mountains -
Such things I've seen!

Grizzly Bear, Grizzly Bear,
What have you done?
Eaten blueberries
Made ripe by the sun.

National Day Celebration 2011

The school was a sea of red this morning when all the pupils and staff came to school in red tops. The pupils watched a concert and played 'Don't Forget Your Lyrics' with a few National Day songs in the hall. After which, the pupils moved on to the classrooms to design a mini flag. Some of the pupils could not finish colouring in class, thus they were allowed to bring home their work.

ICT Lessons

The children are learning how to use Microsoft Word during their ICT lessons.
They learn to :
- create and save a file
- type and insert picture
- change font size and font colour

Phonic Songs : ai, j, oa, ie, ee, or

Song of /ai/ : (Tune : Camptown Races)
My ear hurt.
I was in pain.
/ai/ ? /ai/ ?
My ear hurt.
I was in pain.
What did you try to say?
Action : Cup your hand over your ear, as if you are hard of hearing and say ai ai ai?

Song of /j/ : (Tune : Jingle Bells)
Jelly and jam, jelly and jam.
Jiggling on the plate.
Oh, what will I eat with it?
/j/ /j/ /j/ /j/ /j/
Action : Pretend to wobble on a plate, and say j, j, j, j.

Song of /oa/ : (Tune : The Muffin Man)
Oh, did you see the billy goat?
/oa/ /oa/ /oa/ /oa/ /oa/ /oa/
Oh, did you see the billy goat,
under the old oak tree?
Action : Bring a hand over your mouth, as if something has gone wrong, and say oh!

Song of /ie/ : (Tune : The Farmer in the Dell)
The captain said, " /ie/ /ie/" !
The captain said, " /ie/ /ie/" !
"Stand up straight! Don't be late!"
The captain said, " /ie/ /ie/" !
Action : Stand to attention and salute, say ie ie!

Song of /ee/ /or/ : (Tune : Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star)
See the donkey in its stall.
"eeyore~  /ee/ /or/"
is its call.
Action: Put your hands on your head, and flap them up and down like the ears of a donkey, saying eeyore, eeyore.

Phonic Songs : g o u f l b

Song of /g/: (Tune : Jimmy Crack Corn)
The water gurgles down the drain.
The water gurgles down the drain.
The water gurgles down the drain,
with a /g/ /g/ /g/ /g/ /g/.
Action: Spiral your hand down, as if water is gurgling down a drain, and say g, g, g, g, g.
Song of /o/ : (Tune : Old MacDonald)
Now it's dark, the lights go on.
/o/ /o/ /o/ /o/ /o/
Time for bed, the lights go off!
/o/ /o/ /o/ /o/ /o/.
Action: Pretend to turn a light switch on and off, and say o, o, o, o.
Song of /u/ : (Tune : Skip to My Lou)
/ u/-/u/ up go umbrellas.
/u/-/u/ up go umbrellas.
/u/-/u/ up go umbrellas...
when it starts to rain!
Action : Keep one hand steady and raise the other, as if raising an umbrella, and say u, u, u, u.

Song of /f/ : (Tune : Old MacDonald)
My friends and I went to the beach
with my floating fish.
It got a hole...
The air came out!
/ffff/!
Action : Let your hands come together gently, as if an inflatable fish is deflating and say ffffffff.

Song of /l/ : (Tune : The Farmer in the Dell)
We lick our lollipops.
We lick our lollipops.
/l/ /l/ /l/ /l/
We lick our lollipops.
Action : Pretend to lick a lollipop, and say llll.


Song of /b/ : (Tune : Camptown Races)
Bring your bat and bring your ball.
/b/! /b/!
Bring your bat and bring your ball,
to the park to play.
Action : Pretend to hit a ball with a bat, and say b, b, b, b.

Group Writing

 

 

 

 

Our Progress : Term 3 Week 2 to Week 5

English

We have completed the BIG BOOK 'The King's Cake'.

Grammar :
Contractions - haven't , that's and can't
Possessives : my, your, his, her, its, our, their
Possessive Nouns : ______ 's and _____s'
Punctuation : Capital letters and full stops
Singular / Plural

Comprehension : 2 passages
Pupils learnt to
- identify Question Words ( who, where, when, what, why and how)
- be able to state what they need in order to answer that question
- (who-people, where-place, why-reason, when-time, what-fact, how-explain)
- identify the Tense in each question ( present or past)
- underline Keyword in the question
- answer the question in full sentences
- check tenses used in their answer
- check that their answers begin in capital letters and end with full-stops

Writing :
- completed a Class writing (pupils response, teacher rephrases the sentences) based on a video clip on Birthday Party from YouTube
- did their first Group writing (in groups of 3) on a similar title
- tried out Individual writing, using the same theme
Pupils learnt to :
- start a paragraph with 2-finger spacing
- begin sentences with capital letters and end with full-stops.
- leave a line
- use simple sentence structures:  Noun (People) - Verb (Action) and There is / There was

Phonics :
- completed Book 3 (sounds of g, o , u, l, f, b)
- will post the lyrics in another entry later
- sound of 'qu' and 'wh' from The King's Cake
- use of vowels 'a-e'

Blending :
- did a mind map for the sound of 'an'
- pupils came up with words like : pan, hand, land, man, ran, fan, band, sand, can etc.

English File :
We have filed in 2 pieces of Editing (spelling) Week 3 and Week 4 for parents to sign.
Will be returning the STELLAR worksheet 'The King's Cake' soon for parent's signature soon.

Mathematics

 We have almost finished the second topic : Picture Graphs

Pupils learnt to :
- count the number in each group and write down on the picture graphs
- identify comparison questions ( ______ more than , _______ fewer than)
- use bigger number to minus smaller number to Find Difference. (required them to write number sentences)
- underline keywords like 'greatest' , 'smallest' , 'altogether' before attempting the questions

Parent's Signature :
The Mathematics Workbook 1B Part 1 has been sent home for 1st parent's signature as we have completed the topic on 'Mass'.

Mathematics File :
- We have completed 3 graded worksheets on Mass - Level 1, 2 and 3.
- Will be filing in and sending home for parent's signature as well

Test Book :
- We have completed Test 4 (including corrections)
- Completed SA 1
- Friday's homework was Test 5 (Mass and Picture Graphs)

Reminder :
Pupils are to complete E-learning homework by 14 August 2011.

Racial Harmony Day 2011

We just celebrated Racial Harmony Day last Thursday, 21st July 2011. The pupils and teachers came in their ethnic costumes. We watched a concert showing the wedding ceremonies of the Chinese, Malays and Indians in Singapore. During recess, the pupils had food sampling of some traditional food of the various cultures. During FTGP, the pupils tried drawing Kolam and they learnt to sing a few traditional songs during Music lessons for the past few weeks. Get them to sing songs like 'Rasa Sayang', 'Chan Mali Chan' at home! :) Look at the photographs taken, the kids are really good at posing !