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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 !

PAL : African Music

 
 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look at the children having great fun during their PAL lessons. They leant about a few African percussions and danced to an African Song.