Thursday, September 29, 2011

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.

Monday, September 5, 2011

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.

Saturday, September 3, 2011

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.