Thursday, November 13, 2014

Graduation clips

Dear all,

Here's the videos to be watched:

P1
P2


Enjoy watching. :)



Cheers,
Mdm Chan

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Spelling on 24 September

This is the list of spelling words for next Wednesday. 


These words are from previous spellings. I am choosing them in preparation for the final year paper. 

Thanks. 

Mdm Chan

Thursday, September 4, 2014

CCA Registration

Dear all,

Please note the registration of the CCA.  A step-by-step guide on how to register using MConline would be given out today.  
 
The registration will only start on the 8th of September 2014 (Monday, start of the September Holidays) and will close on the 15th of September 2014  (Sunday).

For any reasons if you cannot sign up online, pls SMS me again. Thanks. 

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Matholia

Dear all,

There is this Maths website which is good. There is videos for online learning as according to the MOE syllabus.

URL: http://www.matholia.com.sg/
For those who are teachers, this is free with a valid E-mail address. Otherwise, you can also register to try out the 7 days package to see if this is good. :)


Cheers
Mdm Chan

CCA Fair

Dear all,

Please note the CCA fair is next Wednesday (3 Sep) 2.30 p.m. -- 4.30 p.m.
Do check the notification in SNAPP.


Thanks,
Ivy

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Personalised learning

Things to do:
2A: Doing Charity work to help with the people to cope with haze 
2H:  Doing Charity work to help with the people to cope with haze (Indonesia context)
2C: PSI (http://www.haze.gov.sg/haze-updates/psi )
2D: Masks / Purifiers (Portable air cleaners)/ air cleaning devices
http://www.haze.gov.sg/haze-updates/portable-air-cleaners 
2B: Harmful climatic changes  on the environment (haze) 
About Haze  (http://www.haze.gov.sg/about-haze) 
2E: Health advisories during Haze management (for the elderly) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScWUaHpTbk4 (Let it go parody)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmUxmtoT05c (elderly with face masks)
2G: Health advisories during Haze management (special conditions) lungs and heart sickness,  flu, running nose, influenza) 
2F: Things to do during Haze management ( outdoor) **Outdoor, haze, activities, normal,  pregnant, children, people with heart /lung diseases, elderly**



Saturday, August 16, 2014

Learning next week

Personalized learning:
Underground animals 


Life cycles of the insects:

Marine life:

Organizing an event(previously known as the birthday party)

Pets:

Weather:

Groupings of children: 
Pets: Ash, Kris, Joan, Shan, Gin
Animals: Shau, Dill, Jer, Joh, Jet
Weather: YuE, Earo, SF, BX, Bren
Marine life: YT, DeR, Jae, Alp, Ler
Life cycles of insects: Gen, Kae, Jun, Nik, JX
Event: LaiL, Woo, YuSh, May, Arw
(Names have been shortened or coded to protect privacy)

Please go through these documents to understand what is going to happen next week.

Thanks,
Mdm Chan


Thursday, August 14, 2014

CCA fair

3 Sep is the CCA fair. Parents are also encouraged to come with their children to see what CCAs you may be keen. 

It happens in the afternoon. Will update with more information once this is available. 

Regards
Mdm Chan

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Announcement in week 7

Dear all, 

Happy National Day. 
Pls note that Monday is a school holiday. School is happening on Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Thursday and Friday is online learning as it is PSLE oral days. 

Please login to MC Online for English homework, and learnlogy for Maths homework for the two days. 

Enjoy the holidays.  


Cheers, 
Mdm Chan

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Announcement for Friday's celebrations

Dear all, 

Pls note the following:

For Friday, pls assemble at the parade square. Parents are also invited, pls do come around 8.30 am. For students, pls assemble at the normal time. 

Do wear a red t-shirt if you have one. It should match with your PE shorts.

Bring along a story book and a water bottle. Snacks are not allowed. A bun and a packet of milo will be given instead on the actual day. 

You may wear sport shoes if you have. 

Thanks and regards 
Mdm Chan

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Reminder

Just a gentle reminder, you are encouraged to come to school in traditional costumes on Monday to celebrate racial harmony day. 

Thanks. 

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Announcement

Dear all, 
Speech and drama performance's timing has been changed to 1215-1315. 

The day of the event is still on 31 July 2014. 

Spelling list: 
Please add these 3 words for our next week's spelling: 
1) remorseful
2) apologised
3) accidentally
These words were used when we were writing our compositions this morning. 

Thanks. 

Regards, 
Mdm Chan

Term 3 assessment

Notifications for Term 3 tests. 

Pls check and read. Thanks. 


Regards,
Mdm Chan

Friday, July 4, 2014

Learnlogy

Dear all, 

There are Maths homework. Please kindly complete them on learnlogy. 

Thanks and Happy Youth Day. 


Cheers,
Mdm Chan

Primary 2 Exam Papers for downloading

Dear all,

These are 2013 exam papers and test papers from this website:
I have downloaded 2013 papers and zipped them. You may want to print some for your children to try it out.



1) English 

2) Mathematics

3) Chinese


Cheers,
Mdm Chan

Thursday, July 3, 2014

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Dear all,

For the stellar book: The Ant and the Grasshopper, there is this nice video to watch to find out more about this story.


Cheers,
Mdm Chan

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Misconceptions in quantifiers

Misconceptions in quantifiers:
=======================
A quantifier is a word or phrase that is used before a noun to express quantity or amount. 
During one of the stellar topics, we had a discussion between some, several and many. 

Do note that some should be both countable and uncountable nouns. 

Hope the list clarifies. 


Holidays are almost over. I have set Maths practices in learnlogy starting next week. The next unit review is due in week 6. (National day holidays week) it will be a short week due to the celebrations on the 8th August. 

Cheers,
Mdm Chan

Announcement on 2 July

Dear all,

Please note:
1) Spelling tomorrow will only have 8 phrases. The remaining 4 phrases and the dictation will be tested next Wednesday.

2) Normal Spelling will be on every Wednesday.

3) The first Maths test: Week 6 while the first English test is around week 5.

4) There is a Speech and Drama performance which all the parents are invited. This is held on 31 July (week 5), Thursday. Time: 0845 -- 0945.
An invite will be sent out shortly. Please RVSP and let me know how many of you will be coming on that day.


Thanks/regards
Mdm Chan

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

English writing

Something which you may want to do over this holidays to promote learning and writing skills.

http://1armps.blogspot.com/2012/05/creating-story-using-storybird.html

This was done previously with another p2 cohort two years ago to encourage them to write. Do read on and share a story if you wish to.. On storybird. 😄

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

McOnline homework

Announcements:

There are homework to be completed for Mc Online. I just assigned them this morning. Please complete over the school holidays.

Some of you have not brought your Maths file. Please remember to bring it back on Thursday.


Cheers
Mdm Chan

What I enjoy doing

Dear all,


This is the essay written by the class. 


What I enjoy doing



Cheers,
Mdm Chan



Thursday, May 22, 2014

Announcements:

Announcements:

1) Spelling is suspended this week. It will resume next week for the last Spelling of the term. Please also learn the words for the composition too.

2) Learnlogy homework is assigned on next Wednesday, 28 May where there is no school that day. RMPS teachers will be at Science centre for our annual Animate festival.

3) Please bring along the 2B Maths WB and the Reading Comprehension Booklet 1 and 2 (some of you have not handed in booklet 1), and Listening Comprehension Booklet 2 tomorrow.

4) The P1 registration form was given out yesterday for the siblings' registration. Please complete and return back either to me or to the general office directly.

5) School handbook: $1.80. Some of the students have not given me the money yet. Please do so asap.


Thanks/regards
Mdm Chan

Assignments on Learnlogy

Dear all,

Assignments on Learnlogy

I have started on Length in Learnlogy from today. There will be random assignments for this topic. 

For June holiday homework, there will only be learnlogy homework on the 2nd and 3rd June. Once this homework is completed, please feel free to go and enjoy the rest of the well-earned holidays. 


Cheers,
Mdm Chan

My pet - MLEA written in class

Dear all,


This is the next MLEA they have completed in class. Each of them will get a copy to be pasted back onto their MLEA book.

My pet 



Thanks/regards
Mdm Chan


Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Synthesis worksheet

Dear all,

We will be doing this Synthesis worksheet for tomorrow.
FYI, these were actually from P1's work last year.
You may want to revise tonight first.

Thanks.
Regards
Mdm Chan

PS: There is quite a fair bit of homework on Synthesis tonight... Please do bear with us.
We'll conduct the test only when we complete these worksheets. :)

Announcement for this week's test

Dear all,

This week's test will have components on Synthesis. As such, we will be doing revision on Synthesis these few days. Please get them to revise on
1) open ended comprehension
2) synthesis
3) past and present tenses

Thanks/regards
Mdm Chan

Monday, May 19, 2014

Test this week

Dear all,

but, and, so and when will be tested for this week's test.

There is synthesis. I just realised it today.

Please learn them for this week's test. 
I will going through these tomorrow..... 


Thanks/regards,
Mdm Chan

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Announcement

Morning to all.

Will stop assigning learnlogy assignments  for multiplication and division. 

Length will commence next Thursday. Meanwhile, pls revise for the upcoming English unit review next week. The last 2 units are tested: food fit for a king and magnetic max. 

Format is the same as before. 

Thanks. 

Monday, May 12, 2014

Magnetic Max group work

Dear all,


Please find attached MLEA Magnetic Max group work.
This was the finished product from the groups after they have completed their writing last Wednesday.



Thanks/regards
Mdm Chan

PS: Do note that for the final year examination, they are supposed to write about 80 words. 



MLEA homework on magnetic max

Suggested topic(s):
Something I enjoy making in my free time
Use the following questions to guide pupils in their writing.
What do you like to make in your free time?
Why do you like to make it?
What can you do with it after making it?
How do you feel after completing it?
Have your parents or friends seen what you have made?
What were their comments?


MLEA writing to be completed.
Pls read the questions to get you started. 
Thanks to complete on Wednesday.


Saturday, May 10, 2014

Learnlogy assignments for revision

Dear all, in preparation for next week's test, there are some learnlogy assignments for this period. 

Do complete them for your revision. 
Based on the records, the top 8 diligent students are all girls. 

The boys are not performing as well as the girls in their diligence. 

Thanks and regards, 
Mdm Chan

Friday, May 9, 2014

Spelling next week

Next week's spelling. 
I will be marking the corrections next week. 

Thanks. 

Regards, Mdm Chan

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Misconception in Multiplication

Correction of Misconception of Multiplication

Important:



The above picture shows 6 groups of 4, and not 4 groups of 6. 
When we represent this in the multiplication statement, this is 6 fours or 6 X 4
This is not 4 x 6 (known to be 4 groups of 6).

The answer to both question is of course 24, but when testing for the descriptor, this is 6 groups of 4, and hence 6 fours. 


credit:  http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Multiplication-and-Division-Posters-930860

This diagram above will illustrate how we read this groups and number of items inside the group. 


The above can help to understand division, or to understand division made simpler.  





Monday, May 5, 2014

Friday, May 2, 2014

Spelling status

Dear all,

We have completed spelling on food fit for a king today. 

Next Wednesday, it would be the second spelling for Food Fit for a King. 

Thanks/regards, 
Mdm Chan

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Announcements

English test in week 9:
Topics tested: Food Fit for a King and Magnetic Max
Format of the test is also similar to the previous 2 unit reviews.
Will post more once I have looked through in detail the actual grammar items we need to study.


Learnlogy assignments: these are optional. Please do not feel so stressed that these need to be completed on the very same day or week. There is no harsh deadline. Just try your best to complete the assignments.
Learning should really be fun.


Next lesson on AnimateImagine:
This coming Monday is the only lesson we will be doing the actual filming of the drawings that they have completed. So, if they have completed at least 2 stories, they are encouraged to bring them on Friday for safe-keeping in school. :)
For those who did not bring them this Friday, just remember to bring them back next Monday.

We'll also be starting lessons on Art Rage. This is a paid software to draw using this software. It's much more interesting than using Paint last year to draw the monster and fairies.
You may want to see some samples of drawings done previously by another group of students.


Some of the children have received some letters for them to get spectacles or to get their eye sight tested further. Please let me know if your child needs to sit in front in the interim period.




Thanks/regards,
Mdm Chan

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Unit 9: The Ant and the Grasshopper
This is the book we are reading in Term 3.
There's this interesting video on youtube to introduce this famous fable.
Pls help here.  

Maths unit review in week 8

Maths test is held in week 8. 
Pls note that they need to be very clear on the number of groups x the number of items in the group. 
Maths language: divide this by this.....
Product means multiply. 
Etc..

Tables 2,3,4,5 and 10 will be tested. Thanks. 

Regards, 
Mdm chan

Monday, April 28, 2014

The Actual rubrics

Show and tell in week 7



Here the rubrics for the show and tell.
Pls prepare for the presentation next Monday. Thanks.

Topic: What food would you serve a guest who is visiting from overseas. Do bring a picture of it. 
Option: You may draw the picture.

We'll be looking at:
1) Posture, eye contact
2) Clarity 
3) Volume of voice
4) Vocabulary (the words used)
5) Prepardness (how prepared is the child) 



Regards,  
Mdm Chan

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Career talk this week




Photos taken during the 2 days of career talk. Thank you parents for making the efforts in coming to class! :) 

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Composition Done - Composition 1

Dear all,

Here's the first composition about the greedy boy:
The greedy boy

Here's the second composition about the mischief committed in the restaurants.
These are the groups' compositions which they wrote as a small group.

Thanks and regards,
Mdm Chan

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Raising a Moral Child By ADAM GRANT April 11, 2014

An interesting article from NY times.

Please read on if you are also keen to find out how we can model to be good parents. 😄


What does it take to be a good parent? We know some of the tricks for teaching kids to become high achievers. For example, research suggests that when parents praise effort rather than ability, children develop a stronger work ethic and become more motivated.

Yet although some parents live vicariously through their children’s accomplishments, success is not the No. 1 priority for most parents. We’re much more concerned about our children becoming kind, compassionate and helpful. Surveys reveal that in the United States, parents from European, Asian, Hispanic and African ethnic groups all place far greater importance on caring than achievement. These patterns hold around the world: When people in 50 countries were asked to report their guiding principles in life, the value that mattered most was not achievement, but caring.

Despite the significance that it holds in our lives, teaching children to care about others is no simple task. In an Israeli study of nearly 600 families, parents who valued kindness and compassion frequently failed to raise children who shared those values.

Are some children simply good-natured — or not? For the past decade, I’ve been studying the surprising success of people who frequently help others without any strings attached. As the father of two daughters and a son, I’ve become increasingly curious about how these generous tendencies develop.

RUTU MODAN

Genetic twin studies suggest that anywhere from a quarter to more thanhalf of our propensity to be giving and caring is inherited. That leaves a lot of room for nurture, and the evidence on how parents raise kind and compassionate children flies in the face of what many of even the most well-intentioned parents do in praising good behavior, responding to bad behavior, and communicating their values.

By age 2, children experience some moral emotions — feelings triggered by right and wrong. To reinforce caring as the right behavior, research indicates, praise is more effective than rewards. Rewards run the risk of leading children to be kind only when a carrot is offered, whereas praise communicates that sharing is intrinsically worthwhile for its own sake. But what kind of praise should we give when our children show early signs of generosity?

Many parents believe it’s important to compliment the behavior, not the child — that way, the child learns to repeat the behavior. Indeed, I know one couple who are careful to say, “That was such a helpful thing to do,” instead of, “You’re a helpful person.”

But is that the right approach? In aclever experiment, the researchers Joan E. Grusec and Erica Redler set out to investigate what happens when we commend generous behavior versus generous character. After 7- and 8-year-olds won marbles and donated some to poor children, the experimenter remarked, “Gee, you shared quite a bit.”

RUTU MODAN

The researchers randomly assigned the children to receive different types of praise. For some of the children, they praised the action: “It was good that you gave some of your marbles to those poor children. Yes, that was a nice and helpful thing to do.” For others, they praised the character behind the action: “I guess you’re the kind of person who likes to help others whenever you can. Yes, you are a very nice and helpful person.”

A couple of weeks later, when faced with more opportunities to give and share, the children were much more generous after their character had been praised than after their actions had been. Praising their character helped them internalize it as part of their identities. The children learned who they were from observing their own actions: I am a helpful person. This dovetails with new research led by the psychologist Christopher J. Bryan, who finds that for moral behaviors, nouns work better than verbs. To get 3- to 6-year-olds to help with a task, rather than inviting them “to help,” it was 22 to 29 percent more effective to encourage them to “be a helper.” Cheating was cut in half when instead of, “Please don’t cheat,” participants were told, “Please don’t be a cheater.” When our actions become a reflection of our character, we lean more heavily toward the moral and generous choices. Over time it can become part of us.

Praise appears to be particularly influential in the critical periods when children develop a stronger sense of identity. When the researchers Joan E. Grusec and Erica Redler praised the character of 5-year-olds, any benefits that may have emerged didn’t have a lasting impact: They may have been too young to internalize moral character as part of a stable sense of self. And by the time children turned 10, the differences between praising character and praising actions vanished: Both were effective. Tying generosity to character appears to matter most around age 8, when children may be starting to crystallize notions of identity.

Praise in response to good behavior may be half the battle, but our responses to bad behavior have consequences, too. When children cause harm, they typically feel one of two moral emotions: shame or guilt. Despite the common belief that these emotions are interchangeable, research led by the psychologist June Price Tangney reveals that they have very different causes and consequences.

Shame is the feeling that I am a bad person, whereas guilt is the feeling that I have done a bad thing. Shame is a negative judgment about the core self, which is devastating: Shame makes children feel small and worthless, and they respond either by lashing out at the target or escaping the situation altogether. In contrast, guilt is a negative judgment about an action, which can be repaired by good behavior. When children feel guilt, they tend to experience remorse and regret, empathize with the person they have harmed, and aim to make it right.

In one study spearheaded by the psychologist Karen Caplovitz Barrett, parents rated their toddlers’ tendencies to experience shame and guilt at home. The toddlers received a rag doll, and the leg fell off while they were playing with it alone. The shame-prone toddlers avoided the researcher and did not volunteer that they broke the doll. The guilt-prone toddlers were more likely to fix the doll, approach the experimenter, and explain what happened. The ashamed toddlers were avoiders; the guilty toddlers were amenders.

If we want our children to care about others, we need to teach them to feel guilt rather than shame when they misbehave. In a review of research on emotions and moral development, the psychologist Nancy Eisenberg suggests that shame emerges when parents express anger, withdraw their love, or try to assert their power through threats of punishment: Children may begin to believe that they are bad people. Fearing this effect, some parents fail to exercise discipline at all, which can hinder the development of strong moral standards.

The most effective response to bad behavior is to express disappointment. According to independent reviews by Professor Eisenberg and David R. Shaffer, parents raise caring children by expressing disappointment and explaining why the behavior was wrong, how it affected others, and how they can rectify the situation. This enables children to develop standards for judging their actions, feelings of empathy and responsibility for others, and a sense of moral identity, which are conducive to becoming a helpful person. The beauty of expressing disappointment is that it communicates disapproval of the bad behavior, coupled with high expectations and the potential for improvement: “You’re a good person, even if you did a bad thing, and I know you can do better.”

As powerful as it is to criticize bad behavior and praise good character, raising a generous child involves more than waiting for opportunities to react to the actions of our children. As parents, we want to be proactive in communicating our values to our children. Yet many of us do this the wrong way.

In a classic experiment, the psychologist J. Philippe Rushton gave 140 elementary- and middle-school-age children tokens for winning a game, which they could keep entirely or donate some to a child in poverty. They first watched a teacher figure play the game either selfishly or generously, and then preach to them the value of taking, giving or neither. The adult’s influence was significant: Actions spoke louder than words. When the adult behaved selfishly, children followed suit. The words didn’t make much difference — children gave fewer tokens after observing the adult’s selfish actions, regardless of whether the adult verbally advocated selfishness or generosity. When the adult acted generously, students gave the same amount whether generosity was preached or not — they donated 85 percent more than the norm in both cases. When the adult preached selfishness, even after the adult acted generously, the students still gave 49 percent more than the norm. Children learn generosity not by listening to what their role models say, but by observing what they do.

To test whether these role-modeling effects persisted over time, two months later researchers observed the children playing the game again. Would the modeling or the preaching influence whether the children gave — and would they even remember it from two months earlier?

The most generous children were those who watched the teacher give but not say anything. Two months later, these children were 31 percent more generous than those who observed the same behavior but also heard it preached. The message from this research is loud and clear: If you don’t model generosity, preaching it may not help in the short run, and in the long run, preaching is less effective than giving while saying nothing at all.

People often believe that character causes action, but when it comes to producing moral children, we need to remember that action also shapes character. As the psychologist Karl Weick is fond of asking, “How can I know who I am until I see what I do? How can I know what I value until I see where I walk?”

Adam Grant is a professor of management and psychology at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the author of “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success.”

Adam Grant is a professor of management and psychology at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the author of “Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success.”

Maths Unit review

Dear all,

Good work everyone. We have improved from the previous unit review's result to another new high. Please keep up the good work, everyone! :)

Unit Review and upcoming assessment

Please note the upcoming unit reviews and assessment. The next upcoming test is next week, week 5 English where the assessment is similar to the first unit review we did in Term 1.
It is 5% for this component.


Thanks and regards,
Mdm Chan

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Things due for this term (English)

Unit review 3 will be coming in week 5. ( the week after Good Friday.) Please refer to the first unit review format as a gauge to study and prepare for the next test. 

Things tested: 
unit 5: Beware of the Cat
unit 6: life in the shell

How to prepare:
-----------------------
1) past tense, present tense is a must know. When to use past, when to use present tense. 
This is so especially for irregular verbs. 
E.g, eat, give, drink, go, say, run, meet, etc.. 

2) grammar items from life in the shell- plural forms of special nouns. 
Eg: leaf, change to leaves 
Fly, change to flies
These will be tested. 

3) open-ended compre: Read and read, and of course with understanding of the clues. 😄

Regards
Mdm Chan

Composition 1

Dear all, please note that we are completing composition 1. 


How will this be done:
==================

1) pupils to complete group writing in small groups of 3. 
2) teacher to mark group essays and provide feedback for group essays
3) pupils to complete individual essays (revised) based on their group essays. 

We have completed step 1 on Thursday. 
Will will proceed to do step 3 next week once I have completed marking. 

Thanks. 
Regards 
Mdm Chan


Thursday, April 10, 2014

Spelling list

Spelling list
X5 times for handwriting exercise today. Thanks. 

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Photos memories




Visual arts: 2H's clay pictures









Photos from the SYF competition

Some photos from the SYF competition 2014.

Shaun from our class represented the school in this competition. 

Here's the link to the photos. 

Cheers, 
Mdm Chan

Misconceptions: English

Misconceptions in the sea creatures;
Clams, scallops, mussels. They can be misunderstood. Take note of the difference between them. 
 
Plural of words ending with 'y':
Eg: baby, babies. Have to change to 'ies'
Eg: leaf, leaves. Have to change to 'ves'
It was already mentioned in class but these mis-conceptions may appear again in the unit review. Thanks. 

Another part:
Past tense, plural and singular for present tenses. We will revise these again as they will again be tested. 

Regards 
Mdm Chan

Monday, March 31, 2014

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Multiplication by 2

Multiplication by 2:

Here's some slides to help to explain Multiplication by 2.
Hope this clarifies the concept better.

Cheers
Mdm Chan

MC Online assignment

Dear all,

I have assigned a test based on more than and less than on MC Online. They are given 1 month to complete this assignment. :)

Thanks/regards
Mdm Chan

PS: Congrats to those who did well for this Maths Unit review. Papers will be released tomorrow after they complete the corrections. :)

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Maths unit review

Next test is on problem sums involving addition and subtraction. Due in week 3. Pls note. Thanks. 


English files will be returned tomorrow. 
Next test for English is due in week 5. Similar format like the first unit review. 


Clarification on spelling for tomorrow

The Beware of the cat words are not tested. Cos we have not even started the learning sheets yet....
So, only 10 words are tested. Hope this clarifies. 😄
here

Friday, March 21, 2014

Good work, everyone

Dear all,

Congrats! Our class is now 2nd in the league position for learnlogy among SG schools. Keep up the fantastic work! :)

See you all in school on Monday. :)



Cheers
Mdm Chan

Friday, March 14, 2014

Holiday work

Holiday assignments:

1) Maths problem sums for model drawing
2) either remediation booklet or enrichment booklet. 
3) Learnlogy assignments over the week (about 5 in total) 
4) MC online homework for English (3 in total)
5) looking up the meanings for the words they do not understand - this can be done on a blank paper. 
6) handwriting exercise ( for the list of 10 common words) 

Thanks all and enjoy your term break. 

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Mathematics Multiplication and Division

Mathematics Lesson Update:
When school reopens in term 2, we will start on Multiplication and Division of tables: 2,3,4,5,and 10.

Based on MOE Syllabus, these are the objectives:
3.1 concepts of multiplication and division
3.2 use of x
3.3 multiplying within 40
3.4 dividing within 20
3.5 solving 1-step word problems involving multiplication and division with pictorial representation

Their learning experiences:
(a) make equal groups using concrete objects and count the total number of objects in the groups 
by repeated addition using language such as ‘2 groups of 5’ and ‘2 fives’.
(b) share a given number of concrete objects/picture cutouts and explain how the sharing is done
and whether the objects can be shared equally.
(c) divide a set of concrete objects into equal groups, and discuss the grouping and sharing
concepts of division.

And:

3.1 multiplication tables of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10
3.2 use of ÷
3.3 relationship between multiplication and division
3.4 multiplying and dividing within the multiplication tables
3.5 solving 1-step word  problems involving multiplication and division within the multiplication tables
3.6 mental calculation involving multiplication and division within the multiplication tables of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10

Their learning experiences:
(a) work in groups to make multiplication and division stories, write a multiplication or division
equation for each story and explain the meaning of the equal sign.
(b) use concrete objects and pictorial representations to illustrate the concepts of multiplication and
division such as ‘multiplying 3 by 5’ and ‘dividing 12 by 4’.
(c) explore number patterns in the multiplication tables of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 through activities such
as colouring the hundred chart.
(d) achieve mastery of multiplication and division facts by
- using multiplication-fact cards and division-fact cards.
- playing games, including applets and digital games.
- writing a family of 4 basic facts within the multiplication tables given any one of the basic facts
(e.g. 3 x 4 = 12, 4 x 3 = 12, 12 ÷ 4 = 3 and 12 ÷ 3 = 4 are a family of multiplication and division facts).
(e) work in groups to create word problems (with pictorial representation if necessary) involving
multiplication and division for other groups to solve.
(f) solve non-routine problems using heuristics such as ‘act it out’ and ‘draw a diagram’ and share
their ideas.


Taken from MOE's website:
http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/syllabuses/sciences/files/maths-primary-2013.pdf
I would encourage parents to take a look at the syllabus for Maths so that you are aware of what is being tested. :)

Resources for Multiplication: 
Some multiplication songs which we will sing.
Please refer to this blog posts (http://www.1armps.blogspot.sg/search/label/Multiplication).


Have received feedback from my colleagues they are facing difficulties with 6, 7 times table.
Here's the links for the 6, 7 times table.

7x times table


6x times table
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNvEw8BKCJA) 



8x times table




Cheers
Mdm Chan



Sunday, March 9, 2014

learnlogy homework

Dear all,

I have set some homework on Learnlogy website. Please complete all outstanding homework.

Cheers
Mdm Chan

Mathematics -- Fractions for P2

Dear all,

The Parents' Symposium -- my slides for Fraction. Please feel free to download and use it. This chapter is usually the last few topics, and normally conducted in a rush.... Hence, pls feel free to start this topic with your children during June holidays or if need be. 

Hope the slides help. :) 
Have a good week ahead. 

Cheers
Mdm Chan

Announcement

Chinese test this week. Unit 1-5
 

This Wednesday's spelling is brought forward to Monday. Pls note. 

Thanks. 
Cheers, 
Mdm Chan

Spelling list -- extra words for composition

Dear all,

This was announced in the class: these words will be tested in term 2's spelling. These are useful words for composition. 

1) immediately
2) hospital
3) an ambulance
4) vulgarities
5) incident
6) embarrassed
7) mischievous
8) diligent
9) unfortunately
10) porridge 

This list is slightly different announced in class. This will be the finalized version. Will also announce to everyone in class. 

Cheers,
Mdm Chan

Friday, March 7, 2014

Announcements on Friday 7 March

Dear all,

I will be presenting on Fractions for P2 tomorrow. Will upload these slides once I have completed the presentation tomorrow. They can be useful when learning this topic end of the year.


We have done well for English, and there is an improvement of Maths results too for Unit Review 2. :)


Cheers
Mdm Chan


Thursday, February 20, 2014

Misconceptions of fewer than, more than

Misconception: 
More than, fewer than, less than
In problem sums, students have these misconceptions of knowing which is more, which is less. The crux to handling this is to ensure these terms have a partner to belong to. Normally, it is the nearest term closest to these words.

E.g. John sold 109 chickens on Monday. He sold 28 more chickens on Tuesday than on Monday. 
The "more" term in this sentence is placed closer to Tuesday. In this case, the "more than" belongs to Tuesday.
Using logic, therefore, Tuesday is more, and hence Monday is lesser.
To help children, an arrow can be drawn from the word "more" to Tuesday.

Children have more difficulties with the term fewer and lesser than.
Another e.g. Jane sold 500 cakes on Friday. She sold 109 fewer cakes on Saturday than on Friday. 
The "fewer" term in this sentence is placed closer to Saturday. In the case, the "fewer than" belongs to Saturday.
Using the same logic, therefore, Friday is more than Saturday.
To help children, an arrow can be drawn from the word "fewer" to Saturday.

Normally, children who are better read would not be facing these problems, and most of them can understand these easily. These tips will be useful for those who are still facing difficulties in identifying the "more than" and "fewer than" terms.



PSLE Booklet for Term 1

Dear all,

I have attached the soft copy of the problem sums booklet, if you need to work on more examples.
Problem Sums for Term 1


Cheers,
Mdm Chan

Monday, February 17, 2014

Photos taken during the CNY Eve

Photos taken during the CNY eve:









Revision for Chapter 1

Revision for Chapter 1:
There were questions from 1 of the parents on Saturday as to how to help your child in Maths.

Things to note for this chapter. Refer to the contents page from the textbook. The things which they need to learn are all inside.

E.g. for Chapter 1:
1) Counting to 1000
2) Place Value
3) Comparing Numbers
4) Order and Pattern
5) Even and Odd numbers

That means, there are 5 objectives for this chapter which has to be completed and achieved.

Pls note this mis-conception. 

The Value of the digit (e.g. 5 in 259)  Vs
The PLACE VALUE of the digit (e.g. 5 in 259)

The value of 5 in 259 is 50, vs the place value of the digit 5 in 259 is tens.
It is a common mistake for the students...


Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Unit reviews for this first term

Dear all, pls note the unit reviews for Maths and English in this term. A notification has been given out earlier today.

Maths:  Week 7 (Topic 1 - numbers to 1000)
Maths: Week 9 (addition and subtraction within 1000)

English: Week 9: (First 4 books up to Magnetic Max)

Thank/regards
Mdm Chan



Monday, January 20, 2014

Photographs to our P2 camp

Class Photos taken during P2 camp















Congrats to our 2 groups of winners: 




Our Class Photo: