Chinese (MT) Updates [27/2/2013-28/2/2013]

教学焦点/Lesson Highlights

• 口语互动：句型 “这是…；那是…” 和“今天是星期几（几月几号）”
• 汉语拼音 9：ang, eng, ing (ying)
• 道德与公民教育：四大种族的传统服装

课堂作业/Classwork

• 整理华文文件夹
• 活动本：口语互动
• “好朋友”报刊第7期 - 练习题（第7-8页）: 汉语拼音 8

温馨提醒/Gentle Reminders

• As there will be a Chinese test for the class next Wednesday, the final spelling for this term (汉语拼音8-9) will be conducted on Week 10, 14th March.
  
• I will be returning the Chinese files to the children for their revision and your reference tomorrow. I will also be returning the activity book （活动本）and spelling book.
  
• The pupils will be tested on the content from 汉语拼音 1-汉语拼音 7. They will need to be able to recognise the pronounciation of the various 韵母（eg. a, o, e, ie, ao, ou etc.) and 声母（eg. b, p, m, f, zh, ch, sh, r etc.) from the chapters, and be able to write out the hanyu pinyin for the Chinese Characters in the “我会认” section of the chapters. Lastly they will also need to be able to read and understand sentences written in hanyu pinyin. （I will be giving them an exercise on this section as a practice） 

EL & MA Updates [28/02/13]

Lesson Highlights
English

• Corrections for Hairy Bear
• Writing on 'Walking through the Zoo'.

Maths

• Corrections for Maths Unit 3
• Mental Sums

Homework

• Parent to sign:
• Spelling Week 8
• Hairy Bear
• Maths Alternative Assessment
• Unit 2 Maths Activity Worksheet
• Do Maths Unit 3 Worksheet 3 (parents please DO NOT sign on the worksheet yet)

Announcements/Admin Matters

• Collected Brain Gym from students
• Spelling for Week 9 will be on Thursday instead as the students have Chinese test on Wednesday.

EL & MA Updates [27/02/13]

Lesson Highlights
English

• Spelling T1W8
• IT Lesson

Maths

• Final corrections for Unit 2

Announcements

• Swimming Carnival
• It will be held on Friday, 15 March 2013 (last week of school).
• Students who are not participating and not coming as spectators need not go to school.
• I have passed the forms to some students who are interested to come as spectators & support their friends. If you do not allow your child to come as a spectator, please DO NOT sign on the form. I will pass to the next student who is interest to go. Thank you.

Thank you!

On behalf of 1E,

I would like to give my heartiest thanks to the parent volunteers in giving their time, knowledge and energy to ensure that the students are not lost, both in knowledge and directions.

I hope you had fun spending time with the students!

Have a good rest! =)

EL & MA Updates [2102/13 - 25/02/13]

Lesson Highlights
English

• Articles 'a', 'an' &  'the'
• Completed LS5.3 & HPPS Worksheet
• Pronouns
• Completed LS5.4 
• Preposition
• Completed HPPS Worksheet & Exercise book

Maths

• Addition using pictures
• HOT worksheet 1

Homework

• Sign Poem Recitation
• Do Health Education Book pg 12. To handed in (last) Monday.
• Do Brain Gym 'Numbers 0 to 10'.
• Do Maths Activity Book pg 41 & 42.
• Do Brain Gym 'Number Bonds of 8 & 10'.

Reminders

• Spelling for week 8 is tomorrow.

Chinese (MT) Updates [25/2/2013]

教学焦点/Lesson Highlights

• 复习汉语拼音 8 生字
• 句型：“请问这是什么地方？” 和 “这是（地方）”

课堂作业/Classwork

• 小一汉语拼音补充练习（三）
• “好朋友”报刊练习题（第7-8页）

功课/Homework

• 习字：问、三、心

温馨提醒/Gentle Reminders

• 这个星期四不考听写
  There will be NO chinese spelling this Thursday.

Chinese (MT) Updates [20/2/2013-22/2/2013]

教学焦点/Lesson Highlights

• 汉语拼音 8：un , ün
  
• 汉语拼音 8：“读一读”、“儿歌”
  
• 汉语拼音 8：“我会认” 生字
  
• 公民与道德教育：新加坡的四大种族和种族间不同语言的问候语
                                 The four main races in Singapore and Greetings in different languages

课堂作业/Classwork

• 小一上活动本：汉语拼音 8
  
• 习字：汉语拼音 8 生字（山、玩、人、门）
  
• 活动本、习字和听写改正

Note for Parents: Mostly I will set aside about twenty minutes for students to do classwork on topics they have just learnt or corrections and then I check on their progress on the spot. So for the time being, there will seldom be homework for the students to bring back unless it is work they did not manage to finish during lesson time.

EL & MA Updates [19/02/13 & 20/02/13]

Lesson Highlights
English

• Reading of new big book - Walking through the Jungle
• Vocabulary - LS5.1a
• Spelling Wk 7
• Sound Identification - LS5.2
• STELLAR handwriting book Ws 6

Maths

• Heuristic Ws 1 & 2
• Mentals Sums 

Homework

• LS5.1 
• Handwriting bk Ws 6 (For those students who have not finished it in class.)

Administrative issues

• EL & MA files
• I will be doing filing on Friday. Hence, I need your help to ensure that your child's files is in school before Friday.

Thank you!

Chinese (MT) Updates [18/2/2013-19/2/2013]

教学焦点/Lesson Highlights

• 汉语拼音 7：儿歌朗读
  
• 汉语拼音 7：语文园地 （分辨相似的复韵母音节，eg. bie vs bei）
  
• 汉语拼音 8：an , en , in
  
• 句型：“你有没有……？” 和 “你要不要……？”

课堂作业/Classwork

• 活动本（Activity Book）：汉语拼音  7
  
• 习字（Penmenship）：汉语拼音 7
  
• 作业改正（Corrections）  

温馨提醒/Gentle Reminders

• There will be Chinese Spelling this Thursday on hanyu pinyin 7

p.s. Am really glad to see a whole class of students this week, feeling much healthier and hyped out about school! The class is generally getting on better with the pace of a primary school and they are much more responsive towards instructions given. : ) However, some are still quite chatty, talking at inappropriate times, will continue to drill the sense of discipline to them.   

EL & MA Updates [14/02/13, 15/02/13 & 18/02/13]

Lesson Highlights
English

• Spelling T1W6
• Comprehension Corrections
• Social Studies Big Book
• Listening Ws 2 & 4
• Spelling Corrections

Maths

• Maths Activity Ws 2 & 3
• Maths Ws 1 & 2

Homework

• Sign Spelling for T1W5 & T1W6

Announcements/Reminders

• Learning Journey form & money
• There are a few students who have yet to pass me $10 for the learning journey.
• Magazines
• Parents are reminded that the subscription form and cheque for Venture in Maths & other are to be mailed out on your own as the vendor are not coming to school anymore to collect
• The Little Red Dot
• It was given out in class just now. Please do read the instructions given should you want to subscribe for your child. Put it in an envelope containing the form & cheque. Get your child to put it in the box at the school's General Office.

Chinese (MT) Updates [15/2/2013]

教学焦点/Lesson Highlights

• 汉语拼音 7：ie, üe（复习）,er
  
• 汉语拼音 7：读一读、“我会认”生字

行政事项/Admin Matters

• 向学生收回“好朋友”报刊来批改
  
• 学生已完成补充练习的改正

温馨提醒/Gentle Reminders

• 来临的星期三（20/2）将进行听力练习
  The Listening Comprehension practice will be done on Wednesday, 20th Feb

Chinese (MT) Updates [14/2/2013]

教学焦点/Lesson Highlights

• 听写（五）：汉语拼音 6
• 公民与道德教育：我尊重我的国家
• 汉语拼音 7：ie , üe

课堂作业/Classwork

• 补充练习作业改正
• “好朋友” 第五期报刊：第7-8页
• 公民与道德教育读本：第24-30页

功课/Homework

• “好朋友”第五期报刊：第7-8页

Chinese (MT) Updates [13/2/2013] and Assessment matters

教学焦点/Lesson Highlights

• 复习和考察前几课所学

课堂作业/Classwork

• 补充练习（二）：汉语拼音 4 - 汉语拼音6

功课/Homework

• 听写改正、家长签名
• 小一上活动本改正

温馨提醒

• 这个星期四(14/2) 的听写考汉语拼音6
• 下个星期四和星期五（21/2 , 22/2）学校将在食堂举行书展，书展售卖的书籍内容海报已经交给学生，想要购买的同学记得在以上日期带钱来学校向书摊购买。
  There will be a Chinese book fair on the 21 Feb and 22 Feb in the school canteen. The brochures for the book fair have been given to the students, those who are interested to buy the books, just remember to get ready their cash on the above two days to purchase their books from the vendors.

Assessment Matters
1. There will be a Listening Comprehension Practice for the class next week. There will be no weightage  for this practice. (I will update the class on the actual day of the practice soon.

2. There will be a Chinese Test for the class on 6th March (T1W9) , the contents of the test has been given to your child, and I have asked them to stapler it in their student diary. (pg D-14) There will be no weightage for this test.

EL & MA Updates [13/02/13]

Lesson Highlights
English

• Reading & Comprehension Ws 3
• STELLAR Penmanship Ws 5 pg 14 & 15

Maths

• Mental Sums

Homework

• Penmanship Ws 5 ( For those who did not finish in class)

Announcements

• Spelling
• Due to a number of students who did not learn their spelling, I will be postponing it to Friday instead. It's okay, I understand it's the festive season. I will take into consideration the next time to postpone after a festive period. Spelling will be back to Wednesday from next week.
• Learning Journey (LJ) to Zoo
• I have given out the learning journey consent form to the students. Parents who wish to join as parent volunteers (PVs) are to tick at the correct box. Let me just preempt that not all will be able to join us as I will only need 10 PVs for this LJ. I will keep the names of those who could not join us for the next LJ. This is to ensure that all parents will have a chance to join your child in their learning.
• Venture in Maths Magazine
• You are to post the registration form on your own as the vendor has collected the box from the general office. Thank you.
• Whiteboard
• I understand that your child has a file filled with whiteboard, marker and a duster, please ensure that all the items are labeled with their name. I will collect the file with the items next Monday to be kept in class. 

Happy Chinese New Year

Wishing all of my chinese students and parents

A HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!

To the rest of you,

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Chinese (MT) Updates [06/2/2013, 07/2/2013]

教学焦点/Lesson Highlights

• 汉语拼音6：ao, ou, iu
  
• “我会认”单字：爱、妹、六、九、要、头、口、手
  
• 听写（四）：汉语拼音 5
  
• 公民与道德教育：尊重他人，讲礼貌

课堂作业/Classwork

• 习字：“我会认”单字
  
• 活动本：汉语拼音 6
  
• 公民与道德教育读本

祝大家农历新年快乐，新的一年事事顺利！: )

Wishing all a very Happy Chinese New Year and Happy Holidays! : )

EL & MA Updates [5/2/13, 6/2/13 & 7/2/13]

Lesson Highlights
English

• Comprehension Booklet Ws 2
• STELLAR Ws
• Phonics LS4.2
• Pronouns LS4.4
• Corrections
• STELLAR Handwriting Book Ws 4
• By now students would have finished Ws 1 - Ws 4. Some students brought back home to finish it.

Maths

• Journal for Unit 2
• Let's Find out for unit 2
• Mentals Sums
• Introduction to Addition
• Activity 1 of Activity Worksheet.

Announcements

• Tomorrow the school function as a single session in celebration of Chinese New Year. All students are to be in the hall by 7.15pm
• They are to bring a small bag with the following items to school:
• A pair of scissors
• Glue
• Colour pencils
• Story book
• Food (As recess will be crowded, it would be good if they have their own food eat instead of buying.)

Chinese (MT) Updates [05/2/2013]

教学焦点/Lesson Highlights

• 复韵母组合“ai, ei, ui, iu”
  
• 标调规则
  
• 认字：爱、妹、六、九

课堂作业/Classwork

• 习字

功课/Homework

• 习字（没在班上完成的）

温馨提醒/Gentle Reminders

• 星期四考听写（四）：汉语拼音 5

EL & MA Updates [01/02/13 & 04/02/13]

Lesson Highlights
English

• Reading of new big book
• Spelling
• Vocabulary - LS4.1
• robbers
• brave
• frightened
• bear
• scary
• morning
• money
• Contractions - LS4.3 & LS4.5
• I'll
• you're
• I'm
• can't
• don't

Maths

• Activity 4 
• Numbers that make up 10

Homework

• Sign spelling book and reading assessment
• To be handed in latest by Wednesday

Chinese (MT) Updates [04/2/2013]

教学焦点/Lesson Highlights

• 汉语拼音（1）
  hanyu pinyin revision 1
  
• 句型：“我会……，也会……”
  Sentence structure: 'I can (do something), I can also (do something)'

课堂作业/Classwork

• 活动本 ：汉语拼音（1）- 21-22页
  Activity Book: hanyu pinyin revision 1 pg 21-22
  
• 汉语拼音练习（一）活动纸
  hanyu pinyin practice (1) worksheet

Reflections:

After frequent practices and revisiting of the chapters learnt, I can see a general improvement in the students' learning. Students are also doing better in following classroom routines and that allowed them to feel more engaged during lesson time.  

Chinese (MT) Updates [31/1/2013]

教学焦点/Lesson Highlights

• 公民与道德教育：把校服穿好，保持校服的整齐
  CME: Wearing the uniform correctly and neatly
  
• 听写（三）：汉语拼音4
  Spelling (3): hanyu pinyin 4
  
• 复习汉语拼音5
  Revise hanyu pinyin 5

课堂作业/Classwork

• 公民与道德教育活动本：14-16页
  CME Coursebook : Pg 14-16
  
• 活动本：汉语拼音 5 17-20页
  Activity Book: hanyu pinyin 5 Pg 17-20

功课/Homework

• 活动本：汉语拼音 5 17-20 页
  Activity Book: hanyu pinyin 5 Pg 17-20