Crew Assignments for the Day - 13 April 2012

Dear 3B,

Crew Assignments for 13 April 2012
- Compo corrections (Burglary)
- Compo ( A Painful Lesson)
- Go MConline to complete assignments
- Go to KF and post a note
(Dear parents, this is meant to be a test run as we will be using KF in class very soon , so I need to ensure that all pupils are able to access it. )
- Visit the class blog to learn some tips for the Oral exam.

Note: One of you asked me yesterday why I was in traditional clothes.
Well, it was the Tamil New Year (like CNY) and hence, it was a day of celebration! 
On this occassion, Indians normally visit the temple and also seek blessings from their elders!


Love,
Ms Priya :)

Becoming Better Writers #1 - Plotting the Story Arc

Dear 3B,
thank you for your patience in waiting for our supplementary lesson recap!

In our first supplementary lesson last week, we learnt about

THE STORY ARC!

A story arc is meant to help you to organise your story according to :

Introduction : introduce your characters

Rising Action : events that lead up to the climax

Climax : the TURNING point of the story (usually, the problem )

Falling Action: what happens after the main event, leading up to the ending

Conclusion : how the problem is solved

During our lesson, we watched two short films and discussed their story arcs.

Challenge yourself!

• Try explaining to your parents/siblings what a story arc is and what it is used for.

• Share with them how you would go about plotting a story arc (e.g. how do you decide which part of the story is the climax?, etc)

• Can you try to plot the story arc for both films to test your understanding of  the Story Arc?

Links to the 2 movies

Short Film #1 - Lifted : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY1_HrhwaXU

Short Film #2 - One Man Band: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5x9LUbWvRo


All the Best!! Let's see how well you do! ;)

Love,
Ms Priya

Crew Assignments for the Day - 2 Apr 2012

Dear 3B,
today was a day of many firsts..

It's our first lesson in April...
We started on a NEW chapter in Maths (Chapter 6: Multiplication - (multiplication without regrouping))...
We had 2 "Ever Wonder Why"s...
We had our first supplementary lesson...
We tried exploring a Story Arc...

I hope the new things that you are learning interest you and you enjoy your lessons!
I know they can be challenging at first, but I believe you will get the hang of it soon :)

Whenever something seems daunting, take a deep breath and say "I CAN DO IT!".
I assure you - you can handle it. If you have difficulties, you can always approach me :).

Today's crew assignments:

- Maths workbook pages 23 & 24
- Science Spelling (Animals - Study words 1 to 20. We will have the spelling on Thursday.)

See you tomorrow!

Love,
Ms Priya :)

Weekend!

Dear 3B,
I hope you had fun this week at your new Conversational Malay lessons as well as your Learning Journey to Science Centre!

Here's something for you to think about:
We learnt about some strange insects yesterday like the Katydid and leaf bugs.
So, think about it and find a strange animal that interests you and just write 2 lines about what is interesting about it .
Hope you have fun finding quirky animals!

Also, Please Bring WRITING paper on Monday ! We need it for our supplementary lesson.

Love,
Ms Priya :)

Crew Assignments for the Day (27 Mar 2012)

Dear 3B,
first let us commend the hardwork our 4 girls (Joanne, Joan, Liang Pin & Claudia) have put in the past few months working hard for the SYF Chinese Dance! Today was their SYF performance and I'm sure they have done well - so GREAT JOB GIRLS :) !!!

Crew Assignments :
1. Picture Composition ("Fire")
2. Ask parents to sign supplementary classes form (Dear parents, once again apologies on the inconvenience caused due to the transport arrangements).

Next,
here are the phrases we discussed for the composition on "Fire":

Your Contributions
- face (as white as a sheet)
-guilty
- stood rooted to the ground
- their hearts hammered under their skin
- frightened out of their wits
- panic was written all over their faces
- (the incident/the fire) scared the living daylights out of them

Other phrases we discussed:

So, hope there are some phrases here that catch your eye and you are motivated to use them in your compo. Have fun creating your stories!!!

Love,
Ms Priya :)

Crew assignments for the day- 26 Mar 2012

Dear 3B,
Please
- complete LS 4.5 ( verbs of thinking , sensing and action verbs)
- ask parents to sign spelling books and return it to school tmr

Recap: what were the 5 types of verbs we learnt and what are they used for? Share them with your family :)

Love,
Ms Priya :)

Crew Assignments for the Day - 22 Mar 2012

Dear 3B,
Please bring your
- Maths File &
- Maths workbook 3A part 2
tomorrow!

See you!

Love,
Ms Priya :)