Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays, Children!

Now that you have more time on your hands, you can read more story books and play too.

At the same time, do remember the 5 book reviews that you should do.

For each book that you read, there may be words that you have not encountered before and may not know the meaning. Well, write the words and their meaning down in your spelling book. Try to have 20 new words for each new book and bring your spelling back to school next year.

Understanding the words will help you understand the story better.

And you can use the words learnt in your future compositions too.

Here's a summary of what you have to do:

1. Read and enjoy 5 English story books.
2. Do a book review for each of the 5 books.
3. Learn 20 new words from each book.
4. Write these new words (a total of 100 words) and their meaning in your spelling books.
5. Bring back the spelling books to school next year.

Once again, happy holidays!

Stories Online

Did you enjoy the stories shared in class last week?

Well, listen to them again and listen to more online. They are read by famous people (e.g. actors).

Here's the website: http://www.storylineonline.net/index2.html

Have fun reading!

Book Review

Thanks, Children, for sharing the storybooks that you have read recently.

Below is the list of books that you have shared with the class:

1. Narnia: Prince Caspian – by C.S. Lewis
2. How Crow Brought Daylight – by Sara Miles
3. Honestly, Mallory! – by Laurie Friedman.
4. The Walkaway shoes – by Enid Blyton
5. Doctor Judy Moody – by Megan McDonald
6. The little red hen – by Amy Algie
7. Jungle Blues – by Shamini Mahadevan Flint
8. The temple of the ruby of fire – Geronimo Stilton
9. Ivy + Bean – by Annie Barrows
10. The donkey and the horse – by Maxx Lim
11. The talkative Mynah – Suzee Leong
12. Love at first beep – Apple Jordan
13. Flora, the fancy dress fairy – Daisy Meadows.
14. Nettie’s new shoes – by Lynda Britnell
15. Dr. Welch and the Great Grape Story – Mary Lou Carney
16. Vicky goes to school – by Angel Lin
17. Ripe Red Tomatoes – by Pauline Cartwright
18. First collection of moral stories – by C. Tamil Selvi
19. A cheese-colored camper (Geronimo Stilton)
20. The mixed-up chameleon – by Eric Carle
21. My very first book of knowledge – by Andy Charman and Angela Royston
22. The fish that talked – by Rosie Dickens


If you find the above book titles interesting, you can borrow them from the National Library.

Spell it right

Here’s a trick to remember how to spell new words.

It is called the LOOK – THINK – COVER – WRITE – CHECK method.

1. LOOK carefully at the new word. How can you break it into smaller bits? Do any of the smaller bits remind you of the patterns of letters from other words?
2. THINK about the parts of the words which might cause problems - double letters for instance, or a vowel that isn't pronounced as you would expect.
3. COVER the word and close your eyes. Try to see it in your mind's eye.
4. WRITE the word down without looking back.
5. CHECK to see if you're right. If not, look carefully at where you went wrong and try again.

More details can be found at this website http://www.spelling.hemscott.net/mem1.html

Give it a try and aim to score full marks for the SA2 spelling.

Good luck.

English - Composition Tips

Hi Children,

Welcome back! I hope you had a fruitful 4 days break by revising your work and by enjoying yourselves too.

You should now be geared up for SA2.

We have written a few compositions together. Here are a few things that I have noticed and would like you to remember:

1. Write in the past tense where necessary.
2. Write in 3 paragraphs (remember the two-finger spacing at the start of each paragraph):
   i). Introduction (Setting – the time and place)
   ii). Body (What were the characters doing, how did they feel, what would they do next?)
   iii). Ending/Conclusion
   
3. Keep your sentences short to minimise grammatical and spelling errors.
4. Use the correct punctuation (. , ! ?)
5. Please write neatly.
6. Leave a line in between your sentences.
7. Once your story is completed, please read it again and correct any errors that you spot.

All the best for your SA2.

Grammar – Articles (a, an)

Hi Children,

We have revised articles (a, an) this week.

I have uploaded the PowerPoint slides on the school portal (https://www.endeavourpri.moe.edu.sg). You need to login first, then click on “Learning Resources”.

You can also test your skills at this website: Articles (a, an)

Remember to study hard for your SA2.

Good luck.

Rainbow Day 4

Hi Children!

Hope you had great fun during the Children’s Day cum Rainbow Day 4 celebration.

Here is the video of our twist: