[Song] Everything at once - Lenka

Dear Children,

This is the song we sang together in Music lesson.
You can learn up the song and the similes in it!



There are some grammatical errors in the video above.

Here's the lyrics for sing-along:

As sly as a fox, as strong as an ox
As fast as a hare, as brave as a bear
As free as a bird, as neat as a word
As quiet as a mouse, as big as a house

All I wanna be, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything

As mean as a wolf, as sharp as a tooth
As deep as a bite, as dark as the night
As sweet as a song, as right as a wrong
As long as a road, as ugly as a toad

As pretty as a picture hanging from a fixture
Strong like a family, strong as I wanna be
Bright as day, as light as play
As hard as nails, as grand as a whale

All I wanna be, oh, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything, everything at once
Everything at once, oh, everything at once

As warm as the sun, as silly as fun
As cool as a tree, as scary as the sea
As hot as fire, cold as ice
Sweet as sugar and everything nice

As old as time, as straight as a line
As royal as a queen, as buzzed as a bee
As stealth as a tiger, smooth as a glider
Pure as a melody, pure as I wanna be

All I wanna be, oh, all I wanna be, oh
All I wanna be is everything, everything at once

Have fun!

Cheers,
Ms Chan :D

Administrative updates + Additional Similes resources

Dear parents/guardians,

Some updates regarding administrative matters for P3A.

1) Supplementary and Remedial Classes

Supplementary lessons (MT/Math) are encouraged for all pupils to attend as activities and games are planned to stretch their learning and to work on Math concepts. It is not compulsory.

For English remedial, only selected pupils need to join the sessions. We will be working on Grammar and Synthesis & Transformation. If you would like to include your child in the English remedial, please feel free to let me know.

2) ClassDojo

I have started using the ClassDojo system in my EL class to motivate the children (and they like it very much!). I will be sending you individually your child's sign up code for their account as well as for you, which is optional.

To find out how ClassDojo works, you may look at the link here: https://www.classdojo.com/about/


Below I will be providing some help for you regarding the sign up.

Step 1: Please go to this website – https://student.classdojo.com/#/login and click on ‘Sign up with a code’.

Step 2: Using personalized code which I have issued to you, please key in the code. A blue check mark should appear.

Step 3: Choose a username for yourself. The blue check mark will indicate the availability of your username (i.e. the username is available). The password panel should appear where you can set your password. Re-type your password and then click ‘Create Account’.

Step 4: Do note down your username and password for future access. You may like to get pupils to note down in their handbooks should they forget.

Step 5: You can guide your child to customize their avatar. (P.S. this is their favourite part!)

… and we’re done!

Pupils can see their progress for this week and the points they have earned.
You may like to set up a parent account for yourself which updates you about your child’s progress on Fridays.

Hope this quick tutorial helps! (:

3) Similes additional resources

Recap:


Similes are a useful tool to help in composition writing as they help to add depth to the language.

They make the language more descriptive and enjoyable, and allow the writer to emphasize what they want to convey to their readers.


1. List of similes that your child can revise at home: 
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/simile-examples-for-kids.html
https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/figures-similes-list.htm (recommended)

2. Flashcards of similes where they can learn and spell:
https://quizlet.com/7407370/similes-100-similes-and-examples-flash-cards/


Thank you!
Sincerely,
Ms Cindy Chan (:

[T1W2 update] English and Science

Dear Parents/Guardians,

This week for English, we have started on the big book "Fearless Phil" and looked closely at the language features of the book.

For Grammar, we looked at the unit on Past Tense and some grammar rules to follow when changing a base verb into its past form.

We also did a feature focus on similes. A simile is part of figurative language that compares two things that are alike in some way, and is characterized with the use of 'as' and 'like'.

I shared a book titled "My Best Friend is as Sharp as a Pencil" as an introduction to similes, where the pupils get to picture how a character looks like or behaves based on the author's description using similes. 

We also read a poem titled "Predictable" by Bruce Lansky where the poet used many similes in his poem. The pupils then worked with their 6 o'clock buddy on their poem and they tried to use rhyming words in their poem.

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Science - by Ms Natalie Chan

For some of you, this is the first time your child/ward is taking Science as a core subject in the school curriculum. The updates provided on this blog will help you to support your child/ward in the learning of Science this year.

It is now Week 2 and pupils have already started learning about the concept of classification and living/ non-living things.

By now, pupils should be able to:

·         Classify objects into groups based on their similarities

·         State the characteristics of living things (Please refer to the summary below that was shared with pupils in class. Pupils should focus more on the characteristics highlighted in bold)

 

Concepts will be reinforced to pupils next week. As Science is a new subject for your child/ward this year, do constantly remind your child/ward to ask questions if he/she is unsure about what is being covered in class.

Thank you.

Sincerely, 

Ms Cindy Chan & Ms Natalie Chan