Activity-based Task

Our first activity-based task will be on Monday, 31 March 2008.

Teachers-Parents Meeting (29 March 2008)

Looking forward to see all of the parents tomorrow.

Time: 11am-1pm

Fungi

gills (picture above)

Shitake mushroom (picture above)
Fungi are neither plant nor animal, but have some characteristics of each.

Fungi have no chlorophyll.
Fungi reproduce by spores.
Examples of fungi: mushrooms, rusts, smuts, puffballs, truffles, bread moulds and yeasts

Flowering plants

Can you identify what flowering plants these are?

Non-flowering plant (The ferns)

The non-flowering plant:

• reproduces by spores (found on the underside of the leaves)


• cannot produce flowers at all


• Examples of non-flowering plants: moss, ferns, conifers such as pines

The world of snails

We spent an exciting 2 weeks on the study of snails in our Science lessons. We learned to draw and label a diagram of a snail. The observations from the "cotton bud" experiment reveal one characteristic of living things which is 'Living Things respond to chnages around them'.

Welcome 3E (2008)

Hello kids and parents of 3E!

We are in the middle of Term 1 Week 8 with piles of practice papers to do and that will mean alot of marking for all the teachers. Here is a summary of what will be tested in Week 9, our CA week:

Science:
Unit 1 - Living & Non-living things
Unit 2 - Animals
Unit 3 - PLants

English
Unit 1 - Thank You
Unit 2 - A World of Books
Unit 3 - Stories That Teach

I hope you have started on your revision by now. :)

Al La Nanita Nana song

Woodgrove members only!!!

Get your own Chat Box! Go Large!

adopt your own virtual pet!

Vanessa's birthday party

The very sweet parents of Vanessa brought a huge cake, goodies bags and drinks to school so tha Vanessa could celebrate her birthday with the class. The children were awed by the size of the cake. They had fun and they sang her a birthday song. Thank you Vanessa and family for making the children's recess so much fun. Happy birthday once again, Vanessa!

Learning Math the fun way!

Learning Math using real chips, cookies, candies and food. Class 2G learned to add, subtract and group.

International Friendship Day

Some children from the class participated in the fashion parade segment for the celebration of International Friendship Day.

Termly project-Design your own water bottle

The children worked in their groups and came up with their ideal water bottle designs. They went around the school and did a survey based on people's choice of colours and design. They then drew out their design and compiled them into a group file. They fabricated their final design using recycled materials.

Reader's Theatre

The children were organised in groups and each group were given different scripts of fairy tales. The children worked in their groups, allocated their individual roles, practised the scripts and presented their Reader's Theatre to the class in STAGE Room 3. The children will briefed on what to look out for during their presentation. Example, posture, to remain 'in character' at all times during presentation, maintain eye contact with audience, etc.

What is Reader's Theatre?
Like storytelling, reader's theater can create images by suggestion that could never be realistically portrayed on stage. Reader’s Theater involves children in oral reading through reading parts in scripts. Unlike traditional theatre, the emphasis is mainly on oral expression of the part. Reader’s Theater is "theatre of the imagination". It involves children in understanding their world, creating their own scripts, reading aloud, performing with a purpose, and bringing enjoyment to both themselves and their audiences.

the exciting world of Adjectives!!

bad/better/jolly/tender/beautiful/kind/quiet/big/long/quick/black/lazy/tough/blue/bright/magnificent/rainy/rare/ugly/clumsy/crazy/mighty/dizzy/dull/fat/new/round/wonderful....

There are so many more. Can you name more? =)

Antonyms

The children learned about Antonyms in the last term, graduating from their list of idioms in their wordbank books. Worksheets were given out to them and most of them are able to list antonyms with ease and confidence. Just a recap here, antonyms are words with opposite meanings. The words, 'happy' and 'sad' are antonyms.

Here are some example practices:

1. I felt rich because I got 20 dollars
for my birthday!

A. wealthy

B. happy

C. poor

2. Debbie wiggled because the chair
was too hard.

A. soft

B. uncomfortable

C. solid