Tuning-in to There's a Nightmare in my closet

Dear 1E,

Here is a link to story related to our next big book, There's a Nightmare in my Closet.

Click on this link: http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/dark-dark-wood

Enjoy the story!

Here are a few vocabulary words from the book: Click here .

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

Stimulus-Based Conversation

Dear 1E,

Here are the picture and the prompts for you to practise again.

Picture Stimulus

Using the 5W1H approach to Picture Stimulus:

 
Create your own mind maps at MindMeister

Second storytelling by NLB

Dear Parents of P1E,

I would like your assistance in participating in a reading survey with your child. Endeavour Primary School is an active participant in a Read@School programme conducted by the National Library Board (NLB). Since Term 1, your child has taken part in storytelling sessions, author’s visit as well as a range of other reading activities to engage your child in reading.  

Your feedback will help the school and National Library Board to further improve our reading activities. Please proceed to http://nlbsurvey.com/END1044 to pose your survey answers online. The survey runs from now till 1 September 2014.

I highly encourage every pupil who will be benefiting from the programme to assist in this survey.

Thank you in advance. 

The verb "to have"

Now, test yourself by clicking here.

Long and short vowels

Dear 1E,

As promised, here is the video on long and short vowels:

Sandwich Making

Bears

Dear 1E,

Here are some interesting links on bears.

Brown Bears

Polar Bears

Sloth Bears

Sun Bears

Black Bears

Simple Present Tense

Dear 1E,

Here are some games for you to test your skills.

Activity 1

Activity 2

How did you fare?

Articles (a, an, the)

Practice 1

Practice 2

Practice 3

Happy learning!

Contractions

What is a contraction?




Here are some learning games for you to try out:
http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/vocabulary_games/contractions.html

Word Order

Dear 1E,

For the beginning, remember this simple rule:

subject	verb(s)	object
I	speak	English
I	can speak	English

Here are a few quizzes on word order. Click on the following links to test yourselves.

1. Quiz 1
2. Quiz 2
3. Quiz 3

How did you do?

NLB Reading Survey

Dear Parents,

Today, a letter (with a reply slip) was given out to your child with regards to an online survey that you would need to participate in. Please log on to the following NLB link to complete a survey on your child’s reading habits.

http://nlbsurvey.com/END1044

Once you have completed the survey, please get your child to submit the reply slip to me latest by 21 February. Your kind participation is greatly appreciated.

Thank you and regards.

Common / Proper Noun

Do you remember what nouns are?




There are two types of nouns: Common and proper nouns.

A common noun is a word that names any person, place, thing, or idea. A common noun begins with a lowercase letter. Click here for some examples.

A proper noun tells the exact name of a person, place, or thing. Words that name people, places, titles, holidays, days of the week, and months of the year are proper nouns. Proper nouns are always capitalised. Click here for some examples.

Finally, test your skills with this game.

Modal verbs (can, can't)

Dear 1E,

Do you know what a modal verb is?

Here are more examples of modal verbs (can, can't)

Modal verb 1

Modal verb 2


Below are some pictures of our class activity where you had to approach your classmates and ask them if they can do certain things. Your classmates had to answer using either the response "Yes, I can" or "No, I can't".

Library Period

Last Friday, during the Library period, 1E pupils went to the school library for a library induction programme.

The school librarian, Mdm Hamidah, led the induction tour by firstly informing the pupils basic library etiquette and the basic safety rules in the library.

Children are encouraged to borrow 1 English storybook and 1 Mother Tongue storybook. This is to encourage good reading habits in the children. Please note that the student cards will be issued some time in March and until then, the pupils cannot borrow any books. However, they are most welcome to visit the library and read books/magazines during recess or after school.

Once the cards are ready, the pupils should bring a photocopy of the cards and they can start borrowing books.

Storytelling

Today, 1E pupils were treated to a storytelling session conducted by an NLB personnel.

Hope you have enjoyed the paper folding story shared by Miss Christabel.


 

Term 1 Spelling List

Dear 1E,

I have given you the spelling list for Term 1 today.

1. Please have your spelling list signed by your parents.
2. Start to learn your spelling words for Week 3.

To help you prepare for the spelling quiz next Monday, I have shared this link. Do have a look and practise your spelling words.

Click on this link: Term 1 Week 3 Spelling Words