Week 16: Revision
Friday: Remember to revise for the assessment!
Something fun and relaxing for you to revise with today - Gimkit! Enjoy!
Something fun and relaxing for you to revise with today - Gimkit! Enjoy!
Tuesday and Wednesday: No Homework
We made a revision booklet today that can work as a cheat sheet for your studying. I will also hand out a paper with QR codes linking different Blookets (see below).
There's another new FUN way to revise - it's called Gimkit. You can have a look at the links to the different game modes below 👇 You can also sign up for an account and create your own study sets. Remember - study smarter and you'll want to study harder!
DON'T LOOK DOWN: www.gimkit.com/join/67c7d8a20c5a549ac5afe3f7
FISHTOPIA: www.gimkit.com/join/67c7d8e4f01d8f412e6f461a
We made a revision booklet today that can work as a cheat sheet for your studying. I will also hand out a paper with QR codes linking different Blookets (see below).
There's another new FUN way to revise - it's called Gimkit. You can have a look at the links to the different game modes below 👇 You can also sign up for an account and create your own study sets. Remember - study smarter and you'll want to study harder!
DON'T LOOK DOWN: www.gimkit.com/join/67c7d8a20c5a549ac5afe3f7
FISHTOPIA: www.gimkit.com/join/67c7d8e4f01d8f412e6f461a
Week 15: Its and It's cont'd
Tuesday and Wednesday: Homeowrk: GTE p.32-33
Today we presented our instruments to the class and talked about the different charactaristics of each. Remember that when you write about your instruments, make sure that you use the correct form of it's and its!
For the homework on p.32, I want you to think about the instrument that you made, and describe it by giving short answers. Then on p.33, you should think about what you wrote and answer the questions by completing the sentences. These sentences will help you get started on your writing. Finally, you should write ALL about your instrument. Remember to start your sentences with capital letters and end them with full-stops. Also, don't forget to capitalize all names.
Today we presented our instruments to the class and talked about the different charactaristics of each. Remember that when you write about your instruments, make sure that you use the correct form of it's and its!
For the homework on p.32, I want you to think about the instrument that you made, and describe it by giving short answers. Then on p.33, you should think about what you wrote and answer the questions by completing the sentences. These sentences will help you get started on your writing. Finally, you should write ALL about your instrument. Remember to start your sentences with capital letters and end them with full-stops. Also, don't forget to capitalize all names.
Week 14: Its and It's
Friday: Homeowrk: Make your own instrument! Bring it to school on Monday!
For this writing unit, we are going to make our own musical instruments from items that we have laying around at home, and then we will write about them next week!
Over the weekend, you should go home and build your instrument, and then bring it to school with you next week. You can keep it in your locker before our GTE class together. Later, you will write about your instrument.
For this writing unit, we are going to make our own musical instruments from items that we have laying around at home, and then we will write about them next week!
Over the weekend, you should go home and build your instrument, and then bring it to school with you next week. You can keep it in your locker before our GTE class together. Later, you will write about your instrument.
Tuesday/Wednesday: Blooket: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=67b7db79fe2d81a044aa1030
This week is a bit wonky because of the Swimming Gala, so on Tuesday, 3A learned all about the difference between its and it's and we played a Blooket to practice. You can play at home with the link above!
So what's the difference between it's and its? Let's have a look:
This week is a bit wonky because of the Swimming Gala, so on Tuesday, 3A learned all about the difference between its and it's and we played a Blooket to practice. You can play at home with the link above!
So what's the difference between it's and its? Let's have a look:
- "Its" is a word that shows something belongs to something else. For example, if you say, "The cat licked its paws," it means the paws belong to the cat.
- "It's" is short for "it is" or "it has." For example, when you say, "It's a sunny day," you mean "It is a sunny day."
Week 13: Theme (cont'd)
Tuesday/Wednesday: Homeowrk: GTE p.19-20
Welcome back everybody! I hope you had a fun and relaxing Lunar New Year holiday!
Today we had a class discussion about the differrent things that we've learned this term (a recap) - characters, setting, and plot. We also talked about the different themes that we covered in our GTE book before, and then we worked on our homework.
For the homework, the task is to choose a book (any book that you've read) and identify the different parts:
For those students who didn't have their book, please do these pages at home and hand it in (don't hand in the pohotocopy that I made for you to do in class).
Welcome back everybody! I hope you had a fun and relaxing Lunar New Year holiday!
Today we had a class discussion about the differrent things that we've learned this term (a recap) - characters, setting, and plot. We also talked about the different themes that we covered in our GTE book before, and then we worked on our homework.
For the homework, the task is to choose a book (any book that you've read) and identify the different parts:
- title
- characters
- setting
- plot (beginning, rising action, climax, falling action, and end)
For those students who didn't have their book, please do these pages at home and hand it in (don't hand in the pohotocopy that I made for you to do in class).
Week 10: Theme
Friday: Homeowrk: NO HW
Today we had a fun and relaxing lesson with a CNY story and worksheet - it's not homework, just something fun to do! Have a happy Lunar New Year and I'll see you again after the holiday!
Today we had a fun and relaxing lesson with a CNY story and worksheet - it's not homework, just something fun to do! Have a happy Lunar New Year and I'll see you again after the holiday!
Tuesday, Wednesday: Homeowrk: NO HW
3A Blooket link: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=679190fe9799c482c9f5764c
3B Blooket link: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=67919132a5afdd4adb54c003
In the first lessons this week, we learned what THEME is and discussed in class.
A theme is like the big idea or message in a story. It's what the story is really about, even if it's not said directly. For example, in a story about friendship, the theme might be that friends help each other and stay together, no matter what. So, when you think about a story, ask yourself: "What lesson or idea is the story trying to teach me?" That's the theme! The six themes we learned about:
• Friendship: How important it is to have friends and support each other.
• Bravery: Being courageous even when things are scary.
• Love: The power of love between family and friends.
• Adventure: Exploring new places and trying new things.
• Perseverance: Never giving up, even when things are tough.
• Kindness: Helping others and being nice, making the world better.
Finally, with each class I taught them how to create their own Blookets, and we played them together. Have a go with the links up top!
3A Blooket link: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=679190fe9799c482c9f5764c
3B Blooket link: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=67919132a5afdd4adb54c003
In the first lessons this week, we learned what THEME is and discussed in class.
A theme is like the big idea or message in a story. It's what the story is really about, even if it's not said directly. For example, in a story about friendship, the theme might be that friends help each other and stay together, no matter what. So, when you think about a story, ask yourself: "What lesson or idea is the story trying to teach me?" That's the theme! The six themes we learned about:
• Friendship: How important it is to have friends and support each other.
• Bravery: Being courageous even when things are scary.
• Love: The power of love between family and friends.
• Adventure: Exploring new places and trying new things.
• Perseverance: Never giving up, even when things are tough.
• Kindness: Helping others and being nice, making the world better.
Finally, with each class I taught them how to create their own Blookets, and we played them together. Have a go with the links up top!
Week 9: Count and Noncount Nouns and Quantifiers (Writing)
Friday: Homeowrk: GTE p.31 Blooket link: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=6789f4e94ecda58da15de206
Today we reviewed count and noncount nouns and quantifiers and discussed why we should recycle. We got started on our homework in class, and most students had a very good idea of what to write about. In your writing, try to include some quantifiers before the count and noncount nouns that you use. Have an awesome weekend!
Today we reviewed count and noncount nouns and quantifiers and discussed why we should recycle. We got started on our homework in class, and most students had a very good idea of what to write about. In your writing, try to include some quantifiers before the count and noncount nouns that you use. Have an awesome weekend!
Tuesday, Wednesday: Homeowrk: GTE p.30 Blooket link: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=67874ec55b7ec1b7857a487b
Link to the slides from this week's lesson: www.canva.com/design/DAGcIr0S3Bo/TnzDhGWw1y9pbBnJ9F3V-w/view?utm_content=DAGcIr0S3Bo&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=hab605b5d4a
We started learning about count and noncount nouns today. Some things to remember:
Count Nouns
Count nouns are things you can count. They have a singular form (one) and a plural form (more than one).
Examples:
Noncount Nouns
Noncount nouns are things you can't count individually. They usually don't have a plural form.
Examples:
Link to the slides from this week's lesson: www.canva.com/design/DAGcIr0S3Bo/TnzDhGWw1y9pbBnJ9F3V-w/view?utm_content=DAGcIr0S3Bo&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=uniquelinks&utlId=hab605b5d4a
We started learning about count and noncount nouns today. Some things to remember:
Count Nouns
Count nouns are things you can count. They have a singular form (one) and a plural form (more than one).
Examples:
- One apple (count) → Two apples (count)
- One dog (count) → Three dogs (count)
- You can say "I have two books" because you can count the books!
Noncount Nouns
Noncount nouns are things you can't count individually. They usually don't have a plural form.
Examples:
- Milk (you don't say "milks")
- Rice (you don't say "rices")
- Water (you don't say "waters")
- You might say, "I have some milk," but you wouldn't say, "I have two milks."
Week 8: Plot cont'd
Tuesday, Wednesday: Homework: GTE p.14-15
This week, we continued learning about plot and the different parts of a plot. To do this, we recalled some of the ORT stories that we've read in the past and discussed the parts of the stories and how they relate to plot.
For homework (and classwork), we worked on p.14-15. For this, each student chose an ORT story and wrote down the different parts on p.15, and then drew them on p.15.
Tuesday (3A) and Friday (3B): Blooket! To wrap-up the unit, we played a Blooket about plot. You can play it here: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=677e0638040608efa3f0f3c0
This week, we continued learning about plot and the different parts of a plot. To do this, we recalled some of the ORT stories that we've read in the past and discussed the parts of the stories and how they relate to plot.
For homework (and classwork), we worked on p.14-15. For this, each student chose an ORT story and wrote down the different parts on p.15, and then drew them on p.15.
Tuesday (3A) and Friday (3B): Blooket! To wrap-up the unit, we played a Blooket about plot. You can play it here: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=677e0638040608efa3f0f3c0
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Week 7: Plot
Friday: No homework (classwork was GTE p.13)
Today, we reviewed chararacters and setting, and introduced PLOT through something called Story Mountain. Story Mountain looks like this:
Today, we reviewed chararacters and setting, and introduced PLOT through something called Story Mountain. Story Mountain looks like this:
- Beginning (Base of the Mountain): This is where we meet the characters and learn about the setting. It's like starting at the bottom of the mountain. For example, we might meet a brave little bunny named Benny who lives in a cozy burrow.
- Rising Action (Climbing Up): This part is where things start to get exciting! Benny wants to find the biggest carrot in the forest, but he faces challenges along the way, like a tricky river and a grumpy owl. Each challenge is like climbing higher up the mountain.
- Climax (The Top of the Mountain): This is the most exciting part! Benny finally finds the giant carrot, but he must outsmart the grumpy owl to get it. This is the peak of the mountain!
- Falling Action (Going Down): After the climax, things start to settle down. Benny uses his smart thinking to get past the owl and brings the carrot home. It's like sliding down the mountain after reaching the top.
- Ending (Bottom of the Mountain): This is where the story wraps up. Benny shares the big carrot with his friends, and everyone is happy. The story comes to a nice close, just like reaching the bottom of the mountain again.
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Week 4: Country Names (continued) and Viking Adventure
Friday: Homework: GTE p.24-25
Today, we practiced our reading and focused on reading with feeling when we read Viking Adventure out loud. Everybody did a fantastic job!!! Remember, our voices need to go up and down when we read, and we should always project our voices!
Today, we practiced our reading and focused on reading with feeling when we read Viking Adventure out loud. Everybody did a fantastic job!!! Remember, our voices need to go up and down when we read, and we should always project our voices!
Tuesday and Wednesday: Homework: GTE p.29
This week, we continued our writing lesson from last Tuesday and Wednesday (Friday was the dim-sum outing) and we also read Viking Adventure. For GTE p.29, students needed to choose a destination from the table and re-write the paragraph using their own information corresponding with the destination that they chose.
Remember:
This week, we continued our writing lesson from last Tuesday and Wednesday (Friday was the dim-sum outing) and we also read Viking Adventure. For GTE p.29, students needed to choose a destination from the table and re-write the paragraph using their own information corresponding with the destination that they chose.
Remember:
- Use 'the' in front of country names that (1) are plural, (2) have the word Republic or Kingdom in them
- Capitalize all parts of names, but you don't need to capitalize 'the'
Week 3: Country Names (Writing U.4)
Tuesday and Wednesday: Homework: GTE p.28
In this lesson, we focused on a simple, but often overlooked grammatical point - capitalizing proper nouns (names). To review, you can click the link here (www.canva.com/design/DAGYMYldGfw/LklgjIF9hUmGmClK0o_5TA/view?utm_content=DAGYMYldGfw&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor) - and if you click the last slide, there is a Blooket to play!
Remember, that you need to capitalize all country names, and you need to put 'the' in front of country names that have Republic or Kingdom in them (for example, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom), and countries that are plural (for example, the United States). You don't capitalize 'the' because it's not part of the name.
In this lesson, we focused on a simple, but often overlooked grammatical point - capitalizing proper nouns (names). To review, you can click the link here (www.canva.com/design/DAGYMYldGfw/LklgjIF9hUmGmClK0o_5TA/view?utm_content=DAGYMYldGfw&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor) - and if you click the last slide, there is a Blooket to play!
Remember, that you need to capitalize all country names, and you need to put 'the' in front of country names that have Republic or Kingdom in them (for example, the Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom), and countries that are plural (for example, the United States). You don't capitalize 'the' because it's not part of the name.
Week 2: The Setting
Friday: Blooket: play.blooket.com/play?hwId=674945d8f6cd364e5063b7a3
Really good job creating your Story Worlds, but many of you didn't color your picture, and some of you only added characters, so I gave everyone some time to work on their drawings a bit more. Remember, characters can be a part of the setting, but it would be wrong to show only characters for a setting. Setting should include:
I've created a Blooket that you can play to practice your understanding of what setting is 👆
Really good job creating your Story Worlds, but many of you didn't color your picture, and some of you only added characters, so I gave everyone some time to work on their drawings a bit more. Remember, characters can be a part of the setting, but it would be wrong to show only characters for a setting. Setting should include:
- The time and place (when and where) the story happens.
- The weather.
- The landscape (Is the setting a city? The mountains? A desert? A forest? Or any other landscape?).
I've created a Blooket that you can play to practice your understanding of what setting is 👆
Tuesday and Wednesday: Homework: GTE p.3-6
In today's lesson we continued talking about setting and worked on building our own "Story World". GTE p.4 introduces Story World - where you learn that setting is not only about time and place, but also weather, characters, and other things we notice and see! For GTE p.5, you can just jot down your ideas about your Story World, and then you should draw and color your Story World on p.6.
In today's lesson we continued talking about setting and worked on building our own "Story World". GTE p.4 introduces Story World - where you learn that setting is not only about time and place, but also weather, characters, and other things we notice and see! For GTE p.5, you can just jot down your ideas about your Story World, and then you should draw and color your Story World on p.6.
Week 1: The Setting
Friday: No homework! Click me to play the BLOOKET!!!
In today's lesson, I introduced SETTING to the class.
The setting of a story is like the background where everything happens. It tells you:
You can have a look at the presentation from today's lesson below 👇
In today's lesson, I introduced SETTING to the class.
The setting of a story is like the background where everything happens. It tells you:
- Where the story takes place. Is it in a city, a forest, or a magical kingdom?
- When it happens. Is it today, a long time ago, or in the future?
- What things are like around the characters. Is it sunny and warm, or is it rainy and cold?
You can have a look at the presentation from today's lesson below 👇
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Tuesday and Wednesday:
Today we did a follow-up exercise for our GTE assessment. This exercise helped us review some of the more challenging parts of the first term GTE assessment. Remember, Diamante poems have 7 lines. The first and last lines are opposite words. The second and sixth lines are adjectives. The third and fifth lines are verbs, and the fourth line is nouns (two for the first word and two for the second word).
Today we did a follow-up exercise for our GTE assessment. This exercise helped us review some of the more challenging parts of the first term GTE assessment. Remember, Diamante poems have 7 lines. The first and last lines are opposite words. The second and sixth lines are adjectives. The third and fifth lines are verbs, and the fourth line is nouns (two for the first word and two for the second word).