Lesson is on! Managed to grab a bottle of iodine solution and E was excited to start the lesson. I made a few changes to the materials. Yippee! E highlighting what she needed to observe and record for the experiment. Dripping the same drops of iodine solution to ensure reliability and accuracy. Observing and recording… Continue reading 2018 – Starch Or Not?
Month: January 2018
2018 – Reproduction (p5)
Today’s lesson wasn’t planned, again. I had in mind to complete some work on Water cycles and cells, but SY told me her school started on Human Reproduction. I was a little taken aback, as cells was not even taught in details, as much as I wanted to. As teachers, we are trained to be… Continue reading 2018 – Reproduction (p5)
2018 – Shooting & Tearing (p6 science)
Preparing for the challenge! They started practicing with their rubber bands before the actual showdown. D getting ready for his first shot. Not bad! JY first attempt was impressive too! Both did 5 rounds to determine the winner. Making connections to the activity. Got them to write down the energy changes taking place in their… Continue reading 2018 – Shooting & Tearing (p6 science)
2018 – Weighing Mass (p4)
The materials for the day. The boys were more into routine and were able to prepare the materials at a faster speed. If only it’s the same for the rest of the subjects. Haha. Observation table written on the board. Got the boys to predict the mass of the objects first, before carrying out the… Continue reading 2018 – Weighing Mass (p4)
2018 – DART – Adopt/Adapt Ideas
Today’s lesson was on using news articles to brainstorm writing ideas. J did an oral presentation on the articles she had chosen. Good ideas and story plots. If not me giving a cap on the time, J would go on and on and on… I love her ideas. Realistic and interesting. J exploring more in… Continue reading 2018 – DART – Adopt/Adapt Ideas
2018 – A Lesson Of Balloon & Writing Fun!
Healthy competition is good to motivate each other to be on their toes to learn. Challenged both of them to see who can build up on the concept map better. They delivered not one but two maps! And the work was great. They transferred their work from the board to their books. Simple activities like… Continue reading 2018 – A Lesson Of Balloon & Writing Fun!
2018 – Funny Stories (Lower Pri)
We did a new activity today. Using stencils to create pictorial images. From the images, create a funny story. I did an example and we had a good laugh over it. They could not wait to try out on their own. R chose the above stencils. Above was A’s choices. They were given a time… Continue reading 2018 – Funny Stories (Lower Pri)
2018 – English (p1, p3)
A’s writing does need some sharpening, thus I will need to do alot of cards with different themes. We started off with character descriptions. I gave him a stack of cards and asked him to choose and pick which cards show a ‘robber’ image. He chose a few and we started brainstorming words to describe… Continue reading 2018 – English (p1, p3)
2018 – DART – Adopt / Adapt (newspapers)
2nd strategy. Adopt / Adapt ideas for compo writing. I gave them a sample to work on and they were off to source for suitable compo ideas using pictures from the newspapers. From sitting up straight to work… Till lying down again. At least work is done, and they give me what I want, I… Continue reading 2018 – DART – Adopt / Adapt (newspapers)