Primary4

Form Teacher Time

CLASS : 4 Honolulu

FORM TEACHER : Mrs Jemma Decruz

CO-FORM TEACHER : Ms Amy

• Discipline

School’s Expectations

• Form Teachers’ Intervention

• Teacher-Parent Communication

• Consequences

Form teachers will investigate any misconduct

Parents of all parties involved will be informed

Depends on severity of offence

School’s Expectations

• Weekly Spelling & Dictation

• Incomplete Homework

• Neatness

• Parent’s Signature

Should tests fall on PH, they will be tested either on another

day that week or the following week

Pupils will be asked to hand in the next day

Pupils are expected to draw and write neatly on lines

Please sign on all returned files, spelling book & worksheets

booklet e.g. Companion Booklets

School’s Expectations • Absences from School & CCA

• Library Cards

• Maths Remedial Class

- All absences must be accompanied with a Medical

Certificate or a Letter from Parents.

- Original copy must be submitted to Form Teacher

and a photocopy to the CCA teachers

- Library Cards must not be folded, damaged or

misplaced or a penalty of $2 will be charged

- Pupils are required to replace any lost library book

with a newly purchased copy

- Selected pupils must attend all remedial classes

MOTHER TONGUE LANGUAGE

CURRICULUM

P4 Parents Briefing 30 January 2015

P4 CL Assessment 0% 40% 0% 60%

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

• Passage Reading

（朗读测试） • Writing

（写作测试）

• Picture

Description

（看图说话）

• Conversation

Topic Practice

（会话） • Writing

（写作测试）

• Listening

Comprehension

(听力理解)

• SA1 (年中考试） - Listening

Comprehension

（听力理解）

- Picture

Composition

（看图作文）

- Oral

（口试）

- Language Paper

（试卷）

• SA2 (年终考试） - Listening

Comprehension

（听力理解）

- Picture

Composition

（看图作文）

- Oral

（口试）

- Language Paper

（试卷）

FO

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P4 ML Assessment F

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0% 40% 00% 60%

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

• Passage Reading

• Writing

• Picture

Description

• Conversation

Topic Practice

• Writing

• Listening

Comprehension

• SA1

- Listening

Comprehension

- Picture

Composition

- Oral

- Language Paper

• SA2 - Listening

Comprehension

- Picture

Composition

- Oral

- Language Paper

P4 TL Assessment 0% 40% 0% 60%

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

• Passage Reading （வாசித்தல்） • Writing （எழுதுதல்）

• Picture Description （பட உரையாடல்）

• Conversation Topic Practice

（உரையாடல்） • Writing （எழுதுதல்）

• Listening Comprehension (கேட்டல் ேருத்தறிதல்)

• SA1 (கதர்வு） - Listening Comprehension （கேட்டல் ேருத்தறிதல்）

- Picture Composition （படக்ேட்டுரை） - Oral

（வாய்ம ாழித் கதர்வு）

- Language Paper

（ம ாழித்தாள்）

• SA2 (கதர்வு） - Listening Comprehension （கேட்டல் ேருத்தறிதல்）

- Picture Composition （படக் ேட்டுரை） - Oral

（வாய்ம ாழித் கதர்வு）

- Language Paper （ம ாழித் தாள்）

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“Our Heritage, Our Pride” Mini Carnival

To be held during MT Fortnight

Various stations to introduce students to

different cultures and dialects.

iMTL Portal

iMTL Portal is an online portal which

effectively enhances teaching and

learning of language skills through

various types of activities. This will be

introduced in Term 2.

P4 MTL Language and Cultural Camp

P4 MTL Language and Cultural Camp is

organised for all P4 MTL pupils.

The objectives of this cultural camp is to

provide opportunities for pupils to experience

their own Mother Tongue culture through

hands-on activities.

Presentation Outline • P4 English Curriculum

• Programmes to support the English

Curriculum in school

• Assessment

Literacy Development

Listening Speaking

Reading Writing Building 21st century competencies

- Critical thinkers/ listeners/

- Confident speakers/Effective communicator

- Self-directed learners

English Language and

Literacy Curriculum @ Kellock

English Language and

Literacy Curriculum @ Kellock

STELLAR

Literacy

Programme

Project

Write Right

SPEAK

Awards

Book Café

Book Buzz @

Kellock

Reading Writing Speaking

Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening

Orals

P4 Media

Literacy

English Language and

Literacy Curriculum @ Kellock

STELLAR

Literacy

Programme

Project

Write Right

SPEAK

Awards

Book Café

Book Buzz @

Kellock

Reading Writing Speaking

Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening

Orals P4 Media

Literacy

• A 3-hr lesson that teaches students the

importance of media literacy

• Paving way for Visual Text

Comprehension in P5 and P6

P4 Media Literacy English Language and

Literacy Programme @ Kellock

The main aim of the brochure is to

______________.

( 1 ) educate the public on bugs

( 2 ) explain how bugs can be

useful to mankind

( 3 ) promote a platform for the

public to learn more about

bugs

( 4 ) inform others of the various

kinds of bugs found in the

rainforest

P4 Media Literacy English Language and

Literacy Programme @ Kellock

Book Buzz @ Kellock

(P4 Recommended Titles)

English Language and

Literacy Programme @ Kellock

Book Buzz @ Kellock

(P4 Recommended Titles)

English Language and

Literacy Programme @ Kellock

English Language and

Literacy Curriculum @ Kellock

STELLAR

Literacy

Programme

Project

Write Right

SPEAK

Awards

Book Café

Book Buzz @

Kellock

Reading Writing Speaking

Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening

Orals P4 Media

Literacy

Strategies for Composition

• Mini-lessons to help pupils to write

good stories that entertain their

readers

• Constructive feedback from teachers

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Project Write Right English Language and

Literacy Programme @ Kellock

Strategies for Comprehension

• Annotation

• CUBHi

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Why did Mrs Raju find the

man in the crowd “familiar looking” ?

Comprehension Skills English Language and

Literacy Programme @ Kellock

To help pupils focus on how to find the

answer use CUBHi.

Circle – 5Ws 1H, Explain clearly why, In

what way…

Underline – tenses so that you will use the

correct tense to answer

Box – key words to in the questions to

help you search for answers in the text

Highlight –identified parts in passage that

answers question (Contextual clues)

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English Language and

Literacy Curriculum @ Kellock

STELLAR

Literacy

Programme

Project

Write Right

SPEAK

Awards

Book Café

Book Buzz @

Kellock

Reading Writing Speaking

Reading, Writing, Speaking, Listening

Oral P4 Media

Literacy

Strategies for Stimulus-based Conversation

• ORAL Thinking Structure

Opinion

Relevant details

Additional examples

Link

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Places of Interests in Singapore

Night Safari

Singapore Zoo

Singapore Flyer Universal Studios Singapore

Formative Assessments

Term 1 Term 2 Term 3 Term 4

1. Speak

Award

(Presentatio

n of

Opinions)

2. Composition

1. Stimulus-

based

conversatio

n

1. Composition

2. Comprehensio

n (OE)

1. Stimulus-

based

Conversatio

n

Component Weightings

Oral - Reading Aloud

Stimulus Based Conversation

6 marks

10 marks

Listening Paper - Picture Matching

- Note-taking

- Comprehension Texts

4 marks

5 marks

5 marks

Language Paper – Grammar MCQ

Vocabulary MCQ

Grammar Cloze (2 passages)

Vocabulary Cloze

Sentence Combining

Comprehension (2 passages)

8 marks

6 marks

8 marks

4 marks

4 marks

20 marks

Writing Composition 20 marks

TOTAL 100 marks

P4 Summative

Assessment

English Language and

Literacy Programme @ Kellock

PRIMARY 4

MATHEMATICS

• Assessment

• Math Alive

• Problem Solving Package (PSP)

• Expectations of Word Problems

MATHEMATICS

TERM 1 TERM 2 TERM 3 TERM 4

TOPICS

Numbers to 100 000

Multiplication and

Division

Fractions

PSP

- Make a List

Angles

Perpendicular

& Parallel Lines

Geometrical

Figures

Area &

Perimeter

PSP

- Make a

Supposition

- Working

Backwards

Decimals

The Four

Operations of

Decimals

PSP

- Look for a pattern

- Grouping/ Sets

Symmetry

Tessellation

s

Graphs &

Tables

Time

PSP

- Before –

After concept

FORMATIVE

– (Topical

Practice

with

Checklist)

1) Numbers to 100 000

Multiplication &

Division

PSP

2) Fractions

Problem Solving

Heuristics

1) Angles

Perpendicular &

Parallel Lines

PSP

1) Decimal and the

Four Operations

of Decimals

PSP

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SUMMATIVE

(COCKPIT)

SA 1 (40%) 0%

1) Performance

Task: Math

Practical (marks

to be added to

SA2))

SA2 (60%)

-SA2 Paper

(55%)

-Performance

Task (5%)

Math Practical

(T3W3)

Math Alive Intent: To engage students

in authentic tasks to explore

mathematics concepts and

ideas at students’ own pace

and together with their

parents.

Collect 12

stars to

exchange for

this badge

Compulsory Task – An Example

Tessellations in

the real world

Problem Solving Package (PSP)

Application of heuristics using POLYA problem solving strategies

Step 1 (A) : Understand

the Problem

What are you asked to find/solve?

What facts do you have?

What do you know that is not stated

in the problem?

Step 2 (B) : Plan What strategies do you know?

Try a strategy that seems workable

Step 3 (C) : Execute the

Plan

Write out the steps

Think of the big steps first, and then

do the little steps

Step 4 (D) : Review Re-read the question

Did you answer the questions

asked?

Does your answer make sense?

Steps in PSP

Making Suppositions

It means …

•Making assumptions

•Making deductions

•Making guesses

PSP – An Example

There are 8 hamsters and

chickens in a shop. There are 26 legs altogether. How

many hamsters are there?

PSP – An Example

Step 1 : nderstand the problem

Using Polya’s

No. of legs a hamster has: 4

No. of legs a chicken has: 2

Total no. of legs : 26

There are 8 hamsters and chickens in a shop. There are 26 legs altogether. How many

hamsters and chickens are there?

What do I need to find out?

•How many hamsters?

•How many chickens?

Step 2: Plan the strategy to use.

Using Polya’s

There are 8 hamsters and chickens in a shop. There are 26 legs altogether. How many

hamsters and chickens are there?

Draw a comparison model

Draw a part- whole model

Make a supposition

Guess and Check

Working Backwards

Step 3 : Execute your plan.

Using Polya’s

There are 8 hamsters and chickens in a shop. There are 26 legs altogether. How many

hamsters and chickens are there? If all the animals were chickens and each chicken has 2 legs,

Then I have a total of 16 legs. 8 x 2 = 16 I will have 10 extra legs. 26 - 16 = 10 I will redistribute the 10 legs to form hamsters. 10 ÷ 2 = 5

Step 3 : Execute your plan.

Using Polya’s

That means I have…

5 hamster (animals with 4 legs) 3 chickens (animals with 2 legs)

Step 4 : Review your answers.

Using Polya’s

My answer is :

5 hamsters and 3 chickens

My Claim

My answer is correct.

My Evidence

I have written the correct numbers.

My answer makes sense.

Proof:(E.g. Working backwards)

Siti spent $8.35 on a comic book.

This was $3.90 less than the amount she

spent on a storybook.

a) How much did the storybook cost?

b) How much did she spend on both items? $8.35

$8.35 $3.90

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a) $8.35 + $3.90 = $12.25

The storybook cost $12.25.

Ans: $12.25

b) $12.25 + $8.35 = $20.60

She spent $20.60 on both items.

Ans: $20.60

Presentation of Word Problems

• http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/syllabuses/

Choose ‘2014 Science (Primary) Syllabus’

Term 1 Systems

- Digestive System

Term 2 Cycles

- Matter and 3 states of Matter

Term 3

Energy

- Heat and Temperature

Term 4

Energy

- Light

• Science Journal

• Science File - a green ring file.

• Science Textbook

• Science Activity book – Term 1 – Systems

– Term 2 – Cycles

– Term 3 and 4 – Energy

• Science Process Skills Booklets

• Please keep all P3 and 4 books for revision at PSLE.

• FAs are carried out termly and comprise:

– Reflective Series

– Concept Cartoon

– Performance-Based Task

• Reflective Series and Concept Cartoons help

check for student’s understanding

• Performance-based Tasks engage students

both hands-on and minds-on, providing

opportunities for students to apply concepts

learnt in new contexts

Term 1

Reflective Series & Concept

Cartoon (Functions of the

Digestive System)

•Performance-based Task: Human

Digestion Model

Term 3

•Reflective Series & Concept

Cartoon (Heat and Temperature)

•Performance-based Task: Mr.

Snowman

Term 2

•Reflective Series & Concept

Cartoon (Matter and 3 States of

Matter)

•Performance-based Task: Oobleck

Term 4

•Reflective Series & Concept

Cartoon (Light and Shadows)

•Performance-based Task: This

Little Light of Mine (Datalogging in

Science)

Concept Cartoons and Reflective Series continues from Primary 3 to

check the student’s knowledge and understanding of concepts

• A Science Practical Test will be held in term 3 on

the 30th of July 2015.

• The Science Practical comprises 4 stations

where students have to perform a simple task

and complete short-answer questions

• Weighting: 20 marks [5m x 4 stations]

• Marks will be included in the final semestral

assessment

Objectives:

1. To engage students in writing, doing and thinking science beyond the confines of the syllabus.

2. To promote school-parent partnership through the activities which provide opportunities for bonding with your child.

The activities from the young scientist cards have been integrated into school-based worksheets and weekend assignments where appropriate.

Stars [15 stars] earned from completing the activities in the worksheet/weekend assignments will help them to earn the young scientist badge.

Cards to be completed this year are the Young Chemist and Young Physicist

Star earned!

• Scientist in Focus (New*)

• Each term we will focus on: – contributions and character traits of a famous

scientist or

– careers in science related to the topic learnt

• Articles will be printed for the students to read and reflect on the impact of the scientist’s work on society as well as the values role modelled

• Fun activities to follow the articles to enrich the learning of science

• Science Enrichment lesson at the Science

Centre – Light

– Students will be going to the Science Centre

for the enrichment lesson in Term 4

• P4 Camp at LKC Natural History Museum

– Spend a night at the Museum.

– Students will engage in activities based on the

school values to build character, as well as

develop their passion in Science to Learn,

Lead and Make a difference.

Thank You!