Your Haikus

Some of you have completed writing your haiku. I think you did a great job!

Conjunctions

Revise what you have learnt about conjunctions by watching the video clips below.





Test yourself after watching the video clips.

Conjunctions Practice 1

Conjunctions Practice 2

Compound Sentences

In Unit 2, we learnt about compound sentences (with 2 independent clauses) and complex sentences (with an independent clause and a dependent clause). Click on the links below to revise what you have learnt.

Compound Sentences

Complex Sentences

Putting sentences together
1) Factsheets 1-3
2) 3 Games
3) Quiz (Levels A-C)

Haiku

Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry made up of 3 lines. The 3 lines are often arranged so that the first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables and the third line has 5 syllables (5-7-5 rule). There are no rhyming words in haiku and it must express a thought, feeling or mood.

Find out more by visiting the following websites.

Introduction to Haiku

Japan and Haiku

More examples of haiku

How to write a haiku

Now, it's your turn to try writing a haiku. Write a haiku based on the theme 'School'.

Rainbow Day Item

Would you like to give some suggestions on what our class could do for Rainbow Day? We are performing this term.

Reading News: Huge earthquake devastates Haiti

Click on Huge earthquake devastates Haiti to read what happened in Haiti last week. Take note of the verbs used and the prepositions after the verbs. We will have a quiz based on this article next week.

To find out how earthquakes happen, click on Earthquakes: animated guide.

Dorothy Meets Tin Man and Lion

As requested by Shawn Pang, here are some more video clips from The Wizard of Oz...

Video clip: Dorothy Meets Tin Man

Video clip: Dorothy Meets Lion

Video clip: Off to see the Wizard

Dorothy Meets Scarecrow

We're starting on the second unit in English 'What a Character!' In this unit, we will read about some strange characters found in the book 'The Wizard of Oz'. Here's a video clip that you can watch after reading p22-24 of your textbook.

Video Clip: Dorothy Meets Scarecrow

Something to ponder over:
The Scarecrow claimed that he did not have a brain. Do you agree with him? Why?

Andy Warhol

You've learnt about Andy Warhol's life and his art. You can find out more about Andy Warhol's silkscreen printing by clicking on the link below. On the website, you can click on the controls to adjust the colours of Warhol's Marilyn print. How does the colour affect the mood? You can also listen to a recording of Warhol's discussion on his choice of colours. Have fun!

Andy Warhol's Marilyn Prints

Calculator Course

The school organised a two-day calculator course for you. You were very attentive during the lessons and were focused on the tasks assigned. I am proud of you. I hope you're now adept at using the calculator to work out solutions to sums. I hope you remember to thank Mrs Tan for attending the course with us and guiding you when you needed help.

Homonyms, Homographs & Homophones

To revise what we have learnt about homonyms and homophones, click on Revision on Homonyms and Homophones

Why do some sources 'mix up' the use of homonyms, homographs and homophones? To find out how these 3 are related, click on
Homonyms, Homographs and Homophones.

More on Homonyms, Homographs and Homophones...
Word Banks & Homonym Jokes
Homograph Quiz
Homophone Quiz 1
Homophone Quiz 2
More Homophone Quizzes

Emotive Lettering

I hope you've enjoyed your first art lesson 'Emotive Lettering'.

These are the examples I showed you.

And these are your masterpieces...

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Poems inspired by 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'

I'm glad you enjoyed Lewis Carroll's poem 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'. Some of you have come up with your own 'The time has come...' poems inspired by the poem. I'm pretty impressed by your effort in making the poem fit the ABCBDB rhyme scheme as well as making the poem funny and interesting.

Classroom Decoration

A big 'thank you' to Cai Qi, Weng Leng, Qun Mei, Victor, Sherman, Mrs Tan, Vernon and Vernon's parents for coming to school on 9 Jan to do up the classroom.

Looking after our P1 Buddies

All of you did a great job looking after your P1 buddies. Thanks for taking meticulous care of your young friends... showing them the school facilities and teaching them lots of things such as how to purchase food, where to place the used utensils and how to play safely. I am truely impressed by the committment, patience and perseverance you showed.

Many of your P1 buddies have nominated you to be the best buddy. Based on interviews with your P1 buddies, your checklist and the teachers' observation, a list of final nominees was drawn up:

1) Wang Han Chu and Edison Lau
2) Lim Khee Han and Shawn Pang
3) Chia Zhi Yi and Brian Tay
4) Mavis Mah and Alina Tan
5) Sabrina Boo and Lai Qun Mei
6) Sherman Lim and Timothy Pan
7) Eng Wei Xin
8) Gordon Tan
9) Ryan Tan
10) Leona Wu
11) Phu Eindra Ko

And the best buddy leaders are Wang Han Chu and Edison Lau!

Poems for your enjoyment

I hope you have enjoyed reading the poems in your textbook. Here are some more poems for your enjoyment...

Poems by Kenn Nesbit

Poems by Shel Silverstein

More Funny Poems

The Walrus and the Carpenter (audio)

Our OKTO Live Performance on 4 Dec 2009

Hi everyone, to welcome you back to school, here's a special video clip of your performance on OKTO Live on 4 December last year!