~ Things from 29 June 2011 ~

Hello everyone! 

Reminders!

Remember today's homework!

- Maths Revision 1 (Due on Friday 1 July 2011)

- English Textbook Annotation pages pages 6-8

- Optional* Online Blogging: My CCM Experience @ Chinatown / Kampong Glam

Remember the other consent forms!

- CHANGED DATE English Lesson Study - Creative Writing (ignore the previous one)

- Focus Group Consent Forms

- Thermometers for tomorrow's temperature checking

*Note to Parents: 

There are some students who have not given me the consent forms. Please make sure your child gives you the consent form for your acknowledgement. 

Some students have not given me their English and Mathematics Workbooks. If the books are not available at the school bookshop, then I would suggest to go to Popular to purchase them. In the meantime, I can only make photocopies and make the child do the worksheet again once they get their books, as a practice. 

Children must also remember to bring their Mental Sums books by this week. 

Lesson today

Today for English, we learnt about cranes, a type of migratory birds. First, we closed our eyes and relaxed. Imagined ourselves sitting on a bench. Then suddenly we heard wings flapping. We looked up and saw a big white bird who was gliding and flapping its wings. 

Mr. Farhan asked us to open our eyes and we saw this video (someone said "Wah! Like magic!" Hehe.. ^_^)

Then we learnt something interesting! 

The birds were actually flying in a pattern! And we also learnt the reason why! They do this to conserve energy! And they actually take turns too! 

We also learnt that they migrate because of the lack of food during winter. In the video above, they actually visit a cornfield and help the farmer eat the waste corn. We learnt that sometimes animals and humans can actually help each other. :)

Then due to popular demand, we watched a video on termites. And we learnt a lot of things too! Like the abdomen of the termite queen is 4 inches / 10 cm long! WOAH!

Mr Farhan was a bit hesitant at first, but he gave in because at least his students were interested in learning about something. ^_^ (Hmm.. Shall we do a mini project about animals and how they live? You can choose the animal. Sounds interesting right? Let's do an online poll! Check out on your lead.com under Assignments on the left panel)

Then we started our annotation in our textbooks! 

Alright, that's all! Don't forget the reminders! 

See you tomorrow!