Wednesday 30th of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

Review for the monthly tests.

Today's Homework:

Review for the monthly vocab test

*The monthly vocab test is tomorrow morning.

Friday 25th of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

M.S p.46-55

Today's Homework:

Write definitions and sentences using W4 vocab 16-23

Review for the monthly vocab test on Tuesday

Thursday 24th of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

W4 vocab (PPT)

Today's Homework:

Write definitions & sentences using W4 vocab 6-15.

The class were given extra homework today, because they forgot one of the golden rules in my class. Some of them were talking while others were reading aloud. This is rude and disrespectful.

Wednesday 23rd of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

M.S p46-53
Narration & Drama 

EXP Musical families
        Sound vs Music

Today's Homework:

Write definitions & sentences using W4 vocab 1-5

Tuesday 22nd of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

W3 vocab test
W4 vocab
M.S p.46-53
'Danger in the Meadow' by Patricia Curtis Pfitsch

Today's Homework:

Circle all W4 vocab in M.S

Monday 21st of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

Review W3 vocab
Intro W4 vocab

M.S individual reading

Today's Homework:

Review for the W3 vocab test

Friday 18th September 2015

Today's Lesson:

M.S p.34-45
PB p.9 - Draw conclusions


Today's Homework:

Write definitions & sentences using W3 vocab 16-24

Thursday 17th of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

M.S p34-45
PB p.5-7

Today's Homework:

Write definitions & sentences using W3 vocab 11-15

Wednesday 16th of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

Reading: 'Tom Sawyer'
W3 vocab with PPT
M.S p.34-45
EXP: Making a shoe box harp/shoe box strummer.
Today the students used an empty shoe box and rubber bands to make an instrument.   This included making a bridge to change the pitch of each string (rubber band).

Today's Homework:

Write definitions & sentences using W3 vocab 6-10.

Tuesday 15th of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

Reading: 'Tom Sawyer'
M.S p.34-45 Reading (discussion & clarification)

Today's Homework:

Write definitions and sentences using W3 vocab 1-5

Monday 14th of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

W2 vocab quiz

Introduce W3 vocab

Writing Class   'A Taiwan Experience' Students wrote a paragraph in sequence. The main idea was that an exchange student from Germany came to stay with them. They had to write about things in Taiwan that they would share with the exchange student. Food, games, holidays and events.

Today's Homework:

Circle all W3 vocab in M.S

*I have asked all students to bring in an empty shoe box and 6 rubber bands (large enough to fit around the width of the shoe box)

Friday 11th of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

Review W2 vocab (PPT)
M.S p.20-29 Individual reading

Today's Homework:

Write definitions and sentences using 
W2 vocab 16-24.

*Review for W2 vocab quiz on Monday 14th September

Thursday 10th of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

M.S p.28-29 'What's For Supper?'
Review sequence
Review the concept and vocabulary

Today's Homework:

Write definitions & sentences using W2 vocab 11-15

Dear parents & guardians,
Please sign and return the vocab tests tomorrow.

Thank you

Wednesday 9th of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

M.S p20-27  'Paper Birds and Plantains'
PB p.3&4 Sequence & Writing

EXP: Musical families - strings/wind/brass/percussion
         

Serge Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf. Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfM7Y9Pcdzw

Today's Homework:

Write definitions and sentences using W2 vocab 6-10.

Dear parents and guardians,
  most of the class got very low scores in the W1 vocab test. I am confident that this will improve with next weeks test, as the students will now understand the format. If they check their vocab lists every day/evening for 10 minutes, they will have no problem next week. 

Tuesday 8th of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

Reading: 'Tom Sawyer' by Mark Twain p.22-33 

M.S p.20-27 'Paper Birds and Plantains' 
byElaine A. Kule

Today's Homework: 

Write definitions and sentences using W2 vocab 1-5

Monday 7th of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

W1 vocab quiz
M.S p.20-27

Today's Homework:

Circle all W1  vocabulary in M.S

Thursday 3rd of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

 MS p8-11 Discuss diversity, culture and genre.

Todays Homework:

None

Wednesday 2nd of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

Reading: Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

M.S p8-19
PB   p.1

Today's Homework:

Write definitions and sentences using W1 vocabulary 1-5 

Tuesday 1st of September 2015

Today's Lesson:

Reading: Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. 

M.S p8-17 - Teacher reads aloud to the class. 
                     Students read aloud.

Today's Homework:

Circle or highlight all W1 vocabulary in M.S

Monday 31st of August (Bank Holiday UK)

Today's Lesson:

Introduction by myself and students to each other. Expectations of teacher and students.
Class rules
Distribution of My Sidewalks (MS) 
and Practice Books (PB)
Introduce the topics in MS
Read MS pp. 8-11

Today's Homework:

None