Week 19 & 20 – Hello 2016!
At the start of the new year, we had a new addition to our class! Welcome Jaime! A sweet and intelligent young boy from the Philippines – glad to have you in team 5A! To kickstart 2016 I gave the...
View ArticleWeek 21 – 23 – Mr. Kevin’s Gone Again?!
During the TET holiday I went on holiday with one of the other teachers at the Elementary School. We went to the Maldives with two stops in Singapore which was absolutely beautiful, however… When I got...
View ArticleWeek 24 – 26 – Science Fair’s Coming!
For the past 3 weeks, the main focus in the classroom has been the upcoming Science Fair (01-04-2016)… We have divided the learners into pairs and each pair is doing a different experiment: Bill and...
View ArticleWeek 27 – 28 – Science Fair!
The bulk of these 2 weeks was dedicated to preparations for the Science Fair, however we have begun new topics in both Language Arts and Math. In Language Arts we have begun reading Biographies. We are...
View ArticleWeek 29 – Mr. Kevin’s Not Here Again!?
During Week 29 I had to leave for my sister’s wedding. I planned lessons for each period of the day and the substitute teachers put them into practice. The learners began 2 new topics this week: In...
View ArticleWeek 30 – Heartbeat Vietnam (HBVN)
This week was our annual fundraiser: ‘Heartbeat Vietnam’. The school raises money for a charity that helps underprivileged children receive heart surgery. The annual goal is $5000, however this week,...
View ArticleWeek 31
Language Arts: In Language Arts we continued to focus on various aspects of Biographies. We learned how readers identify facts in a biography so that they can gain a better understanding of the person...
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Language Arts: In Language Arts we continued to work on Biographies. We learned how readers try to imagine what life would be like if they were the person being described. The learners empathized and...
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Language Arts: In Language Arts we continued to work on Biographies. We began working on a ‘Wax Museum’ project. In this project, the learners have selected a famous person that they will be...
View ArticleWeek 34
Language Arts: In Language Arts we continued to work on Biographies. We continued working on our wax museum projects. We began writing rough drafts of the biographies we will be presenting. We began...
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