Grade 1 In Class Support

Our Grade 1 readers continue developing their comprehension and thinking skills. Working in small groups gives our students a chance to build up their confidence and practice sharing their thinking about the book with their peers. This week our book was about a boy's birthday and all my students were enthusiastically making connections and talking about their birthdays. We also managed to go over the different week days and months while talking about birthdays.

All my students had to write about their birthdays and illustrate their short written response to the story.

Researching about marine animals was a highlight of the week. Miss Carina's students became very knowledgeable about various sea creatures and the problems they had to face because of human activity. All the children were engaged in the research and offered multiple solutions for the problems.

Powan worked without a partner but managed to find a  lot of interesting information.

Miss Rachelle students finished up their research and were ready to share their findings with their peers.

Miss Kelly's students were reflecting on their field trip to Aeon Mall and riverfront with the help of the "I See, I Think, I Wonder" thinking routine. Clement and Oan were collaborating on this task and recorded their reflections on their iPads.

Grade 3 in Class Support

Miss Claire has launched her "Doors" project this week. To begin with, all her students had to draw and decorate the door leading the house of a special kind of person (the laziest, the meanest, the most accurate, etc) and present their ideas to the rest of the class.

We all enjoyed Taylor's mini performance when he was talking about his door.

Later in the week, Miss Claire's students had to write a story that starts with a knock on the door.

Most of the students published their stories by the end of the week.

Both Kim Veng and Mollymoon created great stories.

Miss Michelle's students were busy reading a book about air, water and land and practicing their comprehension skills. They also watched several dramas prepared by G5 students and gave their G5 peers thoughtful feedback. 

Making inferences was another learning experience. The students in my group read the "Jamaica's Find" story and explored the ways the author made his message clear to the readers. My students practiced making conclusions and reading between the lines.

Panavuth and Moon Ju participated actively in our discussions and shared their guesses and ideas with their peers.

Grade 3 EFL Class

This week during my EFL classes my students were learning how to write a report. Water as an earth resource was our topic in focus. In order to scaffold the report writing for my students, I prepared a booklet with outlining the report structure.  I also made cards with information and there were books available for them to find the answers to their question.

It was a collaborative activity and my students had to share resources and help each other. Finally, we all enjoyed informative presentations and learned a lot of important facts about water.

Samir, BB and Jiun worked together and became more knowledgeable about water.

Maly and Hyo Yeon enjoyed working together and were very confident presenters.