Summary of Meet-the-Parents (17 Jan)

Teams of Four:
(Training wed 21 jan 145-345pm)
Every pupil has a role to play, be it PE monitors, IT/AV monitors etc.
eg of duties of Science monitors - prepare the labs before the class enters (switch on lights/fans), prepare the apparatus, tidy the lab after activities etc.

Math work:
a. 1 problem sum a day, to be done in Maths 1 exercise book
b. mental sums, 2 per term.
c. math olympiad worksheet- coming up, challenging questions
d. math warrior game - 4G teacher just proposed to have 4F vs 4G in this game. will find a time & place.

English work:
a. running dictation - pupils take turn to read the phrases & communicate to the rest of the group to write down.

b. compo - introduce 7 methods to begin a compo (taught in P3 too).
currently on 'flashback' technique.
after 'introduction', will move on to 'how to write a good body (main story)' , and finally, how to conclude.

c. Mime (drama) - find any article in Little Red Dot - every group to mime the story (eg. drug dealer nabbed) and the class to guess the headline.

d. EL Journal - min. 2 per term : activities from Little Red Dot. Last done: verbs in present/past tense/participle

e. EL class quiz - teacher gives 7 verbs in present tense, pupils to write the past tense version (or vice versa).

Science work:
a. inquiry-based experiments - pupils think of how to conduct experiment to answer the question (eg. which part of the magnet is the strongest). Individually to write the hypothesis, group then discuss materials needed & the steps. This is a new initiative for P4.

b. topical review - to be conducted after every topic. do not need to be pen & paper. can be online quiz.