ISA tests
Monday, 23rd and 24th September 2019, we did ISA tests! It was kind of hard but mostly easy. We did all of the tests on the computer. We did the math, writing(story writing), reading and writing(opinion writing). We used paper for doing the calculation of the math tests. We also used a paper to plan the story writing and opinion writing. I really enjoyed doing tests. By Chisa
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Thursday, 26th September 2019 G4.1 and G4.2 went on a field trip.
Guess where we went………. We went to PARLIAMENT HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!! We saw the history of Singapore. I thought the most interesting part was when we sat down on a chair that public people can see the debate. The place that we sat down was called the stranger’s gallery. There was a big chair that I wanted to sit. But I couldn’t. Guess why. Because it was the chair where the speaker sits. Going back to Stranger’s gallery, the chair was very soft and when I had to go, I was a little sad. If the speaker only speaks one language and if the language that the speaker speaks was not your mother tongue, and you don’t understand what the speaker was speaking then here is no reason to go there. But you still can go! because when you open the right side armrest, you will see a headphones. You will use that headphones to translate to your mother tongue so that you can understand what the speaker is saying. I hope you will want to go to the parliament house to see the debate. By Chisa To take action and share our knowledge about what we now know about learning styles, we decided to create our own surveys. We started by picking a target audience. Then keeping our target audience in mind, we created age appropriate questions and options based on the three learning styles. We then shared it with the teachers and/or students.
When Storm and Joshua were finished sharing their survey, they moved on to thinking about how they were going to organise and analyse their data. They asked Ms Leah to try out their survey so they could see what sort of analytics they received. They then analysed the answers manually. Storm: Ms Leah you are 40% visual, 40% kinaesthetic and 10% auditory. Joshua: How many students are in Grade 1? I've made a chart so we can record individual information and then look at the class as a whole. Other students began thinking about alternative ways to collate their data. Shu: Since we are doing K1 and K2, we think maybe they won't be able to do an online survey. Vishrut: They may not all know how to use the computer. Shu: And they will probably have difficulty reading the questions. Vishrut: So we would like to go in and help. And as some people may not speak English, Shu and Tomoki will translate the questions into Japanese for them. Vishrut: And I will also translate the questions into Mandarin for anyone that needs that. Afterwards, I'm thinking we can break up into groups based on their learning style and then have an activity we do with them based on it. Like, all of the kinaesthetic learners could do a Lego activity. Something like that. Shu: Yes. I think that's the best way for us to teach them, because they are in K1 and K2 so are still quite young. We should teach them about their learning style using their learning style. During Heritage Time we have been learning about Japan. Today parents came in to share a Japanese legend, teach us about traditional Japanese clothes, and talk about Japanese architecture and how the buildings withstand heavy snow, typhoons and earthquakes.
Yesterday we had our first house event of the school year. We got into our colour houses and created chants, worked on banners and did a variety of physical activities to get points for our teams.
As both Ms Ranj and Ms Wright are on Orchard, our pictures are all of Orchard, but it will give you an idea of what we did. We also presented our research on kinaesthetic, visual and auditory learning this week. It is interesting to note that we all chose to rely on visual styles of presenting using posters and slide shows. The two visual groups were not quite ready to go but promise to be ready by Monday!
At the beginning of the Korean heritage weeks, we brainstormed what we wanted to know about Korea. We then broke into groups to research our areas of interest. Seheon's mom, Heiwon, also came in to teach us how to read and write in Korean. Many of us decided we wanted to create a slide show to share what we had learned. Some of us also created posters. Yesterday we started presenting. Overview of South Korea and North Korea, geography, politics, history and culture. Korean games Korean hotels Korean food We are looking forward to watching the remainder of the presentations on Monday.
Introducing the next country for heritage time.... JAPAN! (If you would like to come in and lead an activity with us, please let us know.) |
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