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Well-done, Ethan! You are able to:
Q1) Use "make 10" strategy to do addition better
Q5) Skip-count in steps of 2 and 10 (count on and count back).
Q6) Use subtraction when comparing 2 different sets of objects and writing the equation
Q10) Squence numbers in order - good job

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1)  You have to snap a photo of the page/pages you are posting
2) Go to the correct column and click on the "+" sign to snap a photo of your page and post.
3)  Click on the photo to see it on a full screen. You can delete the photo if it is not clear and snap a new one to post.
4)  Do remember to type your name and post the picture with the right-side up (not side-ways). Thank you

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Well-done, Reann.
Note the following:
Q3c) ninety-four (word sounds for spelling
Q6) Use subtraction equation when comparing 2 sets of objects:
15 - 7 = 8

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Tejasvi narrates, ' Dan's lost Hat' 21 May 2021

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Tejasvi narrates, ' Dan's lost Hat' 21 May 2021

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Well-done, Tejasvi.
Note:
Q11a)  Continue writing the numbers in columns to compare and check:
83
79
53

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Kaden - wonderful effort in following the video to read and record the story here : )
Your reading is loud, clear and expressive - it is such a delight to listen to you reading confidently. Just remember to slow down at certain point to keep pace with your reading.

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Math 21May21
Well-done, Delbert.
Note: Draw comparison lines or write total number in picture graphs to help you compare items better

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Delbert (1) - Dan's Lost Hat
Delbert - wonderful effort in your reading and recording  : ) Your articulation of the beginning sounds "ch" and "fr" is so clear. Your reading is so expressive - keep up the good work.

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Delbert (2) - Dan's Lost Hat

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Elodie Lim
Well-done, Elodie.

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21 May - Review 4
Well-done, Shawn

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Learn to clean up your house and the lessons that go with it - learning to prepare you for life.

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Japanese Students Clean Classrooms To Learn Life Skills

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Math Templates in plastic clear holder

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Plastic Clear Holder to double-up as Mini-White Board

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Turn-over a blank piece of white paper and insert into plastic clear holder.

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Dinosaur Pen #Pencil #Holder With Tissue Paper Roll | Pen Box Craft | #Recycled craft ideas for Kids

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Don't spend too much time on the computer - exercise to keep yourself healthy and less sloppy!

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Physical Activities For Kids: Get Active At Home!

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1) Stay safe and healthy
2) Learn new things
3) Help your family

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Understanding Changes to School Assessment

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Schools will cut down on examinations across different levels, in an effort to move away from an overemphasis on academic results.

From next year, all exams and weighted assessments that count towards a final grade for Primary 1 and 2 pupils will be removed, and mid-year exams at the Primary 3 and 5 as well as Secondary 1 and 3 levels - which are key transition years - will be scrapped.
1. What is the difference between weighted assessments and non-weighted assessments?
Assessment is the process of gathering and analysing evidence about student learning to enhance teaching and learning, and to inform educational decision-making.

Both weighted and non-weighted assessments are conducted to check for understanding and to use the information to support students in achieving the intended learning outcomes. Teachers conduct these assessments to find out what students have learnt, provide them with feedback on learning gaps and their mastery of concepts, and improve teaching and learning. Information from these assessments also serves to provide a gauge of students' academic competencies and readiness for the next level of education.

The difference is that the score from a weighted assessment counts towards a student's overall result in a subject for the semester or the year.
2. What are the key transition stages for students in primary and secondary education and why do we need to pay attention to the transition?
Students move through various transition stages from lower, to middle and upper primary, and then from upper primary to lower secondary, and upper secondary. During these transition years, students may offer new subjects or take up more subjects as part of progression to the next level of learning. For example, at Primary 3, students learn science as a subject for the first time and at Sec 1, students offer more subjects compared to the primary level, including new subjects such as history and design and technology.

At these key transition stages, we want to provide students with adequate time and space to adjust to the increased curriculum demands. This can help them to manage this transition more smoothly and with greater confidence, and not feel rushed into being exam-ready just half way through the transition year.
3. With the mid-year exams removed for Primary 3, Primary 5, Sec 1 and Sec 3 - will this raise the stakes of the year-end examination?
School-based assessments, including the year-end exam, are platforms to inform and enhance teaching and learning. They are not high-stake in nature.

While the mid-year exam is removed in the transition years, schools can still conduct weighted assessments such as class tests, projects and presentations at suitable junctures in the academic year.

Schools will be guided on how to assign appropriate weightings for the different assessments.
4. There are some schools that have already done away with continual assessments and mid-year exams for all levels. Will these schools be asked to review their existing school-based assessment structures, to align with MOE's focus on implementing these measures only at the transition levels?
The aim of adjusting the school-based assessment structures is to reduce the overemphasis on academic results and to nurture a stronger intrinsic motivation to learn in our students. The changes are meant to establish a minimum threshold on the recalibration of the assessment load. Schools that have made more reduction to the assessment load than this minimum threshold are not required to reverse their reduction.

For instance, a secondary school that has removed mid-year exams for Sec 1 to Sec 3 need not reinstate the exam in Sec 2.
5. At Primary 1, 2, 3, 5 and Sec 1 and 3 - what will schools put in place to replace mid-year exams and weighted assessments?
The removal of mid-year exams will free up to about three weeks of curriculum time for each two-year block (that is, Primary 3 and Primary 4, Primary 5 and Primary 6, Sec 1 and 2, Sec 3 and 4). Schools are encouraged to use the time and space freed up for quality teaching and learning.

Schools can use this time to pace out teaching and learning and adopt varied pedagogies to deepen students' learning. For example, schools could leverage applied and inquiry based teaching and learning approaches to encourage students to observe, investigate, reflect, and create knowledge as part of their learning processes. This will further enrich our students' learning experiences and enable them to learn deeply and develop holistically, especially in 21st century competencies.

Schools will also continue to use non-weighted assessments to support students' learning, inform their learning progress and address learning gaps.
6. Will students' readiness for the national exams be reduced?
To provide students with timely and specific feedback and address any learning gaps that they might have, teachers will regularly gather information about students' understanding and content mastery through checkpoints such as reviewing students' homework, class work and tests.

The other exam points, such as the year-end exam and the mid-year exams in other academic years, will continue to provide adequate opportunities to assess students' ability to apply their learning across a range of topics or subjects, and familiarise them with the national exam requirements
7. How will a student's academic progress be measured if there are completely no exams and weighted assessments at Primary 1 and 2?
With the removal of all exams and weighted assessments at Primary 1 and 2, schools will continue to use non-weighted assessments to support students' learning, inform their learning progress and address learning gaps.

Schools will continue with their current practices to gather information about students' learning through checkpoints such as class discussions, class work, homework and bite-sized tests. The change is that these assessments no longer count towards an overall result.

Instead of using marks and grades, schools will now use qualitative descriptors to report students' learning progress in the Holistic Development Profile (HDP).
8. Will the removal of all weighted assessments for Primary 1 and 2 students risk over-correcting the school-based assessment load?
Learning at the early stages, particularly at the lower primary levels, should focus on building students' confidence and intrinsic motivation to learn, and avoid conditioning them to be extrinsically motivated from a young age.

Feedback from students, teachers, school leaders, and parents on the removal of year-end exam in Primary 1 and mid-year exam at both Primary 1 and 2 since 2010 has been positive.

Schools have observed that students have more time to learn, and experience more joy in their learning. Teachers use the freed-up lesson time to focus on enhancing content mastery, and academic rigour has not been affected.

While all weighted assessments will be removed for Primary 1 and 2 students, schools will continue to conduct non-weighted assessments regularly to gauge students' mastery of learning outcomes. Students will also be provided with opportunities to demonstrate their understanding of the concepts taught.
9. How will schools ensure the quality of teaching and learning?
Exams serve only as periodic points to gather information on teaching and learning practices. Above and beyond exams, schools have been adopting and will continue to adopt practices that ensure quality teaching and learning, such as through lesson observations, monitoring of students' daily assignments, mentoring of teachers and engaging them in professional discussions.
10. What kind of support will MOE/schools be rendering to parents to help them better understand the changes to school-based assessments?
Parents' support and partnership are crucial in making the changes impactful to our students. Schools, with the support from MOE, will be communicating these changes to parents next year, to help them better understand the rationale behind the changes and how they impact their children.

Schools will also be gathering parents' feedback and addressing their concerns through regular updates and touchpoints, such as Meet-the-Parents sessions.

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Changes to school assessment: What you need to know

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Schools will cut down on examinations across different levels, in an effort to move away from an overemphasis on academic results. From next year, all exams and weighted assessments that count towards a final grade for Primary 1 and 2 pupils will be removed, and mid-year exams at the Primary 3 and 5 as well as Secondary 1 and 3 levels - which are key transition years - will be scrapped.

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We are approaching June holidays.
I have assigned 2 books for your reading:
1) A Box Can Be Many Things
2) The Very Big Potato

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One year had passed and I remembered sharing this funny story with my previous class during HBL - The Shopping Dog.

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1)  Use of 'a' and 'the' (determiners) when referring to subjects (things) in sentences (notice how 'a dog' changes to 'the dog' in the next paragraph).
2)  What does 'the store' mean? Refer to subject (place - supermarket) mentioned earlier.
3)  What does the word 'irritated' mean? Find words with similar meaning (synonyms).
irritated: upset / annoyed
Also for reading/pronunciation:
- market/basket/wallet (end sound)
- pauses at reading (commas and full-stops)

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Due to the recent spike in Covid-19 cases, Singapore had to revert back to tightened social interactions and the default state of working from home under Phase 2 (Heightened Alert).

Dining in at food and beverage (F&B) establishments is disallowed, and eateries can offer only takeaways and deliveries. Furthermore, people will be allowed to gather in groups of up to two, down from five.

In just a few days, Singaporeans went from planning for gatherings with groups of friends and looking forward to the Hong Kong-Singapore travel bubble, to eating takeaway food at home and socialising on Zoom.

The new measures have severely affected all aspects of Singaporean society, but it has taken a greater toll on some groups than others. For example, hawkers and the elderly typically face the brunt of the Covid-19 measures.

Recognising this, many Singaporeans have stepped up and introduced various initiatives aimed at providing support and assistance to these groups. Here are some initiatives:

WhereToDabao and JustDabao

Owners of New Hong Kong at Ayer Raja Food Centre / Image Credit: @wheretodapao

Older hawkers who are neither IT-literate nor social media-savvy have been at a great disadvantage since the rules that prevented dining in kicked in.

There have been many reports on older hawkers who struggle with making use of social media or online delivery platforms to extend their reach. These hawkers are also seeing a huge decline in footfall due to the Heightened Alert measures.

A report by Channel News Asia highlighted how a BBQ seafood stall at Bedok's 85 Fengshan Food Centre could not even achieve S$100 of sales in one day.

This prompted the founding of a new Instagram account - @wheretodabao. This Instagram account aims to help elderly hawkers gain some online exposure.

According to the Instagram account, there will be three posts on three different hawkers each day "to help elderly hawkers to get more business during these tough times". These hawker highlights are also crowd-sourced from the public who can send in submissions via a Google Form.

Since the account started a week ago, it has garnered 31,000 followers and shared the stories of 32 individual hawkers.

According to its Instagram page, it has also managed to ink and agreement with food delivery giant Foodpanda. It has also recently collaborated with another initiative - JustDabao.

JustDabao is a sustainable green initiative which helps F&B stores clear their surplus at discounted prices. It aims to create a win-win-win situation - eateries get to recover their sunk costs, consumers get to rescue food at discounted prices, and the earth becomes greener.

Partners are not charged any commissions, and it operates on a self pick-up model so merchants do not have to engage any delivery services. This allows for the hawkers to clear their surplus items and prevent wastage, especially when it is difficult to gauge demand these days.

KampungKakis

The KampungKakis founders / Image Credit: KampungKakis

In 2020, at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, Mae Tan, Michelle Lau and Denise Tay saw a widening gap where those who are underprivileged, less tech-abled and living in isolation, were falling through the cracks.

Volunteer organizations and residents network centers had to cease their regular operations, and many stay-alone seniors were robbed of their only form of social interaction and information gathering from their peers at the void decks or coffeeshops. That's where KampungKakis wants to come in to help.

The idea for KampungKakis was conceived by Mae when she was recovering from Covid-19 in the hospital.

Reflecting on her hospitalisation experience, she was keen to pay-it-forward to the frontline heroes who sacrificed their own safety to make her recovery journey as smooth and fast as possible.

During her time at the hospital, Mae also witnessed the pain that elderly Covid-19 patients went through and she resolved to keep the elderly and vulnerable individuals safe in their communities amid the Covid-19 crisis.

KampungKakis is a neighbourhood buddy system, which matches people in need to volunteers who are willing to help. The matching system is based on proximity and type of assistance required.

For example, if a lonely elderly who needs help with groceries and meals has been identified, they will look to match the elderly with a volunteer who lives within a 20-minute walking distance. This volunteer would have indicated that they are able to assist with groceries and meals via an online sign-up form.

KampungKakis also provides relevant resources and training to equip volunteers with the knowledge and skills to identify neighbours in need. By linking these people in need to the formal channels, it ensures that they get the long-term support needed and that no one gets left behind.

To date, KampungKakis has supported over 500 beneficiaries islandwide and galvanized over 1,300 volunteers to sign up.

It is also an active partner of social and government organisations such as People's Association, Agency of IntegratedCare (Silver Generation Office), TOUCH Community Services, Beyond Social Services, public hospitals, senior activity centres and family service centres to meet the needs of patients and beneficiaries.

Food4Seniors by Strongsilvers

The team behind the Food4Seniors initiative. Top row (L-R): Zavier Chan, Junus Eu, Shunyuan Yeo
Bottom row (L-R): Faisal Samudra, Jasmine Goh, Jeral Ong / Image Credit: StrongSilvers

Food4Seniors is an initiative started by Strongsilvers - a startup that aims to help empower seniors to live better with with its smart AI assistive technology.

The team behind the initiative is a group of millennials who realised that seniors in nursing homes craved for hawker food, but could not get them. This is especially so when there are tighter restrictions on visitors due to Covid-19.

The team behind the initiative is helping seniors stuck in nursing homes who have craving for food that they normally do not get in the home. This is especially so as there are also tighter restrictions on visitors.

Anyone from the public can donate via the initiative's link, and the Strongsilvers team will then use the money to deliver food items to their nursing home partners.

Some of their nursing home partners include St Joseph's Home, Irene Nursing Home, Moonlight Home for the Aged and Handicapped and Adventist Home for the Elders.

According to the gifting.sg page, the volunteers also purchase food from the hawkers listed in the Hawkers United 2020 Facebook Group, so as to support local hawkers as well.

It was hard to get people to buy-in to what we were doing with this campaign at first as we were a rather small team. We had to go through many rounds of background checks with potential donors. But the smiles on the seniors' faces and them telling us they really enjoyed their meals make it successful to me.
Zavier Chan, co-founder of Strongsilvers

The team has managed to raise over S$2,000 within the first week of starting the initiative. It has also onboarded Grab as its official logistics parter to offer free food deliveries, and Gushcloud as its official marketing partner to help advertise the campaign.

It has targeted to raise S$10,000 to bring food to over 2,000 seniors in nursing homes.

They are now also looking to help the elderly hawkers who are not on food delivery platforms by offering a subscription model to bring in steady stream of income for them.

Scratchbac

Image Credit: Scratchbac

Scratchbac is a geosocial media platform which connects people hyper-locally. It is started by three Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) students - Jerry Neo, Cheryl Low and Princeton Poh.

The motivation behind Scratchbac stemmed from Jerry's personal experience of isolation during Singapore's circuit breaker season last year.

The Scratchbac team / Image Credit: Scratchbac

"Being stuck at home alone made me realise how fragile the support structures of our communities are," said the 27-year-old Masters student.

This experience revealed the reality that if we were to remove the support from blood relatives and individual affiliations such as schools, clubs and the workplace - we are essentially left with only our nearby neighbourhoods and the communities around us. But why is it that we can be so hyper-connected to the tiktokers half a world away, yet we do not even know the names of our neighbours just two doors down the corridor?
Jerry Neo, co-founder of Scratchbac

Thus, Scratchbac allows users to reach out to people around them hyper-locally whenever and wherever they go, 24/7, via a Telegram bot. The user journey is straightforward - simply key in a postal code, and you can instantly start broadcasting to people up to one kilometre away.

The core principle of Scratchbac is that the people physically closest to us are the ones who can offer the most efficient help and vice versa. Therefore, it is Scratchbac's mission to make it easy for people to connect with others hyper-locally.

With Scratchbac, users can collaborate, seek help, share resources and more with individuals close by.

Since Scratchbac was started during the circuit breaker last year, it has amassed 48,000 sign-ups to its Telegram bot, and averages around 100 posts a day. The post fulfilment rate is also steadily increasing, and has reached 55 per cent.

The team has also grown to a total of 13 student volunteers.

Currently, the team is in the midst of developing our standalone mobile app on iOS and Android. This shift aims to unlock more exciting features for our users and expand our user base beyond Telegram. We are now in the middle of our beta testing phase.

Coming together to provide support

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to many people experiencing great disruptions to their lives, from being unable to purchase groceries, to facing economic peril.

Furthermore, safety measures today have forced charities to cancel or rethink their volunteer engagement activities, and the reality is that community care is not about one-off projects that can be done in a day.

It requires the sustained efforts of committed volunteers who are dedicated to addressing the needs of those in their care.

Despite having having full-time jobs or studies, these Singaporeans have stepped up to provide aid and assistance to those in need during this period of uncertainty, and impacted the lives of many.
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