Wednesday, October 28, 2009

The long hurdle of human towards flying

Carrying on from the topic on birds is reptiles and amphibians. Children were asked what other animals lay eggs. Ask your child how are they same or different, they will tell it all; from physical to biological characteristics.
By the way, my students came to school happily, implicitly telling me that mom & dad learnt the difference of crocodile vs alligator, frog vs toad. Several intellectual discussion popped out during discussion about the revolution of flying birds since Jurassic era and the ability of strong leaping frog with their long hind legs.Children suggested that if we could practise very hard on speed running, we could take off like the aeroplane too(didn't all the kungfu series show that it's possible)!
To convince the children that nothing is impossible, we practised jumping like the frog to experience the used of our 'long legs'.Please remind your child not to do it alone at home nor demonstrate it to his younger sibling(s).
At the same time, we also addressed the misconception by many children that monkey & kangoroo have 2 legs & 2 arms each. Scientifically, all 4 are legs but the 2 front legs act like arms.
We will also continue to focus on problem sums for integrated mathematics lesson.
Children are also expected to confidently identify blends,digraph,word family and represent it through their writing practice. Expectations for penmanship and correct usage of grammar and punctuation will continue to be the main focus of integrated English lesson.

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