Revision

My Dear 5B,

I hope you have been spending your time at home wisely! I apologise for the dearth of posts - I've been extremely busy marking in the day and baking and cleaning at night!

I've assigned some exercises for you on MConline - it's for extra practice- the best would be for you to print them out and practise using the strategies taught.

For Visual Text and Compre OE, do refer to your previous exercises, cover the answers and try them on their own using the strategies taught thus far.See if you are still making the same mistakes as before and LEARN from them.

Take care and see you all on Monday!

Love,
Ms Priya :)

Science homework

Hi all,

For Science, you have been given back all the Activity Sheets for revision (Activities 5-8). File them into your Science file.

You have also been given back your Process Skills and Nature Study Book for revision.

Make good use of the 4 days from Tues-Friday to do your revision for all the subjects. If you have any Science questions still puzzling you, feel free to approach me during your recess time next week to ask.

Homework: Complete the Prelim paper by writing the answers on foolscap paper. Skip the following questions - Qn 10, 11, 12, 14, 21, 24, 25 and 30.
Due date: Monday, 20 Oct 2014. Please collect at morning assembly and pass to me before school begins.

Happy Children's Day!

Hi all,

Have a Happy Children's Day! 

Don't forget to complete your homework in the Science Process Skills book. 

ECAW 2014

Dear 5B,

please click on this link to submit your ECAW :)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ChhvJHM5AWJX_B-AiHAyGmwhTsTVdYTAp6E2zhPeCUs/edit?usp=sharing

Please ensure that your work has

• Title (Bold) ( Font Size 18)
• Compo/Chosen Writing
• Your Name
• Your Class

Font: Arial

Font Size : 12

Love,
Ms Priya

Water - Changes of state and water cycle

Hi all,

Here are some websites and videos which you may find useful for the current topic we are doing on Water.

Follow a drop through the water cycle

http://water.usgs.gov/edu/followadrip.html

The Water Cycle

http://www.kidzone.ws/water/

http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/modules/msese/earthsysflr/water.html

http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY9HG8zUgOE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzY5-NZSzVw

3 states of matter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjZSMu2SXt4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHJuhEIG-9o

Summary and Reflection of Electricity

Dear all,

I have created two new views on Padlet for you to write your Summary and Reflection on the topic of Electricity based on the discussions we had online so far.

Here's how to write them:

Summary

Write a paragraph of at least 5 sentences on at least 3 learning points/concepts that you have learnt in the topic of Electricity. These learning points can be based on the discussion on Padlet as well as your own reading of the textbook or research online.

Include the source of your learning. That means, if you learnt it from a friend's note, indicate that in your note the person whom you learnt it from. If you learnt it from a textbook or online, write the textbook or website in your note.

Post up your summary here. Write your name clearly.
http://padlet.com/Mrs_Khan/l8koanosurd5

Reflection

Reflect on your learning process on the use of Knowledge Building to learn the concepts in Electricity. How have the notes you or your friends put up impacted your learning of the topic? How have the scaffolds helped you? What did you learn or feel about the process of putting up your ideas and building on each others' ideas? How did the ideas improve?

Post up your reflection here. Write your name clearly.
http://padlet.com/Mrs_Khan/nj1y4oe7l12i

T4 W1 :his week's assignment link:

Dear 5B,

click on the link below to do your Vocab task:


https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1R0s9pNiqZL57HqfSCM68-jLL8R8fhlP-tCkzxwNPmio/edit#slide=id.p


Love,
Ms Priya :)

Science Homework

Dear all,

Remember to complete the Science homework for this weekend, Section A of the 2012 paper. Write your answers on a separate piece of paper.

5B Holiday Assignments!

Dear 5B,

for Maths - please go to LEARNLOGY - there are assignments for you!

for EL -

1.  Please go to MCOnline- Oral Buddy (New Format) P5 - and do practices 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 for both Reading and Stimulus-Based Conversation.

(A) Tips for Reading

The first time you look at the passage, take your time to silently read through and understand the passage.

Following that,

1. Take note of PUNCTUATION - a comma means you should pause for a short while, while a full stop means there should be a longer pause.

   2. Take note of dialogues and the mood.

       For example,

      He asked patiently "Why didn't you do this?"

                               VS

      He screamed  "Why didn't you do this!"

    

    Although the dialogues are the same, the tone is not. So, understand the tone and expression and read it    accordingly.

When you START READING,

1. Voice Level (Loud enough for someone to hear you)

You may have practiced really well but if the examiner is not able to hear you, it's difficult to reward you for  your effort. So, be audible - be heard!

2. Read calmly and fluently.

    No one gets extra points for being the fastest to read!

Sometimes, when we read too fast, we start to skip words or add words that are not in the passage.

So, read patiently and pause at the appropriate moments.

2. Pronunciation

- Read each word CLEARLY. Do not "swallow" or mumble your way through.

- If you come across a word that is too long or difficult to read, Don't worry!

   BREAK IT DOWN into syllables and READ IT!

E.g.         "Integrity" - "In/ter/grity"

               "Innovation" - "In/no/va/tion"

3. Be expressive.

If I were to speak to you in the same tone (no expression, no emphasis on certain words, no "highs" and "lows" in my voice)  for even 15 minutes , most of you would doze off!

So, use your voice to show emotions and expressions APPROPRIATELY.

CAUTION : Do not go to the other extreme and start maintaining a HIGH voice for every word - it becomes too dramatic!

Tips for Stimulus-Based Conversation

Use sentence starters such as:

• In my opinion,
• I feel,
• Once,
• If I were,
• For example,
• I agree,
• I disagree

2. SW Task for you:
Write an email to your friend to persuade them to do their holiday homework.  ;)
Print it out and submit on Monday, first day of Term 4. If you have technical issues - a handwritten email is accepted.

3. Choose a page from a book, type out the text (220-250) words in Microsoft Word, email it to me.
The file should be named : Your Name_Title of Text
Font Size: 12 
Font: Arial 
(Remember to include the title and author of the book.)

Optional
 - You can do more practices of the Oral Buddy. 

If     - If you wish for me to give you feedback, email me your audio file and I will try my best to listen and give you feedback.

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Science Sep holidays homework

Hi all,

Remember to do the following for the one-week September holidays:

- Section B of 2013 SA2 revision paper
- Find out the factors that speed up or slow down evaporation. (Record your observations on a piece of paper.)

Bring home Science file, with CA2 paper filed inside, for revision for SA2.
You have already been given the Term 4 Spelling List. Words 1-10 are for Week 1 and words 11-21 are for Week 2.

Happy holidays!

PSLE Oral Weekend- English Tasks

Synthesis Corrections

The correct answers are as follows. Do your corrections and compare your answer against the correct version to analyse your error.

• Synthesis #9

1. The windows were grimy so Colin washed them.  

2. Grandpa likes dim sum so we treated him to a dim sum lunch.

3. The pounding from the nearby construction site was so loud that it disturbed our English lesson.

4. Mother tasted the soup before adding more salt so that it would not be too salty.

5. Janice shut the doors and the windows so that she would not have to listen to the noise from the party next door.

6. Snow White looked so pitiful that the hunter did not have the heart to do her harm.

7. The farmer placed a scarecrow in the middle of the field so that the birds would not eat his crops.

8. The movie was so thrilling that Prakash was kept at the edge of his seat.

9. The room was dark so they switched on all the lights.

10. The knight was willing to sacrifice his life so he could prove his loyalty to his king.

• Synthesis #10

1. In order to travel to Korea, you need a passport.

2. Yani bought a smartphone in order to surf the internet whenever and wherever she pleased.

3. Steven goes jogging every day so as to train his stamina.

4. Peter was willing to go to all lengths so as to win the bet.

5. Customers need to purchase $50 and above of products so as to get a free clock-radio.

6. We were given suggestions to save electricity so as to enable us to reduce our electricity consumption.

7. In order to keep the wolf out, the pigs built a brick house.

8. He quit smoking in order to live a healthier lifestyle.

9. Andy hired three painters so as to paint the house in two days.

10. In order to be on time for the appointment, Mr Tay woke up an hour earlier.

Some learning points:

• Be very careful of tenses and subject-verb agreements especially when it comes to 'neither' or 'either'.
• After you have written out the sentence, read it again to make sure the meaning is clear!
• "Early" is DIFFERENT from being "on time". 

                    E.g.  For a 7am class, if you come at 6.59am - that's early. But if you come at 7am, that's on the dot or on time/punctual.

Other Tasks:

• Synthesis Review 2 (Test mode) -30 minutes
• CA2 Booklet A
• SW 7 - 30 minutes

Science concept cartoons on Electricity

Hi all,

Here are some Toondoos for you to work on. Below are the first pictures for the comic strips that I want you to continue. You will need to create an account on Toondoo first. You can put in more characters to "talk" to the characters below, put in your own background and create a few panels in your comic strip.

Send me the Toondoo you created at my email address or upload it into the Padlet. You can choose to continue as many of the comics below as you want. 

Looking forward to seeing your creative submissions.

Videos for topic on Electricity

Hi all,

Here are some videos for you to watch on your own about our Science topic of Electricity:

Explaining an electric circuit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnnpLaKsqGU

Parallel circuits

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajmiqpwtJ_o

Simple circuits video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUNIBWCAY8c

Sources of electricity and using it wisely

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXjs66819i0

How light bulbs work?

http://home.howstuffworks.com/light-bulb.htm

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/engineering/lightbulbs.html

Science files returned

Hi all,

I returned the Science files today with a few worksheets to be filed in. The Science file is for you to revise for CA2. Please punch holes and file the worksheets in nicely at home. The following should be the order:

- Activity 3

- Activity 4

- Comparing reproduction in human & flowering plants

- Activity 9

- Activity 10

- Activity 11

- Activity 12

- Activity 13

- Section A of 2012 paper (with answers on foolscap)

- Section B of 2012 paper

There may be more worksheets to come. Please file them in as and when they are passed to you. 

Homework for the long weekend:

- Process skills chapter 7

- Section A of 2013 paper do on foolscap paper

Deadline: Tuesday 19 Aug

Science homework

Complete Section A of the 2013 CA2 practice paper on a separate piece of foolscap paper over the weekend. 

Have a happy National Day!

Term 3 Week 6 Reflections

Dear 5B,

this week's reflections link:

http://padlet.com/priya_endeavour/h1n0pkvgvwa5

Looking forward to reading them!

Love,
Ms Priya :)

Link for this week's reflections!

http://padlet.com/priya_endeavour/2y55qdjlz7jo

Term 3 Week 4 Reflections

Dear 5B,

here's the link to your reflections for the week!


http://padlet.com/priya_endeavour/8giiscu6jv0h

You can add on to your original posts and also read your friends' thoughts as well:).

To Rafi and Haidah - Selamat Hari Raya Puasa in advance! Enjoy the day:)

Love,
Ms Priya

Circuit construction website

Hi all,

I'm sure you enjoyed creating the electric circuits online during lesson today. For those who wish to explore creating more circuits by yourself, here is the link to the website:

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/circuit-construction-kit-dc

Electrified!

Hi everyone,

To start the topic on Electricity, which is what we will be covering in the next few weeks leading up to CA2, let's have some discussion on what makes up an electrical system and how does electricity flow in a circuit.

You may start posting up your comments and research on the Linoit canvas I have created for this:

Electrified!

I have also created a Padlet for this topic as some of you informed me that the size of the Linoit canvas is limited.

Created with Padlet.

http://padlet.com/Mrs_Khan/1uytkqu3ysk8

Unit 7: TEN & The World Cup!

Dear 5B,

firstly a WARM WELCOME back!

I hope you have all settled in...

As you know, practically the whole world has been caught up with the biggest soccer event for the past month and we are lucky enough to experience two weeks of the action live together as 5B.

I hope this unit has been fun and informative for all of you!

From now onwards, for every unit, we (yes not just you but me as well) will be reflecting so that we can consolidate our learning and also look back.

Unit 7 : TEN

The first day I started this unit, I realised how OLD I was when you guys did not even recognise the most famous World Cup song : The Cup of Life by Ricky Martin!!!!

Soccer may not be everyone's cup of tea. Even in my home, not everyone watches the game (and even if some do, none of them yell their head off at the television set as though the players can really hear them).

But there are many points we can take away from soccer, or even any sport for the matter.

In any game, there will be one who wins and the other who doesn't. 
The one who wins has to remain humble or overconfidence is going to get to him/her eventually.
The one who loses has to remain confident or the defeat is going to define them for the rest of their life.
Either way, victory or loss - one should never let it mess with their head.
Here's a player who went to comfort each of his opponents who lost after the game.

Here's another where the winning team's players asked the spectators to clap for the opponent for the good game he played.
These are examples of true sportsmanship!
And my personal favourite:

Next, your previous achievements are just past. What matters is your present effort - every minute counts.

You could be the current World Cup & Two-Time Euro Champion but if you do not make the 90 minutes count, you will be out before you even know it. (Spain, anyone?)

You could have the best heritage for soccer but if you don't put in 100%, you are also going to be out. (Brazil- ouch)

You are someone who made it to one of the top P5 classes - good job! But that's the past, so get moving. Getting to the top class is not going to mean anything more if you don't make the effort to  make each lesson minute count.


Anything can happen. Be prepared.

One soccer match is just 90 minutes. In that 90 minutes, unexpected, life changing things can happen.

Mexico had the lead against Netherlands in the round of 16 match till Netherlands scored at the 88th and 90th minute (final minute!!) , dashing the hopes of Mexico at the eleventh hour.

Germany scored an astounding 4 goals in just a matter of 6 minutes against Brazil.

7-1 Brazil vs Germany (the goals once more)

So, always be prepared for the unexpected!

You can be smart/special but you cannot do it alone.

You can be the most gifted player but you still need the support of your team to achieve.
For you - who is your team???
Parents.Family. Teachers. Your fellow 5B peers.
All of us are with you to bring you to your final - the PSLE. So, you need to let us help you and you in turn should support your fellow classmates. You are all going to play in the same match anyway - so why not do it together! You had fun watching soccer together, then why not preparing for the exams??

Strikers are usually famous because they are the ones who get to kick the ball in and score a goal. But in order for the ball to reach the striker, the other 10 players have to give him their support and get him the ball.
The teams that triumph are those whose players are unselfish and who pass the ball to anyone who is in the best position to score - they never seek individual glory.

One gifted 4-time Footballer of the Year  Messi was not able to get the World Cup for Argentina. One Germany team was. And that was simply because...(read the pic!)

Indeed - there are no star players - they are one team...no other country had 18 different players scoring.

Last but definitely not the least!

For those who are shocked that I actually watch soccer - my reasons are in this link : (http://4b-the2013version.blogspot.sg/2013/02/journal-6-sports-i-like-best-is.html)

Many of you wonder - why on earth my favourite player is Miroslav Klose and my favourite team in Germany. The reason is simple - besides the fact that I love the way he/the team play , I respect them for being examples of  this most important lesson :

Believe and Persevere on and on and on - You will get what you rightfully deserve there in the end!

12 years.
I am both a Klose and Germany fan for the past 12 years (as I am typing this, I realise that that means your entire lifetime and more :P).

12 years ago, I fell in love with Klose and Germany...only to witness them go all the way to the finals and lose to Brazil (2-0).
Since then, I have supported them for every Euro and World Cup (3 Euro & 3 WC(including this year's)).
Each time, it has been heartbreaking to see them go so close to the win just to lose.

2002 : Lost to Brazil in the Final(2-0).

2004 Euro: Lost in the first round itself !They went home. And came back.
(Read this to see how this major failure sparked a change ...)
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2014/germanys-world-cup-win-last-3860856

2006 WC: They were the hosts! Lost in the semi-final to Italy (2-0). They went on to be third. They came back.

2008 Euro: Lost to Spain in the Final (1-0). They became second.They went home. And came back.

2010 WC: Lost to Spain in the Semi-Final. Became third again. They went home. And came back.

2012 Euro: Lost in the semi-final to Italy (2-1). They went home. And came back.

As you can see the pattern - each time they worked and worked and each time they failed. Yet, the next tournament they came back again and again determined to win the crown and 12 years later...

2014 WC: Became Champions! Not just any Champions but the first European team to win the World Cup on South American soil ( No one has ever done this in the history of the World Cup!).

Germany records (achieved in the 2014 WC semi-final alone)

• The first team to score seven goals in a World Cup semi-final.
• Have now scored 223 World Cup goals, two more than Brazil who are in second place.
• Germany netted as many goals in this semi-final as they had in their previous six World Cup semi-finals (1982-2010).
• 5-0 up faster than any other team in World Cup history (29 minutes).
• Germany (10) only had two more shots on target than Brazil (8) in this match.
• Scored two more goals than England have in their past two World Cup campaigns combined.

As for Klose?


2002 was the first year he played in a World Cup tournament. Through loads of hardwork
He scored 5 goals in the 2002 World Cup.
He scored 5 more goals in the 2006 World Cup (won the Golden Boot).
He scored 4 goals in the 2010 World Cup.

With another two goals in the 2014 World Cup,
he has made history:

• He has equalled Pele and Uwe Seeler's record of being the only players to score in 4 different World Cups.
• He has broken the Brazilian Ronaldo's previous scoring record and created a new World Cup record to be the first ever player to score 16 goals in the history of World Cup.
• He is the first player to appear in 4 World Cup semi-finals.
• He is also currently Germany's all-time top scorer with 71 goals.

All these at the age of 36.

Did all these come easy? Definitely not.

It took him 12 years and his country 24 years.
Klose is the only player in the current German team who experienced the pain of going all the way to a World Cup final just to lose in 2002.

Long time? Yes.
But was it worth it? Absolutely.

Because, in this last World Cup of his, he gets what he rightfully deserves : the best possible ending - to be a World Cup champion and make his nation proud.
And a fan of 12 years gets her dream come true!

Do your part well and you will get what you deserve. Always remember that 5B.

I truly hope this unit, the sport, the teams, the players, their stories have all inspired you to be the best you can be.

I read through your reflections and am very heartened by your responses. I really enjoyed this unit and hope you did too!

Please share your thoughts on this post in the comments section. Look forward to reading them!

Ole, Ole 5B!

The Winning Team of the World Cup Quiz!

The team who could name 10 players from the German squad (Special Credits to Rafi!)

Love,
Ms Priya :)


P.S. For those of you still keen on the subject, here are some famous players whom you can find out more about

- Pele
- Gary Lineker
-Ronaldinho
- Ronaldo (the Brazilian one)
- Franz Beckenbauer

and some links:):

-http://www.fifa.com/index.html (Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA))
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfjD9Kz8DDY (Ronaldo's 15 goals)
- http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/videos/goals/video=2402155/ (Klose's 16)
- http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/videos/goal-of-the-tournament/ (Goal of the tournament)
- Wikipedia is a good source as well (just Google!)

Orchid Hybridisation modules

Hi all,

5B went for their Orchid Hybridisation module 1 today. Let's share what you learnt by commenting on this post below.