Wednesday, 13 August 2014

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

Tuesday, 12 August 2014

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
Parallel circuits
Simple circuits video
Sources of electricity and using it wisely
How light bulbs work?

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

Thursday, 7 August 2014

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 :)