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