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