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22nd September

Hi Keshan and Ann,

How are the two of you? Here's work for the day:

1. Inline skating form to be signed and returned by Wednesday.
2. Maths
a) Go through http://step.nn.k12.va.us/math/prealg/ppt/Area_Perimeter.ppt#1 (ignore the
inches)
b) Complete Review 6 of workbook.
c) Go through and hand in Area & Perimeter 2
d) Go through focus group Area & Perimeter 1
3. English Unit 10

Term 4 Topical tests and Practical tests

Important Test Dates:
Week 2
Thursday 24th Sept : Science Practical (Read and Fish for information, follow the steps carefully)

Week 3
Monday 28th Sept: Maths Practical (Area & Perimeter, Parallel Lines and Tangrams) You must bring a 15 cm ruler and your set squares.

Tuesday 29th Sept: English Listening Comprehension Topical test (You must learn all the spelling from Term 1 to 3, Random Spelling)

Week 4
SA2 Listening Comprehension and Composition
Wednesday 7th Oct Maths Topical Test: Area and Perimeter
Thursday 8th Oct Science Topical Test: Heat

Note the dates and start preparing. Do it earlier.

Estimated dates for SA2: Week 7 26th October

18 too 19 August

Dear Amir,

Please check with your friends the worksheets we have gone through. They are in the absentees box. Also, the class is supposed to do Math Test 4 (Test 5 and CA2 Review as this weekend task)

They have also done 2 more practices in the Cloze book yesterday.

Next, to all of you.

"The mind is yours. Only you can control it. Ask yourself what you want and do things you need. Success is there."

Do arrange your time well to make sure you are ALL GEARED for CA2.
All the best to you all.

6th Aug Thursday

Dear Alwin and Darren,

I hope this message find the two of you well.
Drink lots of water and rest well.

1. English - Adjectives in novel (ible and able)
Workbook pg 29 Unit 8.

2. Maths Decimal worksheets (2 sets)

3. Go through Heat worksheet

4. Collected Science workbook

Weekend homework
1. Math revision paper 1

2. English Homework book Unit 8

3. Journal Writing

5th August 2009 Wednesday

Dear Alwin, Jiayi and WaiKiat,

PLease reply under comment if you have read the posts.

English
1. Go through English Topical test paper, to bring home for parent's signature.

Care In
1. Pupils Suggestion

Math
1. To go through Math Revision paper 2 Booklet A.
2. To complete Math Revision paper 2 Booklet B.

Alwin, you will get yours tomorrow together with the english Workbook and the other powerpoint slides required.

Science
1. Topical test on Heat till Temperature

Note: CA2 topic till transfer of heat.


Mother Tongue
4C : Workbook CHapter 15.

Alwin, as for your MT homework, they are all marked in your book and consolidated. It is now placed in the box. Just check with your classmates.

For today, those on Medical Leave, please go to this website http://www.hbschool.com/activity/con_math/g05c03.html

4th August 2009 Tuesday

Dear Alwin, Jiayi and Keshan,

These are tasks we have accomplished today:

1. NSW Math

2. Science: Revise through the topic with the powerpoint slides and discussion in class. The handouts will be given to you.

3. Science: Taking down of Science notes in Science Journaling Exercise Book (A4 size)

Heat
•Heat makes things hot.
•The Sun is the main source of heat and light.
•The temperature of an object is a measurement of its degree of hotness or coldness.
•A thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperature.Temperature is measured in degrees Celsius (oC).
•A gain or loss of heat causes a change in temperature.
•Heat travels from an object of higher temperature to an object of lower temperature until both are of the same temperature.
•Some materials conduct heat better than others.Materials that allow heat to flow through them quickly are called conductors of heat.Poor conductors of heat are known as insulators.
•Matter expands on heating and contracts on cooling.

Experiment on Contraction of a slack wire:

Cables are hung slackto ensure that they do not snap. Why?
It is to allow for contraction on cold days.

Read textbook for more information.


4. English Spelling.


Regards,
Mrs Teo

3rd August 2009 Monday

Dear Alwin, Liwen and Jiayi,

Math
1. Fillers: Heuristics 3: Working Backwards 1
2. Recall on Time
3. Challenging problem Math Workbook pg.87 and 88.
Go through the answers. Please be mindful of your timeline. Pg 88's timeline is given. make
sure you use it.
4. MAth Review 5 pg 69 to 78.

Science
Went through Science Energy and Light worksheet. Absentees, send your worksheets in for marking.

English
Smiles and Metaphors: workbook pg 26 to 28
http://languagearts.pppst.com/similes.html

Try this activity: Fling the teacher: http://www.newton.k12.ks.us/tech/fling3.html


Idioms: You may check with your peers on the idioms we have done during supplementary.

Powerpoint:
Elite Lesson from 10.25am to 11.25am.

Please ensure you return your homework to the person who is helping to collect your homework too. Email me on topic you need help. Do revise at home but take good care of yourselves.

Alwin: Bryan will be collecting from 4B end of day.
Liwen: Claudia or Jingwen will be helping.
Jiayi: Yongxin will be helping.

Science Play and Learn

Hi all,
You have received your play and learn brochure. Please complete them, including your names over the weekend. Next Monday, we will do a selection.
Please bring along an envelope and a stamp on Monday.

Topical Tests

Dear all,
An update on the topical tests:
1. Take note that there will be no topical test this week. Math topical test on Angles, Perpendicular and parallel lines and squares and rectangles will be postponed. (Will let you know the dates at a later date)

2. Update on next week's topical test:
Wednesday 29th July English Topical test on Comprehension
Thursday 30th July MAth Topical test Angles, Squares and rectangles

Week 6 5th August Science Topical test on Heat
6th August Math Topical test Decimals

Week 7 12th August English Composition Topical test

Please get yourselves prepared.

Science Buskering @ Science Centre 10th to 12th July 2009

Hello all,

If your parents happen to bring you to the Science Centre and you want to support your friends at their station, you can register at the Science Buskers counter and tell them that you are supporting MAgical Science team to gain your free ticket.

See you around.
Remember, Busking time is 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm.

Fun experiments await you.

8th july 2009

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~poems/ps/html/alliteration_examples.html

7th july 2009

Hi Ann,

Here's the activities for the day:

1. Listening Comprehension Lesson 3.
2. Spelling Week 2
No 1 & 2 :Please see the English monitors.

3. Homonyms

http://esl.about.com/od/engilshvocabulary/a/hom_a_e.htm

http://grammar.about.com/od/fh/g/homonymterm.htm

EL WB pg 12, 13

ewe: female sheep

4. Math Rounding off Decimals to Whole Numbers and Tenths.
Go to LEAD Portal for the lesson
MATH WB pg25 to 30.

Practice 3 Corrections


Ann, please remember to hand in your Science Centre Activity form.

To ALL,

1. Science topical test on Light 17th July 2009
2. Math Topical test on Parallel and Perpendicular Lines next week (13 - 17 July)

2nd July 2009

Dear Ann and Claudia,

Here are the activities for the day:

1. Math: Comparing Decimals
Refer to LEAD
Practice 4: pg 19 to22

2. English: A, An, The
Workbook: pg 8 and 9
Bring and Brag

HE: Smoke Free Card

Homework/ Filler:
1. Decimals 2 worksheet

Reminder:
1. To hand in Greenwood logo design.
2. Claudia, Tianchen: to get parent's signature and hand in your reports latest by tomorrow.

1st July 2009

Dear Yiik Chia and Claudia,

I hope both of you are recovering well.

Here are some updates of the class activities today:

1. Care In - Sharing of various customs and festivals.
Value: Wise (powerpoint)
Pg29: Think of how you can survive a week with $ 20 only. No eating at home.
Only $20.

2. Science - Heat experiment
Please note to know how heat travels. Heat travels from a hotter region to a cooler region.
Also, you need to know how heat is transferred.
How temperature of cold water in a beaker when immersed into a warm water container change.
Science Activity Book pg 15 and 17

3. Math - Understanding to thousandths
Math WB Practice 3 pg 15 to 18

4. Eng Limerick pg 4,5 of TB

Homework:

1. Journal Writing: Write about your opinion on a newspaper article. Do emphasise the point before writing your opinion.

2. English WB pg 4 and 5.

30th June 2009

Dear absentees,

An update of the class activities:

1. Math : Decimals up to hundredths
Mental sums
Workbook pg 11 to 14

2. EL TB pg 1-3
WB pg 1-3
EL Spelling

3. SS Project

Homework: EL Homework pg 1-3
Math Worksheet decimal

29th June 2009

Dear absentees,

I hope this information find you well.
These are some activities we have for the day.

Holiday homework gone through and collected: Math worksheets
1. H1N1 briefing - powerpoint.
2. Math - Decimals up to tenth. (DO use LEAD to help you with the lesson)
3. English- Order of Adjectives
Classwork:WB pg6,7
4. Homework: English WB pg6,7
Math Worksheet Fractions (1)

Remember to submit your report books and travel declaration forms if you have not done so by tomorrow.
Please take good care of yourself.
Good day.
Mrs J

Magnets are everywhere

http://www.shinetsu-rare-earth-magnet.jp/e/rare/#cleaner

Recycling ideas

Bag or chocolate case http://www.twelve22.org/2006/04/



wallet http://c5says.com/2007/12/30/how-to-make-use-of-nescafe-sachets-to-turn-into-keychain-wallette-holdless-purse-organizer-and-ladys-wallet/

Math

http://www.mathplayground.com/wordproblems.html

Ladybird,bee

Housefly

Ladybird

http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/ladybird.htm

http://westmeade.net/Library/Bees.html

Hi all, have you ever wonder if ladybird is an insect?

Ladybirds
Description
Ladybirds are small beetles. They are sometimes called ladybugs, or ladybeetles. The are round shaped like a circle. Ladybirds are usually red with black spots but some are orange with black spots. They have three body parts, the head, abdomen and thorax. It is hard to see all of the body parts because the wings cover them. The outer part of the wings have covers that look like they are made of plastic. They have two tiny antennae. Like other insects, they have six legs. Ladybird legs are very small.

Diet (What They Eat)
Ladybirds are carnivorous. This means they eat other animals. Ladybirds eat small bugs called aphids. They will also eat lice and other small insects.
HabitatTrees, bushes, flower gardens, houses and grassy fields are all good habitats for the ladybird to live in. Ladybirds will live almost anywhere there are insects for them to eat.
Predators (Enemies)Small animals can get inside a ladybird and kill it. They are called Parasites. Birds will try to eat ladybirds but they taste very bad and the bird will usually spit them out. People can kill ladybirds by using insect spray in the garden.
Life cycles
Ladybirds start off as eggs sitting on a leaf. 2-5 days later they hatch into larva. The larva looks like a little caterpillar or grub. The larva is ready to start eating insects.After about three weeks as a larva they turn into a pupa. When the pupa opens up, it becomes the adult ladybird that most people recognise.
Interesting facts
There are over 5,000 types of ladybugs.Ladybirds use a stinky yellow liquid to scare off predators. The pretty bright colours are used to scare enemies away. Farmers like ladybirds because they eat the insects that are bad for the farmers crops. They are a natural way to control other insects. The male ladybird is smaller than the female.

http://users.bigpond.net.au/brandseth/ladybirds.HTM

Something new on mosquito

Check it out!
http://www.mosquitoes.org/LifeCycle.html

English - Prefer and Rather

You can use "prefer to (do)" or "prefer -ing" to say what you prefer in general:
• I don't like cities. I prefer to live in the country OR I prefer livingin the country.
Study the differences in structure after prefer. We say:
I prefer something to something else.
I prefer to do something rather than (do) something else.
I prefer doing something to doing something else.
• I prefer this coat to the coat you were wearing yesterday.
• I prefer driving to traveling by train.but
• I prefer to drive rather than travel by train.
• Ann prefers to live in the country rather than (live) in a city.

Would prefer (I'd prefer...)
We use "would prefer" to say what somebody wants in a particular situation (not in general):
• "Would you prefer tea or coffee" "Coffee, please."
We say "would prefer to do" (not "doing"):
• "Shall we go by train?" "Well, I'd prefer to go by car. (not "I'd prefer going")
• I'd prefer to stay at home tonight rather than go to the cinema.
Would rather (I'd rather...)
Would rather (do) = would prefer (to do). After would rather we use the infinitive without to.
Compare:
• "Shall we go by train?"
"I'd prefer to go by car."
"I'd rather go by car. (not to go)
• "Would you rather have tea or coffee" "Coffee, please."
The negative is "I'd rather not (do something)":
• I'm tired. I'd rather not go out this evening, if you don't mind.
• "Do you want to go out this evening" "I'd rather not."
Study the structure after would rather:
I'd rather do something than (do) something else.
• I'd rather stay at home tonight than go to the cinema.
I'd rather you did something
When you want somebody to do something, you can say "I'd rather you did something":
• "Shall I stay here?" "I'd rather you came with us.
"• "Shall I tell them the news?" "No. I'd rather they didn't know.
"• "Shall I tell them or would you rather they didn't know?"
In this structure we use the past (came, did etc.), but the meaning is present or future, not past.Compare:
• I'd rather cook the dinner now.
but
• I'd rather you cooked the dinner now. (not "I'd rather you cook")
The negative is "I'd rather you didn't..."
:• I'd rather you didn't tell anyone what I said.
• "Do you mind if I smoke?" "I'd rather you didn't."

Retrieved on 10th February 2009. http://www.eslmonster.com/article/prefer-and-would-rather

Topical tests

Hi all,

You have just had your round one of topical test for Eng and Math. I hope with the papers, you will be able to better understand the topic well.
Should you need help, come approach me.

Next week will be another round of topical test.
So revise your topic on life cycle of animals and plants for Science on next Friday (20th Feb)

Latest update. Composition Topical test will be postponed to Term 2.
However, you will have your Topical test 2 in another 2 more weeks based on Unit 1, 2 and 3. The components are "Synthesis, Editting and Graphic Stimulus".


By the way, we will leave messages under the 'comment' column.
I wish you luck.

Regards,
Mrs JTeo

http://www.sci.pearsonlongman.com.sg/index.php?version=p3p4

http://www.aedesmosquito.com/

Journal of myself as a butterfly

I am a caterpillar that has just hatched from an egg.
As I grow bigger, I eat leaves most of the time and moult 5 to 6 times.
One day, I attach myself upside down to a twig or branch.
A hard case starts to cover my whole body and I become pupa.
As a pupa, I look still and lifeless.
After some time, the hard case breaks open.
I emerge as a beautiful butterfly.

Science life cycle of animals

Hi all,
Here's something to share:

1. http://hubpages.com/hub/mosquitolifecycle (shows the video of mosquito process)

2. http://www.vtaide.com/png/butterfly.htm

3. www.floridata.com/tracks/butterfly/LifeCycle.cfm

Enjoy!