Return of Maths WB, Maths & Science File for revision & Parents' Signature

Dear all,

The following items were returned today for revision and parents' signature. Kindly sign and return all by Wed, 5 Mar 2014.

1) Maths Workbook
- Sign on Chapter 3: Practice 1 (pg 43)
- Sign on Chapter 4: Practice 1 (pg 63)

2) Maths File
- Sign on parents' signature column in the Content Page
- Pupils should have a total of 12 worksheets filed in.

3) Science File
- Sign on parents' signature column in the Content Page
- Pupils should have a total of 5 Activity Sheets filed in.

Regards,
Mrs Tan

Maths WS & Science Process Skill (PS) Book

Maths worksheet on Word problem was done in class today and brought home to complete the rest of the questions. (due tomorrow)

Process Skills Book - Qn 25, 28, 38, 39 (due on Thurs)

English Test and VC

• The English test will be held over two weeks. This coming Monday, 3 March is for the Grammar MCQ, Vocabulary MCQ and Open-Ended Comprehension sections while the following Monday, 10 March will be for the other Language Components. The Units covered for the test will be from Unit 1 to Unit 4.
• In order to prepare you for these tests, there will be a practice test paper that you will have to sit for in class this Thursday, 27 February.
• For today, your homework is VC WS 1 which is due tomorrow.

Crickets Experiment - Group work

Hi all,

Here are pictures of the group work done on Friday. The class discussed their observations of the crickets after 5 days and were led to theorise their observation. They were asked to reason out why they saw what they had seen and why did the experiement turned out different from their prediction.

These were the two interesting obervations and attached are some pictures.
- crickets in the container without holes for air to enter were mostly actively and growing in size.
- number of crickets in the container without food and water decreased from 7 to 4 crickets. The dead crickets were not seen in the container.

Every Child a Seed - Growing Seeds

Dear all,

Here's the video shown by Mr Fadzil before your planted your seeds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP-mnfnQZ2Q

Below are some pictures of the class planting the seeds. I've also attached the slides on seed germination for your reading.

You'll need to observe for 2 weeks and record your observations in the "Every Child A Seed - My Plant Journal" given out to you today.

Nature Study Book - Plants

Dear pupils,

We discussed about what makes up a plant during your Science Lesson yesterday. These were the following parts discussed and you've copied down in your Nature Study Book in the form of a Mind-map.

Plants -> Roots
          -> Stems
          -> Leaves
          -> Flowers
          -> Fruits

I need you to think about any words that comes to your mind about each of the parts discussed and write them down. For example, you can write down branches under "Stem" and chlorophyll and sunlight under "Leaves"

Science Nature Study Book - Observing the Crickets

Dear pupils,

You have started observing the crickets since Mon and will do so for 5 days. Below are the slides discussed  on Monday. You will need to visit the Science Lab during your recess to record what you've observed about the presence of air, water, food and the crickets activity level. Do look out for any differences that you can spot over the 5 days.

Experiment 1: To find out if crickets need air to survive.
Set-up A: No air
Set-up B: Have air
(Food and water are provided for both)

Experiment 2: To find out if crickets need food & water to survive.
Set-up A: Food and water
Set-up B: No food and water
(Air is present in both)

Maths Test 2 & Science Test

Dear all,

Maths Test 2 will cover the following topics:
1) Chapter 3: Subtraction of Numbers within 10 000.
2) Chapter 4: Solving Word Problems 1: Addition & Subtraction
Test will be conducted in Week 9

Science Test (25%) & AA Quiz (5%) will cover the following topics:
1) Chapter 1: Classification: Living and non-living things
2) Chapter 2: Plants
Test will be conducted in Week 9

Homework in Maths WB

Homework today is pg 65-68. It will be due tomorrow (Wed, 19/2)

Experiment Design - Crickets

Hi all,

Here are some pictures taken before I left the school.

Experiment 1: To find out if crickets need air to survive.
Set-up A: No air
Set-up B: Have air
(Food and water are provided for both)

Experiment 2: To find out if crickets need food & water to survive.
Set-up A: Food and water
Set-up B: No food and water
(Air is prsent in both)

Crickets

http://cricket-breeding.com/what-to-feed-crickets/

some pics while we were blogging in the KF lab ...

Parent's Signature for Maths Test 1 & Maths File

Dear Parents,

The following items has been filed into Maths File today and pupils have brought home the file.

1) Maths Heuristics WS 3
2) Maths Test 1

Kindly sign on the content page as well as on the Maths Test 1 paper.
Pupils are supposed to bring back the file on Monday.

Regards,
Mrs Tan

Maths WS 2 Subtraction

Maths WS 2 Subtraction is due next Monday (17 Feb).

More VC homework and SBC 2

For VC, please complete WS 3 and 4 and submit your completed work on Monday.


For SBC2, look at the picture below.

1. Which items would you choose to eat at a buffet lunch? Why?
2. Sometimes your family also eat together at home. Do you think it is good for the family to eat together often? Why?

Try to remember the way we did our SBC1 in class. Leave you comments below. Use ONLY these 2 scaffolds:
(14 Feb 2014)

• My idea is ...
• In my opinion ...

(17 Feb 2014)

• If I were you I would ...
• My suggestion is ...

VC 7 and 8 ...

is due first thing tomorrow morning.

Experiment Design - Group Work

Here's the pictures of the experiment design captured from all 8 groups.

I'm looking into carrying out this experiment with the help of Dr Teo Chew Lee and her research team.

Anyone who wants to contribute animals like crickets or grasshoppers please let me know.

Can you predict what would happen to the animal in the next 5 days? Will it immediately die?

VC WS 19 ...

is due tomorrow.

Reading Habits survey

Hello everyone,

please click on this link: NLB Reading Habits survey to complete it by the 21st of February.