Maths Mock Exam on 6 May

The 2nd set of Maths Practice Paper will be done as a Mock Exam on Wednesday, 6 May.

Reminders for English

• You will be sitting for your Listening Comprehension and Paper 1 (Compo) on Monday so please look through the Compo File and read the sample compos that I have prepared for you.
• LRD page 14 (Part 1 ONLY) is due on Monday. Cut part 1 into 2 sections and paste them neatly in your spelling book.
• Bring your worksheet files on Monday for me to check that you have correctly filed up your worksheets.

Keep fit and healthy during the long weekend.

Long Weekend Homework (Maths & Science)

Maths Heuristic Revision

• Complete Corrections  in Revision Worksheet 1
• Complete Revision Worksheet 2 

Science Practice Paper Booklet B (2014)

• Attempt Corrections to the 8 questions that have been marked on your own first. (I'll only go through correction to Q38, 39, 40 & 44 on Monday)
• Complete the rest of the questions (Matter Questions) in this paper.

Maths File, Workbook Practice fasterner Set & Science File

• These has been returned for revision today. 
• Get Parents' Signature on the content page.
• Keep at home until after your exam (Do not bring in your bag everyday to school)

Science Practice Paper (2013 MCQ)

is due tomorrow, 30 May.

We will be doing peer marking & going through all the answers in class tomorrow.

Maths Workbook Practice (pg 141 to 145)

Complete ONLY pg 141 to 145

This is due tomorrow, 28 Apr.

Compo corrections

The compo corrections for "Not following instructions" is due tomorrow, 28 April.  Try to type it out and send via email to me. Alternatively, you can save it in a thumbdrive for me to extract. Preferably, you should print the corrections out and attach it at the back of your original compo. If you are unable to type or save it, I would suggest you write out the corrections in a foolscap. Use ONLY black or blue pen or pencil.

Perpendicular & Parallel Line Worksheet

Is due Monday, 27 Apr.

English Practice Paper

Please complete the Practice Paper and submit it on Monday. Time yourself for this paper. You should be able to complete it within an hour, inclusive of the time for checking.

Science Practice Paper (2013) Booklet B

Complete the remaining questions on Matter
Q34, 42, 43 & 45

This is due next Monday, 27 Apr.

LRD task

Page 18 is due tomorrow. Cut the sections correctly and paste them neatly in your Spelling Book.

Heuristic Worksheet (Make a list) & Reminders

is due tomorrow 23 Apr (Thurs). 

This is only for those who did not finish & brought it home.

A reminder that Maths Journal & Challenging Questions (pg 121 - 124) is also due tomorrow.

Compo Task

You are tasked to write a compo on "Not Following Instructions". This compo is due on Wednesday, 22 April. Remember to start your story with a question or thought, just like the examples that I showed you today. Make sure that your story is logical and still has the Setting, Complication, Resolution and Coda (Lesson Learnt) sections.

Science Activity 8 & "Water Trick" Video

You should have completed pg 1-3 while carrying out the experiment today.

Homework
Complete all the remaining questions.

This task will take you not more than 30 minutes & is due tomorrow, 21 Apr.

"Water Trick" Videos

• Think about the science concepts behind these "water trick". You may post a comment in this blog to share your thoughts.

Water Trick 1

Water Trick 2

Maths & Science Weekend Homework

The following are due next Monday, 20 Apr.

• Maths Journal & Challenging Practice (pg 105 - 108)
• [2014] SA1 Practice Paper Booklet B (Do only Q35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44)

Letter to Parents on Malacca Trip Briefing & making payment

The following are the items you are to bring on Monday, latest Tuesday.

• Photocopy of passport 
• Edusave Withdrawal Form or $73.50 Cash/Cheque payment in a sealed envelop

(For Non-Singaporean or any pupil who do not want to use the Edusave, you need to submit cash or cheque payment of $73.50. Do not combine the payment with the T-shirt Order.)

• Sealed envelop containing $7 cash & T-shirt Order Slip. (Please write your name, class & T-shirt size on the envelop)

Collection of Passport will only be done from 4 May, after the Labour Day long weekend. Please do not bring your passport next week. 

Should there be any concerns, you may drop me an email @ jocelyn.kohpeili@gmail.com 

Science NSB - Word Splash on "Gas"

We had done a Word Splash on "Gas" in class today. 

We came up with sentences to link up the various concepts in the word splash in the right context (e.g. in a specific experiment)

I've attached below a sample of what we had done in class today. 

Homework

• Do continue to come up with more words in the word splash & more sentences, linking the concepts together, on your own. 
• Do not merely just combine the concepts & phrase them into a sentence (like e.g. Gas is everywhere and can be compressed.) 
• Consider the right apparatus (e.g. syringe, container, cup, beaker, measuring cylinder) that you can use together with the concepts. 
• Consider the use of "Gas Particles" to deeper explain any of the concepts in the word splash.

2 video on Gases

LRD page 15

This task is due tomorrow. Remember to cut out the parts and paste them neatly in your Spelling book.

Angles Worksheet 2

Complete Angles Worksheet 2

This should take you 30 minutes & is due tomorrow, 17 Apr.

Maths Revision for Topical Test 3

I've returned the following items for your revision for tomorrow's Topical Test 3:

• Workbook Chapter 5: Fractions - Practice 1-3 (Get Parents' Signature on pg 79 only)
• Workbook Chapter 5: Fractions - Practice 4-6
• Workbook Chapter 6: Angles - Practice 1-4 (I've checked and marked your drawing angles corrections. Do check if there are any more outstanding corrections to complete as homework. I had also gone through the answers to pg 119 & 120 in class today.)
• Maths File with Fractions Worksheet 1 & 2 filed in (Get Parents' Signature on both worksheets)

Do bring back the above items tomorrow for filing. 

Remembering the First Class Promise...

Maths Workbook Practice (Chapter 6: Angles)

• Complete your Corrections for Practice 2 & 3. Corrections can be done in pencil when you re-draw the angles.
• Complete Practice 4 (pg 119-120) as homework. I'll go through this in class tomorrow. 

Science Re-spelling next Monday

There will be a Science Re-spelling next Monday (20 Apr) for the last 10 words (No. 11 - 20) in the Spelling List under Matter.

Please remember to study the meaning of all the words.

Science Activity 5 & NSB

Complete Activity 5 page 1-5. 
This is due on Wednesday, 15 Apr.

4 Steps in answering Open-Ended Questions on page 3 to 5.

1. Read the question and highlight the key words.
2. Link question to the topic / concept that you have learnt. Write down the topic / concept in point form at the side of the question.
3. Construct your answer. (Bear in mind the importance of framing your answer with specific key words and language)
4. Review your answer. (Read the question answer and check that your answer has fully covered the main points.)

Do refer to the summary below on today's lesson to help you answer the open-ended questions.

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We have discussed quite a lot today on the following 2 experiments & you should have written down the observation & explanation for them in your NSB:

1. The experiment carried out last Thursday at the Science Lab (Inverting the plastic cup with tissue paper inside)
2. The carnation milk can with only 1 poked hole to allow water to flow out.

Here's the concept & explanation consolidated in the above experiments:

1. 

• As the plastic cup with tissue paper is inverted & pushed into the tub of water, air occupy the space inside the cup. The water in the tub cannot enter the cup so the water level in the cup remains at the bottom & did not rise up.

• When a hole is made at the base of the plastic cup, air occupying the space inside the cup can now escape from the hole. The water in the tub can then enter the cup to take up the space previously occupied by the air. So, the water level in the cup rises slowly and bubbles were seen at the hole, suggesting that the air had escaped.

2. 

• It was difficult for the milk in the can to flow out from the 1 hole because air occupy space inside the can. Air cannot escape from the 1 hole at the same time when we want to pour the milk out from the hole.
• When another hole was made at the opposite side of the lid, air occupying the space inside the can can now escape from the 2nd hole, so the milk can flow out from the 1st hole easily.

P4 SBB Briefing

For parents who are unable to make it for today's P4 subject-based banding briefing, you can read the slides uploaded in the school's website.

Should you have any enquiry concerning your child, free feel to drop me an email at jocelyn.kohpeili@gmail.com

Thank you!

Practice 4

• Write out your responses to the Stimulus Based Conversation on page 35 of your Listening Comprehension Book on a foolscap paper. Remember to use the appropriate scaffolds and connectors.
• If you can, do a voice recording for the Reading passage on page 36 and email the file to me.

Stay fit and healthy.

Maths Workbook Practice 2 (pg 113 to 115 only)

This task will take not more than 30 minutes and is due Monday, 13 Apr.

• Do Corrections for pg 109 to 112.
• Do pg 113 to 115 only (Do Not do pg 116 yet)

Recap the 4 steps to drawing angles:

1. On the given line, identify & mark out the "C". This is where the Centre of the base line / zero line in your protractor should lies.
2. Place the base line / zero line of your protractor on the given line with the Centre exactly on "C"
3. Measure the angle with the inner or outer scale. Mark with a "dot" on your paper at the edge of the protractor after reading off the angle.
4. Draw a line through the "dot" to the Centre "C".

Extra Activity - The Online Protractor

• Click here to practice reading off angles with the online protractor. 

Maths Topical Test 3 Next Thursday (16 Apr)

Topics covered are:

• Chapter 5: Fractions
• Chapter 6: Angles

Parents Signature & Corrections for Science Spelling in NSB

1. Corrections for last week's spelling (if any)
2. Parents' Signature 
3. Remember to bring NSB tomorrow for this week's spelling

Recap on today's experiment's observation that you've written in your NSB

• Aim: To test whether air occupy space
• First Activity
• Procedures: Plastic cup with tissue paper attached at the bottom of the cup. Plastic cup was inverted and then pushed into the tub of blue-coloured water. (Ensure the whole plastic cup is below the water surface in the tub.
• Observation: Only 5 groups observed that their tissue paper in the cup remains dry.
• Second Activity
• Procedures: A hole was made at the based of the cup & the same experiment was repeated.
• Observation: All the groups were able to see the water level in the cup slowly rising. Bubbles were also seen inside the cup as the water level rises.

Unusual observation

• When water will filled up in the plastic cup & it was inverted inside the tub of water, slowly move the inverted cup up to the surface of the water in the tub. It was observed that the water in the cup did not flow out at all. 

Pupils, 

I encouraged you to think deeper about today's observations. Why were these observations made? What can you conclude able the water and the air? We will discuss more on Monday. 

Heuristics Worksheet (Difference in age remains unchanged)

This task is due tomorrow, 10 Apr.

Reminder when you do the worksheet:

• Neat & Clear Model drawing 
• Identify the difference in age (this should remains unchanged)
• Difference in age is the same whether in the past, now or in the future.

LRD

The task on page 15 is due tomorrow. Cut the sections correctly and paste them in your Spelling Book. If you have corrections for the previous Spelling, do not do the corrections yet. I will go through the corrections in class.

Maths Workbook Practice 1 (Angles)

Complete only pages 109-112.

Do not do the "Estimate" section in page 111.

This task will take you 30min & is due tomorrow, 9 Apr.

EL tasks due tomorrow

• PS 2 of Companion Booklet 
• Exit Card

Reminder for Maths Lesson tomorrow

This is a reminder to bring your protractor tomorrow as we'll be starting Angles.

Brewing Awesome Work from NSB

Compo corrections ...

The compo corrections for "Honesty" is due on Wednesday 8 April, so you will have ample time to complete it. Try to type it out and send via email to me. Alternatively, you can save it in a thumbdrive for me to extract. Preferably, you should print the corrections out and attach it at the back of your original compo. If you are unable to type or save it, I would suggest you write out the corrections in a foolscap. Use ONLY black or blue pen or pencil.

Maths Workbook Practice 6 (only for some pupils)

For pupils who could not complete in class today, you're reminded to complete up to page 104.

Hand in tomorrow (7 Apr).

Science Practice Paper (2013) Booklet B

Do your own corrections for Question 37, 38, 40, 41

I'll explain the correction for Question 39 & 44 in class tomorrow.

Homework today:

Complete Question 31, 32, 33, 46

This task takes you 30 minutes and is due tomorrow (7 Apr).

Fractions worksheet 2

is due Monday, 6 Apr.

LRD task

You are required to answer the Question on page 14 of your LRD. (as shown below) Cut the question and paste it in your Spelling Book before you answer it. Use the scaffolds and connectors that you have pasted in your Spelling Book. Write at least 40 words.

Fractions Worksheet 1

is due tomorrow, 2 Apr.