Homework on 31 March 2015

Homework on 31 March 2015

1) Comprehension WS based on National Geographic
2) 3 Math WS on Multiplication and fractions

Homework on 30 March 2015

Homework on 30 March 2015

1) Math WB Pg 96-100

Things to note:

• To revise on the topics of Fractions, pupils are strongly encouraged to go into MConline and go through the tutorials, namely,

(i) Mixed numbers
(ii) Improper fractions
(iii) Conversion of Fractions
(iv) Adding and subtracting Fractions
(v) Fraction as a Set.

Today we used MConline tutorials to reinforce the subtopic of Fraction as a Set.

• Letter on Fitness Test

Homework on 27 March 2014

Homework on 27 March 2015

1) 2 online Math tasks on Fractions via MConline

2) Stimulus-based conversation pg 8 (Just answer this question:
Look at the picture. Describe what you see. Are pupils following the rules in the canteen?) You may use TREES or AJEO ( See below).

3) Vitamindz pg 1 (Knowledge check-in) Energy
4) Remember to bring your answers to the 2 Heuristic questions (Marxh Holiday Homework) on Monday.

Things to note:
1)Parents, pls sign the EL HA assessments.
2) Spelling list given
3) For stimulus-based conversation, some pupils are having difficulty following the TREES strategy. If so, they can follow the following steps.

AJEO

A: Answer the question
J:Justify given answer.(Explain)
E: Examples using, for example, personal experiences
O: Offer Opinions and suggestions

Some of them have asked me, what if they do not like any of the items or scenarios given to them and they have to choose one.
As this is a conversation, they can explain that they do not like any of them and explain why. However, pupils can add that if they have to choose an item, they will choose item xxx and offer their explanation. After that, the pupils can offer their preferred item (not in picture) similar to the theme of the items shown and again explain why.

Basically, for stimulus- based conversation, the main objective is to assess pupils' abilities to carry out an engaging conversation and whether they can articulate their thoughts and opinions well. There is usually no right or wrong answer. However, pupils must listen to the questions asked by the examiner and answer appropriately to the questions and try not to deviate from the theme.

Please note that for stimulus-based conversation, it may be pictures of a series of items or just one picture.

4) For Science, we went through Temperature and Thermometer.
Question: Why do people put rock salt in the ice in ice cream making?

Homework on 26 March 2015

Homework on 26 March 2015

1) Math WB Pgs 91- 94
2) 2 Math WS on Fractions (Converting to simplest form and Improper fractions and Mixed Number)
3) Please bring TREES handout tomorrow.
4) Letter from Principal

Things to note:

Today the pupils had a practice on Stimulus-based Conversation, using the strategy TREES.
T: Thoughts; R: Reasons, E: Examples; E: Experiences and S: Suggestions

Parents may ask the pupils to show them the TREES Handout.

Homework on 25 March 2015

1) Mconline English Vocab tasks using What's Up article.

Homework on 23 March 2015

Things to note on 23 March 2015

1) Fan Math pgs 31 (Supposition), 40 and 41

Some pupils do have difficulty using supposition. I will give more practice on it.

2) Fractions: Today we learnt about converting mixed number to improper fraction and vice versa.

Sports Day Photos!

Dear all,

The photographs taken on Sports Day and on days of preparation have been emailed to your gmail accounts on MCOnline.

Have a restful March holiday.

With regards,
Mdm Tiang

Try these questions!

Question 1

A farmer had 5 times as many goats as chickens. After he bought another 40 chickens, he had 4 times as many goats as chickens. How many chickens and goats did the farmer have altogether in the end?

Clue 1: Draw before-and-after models
Clue 2: Identify the animals which its quantity remained unchanged
Clue 3: After identifying the type of animal, look at both models drawn for this animal and ensure the number of units drawn are the same.


Question 2
Sam had 4 times as much money as Lily. After Lily received $24 from her grandparents, Sam had 3 times as much money as Lily. How much did Lily have in the end?

Things to note on 13 March 2015

Things to note on 13 March 2015

1) WOW! 4 Exemplary has emerged as the CHAMPIONS 🏆for the Primary 4 level in the Upper Primary Sports Carnival. 👏 They have done very well and I was ( still am ) very proud of their achievement. I still remember the moment when they performed their cheer item on the stage! The impeccable teamwork that they had displayed and the support that they showed for one another are indeed wonderful. I also want to take the opportunity to commend some pupils who, without any complaints, helped their classmate to pick up the beans spilled from a "shaker".Well done, all pupils of 4 Exemplary! I will be sending some photographs taken to your MConline gmail accounts in the next few days. Do look out for them.

2) Holiday homework:
1 Math Practice paper, 1 English MCQ WS on Phrasal verbs and 1 Science Research on Heat. Icare form.

As mentioned, I will be posting some Math Heuristics questions on Monday. Do attempt them on foolscap and submit when you return to school.

3) All CA1 papers have been returned. Dear parents, please sign them and pupils to bring them back when school reopens.

Lastly, I wish all of you a wonderful March holiday and when you return, we will work  harder to prepare for SA1.😊

Things to note on 11 March 2015

Things to note:
1) Pls bring your EL, Math and Science files to keep in class cuoboards.
2) Please bring empty cans, plastic bottles or any beans to make "shakers" for Upper Primary Sports Carnival.
3) We have started on the topic of "Fractions" for Math and introductory lesson on "Heat" today.

Answers for Science Process Skills

Answers for Science Process Skills 

Worksheet 8

(1) seed (2) seed coat; roots (3) shoot  (4) leaves; seedling (5) sunlight; water; air
(6) flowers  (7) fruit (s)

Worksheet 9
1. eggs; seeds
2. seedling; duckling
3. seedleaves; yolk
4. seedling; duckling
5. adult

Worksheet 10
1. mass, space, states
2. solid
3.liquid
4. shape
5. volume
6. shape
7. volume
8. marble, stone, apple etc
9. milk, oil, honey, soup etc.
10. oxygen, carbon dioxide, water vapour, nitrogen etc

Worksheet 11
1. E is hard, has a definite volume and a definite shape.
2. Jelly or beancurd. Jelly is a solid as it has a definite shape and volume.
3. Matter G has definite volume and Matter H does not.
4. Oxygen or nitrogen
5. Both have a definite volume.

Worksheet 12
1. The marbles occupy space. They have a definite volume.
2. Water occupies space. It has a definite volume.

Worksheet 13
1. Matter A has a definite volume but no definite shape.
2. Matter A takes the shape of the container but Matter B retains its own shape. OR Matter A has no definite shape but Matter B has.
3. Both have no definite shape OR both take the shape of the container.

A: State- Liquid; Example -Water or oil
B: Solid: Wood; Example - Ice or wood
C: Gas; Example- Oxygen


Worksheet 15
1a) gas
b) liquid
c) solid
2a) U
b) The water will overflow.
c) Air can be compressed but water cannot be compressed.

Worksheet 16
1. The bubbles contain air.
2. The water will enter the funnel and force the air into the plastic tube. The air leaves the tube and enters the beaker of water as bubbles.
3. It takes the shape of the plastic tube.
4. It takes the shape of the container. OR It can be compressed.

Worksheet 17
1. (1)
2. (3)
3. (4)
4. (2)
5. (2)
6. (3)
7. (3)
8. (3)
9. (2)
10. (4)

Things to note on 4 March 2015

Things to note:

You may go to mconline to revise your Science. Do remember to look through the p3 topics too.

Tomorrow is your Mother Tongue CA. Do revise for it. :)

Do drink more water and rest well.

Common errors in Math

Common errors in Math

1) (i) Find the value of 4 ten thousands, 21 hundreds, 3 tens and 95 ones.

I have advised pupils to write out the numbers on top of each number in words and add them up.

(ii) 2100 = ____ hundreds + 100

Many times, pupils fail to see the "hundreds" and just fill in 2000 inmediately which is the wrong answer.

2) Round off the product of 45 and 12 to the nearest tens.

Pupils know that product is multiplication and they can find the exact product but they fail to complete the rounding off.

3) The sum of the two numbers is 4192. The difference between the two number is 1184. What is the smaller number?

Pupils are advised to draw model using comparison model.  
One unit to represent smaller number while bigger number is represented by 1 unit + 1184. The total for both is 4192. Using the model, pupils should be able to solve the question.

4) Word problems involving line graphs. I have asked pupils to write out the values represented by each point of the line graph. They have been asked to refer to the y-axis and the x-axis to see what values they are reading off and in what units.

The question involving "leaking tank". Pupils need to be know that "water lost" is  not the volume of water in a leaking tank at that hour. So pupils have to be understand what the question is asking. Another confusion might arise in questions asking about number of coins vs value of coins.

5) Working vs no working and copying of the wrong digits

Many a times, I have noticed  that the pupils like to do "simple" mental calculations and do not want to check by working out the algorithm. I have advised them that they must check their answers not just by looking at the paper but by doing the calculations. This is to minimise errors due to carelessness.

Pupils have been copying the wrong digits from the question. Do check that the numbers are copied from the questions to their equations accurately.

6) Presentation of answers

Pupils have been advised to present their answers neatly and all necessary equations to be shown.

7) Units

Pupils must remember to add in the units in their answers. They may forget as their equations do not reflect any units.

Do check all papers seriously and diligently. Have a good night's rest. 😊

Things to note on 3 March 2015

Things to  note on 3 March 2015

(i) Math question 1

The tickets for a concert were sold as follows:

1 Adult ticket costs was $5
1 child ticket costs $2

There were twice as many children as adults. The  amount of money collected was $1080. How many adults were there?

Method 1:

First, draw a model. 2 units for child and 5 units for adult. This is based on the price of each ticket.

Next, draw a model based on money collected for adults and child.
Draw 4 units for child and 5 units for adults. This means for each $4 we collect from 2 child, we collect $5 from 1 adult as there are twice as many children as adults.

Total number of units is 9.

1080 divided by 9 equals 120

This means that there are 120 adults.

Method 2:

For every 1 paying adult, there are 2 paying children as the question states that there are twice as many children as adults.

As such we look at them as a group.

Cost of tickets for 2 children = $2 X2 =$4
Cost of tckets for 2 children and 1 adult = $4 + $5 = $9

1080 divided by 9 equals 120.

As such there are 120 adults.

(ii) Math question 2

Ms Ong has a packet of sweets. If she gives 6 sweets to each of her pupils, she will have 2 sweets left. If she gives 7 sweets to each of her pupils. she will be short of 11 sweets.
(a) How many sweets are there in the packet?
(b) How many pupils does Miss Ong have?

(a) Using Listing method,  the answer is 80 sweets.
 38 sweets is unacceptable as the number of pupils (sequence) must remain the same for both the rows (multiples of 6 +2 and multiples of 7-11). This is because the number of pupils will not change in both given scenarios. You may compare this question with a similar Question 2 in Fan-math (Pg 15).

If you look at your listing table carefully, "38" falls until "6" and "7" pupils while "80" falls under 13 pupils for both rows. So the answer is "80".

This extra check is necessary as the sequence in this case, is the number of pupils which will not change in both given scenarios.

For listing questions involving systematic listing, pupils have to be careful in identifying what the seqence means and what the values (multiples) that they are calculating means before identifying the correct answers.

(b) Ms Ong has 13 pupils.

For Systematic Listing, please refer to Pg 14 of Fan-math.

Things to note on 2 March 2015

Things to note on 2 March 2015

1) Tomorrow marks the start of CA1. If the pupil is unable to attend any of the assessments, please ensure that he or she is covered by a medical certificate which must be submitted to the school.
2) Please remember to pack sufficient stationery to take your tests.
3) Do revise for your EL test by going through your English files and Casco books.

Question raised in class
Use of "who" and "whom"- Log into Mconline P3/4 Grammar and refer to Interrogative pronouns.

When you have time, do use the Mconline to look through the P3/4 Grammar, P4 Grammar and Vocabulary.

Lastly, have a good rest tonight.