EL Remedial - 25 Oct

Vocabulary MCQ 1

Vocabulary MCQ 2

Comprehension Cloze

Comprehension MCQ

Rainbow Day 4 cum Children's Day

Dear Boys and Girls of 4A,

Well done!

You have performed wonderfully on Rainbow Day 4!

You have picked up the dance moves at an amazing speed. Thanks for your diligence and perseverance at the practices and rehearsals.

Here are some pictures of the day:



Let's now concentrate on our studies as SA2 is coming soon.

All the best for the upcoming SA2 exams!

EL Remedial - 18 Oct

Comprehension MCQ

Grammar Cloze 1

Grammar Cloze 2

Grammar MCQ

Grammar - Connectors of Reasons

Now's your turn ...

Practice 1 (because, so)

Practice 2 [BECAUSE, SINCE, AS (reason) and SO (result)]

EL Remedial 4/10

For today's remedial, our focus will be on the 1st conditional.

The structure is as follows:

If + simple present tense, + simple future tense.

Here are a few activities for you to try out:

Practice 1
Practice 2
Practice 3
Practice 4

Social Studies Project - Kampong Glam

Dear 4A,

Here is a link that you can refer to for your SS project.

EL Remedial - 27 Sept

Hi Pupils,

Today's focus: Grammar and Vocabulary

Activity 1 - Phrasal Verbs 1

Activity 2 - Phrasal Verbs 2

Vocabulary Idioms

How is lightning formed?

Have you ever wondered how lightning is formed?

Click here to find out.

Rainbow Day 4 - Part 2

Hi 4A,

I hope you are enjoying your one-week holiday.

Here's a dance tutorial for our Rainbow Day item.

Do practise before school reopens.



Original Video at TinyPic

Rainbow Day 4

Hi 4A,

It is finally our turn to perform for Rainbow Day!

Thank you for all your suggestions.

We'll be putting up a hip hop dance to the song of Sorry Sorry.

Here's the video.

Enjoy!


Original Video at TinyPic

LJ to Army Museum

Hi 4A,

We had a Learning Journey to the Army Museum last Friday, 27th August.

It was indeed an enriching and fruitful afternoon. I hope you enjoyed yourselves and learned something new about the army, too.

Grammar - First Conditional

Hi boys and girls,

We've learned about 1st conditional.

The structure is as follows:

If + simple present tense, + simple future tense.

Here are a few activities for you to try out:

Practice 1
Practice 2
Practice 3

So, how did you fare?

How to maximise your learning experience at YOG 2010?

1. Before the game
Read up and familiarise yourself with the rules of the games that you will be watching. Find out more about the origins/ background to the game.


2. During the game
• Take photos of the athletes in action.
• Look out for examples of Sportsmanship [ conduct during the match and how this can be applied in your daily behaviour].
• Look out for interesting and exciting moments during the match.

3. After the game
Do a short write-up about the game/match you watch. Include pictures too.

4. Reflection Topics
• What values have you learnt by watching the athletes in competition? E.g. Athletes shaking hands after the match/game?

• How were you inspired to take up a sport as part of a healthy lifestyle, after watching any one of the games?

Prefect's Investiture ( 2010 ) by Rachel

On the day of the prefect's investiture, I was feeling nervous and excited. Though I had experienced this before, I was still feeling nervous.

From my first experience of taking care of classes, I encountered many problems such as: the students are stubborn and do not want to listen to me.

To me as a prefect, we must bear responsibilities, take care of our fellow schoolmates. We must also respect the school rules and school core values.

Being a prefect is not easy at all. We have prefect duties that will shorten our recess time. If our school is celebrating any occasion, we may also need to do ushering ( e.g.Giving out survey forms ).

I feel great being a prefect but sacrifices sometimes need to be made!=)

Subject-Verb Agreement

Dear 4A,

Try out this activity on subject-verb agreement.

How did you fare?

YOG Day

Dear 4A,

This Wednesday, 11th August, school hours are from 1.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m.

There will be no lessons on that day as it will be YOG Day. There will be various games throughout the day.

At about 4.30 p.m, we will be moving out to support the YOG torch bearers at the perimeter of the school. For this occasion, please bring a cap and water bottle when moving to the side of the road.

See you then.

EL Remedial - 2 Aug

Hi, for today's remedial, please visit the following website:

Reading Comprehension - Level 2

Raising funds for the needy

Click on clicktoaid and help to raise funds for the needy. For every 100 points you score in the game, 10 cents will be donated to the needy, courtesy of South-west CDC.

Direct to Indirect Speech

Can you identify direct and indirect speech?

Can you change a direct speech to an indirect speech?

Try out these activities:

Activity 1

Activity 2

Activity 3

Activity 4

How did you fare? Post your comments :)

Official Opening Ceremony - by Kai Wen

I feel honoured to be able to attend the Official Opening Ceremony. It had proven to be a heartening night when we celebrated our school opening with all the guests and our Guest of Honour, Mr K Shanmugan, Minister of Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs and Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC.


After the introduction of the "No Heavy School Bags Program" and the "Every Child Holistic Program", Mr K Shanmugam proceeded with the official opening of the Indoor Sports Hall. Our principal, Mr Chia, School Advisory Committee Chairman, Mr Peter Chew, and Mr K Shanmugam had expressed their earnest speeches and extended their congratulations to Endeavour’s accomplishment over the past 2 1/2 years.


Our school Wushu, Malay dance, Guzheng, Chinese Dance and Choir had brought us wonderful performances. They had all done well in the recent SYF competition and I do have faith that they will excel in the coming years.


The ceremony started at 5.50pm and ended at 8pm. My heart was full of delights when I sang out loud "If We Hold on Together" and our lovely school song. Everyone waved and laughed heartedly. We drew a memorable end to the night.


Endeavour Eleven Claps!!!



To view the videos of the Official Opening Ceremony, please click here.

Chatbox

I have created a new chatbox to heighten security. You need to exercise responsibility.

Heed this stern warning -- If you are identified as an abuser, I will have to take disciplinary action against you.

Your user id will be registered in my account when you post a message in this new chatbox.

Practise cyberwellness and be responsible!!!

Adjectives -able, -ible

There are no hard and fast rules for writing the suffix -able or -ible. However, here are some useful tips:

Lesson 1

Now's your turn:

Activity 1
Activity 2

YOG

Singapore is hosting the YOG games for the very first time.

Log on to this website for more information.



Photo courtesy: http://www.singapore2010.sg/public/sg2010/en.html

James and the Giant Peach

Click here for an online quiz on James and the Giant Peach.

Alliteration

Alliteration is the use of the same consonant sounds in words that are near each other. It is the sound, not the letter, that is important: therefore ‘candy’ and ‘Cindy’ do not alliterate, but ‘cool’ and ‘kids’ do.

Betty Botter by Mother Goose

Betty Botter bought some butter,
but, she said, the butter’s bitter;
if I put it in my batter
it will make my batter bitter,
but a bit of better butter
will make my batter better.So she bought a bit of butter
better than her bitter butter,
and she put it in her batter
and the batter was not bitter.
So ’twas better Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter.

Try this out.

Homonyms

Homonyms are words that are pronounced the same, but have different meaning. For example, "to" and "two".

Try out the following activities:

Activity 1

Activity 2

How did you fare?

Idioms

We learned a few idioms today.

Here are a few more for you to try out:
Activity 1

Activity 2

Enjoy!

Order of Adjectives

Adjectives are describing words. If I say "John is playing with a blue ball." then the word "blue" describes the colour of the ball.

Write a poem by repeating the first line but each time adding another adjective.

For example:

On my way to the zoo I saw a bear.
It was a brown bear.
It was an ugly, brown bear
It was a wild, ugly, brown bear
It was an angry, wild, ugly, brown bear
It was a hungry, angry, wild, ugly, brown bear
It was an escaped, hungry, angry, wild, ugly, brown bear
And it wanted to eat me!

Now create your own start sentence and get creative (If you’re stuck, use the sentence about John)

4A appreciates poetry

Try this funny poem by yourself or with your partner : The New Adventures of Yankee Doodle

How did you find this activity?

Type in your comments.
- Name one thing you could do.
- Name one thing you found it hard to do

Here is another funny poem for you to enjoy:

What I’d Cook for My Teacher (rhyming poem)
by Bruce Lansky

If I cooked hot lunch for my teacher, (A)
I would start out with rattlesnake stew. (B)
Then I’d serve her a centipede salad (C)
And a tall glass of milk mixed with glue(B)
Next, a seaweed and jellyfish sandwich (D)
For dessert, an a-chooberry pie.(E)
When my teacher finds out what she’s eaten, (F)
I hope the old bat doesn’t die! (E)

Which lines in the poem describe things that are impossibly silly?
Write your answers in the comments.

Welcome Back

Welcome back to Term 3!

I hope you had a fruitful holiday with your family and friends.

Remember to bring your working thermometers on Wednesday, 30th June.

Sports Day

LJ to Chinatown

My apologies for the long-overdue pictures...

Accolades

Congratulations to the following pupils for their hard work:

Ifa (Peraduan Kuiz Peringkat Sekolah Rendah 2010)

Aleeza (Tok Selampit Riang Ria Competition)

CME project on Sentosa

Inline Skating

Fencing

eBooks

Dear Pupils,

Some time ago, you created an eBook using the software, Koobits.

Here are the links to your proud pieces:

Afiq
Amanda
Caleb
Kai Xuan
Darwin
Dinesha
Estella
Eunos
Felicia L

Felicia P
Shi Xiang
Yu Heng
Hui Zhen
Ifa
Izmir
Jerome
Jia Min
Joycelyn
Kai Wen
Aleeza
Jing Qing
Jing Ying
Qalisya
Rachel
Rashidee
Roebhic
Shirene
Jackson
Yie Ling
Yu Yun
Zandra

NAPFA

The National Physical Fitness Award Scheme (NAPFA) is a test of physical fitness for Singaporeans as part of Singapore's Sports For Life programme. NAPFA was launched in January 1982 as a standardised assessment of overall fitness for the general population and to stimulate interest in physical fitness

NAPFA involves a series of five stations and a 1.6-km Walk-Run for primary school students.

The test items are:

1. Sit-ups: Maximum in one minute
2. Standing Broad Jump: Better of two distances
3. Sit and Reach: Better of two attempts with floating zero point
4. Inclined Pull-ups: Maximum in half-a-minute
5. Shuttle Run: Faster of two 4×10 metre attempts
6. 1.6-km Walk-Run: Minimum time on firm and level surface

* Information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Physical_Fitness_Award

Here are some pictures:

-tion or -sion?

Which suffix should you use?

Try this out: Activity 1

Congratulations!

A big thank you to all who submitted their Haiku some time ago.

The judges have selected a few outstanding entries to be sent to the JAL Foundation, Tokyo. And Kai Wen's haiku is one of these entries.

Congratulations, Kai Wen! Keep up your good effort.

Other words for 'said'

Click here for more 'said' words

Unit 4 - Grammar (Phrasal Verbs)

Here is a list of Phrasal Verbs

And take the following quiz.

Unit 4 - Grammar (Ways to show possession)

There are many ways to show possession or that something belongs to a person or a thing.

1. Possessive Pronouns (e.g. mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs)
Activity 1

2. Possessive Adjectives (e.g. my, your, his, her, our, their, its)
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3

3. Apostrophe ('s)
Activity 1
Activity 2

4. "of" can be used to show possession too.
The son of Raja Chulan = Raja Chulan's son

Apostrophe or of? Try this exercise.

Learning Journey to Science Centre

Today, the class went on a Learning Journey at the Singapore Science Centre.

It was a fruitful day. The children learned about heat and temperature.

Happy Holidays!

Hi boys and girls,

The holidays have started. Do use this time to relax, recharge, read and enjoy yourselves.

Here is a recap of the English assignments:

1. Quiz WS
2. VCP Pg 7 WS 6
3. Journal Writing (An Interesting Article)

For your journal writing, I would like you to cut out a short article from a newspaper or magazine. It should be an article that you have found interesting.

Tell me:

1. What is the article about?
2. Why did you like the article?

Till then, have a good holiday!

Compound Words

Compound words are words that are made up of two or more words.

For example: butter + fly = butterfly.

Here is an activity for you to try out.

Have fun!

Connectors that tell 'when'

Some connectors that tell the time are "as", "while", "when", "since"

A. Same-time events (when, while)

1. "when" introduces an activity that
a) is a short interruption,
b) occurs immediately after another activity.

E.g. When the bell rang, the pupils lined up for recess.

2. "while" introduces an activity:
a) of longer duration
b) that occurs during or at the same time as another activity.

E.g. While he was talking on the phone, he was scribbling on a piece of paper.

In the above example, "talking" is an activity of longer duration.

B. Since
The connector "since" shows "from that to this moment"

E.g. I have known John since Kindergarten.

Try the following practice.

Oral Presentation

Hi Children,

I will not be with you tomorrow, Thursday, 4th March. I am attending a full-day workshop.

However, here are some pointers for your oral presentation on Friday:

1. Are you able to captivate your audience with a good introduction?
2. Are you able to give some interesting facts about your chosen animal?
3. Have you rehearsed your speech?
4. Are you able to deliver the presentation without looking / reading from the PowerPoint slides?
5. Are you able to speak loudly, clearly and distinctly?

Try your best.

All the best :)

Book Week - Acrostic Poem

What is an acrostic poem?

An acrostic poem uses the letters in a topic word to begin each line. All lines of the poem should relate to or describe the topic word.

Here is an example:

Poems
On books
Especially
Made by P4A
Students

This year, the theme is "Books". Can you think of an acrostic poem related to books? For example, you can write an acrostic poem on your favourite character, favourite book title, etc.

Get started here.

Rainbow Day

Did you enjoy the items put up for Rainbow Day? Which one(s) did you enjoy most, and why?

CNY 2010

On Friday 12th February, the school celebrated Chinese New Year and commemorated Total Defence Day, too.

I'll let the pictures do the talking... Enjoy :)

Make a Smilebox free photo album

Unit 3 – Fossils and Dinosaurs (revisited)

In groups of 4 – 5, pupils filled up a KWL chart.

While on the W column, they were curious and wondered about fossils and dinosaurs. They had numerous questions:

1) How do palaentologist get the dinosaur skeleton to stand up?
2) How long does it take scientists to find the dinosaur fossils?
3) What was the first dinosaur to live on earth?
4) Why did the dinosaurs become extinct?
5) How many types of dinosaurs were there long ago?
6) What is the weight of the largest dinosaur?
7) Why are dinosaurs named as such?
8) How do scientists know whether dinosaurs eat plants or meat? (we read about this in our Homework book)
9) How do dinosaurs sleep?

Some of the above questions were not answered in the textbook.

Were you able to find answers to some of your questions from other sources?

Here’s a website for you to get started.

Unit 3 - Fossils and Dinosaurs

Have you ever wondered how the dinosaurs lived and died millions of years ago?

Through the process of fossilisation, the history of dinosaurs was reconstructed. Click here for more information on fossilisation.

OEP

After being in an air-conditioned room for 4 weeks, it was time to hit the outdoors.

OEP stands for Outdoor Education Programme. Therefore, 4A pupils were eager to start a new activity. They were anticipating the new activity to be ‘skating’. Sad to say that skating may be for another time.

Nonetheless, they were thrilled to learn that they were going to pitch a tent! Despite the hot sun and itchy grass, they did not complain much.

They were engrossed by Mr Ali’s briefing.



The girls at work






The boys at work…




Tempers did not flare. No accidents occurred on the field. 4 nice tents stood erect on the field. And 4A pupils showed great team-spirit and teamwork.

Way to go!

Unit 2 - Diaries

In Unit 2, we talked about keeping diaries.

There was once a famous girl who died young but her legend lives on - that is through her diary entries. Yes, I'm talking about Anne Frank. Here is a website on Anne Frank.

Here's another cool and wacky diary for you to read: Diary of a Wimpy Kid!

So which one did you enjoy?

Our classmates' blogs

For the past 3 weeks, 4A pupils have learned how to blog. They created their own blogs, customised their blog headers, and uploaded some images, and self-made videos and PowerPoint presentations.

Here are a few of them:

1. Denver


2. Shirene


3. Rachel


4. Jing Ying


5. Natalie


6. Yu Heng


7. Zandra


8. Darwin


9. Yun Jing


10. Felicia P.


11. Felicia L.


12. Dean


13. Kai Xuan


14. Joycelyn


15. Aleeza


16. Nadiah


17. Yu Yun


18. Izmir

Information Report

For our first unit together, 4A pupils learned about the text type, Information Report. They went home and did some research on their chosen rainforest animal.

The following day, they gathered into their respective groups for discussion. They sieved out relevant details to include in their report.



Each member helped to do the write-up.





Finally, the presentation…

Fitness Friday

This morning, dark clouds seemed to forecast an impending downpour. Soon enough, it rained heavily.

But the pupils did not miss out on their Fitness Friday!

They exercised in the classroom ... to the video of "Witch Doctor".

See them in action:

Animal names as verbs

We can use the names of some animals as verbs to talk about a person's behaviour. Such verbs remind us of the habits and features of a particular animal.

For example: to crow means to boast.

Can you think of other animals whose names can also be used as verbs?

Here is a short quiz for you to try out: Animals as verbs

Buddy Leaders

I would also like to commend the following pupils for taking the effort to find out more about their buddies:

1. Nadia and Ifa
2. Rashidee
3. Izmir
4. Ximenez and Yang Zhi
5. Jerome and Darwin
6. Zandra
7. Peng Jing Ying
8. Peng Jing Qing

After careful deliberation, the Best Buddy Leaders' Award goes to ... Nadia and Ifa!

Congratulations!

Dragon's Teeth Gate

Dragon's Teeth Gate, also known as Long Ya Men, served as a navigational guide to help sailors and traders.

It was located near the present site of Labrador Park, in the south of Singapore.

Here is a replica of the Dragon's Teeth Gate which was put up in 2005.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Ya_Men

Collective Nouns

"Collective nouns" is the name used for a group of things.

Here is an activity for you to try out.

Dictation

Hi pupils,

As mentioned in class today, please read Pg 6 of your English textbook.
I will dictate part of the text to you on Monday, 18th January.

Some tips:
1) Do not memorise the text.
2) Learn how to spell words that you find difficult or words that are new to you.

Have a good weekend.

Direct and indirect Objects

Hi P4A,

Try your hands at these quizzes:

Direct Objects

Indirect Objects

How did you fare?

Sloths

Hi children,

Today, we have learned some interesting facts on sloths.

Click here for more information.

Class Decoration

A big 'thank you' to all the parents and pupils who helped transform our classroom into a cool Antarctica.

Here are some pictures:

Welcome

Welcome back to school!

Hope you had a good holiday and feeling recharged and eager for the new year ahead.

A warm welcome to our 4 new pupils: Ximenez, Caleb, Jackson and Denver.