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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Great job on the sponsored walk!
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Sponsored Walk for Water Aid tomorrow (Thursday)
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- Bring a hat.
- Bring a packed lunch and a bottle of water.
- Put sun screen on at home.
- Wear your PE kit and comfortable, sensible shoes for walking.
- Bring a sensible amount of money for an ice cream if you want one.
Come to school at the usual time for lining up at 8:00am. After registration we will go to assembly, and then we will board the buses to go to Mishref track. Following the walk we will go on the buses to Mishref park where we will eat our packed lunches and buy an ice cream if we want one. Finally we will return to school in time for part of the Arabic lesson and the remainder of the day's other lessons.
Science: different kinds of skeleton
Maths: column subtraction
Literacy: evidence about characters
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Literacy: looking at characters
Maths: expanded subtraction
Monday, March 26, 2012
Maths: subtraction
Homework is to revise last week's work on decimals using the sheet I gave you. Enjoy doing your homework.
Literacy: answers to comprehension questions
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Literacy: reading a story from history
Question 8 is quite hard. It means: When Beatrice asks Soames if children died in the factory, what does that tell you about the way she is thinking? Has she changed her mind about the boy?
Maths: subtraction
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Art: drawing moving people
Topic: Food and Farming
Literacy and Maths today
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Literacy: persuasive writing
- an introduction which says what the discussion is about, and asks questions to get the reader interested;
- a paragraph that gives all the arguments FOR whatever it is, with at least two sentences for each point;
- a paragraph that gives all the arguments AGAINST whatever it is, with at least two sentences for each point; and
- a conclusion, which asks the reader which side they are on, and may say which side you are on.
Try to use connectives like moreover, additionally, however, also.
Look back at our recent persuasive writing lessons on the class website to help you prepare. You can find them by scrolling down and looking on the right side of the blog page.
Maths: decimals
Science: comparing skeletons
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Literacy: writing a balanced argument
Maths: using decimals
Monday, March 19, 2012
Maths: using decimals
If you want to, you can practise the decimal sorting activity at home. Here it is.
Literacy: writing a balanced argument
The first paragraph is the INTRODUCTION where we say what the discussion is about, and ask some interesting questions.
The second paragraph contains the points FOR homework. Each point should have at least two sentences. The first sentence says what the point is. The second sentence backs up the point, to make people see that it is a good point. Example: Homework helps us to learn better. If we revise what we have done in a lesson, in the peace and quiet of our home, the learning stays in our minds and we do not forget it so easily.
The third paragraph contains the points AGAINST homework. Again, each point should have at least two sentences. Example: Homework can sometimes confuse us. If we are practising a new way of doing something, the teacher is not there to help us at home, and when other people show us different ways of doing things it can make us feel unsure.
The last paragraph contains the CONCLUSION. Example: After thinking carefully about the points for and against homework, I conclude that I ..... (say which side you are on, and why).
We will finish our writing in class.
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Literacy: reading comprehension
We went through our homework answers to the comprehension questions about Raman and the rocking horse. If we had read well, we could find the answers to the questions easily. The students who performed best were those who had:
- listened to instructions when the homework was set;
- answered in complete sentences with ALL the information needed;
- not copied blocks of writing from the text, and
- read carefully, more than once, before trying to answer.
Maths: how do we think we are doing?
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Literacy: writing a balanced argument
At home please do the comprehension exercise on page 12 of the JE2 book. Answer in complete sentences. Make sure your answers do not begin with because. Remember: a sari is a long, brightly coloured piece of clothing worn by women in India.
Science: how muscles work in pairs
Maths: time problems
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Maths: telling the time
At home please do the digital times on sheet 74. Don't forget am and pm. Enjoy doing your homework.
Literacy: persuasive writing
Monday, March 12, 2012
Don't forget your coins tomorrow (Tuesday)
What a terrific trip we had!
Maths: telling the time
- Decide if the minute hand is on the TO or PAST side of the clock.
- If it is TO, count how many minutes TO the top of the clock. If it is PAST, count how many minutes PAST the top of the clock the minute hand is.
- If it is TO, look which hour the hour hand is going TO. If it is PAST, look which hour the hour hand has gone PAST.
Check out the examples on the board shown above. You can practise time activities here.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Maths: writing times using am and pm
At home please do NHM page 86 question 1 only (parts a to i). Enjoy doing your homework and be sure to get it all right.
Topic: food from around the world
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Literacy homework: both sides of an argument
Maths week: finishing our games and designing posters
We also tried the Towers of Hanoi game online. Click here to play the game at home.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Maths homework: tables
Science: bones of the body
Maths: towards finishing our board games
We also had a race to choose the fastest and most accurate 4H student at times tables, to enter Mrs Campbell's special Maths Week Final. Well done Othman for being the fastest in 4H to get all the answers right.
Literacy: putting both sides of an argument
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Literacy: persuasive writing
At home please look at what we wrote in our literacy books. You can also find it on the board above. Think about what would be written in an argument about school uniform. What reasons can you think of that school uniform is a GOOD thing? What reasons can you think of that school uniform is a BAD thing? There is no need to write anything. Make sure you have plenty of good ideas in your head ready for the next literacy lesson.
Maths: World Maths Day
Remember World Maths Day starts today. All your online practice scores have been set to zero. Don't forget to go online using your login and play as many games as you can (maximum 50). Let's get as many NES students on the leader board as possible!
Monday, March 5, 2012
Maths Week
At home please practise your skills on the Maths Day website. Click here to get there. You have your own login and password.
Don't forget to bring 100 fils coins to school, so you can take part in the guessing game competitions at first break. All the money goes to Water Aid.
Sunday, March 4, 2012
Maths: designing our own board games
At home please think of five maths questions and write them, with their answers, in your maths book. Include shape and measurement questions as well as number questions. Tomorrow we will continue to design and make our board games.