Dear 4B

Dear 4B,

happy holidays!!

I must say that I'm extremely impressed with the amount of effort put in the gifts and cards made for me for Teachers' Day. You really remembered not to buy any expensive gifts and made interesting gifts & cards from recycled items - full marks for effort and creativity :)...Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I must also thank your parents for supporting this - thank you Parents of 4B!

"The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist."
- Maria Montessori-
In 4B, I'm glad to see more and more of you taking the initiative to find out more about things you are learning about, going beyond the textbook and more importantly learning to share your thoughts with others. I'm happy to see postings on KF, to see you all excited for your Natural Disasters presentation (which we will have in Term 4!). Please keep your love for learning alive!

For this week,

- Your assignments are on mconline (please log into complete your EL& Maths assignments)
- Revise the topics done this term
-BONUS: I've always started a "SEP 2013" social learning wall (mconline-> social learning wall) and have posted an interesting article very relevant to our current theme for English

I'm in the midst of compiling your writing pieces for our school's Every Child A Writer publication - so if you would like a particular piece of yours to be included or have a poem/any other piece of work you would like to share , please email it to me by this THURSDAY (priya.endeavours@gmail.com). Those of you without email accounts, please use your mconline account.

Happy holidays! Please inform your fellow 4B friends to check this blogpost in case some of them forget to.

Take care my dear 4B. Rest well & have fun!

Love,
Ms Priya :)

English Assignment

Dear 4B,

here are your assignments for this weekend! (Read the entire post slowly so that you know what exactly needs to be done;).

1. Log into KF and continue building on and posting notes on the 2 views for Natural Disasters.

2.  Unit 9 LS
   (a) Please do your corrections for LS 9.6. The correct answers are as follows:

        1. Neither Tom nor Kim is going to school.
        
        2. My mother can cook very well, however, she does not know how to sew.

        3. I like English but dislike Mathematics.

        4. We could go either shopping or for a swim.

    (b) Find out why the sentences were joined this way. Am I following a particular grammar or punctuation rule?

      For example, as discussed in class,
      
     1. Neither Tom nor Kim is going to school.

Explanation: For sentences with "neither-nor" or "either-or",  the verb normally agrees with the second noun, not the total number of people or animals in the sentence.
(When we say the verb agrees, we mean to say that if the noun is singular, the verb will also be singular and if the noun is plural, the verb will also be plural)

So, can you challenge yourself and find the rules that would best explain answers for Qns 2-5?
You can use the Grammar Guide or online (reliable) sources!

Have fun ;)

P.S.  I seem to hear more coughs and sniffles these days (myself included :)). Please take good care of your health. Drink lots of water and rest!

See you on Monday 4B!

Love,
Ms Priya :)

Note...

Dear All,
I have been having some issues with our Knowledge Forum database ,
Hence no new views have been created for the theme natural disasters- sorry abt that.. Thank you for being patient :)

Love,
Ms Priya :)

Hello:)

Dear 4B,
I hope you can log into KF on Friday to post your thoughts about our current KB topic on natural disasters... I will create a separate view for you tomorrow. So please log in from Friday onwards ok?:)
I would like to give a special mention to active KF contributors like Xander, Yen Shyuan and Muqsen who usually share loads of facts and ask interesting questions.
I hope all of us can have fun asking and building on theories for the theme of natural disasters...
Have a restful week and do revise the topics we have been covering :)

Love,
Ms Priya

Thank you 4B:)

Dear 4B,

Thank you and good job once again on your Rainbow Day performance!
You did great this week and I am proud of all of you :).
I will post the videos of the performances once I get the links :).

Yesterday , we started on our KB lesson on Games and I hope you enjoyed yourselves during the games segment as well as the lesson. I know I enjoyed playing "Blow, Wind, Blow" with you ;).

We will be going into KF next week to explore this theme further.
Meanwhile, please try logging in to KF to see if you have any problems accessing.
Do also think about any questions or areas you would like to find out more with regards to games.

Have a great weekend!

Love,
Ms Priya :)

Take care!

Dear 4B,
The haze condition is really bad... So while u are enjoying the holidays, do remember to stay indoors as much as possible and stay healthy! See u guys soon!

Love,
Ms Priya :)

Upper Primary Sports Day 2013 -23 May 2013

Weather was great...
Laidback and cheerful atmosphere at Woodlands Stadium..
Adrenaline pumped pupils ready to give their best for the races their in...
Chanting their friends' names and classes to spur pupils on...
But my favourite moment of all was this period of time where the medals had been given out and one of us was very upset about not receiving the medal.
The class tried their best to cheer their fellow friend up- it was the sweetest thing I've seen 4B done for their peer... So proud of u guys!!
Thank u parents for making the effort to come as well!


Have a good weekend!!
Love,
Ms Priya:)