Feb-Mar 2014
Math: Rounding numbers with decimals.
Learning about decimal places.
Learning about decimal places.
Week 11 - 11th to 15th Nov
Math: Dividing two fractions
General Studies: We finished Book 6 - Exploring The Solar System.
Here are some diagrams that represent the Solar and Lunar Eclipses and also the phases of the Moon:
General Studies: We finished Book 6 - Exploring The Solar System.
Here are some diagrams that represent the Solar and Lunar Eclipses and also the phases of the Moon:
Week 9 and 10 28th Oct to 6th Nov
In General Studies, we learnt about our Solar System and the movement of the Earth.
In Math, we learnt to divide a fraction by a whole whole number.
In English, we learnt to use the First Conditional in future tense.
In Math, we learnt to divide a fraction by a whole whole number.
In English, we learnt to use the First Conditional in future tense.
This image is useful to help familiarize with the vocabulary related to division!
Divisor - The number that is dividing
Dividend - The number that is being divided
Quotient - The answer to the division
Remainder - What is left over after the division.
Divisor - The number that is dividing
Dividend - The number that is being divided
Quotient - The answer to the division
Remainder - What is left over after the division.
Week 8 - 21st - 25th Oct
Reading: Wide Range Reader - We read the story The Great Fire, based on the Great Fire of London.
Grammar focus: Adjectives and Adverbs: Try the quiz here:
Grammar focus: Adjectives and Adverbs: Try the quiz here:
General Studies: The Ancient history of China - We learnt the different dynasties of China. We also looked at the present China. The students are working on projects to make their own poster on their chosen Dynasty / war / the timeline of Chinese Dynasties. Here are some timelines and maps to get more information:
Week 7 - 15th - 18th Oct
Math: We learnt to make and interpret a Bar Graph.
Ancient Chinese History: In general studies we have started learning about the different dynasties in China and its ancient history.
Click on the picture to view the timeline of the various dynasties of ancient China.
Click on the picture to view the timeline of the various dynasties of ancient China.
English: We learnt to build a present perfect tense sentence and questions.
Here is an interesting website to know the past participles for irregular verbs:
http://www.myenglishteacher.net/irregular_verbs.html
Here is an interesting website to know the past participles for irregular verbs:
http://www.myenglishteacher.net/irregular_verbs.html
Week 6 - 7th to 11th Oct
In Math, we have started multiplying decimals with whole numbers.
You can watch a really good video here that teaches how to multiply a decimal with a whole number:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ4KI0pv4Fk
You can watch a really good video here that teaches how to multiply a decimal with a whole number:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ4KI0pv4Fk
Week 5 - 30th Sept to 4th Oct 2013
General Studies - Ethnic Groups in China
We have completed learning about the different ethnic groups in China. The students are now working on a project to research and make a poster on any one of the ethnic groups of China. They will present their poster on Thursday, 10th Oct. The students are still planning and researching about their chosen group. Well done all!
Math - 3 D Shapes
We know the different 3D shapes - pyramids, prisms, cones, cylinder, spheres, cubes and cuboids.
English
In the English Language book, we learnt about the water cycle; past tense and past continuous tense. We also built words using the suffix -tion (station, direction, fraction, ...) and read the story of Hercules.
Week 3
English - The Quest
We have started the Macmillan English Language Book! We are reading the first story, The Quest.
General Studies - Location of China
We have started learning about the location and relief of China from the New General Studies book 5 - A Visit To China
Click here to play an online game and learn more about the different provinces of China.
Here is the power point presentation of the lesson :
Click here to play an online game and learn more about the different provinces of China.
Here is the power point presentation of the lesson :
locationofchina.pps | |
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Addition of decimals
Today we started with adding decimal numbers.
Remember to line up the decimal points!
Remember to line up the decimal points!
The Lucky Nail
We read the first story, The Lucky Nail, from the Wide Range Reader Green Book 5.
The students worked on literacy cards after reading the story.
The students worked on literacy cards after reading the story.