Spelling: Week 8

Copy and define the following words in your Spelling and Dictation books.

1. obliged
2. apologized
3. stooped
4. lobbed
5. congratulations
6. chorused
7. skidded
8. chamber
9. examiner
10. petitioners
11. oath
12. enrich
13. allegiance
14. citizenship
15. outstretched

Vocabulary: Week 7

Use the words from week 6's Spelling List and the definitions you did in class. Write your own sentence using each word. If a word has more than one meaning choose one of the meanings to write the sentence.

Upcoming Dates

Dear Parents,

Just a quick note to give you some of the dates to look out for in the future.

23/3 Tuesday: Science Test: Chapter 10 (Class Test)
24/3 Wednesday: Math Test: Chapter 14 (Class Test)
12/4 Monday: Math Test: Chapter 15 (Homework Test)
14/4 Wednesday: Science Test: Chapter 11 (Open Book)
15/4 Thursday: Science Test: Unit D: Chapter 10 & 11 (Class Test)
17/4 Sports Day

Stay warm and healthy!

Regards,
Ms. Barry

Spelling :Week 6

Copy the following list of words into your Spelling and Dictation books. Skip a line in between each word to add definitions at a later stage.

1. arrangements
2. gathering
3. great-uncle
4. aunt
5. cousin
6. nephew
7. niece
8. homestead
9. taper
10. persisted
11. baptismal
12. pitches in
13. reunion
14. satisfaction
15. reassured
16. limbs
17. faded
18. aromas
19. murmured
20. drumroll

Spelling: Week 5

1. biodegradable
2. condensation
3. conservation
4. evaporation
5. fossil fuel
6. humus
7. coke
8. natural resource
9. nonrenewable resource
10. pollutant
11. pollution
12. precipitation
13. renewable resource
14. soil profile
15. topsoil
16. borrow
17. lend
18. glaring
19. eager
20. February

Upcoming Dates

Dear Parents,

Here are some of the upcoming dates. A reminder that these dates are based on estimated completion of our work. It may happen that we take a day or two longer than planned to complete work and then I would need to postpone the initial test date. We try our best, however, to avoid that.

25/2 Thursday: Math Test: Chapter 12 (Class Test)
1/3 Monday: Oral Presentations: Newspaper Reports
3/3 Wednesday: Science Test: Chapter 9(Class Test)
5/3 Friday: Science Test: Unit C Test: Chapters 8 and 9 (Open Book)
10/3 Wednesday: Math Test: Chapter 13 (Class Test)

Here are some of the pictures from our baking experience, just before the Chinese New Year break. We had some fun looking at the difference between Conventional Oven Baking and Microwave Oven Baking.

Hsin Nien Kai Le; Gung Syi Fa Tsai

I would like to make use of this opportunity to wish you all of the best for the coming Chinese New Year. “Hsin Nien Kai Le; Gung Syi Fa Tsai”. This year Sunday 14 February is also a special red day, as it falls on Valentine’s Day!
Happy Valentine’s Day to you all! I trust you will all have a very pleasant break and enjoy your time spent with family or friends.

As you may know, students have a News project to work on, which will coincide with their next Oral Presentation.

I have given students a demonstration of what it is they would need to do. Students are to use the 4 pages they have been provided with, to complete the following tasks. Here is a summary for reference:

Newspaper
Look through your local newspaper. Cut out five items of information which interest you. Sort these items into local, national or international news. Briefly summarize your item or explain why you chose each item.
Please do not place more than 2 items per page. Try and group the items together according to groups, above.

Television
Watch a news program and write five news items which have been of interest to you. Are they local, national or international? What was the topic of each item?

Radio
Listen to a news broadcast on a radio station. Make a list of three news items. Describe what each item was about. Was it local, national or international?

The project will be due on Monday, 1 March.

Enjoy the cooler weather and the wonderful rain!

Ms. Barry