Topic: Reflections on moral values (you are free to choose your own moral value to work on)

Reflections on value of integrity - Honesty

·         Definition of honesty/ What does it mean to be honest?

·         Why is it important to be honest? What consequences and effects would there be if we are not honest?

·         Various instances/ examples where honesty is important and the reason why we should uphold honesty.

·         How will you feel if you encountered dishonest people and were cheated by their dishonesty? Remember, it could be a family member, a close friend or even a stranger.

·         What are some exceptions when we should not be honest?

·         What should be the right way to do things then?

·         Conclusion

Reflections on Resilience/ Perseverance

·         Definition of being resilient/ What does it mean to be resilient?

·         Why is it important to be resilient?

·         Various instances/ examples where resilience is important and the reason why we should continue to persevere. What consequences and effects would there be if we do not persevere?

·         Cite example/ examples of people who show resilience and have achieved success from it. (Facts and figures as evidence)

·         How about yourself? Give an instance where you persevered and achieved results.

·         Elaborate on what you have learnt from this experience of being resilient?

·         Conclusion?

• If you have completed your work, save it on your desktop and send to tt_loh@yahoo.om
• If you have not completed your work, save it on your desktop and email back to yourself to continue working on it over the weekends.

Further reading for your reflections on animal cruelty

Assignment: Write a personal reflection of your views on animal cruelty. (Wednesday)

Outline:

-Define what is animal cruelty/ What do you think animal cruelty is all about. (1 small paragraph)

-What is happening in the world around us on animal cruelty. Facts and figures (numbers/ statistics) (1-2 paragraphs)

****-What are your views on animal cruelty. How would you feel if you are the animal. (1 paragraph)**** (Then how about killing of animals for food? Is that considered cruelty? Why and why not?)

****-What can you and your friends do to prevent and stop animal cruelty. (1 paragraph)****

Instructions

Your word font and size should be: Times New Roman, Font Size 12, Double Spacing, at least 200 words.

1) Send it in to tt_loh@yahoo.com, OR

2) Print it out OR

3) Simply write it on normal foolscap paper.

Remember to quote your references, be it website or books that you've referred to.

Here are some good sources of debates about animal cruelty. Are we right or wrong to kill them for food? Should they be given the freedom to live? If so, then what should humans feed on to survive? How can we keep the balance between having enough food and yet be humane towards the animals?


Is it right for us humans to kill them for food. Is that considered cruelty?
http://debatepedia.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Animal_rights#Food-source:_Should_animals_have_rights_preventing_their_consumption.3F

Is bull-fighting considered a form of animal abuse?
http://debatepedia.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Bullfighting

Is it acceptable for us humans to conduct testings on animals in laboratories?
http://debatepedia.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Animal_testing

Is it alright to hunt for sports?
http://debatepedia.idebate.org/en/index.php/Debate:_Hunting_for_sport

Challenging Math problem sums

Repost with permission from Miss Alexis Tung's class blog.

Dear 4F pupils,

Please try out the questions and check your answers against the answer key found at the end of the blog post. Questions 1-5 for Day 1 (Thursday 16 August) and questions 6-16 for Day 2 (Friday 17 August). If you are unable to solve the question, then you may refer to the video link for explanation.

Once you are done with these 16 sums, please proceed to LMS learning portal. There are some English, Math and Sci lessons set for you as extra revision. This is new, I've not announced to you just now in class. Do not worry about not being able to complete the LMS homework. You have up till Thursday to complete everything in LMS.


1) The number of turtles is 1/6 the number of dogs. The total number of cows and dogs is 136. The total number of cows and turtles is 76. How many cows are there?
Solution

2) Two different numbers were written on the board. Paul added them while Mike subtracted the small number from the big one. The difference in their answers was 76. If the big number was 56 more than the small number, what is the bigger number?
Solution

3) Fred has $12 more than Dave. If Dave gives $3 to Fred, Dave will have 3/4 of Fred's money. How much do they have altogether?
Solution

4) Ben has 3 times as much savings as Dave. Aaron has $50 less than Dave. They have a total of $1650. How much must Ben give to Aaron so that both will have the same amount?
Solution

5) If Jack gave $400 to Fred, they will have the same amount of money. However, Jack decided to give more to Fred. In the end, Fred had $570 more than Jack. What is the total amount that Jack give Fred?
Solution

6) 9/11 of the fruits are oranges, the rest are apples. How many apples are there if there are 2871 oranges?
Solution

7) Ethan and Dave had the same amount of money. After Ethan gave $31 to Dave, Dave had 3 times as much money as Ethan. How much did Dave have in the end?
Solution

8) A packet of guavas has a mass of 1.4kg. A packet of apples has a mass of 0.6kg. 5 more packets of guavas than apples were sold. The total mass of both fruits sold is 11kg. How many packets of guavas are sold?
Solution


9) How many hundreds must be added to 6000 to make 24 000?

10) 34 is added to a mystery number. The result is multiplied by 3. After that 23 is subtracted. The final value is 292. What is the mystery number at the beginning?

11) What is the sum of all the common factors of 10 and 18?

12) Bell A rings every 8 minutes. Bell B rings every 2 minutes. If both bells ring together at 8.46 p.m, when will they ring together again?

13) A pack of 4 pens costs $19. A pack of 8 files cost $14. Wayne wants to buy an equal number of pens and files. What is the least amount that he must pay?

14) There are 4 times as many girls as boys at a fair. How many children are there altogether if there are 3256 girls?

15) A table and 2 chairs cost $432. The table costs 4 times as much as a chiar. Find the cost of a table.

16) 9 ties and 6 shirts cost $534. A tie cost $6 more than a short. Find the cost of a tie.

ANSWERS
1) 64 COWS
2) BIGGER NUMBER: 94,  SMALLER NUMBER: 38
3) TOTAL: 126, FRED: 69, DAVE: 57
4) $365
5) $685
6) 638 apples
7) $93
8) 7 packets
9) 180 hundreds
10) 71
11) 3
12) 8.54 p.m.
13) $52
14) 4070 children
15) $288
16) $38

Here you go, the whole song:

Doe a Deer

C-D-E-C-E-C-E,

D-E-F-F-E-D-F,

E-F-G-E-G-E-G,

F-G-A-A-G-F-A,

G-C-D-E-F-G-A,

A-D-E-F-G-A-B,

B-E-F-G-A-B-C,

 C-B-A-F-B-G-C-A-F-D-C

Have fun practising on your recorder!

Love,

Miss Loh

Dear 4F,

Here are the first 2 lines of the recorder notes to Doe-A-Deer:

C-D-E-C-E-C-E,

D-E-F-F-E-D-F,

Will be uploading more lines next week. :)

Miss Loh

Dearest 4F pupils,

Mdm Lee will officially take over from tomorrow for the next 7 weeks. Don't worry, Miss Loh will still sit around at the back of the classroom for the time being. Do approach me if you have any problems, I'll be there to help should you have difficulties with the lesson. Don't be afraid to approach me... I know I look fierce at times...haha... But that's just the kind of face I am born with so I can't help it! See you all in class! :)

Love,
Miss Loh

Hi 4F dearies,

Here are the explanations of common science terms/words that you may possibly encounter in your worksheets/tests.

variables = conditions
Change variables = conditions that can be changed.
Constant/ Fixed variables = conditions that are NOT changed at all.

e.g

Pot A: watered daily, adequate sunlight, airy place.
Pot B: watered daily, no sunlight (dark cupboard), airy place.

What is the change variable in this case? __________________________ (scroll down for answers)
And what are the fixed variables here? ____________________________(scroll down for answers)


Also, you can go to this web link to find out for yourself how changing the variables can cause the plant to grow differently. have fun!

URL: http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/factors_plant_growth/eng/Introduction/MainSessionPart2.htm

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change variable: amount of sunlight
fixed variable: amount of water and air

Class Assignment: Write a letter to Jeremy Lim

Assignment:

1) Go to http://www.jeremylim.com/home/about-me and read up about Jeremy Lim, the boy who never give up, whom we learnt about on Wednesday's FTGP. You can also explore his other posts.

2) Write a letter to Jeremy on the colour paper given to you on Friday.

Points that you could include in your letter:

-Why are you writing a letter to him? (Please don't write that it's because Miss Loh asked you to. Just give a reason that you think motivates you to write to him) 

-Tell him something about yourself

-Share your feelings with him about how you felt after reading his blog

-How would you have felt if you were Jeremy.

-Ask him any questions that you are curious to know.

- What do you think you've learnt from him

Please elaborate on the points and feel free to inlcude as many other points that are relevant. Please also put your heart into this writing and not give me just a few skimpy sentences which do not reflect much thought on your part.

Submission date: Tuesday 14 Feb 2012

Here below is a sample letter that Miss Loh wrote to Mr Tan Chin Chye, who has left us earlier on this week. In this, I am a 12-year-old girl by the name of Ruby. Use this as an example on what are the things you could include to Jeremy.

Dear Mr Tan Chin Chye,

I am greatly saddened by your demise. Yet I am glad because it is because of your passing away that I got to know such a great person like you who helped build Singapore into what it is today. Without you, Singapore would not be free and prosperous like now, where everyone has a place to call his own. I still remember the riots that I read about in the history textbooks which tells of Singapore’s turbulent (troubled) past. I am curious to know how it feels like in your position, to see Singapore change from a tiny and weak country to what it is right now. Did you feel stressful having to create jobs in Singapore when we were first separated from Malaysia? Did you cry like Mr Lee Kuan Yew did when he announced the news to fellow Singaporeans over the television? I would really like to find out about all these but I reckon I will have to flip through the many books written about Singapore history to know. If I were you, I would have crumpled under the stress as it was such a difficult period back then. Our country then was so poor and has no natural resources, our future only seemed so gloomy. I'm so glad we have capable people like you who were there to help Singapore! 

Mr Tan, I am also truly inspired by you to study hard so that I can go to Raffles Institution and obtain a place to study in National University of Singapore (NUS). My sister is studying in NUS right now and my ambition is to be a politician just like you to help the people around me! Which subjects do you think I should learn so that I can be sucessful like you? Personally, I'm highly interested in Science and I am also the Science representative of my class! I feel proud of myself for that achievement but this is nothing in comparison to yours. You are my best role model!

I am also sorry to hear that your wife and daughter passed away so much earlier than you. It must have been one bad news after another for you when you had to live alone by yourself, without your loved ones by your side. I hope you found comfort in having your four adorable grandchildren with you even though your wife and daughter are no longer around. Now that you have moved on to the next world, I hope that your soul will rest in peace with them. Thank you for being my greatest inspiration.

Yours sincerely,

Ruby

Hope everyone will learn to appreciate and be thankful for what you have. :)

Cheers
Miss Loh

Hi Folks,

So sorry, I am not going to post the shark video here as it contains some scenes that are not suitable for young children. :) What Miss Loh showed all of you in class was only part of the video without the unsuitable scenes.

Anyway for your composition, please remember to add in feelings of the character. It's very important for writing good essays... and describe it in detail, not just simple words like "scared', 'frightened'... Instead, use phrases like 'scared out of his wits', 'he froze in fear and his heart pounded madly as the shark approached'

Happy writing Dearies!

Love,
Miss Loh

Difference Between Internal and External Fertilisation

Here is the table of comparison for internal and external fertilisation taken from this website.
http://www.bgetutor.com/Library/C33.html

	Internal Fertilisation	External Fertilisation
What is it?	Sperm meets the egg while the egg is still inside the female body	Sperm (male) meets the egg (female) while the egg is outside the female body
Conditions?	Need to have protection for the developing egg	Usually happens in wet environment. Male and female releases their gametes (cells for reproduction) into their surrounding
Advantages?	Protection for the embryo ( the developing young) as it develops within the mother	Usually result in production of large number of offspring
Disadvantages?	Limited number of young	The presence of predators reduces the survival of the eggs
Who?	Mostly reptiles and mammals	Mostly amphibians and fish. However, not for fish like guppies that give birth.

And also, hens lay eggs every day, regardless if they have been fertilised or not by the rooster (male). So in the case where there is no rooster around, hens will STILL lay eggs, just that the eggs will not turn into chicks, but are found in your supermarkets! :)

Love,
Miss Loh

Science Websites for Life Cycles

Dear 4F pupils,

This is our new class blog. I'm still in the process of figuring out how to use blogspot. Hope I'll pick things up really quickly and we'll have this blog up and running!

Here are the links to the Science videos that we watched in class today.


Cockroach Moulting, laying eggs and newborn nymphs crawling out

Moulting Cockroach, focuses on shedding of old skin

Mosquito life cycle featuring its stages in water

Frog eggs turn into tadpoles

Frog life Cycle on how its body changes over time.
http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=169622&title=Frog_Life_Cycle

Refer to www.dengue.gov.sg, click on the links at the left hand side to read for information to answer questions on Pg. 10 of your Science WB.

Enjoy!

Love,
Miss Loh