Science Exam

Tomorrow we are having our third period test on Science. Don't forget that you can access the Science book, find the link in January 2013, and you will find additional information on Ecosystems and Lessons 2 and 3 in the January and February 2012 files. You need to study your notes for the third period and also review what photosynthesis, pollination and fertilization are.
The topics for the period are in your notebook just after your coverpage.

Good luck!

Mount Saint Helen's eruption and Meteorite Crash

If you want to watch videos and learn more about Mt. St. Helen's eruption go to the March 2012 files and you will find videos and information about this disaster and how the ecosystem around was affected and has been recovering through the years.

So all you need to do is go to 2012 files, click on the arrow. Go to March, click on the month and the information is at the top of the list.
 
You can also find interesting facts about this natural disaster at:

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/103/

Now the meteorite crash in Russia. Look at the following pictures:

Ice breaker: An official standing near an eight-meter hole left by the meteorite in the surface of a frozen lake near the town of Chebarkul.

Debris: Chunks of black matter, ranging between 5mm and 10mm in diameter, were found scattered around the ice hole caused by the meteorite

Unexpected sight: A terrifying meteorite shower left a thousand people injured, buildings devastated and the mobile network wiped out when it hit Russia this morning.

Terrifying: Brightly burning rocks could be seen for hundreds of kilometres as they crashed at around 9.20am local time and one bystander described it 'like a scene from the Armageddon movie'

You can read some interesting information and watch other photos at:

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/2013/02/meteor-explodes-over-russia/

Watch an interesting video in youtube, click the link below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOurbVZvi7s

and:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBvotWfR3j4

Present Continuous and Simple Present Practice

Hello everyone!

Remember that we are having a Language test on February 25th. and it is important that you practice using verb tenses -present continuous and simple present- as much as you can.

Present continuous tense is used to talk about actions in process in the present time, you talk about what you are doing in that moment. To form the present continuous you need (AM, IS, or ARE) +(ACTION VERB+ING). Here is a game to practice adding ING to some action verbs. You need to follow some spelling rules: 

1. Usually add "ing" to verbs: Play - playing; study- studying
2. When a verb ends in silent "e", drop the "e" and add "ing": drive - driving; come - coming; take - taking.
3. If a verb ends in consonant+vowel+consonant, double the last consonant: swim - swimming; dig - digging; put - putting; cut - cutting.

Remember! You need to open a Word document to record the results of all the exercises! Save your document with your names.
 
1. Now, try changing some verbs to the "ing" form by clicking on the letters. You need to spell the verbs correctly as fast as possible:

http://www.bradleys-english-school.com/online/speedword/spdwrdcont1.html

2. Complete the sentences correctly in the positive or affirmative form:
example: "He is playing guitar"

http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/grammarHelpers18.htm

3. Now, play the same game to form negative sentences:

http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/grammarHelpers19.htm

4. And finally, try making questions. Remember that the only thing you have to do is to move the "helping verb" (am, is, are) to the beginning of the sentence.

http://www.anglomaniacy.pl/grammarHelpers20.htm

5. Now, complete the text using present continuous:

http://nea.educastur.princast.es/repositorio/RECURSO_ZIP/1_jantoniozu_Clothes/Tema_9_1%BAESO/Quiz/activ_5/quiz3/quiz%203.htm

6. Here is some practice to complete sentences in the negative form (you will need to use the short form: isn't, aren't):

http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/pres_cont/pres_cont_neg.html

7. Then, practice changing sentences to question form:

http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/pres_cont/pres_cont_neg.html

8. And I am sure you will be able to escape the "HANGMAN"

http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/present%20tenses/present%20progressive%20hangman.html

9. Play "Snakes and Ladders". You will need to choose the correct form of the verb to complete sentences in simple present or present continuous form. Can you do it?

http://eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/present%20tenses/present%20tenses%20snakes%20and%20ladders.html

 

 10. Complete the sentences in the simple present tense. Remember you need to add "s" or "es" to the verb if the subject is He, She, or It.

http://www.adelescorner.org/grammar/present_simple/pres_simple3.html

Don't forget to register your results in a Word document!

Aquatic Ecosystems

Here is some information you might find useful to do your homework. This is a link that you can explore for some information:
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/freshwater/aquatic-ecosystems/

This video may give you good ideas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6udw-6sIOw

Some more information at:
http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/F/Freshwater.html

One more, it has information about marshlands and swamps:
http://www.personal.ceu.hu/students/03/nature_conservation/wwddetail/Types_classif.html

Finally, a video about wetlands:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lLtfbde16A

Science-Geography Book link - again

Here is the link to the books of Science and Geography again. Find the glossary section to do the homework!

Direct link to level 4 book:

 http://ocas.pearsonschool.com/sf/0-328-10116-8/iText/products/0-328-10116-8/?token=53616c7465645f5ffbb1e1962bd6f1b014402efbeb7e447f9c0bb73bd9498263148dc59d97b725941fd236ca0ac429cefc1a5699f5ca31b00ec186dd33a2fe485dac4be66a87b9b5

 

 

How about some activities to do during your free time?

Hi kids!

I was thinking that having some time to spend with our family and have fun is great! We can also take some time to do handcrafts. If you want to keep yourself busy and have some fun at the same time, you may like trying some of the fun activities suggested in these sites, you can learn how to do snow flakes like this:

 

Click on the following web pages to get the instructions and explore to find other fun activities:

http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/printables/snowflake.html

http://www.yourspecialtee.com/Crafts/ChSnowflakes.html

Merry Christmas and enjoy your vacation!

Language Exam Study Guide

Remember that our first bimestrial exam will be Language on Thursday, December 13th. It is very important that you check your notebook exercises too.
1. Adjectives: You need to be able to identify "quality" and "quantity" adjectives. Remember they are words that describe nouns, so they are placed before nouns.
Adjectives are words that tell: opinion (beautiful); size (large, small); age (old, young); shape: (round, square); temperature (cold, warm); colors (red, white); material (plastic, wooden); purpose (running, swimming, tennis, football). For example:

I have some new, orange, cotton, tennis shoes. (I am using four adjectives to describe the shoes).

Here is a link to a worksheet to practice identifying adjectives:

http://havefunteaching.com/worksheets/language/adjective/adjective-worksheet-2.pdf

Check the activities and games on this page:

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm#adj

2. Simple Present Tense. Remember the simple present tense is used to describe facts and habitual or routinary actions. Describe your daily activities or facts about nature or other topics.

Here is a game to practice using the correct form of the verb in simple present, remember you have to add "s" or "es" when the subject is he, she, it or a singular noun. How fast are you to click on the right form when it appears, (I am not good at it!)

http://www.eslkidsworld.com/Interactive%20games/present%20simple%20tense%20quiz.html

See if you can do this test, to make the negative form of simple present use don't or doesn't and the simple form of verb (run, write, smile, etc.) It is very important that you follow the instructions:
 http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/tests/simple-present-1

 http://a4esl.org/q/h/lb/psv.html

Check how good you are making questions:

 http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3013

You also need to practice your Reading Comprehension skills like compare and contrast. Remember that when you compare, you find how things are similar and when you contrast, you tell how they are different.

For practice, try solving these worksheets, you can check your answers at the end:

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/tv/printables/Math_4_DM_2.pdf

You may also try doing this one:

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonrepro/reproducibles/litplace/r970818d.htm

Vocabulary words and spelling. Remember you need to know the vocabulary words in your notebook and the spelling words with long "e" sound like "beam, thief, reef" etc.


Good luck!

Extra bonus! check your math skills with this activities:

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills-4th-mathbuilders.htm