(above) Official Website. Click on the graphic to link to the site.How much do you know about Roald Dahl?
Get to know more about Roald Dahl from his website.
Go to Roald Dahl museum here.
Monday, July 6, 2009
Roald Dahl website
(above) Official Website. Click on the graphic to link to the site.How much do you know about Roald Dahl?
Get to know more about Roald Dahl from his website.
Go to Roald Dahl museum here.
BFG ACtivities
How much do you know about BFG? Try these online quizzes to test your understanding.
Quiz I
http://www.triv.net/html/Users4/u11488.htm
Quiz II
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=8894&origin=http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/LITERATURE/literature_lesson_plans_b.htm
Quiz III
http://www.roalddahlfans.com/games/quiz.php?quizID=4
Monsters, who are they?
Click here to read more about them.
Quiz I
http://www.triv.net/html/Users4/u11488.htm
Quiz II
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=8894&origin=http://www.richmond.k12.va.us/readamillion/LITERATURE/literature_lesson_plans_b.htm
Quiz III
http://www.roalddahlfans.com/games/quiz.php?quizID=4
Monsters, who are they?
Click here to read more about them.
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Competitions : Arte(factually) Speaking Story-writing Competition
Arte(factually) Speaking is a story-writing competition based on the National Heritage Board museums' collections. This competition aims to create greater awareness and appreciation of the cultures of the many communities that call Singapore home, be it the cultures of incumbent or new Singaporeans through story-writing based on the National Heritage Board's collections. In addition, the competition also aims to improve the students' creative thinking and writing skills. ~from http://www.heritagefest.org.sg
Singapore HeritageFest 2009
“Arte (factually) Speaking” Story Writing Competition
3rd Prize Winner (Upper Primary Category)
Name: Gan Chin Lin (CH4)
Gender: Female
Age: 10-year-old
Nationality: Singaporean
School: Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School
Artefact: Headless Rider on a Winged Horse Figurine
Museum: National Museum of Singapore
Grandpa’s Horse
I stood by the rippling and shining surface of the vast river. A pebble was nestled in my palm. I
was sitting by the riverbank, my bare legs dangling in the water. In one fluid movement, I sent
the pebble skipping across the surface, making miniature splashes in the water.
The top subject in my mind was my grandfather. He had passed away the day before. His life
had evaporated as quickly as the pebble sinking below the surface of the river- without any
warning.
Grandfather had taught me many things, which were all about our ancestral homeland-Java.
"We must be proud of our true homeland, Suhato!" He had told me.
"You must keep the Javanese traditions alive. Impart them to your children, just as I am
imparting them to you."
I had mastered the art of Batik, the Keris dagger and horse-riding through him. But he had
taught me another special thing-how to make Javanese style figurines.
That was the subject he took the most of his time teaching me. It was tiring and required a lot
of patience, and I often grumbled and moaned. But soon, I could deftly arrange a few lumps of
clay and shape them into a little figurine.
I took out a figurine of a rider on a winged horse from my grass bag. I had made it myself as a
gift to grandpa's spirit. The rider was exactly like him-it was dressed like him, looked like him,
and even doing what he loved most, horse-riding. The wings on the horse expressed my hope
that grandpa will 'ride' to heaven.
Using my hands, I dug a little hole in the dirt and put in the figure. I buried it and cried out to
the heavens, "Grandpa, this is my good-bye present to you. May you have a good life in
heaven."
I bowed to the little mound of earth and strained my ears to hear grandpa's hoarse voice,
chuckling, replying to me...
(310 words)
To read the rest of the stories from the contestants, click here.
Singapore HeritageFest 2009
“Arte (factually) Speaking” Story Writing Competition
3rd Prize Winner (Upper Primary Category)
Name: Gan Chin Lin (CH4)
Gender: Female
Age: 10-year-old
Nationality: Singaporean
School: Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary School
Artefact: Headless Rider on a Winged Horse Figurine
Museum: National Museum of Singapore
Grandpa’s Horse
I stood by the rippling and shining surface of the vast river. A pebble was nestled in my palm. I
was sitting by the riverbank, my bare legs dangling in the water. In one fluid movement, I sent
the pebble skipping across the surface, making miniature splashes in the water.
The top subject in my mind was my grandfather. He had passed away the day before. His life
had evaporated as quickly as the pebble sinking below the surface of the river- without any
warning.
Grandfather had taught me many things, which were all about our ancestral homeland-Java.
"We must be proud of our true homeland, Suhato!" He had told me.
"You must keep the Javanese traditions alive. Impart them to your children, just as I am
imparting them to you."
I had mastered the art of Batik, the Keris dagger and horse-riding through him. But he had
taught me another special thing-how to make Javanese style figurines.
That was the subject he took the most of his time teaching me. It was tiring and required a lot
of patience, and I often grumbled and moaned. But soon, I could deftly arrange a few lumps of
clay and shape them into a little figurine.
I took out a figurine of a rider on a winged horse from my grass bag. I had made it myself as a
gift to grandpa's spirit. The rider was exactly like him-it was dressed like him, looked like him,
and even doing what he loved most, horse-riding. The wings on the horse expressed my hope
that grandpa will 'ride' to heaven.
Using my hands, I dug a little hole in the dirt and put in the figure. I buried it and cried out to
the heavens, "Grandpa, this is my good-bye present to you. May you have a good life in
heaven."
I bowed to the little mound of earth and strained my ears to hear grandpa's hoarse voice,
chuckling, replying to me...
(310 words)
To read the rest of the stories from the contestants, click here.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Post-exam Activities 2
1. Hangman game on Guess the Country here!
2. Different types of online Grammar & Vocabulary Games. I enjoy the Matching Game the most. How about you?
3. How do some words come into existence? For example 'in the red'. What does it mean? You can read the Word & their stories here.
4. BBC website (above) which has many interesting activities on different subjects.
5. Learning spelling with music!
6. Save the Kingdom by answering correct parts of speech.
7. British Council website for a variety of learning resources for you. Have fun.
Popular Cereal is a drug?
"Based on claims made on your product's label, we have determined that your Cheerios Toasted Whole Grain Oat Cereal is promoted for conditions that cause it to be a drug," the FDA said in a letter to General Mills which was posted on the federal agency's website Tuesday.
Cheerios labels claim that eating the cereal can help lower bad cholesterol, a risk factor for coronary heart disease, by four percent in six weeks.
Citing a clinical study, the product labels also claim that eating two servings a day of Cheerios helps to reduce bad cholesterol when eaten as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, the FDA letter says.
The above text and image are taken from http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20090513/tts-health-us-food-medicine-972e412_1.html
To read more, click on the link.
Do you think claims on advertisement and food packaging boxes are misleading consumers like you to buy them?
Monday, May 18, 2009
Post-exam activities
You must be elated that examinations are over. However, you should not stop learning. To start off, let's have fun with music using your keyboard!
2. http://kids.aol.com/KOL/2/Games/FlashHolder/KOL-Fun-Wordz
3. Read stories from children who won prizes from the Young Writers and Illustrator's Contest by Reading Rainbow. Click here to read all entries by Third Graders 2008.
4. Learn the words that imitates natural sounds from this online activity!
5. Word Search on Noah's Ark here!
6. Many word games here at Funbrain.com!
7. Search for the treasure in Tomb of the Unknown and read about related news on Egypt, Ten Cool Archaeological Sites and mummy!
8. How much do you know about water? Take a quiz here at National Geographic website.
9. Spell a new from a given word. Challenge yourself against the time! Click here.
10. Word Games for you.
11. A list of all-time favourite books which you can read online! Grab one now! You can also use the Vocabulary Finder on the same website to list the vocabulary in the book you read.
12. This will never fail to satisfy your curiosity of the world. Go now!
13. Brain teasers here.
14. Guess the word before the house is burnt down in this 9-1-1 Emergency Puzzle.
15. Tease your brain with a Frog Leap Brain teaser game here.
16. REBUS game here.
3. Read stories from children who won prizes from the Young Writers and Illustrator's Contest by Reading Rainbow. Click here to read all entries by Third Graders 2008.
4. Learn the words that imitates natural sounds from this online activity!
5. Word Search on Noah's Ark here!
6. Many word games here at Funbrain.com!
7. Search for the treasure in Tomb of the Unknown and read about related news on Egypt, Ten Cool Archaeological Sites and mummy!
8. How much do you know about water? Take a quiz here at National Geographic website.
9. Spell a new from a given word. Challenge yourself against the time! Click here.
10. Word Games for you.
11. A list of all-time favourite books which you can read online! Grab one now! You can also use the Vocabulary Finder on the same website to list the vocabulary in the book you read.
12. This will never fail to satisfy your curiosity of the world. Go now!
13. Brain teasers here.
14. Guess the word before the house is burnt down in this 9-1-1 Emergency Puzzle.15. Tease your brain with a Frog Leap Brain teaser game here.
16. REBUS game here.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)