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?

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!

1. http://pbskids.org/caillou/games/keyboard/index.html

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.

The mysteries from God

These prints are downloaded from Hubble site (http://hubblesite.org/gallery/). There are tonnes of amazing photos taken on the galaxies and stars, which show us who the creator is-God.

Timeline of English Language

You learnt what a timeline is in SS recently when we mentioned about farms and farming in Singapore's history.

How about the timeline of English Language?

Click here to find out how English comes about.

Hydroponic farm in Singapore

Oh Chin Huat Hydroponics Farm is one example that uses high-technology methods to grow vegetables and sell them in our local markets and supermarkets.

Go to this site to learn more about hydroponics plants.

The following pictures were taken when I went there last year with a group of students.

(above) The sponge that holds the roots of the vegetables.

(above) Vegetables on the large platform, ready to be packed and sold to local supermarkets like NTUC.

(above) A close-up shot of the sponges protruding the platform.

(above) There are rice plants grown in a special room to let us know how they look like.

(above) Rows of plants grown in the tents.

Intellectual Property

Click here to learn more about IP before the test next week on 24 Feb, Tuesday from 12.30-1.30pm.

Total Defence Day

Click on the website here to learn more about games on Total Defence.

Acrostic Poem on SINGAPORE

On this coming Tuesday (3 Feb), you will be doing an acrostic poem on SINGAPORE as a group.

What is an acrostic poem?

You can read more here or here or here.

Samples of acrostic poems
1. Poems by children from From Austrailia, Hong Kong, India, Maldives, New Zealand, and Singapore.

This site even has submissions by children from Singapore and one from Pei Hwa too!
2. Poems by Cumberland Elementary School


You may want to try writing your own acrostic poem using your name or favourite food or cartoon character!

You can use the checklist below (from readwritethink.org) after creating an acrostic poem.

Acrostic Poetry Reflection Checklist

_____I used one or more words that are new to me.
_____ I used words that help the reader make a picture of me.
_____ I found words for my poem in more than one place.
_____ My illustration is colorful and shows details.
_____ My illustration matches my poem.
_____ My poem teaches people something about me.
_____ I gave suggestions to other students about their poems.
_____ I listened to other students' suggestions about my poem.
_____ When sharing, I read my poem clearly, with a strong voice.
_____ I listened while other students were sharing their poems

SS Chapter 1-Our Country, Singapore

Get to know more about Singapore by clicking on the tab on the left "About Singapore" or here.

This is a fantastic website to learn about the location of different countires in the world (map). You can choose to play Asia map or other maps.

This website has games such as Online Interactive Maps to learn more about the countries in the world, Online Altas, and Map Puzzles. Do take time to learn through play.