Remedial - 19/4/2010

Hi 4B,

For today's tuning in....complete the test below...

Online Test

After the test...do comment on your level of confidence in English.

All the best.

5B Discovers Biomes

Lets discover a few biomes 5B,

Are you curious to find out? I hope reading from these links helps you gain confidence in exploring more.....

Sahara Desert is one of them.

Tundra Biome is next.

Grassland Biome is another.

Lastly the Rainforest Biome

So which is your favourite biome? Why? Were you curious and did you become confident? post your comments after viewing the 4 links.

4B Explores Places in Bangkok

Hey 4B,

Here is another link for you - Travel Info on Thailand
These are some information you will come across in your textbook...

Grand Palace
Floating market
Tuk-Tuk

Happy Surfing.....

4B Explores Thailand

Hi kids,

Today we have started on Unit 6 - Let us discover Thailand together....
I would like you to be familiar with some terms and places mentioned about Thailand. It will be useful when we are attempting the Comprehension passages and the vocabulary and grammar sections.

Click on this link to explore Thailand

P5 Holiday Assignment - Good Friday

Hi dear pupils,

Your assignment for the long weekend.......

Visit this link for an online dictionary. Refer to the words in the textbooks that we have discussed. Complete the assignment in your worksheet.

I hope this independent learning helps you to become more confident and curious in handling new vocabulary words.

5B Explores Mount Everest

Hi boys and girls....this week our grammar and vocabulary lessons were based on Mount Everest.

Visit this link to explore more. Do visit Mr Yaidi's blog to find out more about Mount Kinabalu too.......

Take a look at the think snow covering the mountain. Remember the word 'avalanche'? Imagine the imapct when the thick snow falls......

Remember the vocabualry cloze on the Sherpas...well here's more info about them.


Sherpas are Tibetans. They are people from the far eastern region of Tibet, near Everest (sher means “east” and pa means “people” in the Tibetan language). Sherpas previously lived nomadic and semi-nomadic lives and over five centuries ago migrated to the Solu Khumbu region of Nepal. Sherpas originally did not climb mountains, but crossed high passes to trade goods with their neighbours.

It was Dr. Alexander Kellas who, in the early twentieth century, realized the importance of Sherpas to mountaineering expeditions. Harold Tilman and Eric Shipton, two famous English climbers, always took Sherpas with them on their climbs in the Himalayas. They were impressed both by the Sherpas' abilities as well as spirit, and formed long lasting friendships.

In their search for Sherpas to assist in climbs in the Himalayas, European mountaineers began using Darjeeling as a recruitment center. Once Nepal opened her doors in the 1950s, however, the focus switched to Solu Khumbu, where the lives of Sherpas changed forever as a result of the service and friendship they offered to Western climbers.

5B Explores the Biography of Marco Polo

Hi boys and girls,

This is in line with our unit for this term.
I have found a website which seems to be suitable for you.
Start exploring here

Here is a short account of Marco Polo..
Could we do some editing?
Type in your answers as part of comments. Make sure you number them from 1-6.
The ones in bold are grammatical errors while the words in red are spelling errors.

Here is the passage:-

Marco Polo was born in 1254. Marco lived in a city called Venice. By the time Marco's father returned from his explorations, Marco was 14 years old! When his father 1)disided to go on another exploration, he agreed to take Marco 2)by him. A few years later, Marco Polo, his father, and his father's friend left on a long trip.

Marco Polo discovered many riches of Asia! When he returned, no one 3)beelived his stories. Marco Polo showed them some of the riches he had brought home. That made Marco Polo famous. When Marco was dying, a priest came in 4)her room to ask him if he'd like to admit that his stories were false. Instead, Marco said,"I did not tell half of what I saw".

Marco Polo was a great explorer. Marco was not 5)scaring at all when they left to go on the trip. He was also very determined. Marco Polo was very courageous too. He wasn't scared of the people in the different 6)kuntrys he visited. Marco Polo was a very brave, determined, and courageous explorer.