Monday, December 28, 2009

Kemm infakkar ...

Nixtieq infakkar lil dawk it-tfal (jonqos xi tmienja jidhirli) li għadhom ma bagħtulix b'email l-Istorja tal-Biża' ttajpjata li suppost kellhom jibagħtuha sal-bieraħ u li għalhekk jekk jogħġobhom ma jdumux ma jibgħatuha ħalli nibda naħdem fuqhom, għaliex inkella neħlu.

Infakkar ukoll li l-email address miktub fuq il-karta bil-HW tal-vaganzi.

Grazzi ħafna

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Happy Christmas

I would like to wish Happy Christmas to all my students, their families, the blog followers and to all my friends too. May the Christmas spirit bring you happiness and togetherness.

And I would like to wish good luck to Kerstin & Marcio who tonight will be performing the traditional Christmas sermon at the Basilica and the San Ġużepp Ħaddiem church respectively during the midnight mass. I'm sure they will both do great tonight. I'm proud of you, boys!

Now I'll take a two-day break and so will see you again on Boxing Day!

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Id-Deżerti

Dan hu l-kapitlu li għamilna l-ġimgħa l-oħra u li temmejna nhar it-Tnejn wara l-purċissjoni bil-Bambin.

Lejn il-Missier Chapter 7

Bħal David Infaħħru lil Alla

Lejn il-Missier Chapter 6

David l-Akbar Sultan tal-Poplu t'Alla




Monday, December 21, 2009

Studying programme for the Xmas holidays

Illum fil-klassi spjegajtu fid-dettall u x'inhu mistenni mit-tfal li jistudjaw. Huwa gwida ġurnata b'ġurnata tas-suġġetti prinċipali. Jekk jogħġobkom għeżież ġenituri segwu l-istudju t'uliedkom u insistu fuq li jaqraw KULJUM nofs siegħa bl-Ingliż u jsibu ftit ħin li jaqraw bil-Malti wkoll.

F'Jannar it-tfal ħa jkollhom (mill-anqas) test fuq kull suġġett, qabel l-eżamijiet

http://www.box.net/shared/fxn1ahr7sh

Grazzi kbira lill-ġenituri


Nirringrazzja minn qiegħ qalbi lill-ġenituri kollha tar-rigal mill-isbaħ li tajtuni. Ninsab kuntent ħafna bih u bl-apprezzament sinċier tagħkom!!!

Nawguralkom Milied hieni u Sena mill-aqwa u l-festi t-tajba.

Grazzi!!

Saturday, December 19, 2009

The rest of your HW for the weekend

Malti HW - Il-Preżent - Maltimanija Grammatika u Ortografija pg 6 ex A u pg 7 ex B (l-ewwel kolonna biss)

Religion HW - Ktieb tal-Attivitajiet pgs 18-19

Social Studies HW - Workbook pg 18 ex Ċ, ex D, ex E

Tinsewx iġġibu magħkom basket tal-plastik/ċarruta biex tieħdu magħkom il-kotba li ħa jkollkom bżonn biex tagħmlu l-HW jew dawk bżonnjużi għall-istudju waqt il-vaganzi tal-Milied.

Għeżież ġenituri, jekk jogħġobkom, ċċekkjaw il-Parents Diary għaliex bgħatt nota m'uliedkom fuq nhar it-Tnejn li ġej. Iffirmawha u iktbu l-id card no. Grazzi.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Film Review

For next Monday, as part of your Creative work, you need to do a review about your favourite film. Write the title, then who are your favourite characters of the movie and why you like them best; then write a summary of the film plot and finally write your opinion about why you would recommend the movie to your friends.

Don't forget to : choose a movie which is rated either U or PG, and not to write just a few sentences but fill all the boxes.

http://www.box.net/shared/8ubo7fvjld

Then the last task would be (through Google or Wikipedia) to print the Film Poster and your creative work is ready!




Thursday, December 17, 2009

The Magic Blue Apple


Once upon a time there were two girls named Sally and Timanta. They had to go to Fruit Hill to get some apples. They took Picsal, their dog with them. Picsal was a black labrador.

The two girls were hopping along the way as their dog ran very fast. When they arrived at Fruit Hill, Sally was jolly, and excited too, like Timanta. They had to find the apple tree. As they were looking Picsal saw something quite strange. Sally and Timanta went to see what it was. It was a blue apple. "How strange!" they said. They thought it was frozen but it couldn't be on a hot day like that. It would have melted. Timanta took a bite. "Yuk!" she said, "it's too sour". Just then she turned into a jumping frog. How sad Timanta was but Sally was worried. "Ahha!" said Sally "I will have to go see Osward". It took a long way and finally they found Osward. He was old, powerful and smart. They asked him for a poison so that Timanta would turn human again. Osward agreed and gave them a portion of poison.

They ran back to Timanta and she drank the poison and she was a normal girl again, and they lived happily ever after.

Jazmine Debattista

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Ir-raħal tagħna

Din il-powerpoint hija dwar ir-raħal ta' Birkirkara, li konna għamilna fil-bidu tas-sena. Jaqbel li fil-vaganzi tistudjaw it-topik minn hawn minħabba li fiha ferm iżjed informazzjoni mill-workbook ...

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Avviżi lill-ġenituri

Qed niktbilkom hawn ftit avviżi għall-aħħar ġimgħa skola qabel nibdew il-vaganżi tal-Milied ...

1) Nhar it-Tnejn li ġej 21 ta' Diċembru ħa ngħaddi u nispjega l-Programm ta' Studju (Tal-Maths, English, Malti u Social) għall-vaganzi tal-Milied. Iċċekkjaw m'uliedkom fhiex jikkonsisti ġurnata b'ġurnata.

2) Għada huwa importanti li jġibu magħhom il-ktieb tal-librerija u l-karta ħalli għall-vaganzi jkollhom x'jaqraw.

3) Il-Ħamis li ġej ħa mmorru naraw reċta bil-Malti dwar meta nħaraq it-Teatru Rjal fis-seklu Dsatax.

4) Il-Ġimgħa li ġej għall-ħabta tad-9.30am ħa jkollna l-quddiesa tal-Milied ġewwa l-Bażilika ta' Santa Liena. Tfal mill-klassi tagħna ħa jkunu kemm abbatini kif ukoll għandna student li ħa jagħmel il-priedka tal-Milied!

5) Nhar it-Tnejn li ġej ħa jkollna l-purċissjoni tal-Bambin madwar l-iskola fejn min għandu xi kostum bibbliku jew huwa abbati jista' jieħu sehem. Tifel ieħor mill-klassi tagħna dakinhar ħa jagħmel il-priedka tal-Milied. Intom il-ġenituri mistiedna tattendu għal din l-attivita li ħa ssir fil-bitħa tal-iskola.

Grazzi ħafna!

Monday, December 14, 2009

Il-pjanu li nħanaq

Kif tkellimna fil-klassi, l-komprensjoni tal-lum hija storja meħuda minn ktieb t'Immanuel Mifsud.

















Titkellem dwar pjanu u r-relazzjoni tiegħu ma' tifla li kienet iddoqqu ħafna sakemm darba nħanaq u ma daqqx iżjed. Hija metafora (eżempju b'deskrizzjoni mhux vera) ta' ħajjet tat-tifla kif għedtilkom fil-klassi.

Friday, December 11, 2009

Ir-Rapport tat-temp ...

Bħala parti mill-HW tal-Istudju Soċjali għall-weekend għandkom issegwu attentament it-tbassir tat-temp għal-lum, għada s-Sibt kif ukoll il-Ħadd ...

Tistgħu ssibuhom fil-gazzetti ta' kuljum (kollha jġibuh), jew tisimgħu fuq ir-radju jew it-tv wara l-aħbarijiet inkella idħlu f'din is-sit ...

http://www.maltaweather.com/index.html

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Limerikki ...

Mela l-bieraħ waqt il-lezzjoni tal-Malti middejna jdejna biex noħolqu ftit limerikki umoristiċi. Wara li spjegajtilhom kif jinkiteb limerikk - ċjoe poeżija b'ħames versi fejn vers 1,2 u 5 jirrimaw flimkien waqt li vers 3 u 4 jirrimaw għalihom. Apparti hekk tgħallimna kif naqsmu vers f'sillabi. U dawn li ġejjin huma r-riżultat finali ta ftit mill-esperimenti.

DJ MINN TAGĦNA

DJ minn tagħna jħobb jiekol il-banana
meta f'daqqa waħda ra gabbana.
Kien sejjer jixtri frotta
f'daqqa waħda żelaq f'qoxra.
Ma kinitx qoxra ta' tadama.

Jake Azzopardi & Liam Fenech

BAĦĦAR INBIDEL F'SAĦĦAR

Darba kien hemm baħħar
li fil-vera kien saħħar.
L-għada għamel maġija
u tatu tifla ġinġlija
u fl-aħħar beda jfaħħar.

Michela Gauci & Andrea Schembri

MARA FITTA

Mara fitta jisimha Sitta
Ommha kienet issejħilha Titta
kif ukoll twila
jew inkella tqila.
Tħobb torqod fuq sodda dritta.

Jeremy Bray & Nicole Haber

IŻ-ŻIEMEL IMQAREB

Darba kien hemm żiemel imqareb
l-hena tiegħu jiekol l-imqaret.
Darba kellu jmur il-Ħamrun
ħalli jixtri l-imqarrun
minflok mar fuq il-bajja jfittex l-imħaret.

Sherona Micallef & Gail Zammit


XADINA MARIJA

Hemm xadina jisimha Marija
mistagħġbin kemm hi qawwija
matul il-ġurnata twerżaq
qisha bieb iżerżaq
aħjar semmewha Bomblija.

Jazmine Debattista & Leanne Mifsud

Prosit lill-klassi kollha għaliex issa meta jridu jistgħu joħolqu limerikki fuq xhiex iridu.

Homework għal għada

Maths HW - Subtraction (HTU - HTU) - NT 2 pg 62 (nos 9-15) u pg 63 (nos 2-9 + green/orange shelters)

Religion HW - Chapter 10 - Ktieb tal-Attivitajiet pg 16 (tisliba) u pg 17 (waħħlu santa tal-Madonna b'Ġesu tarbija f'idejha u wara pinġu l-madwar)

English HW - Chapter 8 - Way Ahead pg 46 ex 1, ex 2

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Creating your own characters!

I simply loved all the children's creative work about creating a character of their own. Not one was similar to the other. Well done! Now here I am reproducing pictures of some of your work. I couldn't do everybody's work as you can understand it is impossible ...

But I am proud of all of you!










Monday, December 7, 2009

Homework for Wednesday

Maths HW - Hundredths - Follow each step through the Maths Notes and you won't find any problems.
NT 2 pg 59 nos 11-13 (count each line like we did in class today);
pg 60 (all page - the first part turning them into metres with the decimal point and the second part using the number line);
pg 61 (first part - adding 1c to the price and the second part subtracting 1c to the price)

Malti Hw - Komprensjoni - Bejgħ li ma rnexxiex - Maltimanija pgs 6-7 ex 1 (veru jew falz); ex 2 (sib il-kelma li tfisser bħalha) u ex 3 (wieġeb dawn il-mistoqsijiet)


U safrattant il-pappagall mill-Iran sab ruħu hawn u qed jgħajtilkom "Hemm xi dubju?" :)

Bus Route (English Comprehension)

The English Comprehension for next Wednesday is called Bus Route and it's a lovely poem about a double-decker red bus doing a route around a village and its countryside. The poet describes the bus while creeping uphill as if it was an old man climbing up the stairs or while going downhill like an angry bully or like a human being bruising while going through the tumbling countryside roads.

Handout pgs 36-37 Do you remember? (nos 1-5) and More to think about no 1 (a-d)


Sunday, December 6, 2009

Lejn il-Missier Kapitlu 5 - Dwar il-Profeta David.

Hekk tistgħu tirrivedu l-kapitlu kollu minn hawn. Sa qabel toħorġu bil-vaganzi tal-Milied nkun uplowdjajt il-powerpoints kollha kemm tar-Religion u tal-Istudji Soċjali.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Creative work for this weekend

For next Monday you have to create a character of your own based on this handout. Use your imagination as much as possible. Don't forget to then draw this character on a blank page.

http://www.box.net/shared/ih6g2l7zhz

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Lill-ġenituri ...




Nixtieq nirringrazzjakom ĦAFNA tat-tiżjin kollu li bgħattu m'uliedkom (Christmas trees, presepji, streamers, eċċċċ) għaliex il-klassi bdejna nittrasformawha kif jixirqilha f'villaġġ ċkejken tal-Milied. Apparti hekk nixtieq ngħid prosit lit-tfal ta' kemm ġewhom sbieħ il-fanali bil-crepe paper. Ħafna minnhom (il-kumplament nagħmilhom għada) diġa sabu posthom mat-twieqi.

Apparti hekk grazzi kbira oħra tal-kollaborazzjoni tagħkom għall-party tal-Milied.

Nixtieq infakkarkom li għada t-tfal sa nofsinhar u l-ġimgħa d-dieħla ħa jkollna biss erbat ijiem skola.

Homework for tomorrow

Today's homework ... (English seems a lot but most of the exercises are really short ...)

Maths - Tenths - Follow the Maths notes and the homework should be really easy ... NT2 pg 56 (b-l) and pg 57 (nos 2-9). Use the decimal number line correctly.

Religion - Chapter 9 - Ktieb tal-Attivitajiet pgs 14-15

English - Chapter 7 0 Way Ahead WB pg 41 exs 1-3; pg 42 exs 1-2; pg 43 ex 2; pg 44 exs 1-3

And when you have some free time don't forget to listen to the two songs for the Milied novena which you can find as youtube videos on this blog!

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

Christmas songs ...

Start practising and rehearsing at home with these songs .... tomorrow during the first break we'll start rehearsing them

"When a child is born"



"White Christmas"



Enjoy! ;)

Today's Homework

Maths - Pictographs - SDM pg 51 nos 1-14 (don't forget to do the pictograph using a circle divided into four as a key for 4 sweets. Then PCM pg 124 nos 1-12.

English - Comprehension - How to make a Peach Boat (Way Ahead pg 42 and questions are on the handout - ex 1, ex 2, ex 3)

Maltese - Mamma u Għerq - Handout pg 18 ex A (aqtgħu sing taħt il-verbi), Handout Stilel ex 1 (agħti l-mamma) u ex 2 (għaqqad il-verbi mal-mamma u l-għerq tagħhom)

Għada fakkru lit-tfal biex tibagħtu magħhom il-kostumi għan-novena tal-Milied (min għandu xi kostum tal-Madonna, San Ġużepp, rgħajja, anġli, tal-ħmara jew il-baqra, tas-Slaten Maġi) iġibhom kif ukoll jibdew iġibu l-affarijiet ħalli nibdew inżejnu l-klassi għal żmien il-Milied (xmas trees, presepji, snowmen, snowflakes, liedni, tinsils, eċċ kollha aċċettati u welcome ħafna!

Għada lit-tfal ngħidilhom x'se jġibu għall-Party! Grazzi ħafna tal-kollaborazzjoni tagħkom.

Il-Kon-Kattidral ta' San Ġwann

Mela l-bieraħ tkellimna dwar il-Kon-Kattidral ta' San Ġwann ġewwa l-Belt Valletta, ġawhra li ħafna turisti jistagħġbu dwarha u li jħabbatha mal-aqwa Kattidrali Ewropej.

Dan hu l-vidjow li rajna fil-klassi 'l-bieraħ ...

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

U hawnhekk tistgħu ssibu iżjed informazzjoni dwaru ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_John%27s_Co-Cathedral

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Elementi Kulturali li jsaħħu l-Komunikazzjoni ta' Bejnietna

Dan huwa l-kapitlu tal-Istudju Soċjali (bbażat fuq il-Workbook paġni 42-43) li għamilna dil-ġimgħa fil-klassi

L-Avvent u l-Profeta Iżaija

Issa li għada niċċelebraw l-ewwel Ħadd tal-Avvent u din il-ġimgħa fil-klassi tkellimna dwar il-profezija (tħabbira tal-futur) tal-Profeta Iżaija dwar il-miġja t'Iben Alla, Ġesu', fid-dinja ħsibt li dan il-filmat huwa xieraq biex nirriflettu ftit fuq iż-żmien tal-Avvent u kliem il-Profeta.

Friday, November 27, 2009

A Boat Trip

Today's English Composition is about a boat trip.

It could be you went fishing and something went wrong. Or you were on a cruise and something terrible happened. Or you went to Comino and a frightening experience took place. In Summer or in winter? At night or during the day? Good or bad ending of the adventure? Be creative and use your imagination. First use the story plan and then write your story (120 words and skip a line ...)






Homework tal-Weekend

Maths - Symmetry - SDM pg 36 nos 2-12. Fuq il-pitazz tal-kaxxi u penġuhom eżatt bħalhom u tuhom il-kulur!

Malti - Il-Maqlub - Handout Stilel nos 1-12, Handout pg 43 ex D, ex E, ex F (aqbżu line)

Religion - Ktieb tal-Attivitajiet pg 13

Social Studies - Project (Malta u l-Kultura) - Sibu stampi ta' Dun Karm, Innu Malti, Bandiera Maltija, Bandiera tal-UE, telefon, gazzetti, email, eċċ ...

Nhar it-Tnejn jiġu bil-PE kit u pls aqraw in-nota li bgħattilhom fuq in-notebook dwar il-party tal-Milied. Grazzi.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Parents Evening


Nixtieq nirringrazzja minn qalbi lill-ġenituri kollha li ġew għall-Parents Evening tal-lejla. Ħadt ħafna pjaċir niltaqa' magħkom u nitkellem (għalkemm il-ħin kien qasir). Niskuża ruħi fejn kien hemm dewmien twil. Imma fi tliet sigħat ma stajtx nagħmel mirakli! :)

Grazzi ħafna tas-sapport tagħkom għax mingħajru ma nistax nimxi 'l quddiem u nirringrazzjakom tal-interess qawwi f'uliedkom.

U hekk xejn xejn inneħħu l-istampa tal-kelb ikrah dagħwa minn fuq nett ... :)

Fakkru lil uliedkom li għada jiġu bil-PE kit please. Il-lejl it-tajjeb!

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Homework tal-Malti

Illum għamilna fuq is-Superlattiv Assolut fil-klassi.
Maltimanija Kitba u Vokabularju pg 4 ex A (iktbuhom it-tnejn); ex B (agħmlu sing taħt it-tweġibiet li ġġibum mill-kaxxa Ftakar); pg 5 ex Ċ (oħolqu 4 sentenzi bis-superlattivi assoluti li takom)


ikrah dagħwa


tqil ċomb


What is ... the Sun?

Today's comprehension is about the Sun and some interesting facts about it.

That the sun is a star made up of fiery gas and is 150 million kilometres away from the Earth (about 8 light minutes ...)


The Earth takes 365 days, or one year, to go around the sun. Once every four years it takes one day more (leap year). This will take place next in 2012 now.

HW - Handout pgs 30-31 "Do you remember? section" nos 1-5 (choose the right answer); "More to think about section" no 1 (a-g : short answers) and no 2 (a-d : full answers)

Monday, November 23, 2009

Il-Belt Valletta

Il-Komprensjoni, kif tafu, għal għada hija dwar Il-Belt Valletta fejn idduskutejna kif inbniet, għal min issemmiet u xi bini li nsibu fiha ...


Din hija l-Belt Valletta. Kif tistaw taraw hija peniżola Innutaw l-pjanta forma ta' gradilja b'toroq dritti u kif hija mdawra bil-baħar minn tliet naħat. Fuq ix-xellug hemm il-Port il-Kbir u fuq il-lemin Marsamxett.
Forti Sant'Iermu jinsab eżatt fil-ponta.

















Dan huwa l-Granmastru Franċiż Jean Parisot de la Valette, il-bniedem li ħolom bil-belt ġdida u li malli tlestiet issemmiet għalih. L-ewwel ġebla tpoġġiet f'Marzu 1566 u kellu x-xorti ħażina li ma rahiex titlesta għaliex miet fl-1568. Saret belt kapitali tlett snin wara.
















Xi bini importanti li ddisinja Ġlormu Cassar :

Il-Berġa ta' Kastilja (fejn jinsab l-Uffiċċju tal-Prim Ministru)






























Il-Kon-Kattidral ta' San Ġwann.

U dan it-Teatru Rjal li llum fadal ftit ġebel biss minnu għaliex fit-Tieni Gwerra Dinjija sofra ħsarat kbar wara attakk mill-ajru tal-Ġermaniżi.

Today's homework 23/11

Maths HW - Division with subtraction method - Illum verament kuntent għaliex il-klassi kollha ħadmithom mingħajr problemi u kważi kulħadd ġabhom kollha tajbin. Keep it up!
Mela NT2 pg 54 nos 9-11 (għal dawk li ma laħqux fil-klasswork) u nos 12-22. Pg 55 nos 6-9 (dawn bir-remainder eh!)

English HW - Dwar dental hygene - Way Ahead WB pg 35 exs 1-2 (użaw il-Pupil's Book) u pg 37 (exs 1-3)

Dwar il-Malti komprensjoni ħa nagħmel post oħra imma tinsewx biex tiktbu sentenzi sħaħ u l-mistoqsijiet u t-tweġibiet fuq fooslcap bit-titlu b'kollox.

Friday, November 20, 2009

When I am famous ...

Ibbażata fuq din il-frażi famuża tal-pittur Amerikan Andy Warhol :


It-tfal għal ftit tal-ħin ħa jimmaġinaw li huma famużi bħala kwalunkwe ħaġa li jixtiequ huma - artist, kantant, attur, kittieb, President ta' pajjiż, preżentatur tat-tv, eċċ. Fuq il-ħendawt fl-ewwel paġna jridu jiktbu liema għażlu u jispjegaw fid-dettall għala joħolmu li jkunu famużi mad-dinja kollha f'li għażlu. Fit-tieni paġna jridu jimmaġinaw li fil-futur huma saru famużi kif dejjem ħolmu. U għalhekk għamiltilhom paġna mid-djarju personali tagħhom u fiha ħa jniżżlu d-data fil-futur. Eżempju 15th July 2034 (taparsi għandhom 34 years). Entry number : 113 (il-page tad-djarju)

Wara jkun imiss jiktbu xi ġralhom dakinhar bit-tajjeb u l-ħażin tal-ġurnata, x'ħassew dakinhar eċċ. Ma jistgħux jiktbu inqas minn 80 words.

Jekk tridu terġgħu tniżżluha agħfsu fuq il-link u tinżel f'pdf format.

http://www.box.net/shared/eh4kidy8bx


Hawnhekk ħa tiltaqgħu ftit ma' xi xogħolijiet t'Andy Warhol u ritratti tiegħu lejn tmiem il-vidjow ...


Homework for the weekend

Maths HW - Division using subtraction method - Naf li din il-lezzjoni ma kinitx faċli u kien hemm xi ftit minnkom tathom naqra battikata. Imma issa jidher li kulħadd qabad kaptu tal-metodu u kif taħdem is-somma. Huwa importantissimu li ssegwu pass pass il-Maths Notes waqt li taħdmu d-division. U importanti li fil-kexxun finali l-answer jiġikom 00. Jekk le għandkom żball. Min isib t-tables problema juża l-ħendawt bit-tables kollha u jżommha quddiemu.
Nt2 pg 53 nos 11-21 u PCM pg 90 (nos 2-12)

Religion Hw - Ktieb tal-Attivitajiet pg 12 - Poġġu s-sentenzi ta' salm 23 wara xulxin kif suppost

Malti HW - Tnissil tal-Aġġettivi - Maltimanija Grammaika u Ortografija pg 10 ex A, pg 11 ex B u Noli Noli pg 8 ex Ġ. Safa' - safi; suf - sufi, eċċ. Dejjem fil-kas għidu kelb, dar qabel kull kelma biex taraw kif tiġi.

Fl-aħħar tinsewx biex terġgħu tiktbu pulita u mingħajr żbalji u mingħajr il-bżonn li taqbżu line l-Ittra lill-Prinċipal, ħalli nhar it-Tnejn ngħadduhom lis-Sur Cassar.

Avviż - Nhar it-Tnejn li ġej m'għandkomx PE allura tiġu bl-uniformi normali.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Lejn il-Missier Chapter 4

Homework for Tomorrow ...

Maths - Division with remainders - NT 2 pg 51 nos 11-18; pg 52 nos 1-11 (no need to write the problems!) and PCM pg 89 nos 1-6 (work out the problems on the workbook itself)

English - Way Ahead Workbook pg 33 exs 1-2; pg 34 exs 1-3. Full sentences!

Social Studies - Il-kumplament tal-ħendawt li kien fadlilkom taħdmu. F'ex E iktbu dwar l-esperjenzi personali tagħkom dwar sentimenti ta' rabja, diżappunt, ferħ, biża', eċċ u f'ex F iktbu dwar dawk is-sitwazzjonijiet u li kieku ġraw lilkom x'kont tagħmlu ...

Malti - Kemm twaħħlu l-ħendawt ta' "Noħolqu Żu tagħna" fuq l-iscrap book tal-Malti Kitba Kreattiva.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Mose' joħroġ il-Poplu mill-jasar tal-Eġittu

Tistgħu tistudjaw chapter 3 ta' Lejn il-Missier minn hawn.

Composition plan

Here you have the opportunity to download the English composition plan so that if you need to write a story you can use it whenever you like. Just click on the link!

http://www.box.net/shared/fcnefunuml

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Today's homework 17/11

Maths - Multiplying TU x U using money and perimeter - NT2 pg 48 nos 9-14 and pg 49 nos 2-9. Also PCM pg 87 nos 1-9. Please work out the sums the exact same way I explained them in class and as set in the examples in your Maths Notes!

English - Comprehension based on the poem "I love our orange tent". Then work out the Do you remember section? nos 1-5 where you have to fill in the blanks with just one word and the More to Think About section nos 1-5 answering the questions. Don't forget to do it on a foolscap and writing both the questions and answers.

Malti - Aġġettivi Propji - Maltimanija Kitba u Vokabularju pg 9 ex B, ex Ċ. Iktbu sentenzi sħaħ.

Min ġej is-swimming lesson ma jinsiex l-affarijiet. Għada ħa tkun l-aħħar għalissa għaliex imbagħad nerġgħu mmorru wara l-eżamijiet ta' nofs is-sena.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Nicolo Isouard


Illum tkellimna dwar dan il-kompożitur Malti magħruf imwieled fl-1775 u li kkompona opri sbieħ li baqgħu magħrufa mad-dinja kollha. Huwa miet fl-eta' żgħira ta' 43 sena.
Ġor-raħal tal-Mosta nsibu l-banda Nicolo Isouard imsemmija għalih.


Wara rrispondu l-mistoqsijiet mill-a sal-ħ ibbażati fuq ħajjet Nicolo Isouard mill-Maltimanija Komprensjoni pgs 24 - 25.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Is-Sajd f'Malta Part One

Weekend Homework

For next Monday :

1) Maths - Doubling & Halving - NT2 pg 46 nos 1-2 (Giant Soup menu) and the two in & out machines (the red one double the number and the violet one halve the number) + PCM pg 85 the two columns.

2) Maltese - Għadd Imtenni - Handout pg 16 Iktbu l-istorja kollha (mhux fuq il-karta imma fuq il-pitazz!) u aqtgħu sing taħt il-plurali u pg 17 agħtu l-għadd imtenni tal-kliem - eżempju għajn = għajnejn.

3) Reliġjon - Ktieb tal-Attivitajiet pgs 10-11. Tħallu xejn vojt u agħtu l-kulur b'mod pulit u mhux traskurat!

4) Social Studies - Project dwar is-Sajd f'Malta. Sibu stampi tal-inġenji tal-baħar, ta' xi ħut u postijiet magħrufa għas-sajd (bħal Marsaxlokk, Mġarr Għawdex, eċċ) u iktbu dwar il-luzzu u l-kajjikk, l-istaġuni tas-sajd, eċċ.

Tinsewx biex nhar it-Tnejn tiġu bil-PE kit u sat-Tlieta li ġej iġġibu l-flus tat-transport (għax il-lesson hija b'xejn) għat-tielet lezzjoni tal-għawm!

Friday, November 13, 2009

Book Fair

The kids had a great time today delving through the shelves and stands full of books of all kinds, irrelevant if in Maltese or in English ... whilst asking me all kinds of questions about particular books and especially about Trevor Żahra who was there and about at the Mediterranean Conference Centre.

Some of the kids made some very good choices of books, especially those who chose very interesting books to read like the classics translated into Maltese or Żahra adventure books or the Sqaq l-Infern book. It's a great joy for me to see them so interested in books because reading is one of the best hobbies that one could develop!

Now whoever is interested in meeting Trevor Żahra personally, he will be at the Book Fair next Sunday between 4pm and 5pm. He would surely love to sign your collection of his books! And send my regards to him if you go :)

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Today's homework 12/11

1) Maths - HALVING - NT 2 pgs 45 nos 9 to 14 and PC pg 84 nos 1-8. use Maths Notes and don't keep it in the school bag as it should be as a guidance to how you work.

2) English - Way Ahead Workbook Unit 5 pg 29 exs 1-2 about the weather. And pg 31 ex 1 about the sports article

Don't forget that the Social Studies Project and the Religion HW is for next Monday.

Tomorrow don't forget to come in full uniform as we're going to the Malta Book Fair. No need for a small bag as we're not taking the lunch & drink with us. Whoever wants to buy a book could do so but no need for great amounts of money. Even €5 would be enough.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Parents' Evening

Għeżież ġenituri għada filgħodu l-ewwel ħaġa ħa ngħaddi lit-tfal il-karta bil-ħin tal-appuntament li għandkom biex tiġu tkellmuni nhar il-Ħamis 26 ta' Novembru 2009. Kemm stajt żammejt mat-talbiet tal-ħinijiet li ktibtuli fil-Parents Diary imma kien impossibbli li kulħadd jieħu l-ħin li xtaq. Għalhekk napprezza ferm li kulħadd iżomm mal-ħin mogħti u la jiġi ferm qabel jew tard għall-appuntament biex ma noħolqux konġestjoni :)

Tistgħu tifhmu li fi 3 sigħat ma nistax nieħu ħafna fit-tul. Kull appuntament ma jistax itawwal iżjed minn 10 minuti. F'kas ta' xi diffikulta' ikbtuli nota u ibagħtuha m'uliedkom. Grazzi ħafna.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Louis Braille

Today's main topic in the English lesson was the great Louis Braille and his extraordinary biography. The questions of the comprehension are based on this story found in the Way Ahead Pupil's Book page 32. The first exercise is answering true or false. The second exercise is filling the blanks with one word and the third one answering the questions.

Underneath is the handout with the comprehension exercises.

http://www.box.net/shared/z9nfb0zmgh

Here you can find a short documentary about Louis Braille's life.



Here is a detailed biography of Braille's life

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Braille

Monday, November 9, 2009

Our new animal drawings


Marcio Ghigo & his Bird Cup


Kurvic Farrugia & his Cahuchi :)

Awesome job kids! I loved all the drawings, and some of them were really creative. Now don't forget to stick the handout and the drawing on the English Creative Work Scrapbook.


Il-Hw tal-lum 09/11/09

Il-Kumplament tal-Hw barra l-comprehension huwa:

- L-Maths (Odd & Even numbers) - NT2 pg 41 nos 11-27 u pg 42 (it-table tal-addition + nos 2-9). Tinsewx biex timxu mal-Maths Notes u mhux iżżommuh magħluq fil-basket!!!

- English (Unit 5) - Way Ahead WB pg 27 ex1 (crossword + pictures below) & ex 2 (write the article). Imxu mal-artiklu tal-Pupil's Book pg 28 ex 3.

- Il-comprehension ma ninsewx li questions & answers (Maltimanija pgs 16-17 questions a-ħ)

Il-Beatles

Kif tafu llum fil-klassi ddiskutejna l-komprensjoni tal-Malti li titratta dwar wieħed mill-akbar gruppi li qatt rat id-dinja. L-ewwel vidjow huwa tad-diska "Yesterday" fejn taraw ritratti tal-membri tal-grupp.



Din hija "Hey Jude" li Paul McCartney kiteb għal iben John Lennon, Julian. Mix-xellug għal-lemin jidhru George Harrison (li miet fl-2001), John Lennon (li ġie maqtul minn Mark Chapman fl-1980), Ringo Starr u Paul McCartney.



U din hija l-iżjed diska li kisbitilhom suċċess, Let it Be.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

The Lost Dog



Once there was a dog, called Jerry, that lived in a very poor village in the countryside. His owner was a farmer who had lots of fields. There was a field filled with orange, lemon and peach trees where Jerry used to play. Once he went through a passage and discovered a large city. He was so afraid!

After a while he was feeling hungry. He saw a restaurant, called McDonald’s, and in there he found a boy called Tom who gave him a hamburger. He liked it! There was a large doberman outside and Jerry was afraid but surprisingly they made friends. His name was Bruce. A gang of dogs ran after Jerry but Bruce scared them away. Afterwards they went to the park and met a cat called Tabby. They immediately became friends. Back at the poor village, a postman passes by and the owner of Jerry informs him that he had lost his dog. When the postman goes to the city by accident he finds Jerry, Tabby and Bruce all together. He took Jerry and Tabby and went off to the village. They said bye to Bruce and went along. Jerry and Tabby fell in love with each other!

When they got back Jerry’s owner was amazed to see a dog and a cat together. He kept them both. A few days later they had kittens! They both lived happily ever after ...

Marcio Ghigo

Friday, November 6, 2009

Avviż

Tinsewx biex nhar it-Tnejn tiġu bil-PE kit għal-lesson u min għad fadallu jġib xi flus tal-lezzjoni tal-għawm u taż-żjara sal-Fiera tal-Kotba jġibhom sa nhar it-Tlieta li ġej jekk jogħġobkom. Mit-Tlieta imbagħad ma ninsewx li kulħadd irid jibda jiġi l-iskola bl-uniformi tax-Xitwa. Grazzi.

Weekend Homework 06/11/09

Though I explained each homework thoroughly in class I will post this weekend's homework. In case of any difficulty just comment underneath this post - first you have to become a follower of this blog ;)

1) Maths HW (Subtraction by borrowing)

NT 2 pg 40 nos 7-11 (including the estimations), NT 2 pg 38 (subtract the blue
flowers from the orange flowers)
PCM pg 78 nos 2-8 (no need to work out the estimations)

2) English HW (Creative writing)

Describe a new animal that doesn't exist. Give it a name, where does it live,
what does it drink and eat, etc. Write on the handout provided in class.
You can still download the handout directly from this link :



Don't forget to draw your imaginary animal on a separate piece of paper.

3) Social Studies HW (Is-Sajd f'Malta)

Handout pgs 42-43 ex C, ex D, ex E

5) Religion HW (David il-Magħżul t'Alla)

Project Lejn il-Missier page 25. Fuq in-naħa tal-linji iktbu fi kliemkom
l-istorja ta' kif ingħażel il-profeta David. Fuq in-naħa tal-kartonċin
waħħal ritratt tal-magħmudija tiegħek u taħtha ikteb dan il-kliem :
ALLA GĦAŻILNI BIEX INKUN IT-TIFEL/TIFLA TIEGĦU

Thanks very much and enjoy the weekend. Don't forget to read too!

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Dawra ma' B'Kara

Agħfsu din il-link biex taraw xogħol sħabkom Sarah u Shania dwar il-ħarġa li għamilna mar-raħal ta' Birkirkara l-ġimgħa l-oħra. Ħaqqhom prosit!

http://primary.skola.edu.mt/category/kullegg-santa-tereza/birkirkara/bkara-54/

Mose' quddiem ix-xitla taqbad (Lejn il-Missier Chapter 2)

It-tieni kapitlu tar-Religion, Mose quddiem ix-xitla taqbad, jinsab hawn taħt f'din il-powerpoint presentation. Meta jkollkom ftit ċans oqogħdu irrevedu ftit dan il-kapitlu dwar Mose'.

Homework 05/11/09

I know you have a bit of HW today but it's nothing out of this world.

- Maths (SUBTRACTIONS) : NT2 pg 38 nos 8-17 (don't forget the estimations)/ PCM pg 78 nos 2-8 (the same as above). During classwork you did a very good job. So I know you will do them correctly.

- English (REVISION) : Way Ahead Workbook pgs 25-26 exs 1,2,3,4,5,7. revision of the previous four chapters.

- Maltese (SINONIMI) : Maltimanija Kitba u Ortografija pgs 6-7 ex A (nos 11-17 - underline the answers), ex B (nos 1-10 - choose the best answer), Handout Stilel pg 31 nos 1-13. Very easy.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Roald Dahl's Books

Should start to enjoy Roald Dahl's world ... it would be a great experience. Loads of very good books - Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, James & the Giant Peach, The Twits, Esio Trot, The Witches and this one ...

This is the trailer of a new film which is being shown at the local cinemas based on of Dahl's greatest books - Fantastic Mr Fox.

Today's homework

For today just the one homework - some subtraction sums using the borrowing method. Don't forget - you don't need to work out the estimations while make sure that you borrow correctly.

Maths Photocopy Masters pg 77 nos 2-12.

Don't forget to study the "Mdina" topic from the Social Studies workbook from page 56 to page 63.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Jien u l-Oħrajn

Din hija l-powerpoint presentation tal-Istudji Soċjali li għamilna fil-klassi fl-ewwel ġimgħa marbuta ma' żewġ kapitli - Jien u l-Oħrajn (Workbook pgs 38-39) u Naħdmu Flimkien (pgs 40-41).

Monday, November 2, 2009

Alla Jagħtina l-Ħajja

Hawnhekk tistgħu ssibu l-ewwel kapitlu ta' Lejn il-Missier - Alla jagħtina l-Ħajja - fil-forma ta' powerpoint fajl kif għamilnieh fil-klassi. Tistgħu tistudjaw it-topik minn hawn flok mill-ktieb.

Merħba!

Nagħti merħba lil kull min se jidħol f'dan il-blog ġdid fil-jiem li ġejjin.

L-għan ta' dan il-blog huwa biex naqsam magħkom dak li jkun qed isir fil-klassi tiegħi f'forma ta' djarju ta' kuljum. Waqt li fl-istess ħin noħloq katina ta' komunikazzjoni mal-istudenti u l-ġenituri. Intom il-ġenituri tistgħu tidħlu ta' kuljum f'dan il-blog biex taraw ix-xogħol tal-iskola mogħti għad-dar, xi handouts li se npoġġi online, avviżi importanti mill-iskola, vidjows relatati mas-suġġetti li nkunu qed nagħmlu fil-klassi, il-powerpoints tal-Istudji Soċjali u r-Reliġjon li nuża fil-klassi u fuq kollox xogħol it-tfal.

B'hekk kull min ikun falla minħabba xi mard jew għal xi raġuni oħra, inkella jkun nesa x'għandu jagħmel jew irid jiċċekkja eżatt kemm jidħol f'dan il-blog u malajr isegwi magħna. Apparti hekk nistieden u nħeġġeġ kemm lit-tfal kif ukoll lill-ġenituri biex iħallu kummenti ħalli ntejbu kemm jista' jkun. Għaliex wara kollox dan l-iskop tiegħu hu li ngħin lit-tfal u nagħmel l-esperjenza skolastika iżjed pjaċevoli u interessanti!