I'm here!

I'm here, in the E-learning building, for the prize-giving ceremony for the 'Educational Blogging' Competition. 

Feeling nervous and scared as surrounded by many adults..

Ada.

Maths Tips

• Always read maths problems completely before making any calculations.  If you "look" too quickly at a problem, you may misunderstand what really needs to be done to complete the problem. 

• Whenever possible, draw a diagram.  Even though you may be able to visualize the situation, a hand drawn diagram will allow you to label the picture and to view the situation from different perspectives.  

• If you know that your answer to a question is incorrect, and you somehow cannot find your mistake, start over on a clean piece of paper. Sometimes when you try to correct a problem, you continually overlook the mistake.  Starting over on a clean piece of paper will let you focus on the question, not on trying to find the error. 

• If you simply cannot determine the answer to a question, make a guess.  Think about the problem and the information you know to be true.  Make a guess that will be logical based upon the conditions of the problem.

•   Make sure that your answer "makes sense" (logic).  For example, if a question asks you to find the number of feet in a drawing and your answer comes out to be a negative number, know that this answer is incorrect.  (We cannot measure negative feet.)  

And the most important thing of all, remain confident! Focus on what you do know, not what you do not know.

I hope these tips become handy when you're in an exam! 
Till then,
Ada

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable Nouns 
Countable nouns can be counted as one or more.

• Example: pen, computer, bottle, spoon, desk, cup, television, chair, shoe, finger, flower, camera, stick, balloon, book, table, comb and more..

Take a 's' to form the plural.

• pens, computers, bottles, spoons, desks, cups, televisions, chairs, shoes, fingers, flowers, cameras, sticks, balloons, books, tables, combs, etc.

Work with expressions such as (a few, few, many, some, every, each, these, and the number of).

• a few pens, a few computers, many bottles, some spoons, every desk, each cup, these televisions, the number of chairs, a few shoes, a few fingers, many flowers, some cameras, every stick, each balloon, these books, the number of tables, many combs, etc.

Work with appropriate articles (a, an, or the).

• a pen, the computer, a bottle, the spoon, a desk, the cup, a television, the chair, a shoe, the finger, a flower, the camera, a stick, the balloon, a book, the table, a comb, etc.

Do not work with much (for example, you would never say much pens or much computers).


 Uncountable nouns
 Cannot be counted. They usually express a group or a type.

• water, wood, ice, air, oxygen, English, Spanish, traffic, furniture, milk, wine, sugar, rice, meat, flour, soccer, sunshine, etc.

Work both with and without an article (a, an, or the), depending on the context of the sentence.

• Sugar is sweet.
• The sunshine is beautiful.
• I drink milk.
• He eats rice.
• We watch soccer together.
• The wood is burning.

Work with expressions such as (some, any, enough, this, that, and much).

• We ate some rice and milk.
• I hope to see some sunshine today.
• This meat is good.
• She does not speak much Spanish.
• Do you see any traffic on the road?
• That wine is very old.

Do not work with expressions such as (these, those, every, each, either, or neither).
Work both with and without an article (a, an, or the), depending on the context of the sentence.

• Sugar is sweet.
• The sunshine is beautiful.
• I drink milk.
• He eats rice.
• We watch soccer together.
• The wood is burning.

Work with expressions such as (some, any, enough, this, that, and much).

• We ate some rice and milk.
• I hope to see some sunshine today.
• This meat is good.
• She does not speak much Spanish.
• Do you see any traffic on the road?
• That wine is very old.

Do NOT work with expressions such as (these, those, every, each, either, or neither).

Good News!

My beloved mother got a call from UPSI (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris) saying that I won 3rd place in the 'Educational Blogging' competition!
All of my hard work has paid off. Thanks to this blog, I won third place. I never expected this.

Until now, it is still hard for me to believe!

I would like to thank my mother who introduced me to the competition .. and also for her support! Thank you!

Creating wonderful memories..

Yes, UPSR has ended. So, what do we do at school? Here's the answer: HAVE FUN. We have this 'After UPSR Program' which is fun for me. We get splitted up into 8 groups and do the weekly tasks we are given. Last week, we had to compete in making breakfast and also 'Bicara Berirama'. Although some of my teammates messed up by not remembering their lines, it was totally worth practicing everyday. 

Today, we received a new task. We had to make a 'Pentomin'. At first, my whole team was very confused-What is a Pentomin? We discovered that it was acting, and there was a narrator who reads the story/play. The actors can't speak. Only the narrator can. I have put all of my efforts into making a creative, but also funny 'pentomin'.

Oh, look at the time! Well, it won't wait for me for sure! Bye!

Ada

Something confusing

In the 'Penulisan' paper, there is something confusing with Section A.
You can notice that in the instructions at the top of the picture/s given. Sometimes it would say this: 'Tuliskan lima ayat berdasarkan situasi di bawah' or 'Tuliskan lima ayat berdasarkan aktiviti di bawah'.
You can notice two things, SITUASI and AKTIVITI.

Are they the same?

Once, there was a person who came to my school to give a speech about tips on 'Penulisan'. He told us that situasi and aktiviti are two different things. If the instructions say to write about the situation, the sentences you will have to create ARE different than activity sentences.

But again, when I asked my Malay Language teacher, she said situation and Activity are just the same.

So, the question is.. who should we follow? Actually, I don't even know WHO we should follow. I am quite puzzled about this. If you know, please comment in the comments section to let me know. Your kindliness to let me know is highly appreciated.

Thank you! From your favourite blogger,
Adawiyah.

Latest news..

Well, yes. Both UPSR and PSRA has ended. I feel a bit relaxed now.. but, I still can't stop thinking about my marks. I have this weird feeling that I'm not going to get 5A's. I don't know why this feeling comes to me. Still, sometimes I try to think positively. My teachers have checked my results fro Mathematics Paper 1, English paper 1 and also Science section A. (They marked by looking at the answers we wrote down on our question papers). Here are my results:

Mathematics paper 1: 40/40 (Feeling happy about this!)
English paper 1: 39/40  (I got one simple question wrong! feeling VERY frustrated)
Science section A: 25/30 (Oh, this is much more frustrating than English. I am disappointed in myself!) >_<


I just hope I get high marks for other subjects. Most of the people I know are counting on me to score 5A's. If I don't, I will let them down. Oh, well. I can't go back to the past and correct my mistakes, right? So I'll just accept my marks with an open heart. I scored 5A's for the mid-year exam and also the UPSR trial. I hope I get 5A's too for the real UPSR examination. I would like to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who has been supporting me all the way!

New Zealand Memories!

Miss living in New Zealand with all of the other awesome Malays!

Actually, there IS quite a big crowd of Malays living in New Zealand. We do many fun activities together! We  meet each other often at the Christchurch Islamic Centre (also known as C.I.C).  I still cannot forget the wonderful memories..

Amazing photos

Below are some photos of the scenery in the South Island, New Zealand. I love these photos! I hope I can go back to New Zealand one day..
(Move your cursor towards the photo and the photo will change!)
#Credits to: Uncle Haneff. He was the one who took these photos!

Bahasa Melayu

Kata ganti nama

Kata ganti nama diri terdiri daripada 3 bahagian iaitu:- 

> Kata ganti nama diri pertama.   Aku, saya, kami, kita

> Kata ganti nama diri kedua.      Awak, kalian

> Kata ganti nama diri ketiga.      Dia, mereka

Kata ganti nama diri pertama

Aku: ketika bercakap dengan orang yang rapat, sama taraf atau ketika berdoa kepada tuhan

Patik : ketika bercakap dengan sultan, permaisuri, raja dan kerabat diraja

Hamba : ketika bercakap dengan orang yang rapat, sama taraf atau ketika berdoa kepada tuhan (bahasa lama)

Kita : merujuk diri orang yang bercakap serta orang lain yang mendengarnya

Kami : merujuk diri sendiri serta rakannya apabila bercakap dengan pihak lain

Kata ganti nama diri kedua

Anda : untuk orang yang baru dikenali atau bercakap tanpa bersemuka

Awak : untuk orang kedua yang rapat dengan penutur termasuk panggilan orang atasan kepada orang bawahan

Kamu : ditujikan untuk orang yang disapa oleh dewasa

Engkau : digunakan kepada orang yang rapat dengan penutur termasuk panggilan ketika berdoa

Tuanku : untuk menyebut diri raja atau sultan ketika bercakap dengannya

Kalain : untuk menyebut atau bercakap dengan dirip orang kedua yang lebih daripada seorang

UPSR!

I am very sorry for not updating this blog for a long time. For your information, I have actually been very busy with UPSR. I have just finished the UPSR examination yesterday! Oh, the burden has gone now! Although I have finished UPSR, I need to take another examination. PSRA is the name of that examination. It is an examination taken by all of the year sixes who go to an islamic school in Selangor. I need to focus on that exam now! Anyway, I hope all of the readers of this blog who are also year sixes pass the examinations with flying colours. 

I hope we can achieve excellent results so that we can go to great schools in Malaysia. If you have not filled in the form to go to 'Sekolah Berasrama Penuh', you can fill it in online at: 

http://public.moe.gov.my/

If you have any questions when fillng in the form, do not hesitate to ask me. 

Shape and Space -Mathematics

Let's hear the shapes song before we learn more! Make sure you hear it until the end because I love the ending!

Two-dimensional shapes (2D Shapes):

Three-dimensional shapes (3D Shapes):

Sometimes, there are questions that involve us to name the
names of 3-D Shapes. I would advise you to remember the

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Perimeter

How to calculate the perimeter of a shape. Example:

Perimeter Rectangle= (5cm+5cm+12cm+12cm) Two lines have same length

                              = (10cm+24cm) ----> 34cm

Perimeter Square= (5cm+5cm+5cm+5cm) All of the sides are of the same length

                         = 20cm

Perimeter Triangle = (5cm+7cm+6cm) According to the type of triangle

                             = (12cm+6cm) ---> 18 cm

Area

Area of a square: length x breadth (a x a)

Area of rectangle:length x breadth (a x b)

Area of a triangle: length x breadth, then divide by 2

Volume

Volume Square: length x breadth x height (a x a x a)

Volume rectangle: length x breadth x height (a x b x c)

Interesting facts!

I have been reading some very interesting books that contain fascinating facts. I felt that it would be great to share it with all of my delightful readers..

• Spider silk, by weight, is stronger than steel!
• Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.
• A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out. (I guess ice-creams are not ideal for crocodiles!)
• A polar bear's fur is not white, but translucent
• Honeybees kill more people than venomous snakes do. (The cute honeybees kill us people more than snakes! Frightening!)
• Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our system combined. (Wow, that's big!)
• Donald Duck (From Mickey Mouse) comics were once banned in Finland because Donald does not wear pants. (Ha, ha, ha! My stomach aches from non-stop laughing!)
• Karate originated in India, but was developed further in China.
• Sound travels through water three times faster than through air. 

Some thing funny that has to do with the last fact:

Person: Look! There's a chicken crossing the road! There's a truck coming! What's he trying to do? Get to the other side?

Chicken: Yeah, yeah! I've heard that 'Why did the chicken cross the road?' jokes, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

(This situation shows why 90% of extinct species are birds!)

Also, if you are still bored and want to know more facts, watch this amazing video:

Investigating Living Things -Animals

Living things interact with one another in the environment. An animal interacts with plants and other animals.
Two common forms of interaction among animals:

• Competition
• Cooperation among animals

There are animals which live alone or live in groups. The animals that live alone are also known as 'Solitary animals'. 

There are reasons why animals live in groups or solitary. 

-Why animals live alone:

• To avoid competition for food, space and more things.
• -To move around quietly without attracting any attention. With no noise which attracts their prey, their prey would not notice its enemie.

-Why animals live in groups:

• To have cooperation with each other for protection.
• For protection. 
• For food. They can work together to look for food.

My pages

Just in case all of you readers do not notice, I will tell you it. Some people don't really notice the tabs which are situated under the blog title. At the moment, there are three tabs:- Home, English and Bahasa Melayu. Please feel free to look at the English and Bahasa Melayu pages.

From your blogger,
Adawiyah

Microorganisms related to food

Microorganisms related to food:

Bacteria in Yogurt

Yogurt is made by boiling milk and adding special bacteria on it. Then, it is kept warm for several hours. The reason why it is kept warm for several hours is so that the bacteria multiplies and turns the sugar in the milk into acid. The acid makes the milk go thick and also stops the breeding of bacteria. Interesting, right? I had just know this and was very fascinated with this yogurt-making process so I wanted to tell all of you, my readers, about it. Did you know? The bacteria in the yogurt is good for our digestive system!

Yeast in Bread

A microorganism that is already well-known as is used in many bakeries called 'yeast' is added to the dough to help the bread rise. The yeast turns the sugar in the dough into carbon-dioxide. As the dough is heated, the bubbles carbon-dioxide get bigger and then the bread rises. I know that yeast helps to make the dough rise before, but I have never known why and how it rises! Very interesting!

Uncooked food

Uncooked food (especially meat) sometimes contain bacteria that is called, 'Salmonella'. Salmonella is not good for us, but usually, this bacteria will be killed after being cooked. If you eat food that has not cooked properly, the 'Salmonella' may survive and cause your gut to multiply and make you very ill if you eat it. Better be careful! Always take care of your health so that you can keep on reading my posts on this blog. :)

Machines (Continued)

More information about Machines:

Complex machines:

Bicycle - Consists of three simple machines: Lever, Gear, Wheel & axle

Scissors - Consists of two simple machines: Lever and Wedge

Hand Drill -  Screw, Wedge, Wheel & axle

Machines -Science

1. Machines are tools that help us do work faster and easier. For example:

a)  help us carry heavy things
b)  wash our clothes
c)  travel faster from one place to another

With these machines in our life, our time and energy is saved. We use many machines in our daily life. Examples:

Eclipse -Year 6 Topic

An eclipse occurs due to the rotation of the moon around the sun. The Moon is a cold and rocky planet  which is around 2,160 miles  in diameter. It has no light of its own but it receives light from the sun.That is the reason why an eclipse occurs- because the earth blocks the moon from receiving the sunlight from the sun. As the moon moves around our planet Earth, it causes different phases of the moon to occur at different times: 

• New Moon > New Crescent > First Quarter > Waxing Gibbous> Full Moon >
  Waning Gibbous > Last Quarter > Old Crescent > New Moon 

Mind map for 'Eclipse':

When an eclipse of the Moon occurs, the people who are are experiencing night time are the people who will see the eclipse. Not everyone in Earth can see it. 

Reading logs

Today, I want to share with you something that I had when I was in New Zealand. At school, we used 'Reading Logs'. A reading log is a book that we have to fill in with some information about a book that we have read. Each day, we are given a new book to read every night at home and we must get our parent/caregiver's signature to show as a proof that we did read the book given by our teacher. Using this method, it encourages kids to read more and make 'Reading a book every night' a habit. This is a example of how a reading log looks like and what we have to fill in:

I think this is not something hard to do every night, it actually is fun filling in the reading log. Only one book per night is not hard at all but it is a good habit to practice in life.

i-Think Maps

A few months ago, the i-Think Maps were introduced to us pupils. i-Think maps are not used by all of the schools in Malaysia,only some schools use it first. Later in the future, all of the schools will be using i-Think maps in school. i-Think maps are very useful for students in other countries, so that is why Malaysia is using them. To me, it is actually more easy because normally we have to make long notes for a subject. Now, using the i-Think maps, we have short and simple notes that are very useful. These i-Think maps also use less time than usual for making notes and it is easier to remember what we have learnt using the i-Think maps. I think that we are lucky to be one of the first schools to use the i-Think maps. I usually use these maps for writing my ideas for an essay.

Welcome to my blog!

I am a year six from SK Tanjong Malim who wants to share with you my life as a student who will face U.P.S.R. soon. Not many days left until the exam comes! The subjects I learn are: Malay (Comprehension), Malay (Writing), English, Science and last but not least, Mathematics. It may seem easy because there are only five papers to take, but there are a lot of things that I need to learn for these five subjects. Studying is an important part of succeeding in this exam.