Elementary School Lessons

Fill in the blanks:

1. A ___________ is a comparison of two quantities.

2. A ___________ is a comparison between two different quantities.

3. Two equal ratios form a _____________, where the product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes.

4. To change a fraction with a denominator of 100 to percent, drop the denominator and affix the ___________

5. To change the fraction whose denominator is not 100 to percent, write an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 100 then write this as ___________

6. To write a percent as a fraction, use 100 as the ________________ then reduce to lowest term.

7. To change a decimal to a percent, first change the decimal to a fraction with a denominator of _________. Then change the fraction to a percent.

8. To change a percent to a decimal, move the decimal point two places to the ____________ then drop the % sign.

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Grade 4 Math: Ratio.Proportion.Percentage reviewer

Dear Kids,

3rd Trimester Exams are coming up next week and I am jittery. Teacher Mom gets stressed and demands more from the three of you.

As I’ve said, you only got several days to go before summer vacation starts and it is important to concentrate more for the last batch of exams, the third trimester exams after that big school production where you, my son has a role. Yey for that!

I know you are all tired. We all are. We have been waking up very early since June, me at quarter past 4am and you at around 5am to prepare for school. You are all tired from going home late too, about 6pm. Sometimes one of you almost falls asleep while eating or not once had one of you went to bed with hair slightly damp from your bath.

I know this isn’t healthy and your young bodies are craving for long hours of sleep. I do too. And I feel sad when I think about this.

Knowing that this school year is about to end in a few days, you will perhaps miss the action once you get bored with summer vacation.

So I suggest you give those books and notes some loving by reading them before you all part ways to keep yourself occupied and banish the thoughts of missing your classmates for a two months.

Time surely flies when you are having fun, isn’t it? From crazy hectic to super fun playtime with friends, I know this school year was, still is as of this time, one of the best you’ve ever had in terms of meeting new friends, learning new concepts and ideas and trying new things.

Oh yes, I know, my patience has been tested time and time again and I know you underwent a lot of stresses too. After all these things, we look back and learn and laugh from our mistakes.

You, on the other hand, will try to do better next school year and have as much fun as you can, as long as you are still young. Isn’t it what the school wants you to do? enjoy your childhood for you are children for a short time and you should enjoy these years.

As for me, I want you to enjoy being children and learn not just the academics but the smarts to help you become the best that you all could be.

I love you all.

Love, Tiger Mom, XOXO

The younger daughter participated in yesterday’s Run United 1 (500 m dash) at the Bonifacio Global City.

We were all up half past 3am and on our way to the venue. The drizzles made me wary at first because we don’t want to get sick. However, since we already experienced a fun run with the rain falling in full blast, I knew my younger daughter is more than ready for this event.

After all, she’ll only do 500 meter dash which seems a walk in the park compared to last year’s Mommy Milkshake 3k run and Fun Run with Friends where she got a second place position after going around the UP Oval with some other kids including Kuya 😉

So how did the younger daughter do? She placed 71st among all 384 children, 34th among 183 females and 18th among 96 girls in the 6-9 years old category.

Here she is enjoying a post-race treat 😀

Woot!!!!

The kids, especially the younger daughter, love Foldabot.

This is a Foldabot Dinosaur that the younger daughter made without help.

Here is the Foldabot Dinosaur at another angle.

Paper folding is one important aspect of child development that seems forgotten these days, with the children busy with their hand-held gadgets and online games.

Children should be good with their finger dexterity for fine motor skills necessary for cutting, pasting, tearing, folding, coloring and writing later on.

The son brought home a hamster yesterday. It’s not his. It belongs to a classmate who brought it for the Science Week but forgot to bring it home last Thursday.

Friday was a holiday and they didn’t have school.

Saturday was rehearsal day for the Dramatics Club where the son is a member. He was the one brought home the hamster because he was a classmate of the owner.

We went to the supermarket to look for hamster food. We found none save for plastic containers of rabbit food. I have to say “no” because if he brings back the hamster and we still have heaps of rabbit food, the kids might ask for a hamster or a rabbit. Which I have to say “no” to again and they will feel sad.

We gave the hamster apple slices and it nibbled on the slices in no time. He was busy going round and round the wheel last night and was fast asleep in the morning.

Anyway…

Tomorrow, he will bring back the hamster and give it back to the owner.

He lost the semi-finals round by 1 point.

Last Monday was my son’s first time to join a math quiz bee elimination round, he got in third place for the top ten highest scores.

Then today, he got the highest score for the five students who will vie for the final two slots.

Among the five, he scored the third highest, missing a point to tie with the second placer. Oh well,  I guess it’s not meant to be that he compete in the Math Quiz Bee.

Of course I’m disappointed but my hubby, who is ever so objective, pointed out that he probably wasn’t concentrated on the quiz details because he was torn between going to a BSP 4 day camp starting tomorrow (which he isn’t sure he is going to attend just in case he gets to compete in the Math quiz bee) and attending a Saturday rehearsal for the Drama Club’s yearly big production.

So I guess, being a former homeschooler, he didn’t do bad. Though he could have done better.

Love, Tiger Mom, XOXO

She said they had the first elimination round for the Math Quiz Bee and she got the second highest score among her classmates.

Oh? I asked.

Yes! She said, with her signature look and furrow between the brows. She has mixed feelings that I don’t believe her.

For a while, I did feel surprise, not that I doubt she can do her best but because I was happy for her.

I am happy, deliriously happy. Why? Because math is her waterloo. The younger daughter has so much difficulty doing math problems that we used to be up late with me teaching her how dynamic subtraction is done and why this is even related to division. And when we do this, she gives me blank looks. And tears at times.

I told her, I want her to do her best to get a slot in the Math quiz bee but getting that second highest score is already a win for me.

I also told her that if she sets her heart with what she wants to achieve, she can overcome her difficulties.

Love, Tiger Mom, XOXO 😀