Elementary School Lessons

I have been meaning to post at least a photo or a short article about the time the 4th grader did a reporting in front of the class. Yes, I was there to take photos! Such as I was there during his educational field trip as a chaperone.

Talk about being a mamarazzi huh?

The son wanted to use the laptop for his presentation for his report on Central Visayas but we said no, he has to do the traditional way. He was particularly proud to show their photos in Bohol, home province of hubby’s family where they sometimes spend summer vacations. Bohol is a part of his report.

The report went well I think. I sat at the back of the room and never uttered a word nor moved an inch since it was my son’s moment.

The children went ga-ga over the many souvenirs he gave away like key chains and bracelets. These were given to those who listened well and answered his questions correctly. The classmates also loved the food samples from these provinces that he distributed.

More photos on this soon. I hope.

CEBU

Cebu City ang pinakamatandang siyudad sa Pilipinas. Narito ang imahe ng Santo Nino de Cebu (Holy Child Jesus of Cebu) na ibinigay kay Raha Humabon mula sa reyna ng Epsana bilang relago. Ito ang pinakamatandang imahe sa Pilipinas at ito ay matatagpuan sa Basilica de Santo Nino. Ang mga Kastila, sa pangunguna ni Ferdinand Magellan ay sumakop sa Cebu.

Kabisera: Cebu City

Populasyon: 3, 850,989 (2007)

Sukat ng Lupa: 5,088.4  sq km

Topograpiya: mayroong mga burol, bundok at kapatagan. Napaliligiran din ito ng mga baybaying-dagat

Mga Lungsod:

• Cebu
• Danao
• Lapu-Lapu
• Mandaue
• Talisay
• Toledo Read the rest…

My Boy Scout is going camping today. The scouts will have an over night camping. I’ve already prepped the things he will bring and hubby was shocked to see how much food I prepared: several brick boxes of milk, water bottles, bananas, a small loaf of bread, cookies, biscuits and even a can of pork and beans.

I also put several clothes to last him several days.

He is bringing a tent and a sleeping bag. His contribution to the group are several bags of charcoal for cooking.

I wanted to bring him to his pulmonologist first before the camping but we didn’t have time to visit the doctor. I hope he won’t have an asthma attack though he brought his inhaler with him, as he always does.

Land Area: 14663.21 sq km

Population: 6,398,628 (2007) ika-lima sa pinakamaraming tao sa 17 na rehiyon sa Pilipinas

Mga Lalawigan:

• Bohol
• Cebu
• Negros Oriental
• Siquijor

Topograpiya: mabundok at maburol ngunit may bahaging lambak at kapatagan. Napaliligiran ng tubig-dagat.

Klima: May ulan kapag mga buwan ng tag-ulan. May ilang lugar na hindi malinaw ang panahon ng tag-ulan ngunit maiksi ang tag-init. May mga bahaging pantay ang distribusyon ng ulan sa buong taon.

Mga Produkto:

• Mga pananim: mais, palay, gulay, niyog at asukal
• Produktong galing sa pangingisda at pag-aalaga ng hayop
• Yamang-kabundukan: ginto, pilak, karbon, tanso, at batong lupa na ginagawang semento, limestone at uling.

Mga Mamamayan:

• Bohol – Boholan; Bol – anon
• Cebu – Cebuano
• Negros Oriental – Negrense

August marks “Buwan ng Wika” in honor of the late President Manuel L. Quezon. Different celebrations in different schools were done to commemorate this day where the Filipino language is the main focus of the month.

School children play different native games, wear traditional Filipino clothes and eat native food and delicacies.

For the intermediate level where the children are now enrolled, they had a poem recitation contest among grades 4 – 5 children. There were 8 contestants (from 8 classes, 4 classes for each grade level) and my son was one of those who competed. They recited “Tayo na sa Bukid”

I missed his performance during the competition because he said it’s ok for me not to watch but I later found out that it was ok. Sigh.

Anyway, the good news was that he won! He bested seven other contestants.

Here he was reciting the poem during the culminating activity in front of the whole school assembly.

Greatest Common factor or GCF is the largest whole number that divides evenly into each of the numbers.

FACTORS are the numbers that you multiply to get another number. [ 3 X 5 = 15 where the factors are 3 and 5]

To get the greatest common factor, one can use two methods:

• First is to list all the factors of the given numbers. The list the common factors or the same factors for these given numbers. When this has been done, choose the biggest number among the common factors.

ex: 30 = 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 30

20 = 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20

The common factors for 30 and 20 are 1,2, 5 and 10 therefore the greatest common factor is 10.

• Another method for finding the greatest common factor is listing down the prime factors. After listing the prime factors, multiply these prime factors.

PRIME FACTORS are numbers that can only be multiplied by 1 and itself [ex: 2,3,5,7,11...]

The prime factors for 30 are 5 x 3 x 2

The prime factors for 20 are 5 x 2 x 2

The prime factorization of 30 and 20 have one 5 and one 2 in common. Multiply these common prime factors and you get the greatest common factor.

5 x 2 = 10

ANG PANUNUMPA NG SCOUT

Sa ngalan ng aking dangal,

ay gagawin ko ang buong makakaya;

Upang tumupad sa aking tungkulin,

sa Diyos at sa aking bayan,

ang Republika ng Pilipinas

at sumunod sa Batas ng Scout;

Tumulong sa ibang tao sa lahat ng pagkakataon

Pamalaging malakas ang aking katawan,

gising ang isipan at marangal ang asal.

ANG BATAS NG SCOUT

Ang Scout ay:

Mapagkakatiwalaan

Matapat

Matulungin

Mapagkaibigan

Magalang

Mabait

Masunurin

Masaya

Matipid

Matapang

Malinis at

Maka-Diyos