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 one5 and one2 in common. Multiply these common prime factors and you get the greatest common factor.
Nuvali Field Trip Memorable Experience Journal entry:
On August 4, 2010, we’ve been gone to field trip in Nuvali. In Nuvali, we go fish feeding, boat riding, hiking, and trekking. In fish feeding, we’ve come now to the lake that is full of fishes. The fish food is worth PhP15.00.
Now we buy one and you see the lake is full of fishes then I throw fish food. And the fishes are fighting each other to get one! There until JM and Karl and I shared fish food until the food is now few. I threw them all at the lake.
Now the boat riding. Before the boat riding, Kuya Robi explained (to) us about recycling. We line up for the boat but Just*** R keep pushing me! Then when we stop, Just*** R stole my place! Then its time to go inside the boat but it was too late. I was the the one next to go inside the boat but the boat was full. Later (while the son is waiting on the dock), waves go to us, it felt like we were surfing! The boat arrived (after a few) in minutes. Then when I go in, I sit at the back of the boat. I put on the vest that is on my back (of the seat). And then when the boat started we go to the fountain. Then when we are now back (to the fish feeding station), I was a little wet.
Hiking and Trekking. When we had come to the bridge, it is so down we would really hike! When we started to go down it’s scary. In the last it felt like I was sliding down the and its really scary! Now, at last that was finish its time now to step on rocks, not on soil. Now when that hiking is done we play in a river for a few minutes. Kuya Jan explained (to) us something. After that we play but my mom panicked to call me and it started to rain! Oh, I almost forgot, I forgot to use Crocs but I was using my rubber shoes and stones went inside. I changed my clothes outside the bus and we leave Nuvali.
Words in italics were added in an attempt for minimum editing. Everything was handwritten by the son in his Science notebook.
