G2 End of Year Revision Guide [May 2011]

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Revision Guide

May 2011

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Grade Two End of Year Revision Guide May 2011

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16th May 2011

Dear parents,

The End of Year examination week will begin on Saturday the 11thJune 2011. Information on the exact dates for specific subjects willfollow shortly in a letter from the school.

This examination week is testing a selection of the material that wevecovered since the midyear point of the academic year.

There will be a revision week prior to the examination week. Therevision week will start 4th June 2011. Subject teachers will give

students additional revision worksheets to complete during thoserevision lessons.

The following provides a summary of what topics can be revised athome.

Information on Arabic and other subjects should follow from theteachers of those subjects.

This booklet includes information on: English, Maths, Science, Social

Studies, Islamic Studies (in English) and I.T.

Thank you.

(Grade Two Teachers)


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EnglishEnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish will be spread over two exam papers and will focus on sixareas, three per exam paper.

English Paper 1 Comprehension, High Frequency Words and Spelling

Comprehension

This subject tests the childrens understanding of texts and stories;including concepts such as fact and opinion, compare and contrast,draw conclusions, cause and effect, and character and setting.

An explanation of some of these skills can be found in Practice Book

2.2 on pages 104, 114, 124, 134, 144, and 154.

Spelling

Please revise the spelling of the following words. We will select twowords from each column and ask for them to be spelt (i.e. written)correctly, making it a total of 10 words in the test.

contractions+ed and

+ing

-tion and

-ture

-ness and

-less

mis- and

mid-weredontcant

theyrehedIve

plannedplanning

likedcrying

skippedtried

picturenationfutureactioncautionnature

goodnesscarelessdarknessfearless

thanklessweakness

midairmisplacemidweek

misbehavemistakemidyear

High Frequency Words

Please revise the usage (not spelling) of the following words in the

green covered Practice Book 2.2, pages 106, 116126, 136, and 146.

flag stars freedom

aunt collects present

railroad galloped trails

borrow clattering drum

cheers field threw


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English Paper 2 Grammar, Creative Writing and Handwriting

Grammar

Please revise the following topics and skills that have been covered in

TheGrammar and Writing Book.

TopicGrammar and Writing Book

Page

adjectives and our senses 140

adjectives for number, size, and shape 146

adjectives that compare 152

adverbs that tell when and where 158

adverbs that tell how 164

pronouns 170

pronouns for one and more 176using I and me 182

different kinds of pronouns 188

contractions 194

using capital letters 200

quotation marks 206

using commas 212

commas in compound sentences 218

the paragraph 224

Creative Writing

The children will be asked to write two facts and two opinions aboutsomething. This is a skill that we have already practiced in class.

Handwriting

The children are to be assessed on their ability to write with cursive

writing. We are only looking at lower-case letters.

Take care to use the correct strokes and loops. Make sure that tall,

short and descending letters are written in the correct places.


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SciencePlease revise the following selection of topics covered in units 3 and 4of the science books.

Please note that were testing the childrens oral comprehension of

the key words and concepts, not their reading abilities. The format willbe that we will read aloud a question to the children and they willthen have to select an answer from a choice which will also be readaloud to them.

To revise, I suggest that you check your child understands:

1) The meaning of the words that you find highlighted in yellow inthe colour textbook lessons;

2) The meaning of the words found in boxes in the workbookexercises.

3) He should also be able to answer the questions found in thelesson checkpoints located at the end (and sometimes in themiddle) of each lesson in the textbook.

Chapter/Lesson TextbookChapter 8 Lesson 1 What is matter?

Lesson 2 What are the states of matter?Lesson 3 How can matter be changed?

237239242

Chapter 9 Lesson 1 What is energy?Lesson 2 How do living things use energy?Lesson 4 How does light move?Lesson 5 What are other kinds of energy?

271274282286

Chapter 10 Lesson 1 How do objects move?Lesson 2 What is work?Lesson 3 How can you change the waythings move?Lesson 5 What are magnets?

303308310

318

Chapter 11 Lesson 1 What is sound?

Lesson 2 What is pitch?

335

338Chapter 12 Lesson 4 What can you see in the night

sky?Lesson 5 Why does the Moon seem tochange?Lesson 6 What is the solar system?

376

380

382

Chapter 13 Lesson 1 What is technology?Lesson 2 How does technology help us?Lesson 3 How do we use technology tocommunicate?Lesson 4 What are some other ways weuse technology?

398402404

406


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MathematicsMathematicsMathematicsMathematicsPlease revise the following topics that we have covered.There will be at least one question on the exam paper for each of the

following topics. Please refer to the exercises in the yellow coveredPractice Masters / Workbook.

Topic

Corresponding page

in Practice Masters /

Workbook

Telling time to five minutes 92

Telling time after& before the hour 93,94

Pictograph, Bar graph, Line plots,

Coordinate Graphs103,104,105,106

Understanding Volume 117

Grams & Kilograms 120

Using Probability 123

Comparing numbers 130

Before, After, Between 133

Ordering Numbers 134

Look for a pattern 135

Adding with models, Adding & SubtractingThree Digits Numbers

139,140,141,146

Ways to find missing parts 143

Addition & Multiplication 151

Building Arrays, Multiplying in any Order 152,153

Vertical Forms 154

Making Equal Groups 156

Writing Division Sentences 157


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Social StudiesSocial StudiesSocial StudiesSocial StudiesPlease revise the following selection of topics covered in the two

social studies texts: the Health & Fitness books and the For A Better

World books.

For Health & Fitness the textbook, rather than the activity book,contains the key information to be revised. To revise, please checkthat your child understands and can orally explain the meaning of thewords that you find highlighted in yellow in the colour textbook andthat he can orally answer the questions that you find in the reviewbox at the end of each lesson.

In addition you can find keywords from each chapter defined in shortsentences in the glossary in pages 263-271 which may also help.

In the For A Better World books again it is the colour text book that isof more use. Some of the key terms are highlighted within thechapters. You can find keywords from the selected chapters definedin short sentences in the glossary in pages 109 115.

Some questions will have multiple choice answers. Some questions willbe matching terms to definitions. Some require the student tocomplete the missing word from sentences and some questions will befree response where the student is expected to write his own answersto questions.

Topic TextbookPreventing Illness Pages 152 - 155

Illnesses That Do Not Spread Pages 156 - 159

Drugs Pages 172 - 173

Caffeine Pages 174 - 175

Managing Your Feelings Pages 194 - 197

Being Responsible Pages 200 - 201

Showing Respect Pages 202 - 203

Getting Along With Family Members Pages 214 - 217Getting Rid of Trash Pages 236 - 237

Keeping Air and Water Clean Pages 240 - 243

For A Better World Topic Textbook Pages

Learn about maps Symbols How to Draw a Map

Which way to go.

3 - 10


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(Knowing what symbols are; being ableto decode a message using symbols;reading a map using a map key;knowing the meaning of the key words:map, map key, atlas, border.)

The Arab Countries

The Arab Countries in Asia The Arab Countries in Africa

(Knowing whether the followingcountries are in Asia or Africa and whatis the name of their capital city: SaudiArabia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Yemen,Egypt, Algeria & Sudan.

How many Arab countries there are in

Africa and Asia.)

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Islamic StudiesIslamic StudiesIslamic StudiesIslamic Studies

(ininininEnglishEnglishEnglishEnglish))

Please refer to the Islamic Studies Grade 2 book by Maulvi AbdulAzizwhen revising this subject. The presentation of this exam will be similarin format to that of the Social Studies and Science exams.

Topic Page number

Dhikr and Duaa 74

Prophet Muhammad parts (1,2,3) 88,93,98

Said the Prophet 104

Telling Lies 107

Truthfulness (Importance of Truthfulness) 111

Stealing (Punishment of stealing in Islam) 115

Etiquette of talking 119

Etiquette of Going out and walking 123Zakah :the purifying Dues (Importance of this

pillar of Islam)127

Fasting in the Month of Ramadan 130

The Pilgrimage 134

The Islamic Calendar (Student shouldknow by heart the names of Islamic Months)

137


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I.T.Part of the I.T. exam will be theory based (i.e. answering questions) andpart will be practical (i.e. students will have to demonstrate that they

are able to perform certain tasks on the computer)

I.T. Exam DatesThe I.T. exam (theory and practical) is held during the revision week(i.e. the week 4th Jun to 8th Jun). It will take place during the studentsnormal I.T. periods of that week.

Please refer to any recent weekly planner to see which days your sonnormally has I.T.

The first period of the week will be the theory and the second thepractical. Those students who are timetabled to have two I.T. lessons inthe same day will do the exam parts together.

Here are a summary of the core skills that the students should havegrasped.

The I.T. teachers will hand out some revision worksheets during theweek starting 28th May targeting some of these skills.

Chapter: 6 (Theory and Practical)Lesson: 1-2-3-4-5-6(the theory you can cover it from the worksheet)

He should know: What is multimedia? How to open the Microsoft PowerPoint program

Adding Text to a slide Adding clip art to a slide Viewing the presentation

Chapter: 7 (Theory and Practical)Lesson: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7(you can cover it from the worksheets)

He should know: How to open the Microsoft Excel program What is a spreadsheet? Moving around a spreadsheet Understanding and finding the cell address

Enter data into a spreadsheet Extend the cell


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Changing the color of text Changing the cell background Viewing a column, pie and line chart

Chapter: 4 (Theory and Practical)Lesson: 1-2-3(Cover it from the book)

He should know:

What are the internet and the web How to open any web address Searching on internet Safety on the internet

Chapter: 5 (Practical)

Lesson: 1-2-3-4-5

(Cover it from the book / page 163 To 181)

He should know:

How to open the paint program Drawing lines and shapes Using colors Using the fill tool Adding text Saving and Printing a drawing

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