FARAASHA
GRADE 4
STUDY GUIDE
FINAL EXAMS JUNE
2014
Dear Parents,
FINAL Exams will
start June 04, 2014 inshaAllah.
You can support
your child through the stress of revision by doing the following things:
·
Working out a revision timetable for each subject.
·
Breaking revision time into small chunks.
·
Making sure your child has all the books, materials
and handouts that were given throughout the year.
·
Using index cards to act as revision prompts.
·
Buying new stationery, highlighters and pens to make
revision more interesting.
·
Going through school notes with your child or listen
while they revise a topic.
·
Making sure that your child has done all the questions
found on this Study Guide.
·
Making sure that your child eats and sleeps well
before and during the exam period.
·
Contacting your child’s teachers if you have any
questions or concerns.
Chers
parents,
Les examens
de fin d’année (Final exams) débuteront le 04 juin, 2014 inshaAllah.
Vous pouvez
soutenir votre enfant en faisant les choses suivantes:
·
L'élaboration d'un calendrier de
révision.
·
Etaler bien le temps de révision
pendant le mois de révision.
·
S'assurer que votre enfant a tous
les livres et les documents qui lui ont été remis tout au long de l'année.
·
Utiliser des fiches de révision.
·
Acheter de nouveaux papeterie,
surligneurs et stylos pour que la révision soit plus intéressante.
·
Ecouter votre enfant révise ses
notes.
·
Assurer que votre enfant a
répondu a toutes les questions dans ce guide.
·
Assurer que votre enfant mange et
dort bien avant et pendant la période des examens.
·
Communiquer avec les enseignants
de votre enfant si vous avez des questions ou des préoccupations.
MATHEMATICS
To prepare for
the Mathematics final exam, students need to:
1. Review
their notes, tests/quizzes, and practice book exercises (Harcourt Math text
book and Practice Workbook). All exercises need to be done again!
2. Visit
the following web sites to find the Mathematics exercises online. You will also
be able to see the answers to the questions at the end of the guide.
Math Mammoth end
of year test
Math Mammoth end of year test
ANSWERS
North Carolina end of grade
test – Grade 4 Mathematics (with Answer key)
Chapters:
1.
Place Value and Number Sense
a.
Understand Place Value
b.
Place Value through Hundred thousands and Millions
2.
Compare and Order Whole Numbers
a.
Comparing, Ordering and Rounding Numbers
3.
Adding and Subtracting Numbers
a.
Adding and subtracting 4 digit numbers
b.
Subtracting across zeros
4.
Algebra: Addition and Subtraction
a.
Addition Properties
b.
Equations
c.
Expressions
d.
Balancing equations
5.
Time, Data and Graphing
a.
Understand Time
b.
Telling Time
c.
Elapsed Time
6.
Collect and Organise data
a.
Making bar, line and circle graphs
b.
Reading bar, line and circle graphs
c.
Reading line plots
d.
Finding Mean, Mode and Median
7.
Multiplication and Division Facts
a.
Multiplication table through 12
b.
Multiplication Properties
c.
Multiplication Patterns
d.
Oder of Operation
e.
Expression and equation with variables
f.
Patterns: Find a rule
8.
Division
a.
Division with remainders
b.
Division Patterns
c.
Dividing with zero
9.
Number Theory
a.
Divisibility Rules
b.
Factors and Multiples
c.
Prime and composite numbers
d.
Square Numbers
10.
Geometry and Algebra
a.
Lines and Rays
b.
Measure and classify angles
c.
Polygons
d.
Classify quadrilaterals
e.
Circles
11.
Fractions and Probability
a.
Read and write fractions
b.
Equivalent fractions
c.
Compare and order fractions
d.
Mixed Numbers
SCIENCE
Measuring Weather
1.
Write the word or phrase that best completes each
sentence.
a.
Air mass
b.
Air pressure
c.
Anemometer
d.
Barometer
e.
Forecast
f.
Front
g.
High pressure area
h.
Humidity
i.
Hygrometer
j.
Low pressure area
k.
Meteorologist
l.
National Weather Service
m.
Precipitation
n.
Rain gauge
o.
Wind vane
i.
The amount that air presses on the earth is
called _____________.
ii.
Rain, snow, and hail are kinds of __________.
iii.
An area where cool air is sinking is a
____________.
iv.
A __________ is a tool that shows wind
direction.
v.
An ___________ is a large amount of air that
has a certain temperature and humidity.
vi.
Scientists use an _____________ to measure
exact wind speed.
vii.
The _________ has weather stations all over the
United States.
viii.
An area where warm air is rising is a
___________.
ix.
A tool that measures precipitation is called a
__________.
x.
A ___________ studies weather.
xi.
Humidity in the air can be measured using a
____________.
xii.
A ____________ is a tool that measures air
pressure.
xiii.
Two air masses meet at a line called a
__________.
xiv.
A prediction of what the weather will be like
is a ____________.
2. The
following are the amounts of rainfall for seven months: 8cm, 7cm, 8cm, 8cm,
13cm, 12cm and 9cm. Find the range, median and mode of rainfall.
3. You walk
outside and look up. You see dome shaped cumulus clouds. What type of weather
would you predict for this day?
4. What
would you infer causes a kite to rise in the sky?
Force and
Motion
5. Write the
word or phrase that best completes each sentence.
a. Chemical
energy
b. Complex
machine
c. Compound
machine
d. Electrical
energy
e. Energy
f.
Force
g. Friction
h. Gravity
i.
Inertia
j.
Kinetic energy
k. Mechanical
energy
l.
Potential energy
m. Simple
machine
n. work
i.
A roller coaster car goes up and down because
it is moved by a __________.
ii.
The force of _______ is what puller a roller
coaster car to the earth.
iii.
The tendency for an object to stay in motion
until a force stops it is called a _________.
iv.
When you apply the brakes on your bike, the
brakes rub against the wheel and cause _________.
v.
You can do work because you have potential
_________.
vi.
As a child moves down a slide, __________
becomes energy of motion.
vii.
When you throw a ball, potential energy becomes
___________.
viii.
A bicycle in motion has kinetic energy in the
form of _________.
ix.
A battery has a kind of potential energy called
__________.
x.
A merry-go-round can be moved by the flow or
electricity or _________.
xi.
If you kick a soccer ball and it moves, you
know that you have done ___________.
xii.
A wheel and axle is a ________ that has two
parts.
xiii.
A bicycle is a
__________ that is made up of several simple machines.
xiv.
The engine of a car is a ____________.
Write a sentence
of sentences to answer these questions.
6. What did
Isaac Newton discover about moving objects?
7. What is
the difference between kinetic and potential energy?
8. How do
you know when work is done?
SOCIAL STUDIES
The student
may choose ONE of the
following themes. This project will count as the final exam note. Students will
work in pairs. They will start presenting their projects from Monday June 2,
inshaAllah.
Theme: Map
and globe skills
Slideshow or
Power Point Presentation
Include: A cover
page with your name, date, and title of the presentation
You should give
explications/descriptions to the following questions:
1. The
differences between a map and a globe.
2. What would
you see if you flew over the earth?
3. The major
continents and oceans
4. Show
pictures of different maps and a globe.
5. Say what
type of information you can learn from a map and a globe
6. Show the
cardinal directions
7. Show the
North Pole and South Pole
8. Latitudes
(how they are measured) and show 3 different latitude lines (the Tropics and
equator)
9. Longitudes
(how they are measured) and show the Prime Meridian.
10. You
should locate 3 cities using latitude or longitude.
11. Your oral
presentation will be assessed.
Theme:
Senegal A changing country
Poster
presentation
Students will
present different information about Senegal in poster form.
To be included:
1. A written
introduction and summary of the posters.
2. Religions
and languages.
3. Climate
(temperatures) across Senegal
4. Different
animal species and plant species
5. Water
resources
6. Population
7. Regions
and capitals
8. Latitudes
and longitudes (approximate locations) of Senegal and various capitals (Dakar,
St Louis etc).
9. Oral
presentation will be assessed.
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
SPELLING
You will have 20 words on
the exam.
1.
match
2.
maybe
3.
meal
4.
meat
5.
meet
6.
merry
7.
might
8.
milk
9.
Monday
10.
money
11.
more
12.
morning
13.
most
14.
mouse
15.
mouth
16.
move
17.
near
18.
neck
19.
never
20.
newspaper
21.
noise
22.
none
23.
noon
24.
note
25.
now
26.
together
27.
told
28.
too
29.
tooth
30.
torn
31.
touch
32.
town
33.
toy
34.
toys
35.
track
36.
trade
37.
traded
38.
trash
39.
tries
40.
trouble
41.
true
42.
trunk
43.
trust
44.
Tuesday
45.
turn
46.
until
47.
used
48.
very
49.
voice
50.
wagging
51.
dollar
52.
don't
53.
done
54.
door
55.
drank
56.
drawing
57.
dream
58.
driving
59.
drum
60.
eagle
61.
early
62.
ears
63.
easy
64.
everyone
65.
everything
66.
eyes
67.
face
68.
falling
69.
family
70.
far
71.
farm
72.
feeding
73.
feeling
74.
fifty
75.
fight
PHONETICS
This
component will assess your pronunciation of blends, diagraphs and vowels in the
English language. You will have 20 words to pronounce.
Use the
phonics quiz below and review the stories with Starfall.
1. Phonics
and spelling quiz
2. Starfall
Learn to read with phonics www.starfall.com
Stories:
3. Zac
the rat
4. Peg
the hen
5. The
big hit
6. Mox’s
shop
7. Gus
the duck
8. Jake’s
tale
9. Pete’s
sheep
10. Sky
ride
11. Robot
and Mr. Mole
12. Dune
Buggy
13. Soap
Boat
14. Car
race
15. Surfer
girl
16. My
family
Reading Comprehension
You will find
the passages using the links below.
Writing Comprehension
Write at least a half a
page on the following topics.
1.
You get into a fight with your best friend, who is no
longer talking to you. Say how you will resolve the problem.
2.
You are going to learn English in South Africa and you
need to stay with a family. Write a
description about yourself and your likes and dislikes so that you will be able
to be placed with the best family match.
Listening Comprehension
You will listen to the
passage 3 times. You will be asked to answer some questions that follow the
passage. You will also be asked fill in some missing words.
1.
What a busy day!
2.
Home stay in the USA
3.
Phone Message
Grammar
Conjugation:
Present Tense, Past Tense, Future Tense, Present Progressive Tense, Past
Progressive Tense.
