Brain Teaser - 30/11/12

A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn across a river. He has a rowboat, and it can only carry him and one other thing. If the fox and the chicken are left together, the fox will eat the chicken. If the chicken and the corn are left together, the chicken will eat the corn.

How does the man do it?
Answer on Monday

Literacy Lesson 29/11/12

Very Confusing Words!

Some words sound the same but mean different things and are often spelt differently too. These words are called Homophones.

they’re their there	They’re is a shorter way to say they are. It was their dog that bit the postman. The children should sit over there.
through threw	I walked through the door into the room. She threw the ball a long way.

Motivational Quotes - 28/11/12

“You must take personal responsibility.  You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself.”

- Jim Rohn

Literacy Lesson - 27/11/12

Very Confusing Words!

Some words sound the same but mean different things and are often spelt differently too. These words are called Homophones.

new knew	I spilt tea on my new shirt. I knew the answers to all the questions.
piece peace	I ate a very larger piece of pie. (notice there is pie in piece) He went on a march for world peace.

Monday Motivational - 26/11/12

“Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t you’re right.”

- Henry Ford

Brain Teaser - 23/11/12 - The Answer

Dee Septor, the famous magician, claimed to be able to throw a ping-pong ball so that it would go a short distance, come to a complete stop, and then reverse itself. He also added that he would not bounce the ball off any object, or tie anything to it.

How could he perform this trick?

A: He threw the ball straight up in the air.

Brain Teaser - 23/11/12

Dee Septor, the famous magician, claimed to be able to throw a ping-pong ball so that it would go a short distance, come to a complete stop, and then reverse itself. He also added that he would not bounce the ball off any object, or tie anything to it.

How could he perform this trick?
Answer on Monday

Literacy Lesson - 22/11/12

Very Confusing Words!

Some words sound the same but mean different things and are often spelt differently too. These words are called Homophones.

heal heel	His leg is broken but it will heal (get better). Your heel is at the back of your foot.
hour our	There are 60 minutes in an hour. This is our house.

Motivational Quotes - 21/11/12

“The winners’ edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent.  The winners edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude.  Attitude is the criterion for success.”

- Dennis Waitley

Literacy Lesson - 20/11/12

Very Confusing Words!

Some words sound the same but mean different things and are often spelt differently too. These words are called Homophones.

bear bare	A bear is a large furry animal. She walked on the beach with bare feet.
here hear	Please come over here. Can you hear that noise?

Monday Motivational - 19/11/12

“Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one’s levels of aspiration and expectation.”

- Jack Nicklaus

Brain Teaser - 16/11/12 - The Answer

A man walks into an art gallery and concentrates on one picture in particular. The gallery curator notices this and asks the man why he is so interested in that one painting. The man replies, "Brother and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son."

Who is in the painting?

The son of the man who was studying the painting.

Brain Teaser - 16/11/12

A man walks into an art gallery and concentrates on one picture in particular. The gallery curator notices this and asks the man why he is so interested in that one painting. The man replies, "Brother and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son."

Who is in the painting?
Answer on Monday......

Literacy Lessons - 15/11/12

Allowed and Aloud

allowed aloud

You are not allowed to smoke in here. I don’t like to read aloud in front of the class.

Motivational Quotes - 14/11/12

“Everyday I expect more from myself than anyone else ever possibly could.”

- Michael Jordan

Literacy Lesson - 13/11/12

Who's and Whose

Who's is the shortened form of Who is.

Whose is another possessive pronoun like his, her and our. We use Whose to find out which person something belongs to, e.g. Whose cell phone keeps ringing?

Monday Motivational - 12/11/12

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”

- Winston Churchill

Brain Teaser - 09/11/12 - The Answer

A traveller comes to a fork in the road which leads to two villages. In one village the people always tell lies, and in the other village the people always tell the truth. The traveller needs to conduct business in the village where everyone tells the truth. A man from one of the villages is standing in the middle of the fork, but there is no indication of which village he is from. The traveller approaches the man and asks him one question. From the villager's answer, he knows which road to follow. What did the traveller ask, and how does that get him to the correct village?

The traveller asked "which road goes to your village"?
The truthful villager would alsways point to the truthful village whilst the liar would also point to the truthful village.

Brain Teaser - 09/11/12

A traveller comes to a fork in the road which leads to two villages. In one village the people always tell lies, and in the other village the people always tell the truth. The traveller needs to conduct business in the village where everyone tells the truth. A man from one of the villages is standing in the middle of the fork, but there is no indication of which village he is from. The traveller approaches the man and asks him one question. From the villager's answer, he knows which road to follow. What did the traveller ask, and how does that get him to the correct village?

Answer on Monday...

Literacy Lesson - 08/11/12

'augh' and 'ough' words

Sometimes 'gh' say /f/ e.g. Do not laugh at the pig in the trough.
Or, He's rough and tough enough to eat and cough at the same time.

Often 'gh' are ghost letters which say nothing at all.
His daughter caught the naughty boy who fought in school. She brought him to his teacher who taught him to be nice; or so she thought.

Motivational Quotes - 07/11/12

“Success comes from good judgement. Good judgement often comes from experience. Experience often comes from bad judgement!”

- Anonymous

Literacy Lesson - 06/11/12

The Apostrophe Exceptions: its and it's

Normally, the apostrophe shows possession as in, the boy's dog ran away.

As well as showing where a letter has been left out in the shortened forms of don't or haven't.

Remember:
It's does not show possession, but instead is the short form of it is or it has.

It's is a possessive pronoun showing possession without the apostrophe.
Example: Its rear tyre has a flat.

Monday Motivational - 05/11/12

“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.”

- W. W. Ziege