2013 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[buds]

messageinabottle:

buds:

http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1069860#p1069860


Have some time now to continue from where I left off this morning on the grading.. This next one is on the conversation component of the oral examinations. This is the area that I suppose many parents worry about because our children can be slapped with ANY topic and they have to work it. :scared:

Here's a peek on how marks may be awarded, in case you wanna work the final kinks out today for the next oral exam tomorrow.

CONVERSATION

Between 9-10 marks


* Personal, intelligent responses are given.
* Grammatical structures are accurate.
* Wide range of vocabulary is used.
* Voice is clear.
* Shows confidence.
* Initiative in introducing ideas is shown.
* There is very good interaction.
* Offers sound personal opinions.

Between 7-8 marks
* Adequate personal responses with some development are given.
* Grammatical structures are accurate.
* Satisfactory range of vocabulary is used.
* Voice is clear and some confidence is shown.
* Good interaction.

Between 5-6 marks
* Some personal responses with little development given.
* Grammatical structures are generally accurate.
* Basic use of vocabulary.
* Responses a little unclear at times.
* Interaction is reasonably good.

Between 3-4 marks
* Few personal responses with no development given.
* Grammatical structures are inaccurate and limited.
* Mostly inappropriate range of vocabulary is used.
* A number of hesitations and false starts are made.
* Interaction is present only with prompting.

Between 1-2 marks
* Almost no personal response given.
* Grammatical structures are inaccurate.
* Weak vocabulary.
* A number of long, awkward pauses are made.
* Constant assistance and prompting to engage in conversation is required.

Conversation topics may range from what has been practiced in school to general knowledge and to perhaps current affairs. The past years' topics touched on charity work / volunteer work and there was also one on the transport system and there were questions raised that were in relevance to the MRT collision incident (if i remember correctly). :oops:

We don't subscribe to any newspapers and neither does their school. We have read and heard sharings from friends with children in other schools who do and find that it is good that there are schools that have these initiatives in place. I particularly like The Red Dot but this seems to only be made available to schools that subscribe to the English paper. Am planning to feedback to DD's school to offer that to her school so that it could benefit the students from next year onwards. KiasuParents seem to be offering real-time sharing of information that we have been benefitting from and so far it has served us well. :please:

I asked DD's grandpa to tear off clippings of the recent haze, of the dengue outbreak, the Tampines tragedy, the boys in the breasfeeding room and I also briefly shared with her about the recent issue with the girls involved in the Hair for Hope event. We ran through the possible questions that may come up... like...

* Do you think it is compulsory to wear a uniform? Explain your answer.
* Have you been involved in any charity or fund-raising event?
* Do you think there are other ways you can contribute or to assist non-profit organisations other than donating money?
* (etc)

DD kept all these notes from our discussion and the clippings of relevant articles (if any). If it may not be of use for now (for the oral exams), she intends to keep them just for general knowledge and for memories of when we did these stuff together. :love:

WOW!!Impressive!!!! Extremely Useful!!Perhaps these analysis should be put up on the front page !!!was searching for this info for a very long time...

Glad you found it useful, messageinabottle. :hugs:

Pounding off to Adele again today?

[Jennifer]

buds:

Jennifer, ah boy must be more confident today after yesterday's experience, so didn't need to carry out crocheting or any other therapeutic activity right?

:rotflmao:

Last night was a brief screaming session - while going through 1 CL OE compreh exercise.

to think of the next 9 exercises we hv to go through. Prelims is next week.

I slept well last night after the mentally n physically (my voice cord) exercises too :rotflmao:

[Jennifer]

ah boy woke up at 6.30am, went on to read his story books. Had breakfast at 8am, took his own sweet time to eat: 1 cereal bar, 1 steam egg, 1 Sunshine butter sugar bread roll n 1 cup milo+milk.


Then went to brush his teeth, use the mouthwash, wash his spectacles and off he goes.

He very relaxed. :xedfingers:

[buds]

Jennifer, DD has been piled LOADS of homework since last week. In fact, this week as well, but I instructed her NO doing of homework at all the day before PSLE. Imagine homework from all subject teachers and online ones too! :siao: :mad: The teachers do mot seem to be distributing/allocating homework with much thought for the student's in mind.


Yesterday had nice long and quiet (my babies were sleeping in the buggy) lunch at Siam Kitchen with DD before sending her for usual violin lesson. Came back late afternoon. She washed up, browsed through some notes and went to bed early, I think. Cos I slept first. :oops: I was too exhausted! :faint: Da yi ma came too, after sooooo long (like a year plus!)! I had mixed feelings with regards to her visit. :skeptical: :rotflmao: Today woke up had very bloated tummy and bad backache! :offtopic: :oops: Aniwaes, today n tomorrow, DD will hafta catch up on homework.

[lexis]

Mine also relaxed. but, we forgot to clean specs! oops.

[buds]

Jennifer:

He very relaxed. :xedfingers:

DD is relaxed too.

She doesn't wear specs.
I'm the only one who is the specky at home. :politebleah:

[ngl2010]

buds:

happyheart, pray your DS is feeling slightly better today to get oral exams done and over with for real! My DD's language teachers will start to breathe better after today to better focus on working the students for the main language paper.


ngl2010, what was this morning's power breakfast? My DD eats a lot too. Can finish adult portions on her own plus seconds! :scared: She likes to binge on sweet snacks too which I try to cut down on. She's already like 49kg! :faint: On exam days however, she cannot bring herself to wolf down much for fear of many things, one of which is not to stink exam room/hall. Too full a tummy + sheer excitement or anxiety = an explosive moment waiting to happen. :rotflmao:

Jennifer, ah boy must be more confident today after yesterday's experience, so didn't need to carry out crocheting or any other therapeutic activity right?

Hi buds,

Today's power breakfast is 2 french toast, 2 eggs (scrambled), baked beans and a glass of milk. Because you wrote about possibility of stinking the room yesterday, I threatened him that I will not send him to school if he didn't do big business first before we leave the house today

I am relieved that eating a lot is normal for his age. We hope his weight gain can be slowed down because we don't want him to have problem when he has to do NS in 6 years time :nailbite:

Did your DD take 'revenge' yesterday after she came back from school since she only has a glass of milo for breakfast?

[Verysuperkiasu]

Jennifer:

buds:

Jennifer, ah boy must be more confident today after yesterday's experience, so didn't need to carry out crocheting or any other therapeutic activity right?

:rotflmao:

Last night was a brief screaming session - while going through 1 CL OE compreh exercise.

to think of the next 9 exercises we hv to go through. Prelims is next week.

I slept well last night after the mentally n physically (my voice cord) exercises too :rotflmao:

Is it just my dd's sch prelims early? They had theirs the week b4 the National day week. How about the rest of you other than Jennifer?

[zeemimi]

My ds prelims over already. Marks known. Teacher already went through the papers with the class. After a break this weekend we will prepare for the real one.

[ngl2010]

Mine finished Prelims a few days before National Day. We already knew all his Prelim results.