Q&A - P1 English

[pokemon]

AgonyMum:

Hello,seems that many ,if not all ,the P1s are learning EL the Stellar way now.My child basically has nothing..no textbooks,workbooks,guidebooks...nothing at all.I am feeling a little lost as to how to tackle this.I revise grammar and voacb with him.

Can anyone enlighten me as to whether there are any resources/books I should follow to complement this Stellar thingy?
Thanks so much

Did your son bring home any stellar worksheet fm sch? u can take a look and see what u need to supplment. I feel that stellar worksheets are not sufficient,abit easy (sorry nt hao lian ya). u can try getting a gramma guide/hand book, theres a few selling in popular. U can also gt some P1 assessment books for him to try and see which area he is weak in esp grammar, cloze passage n etc.

For those pri sch having SA1 or 2, im sure eng papers not only testing on stellar thingy, wil have some basic grammar, compre and cloze passage.

[tankee]

Qns - for P1 English Comprehension, is full complete sentences expected for the answers?


example 1. why is john happy?

is \"because it is john's birthday\" acceptable? or must it be \"john is happy because it is his birthday\"?

example 2. what would you do if you are bitten by a spider?

is \"I'll tell an adult to ....\" acceptable? or must it be \"If I am bitten by a spider, I'll tell an .... \"

:?

[KingRascal]

Hi there...


From my knowledge, it is:

Example 1 -

It is his birthday.
(no need to write extended sentence like what we did when we were young!!)

Example 2 -

\"I'll tell an adult to...\"

tankee:

Qns - for P1 English Comprehension, is full complete sentences expected for the answers?

example 1. why is john happy?

is \"because it is john's birthday\" acceptable? or must it be \"john is happy because it is his birthday\"?

example 2. what would you do if you are bitten by a spider?

is \"I'll tell an adult to ....\" acceptable? or must it be \"If I am bitten by a spider, I'll tell an .... \"

[pokemon]

KingRascal:

Hi there...


From my knowledge, it is:

Example 1 -

It is his birthday.
(no need to write extended sentence like what we did when we were young!!)

Example 2 -

\"I'll tell an adult to...\"

i realised nowaday dont need to answer fully, juz answer like wat kingrascal mentioned. My ds comprehension questions fn school also answer like this and his teacher mark correct. Im not sure when they are in upper pri, do they still answer question this way or the proper way?

[KingRascal]

You know, requirement changes often. What is acceptable now may be changed anytime. Guess we would just have to be constantly be in touch with schools and centres to keep abreast of the developments.


That is why I was kept busy last year when my DS was in p1…had to catch up on some of the latest and new concepts and methods. Things are better this year as the syllabus are rather similar. The learning curve would be different again next year, haiz. I’ll take it a step each time…

Heard that sometimes even teachers have differing views over answers given to questions they come across in their schools!

[HyperKiasu]

Hi, all,


any english reading books recommended for P1? i tried to borrow some 6-7 yrs old books for him but he said: headache. perhaps he only wants story and short story with colorful pics like those for pre-schoolers. i am headache...

:?:

[tankee]

thanks KingRascal and Pokemom

[Muffins]

Sorry tankee, but pokemon and KingRascal are both wrong in saying that you can use "I’ll" in the sentence. They would penalise you for using short forms. It should be "I will tell…"

[pokemon]

HyperKiasu:

Hi, all,


any english reading books recommended for P1? i tried to borrow some 6-7 yrs old books for him but he said: headache. perhaps he only wants story and short story with colorful pics like those for pre-schoolers. i am headache...

:?:

you may want to go to the thread under enrichment - language, speech and drama, they do talk about books for children.http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=584

[tankee]

Muffins:

Sorry tankee, but pokemon and KingRascal are both wrong in saying that you can use \"I'll\" in the sentence. They would penalise you for using short forms. It should be \"I will tell...\"

Thanks Muffins

So \"I'm\" and \"it's\" also cannot?