2016 PSLE Discussions (Born in 2004)
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I dread to think of daughter sitting for psle. this year, I see more homework. math worksheets on top of workbook…while I can slow down on math on my side, there is still English (comprehension, cloze, compo) and science which I cannot hold back. supplementary twice a week means she is only able to do school homework on those days.
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12mum:
Teacher will not reveal class position but you can find out if your child is categorized as average, above average, very high ability but careless or weak and need help type. Just ask the teacher and find out the child's weakness and improve. Usually it is the carelessness that cause many pupils to give away their marks.Class result wise I will monitor but I can't compare with other kids because teacher will not reveal the individual's marks/position. My ds and I also not one who will ask others for marks. As long as he is maintaining his grade, I am happy.
Plus this year no more streaming so I am :boogie: . -
it’s the usual case of carelessness which causes marks to be thrown away…for eg missing comma, unit of measure and tenses.
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I can add on other careless mistakes like capital letters when not needed or none when needed. DS keeps making these mistakes! So I told him for every such mistake, his play time gets cut by 5 minutes.
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bb_ mom:
I can add on other careless mistakes like capital letters when not needed or none when needed. DS keeps making these mistakes! So I told him for every such mistake, his play time gets cut by 5 minutes.
The section I dislike most is synthesis...one missing comma, alphabet whether in lower or upper caps, and wrong tense...the 2 marks are gone. I try not to stress her too much on this area...but it is a 10 marks section. I always remind her, the marks are meant to be given, be careful with work done, don't rush, and get the marks. PLEASE. -
I keep asking him if he many marks that he can afford to give marks away…but not much effect.
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bb_ mom:
I keep asking him if he many marks that he can afford to give marks away...but not much effect.
What I'm going to do will be to add up the marks lost due to carelessness and show her what she would have got if she had been more careful. Plain nagging is not getting any result. -
There is no need to nag as nagging won’t improve the marks. Just need to 对阵下药。 For Synthesis and Transformation, this section requires the students to have a lot of practice. If the student makes a mistake, be it a careless mistake or not, just get the student to do correction. The facilitator (parent) can copy out those questions that the students have made mistakes on a piece of paper and let the student attempt again. Just practise on answering those repeated questions will allow the student to learn from the mistake.
As parent, if we nag, the student will get turn off. We just need to ensure that the same mistake is not repeated again. -
got it, sembgal
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Hi janet88, as a mother, I will also nag but I find that it is not going to work. You will be surprised that students’ handwriting get worse as they go up to higher level. Maybe it is due to the speed of fast writing. Must remind the kids to write these letter "C" and "L", "D" and "P" legibly. The letter "C" without beginning at the 2 o’clock position will result in a letter "L" being formed when the child begins from the 12 o’clock position. The letter "D" has to end at the bottom of 6 o’clock position. If the child ends at 9 o’clock position, the letter "D" will end up looking like letter "P".
Legible handwriting is very important.
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