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    2017 PSLE Discussions and Strategies

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    • I Offline
      ipv4v6
      last edited by

      There is a question on...\" what category does the shopping center belong to..\"

      1) educational
      2) residential
      3) commercial

      What is the answer for this?

      taobaby:
      bbrooster:

      English Listening Comprehension


      1. What will the father buy from the supermarket
      1) vegetables, milk and ice-cream ✔


      2. What will the father n the child do right after they go to the supermarket
      1) car n girl is passing a book to another gal
      2) father n daughter carrying the stuff to the house
      3) father n child at the pet shop buying pet food ✔


      Passage 2
      3. Map
      Answer: 2 ------>


      4. Where is their final destination?
      Answer: 3 - Community Club


      Passage 3
      5. What is the 2nd station about?
      1) nurse taking notes n grandpa on the chair
      2) nurse doing eye check for grandpa
      3) nurse taking weight for grandpa ✔


      6. Where will be the blood test be held?
      1) nearest to the entrance (registration counter)
      2) The blood test station ✔
      3) closest to the exit (for a talk)


      7. What did grandpa start doing again after the talk?
      1) pic of grandpa doing exercise ✔
      2) pic of no smoking sign
      3) pic of grandpa having a lot of food in front of him


      8. What is the difference between Prince Lawrence and the Queen?
      1) Prince Lawrence does not need the soldiers to report anymore ✔
      2) He thought that writing reports was not a waste of time.
      3) He did not give out free bags of rice anymore


      9. What did Jasper do?
      1) stole the rice and sold it. ✔
      2) kept the rice for himself


      10. Which sentence was said in an angry tone?
      1) \"writing reports is a waste of my precious time.
      2) \"the rice was supposed to be given for free!\" ✔
      3) what a tiny body but such a big mouth ❌


      11. How did Jasper feel in the end?
      1) ashamed ✔
      2) dispirited
      3) humiliated


      12. What can fire ants do n humans cannot?
      1) they can individually take down an animal than them
      2) answer is option 2
      3) they can bring down houses


      13. Skip can't remember




      14. How does human feels about fire ants?
      1) dangerous
      2) annoying ✔
      3) deadly

      What is the topic for this radio programme?
      1) A Grateful Person
      2) Gratefulness Pays


      These are some of the questions and answers from my child. Please add on if your child can remember. Not sure is my child's answers correct.



      My DD's answer for Qn 7 is (2). So (1) is correct?












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      • M Offline
        mommyNg
        last edited by

        Thanks all for the tips!


        Estéema, your son can finish 28 questions in 20 mins!?! That’s very very fast! Mine usually takes more than 45 mins (sometimes up to 1 hour if questions are tricky) for Booklet B… She is usually okay with Booklet B, but if too little time for Booklet B also no use…I think I will try to train her and time her just on a Booklet A…

        Thanks so much!

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        • EstéemaE Offline
          Estéema
          last edited by

          mommyNg:
          Thanks all for the tips!


          Estéema, your son can finish 28 questions in 20 mins!?! That's very very fast! Mine usually takes more than 45 mins (sometimes up to 1 hour if questions are tricky) for Booklet B... She is usually okay with Booklet B, but if too little time for Booklet B also no use.....I think I will try to train her and time her just on a Booklet A.....
          Thanks so much!

          The basis is DC must hv strong science concept at finger tips for Booklet A & not to waste time. Booklet B requires more techniques & hinges on very steady basic concepts used in Booklet A.

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            MeMyselfAndI
            last edited by

            ipv4v6:
            There is a question on...\" what category does the shopping center belong to..\"

            1) educational
            2) residential
            3) commercial

            What is the answer for this?

            taobaby:

            [quote=\"bbrooster\"]English Listening Comprehension


            1. What will the father buy from the supermarket
            1) vegetables, milk and ice-cream ✔


            2. What will the father n the child do right after they go to the supermarket
            1) car n girl is passing a book to another gal
            2) father n daughter carrying the stuff to the house
            3) father n child at the pet shop buying pet food ✔


            Passage 2
            3. Map
            Answer: 2 ------>


            4. Where is their final destination?
            Answer: 3 - Community Club


            Passage 3
            5. What is the 2nd station about?
            1) nurse taking notes n grandpa on the chair
            2) nurse doing eye check for grandpa
            3) nurse taking weight for grandpa ✔


            6. Where will be the blood test be held?
            1) nearest to the entrance (registration counter)
            2) The blood test station ✔
            3) closest to the exit (for a talk)


            7. What did grandpa start doing again after the talk?
            1) pic of grandpa doing exercise ✔
            2) pic of no smoking sign
            3) pic of grandpa having a lot of food in front of him


            8. What is the difference between Prince Lawrence and the Queen?
            1) Prince Lawrence does not need the soldiers to report anymore ✔
            2) He thought that writing reports was not a waste of time.
            3) He did not give out free bags of rice anymore


            9. What did Jasper do?
            1) stole the rice and sold it. ✔
            2) kept the rice for himself


            10. Which sentence was said in an angry tone?
            1) \"writing reports is a waste of my precious time.
            2) \"the rice was supposed to be given for free!\" ✔
            3) what a tiny body but such a big mouth ❌


            11. How did Jasper feel in the end?
            1) ashamed ✔
            2) dispirited
            3) humiliated


            12. What can fire ants do n humans cannot?
            1) they can individually take down an animal than them
            2) answer is option 2
            3) they can bring down houses


            13. Skip can't remember




            14. How does human feels about fire ants?
            1) dangerous
            2) annoying ✔
            3) deadly

            What is the topic for this radio programme?
            1) A Grateful Person
            2) Gratefulness Pays


            These are some of the questions and answers from my child. Please add on if your child can remember. Not sure is my child's answers correct.



            My DD's answer for Qn 7 is (2). So (1) is correct?












             


                      
            

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              MeMyselfAndI
              last edited by

              ipv4v6:
              There is a question on...\" what category does the shopping center belong to..\"

              1) educational
              2) residential
              3) commercial

              What is the answer for this?

              taobaby:

              [quote=\"bbrooster\"]English Listening Comprehension


              1. What will the father buy from the supermarket
              1) vegetables, milk and ice-cream ✔


              2. What will the father n the child do right after they go to the supermarket
              1) car n girl is passing a book to another gal
              2) father n daughter carrying the stuff to the house
              3) father n child at the pet shop buying pet food ✔


              Passage 2
              3. Map
              Answer: 2 ------>


              4. Where is their final destination?
              Answer: 3 - Community Club


              Passage 3
              5. What is the 2nd station about?
              1) nurse taking notes n grandpa on the chair
              2) nurse doing eye check for grandpa
              3) nurse taking weight for grandpa ✔


              6. Where will be the blood test be held?
              1) nearest to the entrance (registration counter)
              2) The blood test station ✔
              3) closest to the exit (for a talk)


              7. What did grandpa start doing again after the talk?
              1) pic of grandpa doing exercise ✔
              2) pic of no smoking sign
              3) pic of grandpa having a lot of food in front of him


              8. What is the difference between Prince Lawrence and the Queen?
              1) Prince Lawrence does not need the soldiers to report anymore ✔
              2) He thought that writing reports was not a waste of time.
              3) He did not give out free bags of rice anymore


              9. What did Jasper do?
              1) stole the rice and sold it. ✔
              2) kept the rice for himself


              10. Which sentence was said in an angry tone?
              1) \"writing reports is a waste of my precious time.
              2) \"the rice was supposed to be given for free!\" ✔
              3) what a tiny body but such a big mouth ❌


              11. How did Jasper feel in the end?
              1) ashamed ✔
              2) dispirited
              3) humiliated


              12. What can fire ants do n humans cannot?
              1) they can individually take down an animal than them
              2) answer is option 2
              3) they can bring down houses


              13. Skip can't remember




              14. How does human feels about fire ants?
              1) dangerous
              2) annoying ✔
              3) deadly

              What is the topic for this radio programme?
              1) A Grateful Person
              2) Gratefulness Pays


              These are some of the questions and answers from my child. Please add on if your child can remember. Not sure is my child's answers correct.



              My DD's answer for Qn 7 is (2). So (1) is correct?












               


                        
              

              [/quote]Commercial

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              • K Offline
                krty
                last edited by

                hi any moms willing to exchange prelim 2017 papers? i have acs and rosyth and i would like to get neighborhood school papers (not top school papers). pls let me know if you can exchange with me.

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                  xn_mummy
                  last edited by

                  Estéema:
                  For MCQ parents pls train your kids to do shading straight into OAS. A frd's DC top in class yearly but one year, whilst transferring his circled answers, he skipped a line on the OAS & failed his paper. No excuse & school cannot accept his reason. It was a hard lesson!


                  We can train our kids to use a watch to time themselves to complete Booklet A within X minutes (the usual time each child uses). Progressively, get them to better them timing. So, 1st try uses 30 min, after 2/3 MCQ papers, if she managed to do in shorter timing of 25 min, pls celebrate her achievement with her! :rahrah:

                  She shld build confidence towards actual PSLE. :imcool:

                  Train them to move on & not get stuck with a difficult qn. Make a mark or dog ear to answer when all qns completed in first round. Some might prefer to use 3M tags, whatever works for yr child. This ensures DC answer most qns & gain maximum marks. With balance of time check answers & go back to analyze the difficult qns left blank earlier. Time is precious!

                  It is better than having insufficient time coz DC trying to figure out the difficult qns earlier. Usually, it may mean loosing the \"higher value\" qns or loosing marks on qns your DC cld've easily answered & gain scores.

                  JMHO to train kids on these strategies & help them be aware of limited time during exams.

                  Encourage them that they can do it! 加油!

                  ALL THE VERY VERY BEST to all DC taking 2017 PSLE! Rest & Relax sufficiently.
                  Hi Estéema
                  my DC normally will have 4-6 questions wrong in MCQ.
                  For OEQ, normally 30/44...
                  You have any advise which area should i focus. Can i say her concepts is more or less there, just need to improve her answering technique ? thank you 🙂

                  All the best to all DC taking PSLE :rahrah:

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                    BePersevere
                    last edited by

                    Dear Parents,


                    I am at my wit’s end how to help my son with science open ended portion. He used to do reasonably well for paper 2 but in recent prelim, he failed horribly. While revising the upper block yesterday, he suddenly broke down and told me he does not even know what kind of answers the teachers are looking for. I was totally taken aback as this is the first time in 6 years that he snapped while revising. He claimed he does not even know what he does not know. Even when most or all key words are there, it was zero mark everywhere on the paper which he could not understand why. I am not sure if the above is a common problem for science.

                    This is one subject that I am unable to help him at all. I asked him to check with teacher what was wrong with his answers and to me, his wrong answers appear similar to the corrections. He said his classmates did check with teacher but all were brushed off as teacher said ‘wrong means wrong, sit down and copy down the correct answers…… go back to revise and memorise’. To me, science is more than just memorizing.

                    Normally we use the top school papers but I think the issue is with the wrong answers in the answer sheet. Unless parents are able to understand and mark on their own instead of relying on the answers, top school science paper may end up doing more harm than good.

                    As PSLE science is just 2 weeks away, I hope experienced parents here can share with me how I can help my child to gain back his confidence and study effectively. The last I want is for him to get burnt out and suffer a mental breakdown.

                    If it is not appropriate to share or post here, I hope some kind soul can send me a PM. Thank you in advance.

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                      xn_mummy
                      last edited by

                      I noticed this year marking is quite strict for Science OEQ. I have asked the school teacher and was told

                      a. correct keyword required
                      b. sequence of answering is required, which they said use Claim Evidence Reason (CER)
                      c. any conflicts concept will get marks deducted.
                      I guess this partly why is not easily even to get 1/2 marks now.

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                        xn_mummy
                        last edited by

                        i need advice on maths..


                        my DC is having problem on math, the more she do, the more confuse she is. 😞
                        there is so many type of questions for math.. sigh
                        anyone has a list of math concepts that the child can focus on ? Thanks!

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