2019 PSLE Discussions and Strategies (Children born in 2007)

[janet88]

the jump from p4 to p5 can be rather drastic.

it is demoralising if the child has put in a lot of effort to see a drop…I agree with Chief on this.
the school exam may be set much harder. moving on to p6 next year, remember PSLE being the big picture. don’t get burnt out too early.
not that CA and SAs are not important, but they can be used as a form of revision.

[phtthp]

Speed is a new P6 Maths Topic. Will it be tested under P6 SA1 or Prelim (SA2) ?

[sky minecrafter]

phtthp:

Speed is a new P6 Maths Topic. Will it be tested under P6 SA1 or Prelim (SA2) ?

Hi, you can already find Speed questions in P6 SA1

[mylilgirl]

Here are some interesting titles (also use as lower sec literature books) that your child could also read during their free time or during silent reading in school. Some of these titles are also recommended GEP reader.


A Monster Calls
Animal Farm
Classroom Plays
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Holes
Lord of the Rings
The Boy in the Striped pyjamas
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Giver
Things Fall Apart
Merchant of Venice
Or Else, The Lightning God & Other Stories
Red sky in the Morning
Wonder

[sweetbaby]

mylilgirl:

Here are some interesting titles (also use as lower sec literature books) that your child could also read during their free time or during silent reading in school. Some of these titles are also recommended GEP reader.


A Monster Calls
Animal Farm
Classroom Plays
Haroun and the Sea of Stories
Holes
Lord of the Rings
The Boy in the Striped pyjamas
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Giver
Things Fall Apart
Merchant of Venice
Or Else, The Lightning God & Other Stories
Red sky in the Morning
Wonder

:thankyou: for sharing.

[mylilgirl]

Reading is the best to improve their EL and the best leisure. The kids really do not need to do so many top school papers but do read a lot. My girl did not do any assessment book and she only completed about 10 sch papers (SA1 and prelim included) but she really enjoy reading. I think this helps her get an A* in EL.


Try to cut down on the screen time and read whenever they are free. All the best to year of 2017 piggies.

[mylilgirl]

If possible, invest in a kindle. My girl has been using one since P4. A basic one cost about $100+ I think but it’s good enough and super durable.


There are many free ebooks that you could download. For instance, we downloaded the whole series of Harry Potter FOC.

The advantage is if there are any words the kids do not understand, they can just tap on that word and the meaning is immediately shown. They could also save the word in the kindle word bank. Very useful and portable.

[MrsKiasu]

thanks mylilgirl for sharing on the Kindle and also the GEP books…any idea if those GEP books using ‘ordinary everyday’ English and quite easily ‘understandable’ by weaker students? Just that GEP students need do lots of analysis on same books?

[mylilgirl]

A few titles that my girl read and enjoyed very much are ‘The Boy in Striped Pyjamas’, ‘The Giver’ and ‘The diary of Anne Frank’. Not to worry, the are easy to read and follow. She’s now reading ‘Or else, the lightning god and other stories’ as this is her lit book next year.

[MrsKiasu]

Thank you mylilgirl..I shall take note though dd quite have her preference nowadays