Tackling Oral Examination

[dilemma]

Dear Buds


Million thanks, I will go get it after work.

[schellen]

jedamum:

schellen:

Cos what you posted here we already have, courtesy of our DD's EL teacher.

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My boy's bundle of notes doesn't have this pic!
Besides the one on the family in the living room and a street, the rest are some poor quality pics.

Sorry, wasn't clear in my previous post.

I meant, we have the tips and some sample pics. Blur pics are actually quite common for practice/revision and internal exams, especially when they are reproduced from actual photos. For national exams, the quality is guaranteed.

buds, thanks! ^_^

[csc]

Being a typical kiasu parent, how can I not have those reference books?


I grabbed them when they were first out on the market! :lol:

The books are indeed a good guide.

Just for sharing, I think the P5 & 6 syllabus has changed slightly, so the pictures in P5 & 6 are no longer as 'complicated' depicting many situations. Nowadays, the picture given is simpler with 1/2 situations to talk about. We need to remind our children the need to elaborate, infer and interpret the situation besides giving a mere description. Otherwise, children will be at a loss for words, given the limited situations.

Nevertheless, those pictures provide good practice.

[dilemma]

Buds…


Two questions for you or anyone who knows…thanks…

Is it compulsory to draw model for P1 maths or is it ok if they just show workings like 20-12=8 at the side? I think model makes my gal even more blur…

For English picture writing, do they have to write in paragraph form or they can number their sentences as follows :-

1) Ali is 7 years old.
2) He is a boy.
3) He has a pet dog named Bobby.

OR in paragraph :

Ali is 7 years old. He is a boy. He has a pet dog named Bobby…

Appreciate anyone who can respond to the above.

[keekee]

Buds,


Thanks for the recommendation. Bought both the chinese and english versions yesterday.

Are you aware if the chinese oral passage for p1 is in hanyu pinyin? Noticed that the chinese passage in the book is in chinese characters, my dd1 is unable to read those characters…

[csc]

[quote]Two questions for you or anyone who knows.....thanks....


Is it compulsory to draw model for P1 maths or is it ok if they just show workings like 20-12=8 at the side? I think model makes my gal even more blur......

For English picture writing, do they have to write in paragraph form or they can number their sentences as follows :-

1) Ali is 7 years old.
2) He is a boy.
3) He has a pet dog named Bobby.

OR in paragraph :

Ali is 7 years old. He is a boy. He has a pet dog named Bobby...........
[/quote]Hi dilemma

As every school has its own practice and requirements, you may want to check with your child's English teacher regarding the structure for the picture writing. Some schools even require paragraphing for P1!

As far as I know, model drawing is not compulsory unless it is specifically stated as a requirement in the question.

Hope it helps!

[buds]

csc:

Being a typical kiasu parent, how can I not have those reference books?


I grabbed them when they were first out on the market! :lol:

The books are indeed a good guide.

Just for sharing, I think the P5 & 6 syllabus has changed slightly, so the pictures in P5 & 6 are no longer as 'complicated' depicting many situations. Nowadays, the picture given is simpler with 1/2 situations to talk about. We need to remind our children the need to elaborate, infer and interpret the situation besides giving a mere description. Otherwise, children will be at a loss for words, given the limited situations.

Nevertheless, those pictures provide good practice.

Thanks csc, for the heads up in the slight change to the upper primary
exam context. Very much appreciated.

[jedamum]

keekee:

Buds,


Thanks for the recommendation. Bought both the chinese and english versions yesterday.

keekee, is the chinese one good?
does it has a list of commonly used chinese phrases (with english translation) in it?
TIA.

[buds]

dilemma:

Buds......

Yes... Yes... I'm here!

dilemma:

Two questions for you or anyone who knows.....thanks....

Is it compulsory to draw model for P1 maths or is it ok if they just show workings like 20-12=8 at the side? I think model makes my gal even more blur.....

Yup, dilemma. I truly understand your dilemma... hehee..
pun intended. Yes, it can be confusing for a child
who is not used to the modelling technique to see the
supposedly seemingly straight forward way it is... and
it takes more effort to draw and make the markings as
compared to just doing the number workings...

My take is first to quickly check with teacher before the
upcoming Maths paper. Next, while waiting for teacher's
reply... observe and recall if all this while your gal has in
fact been doing model workings for her class work as that
will mean that her school implements that working style in
their Maths lessons and homework. Lastly, i agree with csc
that usually unless its specifically asked that the student MUST
use model working to show how the answer was derived, then
yes... then bo-pian... must do liao.

dilemma:

For English picture writing, do they have to write in paragraph form or they can number their sentences as follows :-

1) Ali is 7 years old.
2) He is a boy.
3) He has a pet dog named Bobby.

OR in paragraph :

Ali is 7 years old. He is a boy. He has a pet dog named Bobby...........

Appreciate anyone who can respond to the above.

The requirements vary in different school of thought. In my case, my
kiddie did not hafta choose between the two as in the exam paper itself
the the answer part was outlined already with numbers... hence she just
needed to fill in the sentence blanks.

But in P2, the students have begun paragraphing for their 80 words compo
and must have the initial bigger gap for each new paragraph... like mebbe
5 fingers kinda gap from the left / margin.

Hope this sheds some light.

Please run through your doubts cast here with the teacher, so you won't
worry you're revising it entirely in a different manner as to how it has
all the while been done in school.

Have a good day ahead, dilemma.

[schellen]

buds, sashimi and I went to get the Oral book last night. I’ll be trying it out today. I flipped through last night and the pictures look so much better.