Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

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php:

well, almost quarrel with my dd's mummy regarding this issue. dd was taught in her creative writing class to SHOW and not to TELL in her writing. for eg. instead of \"it was a sunny day.\", my dd will write \"the sun shore brightly and fleecy white clouds floated in the sky.\"

However, her EL teacher seems not to like her style and her mummy getting panic. but you can't change that overnight and it will confuse her further which is right and which is wrong. I believe her teacher still wants to see safe writing which is boring. Anyway, i asked dd to stick to her style and well, the most she will lose 1 or 2 marks...but for long term, that is the direction to follow and i would prefer she starts early...

Not to worry PHP, you are right to encourage to write in this manner (not tell but use show). Actually this is not so easy to master, so it is a good start. Your DD's description about \" the sun shone ....\" is definitely accepted in P3 as my DD's class teacher has accepted such comp.
Perhaps her EL teacher is just trying to encourage her to go for story content and sentence structure at this stage ( still P1 ).

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php:

well, almost quarrel with my dd's mummy regarding this issue. dd was taught in her creative writing class to SHOW and not to TELL in her writing. for eg. instead of \"it was a sunny day.\", my dd will write \"the sun shore brightly and fleecy white clouds floated in the sky.\"

However, her EL teacher seems not to like her style and her mummy getting panic. but you can't change that overnight and it will confuse her further which is right and which is wrong. I believe her teacher still wants to see safe writing which is boring. Anyway, i asked dd to stick to her style and well, the most she will lose 1 or 2 marks...but for long term, that is the direction to follow and i would prefer she starts early...

I think the school want to DEVELOP the story rather than using description.
Your girl will be fine

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E3:

Hi Trapwithin, I think it's still the same as last year. Write a 10-sentence one paragraph story based on a picture, not really a full composition yet.

I heard prevously you are allow to just write 10 statements and the flow need not be there. Now they want the story to be developed, not just 10 sentence on the picture.

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comfy:

]How do you manage to find the time and energy to do all that? You must have interest in it else how to make such much effort.

Uhmm...like very free hor? :lol: it's ex-occupational hazard, can't seem to change although I am now a full-time SAHM. :roll:

As for my dd, I hate to say the word...I think she's a perfectionist (her k1 teacher said before during PTM) which both my dh and I are fully aware of its consequences. Thankfully, my super relax dh can help balance it a little. So far, she could pick herself up pretty well after a setback and does not exhibit any anxiety explicitly. She has the 'unruffled' type of personality. I am the kancheong spider. Maybe she has greater faith. Haha.

Yes, I take interest in almost everything my three girls do, it's easier that way to stay home full-time.

Janet, I am sure you can help your going-to-be-P1 dd effectively having gone thru and learning so much together with your ds. No worries.

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Trapwithin:

E3:

Hi Trapwithin, I think it's still the same as last year. Write a 10-sentence one paragraph story based on a picture, not really a full composition yet.

I heard prevously you are allow to just write 10 statements and the flow need not be there. Now they want the story to be developed, not just 10 sentence on the picture.

Same, the flow must be there cos you have to write a logical story based on the picture. The only limit is it must be a 10-sentence story. Perhaps that's y php's dd way of writing is sort of discouraged at P1. I also felt it's a limit to the child's potential in this case, but like what comfy had said, from p2 onwards, the child is free to express. At P1, they go for meaningful, yet concise sentences first.

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E3:

Trapwithin:

[quote=\"E3\"]
Hi Trapwithin, I think it's still the same as last year. Write a 10-sentence one paragraph story based on a picture, not really a full composition yet.

I heard prevously you are allow to just write 10 statements and the flow need not be there. Now they want the story to be developed, not just 10 sentence on the picture.

Same, the flow must be there cos you have to write a logical story based on the picture. The only limit is it must be a 10-sentence story. Perhaps that's y php's dd way of writing is sort of discouraged at P1. I also felt it's a limit to the child's potential in this case, but like what comfy had said, from p2 onwards, the child is free to express. At P1, they go for meaningful, yet concise sentences first.[/quote]Thanks. Maybe I too kancheong liao ... should :celebrate:

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markfch:

php:

i was at Sentosa last night with a HOD and several PV to do risk assessment prior to our event in Nov. my dd's classmate father was telli ng me that he get used to reading those messages written by her teacher in the comm book. But one message was quite interesting...\"so and so, your boy was caught using the word CRAZY during assembly. please counsel him.\"...something like that, can remember the exact words....


markfch, your turn will come....haha.....i got a few too....then you have more strategies to work on.....

DS likes to use the phrase 'what the hack' now. He said he learnt it from one of his childcare classmates. I actually thought 'crazy' is an acceptable word to use. But then again, I maybe quite indulgent in this aspect. The only phrase I stopped ds from using is 'oh my god' due to personal reason.

I thought 'CRAZY' was ok too but then I am not a very strict teacher, firm but not excessively particular. Our kids are already quite repressed in many ways. I cannot condone rudeness though.

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E3:

I thought 'CRAZY' was ok too but then I am not a very strict teacher, firm but not excessively particular. Our kids are already quite repressed in many ways. I cannot condone rudeness though.

Don't be surprise, even kids in top class also learned how to scold using the \"F@\" word. Just tell my DD to ignore it.
Words like Stupid, scolding words in chinese poem (how creative) are commonly used too.

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Hi E3,


This seem to be jumping the gun, would you consider sending your DD to a GEP school if she is selected (next yr) ? If yes, which school ? Thks.

[php]

comfy:

E3:

I thought 'CRAZY' was ok too but then I am not a very strict teacher, firm but not excessively particular. Our kids are already quite repressed in many ways. I cannot condone rudeness though.

Don't be surprise, even kids in top class also learned how to scold using the \"F@\" word. Just tell my DD to ignore it.
Words like Stupid, scolding words in chinese poem (how creative) are commonly used too.

i banned the word 'stupid' when dd was 3 yrs old. she saw and heard someone using this word and she descibed it to me. she never used that..i explained to her that it was morally incorrect to use this word on a person....fortunately, till to date, she still can remember what i told her back then.