Preparing kids for P5 in 2011
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May I know what are the sec one sci book?thanks
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LeanneMoonFlower:
P5 is a busy yr for my ds. We hardly able to do much assessment book as every day he comes back with quite a lot of homework from school. (*therefore don't buy too many assessment books as school will be giving lots of worksheets to them.) I'm now clearing those assessment books with him and luckily I didn't buy too many last Dec. However to save $ and also due to PSLE preparation, I brought the P6 assessment books except for chin. For maths I just brought the P5 Andrew er problem sums. There are these 2 sec one science guide books mentioned by James at last yr, I brought them find them useful too. There are clear experiment illustrations but for the notes inside I only highlighted some to my ds not all as they are suppose to be for sec 1. However, sci is a general knowledge subject so it's no harm knowing a bit more.
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Hi my dd will be in P5 next year... she will be doing HCL but she wasn't from ζ·±εΉΏin P3 & 4 i'm not sure if she will be able to cope with HCL
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My dd also p5 next year. Even though she got 87 for MT but was not selected to do HCL, we still sign her up. My DH was saying no harm letting her try out. If she can't keep up to the standard at the end of nxt year, the sch will decide for her. Hopefully, she can cope wif HCL.
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KoalaMummy:
well, looks like we are in the same shoe...so, what do you plan to do for him then?? actually they still have 2 more years to catch up for PSLE... not sure if it's enough time...[/quote]My son's CL tutor just dropped the bombshell on me last night...until now, I'm still suffering the after-effects of that 'bomb'. She wants to raise daughter's fee to $40 an hour and son to $45 an hour next yr. Understand where she is coming from but P1 rates doesn't cost $40 what.
My son flunked his Paper 2...did badly in ηζε‘«η©Ί and open-ended comprehension...according to his teacher, the former shows we are not conversant in Mandarin.janet_lee88:
[quote=\"KoalaMummy\"]Hi, my ds is also in P5 next year. Really hope to get much advise here.
My ds did not do well for his MT (Chinese) and really worried for him.
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Mummyprincess:
My dd also p5 next year. Even though she got 87 for MT but was not selected to do HCL, we still sign her up. My DH was saying no harm letting her try out. If she can't keep up to the standard at the end of nxt year, the sch will decide for her. Hopefully, she can cope wif HCL.
87 for MT and still not offered HCL :?
My son's teacher told me minimum must get 70 in order to continue with HCL next year. Went through P5 normal Chinese activity book yesterday...found that most of the exercises have this section on finding 'ci2 yu3' related to what is asked from the passage...that's tough. I personally have this problem finding it from the passage, let alone a kid. -
janet_lee88:
For my DD's school, HCL is given to students who score at least a Band 1 in MT and also provided they also do very well in all other subjects. My DD was told by her Form Teacher that she did not fare well for her Science (she got 74), that's why the school decided that she took Normal Chinese instead so that she will not be overloaded with extra lesson aft school.Mummyprincess:
My dd also p5 next year. Even though she got 87 for MT but was not selected to do HCL, we still sign her up. My DH was saying no harm letting her try out. If she can't keep up to the standard at the end of nxt year, the sch will decide for her. Hopefully, she can cope wif HCL.
87 for MT and still not offered HCL :?
My son's teacher told me minimum must get 70 in order to continue with HCL next year. Went through P5 normal Chinese activity book yesterday...found that most of the exercises have this section on finding 'ci2 yu3' related to what is asked from the passage...that's tough. I personally have this problem finding it from the passage, let alone a kid. -
Mine also P5 in 2011.
livewith_vanilla - Thanks for your inputs. It really helps to see things from the kid's perspective. Please come and share your experience when you have time. About making notes, can you show some examples ? My son doesn't make notes and doesn't know how to ! :stupid:
Janet_lee88 & KoalaMummy - Are your kids taking HCL ? Mine taking NCL and did poorly for OE compre and oral. I am in panic mode. Any suggestions what to do to help our kids with MT ? I am really worried this subject will pull down the T-score. Everyone keeps saying read more Chinese books but it is like so little time left
Leanne - See the last post by James Ang on this thread.
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6640&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
The Secondary science guides were mentioned. I went to Popular to have a look but I think they are a bit over-kill for my P5. Very wordy with a lot of information. At the moment we are fighting fire so I am not introducing these secondary guides. Probably high ability children who have covered their own syllabus and guides books will find them useful - just my 2cents worth. -
Leanne - See the last post by James Ang on this thread.
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6640&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
The Secondary science guides were mentioned. I went to Popular to have a look but I think they are a bit over-kill for my P5. Very wordy with a lot of information. At the moment we are fighting fire so I am not introducing these secondary guides. Probably high ability children who have covered their own syllabus and guides books will find them useful - just my 2cents worth.[/quote]
Like I mentioned I just use the experiment illustrations and some of the notes during revision with my ds. Arr...i don't really think must be high ability children to understand the guide book. Just that need to sit down to go through a bit cos some notes too much for them.
Actually after I read James's post, I was also wonder wow sec guide book. So I went to have a look and I find it not bad with the experiments shown. (*which i don't find it PSLE sci guide)James also mentioned that.
@leanne>> Maybe you have a look yrself at popular to decide. -
@MoonFlower, I donβt mean that only high ability children can understand the secondary guides. The guide books, especially experiments, are useful surely. What I meant was that my child donβt have time to cover the core primary guide books and assessments for the 4 subjects already so I have to give up the secondary guidebooks (and the marks allocated to those questions).
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janet_lee88:
I don't really remember the books I used since i've given most of them away.Hi livewith_vanilla,
Thank you for your valuable post. As a parent, I am worried for my son going to P5 next year.
Can you advise what titles of guide books as well as assessment books are useful for P5 ? Like English & Science for eg. Your input is valuable.
Well for science, can get the PSLE revision guides already. PSLE revision guides covers the p3-p6 topics. I got my first PSLE in P3
I bought EPH Ultimate Guide and the orange one in P6.
I say, should start in p5, since p6 will be hectic. When your DS has the time, do go through the p3 and p4 topics with him, it will certainly ease your burden next year.
Since my english is strong, i don't really buy assessment books. Just did the outside-school exam papers my mom bought for me.
I would say, read widely.
Usually the cloze passages are non fiction, so very good to read newspapers daily, read non-fiction books.
Also, for compo, must build up good vocabulary.
I would suggest keeping a vocab book.
You can ask your DS to get an exercise book.
Then inside it, he can fill the book with good vocab and phrases.
Lets say, I read a book and found a new phrase, \"a bull in a chinashop\".
I write it in my vocab book and look up its meaning.
I then write the meaning next to the phrase/word.
I find this very useful.
For maths, practice makes perfect. Focus on topics/areas your DS is weak in. Like if he is weak in fractions, let him do more sums on fractions. Clear his doubts if you can, if not, tell him to ask him teacher.
Important note: The major topics covered in PSLE is usually: Fractions,percentage,decimals,speed,circles,area and perimeter and abit of algebra.
Thus, must build up strong foundation for fractions,percentage,decimals and area and perimeter first.
I can tell you that speed and circle are two very confusing topics if one does not fully understand the methods.
I hope i helped. ^^pixiedust:
Sorry I haven't been checking in often. ^^Mine also P5 in 2011.
livewith_vanilla - Thanks for your inputs. It really helps to see things from the kid's perspective. Please come and share your experience when you have time. About making notes, can you show some examples ? My son doesn't make notes and doesn't know how to ! :stupid:
Well making notes is really simple actually. Let me do an example.
First, i suggest you to get your DS his own lecture pads. I bought a set of 5 lecture pads(can use for next time also) at popular.
Then you can let him design the cover, so it won't look so boring.
Tell him to focus on a topic, lets say Digestive Systems.
Usually I will do notes for english and science.
So i will mark out my title on the top of the page- Digestive Systems.
Usually for science, i will have my guide books by my side.So get your DS a good guidebook , it makes things easier.
Okay so first i do a read up on the topic, a quick recap. After reading the whole chapter, i take out my highlighter(use yellow, other colours too dark) and highlight the keypoints.
For digestive systems, the keypoints would mainly be the digestive parts, when does digestion happens, when does digestion not happen, when does digestion stop etc.
After that, I would copy the keypoints neatly onto my lecture pad. So my paper would look something like this (Note: The following is inaccurate information, I'm just typing whatever I can remember):
Digestive System
-Starts from the mouth
-Sugar is absorbed into the bloodstream here.
-Teeth grinds the food and saliva softens it (I don't know. :P).
-Food is swallowed and enters the gullet.
-No digestion takes place in the gullet.
-Food enters the stomach.
-Digestive juices in the stomach further breaks down the food.
-The simpler substances enter the small intestine.
-Digested food/Water is absorbed into the bloodstream.
-Remaining substances/water goes into the large intestines.
-Water is absorbed into the bloodstream here.
-Digestion stops here.
-Undigested food is then stored in the rectum.
-It comes out from the anus as waste.
Something like this. Remember to get your DS to spice up the page (not too much) so that he won't feel its boring.
He can also include pictures to help him remember.
I hoped i helped.
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