Q&A - P2 English

[Tinkerbelle]

plum-cake:

thank you Tinkerbelle

My dd is not a good reader. so I bought many different types of books for her to read. she had no problem in reading them,but if you interupt and ask her questions she won't give you the perfect ans. because of the new words. she actually skips them why too lazy to look in the dictionay. always asks me. some times its makes me :x . i am trying my level best to teach her to read with the dic. And for thoes new words you must try to use them in the real life as well other wise It will stay in your mind for a while.

Guess for lower pri, the kids tend to be reliant on their \"walking dictionaries\". More convenient..keke. DD2 also likes to ask me difficult words. She finds it hard to look up the dictionary. Dunno about your sch but DD's sch does teach dictionary skills later in P3.

Every week, I'll get DD to write down 5 difficult words and the meanings in her own pretty notebook, which is like her own mini dictionary. I'll go thru the words and recap on the words with her on/off. I find that she remembers them better than if I just told her the meaning one off. Of course, I need to help her find the words in the dictionary.

[Funz]

DD is in P2 now. And I realise this, I cannot be in the same room as her when she is doing her work. When I am around, it will be mummy, how to spell this or that and what is the meaning of this or that. But when I am not present, she can spell most of the words and will pull out her dictionary to find the meanings of some of the tougher words.


DD used to have a word bank book when she was in K2 which she inputs words that she does not know and will ask me how to pronounce and the meanings. But since starting P1 she finds it a hassle. Maybe because I taught her to use the dictionary since P1 and have been asking her to refer to the dictionary rather then to me.

[janet88]

Funz:

DD is in P2 now. And I realise this, I cannot be in the same room as her when she is doing her work. When I am around, it will be mummy, how to spell this or that and what is the meaning of this or that. But when I am not present, she can spell most of the words and will pull out her dictionary to find the meanings of some of the tougher words.

My son in P5 has the habit of asking me for meanings of words too...I asked him to check the electronic dictionary and write down the meaning of the word...this benefitted him a great deal last year when he was doing Vocab exercises.

[plum-cake]

Tinkerbelle:

Guess for lower pri, the kids tend to be reliant on their \"walking dictionaries\". More convenient..keke. DD2 also likes to ask me difficult words. She finds it hard to look up the dictionary. Dunno about your sch but DD's sch does teach dictionary skills later in P3.

Every week, I'll get DD to write down 5 difficult words and the meanings in her own pretty notebook, which is like her own mini dictionary. I'll go thru the words and recap on the words with her on/off. I find that she remembers them better than if I just told her the meaning one off. Of course, I need to help her find the words in the dictionary.

You are a nice teacher mummy. :ugogirl: for my case yes I am good at making her write. thats only for somedays, if I am busy or doing something then no... and NO recap at all... :oops: I think I must do that...
Thanks for the wonderful ideas...

[plum-cake]

janet_lee88:

My son in P5 has the habit of asking me for meanings of words too...I asked him to check the electronic dictionary and write down the meaning of the word...this benefitted him a great deal last year when he was doing Vocab exercises.

I never used electronic dic. before. which one you are using? How do you find it? is that provides any pictures?

[janet88]

plum-cake:

janet_lee88:

My son in P5 has the habit of asking me for meanings of words too...I asked him to check the electronic dictionary and write down the meaning of the word...this benefitted him a great deal last year when he was doing Vocab exercises.

I never used electronic dic. before. which one you are using? How do you find it? is that provides any pictures?

I got the Besta 668...hesitated for few weeks before agreeing to it.
So far, I use the Chinese and English dictionary features...not very sure about others. Told my son to make full use of it...sometimes if he doesn't know how the character is pronounced, he will write it on the screen and the electronic dict will then tell you what it is.

[plum-cake]

janet_lee88:

plum-cake:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]
My son in P5 has the habit of asking me for meanings of words too...I asked him to check the electronic dictionary and write down the meaning of the word...this benefitted him a great deal last year when he was doing Vocab exercises.

I never used electronic dic. before. which one you are using? How do you find it? is that provides any pictures?

I got the Besta 668...hesitated for few weeks before agreeing to it.
So far, I use the Chinese and English dictionary features...not very sure about others. Told my son to make full use of it...sometimes if he doesn't know how the character is pronounced, he will write it on the screen and the electronic dict will then tell you what it is.[/quote]sounds great...tempting to buy.... :love: Thanks Janet..

[janet88]

plum-cake:

janet_lee88:

[quote=\"plum-cake\"]
I never used electronic dic. before. which one you are using? How do you find it? is that provides any pictures?

I got the Besta 668...hesitated for few weeks before agreeing to it.
So far, I use the Chinese and English dictionary features...not very sure about others. Told my son to make full use of it...sometimes if he doesn't know how the character is pronounced, he will write it on the screen and the electronic dict will then tell you what it is.

sounds great...tempting to buy.... :love: Thanks Janet..[/quote]Sure. I use the dictionary features while the kids use it for some other purpose which I have absolutely no idea.

Since it's eve of CNY, let's not walk into Popular to give ourselves a BREAK from books...bcos I'm expecting a tsunami of homework to come in from next Monday onwards.

[plum-cake]

could’n resist… I baught a another one


Voacbulary and Comprehension from study helpers’s series Marshall cavendish publication.

Thinking Skills to better your english from study helpers’s series Marshall cavendish publication.

I got them from Times book shop :!:

[janet88]

plum-cake:

could'n resist.. I baught a another one


Voacbulary and Comprehension from study helpers's series Marshall cavendish publication.

Thinking Skills to better your english from study helpers's series Marshall cavendish publication.

I got them from Times book shop :!:

Times Bookshop ? How much ?
I have Study Helpers too...bought from Popular last year.

Son's homework really flooding in...not all 4 subjects but 2 or 3 subjects with many questions which require time to think.