2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Tinkerbelle]

Mum1113:

Always remind ds for CL picture compo, make sure write out as per what the pictures dicpict. Dont create own storyline and become out-of-picture !

For continuous writing compo, follow closely the introduction and underline key words to help develope story line, in case get carried away and ended with out-of-point .
Must learn from you pple to get ds to keep simple chengyu in mind, easy to understand and use them as relevant as possible , cheers

Hi Mum1113,
Very good advice. DD has a very good imagination and tends to write beyond what is depicted in the picture and becomes :offtopic: . Must always remind her to keep within the picture's context.

[Brenda10]

Tinkerbelle:

Dunno about the word limit for CL compo....anyone else know??

So far the test paper stated for CL, above 100 words and HCL - above 200 words. There are 240 columns in the page (CL compo. Exercise Book) as such two - three pages should be considered acceptable. I find is unnecessary to emphasis too much in the beginning as well as beware of too many idle words (废话). If you are able to use cheng yu, words or phrases which are not taught in primary school level and yet correctly, then you should stand a higher chance to get the better marks.
Just my 2 cents thought

[tisha]

hashroop:

Use elimination method for MCQ and work on the rest of the options given for that particular question. Highlighting/ underlining the key word found in the question also helps.

I second that.
Start by elimination. Cross out or put a X mark next to the obviously wrong option. Now highlight the keywords of the remaining options. Re-read the Q to check what is asked and then make the final choice.

[tisha]

Tinkerbelle:

Hi Tisha & Mum1113,
I understand what you mean. For Section B, teachers are very particular about certain key words. Most kids do understand the concepts but because they use layman's terms, the teachers will mark them wrong. DD also loses marks for incomplete key words.

I'm no science expert. Textbooks don't cover much details so I usually use sci guide books to revise with DD. I'll go through the concepts with her and highlight key works to help her tackle open-ended questions. After going through the guide book, I'll get DD to tackle assessment books on that topic. When we have time, We'll try to squeeze in past year papers.

Her teacher ever commented that if in doubt for sci questions, always think of a scientific concept behind the questions. To quote an example: Why do we need food? Some kids will answer \"We need food so we will not be hungry.\" In actual fact, the scientific answer is \"We need food so that we can obtain energy from it to do work.\" So I always remind DD to look for the scientific facts. I'm also learning together with DD. Wish I can help her more with MCQ. Each MCQ is worth 2 marks each so getting a few questions wrong can be costly Any tips to improve on MCQ, anyone???

:thankyou: very much Tinkerbelle. I'll spend some dedicated time just to focus on answering the Sci open ended Q before CA1. Hopefully DS's science score will improve this time.

[Brenda10]

HI mummies


Just curious that your school start wtih the Energy or Interaction for this term 1 ?

[tisha]

Brenda10:

HI mummies


Just curious that your school start wtih the Energy or Interaction for this term 1 ?

Energy for us.

[hashroop]

Brenda10:

HI mummies


Just curious that your school start wtih the Energy or Interaction for this term 1 ?

Energy for DS

[Brenda10]

tisha:

Brenda10:

HI mummies


Just curious that your school start wtih the Energy or Interaction for this term 1 ?

Energy for us.

Same here. :hi5:

[Brenda10]

hashroop:

Brenda10:

HI mummies


Just curious that your school start wtih the Energy or Interaction for this term 1 ?

Energy for DS

Same too. :hi5:

[James Ang]

Q:Why do living things need food?


A: Living things need food to obtain energy to carry out life processes.

I think this answer is better than "obtain energy to do work" because energy is required not just to do work (work done being force x distance moved), but the energy is used to keep the body warm as well as keeping the cells alive etc. So the key word is "carry out life processes". In fact fuels and chemicals such as those stored in batteries can provide energy to machines to do work too, but unlike food, these forms of chemical energy cannot help to carry out life processes.