2011 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Brenda10]

Leanne:

Hi Mum1113,


We did lotsa practise on the heavy components.

Write compo , do compre, oral very regularly.As it is practise make perfect....we forgot to focus on close passage this time.

rgds
Leanne

Hi Leanne

Hardwork payoff. I think have to start the oral practice next week lah as in 8 weeks time the SA1 is arriving.

[Brenda10]

janet_lee88:

I have a problem with son too.

Need to do intensive work with him.
You mentioned writing compo and doing oral regularly...what reference book do you use ? I'm planning to get my son to write a compo every week and also work on his oral from now till SA1. If I squeeze in compo and oral, something has to give but I don't know which area
Comprehension, cloze, synthesis are all crucial

Dear Janet

Don't worry so much as there still have time to improve.:hugs: Usually \"speed\" is an issue if this can be resoved then everything will be ok lah.

[janet88]

Brenda10:

janet_lee88:

I have a problem with son too.

Need to do intensive work with him.
You mentioned writing compo and doing oral regularly...what reference book do you use ? I'm planning to get my son to write a compo every week and also work on his oral from now till SA1. If I squeeze in compo and oral, something has to give but I don't know which area
Comprehension, cloze, synthesis are all crucial

Dear Janet

Don't worry so much as there still have time to improve.:hugs: Usually \"speed\" is an issue if this can be resoved then everything will be ok lah.

Dear Brenda,
Thanks for coming to my rescue all the time.:hugs:
Do I focus on his accuracy or speed for Maths Part 1 now ?

[Brenda10]

Leanne:

Hi Brenda,


Well done...Keep it up.

I know this section can score full marks.Jia you.


cheers
Leanne

Hi Leanne

Thank you.

Dare not to aim so high. I will be happy as long as she can maintain this grade or get 1 - 2 marks higher.

[pixiedust]

wkong, the chinese teacher's email reply is so inspiring. I wish all schools take that approach. is your child naturally strong in Chinese or you did some magic ?


Leanne, agree lucky you ! compo,compre and oral are really difficult areas to tackle..very elusive. Appreciate if you can share some tips what you do regularly ?

Pen88n
EL - which sections ? Mine loses marks in OE compre and cloze (no more helping words). or it is Grammar MCQ or S&T? Grammar MCQ/S&T - need to practise, esp Grammar, must understand the rule instead of purely rely on 'sounds right'. OE compre is the killer due to the inferential questions. My ds's EL is stronger than CL but he still gets lots of marks deducted for EL OE. I must admit I neglect EL and focused more on the other subjects....now also thinking about how to tackle this issue.

CL - I always tell him HYPY and all MCQ questions must get full marks else the 2 compre will reduce marks further. The graphic stimulus compre (advertisement/notices), I use the greenleaf assessment and drill, teach him how to look for the usual questions : purpose of notice, dates, etc. Just my 2cents worth.

[Brenda10]

janet_lee88:

Dear Brenda,

Thanks for coming to my rescue all the time.:hugs:
Do I focus on his accuracy or speed for Maths Part 1 now ?

Dear Janet

My opinion is go for accuracy first. The speed will gradually improve once he has more exposure to the questions. At this time don't emphasis the timing to him otherwise he will feel very stress. However, you can observe the timing yourself.
Just my 2cents thought.

[Leanne]

Pixiedust,


Honestly, what we did was do as many compre as possible(toughest to do as ds takes ages to write), do compos on different title, discuss the plot,(ensure no wrong chinese word is written, so no marks deducted) and for oral, just practise with him.

Maybe lately ds picks up reading as in chinese story book, and that thus helps a bit, tho its a bit late.


rgds
Leanne

pixiedust:

wkong, the chinese teacher's email reply is so inspiring. I wish all schools take that approach. is your child naturally strong in Chinese or you did some magic ?

Leanne, agree lucky you ! compo,compre and oral are really difficult areas to tackle..very elusive. Appreciate if you can share some tips what you do regularly ?

Pen88n
EL - which sections ? Mine loses marks in OE compre and cloze (no more helping words). or it is Grammar MCQ or S&T? Grammar MCQ/S&T - need to practise, esp Grammar, must understand the rule instead of purely rely on 'sounds right'. OE compre is the killer due to the inferential questions. My ds's EL is stronger than CL but he still gets lots of marks deducted for EL OE. I must admit I neglect EL and focused more on the other subjects....now also thinking about how to tackle this issue.

CL - I always tell him HYPY and all MCQ questions must get full marks else the 2 compre will reduce marks further. The graphic stimulus compre (advertisement/notices), I use the greenleaf assessment and drill, teach him how to look for the usual questions : purpose of notice, dates, etc. Just my 2cents worth.

[Leanne]

Hi Brenda,


Good job that you have done...

Your dd like chinese?If yes, can really aim for a good sap school.

Am sure she will improve with your constant guidance.


Cheers
Leanne

Brenda10:

Leanne:

Hi Brenda,

Well done...Keep it up.

I know this section can score full marks.Jia you.


cheers
Leanne

Hi Leanne

Thank you.

Dare not to aim so high. I will be happy as long as she can maintain this grade or get 1 - 2 marks higher.

[janet88]

Brenda10:

janet_lee88:

Dear Brenda,

Thanks for coming to my rescue all the time.:hugs:
Do I focus on his accuracy or speed for Maths Part 1 now ?

Dear Janet

My opinion is go for accuracy first. The speed will gradually improve once he has more exposure to the questions. At this time don't emphasis the timing to him otherwise he will feel very stress. However, you can observe the timing yourself.
Just my 2cents thought.

Ok...got it. Thanks.

[pixiedust]

Leanne:

..discuss the plot,(ensure no wrong chinese word is written, so no marks deducted) and for oral, just practise with him.

Ah, I see ! That's really a lot of hard work. No wonder he did well.
I also emphasised to my ds no wrong chinese word but he still makes plenty. Just very poor memory and sensitivity to the language. Nevertherless, it is good to know your hardwork paid off...inspires me to head the same direction too. Thanks for sharing.

@Janet, for ds, I found that doing the school papers for Maths really helped. For the questions he had problems, I put a sticky and revisited just before CA1. After a while we noticed the maths problem of similar 'styles'...just that the numbers and words are different. SA1 will include more fractions and ratio <-- known to be challenging. Hence, it will be a good idea to clear up Term1 topics first then move on.