Q&A - P2 English

[plum-cake]

janet_lee88:

Fortunately the P2 books I have for her is just 8 books.
Yup the P2 Complete Practice Book is by Josephine Yeo (EPH). It has CA1 and 2, SA1 and 2. Went through Loh Tee Yang's Home Study 1 and found it's not bad and that other one is the English Practice.

Hi Janet,
I've gone thru both the books. yes both of them are good. like exam papers both have good mixture of everything.I might get them. There is a thrill to leisurely browse the assesment books at popular....joyous then to discover a desirable book :lol:

[janet88]

plum-cake:

janet_lee88:

Yup the P2 Complete Practice Book is by Josephine Yeo (EPH). It has CA1 and 2, SA1 and 2.

Hi Janet,
I've gone thru both the books. yes both of them are good. like exam papers both have good mixture of everything.I might get them. There is a thrill to leisurely browse the assesment books at popular....joyous then to discover a desirable book :lol:

Hi Plum-cake,
:hugs: Couldn't agree more with you...walking into Popular each time can be a thrilling experience esp if there is a fantastic new publication.

[janet88]

HI Plum-cake,

Can I check with you regarding daily schedule ?
I plan daughter’s schedule from the time she returns home, takes shower, lunch followed by homework and nap. Mon/Tue night learn Eng spelling, Wed/Thur night learn CL spelling…find it impossible to coach her for vocab, grammar for eg after that. Can you provide some tips how you do work with your gal pls ? Thanks.

[optimistforum]

janet_lee88:

plum-cake:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]
Yup the P2 Complete Practice Book is by Josephine Yeo (EPH). It has CA1 and 2, SA1 and 2.

Hi Janet,
I've gone thru both the books. yes both of them are good. like exam papers both have good mixture of everything.I might get them. There is a thrill to leisurely browse the assesment books at popular....joyous then to discover a desirable book :lol:

Hi Plum-cake,
:hugs: Couldn't agree more with you...walking into Popular each time can be a thrilling experience esp if there is a fantastic new publication.[/quote]Hi Janet and Plum-Cake

You are lucky. I can only imagine what the Popular Store is like. I order books online and have them shipped here, to England. The shipping costs are 70% of total costs. :stupid: I have now got a huge bookcase full of P1-P6 books. One set for DS1 and one for DS2.

My DS2 (a rising 6, in UK Year 1, or MOE K2) is using the EPH Preparing for P1 books: Grammar, Vocab, Maths and Comprehension. I think these are great books.

[janet88]

HI optimistforum,

I see. You’re in England. Must have been tough on you, to have to order books to coach kids. The EPH Preparing for P1 books are good…bought them to prepare my gal in K2 last year.
You bought books up to P6 already ? Books are heavy…so I am not surprised they take bulk of total costs.

[optimistforum]

janet_lee88:

HI optimistforum,

I see. You're in England. Must have been tough on you, to have to order books to coach kids. The EPH Preparing for P1 books are good...bought them to prepare my gal in K2 last year.
You bought books up to P6 already ? Books are heavy...so I am not surprised they take bulk of total costs.

As soon as I know how to upload documents to this post I will show you the Literacy homework they get. For Year 3 (your P2) you will be shocked at how poor and light the English curriculum is. This is why we shadow MOE at home.

[optimistforum]

janet_lee88:

Hi optimistforum,

I prefer Challenging English 4-in-1. It's good practice. For Josephine Yeo's Complete Practice Book, the space is a little small for comprehension. Usually buy separate assessment books for synthesis, grammar, vocab etc.

Hi Janet

Sorry to keep hassling you but I have a question about the EPH P2 Com plete Practice in English and P2 Challenging 4 in 1 English. I am enquiring about my DS1 (a rising 8, will be 8 in July).

DS1 is a P2 student, however, he started the P3 Complete Practice and Challenging English 4-in-1 last month. He is struggling with the o/e comprehension and the vocab when I do not allow him to use the electronic dictionary (I gave him the hardback dictionary to use, which he hates).

Should I move him back to P2 Challenging 4-in-English. Is it common for Singaporeans P2's to start the P3 books. FYI, DS1 will finish his present school year in mid-July.

Is it a retrograde step to push him back to the P2 book?

[janet88]

optimistforum:

janet_lee88:

Hi optimistforum,

I prefer Challenging English 4-in-1. It's good practice. For Josephine Yeo's Complete Practice Book, the space is a little small for comprehension. Usually buy separate assessment books for synthesis, grammar, vocab etc.

DS1 is a P2 student, however, he started the P3 Complete Practice and Challenging English 4-in-1 last month. He is struggling with the o/e comprehension and the vocab when I do not allow him to use the electronic dictionary (I gave him the hardback dictionary to use, which he hates).

Should I move him back to P2 Challenging 4-in-English. Is it common for Singaporeans P2's to start the P3 books. FYI, DS1 will finish his present school year in mid-July.

Is it a retrograde step to push him back to the P2 book?

Hi optimistforum,
If your son is in P2, I would advise sticking to P2 syllabus and build up foundation than move on to P3. There is a jump from P2 to P3. Strengthen the foundation first. As for vocab, I get my boy to check up the meanings and write them down not just for that particular exercise but to know what those options in MCQ means. Electronic dictionary is faster and he enjoys using it...if method is efficient and effective, I let him use.
OE comprehension gets more difficult from P3 and P5 onwards.
No worries, we are all here to learn and I'm still doing that.

[optimistforum]

Hi Janet


Can I please clarify the age for P2. Is it age 7-8. DS1 is a rising 8; meaning his cohort is full of DC who are 7 or 8, and that they will be 8 by 31 Aug 2011.

PS, shall I use both P2 Complete Practice and P2 Challeng 4in1 English, or just the P2 Complete Practice?

Many thanks.

[laughingcat]

Hello optimistforum,


hehehehe.....keep seeing you having problem with the age of the child w.r.t schooling and so hopefully I can help you. :love:

Primary 1 - kids at 7yrs old in that year
Primary 2 - 8yrs old
Primary 3 - 9 yrs old
Primary 4 - 10 yrs old
Primary 5 - 11 yrs old
Primary 6 - 12 yrs old

SGP school years starts from Jan to Dec. Unlike in UK which starts in Jun/Jul of every year (unless I am wrong.....hahaha can't remember already since I used to study in UK for my uni). :lol: