Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary
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I found out something really shocking today. Dd told me her FT does not mark their compositions! She will let the kids mark one another’s work.
She had given 4 compos, 2 did at home and 2 in school. Till now, i’ve not seen marked ones returned so I asked my dd. She said they had only marked the first set some time back in class. FT collected them but we’ve yet to see them to know whether she had remarked.
She has the habit of getting the class to mark everything but I can close one eye for work sheets and activity books but compositions too??
If the FT is reading this, I hope she’ll put in some effort to at least acknowledge or read their work. The kids had put in time and effort to write.
Sorry…cannot ding ding ding here. -
E3:
Just now i asked my dd about this, she told me that the FT want them know how to check when doing compo. I'm not sure this is good or not. May it is a attempt to let them pay attention to the points of cut-off scores in another way? :?I found out something really shocking today. Dd told me her FT does not mark their compositions! She will let the kids mark one another's work.
She had given 4 compos, 2 did at home and 2 in school. Till now, i've not seen marked ones returned so I asked my dd. She said they had only marked the first set some time back in class. FT collected them but we've yet to see them to know whether she had remarked.
She has the habit of getting the class to mark everything but I can close one eye for work sheets and activity books but compositions too??
If the FT is reading this, I hope she'll put in some effort to read their work. The kids had put in time and effort to write.
Sorry....cannot ding ding ding here. -
lizhi:
I am speechless.
Just now i asked my dd about this, she told the FT want them know how to check when doing compo. I'm not sure this is good or not. May it is a attempt to let them pay attention to the points of cut-off scores in another way? :?E3:
I found out something really shocking today. Dd told me her FT does not mark their compositions! She will let the kids mark one another's work.
She had given 4 compos, 2 did at home and 2 in school. Till now, i've not seen marked ones returned so I asked my dd. She said they had only marked the first set some time back in class. FT collected them but we've yet to see them to know whether she had remarked.
She has the habit of getting the class to mark everything but I can close one eye for work sheets and activity books but compositions too??
If the FT is reading this, I hope she'll put in some effort to read their work. The kids had put in time and effort to write.
Sorry....cannot ding ding ding here.
If I bump into my boy's EL teacher, I will ask her IMO if this arrangement serves any purpose or is appropriate for P3ers.
This year my P4 boy has a very good CL teacher who leaves qns/comments all over the compo. The most recent one was returned and the pupils were to re-write the compo. After taking into account all her qns/comments, my boy attained a 10/15. -
lizhi:
Lizhi, no matter what, a P3er cannot effectively grade a compo yet. She asked them to check the grammar, spelling and punctuation mistakes. However, sometimes, grammar is not so straightforward when it is used in different sentence structures. My dd told me she was marking a messy piece of her classmate's. I think it defeats the purpose if the child is struggling marking their peers' work. FT is cutting the corners.
Just now i asked my dd about this, she told me that the FT want them know how to check when doing compo. I'm not sure this is good or not. May it is a attempt to let them pay attention to the points of cut-off scores in another way? :?
If she returned those marked copies with her individual comments and grading, then I have nothing to say. I hope she does. That piece was done quite some time ago. If the kids marked their own compos, we don't need teachers anymore. -
Jennifer:
That's what I meant by a professional teacher. Her FT is not appreciating the fact that she could be possibly reading the better compositions and yet she didn't acknowledge those efforts.
This year my P4 boy has a very good CL teacher who leaves qns/comments all over the compo. The most recent one was returned and the pupils were to re-write the compo. After taking into account all her qns/comments, my boy attained a 10/15.
I seriously wonder how she can possibly read and mark 4 compositions and return by next week with comments and grading? Say, if returned at the last minute, wouldn't that cause unnecessary panic to those who didn't score? Then again, let's say the kids helped to mark but wouldn't that make the scripts look untidy. All their efforts in writing those compos will go down the drain cos nobody likes to study untidy scripts. -
Jennifer:
Jennifer, PM for u
This year my P4 boy has a very good CL teacher who leaves qns/comments all over the compo. The most recent one was returned and the pupils were to re-write the compo. After taking into account all her qns/comments, my boy attained a 10/15. -
E3:
Yes, correct. The teacher should mark with teacher's comments finally. But in truth, I have almost given up hope. Because from my dd1, I couldn't find out valuable comments indeed. specially chinese compo, nothing!
Lizhi, no matter what, a P3er cannot effectively grade a compo yet. She asked them to check the grammar, spelling and punctuation mistakes. However, sometimes, grammar is not so straightforward when it is used in different sentence structure. My dd told me she was marking a messy piece of her classmate's. I think it defeats the purpose if the child is struggling marking their peers' work. FT is cutting the corners.lizhi:
Just now i asked my dd about this, she told me that the FT want them know how to check when doing compo. I'm not sure this is good or not. May it is a attempt to let them pay attention to the points of cut-off scores in another way? :?
If she returned those marked copies with her individual comments and grading, then I have nothing to say. I hope she does. That piece was done quite some time ago. If the kids marked their own compos, we don't need teachers anymore. -
lizhi:
But in truth, I have almost given up hope.
Please don't. There ARE good teachers out there. Pm u. -
E3:
Even upper primary may not be suitable to do it, let alone P3 kids. Compo writing is subjective base on individual's expereinces, reading variety and personal ideas. Can't comprehend what is the intent of this CL T ?Lizhi, no matter what, a P3er cannot effectively grade a compo yet. She asked them to check the grammar, spelling and punctuation mistakes. However, sometimes, grammar is not so straightforward when it is used in different sentence structures. My dd told me she was marking a messy piece of her classmate's. I think it defeats the purpose if the child is struggling marking their peers' work. FT is cutting the corners.
If she returned those marked copies with her individual comments and grading, then I have nothing to say. I hope she does. That piece was done quite some time ago. If the kids marked their own compos, we don't need teachers anymore. -
Mum1113:
Can't comprehend what is the intent of this CL T ?
It's EL T.
I doubt their CL T will attempt to do that cos I believe many of them are half-buckets for their CL compo, that includes my dd.
I think her CL teacher is too kind.
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