Preparing kids for P5 in 2011

[Brenda10]

pixiedust:

Brenda - it is quite good your dd's school gives the oral score. Past years, ds's school only release the total mark but not the breakdown of oral, paper1, paper2. I hope this year they will let us know.

Hi Pixiedust

DD teachers (same with P5 last year) will automatic share with the class that their listening test, compo. and also oral test marks.

This is very important as we can have a better picture to focus on area that is weak.

Like last year, we focus a lot on CL compo. after knowing the marks was unfavorable.

So far dd oral test, CL 42/50 and EL 26/30 and this help us to know that we can still improve by 5- 10% before the Prelim and PSLE Exam.

[ASLMUM]

Thanks guys. I've been silently reading the posts and really felt the need to join this big family


Now will have to wait for Wed for the English and Chinese results.

It's quite a relief to know at least she's getting 80s in SA1, hopefully as the topics get tougher and tougher, she still can achieve!

For my DD's school, they will give the breakdown for each section.

[Peony]

It’s good to speak to the FT. Felt so much better after I did - she was suprised that I thought DD did not do well. The numbers are misleading this year.

[janet88]

pixiedust:

I haven't seen the papers yet but marks for EL paper 2, EL listening, CL paper 2 all out.


Brenda - it is quite good your dd's school gives the oral score. Past years, ds's school only release the total mark but not the breakdown of oral, paper1, paper2. I hope this year they will let us know.

I'm waiting to know son's results too...hope I will get a breakdown too.

HI ASLMUM,
Welcome to KSP.
Congrats on your daughter's good results.

[ASLMUM]

Does anyone know of any ways to improve English and Chinese? The languages are quite difficult to teach, not like you study will be able to do well. My DD reads a lot, but also do not seems to help with the vocab?


Appreciate if anyone can share how their kids cope with languages and if there are any good enrichment centre to recommend?

Thanks!

[Peony]

ASLMUM,


Did you go through to see which aspect of English?
E.g. my DD needs to work a lot more on compo, compre OE and compre cloze.

And even within compo, need to identify… content? language? etc.

Speaking to the teacher helps to identify the areas and the teacher can also give advice e.g. she told me 2 months ago that DD needed to improve her compo, so I got DD to write extra which the teacher marked and commented.

I’ve also learnt that reading doesn’t do much if the child is not doing anything with it e.g. not identifying new words, not checking meaning.

Show her the way by picking new words and getting her to look up the meaning and using it in a sentence.

[Champion]

Peony:

I've also learnt that reading doesn't do much if the child is not doing anything with it e.g. not identifying new words, not checking meaning.

Show her the way by picking new words and getting her to look up the meaning and using it in a sentence.

Hi Peony,
We meet here again ..Sorry I \"interrupt\" into this forum and chance upon what you have just posted. :hi5:

I had a chance to speak to an educator 2 weeks ago and she also told me the same thing, \"reading doesn't do much if the child is not doing anything with it e.g. not identifying new words, not checking meaning. Worse if the child does not know why and what he/she is reading!\" :nailbite: :shock:

At that moment, I was speechless! I always feel that my DD1 is reading quite extensively but she isn't writing very well in her compo in school. Can you share with us what are the type of books your girl is reading and how to you help her?

:thankyou: :hugs:

[Peony]

Hi Champion,


Glad to meet you here too!

My DD is a bookworm but I’ve learnt that she reads just like the way she speaks - way too fast!!

Educators I spoke to recommend reading classics like the Little House in the Big Woods, Black Beauty etc.

However, my DD’s style of writing does not gel with these books and I do feel that if she has a certain style, she can try to improve on it.

But as I said, my DD has a LONG way to go… but am happy to say we are making some progress.

Back to your question of the books she is reading now… she loves Morris Gleitzman. It is simple but am not going to force classics on her as his books
help in what she lacks - describing. His books are simple, yet engaging. We often tell the kids to "show, not tell" in writing but without interesting examples they can relate too, they will still not get it.

[pixiedust]

ASLMUM, strength in languages needs time to build up and requires a lot of patience and effort - in my opinion. Agree with Peony, need to analyse which area is the top priority.


Peony, Champion - my ds reads a lot too, until his eye-sight is so bad and I had to hide his books. He reads for pleasure and the 'good effect' is really not coming out in his writing or OE comprehension. Agree, reads too fast - I think they are just captivated by the storyline and not fully digesting the grammar/spellling/writing style. My friends consoled me that it is still a better hobby and in the long run, it should still help.

All marks are released and papers will be returned in a day or two. Same trend as before, we spent the most time and effort on chinese and the marks is the lowest of the 4 subjects. Thankfully, I've been to this thread and able to react in a more positive manner. Not sure if I will still be this cool cumber if I see careless mistakes in the papers :xedfingers:

Next step will be post-mortem to analyse the weakness and brain-storm on effective strategies.

Everyone, :celebrate:

[Lynn2]

Hi Pixiedust,


Keep going, dont give up.


cheers
Lynn2

pixiedust:

ASLMUM, strength in languages needs time to build up and requires a lot of patience and effort - in my opinion. Agree with Peony, need to analyse which area is the top priority.

Peony, Champion - my ds reads a lot too, until his eye-sight is so bad and I had to hide his books. He reads for pleasure and the 'good effect' is really not coming out in his writing or OE comprehension. Agree, reads too fast - I think they are just captivated by the storyline and not fully digesting the grammar/spellling/writing style. My friends consoled me that it is still a better hobby and in the long run, it should still help.

All marks are released and papers will be returned in a day or two. Same trend as before, we spent the most time and effort on chinese and the marks is the lowest of the 4 subjects. Thankfully, I've been to this thread and able to react in a more positive manner. Not sure if I will still be this cool cumber if I see careless mistakes in the papers :xedfingers:

Next step will be post-mortem to analyse the weakness and brain-storm on effective strategies.

Everyone, :celebrate: