Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[Jennifer]

Trapwithin:

a new slogan in life: \"Space out to prevent Burnout\" :imcool:

Again, words of wisdom...

(coming from UNCLE...) :siam:

My boy has an very laidback schedule (from my perspective lah)- Tues CL tuition 2 hrs, Wed piano 45 mins and Fri TTLT EL (up to 4pm for this term). Once he is back home, he will do whatever he pleases (play or work) and we only revise for at most 45 mins in the evening. And HE IS ALREADY COMPLAINING :razz:

I think some kids strive in a competitive environment, some absolutely do not. So we must know which is which.

[lizhi]

Happy Mama:

Other than Compre, she got full marks for the rest of the section in Paper 2. :stupid:

ya, full marks, very good. My dd lost 3 scores in compre and lost 6 scores for the rest section. she thought this time she answered smoothly but the result...

[lizhi]

dyh:

Funx3:

[quote=\"lizhi\"]
Flighty? Sounds the same as my dd. During examinations, she was looking out of the window watching the dark clouds gathering together. :faint:

errrrrrrrr ....
How U know ....
U Spying on her from a Pair of Binoculars outside -ah?
:laugh: :laugh:

I was wondering too.... :lol:[/quote]Haha...the detail was told by my dd lor. When she told me this, i almost :rant: to her, but i finally kept quiet. I would like to find a better way to 斗智斗勇 with her。

[markfch]

Trapwithin:

We started to give her a complete 1 hour \"do as you like\" time daily - half an hour in the morning and half an hour at night. Not that I am taskmaster, just that like many kids, my dd \"Space-out\" (Daydream) a lot and takes her time to do her stuff.

Hey I do that too for ds. It's called his 'daily time to play any gory computer games he fancies' period. This will be followed by an hr of piano practice to undo the damage that those computer games did to his brain.

[markfch]

Mum1113:

markfch:

Still waiting patiently for him to improve. He has one and a half years to do that ..... before P2 SA2.

Am sure this papa will do all things and add all types of oil to make it happen ,cheers!

I got look so kiasu meh? :oops: :lol:

[Jennifer]

Trapwithin:

E3:

[quote=\"Trapwithin\"]I think EPH has assessment for CL Comprehension called Yue Du Li Jie that is pretty good.

This is one of dd's Compre books. It's not enough. She is coping well with questions in this book. I am afraid to go higher levels cos I don't want to cause her to lose interest. Furthermore, I think it's more than just practising Compre assessments to score for the OE Compre sections. Rote learning doesn't work in this case. They have to analyse in CHINESE, then express their thoughts out logically and comprehensibly. If these kids are eloquent in Chinese, I believe it's half the battle won.

That means no short-cut no drilling? .. then will have to cultivate CL reading habits.[/quote]Able to analyse is very impt.

I bou a sec sch lvl reading book (consists of well known authors) for my elder boy.

One article has an interesting analogy: Mr X carries in his arm peaches n eggs and walks in a busy street.

What do u understand from this?

To my elder boy, he took it literally and ignores the context of the article which was to illustrate how hard is it to live in a society with your moral values intact.

I think PH compreh passages are trying to impart some moral values. So I intend to sieve out these types of passages to practice with my boy.

[Happy Mama]

E3:

Thank you, Happy Mama, don't think she is that superduper. Haha. She tried her best and that's good enough. Yes, I missed those stickers too. Haha. This year's FT's not in that habit. Kudos to your dd for her results. I've seen the CL paper. In general, the passages are pitched at P3's readability and understanding but the answering skills are beyond them. I don't think they are taught in advance in class on how to tackle these questions. Even if we had exposed them to good HCL compre assessment books, they are still not equipped to answer PH's questions' requirements.

Yes most importantly, our kids have tried their best with minimal careless mistakes.

I haven't read the CL compre passage yet. Actually I dread reading CL passages (but I can't tell this to DD). So got to pretend I enjoy reading CL passages in order not to kill her interest since she's still got a long way to go for CL.

[Happy Mama]

Trapwithin:

Happy Mama:

Other than Compre, she got full marks for the rest of the section in Paper 2. :stupid:

Wow that's very good. Well done.
You just need to focus more on OE Comprehension.
I think EPH has assessment for CL Comprehension called Yue Du Li Jie that is pretty good.

Thanks Trapwithin.

So far she only has 1 CL assessment and it's only 10% done. I'd better start shopping for CL OE Compre books for her. Otherwise, I cannot imagine what she's gonna get for SA2. :nailbite:

[Trapwithin]

markfch:

Trapwithin:

We started to give her a complete 1 hour \"do as you like\" time daily - half an hour in the morning and half an hour at night. Not that I am taskmaster, just that like many kids, my dd \"Space-out\" (Daydream) a lot and takes her time to do her stuff.

Hey I do that too for ds. It's called his 'daily time to play any gory computer games he fancies' period. This will be followed by an hr of piano practice to undo the damage that those computer games did to his brain.

Hee hee but I still control her computer time to weekend only.
She can play lego, read books, draw, etc

[Happy Mama]

E3:

Trapwithin:

I think EPH has assessment for CL Comprehension called Yue Du Li Jie that is pretty good.

This is one of dd's Compre books. It's not enough. She is coping well with questions in this book. I am afraid to go higher levels cos I don't want to cause her to lose interest. Furthermore, I think it's more than just practising Compre assessments to score for the OE Compre sections. Rote learning doesn't work in this case. They have to analyse in CHINESE, then express their thoughts out logically and comprehensibly. If these kids are eloquent in Chinese, I believe it's half the battle won.

I cannot imagine how DD is going to handle (H)CL OE Compre in Pri 5 and Pri 6. :scared: