Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary

[Jennifer]

Mrsbongz:

Happy Mama:

I gave her money to choose her very first book, with the hope of encouraging her to start reading CL books. Guess what she has shortlisted? Doraemon Comics! :yikes: :faint:

My DS chose pokemon!! sigh.. I actually thought Doremon was a better choice.. :razz:

My boy kept the booklist away. Not interested at all. Worse

[Happy Mama]

Mrsbongz:

Happy Mama:

I gave her money to choose her very first book, with the hope of encouraging her to start reading CL books. Guess what she has shortlisted? Doraemon Comics! :yikes: :faint:

My DS chose pokemon!! sigh.. I actually thought Doremon was a better choice.. :razz:

Haha, I just double checked with her. She shortlisted 1 Pokemon comic too. :faint:

[markfch]

DS's student care just gave him another P1 past yr exam paper to practice today. Hanzi for ds is ok. But out of the 20 fill-in-the-blanks HYPY qns, ds only managed to get 10 correct. :imdrowning: Help!


I took a look at the paper and realised that most of the errors were due to ds confusing 第二声 & 第三声. Is there any effective way to correct this error?

[Jennifer]

markfch:

DS's student care just gave him another P1 past yr exam paper to practice today. Hanzi for ds is ok. But out of the 20 fill-in-the-blanks HYPY qns, ds only managed to get 10 correct. :imdrowning: Help!


I took a look at the paper and realised that most of the errors were due to ds confusing 第二声 & 第三声. Is there any effective way to correct this error?

Listen more to CL speaking programme. Or children's nursery rhymes/songs.

These days, I speak to my boys in Mandarin too. Tried my best to structure my sentences correctly and in complete sentences.

The CL teacher told me to read the textbook and use its vocabulary in our daily conversation. Think this is quite a tall order :oops:

[Mrsbongz]

Jennifer:

markfch:

DS's student care just gave him another P1 past yr exam paper to practice today. Hanzi for ds is ok. But out of the 20 fill-in-the-blanks HYPY qns, ds only managed to get 10 correct. :imdrowning: Help!


I took a look at the paper and realised that most of the errors were due to ds confusing 第二声 & 第三声. Is there any effective way to correct this error?

Listen more to CL speaking programme. Or children's nursery rhymes/songs.

These days, I speak to my boys in Mandarin too. Tried my best to structure my sentences correctly and in complete sentences.

The CL teacher told me to read the textbook and use its vocabulary in our daily conversation. Think this is quite a tall order :oops:

Ya, the CL teacher asked us to read and speak to DS more, esp the words in the text bk. I'm using the activity books for ds to read every night.

For the 第二声 & 第三声, I get ds to 'count' the sounds from the first to fourth. I realised that he sometimes 'assumes', and indicate it wrongly, esp when 2 words have 第三声. I also draw up the 4 'tones' and paste it in sequence in front of him, at his study table, to help him visualise when 'counting'.. After he got the hang of it, he now has no prob with his HYPY hope this helps..

[piezolbs]

periwinklejoy:

Hi JRLam,

I managed to read fr pg 1118 to the current page! Had bn having a hard time balancing catching up with rallies and coaching both kids :gloomy:
I think u asked P5 parents on this forum if Math was tough. Yes, my dd came back with a heavy heart after her math paper, she lamented on why Math papers in P5 is so tough! I think I contributed partly to her misery as I told her CA1 is a killer, SA1 wld be definitely much easier :xedfingers:
She had a tough time gettg ready for SA1, didn't managed to revise lower pri science as was too busy with revising P5 topics; did only a few Eng and Math test papers; did 2 science papers and some Chin OE compre. Insanely lack of time. And weekends were burnt out as we were out for activities, so that contributed to the lack of revision time.
She had wanted to practice Math but I told SA1 shd be ok so I asked her to focus on Science and Eng Syn and transfn and Chin OE.
How abt ds? Coped well with revision prior to exams?

My DD has to adapt the P5 by only securing 70+ in maths which she can easily take 90+ in P4.

[IJJ]

Mrsbongz:

Happy Mama:

I gave her money to choose her very first book, with the hope of encouraging her to start reading CL books. Guess what she has shortlisted? Doraemon Comics! :yikes: :faint:

My DS chose pokemon!! sigh.. I actually thought Doremon was a better choice.. :razz:

:lol: :lol:

Mine is quite a 'poor thing'. This time, I listed abt 30 books and she has to slog it back for me. :lol: :lol: I pack in a recycle bag to carry those books. Mean mom here.

[Happy Mama]

IJJ:

Mrsbongz:

[quote=\"Happy Mama\"] I gave her money to choose her very first book, with the hope of encouraging her to start reading CL books. Guess what she has shortlisted? Doraemon Comics! :yikes: :faint:

My DS chose pokemon!! sigh.. I actually thought Doremon was a better choice.. :razz:

:lol: :lol:

Mine is quite a 'poor thing'. This time, I listed abt 30 books and she has to slog it back for me. :lol: :lol: I pack in a recycle bag to carry those books. Mean mom here. :p[/quote]IJJ, since you are buying so many books, you may want to drop by their bookshop in Bras Basah and buy directly from them. This way, you can also browse through to see if the books are worth buying or reading, and most importantly, your DD doesn't need to lug the heavy books back.

[IJJ]

piezolbs:

periwinklejoy:

Hi JRLam,

I managed to read fr pg 1118 to the current page! Had bn having a hard time balancing catching up with rallies and coaching both kids :gloomy:
I think u asked P5 parents on this forum if Math was tough. Yes, my dd came back with a heavy heart after her math paper, she lamented on why Math papers in P5 is so tough! I think I contributed partly to her misery as I told her CA1 is a killer, SA1 wld be definitely much easier :xedfingers:
She had a tough time gettg ready for SA1, didn't managed to revise lower pri science as was too busy with revising P5 topics; did only a few Eng and Math test papers; did 2 science papers and some Chin OE compre. Insanely lack of time. And weekends were burnt out as we were out for activities, so that contributed to the lack of revision time.
She had wanted to practice Math but I told SA1 shd be ok so I asked her to focus on Science and Eng Syn and transfn and Chin OE.
How abt ds? Coped well with revision prior to exams?

My DD has to adapt the P5 by only securing 70+ in maths which she can easily take 90+ in P4.

I rem last year P5 Maths also very tough. CH5 only had very few in the band 1 and a no. of them failed. The failure rates for FA5, GR5 were also high.

What is the avg score for the class and level? I think that should be a more relevant gauge. Mine had her P3 EL in the band 1 last year, but this year P4 CA1 EL paper was tough. Only 6 in the entire cohort scored in the band 1 region. Hence, she might still be in the top 20, but if I judge on the scores itself, the drop is drastic.

Anyway, all is not lost, SA2 has 60% of the total scores, 加油！加油！

[IJJ]

Happy Mama:

IJJ, since you are buying so many books, you may want to drop by their bookshop in Bras Basah and buy directly from them. This way, you can also browse through to see if the books are worth buying or reading, and most importantly, your DD doesn't need to lug the heavy books back.

I am too lazy. :oops: I think it is ok. Most of the books are thin books, and she has school bus to our doorstep.