Preparing kids for P5 in 2011

[Herbie]

janet_lee88:

Hi Chenonceau,

I'm not stressed with PSLE YET...more worried with his SA2 at the moment. He just had his EL oral yest...CL today and hope he can remember how to describe the different scenarios :xedfingers:

I've started the ball rolling...this is the link for 'Preparation for PSLE 2012'
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=26518
maybe it will be more active come Nov/Dec.

Hi Janet,

There is already a thread on 2012 PSLE discussion and strategy. How?? Which thread shld we contribute too then???

:?

[elkniwt]

Hi linden2000,


According to my dd, they cannot copy word for word from the passage but they can just paraphrase by changing the sentence structure, order and sequences. As long as the sentence is not exactly the same.

Hope it helps.

Regards.

linden2000:

Hi, Need to seek some advice regarding English comprehension.

Is it true that answers should not be extracted from passage but must be paraphrased? DS was told by his English teacher that this is a PSLE requirement. But was trying out one of the top schools' SA2 paper and noticed that answers are actually from the passage. So was wondering whether paraphrasing is really compulsory. DS usually has problems paraphrasing and loses many marks as his answers turn out to be different in meaning from passage because he can't think of suitable words to 'replace' those from the passage.

Many thanks!

[linden2000]

elkniwt:

Hi linden2000,


According to my dd, they cannot copy word for word from the passage but they can just paraphrase by changing the sentence structure, order and sequences. As long as the sentence is not exactly the same.

Hope it helps.

Regards.

linden2000:

Hi, Need to seek some advice regarding English comprehension.

Is it true that answers should not be extracted from passage but must be paraphrased? DS was told by his English teacher that this is a PSLE requirement. But was trying out one of the top schools' SA2 paper and noticed that answers are actually from the passage. So was wondering whether paraphrasing is really compulsory. DS usually has problems paraphrasing and loses many marks as his answers turn out to be different in meaning from passage because he can't think of suitable words to 'replace' those from the passage.

Many thanks!

:thankyou:

Think your dd is right. Confirms my suspicion that ds has misunderstood his teacher and there is no need to actually 'replace' all the words. Just cannot copy word for word. Thanks again.

[pixiedust]

linden2000, hence we can conclude that the OE compre answer keys for those top school papers are not reliable.

[linden2000]

pixiedust:

linden2000, hence we can conclude that the OE compre answer keys for those top school papers are not reliable.

Yes, have found errors before in the answer keys, even for the Maths papers.

But for this case, it's my son who has the wrong understanding of what is required. He thought that every single word has to be paraphrased, for eg there was a burglary, he will try to think of another similar word to replace 'burglary' but since he can't think of any, out of desperation he writes 'robbery' which of course is of different meaning and he loses the marks. That's why he has been failing compre. :stupid:

[janet88]

Herbie:

janet_lee88:

I've started the ball rolling...this is the link for 'Preparation for PSLE 2012'
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=26518
maybe it will be more active come Nov/Dec.

Hi Janet,

There is already a thread on 2012 PSLE discussion and strategy. How?? Which thread shld we contribute too then???
:?

New thread should be more active after the kids' SA2. Then you will \"see\" me more in that thread. It's called 'Preparing kids for PSLE 2012'. It's under P6 category.

[BeContented]

janet_lee88:

Herbie:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]
I've started the ball rolling...this is the link for 'Preparation for PSLE 2012'
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=26518
maybe it will be more active come Nov/Dec.

Hi Janet,

There is already a thread on 2012 PSLE discussion and strategy. How?? Which thread shld we contribute too then???
:?

New thread should be more active after the kids' SA2. Then you will \"see\" me more in that thread. It's called 'Preparing kids for PSLE 2012'. It's under P6 category.[/quote]
Ha ha ha.....saw verykiasu2010 started the thread for PSLE 2013 liao.....

[janet88]

cwc:

Herbie:

[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]
I've started the ball rolling...this is the link for 'Preparation for PSLE 2012'
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=26518
maybe it will be more active come Nov/Dec.

Hi Janet,

There is already a thread on 2012 PSLE discussion and strategy. How?? Which thread shld we contribute too then???
:?

Ha ha ha.....saw verykiasu2010 started the thread for PSLE 2013 liao.....[/quote]Then I'm definitely not kiasu...hahaha. After all, PSLE preparation starts right after SA2.

[janet88]

Hi Ladies,

The thread which I’ve started is called ‘Preparation for PSLE 2012’…it is the continuation of our kiasu-ness into next year.

BTW, can anyone advise if there will be more classes in secondary schools to meet the demand since our kids born in ‘dragon’ year ?

[Chenonceau]

janet_lee88:

Then I'm definitely not kiasu...hahaha. After all, PSLE preparation starts right after SA2.

Oh boy... I am very kiasu then 'cos I started preparing PSLE Chinese last year.