English Assessment Books

[laughingcat]

Hi phtthp,


Both books are out-of-prints.

[phtthp]

oic. sad.

[metz]

Practise Your English is available on book depository.

[phtthp]

Thanks for kind info, chamonix. will order

[optimistforum]

Hi


By way of context, this is what I use on DS1

Vocab - EPH P4 Complete Practice in Vocab, Grammar, Comp & Cloze.
Preston S1 Vocab (soon to start on this wonderful book).

Grammar - EPH P4 Complete Practice in Vocab, Grammar, Comp & Cloze

Cloze - SAP Conquer Your Cloze P3

Comprehension - Yet to find a decent OE/MCQ Challenging
Comprehension book (with more than 5 questions)
- Nanyang P3/P4 Exam Papers.
- I have bought assorted old O-Level English books,
which DS1 will embark on this autumn.

Creative Writing - New First Aid in English and Practise Your English.

Mathematics - P3 Challenging Maths by EPH, Sandya Sundhar (this
is superb)
- Looking for a suitable Maths IQ book, not Olympiad
as they are not that useful

General Ability - Australian books:
- http://www.pascalpress.com.au/SearchRes ... al+ability
- Assorted books from India (for college entrance)

[iLoveChubby]

Hi mummies

Just wondering how to allocate time for your kids to do all these assessment books...
Like many of you, I cant resist the temptation to buy assessment books all e time and never never learnt my lesson, always ended up with new books or terribly under-utilised ones...
With all the homework, enrichment classes & homework, the time left for assessment books is miserable.. of course also due to the speed my DS is doing... he will need to whip up his dictionary to check the meaning of the words before he can go on so he can take forever to complete one unit of each assessment book.

However still want to say a big :thankyou: to all the contributors here who have indeed \"enrich\" and \"ease\" the many mummies' lives out there when it comes to selection among mountains of assessmt books.. :rahrah:

[janet88]

phtthp:

Champion is an expert in uploading nice images.

i like to see all her nice book images.

Champion / Janet,

don't mind if i ask where you buy \"Practise Your English\" and \"Concise Aid in English\" ?

Champion is the champ when it comes to uploading pic. Something I really appreciate...so much easier to find an assessment knowing what cover looks like.

Sorry, I do not have the titles mentioned.

[janet88]

iLoveChubby:

With all the homework, enrichment classes & homework, the time left for assessment books is miserable.. of course also due to the speed my DS is doing... he will need to whip up his dictionary to check the meaning of the words before he can go on so he can take forever to complete one unit of each assessment book.

I have learnt to resist temptation, finally. Went to popular after 2 months and walked out after 10 min, empty-handed.
My son is in P6. With all the tuition this year, it will be cruel to add on anymore work on my side. For my P2 daughter, I will plan a time table for her...maybe grammar on Mon, Vocab on Tue. Synthesis on Wed. On weekends, I will squeeze in Math in the morn and getting CL tuition hw in the night.

[snowball]

I, too would like to know how to draw a good time-table for my 2 kids. I read many time management books but is still very weak in giving a satisfying schedules. Can mommies here share your valuable time managments tips?

[optimistforum]

Time management is a problem for me too.


We shadow the Singapore MOE syllabi at home and so it has been difficult to fit everything in, including his school homework. DS1 despises reading and I have tried everything. He now does his reading through comprehension.

In a nutshell I formally withdrew him from English homework 12 months ago, and from Mathematics 2 months ago (as he was literally starting the homework on the morning he had to hand it in or in his break time (punishment for being late).

I do not like the quality of his school homework provision - he and I both admirer the rigor of your Primary Curriculum. Withdrawal from school homework allows me to focus what he can study at home. He very much prefers the Singaporean books. Ironically, he has been asked to complete 3 book reviews during this Easter break (he goes back to school tomorrow). He has not done them and I will have to reiterate with the teacher that he is not required to do them. They think that I am always a pedant. What they don’t realise is how much work he has done everyday.

I will do the same with DS2, when he starts the new school year in September. Oh well, must get DS1 to finish Challenging Maths P3 now. Bye!!