2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[janet88]

Last paper today. Son had his tooth extracted…school nurse refused to extract earlier as she was worried there might be complications. He is happily playing his WII now, after bath and quick lunch.

[G Tan]

worried parents:

Hi,


Any heard of Elite Creations Education Centre @ Jurong East ?

Never heard about it. Is it good??

[worried parents]

G Tan:

worried parents:

Hi,


Any heard of Elite Creations Education Centre @ Jurong East ?

Never heard about it. Is it good??

My son's classmate is having tuition at the centre. He is doing quite well in class, but I don't know whether is it with the help of the tutors or he is just clever.

Thinking of enrolling my son in the same centre. Do you have any to recommend in Jurong area ?

[august24]

After piling them wif Math hw last wk, ds T only provide ans during class, no workings for mcq given & selected paper 2 qns only! Reason: no time. Haiz… do hw is not = revision. Shd hv let him do my hw then, but I kia-si mentality. Hw=must do if poss. But then, my P5 dd no such issues leh.

[pertunia]

Can anyone share how to improve English vocabulary? We are struggling just to pass the english paper. Please help!

[janet88]

pertunia:

Can anyone share how to improve English vocabulary? We are struggling just to pass the english paper. Please help!

My son's vocab is not that fantastic either...I make him practise vocab in assessment book, as well as synthesis & cloze. I use separate titles bcos all-in-1 may not have those areas he is weak in.

Now that SA is over, I guess popular will be crowded before school hols. Time to reinforce and strengthen during this long period of 'no school' (can't say holiday bcos it isn't).

[pertunia]

How about spelling? My boy always gets the spelling wrong. He uses his phonics on parts that cannot be phonetically decoded. Eg. saliva is spelt "saliver". Any tips to solve this problem?

[Peony]

pertunia:

Can anyone share how to improve English vocabulary? We are struggling just to pass the english paper. Please help!

DD got full marks for vocab MCQ by doing elimination. So it's partly strategy.

I also print out vocab lists from various sites - do a google and choose vocab list for 7th grade upwards. I zoom in on words she doesn't know.

I also have a board - just an A4 paper - set up in the living room. Both DD and I add words that we come across in the news, books etc. She checks the meanings on the ipad. We've been doing this since she was in P4.

[8228]

My dc is weak in vocab too. Anyone here can recommend a eletronic dictionary? He refuses to use the hardcopy one.

[Peony]

8228:

My dc is weak in vocab too. Anyone here can recommend a eletronic dictionary? He refuses to use the hardcopy one.

I have two electronic English dictionaries - Oxford and cannot remember the name of the other.

DD has stopped using them ever since we got an Ipad as it's so much easier to search for meanings on the Ipad. You have quite a number of apps to choose from. Her current favourite is wordweb.