2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[Mdm Koh]

firey:

As a non-Singaporean i am somewhat horrified at what you are all talking about. Children should be allowed freedom for discovery, not rigid structure and rules. Perhaps you want your children to have a very narrow frame of reference for this world? For this is what this attitude i am witnessing is all about.


Does anyone in Singapore see this for madness or are you all as deluded?

Would you care to be a little more specific?

[HAPPYH]

hshs:

Hi all!


Have seen some people drawing arrows on the passage so that they cd identify the right distractors. Was wondering if anyone is familiar with this method of doing close passage?

My DD's teacher (enrichment) taught her drawing arrows last year. It helped some children but my DD was quite confused. But I personally feel this method is effective to find the appropriate words in the cloze passage, esp. when there is no helping words.

[janet88]

HAPPYH:

hshs:

Hi all!


Have seen some people drawing arrows on the passage so that they cd identify the right distractors. Was wondering if anyone is familiar with this method of doing close passage?

My DD's teacher (enrichment) taught her drawing arrows last year. It helped some children but my DD was quite confused. But I personally feel this method is effective to find the appropriate words in the cloze passage, esp. when there is no helping words.

My son's school teacher taught them to use this method this year (P6). It does help to a certain degree, helping the kids to gain extra 2-3 marks. This method is called 'linking', I think. At P6, there seems to be no more helping words in the cloze.

[HAPPYH]

janet_lee88:

HAPPYH:

[quote=\"hshs\"]Hi all!


Have seen some people drawing arrows on the passage so that they cd identify the right distractors. Was wondering if anyone is familiar with this method of doing close passage?

My DD's teacher (enrichment) taught her drawing arrows last year. It helped some children but my DD was quite confused. But I personally feel this method is effective to find the appropriate words in the cloze passage, esp. when there is no helping words.

My son's school teacher taught them to use this method this year (P6). It does help to a certain degree, helping the kids to gain extra 2-3 marks. This method is called 'linking', I think. At P6, there seems to be no more helping words in the cloze.[/quote]Yes, I like this method. My DD was confused in P2 (last year) and may be it is time for me to introduce this method again this year (P3).

[peterch]

firey:

As a non-Singaporean i am somewhat horrified at what you are all talking about. Children should be allowed freedom for discovery, not rigid structure and rules. Perhaps you want your children to have a very narrow frame of reference for this world? For this is what this attitude i am witnessing is all about.


Does anyone in Singapore see this for madness or are you all as deluded?

Hehehehe...... this is not madness by any way. This is so called preparing the kids for 'more fierce' world to come.

I am not a Singaporean as well. I send my kids to SIngapore to study and they are doing pretty well and I am pretty stressed :yikes: , one of them will doing PSLE this year too. :xedfingers:

But let me tell you my experience, after more than 2 years of studying in Singapore, my kids become more mature and responsible. As for narrow frame of reference for this world that you quote, I don't think every child will end with this situation and I might say most children have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge thru any kind of source of reference. At least I can say this for my kids. :rahrah:

[HAPPYH]

peterch:

firey:

As a non-Singaporean i am somewhat horrified at what you are all talking about. Children should be allowed freedom for discovery, not rigid structure and rules. Perhaps you want your children to have a very narrow frame of reference for this world? For this is what this attitude i am witnessing is all about.


Does anyone in Singapore see this for madness or are you all as deluded?

Hehehehe...... this is not madness by any way. This is so called preparing the kids for 'more fierce' world to come.

I am not a Singaporean as well. I send my kids to SIngapore to study and they are doing pretty well and I am pretty stressed :yikes: , one of them will doing PSLE this year too. :xedfingers:

But let me tell you my experience, after more than 2 years of studying in Singapore, my kids become more mature and responsible. As for narrow frame of reference for this world that you quote, I don't think every child will end with this situation and I might say most children have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge thru any kind of source of reference. At least I can say this for my kids. :rahrah:

I like your positive approach

[coast]

peterch:

firey:

As a non-Singaporean i am somewhat horrified at what you are all talking about. Children should be allowed freedom for discovery, not rigid structure and rules. Perhaps you want your children to have a very narrow frame of reference for this world? For this is what this attitude i am witnessing is all about.


Does anyone in Singapore see this for madness or are you all as deluded?

Hehehehe...... this is not madness by any way. This is so called preparing the kids for 'more fierce' world to come.

I am not a Singaporean as well. I send my kids to SIngapore to study and they are doing pretty well and I am pretty stressed :yikes: , one of them will doing PSLE this year too. :xedfingers:

But let me tell you my experience, after more than 2 years of studying in Singapore, my kids become more mature and responsible. As for narrow frame of reference for this world that you quote, I don't think every child will end with this situation and I might say most children have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge thru any kind of source of reference. At least I can say this for my kids. :rahrah:

:thankyou:

Nice of you to share your positive experience

[mother777]

janet_lee88:

HAPPYH:

[quote=\"hshs\"]Hi all!


Have seen some people drawing arrows on the passage so that they cd identify the right distractors. Was wondering if anyone is familiar with this method of doing close passage?

My DD's teacher (enrichment) taught her drawing arrows last year. It helped some children but my DD was quite confused. But I personally feel this method is effective to find the appropriate words in the cloze passage, esp. when there is no helping words.

My son's school teacher taught them to use this method this year (P6). It does help to a certain degree, helping the kids to gain extra 2-3 marks. This method is called 'linking', I think. At P6, there seems to be no more helping words in the cloze.[/quote]Hi Janet,

would you be kind to share how this linking method is used? My DD is always confused in cloze passages too..

After compre OE, this is her next weak point. She is ok in grammer, punctuation etc. Want to find something to improve her cloze.

[mitchy]

Hi Everyone


I m new to this forum. Just attended the parents’ PSLE briefing in my DD school and the dates and subjects for 2012 PSLE are as follows:

16 n 17 August - Oral
14 September - Listening Comprehension
27 September - English
28 September - Maths
1 October - Mother Tongue
2 October - Science
3 October - Higher Mother Tongue

Hope the above information is useful.

[Dione]

mitchy:

Hi Everyone


I m new to this forum. Just attended the parents' PSLE briefing in my DD school and the dates and subjects for 2012 PSLE are as follows:

16 n 17 August - Oral
14 September - Listening Comprehension
27 September - English
28 September - Maths
1 October - Mother Tongue
2 October - Science
3 October - Higher Mother Tongue

Hope the above information is useful.

Thank you for the information. I think many parents are counting down to 16 August, that marks the start of PSLE.