2012 PSLE Discussions and Strategy

[elisammom]

psle2011mum:

Hi Everyone


Sorry I have been AWOL but the run up to holidays almost always means a heavier load

I have had a request from a parent (through PM) to do a compre annotation for a P4 level piece and can upload that when I am through and I can upload the other P6 one which I had earlier done for another parent - but I need some time - CNY hols will probably present an opportunity to do this. If time permits, I will get on to the mwtuition link I used last year to see if I can access another of the P6 2011 papers as well.

I hear some of your questions too and will endeavour to answer them but again will need a little time.

Get back to you all soon!

:thankyou:

[Dazzle]

mn:

I came across this article on \"How to Annotate\" hope this will be useful. I have not tried this but will try out this CNY holidays. If can get to see a sample will be great so we have an idea of how it looks like. Hope tclhub and psle2011mummy can share with us. :thankyou:


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May I know how to enlarge the article you posted? I can't read the small print properly. Thanks.

[Zekezachzoom]

Dear all,


Just happen to google for Annotation and found out this following link. Hope is useful to you. But I think we still need our dear psle2011mum to show us how she put the theory into pratical use

http://www.ehow.com/how_2165687_annotate-reading-assignment.html

[fifiyeo]

G Tan:

hi junrahmat,


luckily i m not alone. my DD can only stay up to max 930pm, n cant wake up too early also

Mine DS too. You are not alone. We live really near the school (8 mins walk) and DS doesn't even have to walk up until 6.45am!

[HAPPYH]

Zekezachzoom:

Dear all,


Just happen to google for Annotation and found out this following link. Hope is useful to you. But I think we still need our dear psle2011mum to show us how she put the theory into pratical use

http://www.ehow.com/how_2165687_annotate-reading-assignment.html

Thank you for sharing the link.

[tclhub]

Hi all

I am back, on medical leave, so managed to find some time to update what I learnt on annotating comprehension. Hope this helps but those who have done it, hope I can also learn from your experience. I am still learning. As what psle2011mum taught, I typed out the whole comprehension passage, leaving 1 line space between every sentence in the passage for annotation. Here, I extract some lines in the passage to illustrate how my DD and I did the annotation. The passage we did were on 'spiders":
1) Example :"One creature that has always been a source of fear and fascination is the spider". DD annotated by drawing a picture using stick man with mouth wide open and another stick man with words in bubble "it’s awesome". She can picture how fearful or fascinated spiders can be.
2) Another example : "Some are venomous, while others are not. Some are fuzzy, while others are not.". She underlined the key words, which are "venomous" and "fuzzy" and wrote down their meanings - poisonous (for venomous) and full of hair "for fuzzy". In one of the questions, they asked to give another word to mean "venomous".
3) Another example : "They have fangs which are used to kill their prey".
DD underlined "fangs" which means "long sharp teeth" and drew picture of it.
4) Example :One statement in passage states "Unlike other spiders that normally eat anything that gets trapped in the web, this particular spider waits at a specific spot and ambushes the prey".
In another few lines down the passgae, there is this statement "They are not noisy compared to other animals and they do not give off any harmful odours from urine or feces". The passage was referring to "Tarantulas", 1 type of spider.
I drew a picture of a spider, labelled it "T" for "Tarantula" and drew another picture of a bush. Next, draw another picture of spider, labelled it "S" for spiders and a spider web with bits of food in it.
In annotating the second statement, drew an animal to represent "other animal" (monkey), drew a spider and wrote down "quiet", "no harmful smell" next to the spider.
In the comprehension, there were 2 questions asked:
a) How are tarantulas different from other animals?
b) When hunting for prey, how does the tarantula differ from other spiders?
With the 2 sets of pictures, it was clear which statement is applicable to which question (different from other animals and different from other spiders).
This is how I have done so far. I think the main thing is to practise going through each sentence in the comprehension passage in-depth. As my DD is more of a visual learner, it helped to have pictures drawn to better understanding the whole passage.
I am still learning together with DD to perfect annotation and looking forward to psle2011mum’s more tips on this topic. It took us about 40 minutes for this passage but DD commented it was one of the best comprehension she had done so far in terms of understanding how to apply annotation. I believe with practice, it will speed up the process. Hope this helps and please do coontinue to share.
By the way, to those who answered my question on topics already covereed in Mathematics, I realised it is about the same with most schools as they need to rush through. So be prepared to do more work at home as I don’t think the school can go in-depth with such speed.
Thank you and God bless.

[Zekezachzoom]

Thanks tclhub. What you have posted is really useful. I tried to annotate a passage last night but was heading to nowhere. I want to try out myself before I do it with my DS. You have shown me a great example of how to go about doing it.


Will try that again and hopefully will get a hand of it. Appreciate & hope you have a speedy recovery.

[tclhub]

Thanks, Zekezachzoom. Please do share your experience or any tips on annotations. I think your link on how to annotate also provides very helpful tips.

[psle2011mum]

Hi Everyone


I don't have time for a long post but I think this article [see link] may throw some more light on annotating.

http://www.learning-ventures.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html

Will be back with the promised annotations as soon as I am able. Gb!

[HAPPYH]

tclhub:

Hi all

I am back, on medical leave, so managed to find some time to update what I learnt on annotating comprehension. Hope this helps but those who have done it, hope I can also learn from your experience. I am still learning. As what psle2011mum taught, I typed out the whole comprehension passage, leaving 1 line space between every sentence in the passage for annotation. Here, I extract some lines in the passage to illustrate how my DD and I did the annotation. The passage we did were on 'spiders\":
1) Example :\"One creature that has always been a source of fear and fascination is the spider\". DD annotated by drawing a picture using stick man with mouth wide open and another stick man with words in bubble \"it's awesome\". She can picture how fearful or fascinated spiders can be.
2) Another example : \"Some are venomous, while others are not. Some are fuzzy, while others are not.\". She underlined the key words, which are \"venomous\" and \"fuzzy\" and wrote down their meanings - poisonous (for venomous) and full of hair \"for fuzzy\". In one of the questions, they asked to give another word to mean \"venomous\".
3) Another example : \"They have fangs which are used to kill their prey\".
DD underlined \"fangs\" which means \"long sharp teeth\" and drew picture of it.
4) Example :One statement in passage states \"Unlike other spiders that normally eat anything that gets trapped in the web, this particular spider waits at a specific spot and ambushes the prey\".
In another few lines down the passgae, there is this statement \"They are not noisy compared to other animals and they do not give off any harmful odours from urine or feces\". The passage was referring to \"Tarantulas\", 1 type of spider.
I drew a picture of a spider, labelled it \"T\" for \"Tarantula\" and drew another picture of a bush. Next, draw another picture of spider, labelled it \"S\" for spiders and a spider web with bits of food in it.
In annotating the second statement, drew an animal to represent \"other animal\" (monkey), drew a spider and wrote down \"quiet\", \"no harmful smell\" next to the spider.
In the comprehension, there were 2 questions asked:
a) How are tarantulas different from other animals?
b) When hunting for prey, how does the tarantula differ from other spiders?
With the 2 sets of pictures, it was clear which statement is applicable to which question (different from other animals and different from other spiders).
This is how I have done so far. I think the main thing is to practise going through each sentence in the comprehension passage in-depth. As my DD is more of a visual learner, it helped to have pictures drawn to better understanding the whole passage.
I am still learning together with DD to perfect annotation and looking forward to psle2011mum's more tips on this topic. It took us about 40 minutes for this passage but DD commented it was one of the best comprehension she had done so far in terms of understanding how to apply annotation. I believe with practice, it will speed up the process. Hope this helps and please do coontinue to share.
By the way, to those who answered my question on topics already covereed in Mathematics, I realised it is about the same with most schools as they need to rush through. So be prepared to do more work at home as I don't think the school can go in-depth with such speed.
Thank you and God bless.

:thankyou: for sharing