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RachelSmiley:

Hi dagong99,


pm me with your email for P4 ERP list

Hi,

Am new here! so glad to find this ksp website.
:lovesite:

my ds will be in p4 GEP next year. Will you please email me the p4 ERP list too?

Thanks in advance!

[shalomger]

Ditto. Thanks so much. I am just curious to see what books are on it. I don't know I will ask him to check them out before the school term as I want the book to be fresh for him. Lol.

[ooioo]

实在看不下去了， 不用那么辛苦的。


GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMME
EXTENSIVE READING PROGRAMME
PRIMARY 4

1. Allan Ahlberg, The Better Brown Stories
2. Andrew Clements, Frindle
3. Anna Myers, Spotting the Leopard
4. Anne Fine, Step by Wicked Step
5. Arthur Ransome, Pigeon Post
6. Betsy Byars, Keeper of Doves
7. Betsy Byars, Pinballs
8. Betty Byars, The Midnight Fox
9. Beverly Cleary, Dear Mr. Henshaw
10. Bruce Brooks, Everywhere
11. Cynthia Kadohata, Kira-Kira
12. Cynthia Rylant, The Van Gogh Cafe
13. Dodie Smith, The Hundred and One Dalmatians
14. Doris Buchanan Smith, A Taste of Blackberries
15. E.L. Konigsburg, The View from Saturday
16. Edward Osmond, A Valley Grows Up
17. Elizabeth Coatsworth, The Cat Who Went To Heaven
18. Emily Neville, It’s Like This, Cat
19. Eric P. Kelly, The Trumpeter of Krakow
20. Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden
21. Fred Gipson, Old Yeller
22. Gail Gauthier, A Year with Butch and Spike
23. Garry Kilworth, The Electric Kid
24. Gary Paulsen, Hatchet
25. George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin
26. Hans Stolp, The Golden Bird
27. Hendrik Willem van Loon, The Story of Mankind
28. Hilary McKay, Saffy’s Angel
29. Jean Webster, Daddy Long Legs
30. Joan Aiken, Is Underground
31. Joan Aiken, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
32. Johanna Spyri, Heidi
33. Judith Benet Richardson, First Came the Owl
34. Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
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35. K. M. Peyton, Poor Badger
36. Karen Cushman, The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
37. Kate Dicamillo, The Tale of Despereaux : Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess,
Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread
38. Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia
39. Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows
40. Lois Lenski, Strawberry Girl
41. Lois Lowry, See You Around, Sam
42. Lucy M. Boston, The Sea Egg
43. Maia Wojciechowska, Shadow of a Bull
44. Margaret Mahy, The door in the air and other stories
45. Natalie Babbitt, Eyes of the Amaryllis
46. Nina Bawden, A Handful of Thieves
47. Nina Bawden, Granny the Pag
48. Norton Jester, The Phantom Tollbooth
49. Paul Goble, Beyond the Ridge (Picture Book)
50. Roald Dahl, Danny, The Champion of the World
51. Roald Dahl, The BFG
52. Robert C. O’ Brien, Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
53. Robert Lawson, Rabbit Hill
54. Russell Hoban, The Mouse and his Child
55. Stephanie Tolan, Pride of the Peacock
56. Stephanie Tolan, Sophie and the Sidewalk Man
57. Susan Cooper, The Dark is Rising
58. Sylvia Cassedy, Behind the Attic Wall
59. Todd Strasser, Help! I’m trapped in my teacher’s body
60. Zilpha Keatley Synder, The Witches of Worm


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GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMME
EXTENSIVE READING PROGRAMME
PRIMARY 5

List A: Mysteries (Term 1)
In Term 1, you will do a study of whodunits'. You will need to be quite familiar with detective <br>fiction, thus we would like you to do some reading. <br> <br>You are to read at least one Sherlock Holmes’ story and two novels from the following list
ƒ Agatha Christie
ƒ Alfred Hitchcock
ƒ Rendell, Ruth
ƒ Poe, Edgar Allen
ƒ Ellery Queen
ƒ Erle Stanley Gardner
ƒ Ellis Peters
ƒ Ed McBain
ƒ Collins, Wilkie, The Woman in White; The Moonstone
ƒ Bellairs, John. The Mummy, The Will, And The Crypt. See also The Curse of the Blue
Figurine
ƒ Farley, Carol. The Case of the Vanishing Villain.
ƒ George, Jean Craighead. Who Really Killed Cock Robin? An Ecological Mystery
ƒ Giff, Patricia Reilly. Have You Seen Hyacinth Macaw?
ƒ Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game. See also Figgs & Phantoms and The Tattooed
Potato
ƒ Richler, Mordecai. Jacob Two-Two Meets The Hooded Fang
ƒ Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective.


or you may have discovered a particular author whose books you enjoy. You may pick one of
his/her books to read. However you should check with your teacher first.

At the end of this unit, you should have read at least 1 short story and 2 books on detective
fiction.

After this, ask you teacher for your assignment sheet. You are to do your assignment based on
one of the novels you have read.
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[sha2811]

Anybody can enlighten me on wat is being done for social studies in Pri 5?? M esp interested in the projects… Thks!!

[Flowermonaster]

Anybody has any idea the Edusave Scholarships, Edusave Merit Bursary or the Good Progress Award for GEPpers are awarded based on individual GEP school percentage computation or the entire GEP cohort?

[MandyMummy]

Flowermonaster:

Anybody has any idea the Edusave Scholarships, Edusave Merit Bursary or the Good Progress Award for GEPpers are awarded based on individual GEP school percentage computation or the entire GEP cohort?

They are based on individual GEP school.

[Flowermonaster]

MandyMummy:

Flowermonaster:

Anybody has any idea the Edusave Scholarships, Edusave Merit Bursary or the Good Progress Award for GEPpers are awarded based on individual GEP school percentage computation or the entire GEP cohort?

They are based on individual GEP school.

Thanks, MandyMummy!

In that case for a school with 2 classes of GEP & 50 students, the top 10% is only 5 students & top 25% is 13 round to nearest whole number. That's really tough!
Any idea what is good progress award?

[25hr mama]

This year Edusave Merit Bursary comes with a Certificate of Academic Achievement. At least there is something for keepsake for those who r not eligible.

[MandyMummy]

Flowermonaster:

MandyMummy:

[quote=\"Flowermonaster\"]Anybody has any idea the Edusave Scholarships, Edusave Merit Bursary or the Good Progress Award for GEPpers are awarded based on individual GEP school percentage computation or the entire GEP cohort?

They are based on individual GEP school.

Thanks, MandyMummy!

In that case for a school with 2 classes of GEP & 50 students, the top 10% is only 5 students & top 25% is 13 round to nearest whole number. That's really tough!
Any idea what is good progress award?[/quote]Not sure if top 25% of 50 GEP students is 12 or 13 students. I know of a case whereby there are 45 students in 2 GEP classes and top 10% is only 4 students, not 5.

As for good progress award, this is what I found:

Good Progress Award (GPA)

If your child does not qualify for the Edusave scholarship or merit bursary, but has made significant improvement in his academic performance, he is eligible for the Good Progress Award. The award is given based on the extent of his improvement in his school’s year-end examinations over the previous year.
The awards are given to a maximum of 10% of pupils in each level and stream in every school. Pupils in Primary 1 are excluded from the scheme as there is no basis for comparison. Your child will be selected by his school for this award at the end of the year if he meets the criteria.

The value of the awards are as follows:

$100 for Primary 2 to 3
$150 for Primary 4 to 6
$200 for Secondary
$250 for Junior Colleges/Centralised Institute (JCs/CI)
$400 for Institute of Technical Education (ITE)

[Flowermonaster]

25hr mama:

This year Edusave Merit Bursary comes with a Certificate of Academic Achievement. At least there is something for keepsake for those who r not eligible.

Yeah really a pleasant surprise! Don't know if the cert is good to use for DSA?