This year the majority of our P4 students were tested for the oral component in their SA1 Examinations. This was a good opportunity for us to introduce and practice the TREES approach. This is the approach that we use for all levels and I really find this approach beneficial for Read more…
This week marks the start of the SA1 composition for some of our students. As a way to help our P4 students revise for this component, I have prepared a checklist for them as reminders of what they should do as they sit for the examination. We have shared the Read more…
Recently, I worked on a grammar exercise with my P6s and a few of them had difficulty choosing the correct preposition of time for the word ‘sunrise’. This led me to review prepositions of time with my upper primary students. However, prepositions of time should be mastered in lower primary. Read more…
Continual assessments, weighted or non-weighted assessments can be a source of worry, especially when the results are revealed. As students come to the end of Term 1, what can students in Primary 3 & 4 learn from their tests? The Primary 3 and 4 years are essential in building a Read more…
The P4s are in the second month of their school year and some students have begun writing compositions in school. For some, (depending on the school and how the teacher guides them), the transition may be a smooth and somewhat painless one. What do the P4s need to pay attention Read more…
In both the P3 and P4 Paper 2, there is a section called Grammar Cloze. This is broken up into two parts. One (Passage 1) is choosing the correct pronouns, which is easy to score and the other (Passage 2) tests students on their knowledge of subject-verb-agreement. This is not Read more…
This week marks the start of Paper 1 for some of the P4 students. Most P4 students will be given a composition with three unlinked pictures and a theme to follow. Some schools may offer the choice of both a P4 format and a P3 format but I know that Read more…
Recently, I posted a model for the oral component for P5 students. Here is one for the P3s and P4s. Often, the P3s & P4s SBC poster will have a few choices. It can be a choice of books or games or sports. The first question is usually related to Read more…
P4 Synthesis & Transformation: how to use “Unless” Many of my students’ schools have been or will be giving their students assessments this month. This can be a good indicator of how well the students have managed their school and tuition home-based learning over the past few months. I have Read more…
A great English writing project for lower Primary students! During the Circuit Breaker period, I decided to get my P3 and P4 students to read in a big way. Stuck at home with nothing much to do, I felt that these months were the perfect time for them to take Read more…