PARENTS' BRIEFING PRIMARY THREE 27 JAN 2018
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE
AGENDA Briefing by P3 Teachers 1. SUBJECT BRIEFING 2. HOLISTIC EDUCATION AND SCHOOL EXPERIENCE IN KCS 3. EXPECTATIONS AND PARTNERSHIP WITH PARENTS 4. PARENT TEACHER COMMUNICATION
ENGLISH LESSONS IN KCS Termly Supplementary Booklets Grammar and Vocabulary Cloze Passages Synthesis & Transformation Comprehension Learning Sheets (Based on STELLAR Units) Others Oral & Listening Comprehension Booklet Spelling & Dictation Grammar Tutor KCS Avid Reader Booklets Composition writing Reading Programme using Novels Reading Passages
PERI HA WEIGHTED ASSESSMENTS Term Component Weighting Preparation 1 Week 6 1 Weeks 8-10 Listening Comprehension Oral Presentation 14 marks Critical listening skills taught in the classroom Classroom practice 15 marks Classroom practice with rubrics for self and peer assessment
PERI HA WEIGHTED ASSESSMENTS Term Component Weighting Preparation 2 Week 5 2 Week 7 SA1 Oral Reading Aloud Stimulus-based Conversation SA1 Listening Comprehension Picture Matching & Sequencing Note-taking Text Comprehension 16 marks Oral skills taught in the classroom Classroom practice with rubrics for peer assessment 14 marks Critical listening skills taught in the classroom Classroom practice
PERI HA WEIGHTED ASSESSMENTS Term Component Weighting Preparation 2 Week 8 2 Week 8 SA1 Paper 1 Composition SA1 Paper 2 Grammar Vocabulary Synthesis Comprehension 20 marks Composition Starter Pack Classroom practice Self checklist, peerediting & revision Individual feedback 50 marks Reading passages Learning Sheets Supplementary Booklets Grammar Tutor
PERI HA WEIGHTED ASSESSMENTS Term Component Weighting Preparation 3 Week 7 Composition 20 marks Classroom practice Self checklist, peerediting & revision Individual feedback 3 Week 9 EL Paper 2 Grammar Vocabulary Synthesis 36 marks Reading passages Learning Sheets Supplementary Booklets Grammar Tutor
PERI HA WEIGHTED ASSESSMENTS Term Component Weighting Preparation 4 Week 5 SA2 Paper 1 Composition 20 marks Classroom practice Self checklist, peerediting & revision Individual feedback 4 Week 5 SA2 Oral Reading Aloud Stimulus-based Conversation 16 marks Oral skills practice in the classroom Classroom practice with rubrics for peer assessment
PERI HA WEIGHTED ASSESSMENTS Term Component Weighting Preparation 4 Week 7 4 Week 7 SA2 Listening Comprehension Picture Matching & Sequencing Note-taking Text Comprehension SA2 Paper 2 Grammar Vocabulary Synthesis Comprehension 14 marks Critical listening skills taught in the classroom Classroom practice 50 marks Reading passages Learning Sheets Supplementary Booklets Grammar Tutor
P3 READING PROGRAMME All P3 classes will participate in the Reading Programme using Novels. There are 8 titles. Students follow a schedule and will read all 8 novels by the end of Term 4. Parents to help monitor that your child reads the novels provided. A child who READS will usually WRITE well.
P3 READING PROGRAMME 1) Freckle Juice 2) Sadako and the thousand paper cranes 3) Helen Keller 4) My teacher is an alien 5) Ramona and her father 6) Charlotte s Web 7) Fly Away 8) Roxie and the Hooligans Students will take the books home to read.
TIPS FOR HELPING YOUR CHILD Ensure that your child completes his/her corrections and learns from the mistake/s made studies for spelling/dictation sets aside time for homework, especially in completing the Learning Sheets & Supplementary Booklets Encourage your child to READ widely across different genres. Parents are encouraged to role model reading for your child and discuss stories read with him/her.
TIPS FOR HELPING YOUR CHILD Supplementary booklets Comprehension Vocabulary Cloze Grammar Cloze Joining Sentences/Synthesis Encourage your child to revise the exercises marked in the supplementary booklets on a daily basis. READ when there is no homework for the day. Sign his/her work after checking.
Parents' Briefing (Mathematics)
Mathematics Framework Engaging Lessons Mathemagic Small Successes Homework Learning Sheets Workbook Factual Fluency Speed Practices Problem Sums Package and Conquer C-P-A Approach Visible Thinking Routines SPARE Problem Solving
P3 Mathematics Assessment Topical Reviews Term 1 (10%) TR 1 Wk 9 Term 2 (20%) Term 3 (20%) - TR 2 Wk 9 Term 4 (50%) SA 1 & 2 - - - Learning Sheets Nonweighted Nonweighted Nonweighted Nonweighted
Topics for Topical Reviews Reviews Topics Date TR 1 TR 2 Numbers to 10 000; Addition & Subtraction; Multiplication Tables 6 to 9 Fractions; Length, Mass; Volume; time Term 1 Week 9 Term 3 Week 9
Topical Review Format (45 min) Item Types Section A Multiple Choice Questions Section B Short Answer Questions Section C Long Answer / Structured Questions No. of Questions Marks Per Question Marks 5 2 10 5 2 10 2 3 10 1 4 Total 13 30
SA 1 Topics P1 to 2 concepts Numbers to 10 000 Addition & Subtraction Multiplication & Division Money Length Mass
SA Exam Format (1 h 45 min) Item Types Section A Multiple Choice Questions Section B Short Answer Questions Section C Long Answer / Structured Questions No. of Questions Marks Per Question Marks 15 2 30 15 2 30 6 3 4 20 Total 36 80
Item Types In Mathematics Item Types Multiple Choice Questions Short Answer Questions Long Answer / Structured Questions Descriptors 2 marks per questions Four options are provided of which only one is correct 2 marks per questions Working are to be shown Marks are awarded for correct method even if answer is wrong 3 4 marks per question Working are to be shown Only answer mark awarded if answer is correct but no working are provided
Types of Marks Mark Types Method Mark (M Mark) Accuracy or Answer Mark (A Mark) How They are Given Awarded for correct method Not lost for numerical errors, algebraic slips or errors in units Not given for an incorrect method even if it arrives at a correct answer Awarded for comparable steps in alternative solutions Awarded for follow-through computational errors in previous steps when necessary Awarded for a numerically correct answer Not given for correct answers obtained from incorrect method
Learning Sheet To gather students responses to a specific question, statement or a set of instructions, with a short write-up to assess their understanding of the concepts. Example: You have a wire of length 40 cm. Make a four-sided figure with the largest area. Draw or use words to explain your answer.
How to Help Your Child Get your child to: Show you the whole process of solving the problem, not just the solutions, i.e. explain the steps and sequence Understand the problem initially and how to make sense of the problem Look at alternative methods and then choose the most appropriate method Reason out his / her solutions Show all workings clearly and label the number equations Check his / her answers
How to Help Your Child Review what they have learnt in class spend at least 15 30 minutes every day to revise their daily work or concepts If your child has made a mistake in a specific question, allow him/her to redo it without referring to the answer provided by the teacher Do not over teach. Refer to http://www.moe.edu.sg/ for the syllabus Teach conceptual knowledge instead of procedural knowledge
Presentation of Work Siti had $840. She bought a bag and had $588 left. How much did the bag cost? Bag = 840 588 = 252 Write label to help organise train of thoughts $840 $588? No need to write units in number equation e.g. $840 $588 = $252 Write units only when it is standard units e.g. cm, kg, l, cm 2. NO need to write for nonstandard units e.g. boys, apples Model Final answer with units 840 588 252 Workings on the right side Ans: $252
SUBJECT BRIEFING: P3 SCIENCE
AGENDA 1. Holistic Assessment 2. Examination format 3. Themes 4. Science Skills and Processes 5. Teaching Approach 6. Strategies 7. Activities and programmes 8. Parents Support
HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT Topics Individual assignment marks Term 1 1. Topical Test 1 (Living / Non-Living Things) Non-weighted 2. Topical Test 2 (Animals) Non-weighted 3. 4. Review Test 1 (Living & Non- Living Things / Animals) Performance based assessment (Classification of living things) Term 2 Weighted Non-weighted 5. Topical Test 3 (Plants / Fungi & Bacteria) Non-weighted 6. Semestral Assessment 1 Weighted
HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT Topics Term 3 Individual Assignment Marks 1. Topical Test 4 (Materials) Non-weighted 2. Practical Test Weighted 3. Review Test 2 (Materials / Human Body Systems) Weighted Term 4 1. Topical Test 5 (Plant and Digestive System) Non-weighted 2. Semestral Assessment 2 Weighted
EXAMINATION FORMAT Semestral Assessment 1 (SA1) Booklet Type Number of questions Marks per question Total Marks A Multiple Choice 15 2 30 B Open-ended 10-12 2, 3, 4 30 DURATION OF PAPER: 1 hour 30 minutes
EXAMINATION FORMAT Semestral Assessment 2 (SA2) Booklet Type Number of questions Marks per question Total Marks A Multiple Choice 27 2 54 B Open-ended 11-14 2, 3, 4 36 DURATION OF PAPER: 1 hour 30 minutes
THEMES 1. Diversity Classification Living and non-living things Animals Plants Fungi and Bacteria Materials 2. Systems Human Body Systems Digestive System Plant system
Science and Process Skills Skills Lower Block (Pri 3 and 4) Observing Comparing Classifying Using apparatus and equipment Communicating (verbal, pictorial, graphical, tabular ) Inferring Predicting Analysing Generating possibilities Evaluating Formulating hypothesis Processes Lower Block (Pri 3 and 4) Creative Problem Solving Decision-Making Investigation
Formative Assessments Workbook Topical Test Topical Worksheets Solve & Discover (SD) Mindmap / concept map
Teaching Approach Inquiry Based Learning (IBL) Using 5Es inquiry model Students actively engage in acquiring knowledge Apply skills and scientific processes through series of activities (e.g. investigations)
Strategies Hands-on experience Mind mapping Cause & Effect AMAZING 6 experimental method ICT in lessons
Amazing 6 Experimental Method 1. Understand the aim of the experiment 2. Formulate a hypothesis 3. Identify the variable (changed, measured & controlled) 4. Understand the procedure 5. Carry out the experiment and record the results 6. Form a conclusion based on the results (relate it to the aim)
ANSWERING TECHNIQUES Questions involving observation and comparison skills. Reuse the names of the things given in the question. Use comparative adjectives such as greater, more, lesser. Example: Animal A Animal B Animal A has a bigger mane than Animal B.
Study the two animals, A and B below. Animal A Animal B Based only on the picture above, state ONE similarity between Animal A and Animal B. (Do not compare their colour, size and shape) [1m] Both have four legs. OR Both have hair. OR Both have tails. Both live in a jungle. X
Study the two animals, A and B below. Animal A Animal B Based only on the picture above, state ONE difference between Animal A and Animal B. (Do not compare their colour, size and shape) [1m] Animal B has stripes but Animal A does not OR Animal B has hooves but Animal A does not Animal A eats meat but Animal B does not X
ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMMES 1. Learning Journey: Young Explorers @ the Zoo (YEZ!) 2. Parents Outreach @ Toa Payoh Sensory Park
Parents Support
Use the W s and one H questions. Use the correct scientific terms and understand the objective of the question. Study and understand the correction which your child did in his/her written work.
Do teach the children to: Read the question at least twice Identify the topic (Recall the SCIENCE concepts) Highlight the important phrases from the stem questions Answer specifically to the questions Use SCIENTIFIC TERMS
IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC TERMS TO USE Classification: We classify things based on similarities and differences Plants: Roots absorb/take in water Animals: Animals have outer body coverings
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