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Primary 2 English Meet-The-Parents Session 14 January 2017

Curriculum ▹ STELLAR ▹ Customised Learning Packages

• Grammar
• Writing Package

▹ Infusion of Thinking Routines ▹ ALP – Choral Reading ▹ Assessment for Learning (PERI HA) ▹ Reading Culture

• myON
• Independent reading

Assessment Plan

Components

▹ Listening & Viewing ▹ Speaking & Representing ▹ Reading & Viewing ▹ Writing & Representing ▹ Language Use

Components

▹ Components are aligned to the English syllabus and Curriculum from

MOE ▹ 5 components are tested with different

weightages assigned ▹ Different weightages add up to 100%

Components: Areas of Language Learning

Receptive Skills ▹ Listening ▹ Reading ▹ Viewing Skills that are required for the making of meaning from ideas or information Productive Skills ▹ Speaking ▹ Writing ▹ Representing Skills that enable the creating of meaning. Knowledge About Language ▹ Grammar ▹ Vocabulary The building blocks that are required for the application of the receptive and productive skills for effective communication.

Modes of Assessment

End of Year Assessment (SA2)

• Oral (20%)
• Reading Aloud – 6 marks
• Stimulus-based conversation – 10 marks
• Paper 1 (15%)
• Composition – 12 marks

End of Year Assessment (SA2)

Paper 2 ▹ Listening (12 marks) ▹ Vocabulary (5 marks) ▹ Grammar (5 marks) ▹ Grammar Cloze – 2 passages (4 blanks each) 8 marks ▹ Sentence combining (4 marks) ▹ Editing for spelling (4 marks) ▹ Editing for punctuation (4 marks) ▹ Comprehension 1 (Variety of questions) 10 marks Total 52 marks (65%)

Listening & Viewing

• Picture

Matching

Listen carefully to each description and put a tick  in the box of the picture that matches the description.

Example Jane and her sister are making a birthday card for their mother. The girls are pasting the paper flowers on the card with some glue.

Listening & Viewing

• Sound

Discrimination

Listen carefully to what I say and circle the correct letter A, B or C.

• 1. Which word begins with the /b/ sound? Circle the

correct answer.

• A. crab B. purple C. bully (Repeat)
• 1. Which word ends with the /p/ sound? Circle the

correct answer.

• A. puff B. soup C. bat (Repeat)

Listening & Viewing

• Sequencing
• f Events

Look at the set of pictures. I am going to read a set of

• instructions. Listen carefully. Then choose the picture that

describes what I have read. Write the number 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the correct boxes.

Listening & Viewing

• Note Taking

and Multiple Choice Questions

Look at the set of pictures. I am going to read a set of

• instructions. Listen carefully. Then choose the picture that

describes what I have read. Write the number 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the correct boxes.

When was Henry’s family moving to a new house? They were moving _______________. 1) Next year 2) Next month 3) Next day

Speaking & Representing

• Stimulus-

Based Conversation

Reading & Viewing

• Reading

Aloud

Ram loved to eat fried rice. His mother cooked fried rice for him every week. She packed it in a lunch box for him to eat during recess. Ram wanted to share the fried rice with his best friend, Jack. “Jack, try some of this fried rice. It’s yummy!” said Ram. Jack loved the fried rice. He wanted to share it with his sister, Susie. “Susie, try some of this fried rice. It’s yummy!” said Jack. Susie loved the fried rice and wanted to share it with her best friend, Sita. “Sita, try some of this fried rice. It’s yummy!” said Susie. Sita looked at the fried rice and smiled. “I know, Susie. My mum makes the best fried rice in the world!” she said as she opened her lunch box. She had fried rice for recess too.

Writing & Representing

Look at the following pictures. There are 3 paragraphs below the set of pictures. Rearrange the paragraphs to form a story. After that, write out the paragraphs.

Writing & Representing

Comprehension (Variety of Questions)

• Sequencing

Write 1,2 or 3 to indicate the order the events happened in the story.

Ken put on his clothes. Ken brushed his teeth. Ken wore his shoes.

Comprehension (Variety of Questions)

• Identification
• f Word

Which two-word phrase in paragraph one has the same meaning as ‘rushed’? (1m)

Comprehension (Variety of Questions)

Tick your chosen answer. Fred was not able to recognise Sally because ________________.

he was singing and walking she disguised herself as a rabbit he was too busy looking for food

Strategies to help your child

• 1. Exposure to Standard Forms of English

▹ Children pick up language that they are exposed to ▹ Constantly promote the use of standard English ▹ Read quality books, newspapers and magazines ▹ Watch and listen to programmes that use Standard English e.g. Channelnewsasia ▹ Visit the library and myON and read up books

Strategies to help your child

• 2. Focus On Areas of Weakness/Concern

▹ Identify areas of weakness through daily class work, mini tests and practice papers ▹ Provide practice in these areas ▹ Focused practice is more effective than completing whole practice papers

Strategies to help your child

• 3. Participation In Language Activities

▹ Improvement is achieved through regular use and practice ▹ Actively engaged in activities organized in school – Creative Writing, Choral Reading (ALP) are platforms for involvement, STELLAR Day ▹ Participate in class discussions and presentations also provide good opportunities

Strategies to help your child

• 4. Read Widely

▹ Increase knowledge and expand vocabulary ▹ Include stories, information texts, news reports and poems as these aid in comprehension and cloze and give awareness of organization of ideas in texts and language features

Strategies to help your child

• 5. Seek clarifications and ask questions in

class ▹ Allow one to clear doubts and deepen his or her understanding

Thank you!