Dear Parents, below are some updates regarding the class’ progress for Term 1.
Chapters covered:
We have already finished Chapter 6 from the textbook, that is page 55. For Term 1, we have also finished 2 composition exercises.
Areas the pupils are still weak in:
With regards to my analysis for their CA1 papers, I have found out that the boys are rather weak in their 阅读理解A (新闻) (MCQ Reading Comprehension for News) and 阅读理解B (广告) (MCQ Reading Comprehension for advertisement). As for their composition, most of them are still not very familiar with the correct format of a composition. As for their Reading Comprehension (Open-ended), most of the boys are not able to find the keywords in the questions and therefore, couldn’t find their answers from the passage.
Strategies to tackle the above-mentioned weaknesses:
I will be focusing on their MCQ Reading Comprehension for News and advertisements, and will equip the boys with the skills to find the correct answers through the clues given from the passage/advertisements. I will show them examples of these skills, before letting them complete the worksheets themselves.
As for their composition, I understand that this is the first semester the are trying to write a full composition of 100 words, I will help them to familiarize with the format of a complete composition and the tips of writing a good composition.
As for the Reading Comprehension (Open-ended), I will equip the boys with the skills to find out keywords from the questions and to find relevant clues from the passages. I will expose the boys to as many types of questions as possible and will teach them a “template” in answering all the different types of questions. With this “template”, they will be able to answer the questions better.
The above-mentioned are just some strategies I have as of now. Throughout the term, I will assess their progress and will make the necessary adjustments to our lessons.
Recommendations:
I would recommend parents to refer to www1.moe.edu.sg/dir/cl/ for the flash of the passages in their textbook. The boys do need to do some reading on their own. Their reading materials need not be very long stories, any short stories or even a short news article will also be useful to them.
Hope that my short update would be of some help to you. If you need anymore clarifications, feel free to let me know.
Thank you. :D
