How to help P1 children prepare for CA & SA

[jedamum]

pranav,

i didn't know that some schools doesn't give out format; i thought that was the norm since ours is really a neighbourhood neighbourhood school and the format given is clear enough (save that the chinese is in chinese words and that i am having a hard time deciphering its meaning :P)

For math, different schools covers different topics. you really have to check where the school have covered. the school probably have given mock test/exercises to the kids...check their files.

caroline3sg:

For lower primary, they only have 1 paper per subject to sit. There isn't any paper 1 (ie compo).

I think that depends on school too.
For my boy's school, Oral and Listening Compre is separate.
Paper 1 for English is Compo.
Paper 1 for Chinese is Selecting appropriate HYPY according to picture (something like that).

Paper 2 for English is usual Vocab, Grammer, Wordorder, Spelling, Compre
Paper 2 for Chinese...I think is choose HYPY, choose words, cloze with helping words, Compre MCQ. Not sure if have sentence construction a not.

[caroline3sg]

jedamum

oh yes, spelling is under listening. Listening also covers phonics - rhyme with (ie start or ending sound).

Format slight difference across schools. Topics should be same. But difficulty of questions definitely a great difference.

[jedamum]

caroline3sg:

But difficulty of questions definitely a great difference.

Agree.
We can only prepare so much. At P1, marks are usually lost due to carelessness.

[pranav]

Hi Jedamum and caroline3sg,


Thank you so much for your help.

Pranav

[yithz]

dear all


thank you for all your valuable advice

tks
yithz