08年小一 part II

ahchoi

Hi Principal,

I exactly know what you are saying. Remeber I still have a girl studying P4? Her marks on comprehension and composition fluctuated a lot. I am worrying about her P5 study now. Any suggestions for me? I plan to let her join some English courses from summer holiday onwards. Any recommendations?

Ahchoi

原帖由 principal 於 09-4-24 23:39 發表
ahchoi & heidikl,

It is more likely for our children to get higher marks in P1/P2 if they are careful enough in reading and answering the questions.

But when they advance to P3 onwards, they need to ...

principal

ahchoi,

Personally, I think reading books (both English and Chinese) is the most effective way.
By reading different types of books written by various great writers, our children will absorb good sentences, new vocabularies and good grammar naturally.   They may not use it immediately.    But when they are given a comprehension exercise or are asked to write a composition on a particular topic, they may recall those good sentences and materials read before and be able to use it by that time.  Obviously, they may not be able to write the good sentences as the famous writers.  But even if they can write 70-80% of that good sentence, it is already a good start.   And they better write more on certain topics that they like in order to cultivate a good writing habit.   The more they write, the better their written English/Chinese will be and the quicker the improvement will be.

For example, if there is a full day’s time to be killed, I would let my child spend half day to read those books she likes.   Only when necessary, I will ask her to do some comprehension exercises to let her familiar with the format of those exercises, but not to drill on those exercises unduly.  

原帖由 ahchoi 於 09-4-25 00:13 發表

Hi Principal,

I exactly know what you are saying. Remeber I still have a girl studying P4? Her marks on comprehension and composition fluctuated a lot. I am worrying about her P5 study now. Any sugge ...

[ 本帖最後由 principal 於 09-4-25 10:41 編輯 ]

ahchoi

Hi Principal,

Thanks for your advice. But there is time management problem of my elder daughter. She does things slowly. We always need to push her to do this and do that. The time left for her to read books is limited. After years of training her self discipline, the situation dose not change much. I'm a bit frustrated. Hope there will be miracles.

Ahchoi

原帖由 principal 於 09-4-25 10:25 發表
ahchoi,

Personally, I think reading books (both English and Chinese) is the most effective way.
By reading different types of books written by various great writers, our children will absorb good sen ...

principal

ahchoi,

Do you think incentives will work for your elder daughter?

I know some parents do not think it is appropriate to use incentives to make their children do something that they want.
But if we consider the usual “carrot-or-stick” approach, I believe more children prefer carrots to sticks.

What about devising an incentive system like if she can finish homework quickly enough or finish reading a book within a certain time frame, she will then entitle to certain marks/stickers?
After she collects a certain number of marks/stickers, you can buy her an item that she really wants.

This may not be the best solution but do you think it will work for your daughter?

原帖由 ahchoi 於 09-4-25 22:38 發表

Hi Principal,

Thanks for your advice. But there is time management problem of my elder daughter. She does things slowly. We always need to push her to do this and do that. The time left for her to re ...

ahchoi

Hi Principal,

I totally agree with you. I've used the same approach before. Maybe I should re-design the reward scheme. Thanks for your suggestion.

Ahchoi

原帖由 principal 於 09-4-25 23:02 發表
ahchoi,

Do you think incentives will work for your elder daughter?

I know some parents do not think it is appropriate to use incentives to make their children do something that they want.
But if we  ...

TINGMUM

Heidikl,

Your son is soooo smart.  I am happy for you.  

Ahchoi,
My daughter's comprehension and composition paper is quite good this time, the mark is 90+.  
The marks she lost were all careless mistakes.  I think the only reason she got high mark in this paper was because she read a lot of english books in her daily life.  

I also start to design the reading reward scheme for my two kids.  我地加油!!!

heidikl

Thanks for all appreciation.

Principal, I'm sure that it's not so easy to get high marks in upper grades.

Echo to Tingmum, Learning is a long journey. Let's strive to support our kids as much as we can. We are learning too.

原帖由 TINGMUM 於 09-4-27 13:45 發表
Heidikl,

Your son is soooo smart.  I am happy for you.  

Ahchoi,
My daughter's comprehension and composition paper is quite good this time, the mark is 90+.  
The marks she lost were all careless mi ...

ahchoi

Hi Tingmum,

Thanks for helping to "add oil"!!! Really need it as I'm getting rusted. :)

Cheers,
Ahchoi

原帖由 TINGMUM 於 09-4-27 13:45 發表
Heidikl,

Your son is soooo smart.  I am happy for you.  

Ahchoi,
My daughter's comprehension and composition paper is quite good this time, the mark is 90+.  
The marks she lost were all careless mi ...

TINGMUM

Dear all,

今日返學我己要求小朋友帶口罩返學.  你地呢?  其實我又擔心佢地日日帶口罩會唔會好唔舒服?

principal

TINGMUM,

My child also brought a mask back to school this morning, just in case.
But not sure whether they will wear the masks at school or not?

The current economic situation is already very weak.
Hong Kong cannot afford the adverse effects of another major pandemic outbreak here again.

 

原帖由 TINGMUM 於 09-5-4 10:39 發表

Dear all,

今日返學我己要求小朋友帶口罩返學.  你地呢?  其實我又擔心佢地日日帶口罩會唔會好唔舒服?

[ 本帖最後由 principal 於 09-5-4 20:09 編輯 ]

TINGMUM

好書介紹

一套 children"a series 叫 Selby, 作者是 Duncan Ball.  如最近想找書給小朋友看, 可以考慮這套.

The Selby Series
Selby is the only dog in Australia who can talk, read and write. Each collection of uproariously funny stories recounts Selby’s efforts to conceal his remarkable talent.



[ 本帖最後由 TINGMUM 於 09-5-8 10:33 編輯 ]

principal

TINGMUM,

Thanks for your sharing.

I can find the following website with more information about this series of books.

http://www.selby.aust.com/books/index.htm

There are more than a dozen of books under this series.

Did you buy these books or did you borrow them from public libraries?

Do you know roughly how much does it cost for one book?

原帖由 TINGMUM 於 09-5-8 10:31 發表
好書介紹

一套 children"a series 叫 Selby, 作者是 Duncan Ball.  如最近想找書給小朋友看, 可以考慮這套.

The Selby Series
Selby is the only dog in Australia who can talk, read and write. Each collection ...

TINGMUM

principal ,

這種有超能力狗的故事好適合小朋友的口味,套書很受澳洲小學生歡迎,每本約hk$60幾左右.  我只有7本, 所以答應當小朋友得到獎勵時, 會逐本買集成一套....

上月去了多間澳洲書店, 發現當地受6-12歲小朋友歡迎的書籍和售價都同香港差唔多, 估計香港的書局應有得買.

我買書通常是買series, 這可鼓勵小朋友一直追看落去, 未出新書時他們又會重覆看回之前的, 所以閱讀的習慣便保持下來了.

我們都有常去圖書館借書, 但好少借英文小說, 因好看的一般要booking, 又唔齊.  反而我們較多借中文書和一些科學同常識的書.  因為我的小朋友還是在看中文的picture books, 圖書館的選擇真的很多, 很方便.

principal

TINGMUM,

Thanks for your additional information.

Will have a look at this series of books shortly.

原帖由 TINGMUM 於 09-5-8 14:03 發表

principal ,

這種有超能力狗的故事好適合小朋友的口味,套書很受澳洲小學生歡迎,每本約hk$60幾左右.  我只有7本, 所以答應當小朋友得到獎勵時, 會逐本買集成一套....

上月去了多間澳洲書店, 發現當地受6-12歲小朋友 ...

baba_mama

各位陳守仁家長:

我想問下以下的問題呀:
1)學校上英文堂係唔係全英語教學，老師會唔會偷雞講下中文架？
2)中文是不是由小二開始全普上課，程度深嗎？
3)數學是用英文或中文或普通話呢？
4)其他科是用甚麼教學語言呢？
5)學生naughty or not？
6)中學派位好嗎？

女女想報讀此校，所以想知多些，謝謝你們。

原帖由 principal 於 09-5-8 16:24 發表
TINGMUM,

Thanks for your additional information.

Will have a look at this series of books shortly.

Bluestar

tingmum,

pls check pm.

TINGMUM

各位小一家長,

你地 "識字樂" 會成本溫, 還是會只溫 ch.4-8?  
到底幾時考"識字樂"呢?

我個仔而家好似放咁暑假咁happy, 佢每日都好有計劃編好自己的時間表, 打機, 游水, 玩玩具, 但就冇溫書時間.  問佢 "識字樂"考試的事, 咩都話唔記得, 激死!!!

bobbyhim

Tingmum,
My son told me the exam of "識字樂" is
Tuesday (same day of Chinese dictation)
Thanks

heidikl

Tingmum,
According to the syllabus, it is only Ch. 4-8. For the sake of getting marks, I'll have my son focus on these 4 chapters. But now, because of much time and my son is weak in dictation, I also ask him to write those words other than these 4 chapters for his own sake of knowledge.

原帖由 TINGMUM 於 09-6-15 15:42 發表
各位小一家長,

你地 "識字樂" 會成本溫, 還是會只溫 ch.4-8?  
到底幾時考"識字樂"呢?

我個仔而家好似放咁暑假咁happy, 佢每日都好有計劃編好自己的時間表, 打機, 游水, 玩玩具, 但就冇溫書時間.  問佢 "識字樂"考 ...

天使麵

TINGMUM,

阿女話識字會同chi listening 一齊考喎！我無話你知咩？ :loveliness: