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bluediamond

有無人知P2 Oral 考唔考本Phonics架?  

LeungLeungMom

Hi 2B parents,

Don't you think Miss Lau is really a hard working teacher?  She passed out the test paper just a day after.

Quite disappointed, my son 退步了.  Hope he can do better during exam.


Bluediamond,

Miss. D didn't mention about the Phonics Book.  The notice about oral exam just mentioned the students are required to describe the picture and read it loud and accurate.  Isn't it??  I guess, it counts a part of phonics.

珠仔

LeungLeungMom and bluediamond,

My son has got lower marks than before (actually Chi is the lowest). I haven't got the time to check the paper myself and don't know the reason - I hope it's more difficult than P1. As I was told by some other parents of higher class, it is definitely less straightforward, and more difficult to get 90-ish marks after P1. My son told me the highest mark in class is only 91, but of course I have no proof. anyway,.....

On the other hand, I'm quite worried by the online Maths (like 每日一篇). Do you subscribe it? It's getting more and more difficult and obviously my son is getting frustrated (and 無心機). We need to help him and teach him to complete the task everyday. He spends more time on it too.

珠仔

bluediamond

Dear Leungleungmom & 珠仔,

Do you both means the GS assessment? or English assessment? If you means GS assessment, my daughter said the highest marks in her class is 100 , one of her classmates is just transferred from another school to SFA P2, even can get 48/50 in her Chinese assessment . For my daughter only got the pass marks in her Chinese assessment. Both actually is a shock and also pressure for me! For her exam, actually, I don't expect too much la

Leungleungmom,

I think your son is not 退步, may be he has to face his piano test around these days and really too busy la...   

aoj

Dear P2 parents,

My son is in 2D.  They have received all the Ass papers (Chi,Eng,Maths,GS).  Apparently, P2 is more difficult than P1, especially the Chinese and Eng subjects.  We can see that the paper is less straight forward, even though the fundermental determiners, Articles, prepositions, etc.  The nature of the paragraphed questions are all difficult from the past.
I think the difficulties will be increased  as they study up in SFA.   So it may not easy to get 90 marks or even 80 marks. We have to calibrate our expectation from them.

I think the most important is how they learn from the mistakes.  
We STILL have to stand behind them !

Let's cheer up!!

珠仔

bluediamond 寫道:
Dear Leungleungmom & 珠仔,

Do you both means the GS assessment? or English assessment?

Bluediamond,

What I mean is Eng ass, and my son mentioned to me that highest mark in the class is 91. I don't know if this is true.

aoj, thanks for the advice. It's very important that we should stand behind them, under any circumstances. Bear in mind that things are more difficult, don't blame them if they cannot do it better this time, but work hard and try the best next time.

珠仔

ebeltang

hi all
係呀,啊女派完gs ass.返黎都話全班得兩個8字頭咋其餘同學仔都係9字頭囉    不過到第二日派eng. ass.佢就話全班冇人9字頭喎
今年ass.內容比p1時豐富得多

csbaik

我個女話好多人唔合格.... (eng and chi ass)....... 因為唔夠時間做．．．．．

hot1234

Yes, both English and Chinese assessments are quite difficult and too long for some students to complete all.  I think even for a higher level students to get the full mark.  According to my daughter in 2A, the answer from the ENG teacher seems to be wrong who wrote "bought" as the past tense of "bring", and also "those" dog is barking...  Asked my daughter several times but she still insists that's what the teacher wrote.  

aoj

hot1235,

Long time haven't had you here.
Is something wrong in the answer from yr daughter or teacher.

It should be:
- brought and
- that dog is barking at the girl

Haven't you clarify w/ other parents or her Eng teacher?  If student follow her, it would be wrong in the EXAM or future days.

bluediamond

Hi! Hot1234,

I also wonder the answers in some questions are not so clear and may mislead the students. Don't you think that the part regarding tense quote" It's raining today. I ________(watch) TV at home. Mary__________(help) her mother......" I cannot clearly remember the content. However, I just wonder why we have to use Present tense in all the verbs of this part. If the first part is "It is raining(present continious tense) today" why the sentences follow are not using the same tense? The teacher said that the answer should be "watches" and "helps". However, I think "is watching" and "is helping" should be better. I also wonder "resent tense" should only be used when something that is a truth or some habitual actions. I don't think the word "today" means that we have to use present tense in the verb follows. So I think only the last two answers of this part should use Present tense (that means the word "behave" & "give"). I don't mind the marks but I think these kind of questions will only confuse the child about tense. I am not so good in English, may be I am wrong, if anyone have different ideas, please also let me know.        

709394

Hi bluediamond,
My daughter is 2C Class.  According to my daughter, the higher marks is 89 and her teacher explained the answers to her class (is watching / is helping) or (watches / helps) is also correct.  But you must reminder whole paragraph use present continious tense only or present tense only.

aoj

Hi bluedimond,

I think "It's raining today" means today is a rainy day.  It doesn't mean that it is raining at that moment but on and off that whole day.  So I think present continous tenses can't be used.  They are talking about what they do today so it should be simple present tense.   (Not only apply to truth/fact or habitual actions.)

Personal view only. Anyone can clarify?

bluediamond

Hi! 709394 & aoj,

Thanks for your reply. However, I have check in the dictionary by the word "today" that there is an example sentence "What are you doing today?"but not "What do you do today?". So I really still wonder the word "today" don't means that you should use Present Tense. I remember my high school teacher who told me that don't be cheated by the word "resent", Present Tense can only be used when the issue is a  truth or habitaul actions. The action you are doing now should use Present Continous Tense. Moreover, I have checked their GE note that the part regarding Present Tense, also only mention the above two cases that we should use Present Tense (GE note mention the words: always, often, everyday etc. but not the word "today"). May be I am stubborn, I think only Present Continous Tense can be used in that case). Actually, I have a file download from an English website which talk about Simple Present Tense, but I don't know how to post here to share with all of you.  Anyway, anyone can comment?

aoj

bluediamond,

I am interested in the file you mentioned.

Is it a file? If it is, please email to me.  I've pm you my email address.

Or if it is a website or link, simply just type out that link here.

bluediamond

Hi! aoj,

I have sent a file to you by e-mail and I also mentioned my comment about the last part of the paper. Please let me have your comment too. Thanks!

hot1234

Hi aoj,

Yes, quite a long time not in this forum.  I didn't check with other parents nor her Eng teacher, and see whether other 2A parents recognize the same in this forum.  

Hi bluediamond / 709094,

I think it should be more appropriate to use present tense because "today" means the whole day and not specifically "at that moment".  My daughter is wrong as all using present continuous tense.  If 2C's Eng teacher said both tenses are correct, then there should be problem of the standard amongst the teachers.  

bluediamond

Dear Hot1234,

My daughter is in 2A, she is also all wrong in that section. Actually, I just concern how to explain to her why she is wrong, and which answer is right. I still think that it should be present continous tense rather than present tense. For the paragraph starts from the sentence "It is raining today".....therefore, he is watching TV today and she is helping her mother today, but for the last part of the paragraph should be present tense, it is because, she behaves good, so her mother gives her some candies. Every time when she behaves good her mother will give her candies, that habitual action. Don't you all think so?   

ilovetrainhk

My son is also in 2A.For the answers of past tense "bring" and "those dog is barking" ,I called the teacher today,and she said she wrote down "brought" and "that dog is barking".She said it is ok and she will clarify to the whole class tomorrow.

Actually,she is so polite ,will to accept the parents' opinion (not like the other teachers who talk to the parents rudely,as I overhear manners of some teachers are very bad and rude)Last time,I  asked her some questions about EHW,though she did not know ,she helped me to follow up and asks the school.

Besides ,I think she is a responsible teacher.For example,she sent some photos for helping the students to do the project .
Because she is a new teacher,I think she needs some time to get accustomed to the culture of SFA.

ilovetrainhk

By the way,my son told me that he cannot listen to what the Maths teacher said because the class are not obedient sometimes,some boys talk loudly............ so my son 's Maths result was poor...........