English
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Presentation Outline
• English Syllabus and STELLAR
• Instructional Materials
• Strategies taught in class
2010 EL Syllabus and STELLAR
How do they fit together?
EL Syllabus 2010
A policy and planning document that sets out what, when,
how and why we teach English.
STELLAR
A programme of instruction to deliver the desired outcomes
of EL Syllabus 2010, including
• instructional materials
• pedagogy
• assessment guidelines
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Instructional Materials
• STELLAR Readers
• School Based Worksheets and teaching
resources
• New Listening Comprehension Booklet
• Practice Papers purchased
4
Strategies for Composition
• Mini-lessons to help pupils to write good
stories that entertain their readers
• Constructive feedback from teachers
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Strategies for Comprehension
• Annotation
• CUBHi
Why did Mrs Raju find the
man in the crowd “familiar looking” ?
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To help pupils focus on how to find the
answer use CUBHi.
Circle – 5Ws 1H, Explain clearly why, In
what way…
Underline – tenses so that you will use the
correct tense to answer
Box – key words to in the questions to help
you search for answers in the text
Highlight –identified parts in passage that
answers question (Contextual clues)
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Strategies for Stimulus-based
Conversation
• ORAL Thinking Structure
Opinion
Relevant details
Additional examples
Link
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P6 List of Readers
Title
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher
Tuck Everlasting
A Child Called ‘It’
Hatchet
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young
Girl
Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul
Little Ironies
The Summer of the Swans
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the
Window
The Granny
Author
Bruce Coville
Natalie Babbitt
Dave Pelzer
Gary Paulsen
B M Mooyaart
Catherine Lim
Betsy Byars
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Anthony Horowitz
Title
Charlotte’s Web
Hatchet
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Bridge to Terabithia
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
A Wrinkle in Time
Shiloh
Little House of the Prairie
The Secret Garden
The Boxcar Children
Sarah, Plain and Tall
The Indian in the Cupboard
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Maniac Magee
The BFG
The Giver
James and the Giant Peach
Little House in the Big Woods
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Stone Fox
Number the Stars
Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Matilda
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
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Author
E.B. White
Gary Paulsen
C.S. Lewis
Katherine Paterson
Roald Dahl
Madeleine L’Engle
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Patricia MacLachlan
Lynne Reid Banks
Scott O’Dell
Jerry Spinelli
Roald Dahl
Lois Lowry
Roald Dahl
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Mildred D. Taylor
John Reynolds Gardiner
Lois Lowry
Robert C. O’Brien
Barbara Robinson
Roald Dahl
Judy Blume
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Title
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Ramona Quimby, Age Eight
The Trumpet of the Swan
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Phantom Tollbooth
Tuck Everlasting
Anne of Green Gables
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Little House Books
Sideway Stories from Wayside School
Harriet the Spy
A Light in The Attic
Mr Popper’s Penguins
My Father’s Dragon
Stuart Little
Walk Two Moons
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963
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Author
Judy Blume
Beverly Cleary
E.B. White
C.S. Lewis
Norton Juster
Natalie Babbitt
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Katherine Paterson
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Louis Sachar
Louise Fitzhugh
Shel Silverstein
Richard Atwater
Ruth Stiles Gannett
E.B. White
Sharon Creech
Elizabeth George Speare
Christopher Paul Curtis
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Mathematics
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PSP @ Primary 6
Problem Solving Programme (PSP)
Intent: Equipping every pupil with problem
solving strategies and thinking
structures - UPER
PSP @ Primary 6
Problem Solving Strategies/Thinking
Skills/Heuristics:
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Work Backwards
Make Supposition
Before-After Concept
Grouping/Sets
Equal Concepts
Total Remains Unchanged
One Unchanged Quanity
Difference Remain Unchanged
Two Unknowns
Speed Challenge & Mental Sums
CHIJ (KELLOCK)
Term 1
Name : _____________( ) Class : P 6________
Intent:
To develop
speed and
accuracy in
straight forward
computation in
our students
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
1.
5h + 2h
2.
12e – 9e
3.
3g + 5 + g
4.
6 + 8y + 2y
5.
5i + 4 - 3i
Find the value of each expression when u = 3.
6.
12u
7.
6u + 3 – u - 2
8.
5u + 2u – 3u
9.
u +9
10
2u
9
P6 Bazaar
Intent: To provide opportunity for students to
experience entrepreneurship in the
context of contributing to society
Topics for PSLE Mathematics
 Pri 1 – 5 syllabus
Development from P5 topics:
 Percentage
 Ratio
 Triangles & Four-Sided Figures
 Fractions
 Volume
 New Topics at P6: Algebra, Speed,
Solid Figures, Circles
& Pie Chart
Preparation for PSLE Mathematics
 PSLE Booklet
- Past year PSLE questions
 Practice Paper
- Time Management
- Exposure of various types of
questions
Science
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Themes and Topics Covered in P6
PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Energy Theme
 Forms of Energy
 Kinetic, Potential (Gravitational, chemical & elastic), Sound
 Light, Light  P4 topic
 Electrical  P5 topic
 Energy Conversions
Interactions Theme
 Forces (Friction, Gravity, Elastic Spring Force, Magnetic Force)
Themes and Topics Covered in P6
LIFE SCIENCES
Interactions Theme
 Environmental Characteristics
 Energy Flow in an Environment
 Food chains & Food Webs
 Populations and Communities
 Habitats (garden, field, pond, seashore, tree, mangrove)
 Plant and Animal Adaptations
 Structural & Behavioural (Function)
 Man’s Impact on the environment
 Pollution, Global Warming, Greenhouse Effect, Deforestation
Preparation for PSLE
• Science Mass Lectures (June holidays, July)
Revision of P3-5 topics
Class tutorials
Mastery of TCCL Approach
Strategies for MCQ Questions
• PSLE Booklet SCIENCE (2010 – 2014)
• Science Practice Papers
• Small group remediation (September holidays)
• Supplementary Lessons
The TCCL Approach
An introduction to a structured thinking
process that students engage in when
approaching open-ended questions.
• Identifying CONTEXTUAL CLUES
• Applying science CONCEPTS
• Making the LINKS between clues & concepts
Description of TCCL
T
C
C
L
Identify the TOPIC and THEME in
which the question is related to
Identify the contextual CLUES from
the question (the given situation)
-Information, Data or Evidence
gathered from the question
Action Required
Which topic/theme
does this question
belong to?
Annotate key
phrases/keywords, seek
patterns and trends
Identify the relevant science
CONCEPT(S)
What is the concept
that will help you
explain your answer?
LINK the clues to the concept(s)
The answer has to be
specific to the question,
explaining the concept
clearly in the given
context
Young Scientist @ Kellock
• Programmes to engage students, enrich lessons and enhance
learning
Scientist in Focus (Values in Science)
Weekend Assignments (Young Scientist Card)
Field Trips to Science Centre Eco-garden
Pond / Leaf Litter Community
Learning Journey to Sungei Buloh (SS & Science)
Adaptations of Plants and Animals
Science of Animation (Art & Science)
Developing a 3min video animation clip to advocate for
Environmental Issues
MTL
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Mother Tongue Languages
• MTL lessons – 2 additional periods weekly
• Focus Area for Semester 1 – Comprehension techniques (QAR,
mind mapping etc) and using of iMTL portal for oracy skills
practices
• Focus Area for Semester 2 – Intensive oral practices and PSLE
preparatory lessons
E-Career
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Portal
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The Growing
Years
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The Growing Years
Briefing for Parents – FORM TEACHER TIME
• Also known as Sexuality Education
• A module offered in the Character and
Citizenship programme
• Only trained teachers conduct this module
• Parents can exercise their choice to
withdraw their children from the module
MOE
Sexuality
Education
is...
about the emotional, social
and ethical aspects in
addition to the physical
aspect of sexuality
is NOT...
Sex education
SEd Curriculum
- addressing developmental needs of the early adolescent
- topics include relationship with peers and family, love and
infatuation, the influence of the media on their sexuality