Transcript PSLE Briefing for Parents - P6 Standard classes 2015
Examination Briefing for P6 Parents
Welcome!
Prelim Dates Subject
Oral (EL & MT) English Mathematics Mother Tongue Science Higher Mother Tongue Listening Comprehension (EL & MT)
Date
August August August August August August August
PSLE Dates Subject
Oral (EL & MT) Listening Comprehension (EL & MT) English Mother Tongue Mathematics Science Higher Mother Tongue
Date
20,21August 18 September 1 October 2 October 5 October 6 October 7 October
Examination Briefing for P6 Parents
ENGLISH
ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Paper 2 Paper 3 Paper 4 STANDARD Composition Language Use Listening Oral Communication 55 m 95 m 20 m 30 m
ENGLISH LANGUAGE Part 1 Part 2 Paper 1 (1 hour 10 min) Situational Writing Continuous Writing Total 15 m 40 m 55 m
ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Part 1: Situational Writing (15 m)
formal email informal email report
examples:
formal letter informal letter speech postcard message note
ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 1 Part 2 : Continuous Writing (40 m)
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A change from the current item type ONE topic, but with greater scope for writing from different perspectives Visuals are given to provide ideas for various perspectives Assessment is on writing skills, not on text type (diary entry, narrative, information text, etc.)
ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 2 Language Use & Comprehension (1 hour 50 min) BOOKLET A (MCQ) BOOKLET B Grammar 10 m Grammar Cloze Vocabulary 5 m Editing for Spelling and Grammar Vocabulary Cloze 5 m Comprehension Cloze Visual Text Comprehension 8 m Synthesis / Transformation Comprehension Open-Ended 10 m 12 m 15 m 10 m 20 m
ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 3 Listening Comprehension (20 m) The crowd went wild!
Everyone was cheering for their favourite athlete. Tom and Nick were cheering for their good friend, Rudy. It was going to be a close race. With seconds to go, Rudy’s arm shot out and touched the edge of the pool.
He did it! He was the winner!
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 4 Oral Communication (30 m) Part 1: Reading Aloud (10 m)
Ravi walked towards the supermarket two blocks from his house. His mother had told him to buy a carton of milk.
“Hmm, which one should I get?” Ravi asked himself as he looked at the rows of milk cartons. He finally made up his mind and reached out for a carton of strawberry-flavoured milk.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE Paper 4 Oral Communication (30 m) Part 2: Stimulus-based Conversation (20 m)
This is a merging of Picture Discussion and Conversation
Examination Briefing for P6 Parents
MATHEMATICS
MATHEMATICS Cognitive levels at which pupils will be assessed are broadly classified as follows:
• Knowledge • Comprehension • Application & Analysis
PSLE Exam Format
Merged Examination Format Paper One Booklet A B Total Item Type Number of questions Marks per question Weighting MCQ Short Answer 10 5 10 5 30 1 2 1 2 10% 10% 10% 10% 40%
Merged Examination Format Paper Two Item Type Short Answer Structured / Long Answer Total Number of questions Marks per question 5 13 2 3, 4, 5 Weighting 10% 50% 18 60%
Support from School
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Topical Worksheets Topical Tests Speed Tests Remedial / Supplementary
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Heuristics
Parental Involvement at Home
• Allow your child to practise their practice papers under examination condition.
• Discourage your child from using calculators while practising the easy questions.
• Encourage your child to move onto the next question if they are stuck at a difficult question.
• Do not provide answers to your child immediately.
• Select some questions and allow your child to explain to you how he/she derives at the answers. If your child is able to explain his/her thinking process, your child truly understands.
MATHEMATICS Common Errors to Note
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Notation for dollars and cents 5 + 8 = $13 $5 + 80 ¢ = $5.80
5 + 80 = $5.80
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Equating quantities of different units 5m + 80cm = 580 cm
5 + 80 = 580 x Answering in the units required
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Wrong use of the equality notation 3 x 2 = 6 + 2 = 8
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Not reducing to the lowest term
MATHEMATICS
Any method/strategy used to solve the problem will be accepted as long as it is logical. It does not mean that only model drawing or guess and check are the only ways.
Examination Briefing for P6 Parents
SCIENCE
SCIENCE
SECTION A SECTION B
MERGED STREAM
MULTIPLE CHOICE •30 Questions •2 Marks each OPEN-ENDED •14 Questions •2/3/4 Marks Total duration of paper : 1 h 45 min 60 m 40 m
SCIENCE 3 Types of Questioning
Focus on a single topic Focus on more than 1 topic, under the same theme Focus on more than 1 theme Approximately equal weightage on Life Science and Physical Science
SCIENCE Focus on a single topic
“Which part of the bar magnet is the strongest?” Topic: Magnet (Theme: Interactions)
SCIENCE Focus on more than 1 topic, under the same theme
Topics: Magnet & Forces, Theme: Interactions
SCIENCE Focus on more than 1 theme
Topics: Electricity (Theme: Systems), Magnets (Theme: Interactions) & Energy (Theme: Energy)
SCIENCE Mark allocation for Section B
Pupils have to show understanding of concepts and correct application to attain full marks.
Case 1 : “Mere mentioning of key words with wrong concept or understanding will not be awarded with marks.” Case 2 : “Correct application of principles with right concept, even with no mention of key words, can be awarded with the full marks.”