tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-134748042011-06-08T14:33:43.640+08:00Primary School English Teachers blog about their ideas and thoughts on various ways to teach English to children from 7-12 years of age.epgaga Adminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14618422154422725274noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13474804.post-1141747008140809192006-03-07T23:40:00.000+08:002006-03-08T00:21:24.970+08:00

Kids nowadays are indeed precocious. They seem to know the latest happenings in the news eventhough they are unable to read the newspaper themselves. My pupils, despite being in Primary 1, are ardent television viewers and their knowledge of current national events are somewhat impressive. Many claim that they watch television, supervised by their parents, in which their parents will later

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IT greatly enhances teaching and learning in the classroom. Some teachers may have a fear of going into the computer labs to carry out computer-based lessons as they are not "IT-savvy" enough. It is the fear of the unknown that makes them dread conducting lessons in the Computer room or even to use the computer in the classroom.They also have this fear that the pupils know more than them.Do you

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Ever heard of RDMC? Well, RDMC stands for Rich Digital Media Content. It is part of the IT Masterplan 2 to integrate IT into content development.These packages offer teachers the flexibility to customise their lessons to suit the different learning styles of their students. They also provide opportunities for student-centred learning activities and allow students to learn at their own pace.

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For the first time ever in educational history, students can actually teach teachers more about technology than the teachers themselves.Will Richardson, an author and a reknown blogger on technology in the classroom, discusses in his blog about what teachers can do when faced with students who seem to know more than they do when it comes to IT.Read his article here.

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"Oh no!! More IT tools for the classroom??? Again??????!!!!"E-learning, blogging, search engines, email, forum/discussion, hot potatoes, mind mapping managers, online dictionaries, podcasting, wikis, game learning, web designing, online word processors, and the list goes on.......and on.....and on.....and it will just keep going on.....Under that kind of pressure to try to cover almost everything

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Dear Readers,Based on the feedback I've received, most teachers are interested in learning the most basic method of setting up a blog site.Here are the 7 basic steps.(1) Go to http://www.blogger.com(2) On this main page, click the orange arrow icon that states "Create Your Blog Now"(3)You will reach the "Create an account" page where you will get to choose your user name, password and display

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Whenever it comes to educational blogging, the key concern usually revolves around whether our children (these 7-12 year olds) will be exposed to 'undesirable influences' such as 'bad' material posted in comments by strangers.For that, our educational blogging efforts started off with us doing a closed-door concept of hiding our blogs from public viewing. The settings of the blog would be tweaked

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Teachers, Parents and Students: Whatever shall we do without blogging?Here's a good resource where teens, parents, teachers and adult bloggers can learn about the benefits of safe blogging, and how to be safe when blogging. It's for all of us when we consider blogging and our learning environment.This excerpt here is for the teachers out there still unsure about blogging in the curriculum...They

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When I was a student, I felt like a dustbin.Just stuff me with lots of paper information. If it can't fit in, cram the information inside of me - into my brain. I sputter, I choke, but I keep getting stuffed some more. Never mind about indigestion. The teachers know...I will after all get emptied after the exams. After all, doesn't it always happen? After the exams, the students forget most of

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The year-end holidays have dawned and most children, inclusive of our East Spring pupils, are now rejoicing at their much-awaited vacations. It is also the time when we as adults, spend more time with our children, little nephews, nieces and cousins by bringing them on outings, treats and vacations.However, this is not to say that academic work is entirely forgotten during this period of

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Our children should have a variety of books to choose from in order to develop good reading habits in them. Older children should have access to topics or areas of personal interest and this will help to increase their reading enthusiasm. Making reading fun involves talking to your child about what she is reading, celebrating her reading accomplishments or spending time discussing topics that

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As teachers,most of us realize the importance of reading. Well, I may not be the perfect parent but parental involvement and home support definitely play a part in cultivating the reading habits of our kids. I do not face any problems in encouraging my kids to read as I've exposed storybooks to them since they were young. My elder daughters would just pick out a book to read and the younger two

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Last year, when my P3 class did the Young Zoologist Card, one girl came up to the front to tell an animal story. She used a visualiser to flash the pages of her coloured story book with the text and pictures in it.This girl by the way, does not speak English that well. In fact, she was one of the weaker pupils in the class.But when she told her story, everyone listened. I was especially surprised

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Constructive and creative comprehension Our pupils are generally weak in comprehension but they love listening to stories. What more if we can combine these two elements so as to maximise their comprehension skills. Storytelling is a kind of reading which requires children to be active participants in the construction of meaning. Children get fully involved while listening to a story and they

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As teachers, we often try out different teaching methods and seek out innovative ways to enhance our pupils' learning. Creative teaching, co-operative learning, IT-based lessons - you name it, its all been done. Although the current emphasis now is to extend learning beyond the classroom to create authentic learning experiences, have you ever wondered how pupils actually learn at home?Well, after

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I have a female friend who is a Japanese married to a Singaporean. Her sons are both schooled in a Singapore Government Primary School. During the school holidays, she brought them back to Japan and they studied in the Elementary School over there.It seems like studying was such an adventure for them, they didn't even want to come back!The topic was "characteristics of insects". The students

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Hi all!So how’s blogging? Has anyone tried it out yet? Actually, this is the FIRST time I am blogging myself. Suppose to post this entry in the month of September but I am so caught up with work that I just could not find the time to sit in front of the monitor to type this out…Since tomorrow is the last day of September, I think I better start doing it…Although there seems to be endless problems

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These days, just mention the word "blog", and many people will instantly be reminded of the 3 Singaporeans who were prosecuted under the Sedition Act for irresponsibly spreading racist remarks.In school, we are also mindful of what we post on our blogs, for the sake of our personal careers. We worry further how we will ever be able to police and carry out censorship on what our students will

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Some people wonder what Primary Ones might possibly talk about in a blog?I experienced it myself when I tried to set up a class blog for Primary 1H.Previously, I had read an article that spoke of this teacher in USA who had felt that rather than have parents query their children everyday on what they did in school or in class, why not have the children tell the parents themselves via a class blog

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Hi everyone,I saw a news article in the Straits Times today (Wed, Jun 15, 2005) about the Wildlife Buddies scheme for upper primary students - conducted by the Singapore Zoo.In this scheme, upper primary students will be trained in knowledge about the various animals in the zoo as well as conservation messages, over 2 half days by the Zoo's education staff. Then, the Upper Primary students can

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Suggestion to modify the above :P1- short reading passages ( 50-60 words long): 10 different reading passages (x 30)to rotateamong the individual classes. ( will last about 2 terms)P2-short reading passages ( 70-80 words long): 10 different reading passages(x 40) to rotate among the individual classes. Fiction and non-fiction, indirectly related to the P2 themes.P3-P6 : Short newspaper articles

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Hello there!Welcome to the EPGAGA Blog. If you're new to blogging, you may find the following information useful.What does EPGAGA stand for?It stands for "English People Good At Getting Active". It is sincerely hoped that you will participate actively in this blog either by posting new topics or by commenting actively on the topics that people have posted on the site.What can we post on EPGAGA?

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