ENGLISH CURRICULUM BRIEFING

ENGLISH

CURRICULUM

BRIEFING

by Ms Marianne Ha

HOD English

Presentation Outline

P3 English Curriculum

P3 English Assessment

P3 ENGLISH CURRICULUM

Explicit Language Teaching

Comprehension

Grammar

Vocabulary

Listening Compre

Oral

Writing

STELLAR

Reading

Vocabulary

Grammar

Learning Fest, Reading Programme, Public Speaking, ICT

Strategies for English Language Learning and Reading (STELLAR)

STELLAR Vision

Children who love reading and have a strong foundation in the English Language

STELLAR Learning

• Teaching and learning of English using more speaking and listening activities

• Children learn reading and writing using rich and interesting books, with discussions led by the teacher

Why the use of books in

STELLAR?

opens up the world for children

helps children think and wonder

increases children’s vocabulary and knowledge about the world around them

provides good examples for reading and writing

What your child should have mastered

at the end of P2:

Reading of passages of about 120 words

Writing – be able to write a composition of 80 words based on given pictures

Subject-Verb Agreement and tenses

Good penmanship, i.e. formation of letters

PAPER COMPONENT MARKS DURATION REMARKS

1 Continuous Writing20 50 mins

Choose one of 2 qns

2 Language Use and

Comprehension50 1 h 15 mins

3 Listening

Comprehension14 About 30 mins

Picture-matching,

Note-taking &

Comprehension MCQ

4 Oral Communication16

About 11 mins (5 mins prep)

Reading Aloud &

Stimulus-Based

Conversation

TOTAL 100

P3 EL Semestral Assessment

Paper 1: Continuous Writing (Choice 1)

Write a story of at least 100 words based on the pictures below. Give the story your own ending.

Paper 1: Continuous Writing (Choice 2)

Write a composition of at least 100 words

about the day you received your report

book.

Vocabulary – help build a collection of

good words and phrases describing

i. Settings

ii. Emotions

iii. Actions

Easy access to dictionary/thesaurus

Ensure child writes following

format, i.e. paragraphing, etc

How You Can Help Your Child

• Grammar Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

• Vocabulary MCQ

• Grammar Cloze (with helping words)

• Comprehension MCQ

• *Synthesis

• *Visual Text Comprehension MCQ

• *Comprehension OE (with varied answer forms)

*new

Paper 2:

Language Use & Comprehension

Paper 2 Component: Synthesis

Paper 2 Component:

Visual Text Comprehension (MCQ)

Paper 2 Component: Comprehension

Open-Ended (OE)

• Focus on comprehension skills

and strategies– Sequencing, Using contextual clues,

Locate and retrieve accurately, Referencing, etc

– Ask:

• What happened first? What happened next?

• Which word in the story has the same meaning

as…?

• Retell in your own words.

How You Can Help Your Child

• Don’t give too many answers away;

get your child to infer

– Using a combination of what you child

already knows and contextual clues found in

the text

As I walked into the classroom, I noticed

Phillip reading a small red book. Just as

Susie returned, he quickly placed the book

on her table and went back to his seat.

Q: Who owned the little red book?

How You Can Help Your Child

Stimulus-based Conversation

– Stimulus is a springboard for

conversation

– Total of 10 marks

– Assessing speaking skills;

Increased emphasis on

expressing oneself clearly and

providing appropriate

reasons/justifications

Paper 4: Oral Communication

Look at the picture. Which one of the items

would you choose to buy as a present for your

classmate’s birthday? Tell me why.

• Do you have a special birthday present that you have given to someone? Tell me about it.

• Sometimes a present can be meaningful, yet does not cost any money, especially when the giver has put in much effort. What are some meaningful gifts or acts of kindness that you have received? What made you appreciate the gift(s)?

How You Can Help Your Child

Identify your child’s strengths and

weaknesses in fluency, enunciation

and pitch (practice makes perfect)

Use online dictionaries to check

correct pronunciation Oxford Dictionaries

• Encourage your child to express their opinions and justify with reasons

• Use real-life, authentic scenarios

• Get your child to make connections to themes/topics once they see a picture

• Practise with school’s resources

How You Can Help Your Child

• Explore the resources and tips on the STELLAR website:

www.stellarliteracy.sg

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How you can help your child

Encourage Your Child to…

Read, Read, Read!

Physical libraries

Online libraries- E-Resources:

National Library Board (www.nlb.gov.sg)

THANK YOU!