Composition writing takes time and effort to build up, and what we like to do is to expose our students to a repertoire of writing skills and text types to deviate from the usual and common writing usages. For this, we introduced a new approach to our p4 boy, and we were proud he was… Continue reading P4 English / 18 March 2019 Monday / Sizzling Start & Backfill Writing
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18 March 2019 / P5-P6 Biography Activity
Simple English activity that I had done with our p5s and p6s. We usually aim to do something different over the holidays as a break from the usual classes. We were glad to touch on biographies of historical people, which only 2/10 know who the said figure was. It was a lesson worth spending to… Continue reading 18 March 2019 / P5-P6 Biography Activity
P6 English/4 March 2019 Monday/Vocab
What to do when exams are over? More work of course! Learning does not stop once a test is meted out. There are many ways to learn, not only through paper drills. For us at Sowing Seedz, we like to use newspapers to help students engage in their learning. Vocabulary skill building is another weakness… Continue reading P6 English/4 March 2019 Monday/Vocab
P1-2 English / 12 Feb 2019 Tuesday / Craft Bag Writing
It was great to be back at lesson, as chirped brightly by one of our boys. It was heartening to hear something so positive! And he nailed it. Learning should be fun in a non-threatening environment, and we are glad to provide a sanctuary for that. For the lesson, we did the usual lesson story… Continue reading P1-2 English / 12 Feb 2019 Tuesday / Craft Bag Writing
P5 English / 28 Jan 2019 Monday / T.A.S.E.R Skills
When it comes to the Upper Primary, we focus on Comprehension Open-ended skills as well as Oral skills to help prepare our students to be ready in P6. We created our compre skills strategy – TASER, each letter representing a focus skill. We are very sure most school teachers also have their own skills to… Continue reading P5 English / 28 Jan 2019 Monday / T.A.S.E.R Skills
P5 English / 14 Jan 2019 Monday / News Article
We love to use newspaper cuttings as part of our lesson delivery. Our P5 class was taught how to search for relevant news, cut out their chosen articles, read and complete their tasks. Besides mapping out the W+H questions, they were also to find vocabulary words and the meaning behind the words. English may not… Continue reading P5 English / 14 Jan 2019 Monday / News Article
P1-2 English / 22 Jan 2019 Tuesday / Compo Craft Writing
Today’s lesson was a bat-ty craft again. As the boys do not really like musical instruments, we have to crack our heads to source for alternatives. Digging into our stocks, we managed to pull out non musical crafts for them to do. Lesson is the same. The materials and procedures are made known to them,… Continue reading P1-2 English / 22 Jan 2019 Tuesday / Compo Craft Writing
P6 English / 14 Jan 2019 Monday / Compre OE Skills
For our P6 English class, we did a round of Comprehension Open Ended skills with them. Frankly, we can come up with many fanciful names, techniques and skills, which most school teachers are also teaching. However, we believe that what sets a student apart to master the art of answering, is his/her attitude, how much… Continue reading P6 English / 14 Jan 2019 Monday / Compre OE Skills
P1-P2 English / 8 Jan 2019 Tuesday
Same day but a different class. Teaching English can be versatile. Each class and each child is unique, and we pace our classes accordingly. For this class, it is a combination of P1 and P2, but this is possible to still teach. Nothing still changes, as we are still using a craft to teach procedural… Continue reading P1-P2 English / 8 Jan 2019 Tuesday