P3 ENGLISH LANGUAGE

2015

• MISSION

• APPROACH TO EL TEACHING

• P3 ENGLISH CURRICULUM

• HOW PARENTS CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT

• ASSESSMENT

OUTLINE

To equip our pupils with literacy

skills that enable them to be

linguistically competent and

confident users of the English

Language.

MISSION

Emphasis on

•Strengthening the

foundation of language

learning

•Enriching the EL

curriculum in our

schools

EL Syllabus 2010

APPROACH TO EL TEACHING

DRAMA

• Adopts a learner-centred approach

• Develops linguistic skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening)

“Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.”

Chinese Proverb

P3 ENGLISH CURRICULUM

•STELLAR•LITERATURE-IN-ACTION PROGRAMME

STrategies for

English

Language

Learning

And

Reading

STELLAR

Modified Language

Experience Approach

Shared Book

Approach

Reading forUnderstanding& enjoyment

Explicit teaching of

language items, structures & skills

Class Writing

IndividualWriting

GroupWriting

STELLAR PEDAGOGIC FRAMEWORK (3a)

Sustained Silent Reading

Writing Process

Cycle

(a) Supported Reading

(b) KWL (c) Retelling

Reading forUnderstanding& enjoyment

Explicit teaching

ofLanguage items,

structures & skills

Sentence manipulation

Class IndividualGroup

STELLAR PEDAGOGIC FRAMEWORK(3b)

To know more about STELLAR,

you may wish to visit

www.stellarliteracy.sg

Objectives

• To learn literary devices

• To be exposed to good writing and see the world through the eyes of different characters

LITERATURE-IN-ACTION

PROGRAMME

MUSICAL THEATRE

• Semester 2• During curriculum time

• By qualified trainers

• Provide varied English language reading materials at home

• Set aside time for your child to read

• Cultivate in your child the good habit of

referring to a dictionary

HOW PARENTS CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT

ASSESSMENT MATTERS

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

• Leveraging on feedback to engage pupils in

deep learning

– marks/grades in tests

– teachers’ qualitative comments

– rubric indicators

Term 1

Term 2

(SA1)

30%

Term 3

Term4

(SA2)

70%

Oral 16m 16m

Writing 20m 20m

Listening 4m 4m

Spelling/Dictation*(best 2 scores per

semester)

10m 10m

Language Use 50m 50m

Total 100m 100m

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENTS

Component Content Item

Type

Marks

Oral Reading

Aloud

Stimulus-

based

Conversation

Open-

ended

Open-ended

6

10

Component Content Item

Type

Marks

Listening

Comprehension

Picture-

Matching

Spelling &

Dictation

(average of best 2

aggregate scores)

MCQ

Open-

ended

4

10

Component Content Item

Type

Marks

Composition Guided Writing

with helping

words

Open-

ended

20

Component Content Item

Type

Marks

Language Use

and

Comprehension

Vocabulary

Grammar

Comprehension

MCQ &

Cloze

with

helping words

MCQ

Open-ended

14

16

20

THANK YOU