This is said to be a Maths questions taking from an admission test for a Hong Kong primary school. We can’t verify that. Nonetheless, the question is very interesting and it shows how Maths is about thinking out of the box. What is your answer? ANS: The solution: imagine you are retrieving your car at[…]
I brought the P1-2 students out today to talk to people near our centre so that the children can write about them in their compositions. It was a very rewarding session! We met a man practising tennis and he was kind enough to explain the techniques to us. We also chatted with a man at[…]
Question-tag grammar questions are easy. Usually it is: Subject+verb (positive), (negative) verb +subject? He is fat, isn’t he? Subject +verb (negative), (positive) verb +subject? He doesn’t like to be called fat, does he? There are exceptions though. Be extremely careful when you see questions which use adverbs which have a negative sense such as “never”,[…]
Our new young reporter, also our primary one student at the new Novena centre, earns a cup of ice-cream after interviewing the pretty waitress at Udders Ice Cream, Novena, Singapore. He wrote about her working hours and the customers’ favourite ice cream in his very first article for the Study Room Press! 😉
Last week, we talked about how some students are labeled in school as “naughty” and “talkative.” (read:http://on.fb.me/1her0aP) While we should not be defensive and accept criticisms with an open heart, it is also important to be fair to the child and make sure the reproach is justified. It is of good faith to make sure[…]
Whether you use “bring” or “take” depends on your point of reference for the action. -You ask people to BRING things to where you are. -You TAKE things to the place you are going. For example: Please bring the files to my table. I am feeling lazy; I wish someone would bring me dinner. (coming[…]
Recently, there’s a buzz in the education circle called flip teaching, i.e. student learn by watching video lectures at home and what-used-to-be homework is now done in class. I think I can need to patent my own pedagogy- the Wei method too. 😉 As PSLE inches, I want to be able to spend more quality[…]
Many schools held their parent-teacher session yesterday. Some of my students told me their teachers described them as “talkative” and “naughty”. The student who was described as “talkative” is actually a very vocal person who can express herself very well. The “naughty” student is a kid who is very lively, brings joy to the class[…]
I was visiting my Alma mater the other day and sweet memories flowed back. I recalled how I enjoyed being in the student council and my mum would get angry as I was spending too much time on extra-curricular activities. There was the good old study room where I would hang out with my best[…]
It had been hell the past few days. As a reporter, life has been pretty hectic, especially with the recent Thai coup. On Thursday, I was having interviews at 10:30pm and logging off from my work mail only at 12:30 am. The next day, I reached my office at 5am to do work, took a[…]