English quiz: Synthesis and transformation takes up 10 marks in Paper 2. It’s not as tough as comprehension or vocabulary cloze– the nemesis of most students, so try to score in this category. Many of my students were stumped by this question. It’s not tough but there are a few parts to the question which[…]
I always aim to explain theories to my students by doing experiments and showing them the evidence. Last week I did this with my kids and you can do it at home too! Click here for the video. 1.Fill up a bottle with water. 2. Find a sieve – the kind used for sifting flour,[…]
Reading and travelling are two important ways of getting an education. <a href=”http://smg.photobucket.com/user/juzdean/media/1_8.jpg.html” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v75/juzdean/1_8.jpg” border=”0″ alt=” photo 1_8.jpg”/></a> While we don’t have the budget to fly our students overseas, we are able to get them in tune with what’s happening with the other side of the world with the news and technology. I was[…]
We try to encourage creative learning and shy away from rote learning in our teaching. I am teaching multiplication to my P3 and P4 kids and they need to memorise multiplication tables. Memorising is not at all fun, yet essential. Most importantly, it allows the student to focus on understanding and solving the problem, rather[…]
A parent told me yesterday that her son has been asking her if he could attend my class daily, instead of his regular school. Thank you for making my day. We are always happy to hear that students love our classes. When I was a kid 20 years ago, I would always waste my parents’[…]
Logic is very important in compositions. When we are planning the story, we must constantly ask ourselves, “Is this logical?” Two weeks ago, my students wrote about an accident. General plot: A dog saw an ice-cream cone that’s dropped on the ground, rushed across the road to get it and got hit by a bus.[…]
The Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had a Q&A today on Facebook. We attempted to invite him to our classes but didn’t get a reply. Of course the PM was probably too busy so we didn’t get an answer. We will try again next time.
In GEP classes in some schools, students are required to conduct interviews. I am proud to say we start our children from Primary 1. I introduced my Primary 1 students to The Little Prince today. It is a classic and I thought it is worth recommending to them. As they are only seven years old,[…]
The Study Room story is that we (Wallace and Wei) are two buddies who want to work together to better the lives of children. Today, a student questioned the authencity of our story and said it’s impossible that we have been good friends for almost half our lives. Here’s a photo when we were 19.[…]
A former colleague sent me a picture of my empty desk at my previous work place and said they miss me. I miss them and my career of the past ten years too. We used to help investors earn more money in our jobs as a trader and financial reporter. Now we want to make[…]