“The white mist coming out from a kettle is called steam.” Remember: this is inaccurate for the PSLE. While most people won’t argue with this in the layman world, it’s not accurate for PSLE. Steam is hot water vapour, that is, water in the gaseous state, and it is invisible. The white mist is formed[…]
Our column is published on 早报 today. We talk about how we disagree with labelling our students and believe in educating them without any judgement. You can read the article here: http://www.zaobao.com.sg/forum/opinion/story20150208-444678
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.[…]