Area question: 2 Semi-circles, 2 quarter circles
This seems to be quite a common question – and it can be pretty tough. Try your best to solve it before looking for the answer below! Are there any other methods to solve this?
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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[…]
Writing with Heart
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
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”,[…]
New Reporter
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! 😉
Your Son Could Be the Next Steve Jobs
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[…]
Bring vs take
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[…]
Wei Method
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[…]