After a lesson highlighting the success criteria in the Reading Aloud component, pupils did their recording using Audacity. Pupils listened to their own recording and saved the recording that they like most.
In the subsequent lesson, pupils worked in pairs to provide feedback on their partner on the clarity, intonation and pronunciation. Pupils also reflected on what they have learnt in this lesson and how they can take note of the same points they have raised when they listen to their own recording. With increased awareness of the success criteria of Reading Aloud, pupils are more conscious in their delivery in this component. A culture of trust and support has been established in this class so pupils are receptive to the feedback from their peers. It is hoped that with this positive attitude, pupils will serve to help one another to improve.
Tapping on saved recording in the shared folder, pupils will be able to track their own progress as earlier recordings can be retrieved easily. As the teacher, I am also able to make use of these pupils’recordings to better explain the marking schemes.
Mrs Goh-Wong Wei Ling
Primary 6A
It was the first time that my class was introduced to idioms. This activity is based on the article in the Little Red Dot. To make idioms fun and relevant to the pupils, I started off with an interesting video on idioms.
https://youtu.be/wy6GzaLxhQw
It shows how idioms should not be taken literally. Also, the pupils tried to guess the meaning of the various idioms as we went through the video.
Next, the pupils proceeded to find an interesting idiom at home using the Internet. They wrote down the meaning of the idiom and formed a sentence with it. When they got back to class, they shared their idioms in groups and learnt from one another. They were exposed to interesting idioms that they have never heard of.
Lastly, in groups, they did an idiom card, explaining the meaning and forming a sentence using the idiom that they felt was the most interesting. They even tried to design the cards according to the literal meaning of the idiom. It was a fun activity to do with my pupils.
From this lesson, I hope that I have made English more fun and interesting to my pupils.
Miss Oh Hui Chan Keline
Primary 4A
Pupils have been guided as to how they should approach Stimulus-Based Conversation. I decided to leverage on Kahoot It (https://getkahoot.com/). This is a simple online tool which records the responses of pupils at one time.
For this activity, I wanted to assess if pupils were able to spot what they should lookout for in the BLARE checklist and the TREES strategy. After each response, the data gave me a sense of what I should do the next lesson to fill up the gaps in their misconceptions about the checklist or the strategy.
This formative tool can be used for any EL Component. It can be helpful for your TLC-FA observations as well.
So what are you waiting for…just Kahoot It!
Mrs Fernandez
Primary 6E
This was the first oral activity in class. My main aim was to collect a whole range of responses by all pupils. A tuning-In-activity on the pre-requisites of Stimulus-Based Conversation (SBC) was conducted. After the discussion, I taught pupils that the stimulus provides the scope of the conversation. Pupils were also shown the mark scheme to familiarise what is needed to do well.
I informed them that this was a kind of pre-test to have a feel of the type of responses.
Pupils were introduced to Linoit and given specific instructions on how to post their thoughts on the canvas. The sharing of their responses took about 15 minutes. I had to arrange the post-its on the canvas to allow pupils to read their peers’ comments. After this, we conducted a group discussion on the strengths and the areas of improvements of some responses with regards to the accuracy of the language used and the type of responses. ( Language, Accuracy & Response – see checklist)
Pupils were provided with a checklist as they informally assessed their peers’ responses.
This is the link that you could visit to see the pupils work.
http://linoit.com/users/vshree/canvases/SBC%20Unit%201
Mrs Fernandez
Primary 6E
