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Primary 1 English Briefing
• STELLAR Curriculum
• How parents can support STELLAR
• P1 English Holistic Assessment Plan
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STELLAR: Strategies for
English Language Learning
and Reading
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A Parent’s Guide to
A new English Language Curriculum for Primary Schools
in Singapore
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The STELLAR Vision
Children who
• love reading
• have a strong foundation in the English Language
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STELLAR (3 Approaches)
Shared Book Approach (SBA)
• SBA1
• Reading of Big Books in a non-threatening environment
• A variety of genres – fiction and non fiction
• SBA2
• Explicit teaching of grammar and vocabulary items using the context of the big books
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STELLAR (3 Approaches)
Modified Learning Experience Approach (MLEA)
• MLEA1
• Experience it!
• Comes up with a story as a class led by teacher
• MLEA2
• In small groups, write a parallel story
• MLEA3 • Write about your own story using ideas and
vocabulary from previous lessons
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Writing Lessons-MLEA
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Learning Centres (LC)
I take charge of my own learning!
• Reading Centre
• Listening Centre
• Word Study Centre
Independent learning at the pupil’s own pace
STELLAR (3 Approaches)
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Learning Centres
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What is a STELLAR lesson like?
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1.Shared Reading Experiences
2. Shared Writing
Experiences
3. Language Use Activities in Learning Centres
Children read storybook with
the teacher and engage in
oral discussions with teacher
and peers
The teacher prepares mini lessons based on specific needs of children to prepare them for reading & writing activities; e.g. grammar, vocabulary, word recognition, decoding skills, spelling
The teacher models writing using children’s language. Children engage in writing together and in writing independently
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Each STELLAR Unit includes…
Development of the four
language skills
☺ listening & viewing
☺ reading & viewing
☺ speaking & representing
☺ writing & representing
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Each STELLAR Unit includes…Development of social skills:
☺ oral interaction among peers in non-threatening situations
☺ working in partnership withother children
☺ turn taking & respect for others during class discussions
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Video
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Why Books?Books:
☼ open up the world for children
☼ help children think and wonder
☼ increase children’s vocabulary and knowledge about the world around them
☼ provide good examples for reading and writing
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How Parents can support STELLAR
Talk and listen to your child • Talk about daily activities in EL as much as
possible. • Ask what, why and how questions• Show them a picture and ask them to describe
what they see and how they feel about it.
Write with your child everyday • Include your child in actual writing tasks
(shopping lists, notes). • Display your child’s drawing and writing at
home. • Encourage them to keep a journal.
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How Parents can support STELLAR
Play language games • Who am I? Describe a character from a
recent story and ask who it is.• I spy with my little eye something that
begins with the same sound as boat. What do I see? (bed, box, banana)
Read with your child everyday • Providing EL reading materials at home• Reading aloud with them• Encouraging them to talk about the
characters, plot• Getting them to read aloud familiar
books to you
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Books that interest children have…
• Clear print and colourful, attractive illustrations or photographs
• A strong storyline
• Interesting characters
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Books that interest children …
• are about everyday life
• are repetitive and have rhyming words to help children remember words
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Some recommended books
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Holistic Assessment Plan
Term 1Formative Assessment 1
Term 2Formative Assessment 2
Term 3Formative Assessment 3
Term 4Formative Assessment 4
Listening and Viewing
• Listening to instructions
Speaking and Representing
• Introducing self
Language Use
Grammar MCQ (10 marks)Vocabulary MCQ (10 marks)
Total: 20 marks (no weightage)
Listening and Viewing
• Phonics-Picture Matching, with consonant blends and beginning sounds Level 1 (CPS)
Speaking and Representing
• Show and Tell
Language Use
Grammar MCQ (10 marks)Vocabulary MCQ (10 marks)Word Order (5 marks)
Total: 25 marks
Listening and Viewing
Phonics-Picture Matching with consonant blends and recognition of sounds Level 2 (CPS)
Speaking and Representing
• Picture Discussion
Language Use and Comprehension
Story Sequence (5 marks)Grammar MCQ and FIB (15 marks)Vocabulary MCQ and FIB(15 marks)Comprehension (MCQ and OE) (10 marks)
Total: 45 marks
English SA2 Paper
Story Sequence- 5 marks
Paper 2- 60 marks
Total: 65 marks
Focus: Listening and Viewing, Speaking and Representing
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Listening to instructions
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Introducing Self/ Show and Tell
• In line with the English Language Syllabus 2010 ‘Speak with accurate pronunciation and appropriate intonation’ and ‘plan and present information and ideas for a variety of purposes’
• Build up child’s confidence
• Support by practising with a ‘smaller’ audience in class or at home
• Be familiar with rubrics and expectations
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Phonics-CPS
Which picture has the same beginning sound as “star”?(A) brain (B) stair (C) crane (D) snail
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(A) (B)
(C) (D)
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Phonics-CPS
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Picture Discussion
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Story Sequence
He took out his garden hose and squirted the water onto the
candles.
Everyone was angry with the gardener for turning the cake into
soup!
1It was the king’s birthday. There were forty-six candles on his
cake.
The king blew the candles but the candles would not go out.
Finally, the candles on the cake went out.
The gardener came over to help the king.
Sequencing of story- An example
SEQUENCING (5 x 1 mark)Read the sentences carefully.Arrange the sentences in order to form a story. Write the correct number of each sentence in the boxes provided. The first sentence is already numbered for you.
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Language Use• Read a variety of books to build up
vocabulary
• Be familiar with grammar items-Pronouns, Articles, Nouns, Adjectives, Prepositions etc…
• Comprehension – literal, inferential, application questions
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Programmes for Primary 1
• Speech and Drama
• Learning Journey to the Zoo
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Speech and Drama
• Starts in Term 3 – Term 4
• 8 hour module
• Once a week , 1 hour each, during curriculum time
• Module 2 will be conducted in Primary 2
• Payment from Edusave
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Objectives:• to teach pupils to speak clearly and confidently.
• to practise English Language.
• to make language learning fun and meaningful.
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Experienced Instructors
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PRIMARY 1-SEED
LEARNING JOURNEY TO THE ZOO STELLAR –Walking through the Jungle
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