Isn’t it fast how we are nearing the end of the first term of the academic year? With the examinations looming, I think a lot of children (especially those in their transition years) are feeling apprehensive. And it is completely normal to feel this way. After all, fear is a common response to new …
3 Ways to Build A Confident Child With Your Choice of Words! Read More »
Hi everyone! Welcome back to the blog! Today we will be looking at 3 ways to craft effective flashbacks. Flashback is a technique that reveals important information about what has happened in the past and it is commonly used in narrative writing. Let’s find out how you can improve on your flashbacks to make it …
Look Back in a Flash! 3 Ways to Craft Effective Flashbacks Read More »
“Grammar? PSLE is still far away! My ah boy (girl) is only nine years old!” Indeed, PSLE may be a small event in the horizons for now but by the time your child has to sit for it, it may be an extremely stressful affair to brush up his literacy skills within a few months. …
Building Grammar Foundations: Start Young, Start Now Read More »
Let’s see if Ms Xie passes the empathy test! Putting yourself in another’s shoes. Have you ever heard of this phrase? Having empathy for someone is like that. Empathy is experiencing and understanding another person’s point of view as well as his or her thoughts and feelings about a certain situation. It is …
“E” is for Empathy | What Every Primary School Child Needs! Read More »
There is a common misconception that you cannot “study” for primary school oral. Students may overlook the need to prepare for primary school oral since it is not a written test. However, it is a component that can help pull up your grades if you do well. In fact, it is not difficult to score …
3 Tips On How To Prepare For Primary School Oral | Stimulus-Based Conversation Read More »
I confuse others. I am confusing. I am confused. Huh? Welcome back to the blog! Today, I’ll be discussing word transformations. In particular, I’ll be focusing on adjectives that are derived from verbs. This topic is applicable to the vocabulary, editing and comprehension cloze components. While I was looking over my students’ comprehension cloze answers …
Primary School Vocabulary: Confuse, Confused, Confusing? Which is Which? Read More »
Hi! My name is Mighty Monsterella, and I’m the newest team member of Lil’ but Mighty! Who am I, you may ask? Well, I’m a talking chunk of cheese (mozzarella, to be specific). Although I am fun-loving, I have a very serious attitude towards English. In fact, I’ve made it my goal to fight the …
Hello everyone! With your mid-year examinations approaching soon, I believe most of you are working hard! However, for some of us, after spending many hours poring through textbooks we may still fail to reach our targeted grades. It is necessary to study smart instead so that you can maximise learning. Today, I will share with …
Study Smart! | 3 Revision Tips for Primary School Students! Read More »
We want to send a big thank you to everyone who participated in our contest and helped make it a success! A special congratulations to Venecia and your mother Mei Ling, the winners of the two-tier cake prize (worth $130) in our ‘Queen of Your Heart’ Mother’s Day contest! Their photo entry of the …
Announcing the Winner of our ‘Queen of Your Heart’ Mother’s Day Contest! Read More »
The SA1 examinations are upon us and many students are revising fervently for their papers. Paper 1 tends to be a cause of anxiety for students and parents. Continuous writing may be of a greater concern as it has a higher weightage of marks. However, one should not neglect the situational writing section and end …
Accuracy in Situational Writing: Check for These 3 Things! Read More »
Hi everyone! Welcome back! While in the midst of all the examination preparation, I came to realise that evidence-based questions in the comprehension paper is a question type that may prove to be a stumbling block for some students. How does an evidence-based question look like? An example of this question type is: Common errors …
Comprehension | 6 Steps to Tackle “Support With Evidence” 2-Part Questions Read More »
The June holidays are approaching and it should be a time to enjoy the fruits of your labour as well as to reflect on the past. One area that I would like you to reflect on would be the last question of the comprehension paper – consider how you have fared for this question. In …
Last Comprehension Question (3 Types) in your Primary School Examination Paper Read More »
