By Cynthia LEE
SKH St Peter’s Primary School (AM)
Tel: 2546-2624
Why?
Improvement
Curriculum planning + material design
Implementation INSIDE the classroom
(peer lesson observation -> reflection ->
further adaptation)
Assessment for learning through
observation an/or analyzing students’
work + follow-up
When?
Every day?
Once a
term?
Once a
year?
Too late? Too frequent? How to strike a balance?
How?
Quantitative
analysis?
All parts?
Selected
parts only?
Qualitative
analysis?
Both?
NO prescribed mode
Primary concern:
Looking for patterns in students’ work and understanding why
the students make mistakes (Misconception? Laziness?
Carelessness? Not taught before? Lack of input? Infrequent
practice / recycling? …)
What NEXT?
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Re-teaching / re-cycling in the next module
Careful scaffolding
Change in teaching strategies
Designing worksheets etc.
Be specific, explicit and clear
What is the attainment target?
Is it handy?
Is it manageable?
What should be the focus?
What is the priority?
What can be the effect on new learning?
Reading Comprehension
nd
2
Term Test Part G
(April 04)
Look at these photos, Betty.
This is my father, George. He is a policeman.
My mother, May, likes children. She is a teacher.
This is my uncle, Jack. He is a postman. He has a big bag.
My aunt, Lily, is a singer. She can sing very well.
This is my grandfather, David. He is a driver.
Part G
Class
Max
Min
Average
(Full marks = 12)
A
11
0
5.81
B
12
0
6.12
C
12
0
6.54
5 students
18 students
Finding
• Most students perform quite poorly in this
part.
• 5 students score full marks.
• 18 students do not get any marks.
• Quite a lot of students directly lift the
answers from the text without understanding
the meaning.
Look at these photos, Betty.
This is my father, George. He is a policeman.
My mother, May, likes children. She is a teacher.
This is my uncle, Jack. He is a postman. He has a big bag.
My aunt, Lily, is a singer. She can sing very well.
This is my grandfather, David. He is a driver.
Q1: What does May do?
 She is a teacher. (correct)
 She is teacher. (correct but with grammatical mistakes)
 My mother. (not understanding the question)
 May, likes children. (direct copying)
Look at these photos, Betty.
This is my father, George. He is a policeman.
My mother, May, likes children. She is a teacher.
This is my uncle, Jack. He is a postman. He has a big bag.
My aunt, Lily, is a singer. She can sing very well.
This is my grandfather, David. He is a driver.
Q2: Who has a big bag?
 Jack has a big bag. (correct)
 Jack. (correct)
 Jack is a big bag. (correct but with grammatical mistakes)
 He is a postman. (direct copying)
 Postman has a big bag. (understanding that “he” refers to
“postman” but fail to infer that the “postman” is “Jack”)
 Yes, it is. (not understanding the question)
Look at these photos, Betty.
This is my father, George. He is a policeman.
My mother, May, likes children. She is a teacher.
This is my uncle, Jack. He is a postman. He has a big bag.
My aunt, Lily, is a singer. She can sing very well.
This is my grandfather, David. He is a driver.
Q3: Is Aunt Lily a nurse?
 No, she is not. (correct)
 No, it is not. (correct but with grammatical mistakes)
 No, she not a nurse. (correct but with grammatical
mistakes)
 I don’t No. (wrong)
 Yes, it is. (wrong)
 No, it is a singers. (correct but with grammatical
mistakes???)
Follow-up
1.Design some reading comprehension
exercises for students
2.Teach reading skills in depth through
the reader “Goldilocks and the three
bears”
nd
2
Term Exam Part B
(July 04)
Peter, Lily and I go to the zoo today. We go there by bus. At the
zoo, we can see many animals. There are three monkeys. One is
small and two are big. There are four giraffes. There is an elephant.
It is big. There is a panda, too. It is in the cage.
Part B
Class
Max
Min
Average
(Full marks = 8)
A
7.5
0
4.22
B
8
1.5
5.05
C
8
0
5.11
Finding:
• Q3 “How many animals are there?” is
especially difficult for most students since
they fail to interpret the sentences “There are
three monkeys. One is small and two are
big…”
• Some students do not understand the
question “How many…?”
• Some students do not start with capital letters
when writing the answers.
directly lifting
the answer
from the text
Peter, Lily and I go to the zoo today. We go there by bus. At the
zoo, we can see many animals. There are three monkeys. One is
small and two are big. There are four giraffes. There is an elephant.
It is big. There is a panda, too. It is in the cage.
Peter, Lily and I go to the zoo today. We go there by bus. At the
zoo, we can see many animals. There are three monkeys. One is
small and two are big. There are four giraffes. There is an elephant.
It is big. There is a panda, too. It is in the cage.
Peter, Lily and I go to the zoo today. We go there by bus. At the
zoo, we can see many animals. There are three monkeys. One is
small and two are big. There are four giraffes. There is an elephant.
It is big. There is a panda, too. It is in the cage.
Peter, Lily and I go to the zoo today. We go there by bus. At the
zoo, we can see many animals. There are three monkeys. One is
small and two are big. There are four giraffes. There is an elephant.
It is big. There is a panda, too. It is in the cage.
Comparing students’ performance
in reading comprehension
in test and examination
Comparing students’ average scores in reading
comprehension in test and examination
Test (Part G)
Class
Average (%)
A
43%
B
51%
C
55%
B
63%
C
64%
Examination (Part B)
Class
Average (%)
A
53%
4 students
4 students
Comparing the no. of students getting full and
zero marks in reading comprehension in test
and examination
Test (Part G)
No. of students
Full
5
Zero
18
Examination (Part B)
No. of students
Full
4
Zero
4
What are students’
problems in
learning?
How can
students
learn better?
Misspelling the plural
form of sandwich
(sandwiches)
Students know that the
possessive pronouns
‘their’ and ‘our’ are for
plural nouns, but they
are not familiar with
their difference.
Cannot make
pronoun
reference to
the previous
sentence
Not understanding the difference
between “long” and “tall”
tall <-> small
Not understanding the opposites
big <-> short
Lots of careless
mistakes in writing (e.g.
spelling, plural, article
etc.)
More practice on error
correction
Promoting self / peer
correction in the class