Parents’ Briefing (P2)
4 February 2012
Ms Julie Chua
Senior Teacher
Outline
•What is STELLAR?
•The STELLAR Vision
•STELLAR & Language
Learning
•A STELLAR Unit
•STELLAR & Parents
•Assessment for English
STELLAR
STrategies for
English
Language
Learning
And
Reading
The English Language Curriculum for Primary Schools in Singapore
Vision of STELLAR
•Love reading
•Have a strong foundation
in the English Language
STELLAR & Language Learning
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Listening
Speaking
Reading
Writing
What is a STELLAR lesson like?
1.Shared
Reading Experience
(Big Book)
3. Language Use
Activities
in Learning Centres
2. Shared Writing
Experiences
(CDW/Group/Individual,
Creative)
STELLAR Units
P1: Total of 17 units
P2: Total of 14 Units
4 Units (Term 1 & Term 3)
3 Units (Term 2 & Term 4)
Some of the titles:
•Life In A Shell
•A World Of Tools
•The Grasshopper And The Ant
Reading Materials
• Big Books
• Book Flood Books
• Guided Reading Programme
• Media Resource Library Books
• National Geographic Magazine:
Explorer
STELLAR and Parents
Role models
Home support
Activate child’s interest:
make the learning of
English both enjoyable
and purposeful
Each STELLAR unit includes
• Development of Social Skills
 oral interaction among peers in
non-threatening situations
 working in partnership with
other children
 turn taking & respect for
others during class discussions
• Independent Learning
Assessment for English
 No Practice Paper
 On-going bite-size assessments
 No Mid-Year Examination (SA1)
 Year-end Examination (SA2)
in Term 4
 Revision Papers
Semester 1:Primary 2 Checkpoints
Subject
Term/Week
Topic/Skill
Format
Term 2, Week 5
Term 2, Week 6 & 7
Oral
 Reading
 Picture Conversation
 Show & Tell
Term 1–Term 4
(on-going)
Listening Comprehension
 Selected ‘Let’s Listen
Together’ Activities
-
Grammar, Vocabulary &
Comprehension
 Checkpoint (1)
- Unit 1, Unit 2 & Unit 4
 Checkpoint (2)
 - Unit 7, Unit 9 & Unit 11
Multiple choice questions,
Fill in the blanks &
Open-ended questions
Term 1–Term 4
(on-going)
Picture Writing
-
Term 1–Term 3
(on-going)
Spelling & Dictation
-
English
Term 1, Week 9/10
Term 2, Week 8/9
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Weighting: 30%
 Listening 5%
~ selected activities from Let’s Listen
Together
 Oral 5%
~ Reading a given passage
~ Picture Conversation
~ Show & Tell
Sample for Picture Conversation
Spelling & Dictation (on-going) 5%
Grammar/Vocabulary/Comprehension
(Checkpoint WS) 10%
~ Multiple Choice Questions
~ Fill In The Blanks
~ Open-ended Questions
Sample
Grammar: Multiple Choice Question
1. “Come over here! Look at all
_______ pretty flowers growing in
this flower pot,” Mother told Lina.
(1) those
(2) these
(3) that
(4) this
(
)
Sample
Vocabulary: Multiple Choice Question
1. Gopal puts on a pair of __________
before he dives into the sea.
(1) boots
(2) flippers
(3) skates
(4) slippers
(
)
 Picture Writing (on-going) 5%
~ 4 related pictures
given
~ A paragraph or more
of at least 80 words
~ May use helping
words provided
The Hungry Cat
1
3
2
4
Formal Assessment (SA2)
Listening Comprehension Paper
• Consists of sections on
listening comprehension,
phonics and dictation
Formal Assessment (SA2)
• SA2: Picture Writing (Paper 1)
Story writing exercise given 4
related pictures
Formal Assessment (English)
English Language Paper 2
• Consists of sections on grammar,
vocabulary, cloze passages and
comprehension passages
Multiple-choice, Fill in the blanks
and Open-ended questions
Sample
Cloze Passage (Grammar)
Helping words: several
few
a
the …
Today is Grandfather’s birthday.
Mother wants to bake (1) _________ chocolate
cake for him. I am very excited. This is my
first time baking a cake with Mother.
First, Mother teaches me to sift
the flour. Then she mixes (2) ________ butter
and sugar in a cake mixer. Next, she adds in …
Sample
Cloze Passage (Vocabulary)
Helping words:
sun
rainbow
sky
It was four o’clock in the
afternoon. The (1) ___________ was
out after many days of rain. It was
shining brightly up in the clear blue
(2) ___________. Paul and Meimei
were very …
• Weighting:
30% - Alternative Assessments
(on-going)
70% - SA2
Mrs Celia Lau
(HOD: English/PW/MRL)
choh_thian_jeng_celia@moe.edu.sg
Mrs Pauline Loo
(Level Head: English)
chan_pauline@moe.edu.sg
Miss Julie Chua
(Senior Teacher: Lower Primary Curriculum)
chua_lee_eng_julie@moe.edu.sg
Thank you