AGENDA

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AGENDA
Dialogue Session with P6 parents

• Mathematics Programmes
• Results Targets
• Exam Format
• Common mistakes
• How to do well

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Mathematics Programme
Banded Groups for 6A, 6B 6C Gp 1 Mr Kelvin Lim
Gp 2 Ms Diana Tay Gp 3 Mr Shahrul Gp 4 Mrs
Farisa Hussein Gp 5 Mrs Christina Chen Gp
6(EM3)Mrs Lim Geok Peng 6D Mrs Farisa
Hussein 6E Ms Diana Tay 6F Mr Shahrul

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Mathematics Programme

• Remedial lessons for groups 2 to 6.
• Math Activity 6Aand B,PSLE booklets, Model
• Approach Heuristic by Dr Fong for all boys.
• 7A booklets for group 1, 6D,E,F.
• At least 15 sets of revision exam papers for
• all boys. (ACS past and current Prelim papers
  
• prelim papers from other schools)
• All boys to be familiar with Process Skills
• Problem Solving Strategies.
• Supplementary/Enrichment for Group 1,6D,E,F.

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Mathematics Programme

• NSW International Competition on 3 July 2007

• Mathematics Olympiad Enrichment programme
  (Wednesday)
• starting week 9.
• External Enrichment Competition organised by
  Raffles
• Institution, Hwa Chong Institution
• Internal termly online quiz- 5 questions

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Mathematics Programme

• Term 3 week 2, syllabus completion.
• Commencement of revision in term 3
• week 3.

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Results Targets
PSLE 2006 results

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Results Targets

• Quality Pass -Targets for 2007 PSLE
• Overall A A (gt75)
• 6D, 6E, 6F 100 A A
• Gp 1 80 A A
• Gp 2 3 50 A A
• Gp 4 and 5 12
• Gp 6 EM3 60

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2007 PSLE Exam Format for EM1/2
EXAM FORMAT
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2007 PSLE MARKING SCHEME FOR EM1/2
EXAM FORMAT
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2007 PSLE FOUNDATION MATHS PAPER FORMAT
EXAM FORMAT
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2007 PSLE FOUNDATION MATHS MARKING SCHEME
EXAM FORMAT
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Common Weaknesses
Percentage
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Common Weaknesses
Fraction
Tim had some marbles. He gave of the
marbles to Bala and another of the
marbles to Sam.
Fraction of Whole
Tim had some marbles. He gave of the
marbles to Bala and of the
remainder to Sam.
Fraction of Remainder
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Common Weaknesses
Algebra
Mrs Ma bought 6 tins of cooking oil. She gave the
cashier 40 and received y change.
Express the cost of 1 tin of cooking oil in
terms of y
1) Introduce a number to the algebra 2) Derive
the expression (number statement) 3) Replace the
number
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Common Weaknesses
Algebra
Mrs Ma bought 6 tins of cooking oil. She gave the
cashier 40 and received 10
change. Express the cost of 1 tin of cooking oil
in terms of y
y
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Common Weaknesses
Circles
Composite Figures related to circles and
quadrilaterals
15 cm
14 cm
1) Formula 2) Use wrong ? value 3) Fail to
distinguish shapes given 4) wrong units
15 cm
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Common Weaknesses
Speed
? Confusion over the formula
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How to do well
???
More focus in the following areas samples of
challenging questions from past years PSLE
questions.

• Numbers pg 5(Q16,17), pg 10(Q28), pg 19(Q75),
  pg 20(Q77),pg21(Q3).
• Measures and Mensuration pg 21(Q3), pg22(Q7),pg30
  to 32(Q32 to 35).
• Rate, speed and Average pg 36(Q8), pg 47(Q17), Pg
  48(Q19).
• Algebra pg 50(Q2), pg 52(Q7,8)
• Geometry pg 56(Q10), pg 62(Q23,Q24,25), pg
  66(Q34)
• PSLE Specimen paper pg 12 (Q40),pg 13(Q41), pg
  16(Q45)

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How to do well
???
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1) Be very familiar with the model approach. 2)
Be familiar with non-routine problem solving
strategies. 3) Need to pay attention to all
corrections. 4) All the P3 to P5 basic concepts
must be relearned. 5) Good Time Management
skill Section A 20 min, Section B1 20
min, Remaining time Section B2 and
checking Section A 15 x MCQ (20 marks)
Section B 20 x open-ended (30 marks) Section
C 13 x problem sums (50 marks)
???
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Life is good for only two things, discovering
mathematics and teaching mathematics --Siméon
Poisson
Thank You
tay_kwee_hong_at_moe.edu.sg
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