 To be held on Day 4 of each cycle  Frequency (per year) – 16 times 4 times before Assessment 1 (Best 3 dictations for formative assessment) 5 times before Assessment 2 (Best 4 dictations for formative assessment) 7 times before Assessment 3 (Best 6 dictations for formative assessment)

Formative Assessment Summative Assessment Overall Weighting A1A2A3A1A2A3 GE % Speaking50% 10% Listening & Dictation 50% 10%

 Textbook  Phonics  Theme-based vocabulary (e.g. colour words, number words, etc.)  High frequency words e.g. 29/9 Dict PLE P.2-3, phonics (b, p), number (1-10), HFW (1-6)

Types of sections in dictation:  Listening  Fill in the blanks  Phonics  High Frequency Words

Examples:  Colour  Number  Circle  Underline  Multiple choice type questions  Samples Samples

 Texts to be constructed by teachers in every other dictation  Step-by-step progress from words to sentences/paragraphs before Assessment 1  Samples Samples

1. a 2. in 3. he 4. am 5. the 6. big 7. an 8. at 9. it 10. I 11. is 12. and 13. one 14. look 15. have 16. to 17. you 18. she 19. we 20. are 21. six 22. my 23. two 24. see 25. boy 26. read 27. no 28. girl 29. this 30. up 31. play 32. yes 33. run 34. what 35. little 36. hot 37. put 38. on 39. not 40. has 41. three 42. brother 43. four 44. sister 45. walk 46. they 47. black 48. white 49. by 50. brown 51. yellow 52. ten 53. nine 54. five 55. six 56. seven 57. eight 58. red 59. blue 60. green Samples

P.15

Keys to Success in Learning English  interested in learning English  more exposure to English

 Pen and pencil replaced by chalk, multi-coloured pens, scrabble tiles, pipecleaners, etc.

To name a few,  Hangman  Bingo  Wordsearch  Jumbled words  Dominoes

Answers: thin play plan then stop open stay than

Dominoes

Dominoes

Answer: shirt

Answers: it is hi his sit its sir hit this hits stir shirt

 Look  Say  Spell  Cover  Write  Check cat c-a-t cat

 b/lookcover/lookcover.html b/lookcover/lookcover.html

 letter-sound relationship e.g. -ar

 k/index/load.htm?f k/index/load.htm?f

 ex.html ex.html

 Break words up into syllables ◦ hip-po ◦ pen-cil ◦ pa-per

e.g. - One clap for each syllable - Tap your desk

 family (Father and mother, I love you!)  bed (The word ‘bed’ looks like a bed.)  weather (we-at-her)  together (to-get-her)  Words in a word (pink: in, pin, ink)

 “ sun” and “son”  What is your name?  My name is May.

 Theme-based learning e.g. animals, food, etc  Help your child relate the words to pictures

 PLE Audio CD  Elect self-learning platform

 Online pronunciation ials/P1%20High%20Frequency%20Words%20.htm ials/P1%20High%20Frequency%20Words%20.htm

 Make a revision plan  Revise regularly Good revision habits

edu/information%20booklet%20on%20dictation.pdf

Reading is the key to success.

Thank you!