Weekly Reflection WW08 - 2E4

The students performed better in algebra as compared to proportion and scale map which is surprising. However, I believe that some of them may face difficulties when faced with problems involving algebraic fractions and manipulations. The class test displayed such trend.

I intend to use the math workbook which the students had bought to practise on more questions. I believe that practise is a key. The focus of the practise is on proportion and scale map. Revision of sec 1 topics should also be done to help students recap.

Weekly Reflection WW08 - 4E5

This week I started a short revision on algebra with the class 4E5. I am very glad to see them all concentrating and attempting the revision. Even those who were talking were actually discussing about the revision questions. The response from the class was positive. I wonder if the short talk I had with the class previously?

I hope to motivate the class to do better and I believe that it is possible. As the foundation of the class is weak, the class may need to work harder to achieve the best they can be.

Weekly Reflection WW07 - A Math

Time is really precious to me to teach A Math. The O levels are approaching and I wondered if all topics could be taught well to my students. This is especially so for the weaker students who are struggling to catch up. Already I have utilised outside classroom time to teach the students.
I had also gotten peer-teaching as one other alternative for my weaker students. One-on one, I hope will provide them the extra push to understand and the students need to understand the topic fast.

The last test showed many students doing better in Trigonometrcial ratios. This serves as the basics for them and with this fundamentals right. I hope that they will be able to understand the sequence topic better.

Weekly Reflection WW07 - E Math

I started on the Culumulative Frequency curve. Initially I thought that everyone would have some problem with drawing of the curve. Surprising, the progress of learning for this topic is much better than I expected for both 4E5 and 4N2. I think that the students understood better the topic after teacher modeling using the graph paper than the usual classroom teach and talk.

I ended the lesson with hands-on, where we discussed many issues commonly faced by students. I had hoped that they would perform better on this, which after telling them seemed to have helped make them more eager to do better. I will use the class test next week to confirm if they had attained the expectations set for them.

Weekly Reflection WW06 - 4E5

The students are active but are willing to learn during lesson. They showed interest but we need to extend their attention span through various approaches. I re-assigned the class with different seating arrangement to enable learning environment for my class.

We have finished the topic Probability, completing the revision papers provided. The students did better using the tree diagram while some find it harder for possibility diagram. The main issue for the students is the understanding the question. Some of them feedback "This is more like understanding of English word problem".

Weekly Reflection WW06 - Additional Mathematics

What is most heartening is to see my students willing to stay back and learn! This is the sort of thing that provided me the added energy to work harder for my students. Nevertheless, the sudents know of the time limitation needed for revision and so are willing to help by attending the extra lessons.

The class test on further trigonmetrical identities for one class showed that most students understood with 3 students failed. The other class results showed that many were careless and did not do that well. These students were made to do peer learning and drill and practise. They are expected to attempt another test to ascertain that they know this topic.

Weekly Reflection WW05 - 2E4

The students are generally able to do the linear scale with some finding it hard to do the area scale. I need to concentrate on drill and practise them. The inverse proportional portion showed the students are careless in reading of qeustions, leaving out information in the equations. I hope to show through this test the mistakes the students had done. I think it is important for them to know their mistakes.

All Sec Two teachers had mentioned that presently they will be able to complete the syllabus according to SOW. I intend to follow up with this closely as in Term 2/3 there will be additional topics from Sec 1 such as Volume and surface area, number patterns, data handling etc

Weekly Reflection WW05 - Additional Math

This week started additional lesson for both classes 4E2 and 4E3. It is indeed not easy to find a venue for both classes. Some students still have issue with when solving trigonometrical equations of 2x, 3x form. They are unsure of the number of revolution needed for these. Others are confused with the basic angles being positive and acute. These are important points which I intend to emphasize and ensure that they understand. I will conduct a test on these questions to knee jerk the students to learning these points.