English Portal for Parents
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Welcome to the English Portal for Parents!
This portal contains video recordings created by our English department teachers specially for you. In the videos, you will learn about strategies which you can carry out at home to support your child's/ward's development of reading and writing skills.
Enjoy the videos and we hope you will find the strategies useful in helping you support your child's/ward's learning. Please take a few minutes to give us your feedback so that we can support you better in our future videos.
Speaking Skills
Speaking Skills Sharing
This video is an overview of a few simple speaking strategies.
Show and Tell Demonstration
Click on the above video to view a demonstration of 'Show and Tell'.
Conversation Starters for Parents.pdfConversation Starters Ideas for Parents
Click on the above PDF for interesting conversation starter ideas you can use with your child at home.
Speaking Skills (For uploading).mp4Tips to raise confident speakers
Check this video out for useful speaking strategy tips for parents to raise confident speakers.
Writing Skills
Unpacking Situational Writing - Parent's Workshop.mp4Unpacking Situational Writing
Click on the video above to view a walkthrough of how to unpack and effectively structure an answer to a situational writing task.
"Look, Say Cover, Write & Check" Demonstration
Click on the video above to view a demonstration of the 'Look, Say, Cover, Write & Check' strategy.
Sentence Construction Demonstration
Click on the video above to view a demonstration of sentence construction activities you can try out at home.
Introduction of Writing Skills 2022.mp4Introduction of Writing Skills
Check this video out for an overview of the writing skills required in the lower primary levels.
Writing Skills Part 1- Generating and Selecting Ideas.mp4Generating and Selecting Ideas
In this video, various strategies are shared on how to generate and brainstorm ideas before a writing task.
Writing Skills Part 2- Organising and Developing Ideas.mp4Organising and Developing Ideas
Watch this video to learn more about how to develop the content in a narrative.
Teaching Demonstration- Elaboration of Ideas in a storyTeaching Demonstration (Elaboration of Ideas in a story)
This teaching demonstration illustrates how to add details in a narrative using the various strategies that were covered previously.
Writing Skills Part 2- Reviewing and Editing a story.mp4Reviewing and Editing of a story
In this video, reviewing and editing strategies are shared to guide children to become better and confident writers.
Writing Skills Sharing
This video is an overview of a few writing strategies such as 'Look, Say, Cover, Write & Check' to help with spelling as well as fun activities to master sentence formation.
Reading Skills
Reading Skills Sharing
This video is an overview of how blending sounds together enables better word recognition. It also touches on using the '5 Finger Rule' to choose the right book.
Word Recognition Demonstration
Click on the video above to view a demonstration of word recognition strategies you can try out at home.
Choosing the Right Book Demonstration
Click on the video above to view a demonstration on how to choose the right book with your child.
Parents Workshop_ Reading Comprehension - Introduction.mp4Reading Comprehension Skills
This video is an overview of what reading comprehension entails.
Predicting.mp4Predicting
In this video, learn more about how using the information & illustrations in a text in tandem with one's experiences to make predictions about events in the narrative aids comprehension.
Visualising.mp4Visualising
Click on the video above to learn about how visualising a text helps with reading comprehension.
Reading Aloud_Enhancing Fluency (For uploading).mp4Enhancing Fluency by Reading Aloud
This video features various tips to help children read aloud fluently and with expression.
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