The Difference Between SJKC English And SK English UPSR Papers

The level of BM in SK is higher compared to SJKC. Everyone knows that. However, did you know that the level of English in SK is also higher than that in SJKC? For this post, we won't go into reasons why it is that way. I suppose if you have to learn 3 languages, then you can't be expected to be good in all three. Anyway, lets take a look at the UPSR English Paper for 2011. 

The paper 1 does not have any significant difference so I won't post that here. The difference lies in the Paper 2. Both SK and SJKC English Paper 2 have 3 Sections. Let's start with Section A. As you can see from the Year 2011 English UPSR paper 2 below, the SK paper requires the student to make 5 sentences from a given picture. 10 words are given as an overall guide. 

The SJKC English paper on the other hand requires the students to make 10 sentences with 20 guide words provided (2 for each sentence). Both are given 10 marks with 15 minutes as suggested time to complete.

That means the sentence making for SK carries 2 marks each while SJKC gets 1 mark per sentence. 

Section A English UPSR Paper 2 Year 2011 for SK

Section A English UPSR Paper 2 Year 2011 for SJKC

Now let's look at Section B. Section B is 25 marks and suggested time is 25 minutes for both. This section tests the students on their ability to transfer given information. Here is the SK English Paper Section B for Year 2011. Information is provided. Students are then required to transfer the information into a given table by completing the blank parts of the table in Part A (10 marks). In the second part of the question ie Part B which carries 5 marks, students are required to write a short passage on why they chose an activity based on the given information.

 Section B English UPSR Paper 2 Year 2011 for SK 

  Section B English UPSR Paper 2 Year 2011 for SK (cont)

Now here is the SJKC English Paper 2 Section B. Students are given information. They are then required to transfer the information onto a passage by filling in the blanks. 5 blanks and 15 marks equals 3 marks for each blank. Some answers require just one word. 3 marks for a single word. Quite a heavy penalty if you get it wrong. Marks will be deducted for grammatical and spelling errors.

  Section B English UPSR Paper 2 Year 2011 for SJKC

Lastly, lets have a look at Section C. Section C is the same for both. Write a story based to given pictures. 15 marks. Time Suggested is 35 minutes.

 Section C English UPSR Paper 2 Year 2011 for SK

 Section C English UPSR Paper 2 Year 2011 for SJKC 

 Section C English UPSR Paper 2 Year 2011 for SJKC (Cont)

So if you've always wondered what is the difference between SJKC and SK English papers for UPSR, I hope the above detailed analysis gives you a better idea.

This is based on past year UPSR papers. As a parent, I do not know what lies ahead. There may be changes to this format. There will be more HOTS (High Order Thinking Skill) questions. According to my son, during his recent English term exams, there was no English Paper 2. Everything was in one single paper. I have not seen his paper  yet so I can't confirm. He is one of those in the first batch doing the KSSR syllabus with School Based Assessments contributing 40% to the overall UPSR grade. At this point of writing, I do not know how the 2016 UPSR will be like and what subjects will be included. Will History be included for example?

Geografi Tingkatan 1 Unit 6 Bentuk Mukabumi Pinggir Laut

No, I've not started blogging in Malay. As I was online my girl came up to me and asked me

"Mum, what's the meaning of Gerbang Laut terbentuk apabila hakisan ombak berterusan secara bertentangan di antara dua buah gua di sebuah tanjung."

Google translate turned up the following:

Sea arch formed when a continuous wave erosion in contradiction between the two caves in a cape .
Hmm... I think I need pictures.

Finally, I found this and was able to show and explain it to her. They say a picture says a thousand words. It really does. The following slides gives a very good explanation of Geografi Tingkatan 1 Unit 6, Bentuk Mukabumi Pinggir Laut. Thanks to the person who created it. 

Ciri ciri bentuk muka bumi pinggir laut from ainirei

SJKC Year 5 KSSR Science On Energy

I always like to search online for educational stuff for my kids who are in SJKC. One place which I like to look often is Slideshare. It has many local Malaysian educators slides which are useful for use by our SJKC and SK students. Since there are many slideshare presentations in there by teachers, I've deduced that it must be really easy to make one. So I decided to make one.

I didn't really know how to go about it although I've had a slideshare account for sometime. This time I clicked on Create a "Get Started" and was brought to Haiku Deck. Haiku Deck apparently is another tool for creating beautiful presentations. So I created a Haiku Deck account, started creating my presentation, saved it and finally uploaded it to my slideshare.

Haiku Deck is also on my ipad and iphone. I found it really easy to create presentations using my ipad. That is because I wanted to create a bilingual one for my son who is doing KSSR Science in SJKC Year 5. With my ipad and my finger pads, I can easily go from one app to another ie from Google translate and Pleco to Haiku Deck and in no time at all, I was able to come up with a bilingual Chinese/Pinyin/English presentation of Energy, the next topic he will be doing in his KSSR Standard 5 Science. Cool! I love it! It is really easy to create, even for someone who does not know Chinese like me. My son's Chinese isn't very good either so the pinyin and English translation will be useful for him.

Feel free to snag it for your own use. If you download the slideshare app on your ipad, you can show it to your child on the go. You can even print it out if you like. Here is the pdf version of the SJKC Year 5 Science Energy topic. I don't recommend printing though accept the wordy parts. Let's save on paper by just looking at the presentations online.

DISCLAIMER: I do not know any Chinese Mandarin accept through translation apps so the pinyin and English translation may not be hundred percent accurate. (What I did was take a picture of the Chinese word from Google translate app from my son's SJKC Science Year 5 textbook. Then using simple copy and paste, I was able to translate and transfer the Chinese words, pinyin and translated English version onto my presentation).

能 (Energy) from Mumsgather Mg

Coupon Codes, Deals And Promos For Malaysian Shoppers

I am a SAHM (Stay At Home Mom) who stays at home a lot! I use the internet a lot to blog, to find educational materials for my kids and blog about it, to find online deals and blog about it. I also have a Facebook group for parents with over 9000 members. As admin for a group of this size, I spend a lot of my time online. So it is only natural that I do my shopping online as well.

Today, I'm going to blog about an interesting one stop shopping site I found online.

I was never very comfortable with shopping online at first because I did not trust giving out my information, nor did I trust that what I see was going to be what I get. However, after many rounds of online shopping, I've finally let go of my fear of online shopping. As long as you go to established sites and well known sellers, it is ok. It is always a good idea to check out your seller and read their reviews first.

So far, I've been shopping from different online retailers so I am pleased to find one which puts all of these retailers in one place. It is rather like a big online supermarket where you can browse and look for items from your favorite online retailers. I'm talking about the one stop shopping destination called iprice. Below is an infographic about how iprice works.

I also really like the fact that they have coupons codes Malaysia from sites like Zalora, Lazada and Groupon. It is good idea to look for these discount and promotions before shopping especially now with the GST being no longer on the horizon but a reality.

This post was brought to you by iprice.

KSSR Standard 5 Science Chapter 4 On Survival Of Plants

My son is studying chapter 4 of his Standard 5 KSSR Science on Survival of Plants.

Found this as additional reading material for him.

1. Natural Defense Of Plants - Simple explanation from this teacher's blog with pictures to illustrate

2. Seed Dispersal - I especially like the two videos found on this page about seed dispersal that shows how seeds are dispersed by wind and another on explosive seeds dispersal. These videos are an excellent way to explain how seeds are dispersed by this methods.