Saturday, February 28, 2009

REFINING HOW WE DELIVER ABILITY-DRIVEN EDUCATION

28 Sep 2006 MOE Press Release

http://www.moe.gov.sg/media/press/2006/pr20060928.htm

Gifted students to spend more time in class with other schoolmates

Ho Ai Li Fri, Nov 02, 2007
The Straits Times

http://www.asiaone.com/News/Education/Story/A1Story20071102-33860.html

A TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE OF THE GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN SINGAPORE

Read the full paper here...

Source: www.aare.edu.au/96pap/kohwl96409.txt -


A TEACHER'S PERSPECTIVE OF THE GIFTED EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN SINGAPORE

Ms Koh Wee Lih and Dr. Sitsofe E. Anku

ABSTRACT

Through the provision of an enriched curriculum, the Gifted Education
Programme(GEP) in Singapore seeks to meet the needs of pupils who are
intellectually gifted. Pupils are selected at the end of Primary 3
based on their language, numerical, and general abilities. Having been
involved with these pupils for about a year, thorough observation is
identified as one of the several characteristics that these pupils
possess. Some insights into the gifted pupils and the GEP structure in
Singapore are shared in this paper.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

ERP List P4 2008

Extended Reading Programme Reading List for Primary 4, 2008

Better Brown Stories by Allan Ahlberg
Frindle by Andrew Clements有男
Spotting the Leopard by Anna Myers
Step by Wicked Step by Anne Fine
Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome
Keeper of the Doves by Betsy Byars
The Pinballs by Betsy Byars
The Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Everywhere by Bruce Brooks
Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata有女
The Van Gogh Cafe by Cynthia Rylant
The hundred and one Dalmatians by Dodie Smith 男
A Taste of Blackberries by Doris Buchanan Smith
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg
A Valley Grows Up by Edward Osmond
The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
It's Like This, Cat (Trophy Newbery) by Emily Cheney Neville
The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett有女男
Old Yeller (Perennial Classics) by Fred Gipson有男
A Year with Butch and Spike by Gail Gauthier
The Electric Kid by Garry Kilworth
Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
The Princess and the Goblin by George Macdonald有
The Golden Bird by Hans Stolp
The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Saffy's Angel by Hilary McKay
Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster有女
Is Underground by Joan Aiken
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Heidi by Johanna Spyri 有女男
First Came the Owl by Judith Benet Richardson
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume有男
Macaroon by Julia Cunningham
Poor Badger by K.M. Peyton
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple by Karen Cushman
The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread by Kate Dicamillo
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 男
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame有女
Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
See You Around, Sam! by Lois Lowry
The Sea Egg by L.M. Boston
Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
The Door in the Air by Margaret Mahy
The Eyes of the Amaryllis by Natalie Babbitt
A Handful of Thieves by Nina Bawden
Granny the Pag by Nina Bawden
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster有男
Beyond the Ridge by Paul Goble
Daring to Be Abigail by Rachel Vail
Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl有男
The BFG by Roald Dahl有男
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh by Robert C. O'Brien有男女
Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
The Mouse And His Child by Russell Hoban
Pride of the Peacock by Stephanie S. Tolan
Sophie and the Sidewalk Man by Stephanie S. Tolan
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Coope
Behind the Attic Wall by Sylvia Cassedy
Help!: I'm Trapped in My Gym Teacher's Body by Todd Strasser
The Witches of Worm by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

Ref:
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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Monday, February 23, 2009

Pam Conrad

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Conrad

ERP:

Stonewords

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/715316.Stonewords_A_Ghost_Story

Bruce Corville

ERP:
Into the Land of the Unicorn

http://www.brucecoville.com/books.asp

http://books.google.com.sg/books?as_auth=Pam+Conrad&source=an&ei=T5CjScwvgbzqA_mZrNEC&sa=X&oi=book_group&resnum=4&ct=title&cad=author-navigational

Elizabeth Goudge

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/g/elizabeth-goudge/

ERP:
A Little White Horse

Carol Genner

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Fenner
http://web.syr.edu/~avanbode/yolanda/authorinfo.htm

ERP
Yolanda's Genius

http://www.resourceroom.net/Comprehension/bookreviews/yolandasgenius.asp

EL Konigsburg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._L._Konigsburg

http://www.kidspoint.org/columns2.asp?column_id=1145&column_type=author

http://www.elkonigsburg.com/

http://books.google.com.sg/books?id=tDHZBWHwdXAC&dq=EL+Konigsburg&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=PC4QOg4W8K&sig=xTt4l5dT5RDoIUbeOcNKTS3LdWQ&hl=en&ei=x4KjSfbGBdW4kAXAvJW0BQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=6&ct=result#PPA9,M1

ERP

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler;

Father's Arcane Daughter

Terry Trueman

http://www.teenreads.com/authors/au-trueman-terry.asp

ERP
Stuck in Neutral

http://www.amazon.com/Stuck-Neutral-Terry-Trueman/dp/0060285192#reader

http://missmartini.vox.com/library/post/suggested-reading-stuck-in-neutral-by-terry-trueman.html

http://www.harpercollins.com/books/9780064472135/Stuck_in_Neutral/index.aspx

Karen Hesse

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Hesse

http://us.macmillan.com/author/karenhesse

ERP:
Out of the Dust

Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett

ERP
The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

http://www.harpercollins.com/features/pratchettBooks/description.aspx?isbn=9780060012359

Washington Irving

Washington Irving

ERP:
Legend of Sleepy Willow

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow

Read online:
http://authorsdirectory.com/b/sleep10.htm

The original:
http://www.bartleby.com/310/2/2.html

Bill Richardson

http://www.annickpress.com/authors/richardson.asp?author=272

ERP:
After Hamelin

Madeleine L'Engle

Madeleine L'Engle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_L%27Engle

http://www.lunaea.com/words/lengle/memoirs.html

ERP:

(The Crosswicks Journals)

A Circle of Quiet;
The Summer of the Great-Grandmother ;
Two-Part Invention

John Marsden

John Marsden

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Marsden_(writer)

ERP:

Winter

http://www.sfsite.com/03b/win100.htm

Elizabeth Coatsworth

Elizabeth Coatsworth

ERP:
The Cat Who Went to Heaven

Linda Sue Park

Linda Sue Park

ERP:
A Single Shard

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Eloise McGraw

Eloise McGraw

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eloise_McGraw

ERP:

The Moorchild

http://book.consumerhelpweb.com/authors/mcgraw/068982033X.htm

Elizabeth George Speare

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_George_Speare

ERP
The Witch of Blackbird Pond;
The Sign of the Beaver;
Calico Captive;
The Bronze Bow

Kevin Crossley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Crossley-Holland

http://www.kevincrossley-holland.com/index.html

Bibliography

ERP:
Arthur - The Seeing Stone;
Arthur - At the Crossing Place

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seeing_Stone

Eve Titus

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_Titus

ERP:
Basil and the Pygmy Cats

Donald J Sobol

Donald J Sobol

ERP:
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective

Seymour Simon

http://www.seymoursimon.com/meet-seymour.htm

http://www.seymourscience.com/

ERP:

Einstein Anderson - Science Sleuth

Mordecai Richler

Mordecai Richler

http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/mordecai-richler/

ERP: Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang

Ellen Raskin

Ellen Raskin on Wikipedia

Her books

ERP:
The Westing Game;
Figgs & Phantoms;
The Tattooed Potato

David Kherdian

David Kherdian

ERP: ??

Books - children titles only

Robert Newman

Robert Newman

ERP:
The Case of the Somerville Secret;
The Case of Baker Street Irregulars

Georges McHargue

Georges McHargue

ERP: Funny Bananas

The Turquoise Toad Mystery

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Patricia Reilly

Patricia Reilly

ERP: Have You Seen Hyacinth Macaw?

Jean Craighead George

Jean Craighead George

ERP:

Mystery: Who Really Killed Robin Cock?

General Fiction: My Side of the Mountain

Just bought

Just bought:

Emil and the Detectives
John Bellairs The Mummy, the Will and the Crypt
John Bellairs The House with a Clock in its walls
David Almond Skellig
Alan Garner Elidor
Mark Twain The Prince and the Pauper
Ernest Hemingway The Old Man and the Sea
Wilkie Collins The Moonstone

Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four

Jean Craighead George Who Really Killed Cock Robin?

26/2/09

Elizabeth George Speare Calico Captive

Friday, February 20, 2009

Carol Farley

ERP:
The Mystery of the Melted Diamonds

The Case of the Vanishing Villian

Thursday, February 19, 2009

ERP List P5 2008

This information was extracted from a post by a mother with a P5 GEP daughter:-

Links have been added for easy lookup about the books and corrections accordingly.

If only an author's name is listed it means read any story by the author.

Mystery

Arthur Conan Doyle (must-read) 有男
Agatha Christie 有男
Alfred Hitchcock
Ruth Rendell
Edgar Allan Poe
Ellery Queen
Erle Stanley Gardner
Ellis Peters
Ed McBain
Laurie E King (the Mary Russell series only)
Anna Katherine Greene The Leavenworth Case
Wilkie Collins The Woman in White; The Moonstone 有
John Bellairs The Mummy, The Will and The Crypt 有; The Curse of the Blue Figurine
Carol Farley The Case of the Vanishing Villain; Mystery of the Melted Diamonds
Jean Craighead George Who Really Killed Cock Robin? An Ecological Mystery 有
Patricia Reilly Have You See Hyacinth Macaw?
David Kherdian
Georges McHargue The Turquoise Toad Mystery; Funny Bananas
Robert Newman The Case of the Somerville Secret; Case of Baker Street Irregulars
Ellen Raskin The Westing Game; Figgs & Phantoms; The Tattooed Potato
Mordecai Richler Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang
Seymour Simon Einstein Anderson - Science Sleuth
Donald J Sobol Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective 男
Eve Titus Basil and the Pygmy Cats

General Fiction

David Almond Kit's Wilderness; Secret Heart; Skellig; Heaven Eyes
Avi The Blue Heron/Who Was That Masked Man, Anyway
Natalie Babbit Tuck Everlasting
L Frank Baum The Wizard of Oz 有女男
Nina Bawden The House of Secrets
James Berry Ajeemah and His Son
Judy Blume Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan
Betsy Byars The Midnight Fox
John Christopher Beyond the Burning Lands
Vera and Bill Cleaver Where the Lilies Bloom
Ann Nolan Clark Secret of the Andes
Elizabeth Coatsworth The Cat Who Went to Heaven
Pam Conrad Stonewords
Bruce Corville Into the Land of the Unicorn
Kevin Crossley Arthur - The Seeing Stone; Arthur - At the Crossing Place
Jane Cutler Rats!
Paula Danzinger The Pistachio Prescription
Andre Davies Conrad's War
James Daugherty Daniel Boone
Cynthia DeFelice The Apprenticeship of Lucas Whitaker
Peter Dickenson The Ropemaker
William Pene Dubois The 21 Balloons
Nancy Farmer A Girl Named Disaster
Esther Forbes Johnny Tremain
Paula Fox The Slave Dancer
Alan Garner Elidor 有
Gail Gauthier A Year With Butch and Spike
Carol Genner Yolanda's Genius
Jean Craighead George My Side of the Mountain
Kaye Gibbons Ellen Foster
Jaime Gilson Double Dog Dare
Adele Griffin Rainy Season
Beatrice Gormley Back to the Day Lincoln Was Shot
Elizabeth Goudge A Little White Horse 有女
Marguerite Henry King of the Wind 有女
Karen Hesse Out of the Dust
Nigel Hinton Buddy
Irene Hunt Up A Road Slowly
Washington Irving Legend of Sleepy Willow
EL Konigsburg From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler; Father's Arcane Daughter
Joseph Krumgold ...And Now, Miguel
Ursula LeGuin The Wizard of Earthsea
Madeleine L'Engle A Circle of Quiet; The Summer of the Great-Grandmother; Two-Part Invention
CS Lewis (The Narnia series) 有女男
Jack London Call of the Wild
Lois Lowry Anastasia, Ask Your Analyst有
Stephen Manes Be A Perfect Person in Just Three Days
George MacDonald At the Back of the North Wind 有女
Patricia MacLachlan Journey
Margaret Mahy The Haunting
John Marsden Winter
Michelle Margorian Goodnight, Mister Tom
Geraldine McCaughrean The Kite Rider
Eloise McGraw The Moorchild有
Anna Myers Red-Dirt Jessie
Mary Norton The Borrowers 女
Grey Owl Sajo and Her Beaver People
Linda Sue Park A Single Shard
Katherine Paterson Flip-Flop Girl
Katherine Paterson The Great Gilly Hopkins
Phillipa Pearce Tom's Midnight Garden
Terry Pratchett The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents
Philip Pullman The Amber Spyglass; The Subtle Knife; Northern Lights or The Golden Compass 女; I Was a Rat; Clockwork; The Firemaker's Daughter; Count Karlstein
Ruth Yaffe Radin All Joseph Wanted
David Rees Exeter Blitz
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Night Cry
Bill Richardson After Hamelin
Thomas Rockwell How to Eat Fried Worms男
Cynthia Rylant The Islander
Louis Sachar Holes 有男
William Saroyan My Name is Aram
Ian Serrailer The Silver Sword
Robert Kimmel Smith Mostly Michael
Doris Buchanan Smith A Taste of Blackberries
Sinclair Smith Let Me Tell You How I Died
Robert D. San Souci Cut from the Same Cloth: American Women of Myth, Legend and Tall Tale
Elizabeth George Speare The Witch of Blackbird Pond; The Sign of the Beaver; Calico Captive 有; The Bronze Bow
Armstrong Sperry Call It Courage
Eileen Spinelli Lizzie Logan Wears Purple Sunglasses
Judith St George The Mysterious Girl in the Garden
RL Stevenson Treasure Island
Todd Strasser Help! I'm Trapped in My Teacher's Body 男
Barbara Timberlake Russel Last Left Standing
Terry Trueman Stuck in Neutral
Cynthia Voight Dicey's Song
Ronald Welch Knight Crusader
Ruth White Belle Prater's Boy
Elvira Woodruff Letters from the Oveland Trail