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Takeaways from a literacy workshop

23 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Last Friday, I was fortunate enough to attend a literacy seminar by an eminent professor, Dr Sharon Vaughn. Right off the bat, she distinguished the difference between language and literacy. A student may know how to read a word, but if he doesn’t u...

Creating an educational video

20 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

I’m now teaching the present continuous tense to my students, but I realise that I’m putting the cart before the horse. In order for them to have a chance to master this tense, they must first memorise the seven personal pronouns in English. Yester...

Generating Questions with AI

20 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

With Gen AI being so ubiquitous nowadays, parents and educators are spoilt for choice when it comes to managing their students’ studies. QuizWhiz helps you generate a MCQ quiz from your PDF. I selected the Create New Quiz option, but it seems that y...

Book Review | “Unleashed”

19 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

I often saw children poring over Dog Man books when I was teaching at a primary school but was never interested to read them. Yesterday, at the book exchange corner, something just clicked, which led me to Google “Does Dav Pilkey have dyslexia?” Tur...

Word family of ‘reply’

19 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

To recap the previous lesson, Mr Heng leveraged the Poll function on WhatsApp to ask Jerrick a question. He was thrilled that Jerrick answered it correctly. During the lesson, he first asked Jerrick to read the third grade words he had trouble with....

Small person

18 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

First all, I’m so thrilled and humbled by your genuine curiosity regarding my mother tongue, Mandarin Chinese. I will seek to be more comprehensive when I want to introduce Chinese characters from now on. Covering the etymology and all that. Even tho...

Book Review | “Unleashed”

17 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

I often saw children poring over Dog Man books when I was teaching at a primary school but was never interested to read them. Yesterday, at the book exchange corner, something just clicked, which led me to Google “Does Dav Pilkey have dyslexia?” Turn...

Book Review | “Success built to last”

16 Aug 2024 1 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

  I consider myself quite wise, so it was nice to read a book that broadened my thinking and provided much food for thought. For instance, I have been impressed by how Japanese people devote their lifetimes to mastering one craft, which is inextrica...

Fun times in Thailand

16 Aug 2024 1 minute read 1 comment cryotosensei

Because Singapore is so close to Thailand, I used to visit there at least once a year. Fun times! When it comes to Thai food, I instantly think of lemongrass and distinctive seasonings, such as fish sauce (not fish oil). They imbue the dish with so m...

Cast-iron impact vs canopy impact

13 Aug 2024 2 minute read 0 comments cryotosensei

Teaching affords me the privilege to dig deep and fortify relational bonds with young bonds. My impact can range from the quotidian (e.g., getting a student to capitalise and punctuate his sentences) to the life-changing moments (e.g., students confi...