• Language
• Number
• Study Habits and Working Skills

• The Spoken World
  • Letters and sounds
  • Syllables
  • Intonation
  • Stress and emphasis
  • Rhythm and rhyme
• The Written World
  • Upper-case and lower case letters
  • Capital letters periods
  • Words
  • Parts of a story
    • Beginnings and endings
    • Characters
  • Parts of a book
    • Covers and pages
    • Title
• The Visual World
  • Colors
  • Shapes
  • Classroom Objects
• The Human World
  • My extended family
  • My home and my neighbours
  • My friends
  • My body and how it works
  • Different clothes
  • Festivals and public holidays
  • Introductions and farewells
• The Natural World
  • Living Things
    • Pets and their homes
    • Farm Animals and their homes
      • Farm Animals as animals
      • Farm Animals as food
    • Wild Animals and their homes
  • Growing Things
    • Plants and Trees and their homes
    • Fruit and Vegetables
      • Fruit and Vegetables as plants
      • Fruit and Vegetables as food
• The Physical World
  • Climate
  • Day and night
  • My house and houses
  • Streets and neighbourhoods

Language Skills

• Oral Communication – Listening
  • Ask and answer questions about events, people, objects and meanings
  • Understand and follow two-step oral directions
  • Distinguish words and separate beginning and ending sounds
  • Listen for specific information
• Oral Communication – Speaking
  • Identify and name all uppercase and lowercase letters and their sounds
  • Identify and name all numbers
  • Give subsequent and preceding letters when a random letter is given
  • Give subsequent and preceding numbers when a random number is given
  • Name letters when indicated in authentic texts
  • Ask about and describe people, location, objects and events
  • Describe and discuss familiar experiences, hobbies and interests
  • Recount an event or recite a story in a logical sequence
  • Make introductions and farewells
  • Ask about and describe topics covered in class and personal experiences
  • Produce target vocabulary accurately and use it appropriately with particular attention to rhythm, pause and stress
  • Speak in sentences with particular attention to rhythm, pause and stress
  • Ask questions with particular attention to rhythm, pause and stress
  • Make statements with particular attention to rhythm, pause and stress
  • Reproduce songs and short poems with particular attention to rhythm, pause and stress
  • Produce rhyming words when prompted
• Written Communication – Reading
  • Identify and name all numbers and uppercase and lowercase letters
  • Identify names of family, friends and classmates
  • Identify letters when indicated in authentic texts
  • Scan an authentic text to locate a letter, number or high-frequency word
  • Follow words from left to right and from top to bottom
  • Identify parts of a book
  • Identify high-frequency words
  • Break sentences into words and identify capital letters and periods
• Written Communication – Writing
  • Write uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers independently
  • Draw a circle
  • Use a straight-edge to draw shapes
  • Write high-frequency words
• Visual Communication – Viewing
  • Respond appropriately to electronic media works (computer, TV, video, DVD)
  • Respond appropriately to print media works (photograph, cartoon, poster, illustration)
  • Ask and answer questions about images from electronic and media works
  • Compare and contrast images from electronic and media works
  • Match images from electronic and media works to target vocabulary
• Visual Communication – Presenting
  • Produce images in a variety of print media to illustrate events, experiences and emotions
  • Locate / produce and label living things, growing things and objects on a chart, diagram or map

• Numbers (Arabic form)
  • 1 – 31
  • 31 – 60
  • Fractions
    • Eighth
• Computation
  • Addition to total 20
  • Subtraction from 20 or less
  • Grouping
    • Twos
• Shapes
  • Diamond, star, heart
• Solids
• Cylinder, triangular pyramid, rectangular pyramid
• Measurement
  • Time
    • digital clocks
  • Length and height
    • Metres
  • Volume
    • Millilitres, litres
  • Temperature
    • Degrees Celsius

Number Skills

• Number
  • Count from 1 - 31
  • Count from 1 – 60
  • Count from 1 – 31 backwards
  • Count in twos
  • Use fractions as sharing
• Data Handling
  • Differentiate between types or classes of data
  • Sort and group different data
• Measurement
  • Time
  • Read the time from digital clocks
  • Identify whether events occur earlier or later than other events involving months, days, hours and minutes
• Length and height
  • Use a ruler and tape measure accurately
  • Measure length and height using an appropriate scale
• Volume
  • Use a measuring jug / cylinder accurately
  • Measure volume using an appropriate scale
• Temperature
  • Measure temperature using a thermometer
• Shape and Space
  • Identify shapes and solids
  • Distinguish between shapes and solids and describe their relative properties
  • Draw shapes
  • Construct solids from nets
  • Locate living things, growing things and objects on a chart, diagram or map
• Pattern and Function
  • Describe and discuss patterns by attributes
  • Use shapes to create a pattern
  • Identify and continue simple patterns of numbers and shapes
  • Classify objects from smaller to bigger using a similar scale

Study Habits and Working Skills

• Taking Care of Myself
  • Dressing / undressing
  • Hygiene
    • Washing, hand-washing, bathroom habits
  • Safety
    • Crossing the road
    • Name and address
• The Classroom
  • Rules and Routines
  • Respect
    • Politeness, thanking and turn-taking
    • Introductions and farewells
  • Sharing
    • Borrowing
    • Returning
  • Independent working
    • With and without supervision
    • Without prompting
  • Co-operation
    • Pairwork
    • Groupwork
  • Tools, toys, objects
    • Pencils, crayons, markers, chalk, paintbrushes
    • Straight-edges, scissors, paste
• The Lunchroom
  • Rules and Routines
  • Eating
    • Use of cutlery, glasses, cups, jugs and napkins
  • Respect
    • Sharing
• The School
  • Rules and Routines
  • People and their jobs
  • Playground
  • Layout, surroundings, equipment
• Handwriting
  • Holding a marker, crayon, pencil, chalk, paintbrush
  • Uppercase and lowercase letters - printing
  • Numbers – Arabic form
• Information Tools
  • Books
  • Computer
  • Charts, diagrams, maps
  • Ruler, scales, measuring jug/cylinder, thermometer

Study Habits and Working Skills Skills

• Taking Care of Myself
  • Dressing / undressing
    • Put clothing on and take it off neatly and carefully
    • Fold sweaters, sweatshirts and so on and put away when taken off
    • Use belts, buttons, zippers, shoelaces properly and appropriately
  • Hygiene
    • Wash hands after dirt work, after using he bathroom and before eating
    • Flush toilets after use
    • Put trash in the trashcan
  • Safety
    • Name and address
      • Say and write parents’ or guardians’ names
      • Say address
      • Say and write telephone number
    • Display appropriate care and caution when near vehicles or crossing the road
• The Classroom, Lunchroom, School
  • Respect class, lunchroom and school rules
  • Follow instructions, promptly and accurately
  • Raise hand when wanting to speak and wait for permission
  • Request permission before taking an action
  • Listen while others are talking
  • Make appropriate introductions and farewells
  • Address people appropriately
  • Take turns
  • Sit still when necessary
  • Stay in line
  • Clean up after an activity and put objects away after use
  • Offer to help and thank others for their help
  • Ask to borrow an objects before taking it, thank others for lending things and return an object after borrowing it
  • Work independently and without teacher’s prompting
  • Work cooperatively and supportively in pairs and small groups
  • Use tools, equipment and toys properly and effectively
• Handwriting
  • Hold writing instruments properly
  • Draw circles, curves, straight lines
  • Print uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers clearly, neatly an accurately with proper attention to relative size, slope and spacing
  • Print by tracing and by copying from a model
• Information tools
  • Use information tools appropriately

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