Thematic focus
- Use time words to make plans.
- Talk about special dates.
- Look ahead and back.
- Learn about the life cycle of a butterfly.
Social Outcomes
- Develop a positive attitude towards yourself as an English Language Learner.
- Consider how you have different ideas from your classmates.
- Develop interpersonal skills such as listening to others with interest, and expressing oneself with pride in front of a group.
- Practice appropriate game behaviour, such as taking turns, being patient, allowing others to win.
- Discuss time content with the class and recognize that there are moments of time where we come together to celebrate, eat, play, and learn.
- Begin to understand how routine, schedule, and days events shape our lives.
- Be curious about classmates’ special days such as birthdays or family customs, and consider how they are the same and different.
- Enjoy the process of learning and engage in classes in a fun and energetic way.
Linguistic Focus
- Learn to identify, understand and use simple practical language to express oneself.
- Begin to acquire the most basic reading and writing skills at the level of individual letters and sounds, through letter formation and identification.
- Begin to acquire a bank of vocabulary and phrases to use in daily life through speaking, acting, and singing.
Linguistic Outcomes
- Identify and practice simple phrases:
Lesson 1
Days and MonthsWhat day is it?
What month is it? Days of the week, months of the year Day and nightLesson 2
WeatherIt is _____ (weather adjectives) sunny/rainy/cloudy/stormy/snowy.
This is a ____ sun/cloud/storm/rain/snow (weather nouns).
Lesson 3
BirthdaysNumbers (up to 30)
It is ____ (date)
I am ___ years old.
When is your birthday? My birthday is.
Lesson 4
Very Hungry CaterpillarI am hungry. I like ____ (fruit and other). I don’t like.
Yummy. Yucky.
What’s that? It’s a...
Caterpillar, cocoon, butterfly
- Familiarization with 1-30.
- Familiarization with A-Z.
- Familiarization with the days of the week, months of the year.
- Familiarization with weather words.
- Familiarization with fruit words.
- Identify and print Cc, Dd, 6-10.