Class 1 English

Identifying and matching uppercase letters through visual and auditory cues.

Identifying and matching lowercase letters, focusing on their unique shapes and sounds.

Associating individual letters with their primary sounds through interactive phonics exercises.

Focusing on the short and long sounds of vowels through auditory and visual exercises.

Identifying and blending two or three consonants together (e.g., bl, st, str) at the beginning of words.

Discovering common word patterns and families through nursery rhymes and simple poems.

Identifying and counting syllables in words to improve phonological awareness.

Engaging in activities to strengthen hand muscles and coordination for handwriting.

Practicing correct letter formation through tracing activities and guided strokes.

Forming basic CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words independently.

Introducing and practicing high-frequency sight words for fluent reading.

Using verbal descriptions to share personal experiences and family traditions with peers.

Practicing descriptive language to introduce family members and friends.

Identifying emotions in storybook characters and relating them to personal feelings.

Exploring different character traits (e.g., brave, kind, shy) and their impact on stories.

Understanding that stories have a clear beginning, middle, and end by ordering events.

Recognizing and describing the setting (where and when) of a story.

Recognizing the main problem in a story and how characters work to solve it.

Building a vocabulary of adjectives to describe various animals and their characteristics.

Using descriptive language to talk about different plants and their natural environments.

Building vocabulary to describe various weather conditions and seasonal changes.

Differentiating between stories about talking animals and books that give real information.

Identifying features of informational texts like headings, pictures, and captions.

Recording observations about seasonal changes through simple sentences and drawings.

Introduction to nouns as naming words for people and places.

Introduction to nouns as naming words for things and animals.

Differentiating between common nouns and proper nouns, including capitalization rules.

Identifying and using verbs to describe movement and activities.

Understanding and using verbs to describe actions happening now.

Understanding that sentences need a subject (who or what) and an action (what they do).

Learning to use periods and question marks correctly at the end of sentences.

Introducing the use of commas to separate items in a simple list.

Practicing focused attention and summarizing what has been heard.

Identifying important information and specific details from spoken instructions or stories.

Executing tasks based on simple, one-step oral commands.

Executing tasks based on multi-step oral commands and remembering the sequence.

Learning to articulate clear, concise instructions for others to follow.

Learning to use 'who' and 'what' to gather information about people and things.

Learning to use 'where' and 'when' to gather information about location and time.

Creating stories based on complex illustrations and visual prompts.

Using drawings to plan and illustrate simple stories.

Experimenting with word sounds and simple rhyming structures to express feelings.

Understanding how rhythm and repetition create musicality and emphasis in poems.

Practicing recitation and performance of short, age-appropriate poems.

Using drama and movement to interpret and perform simple texts as characters.

Collaborating to develop and perform short, original skits based on familiar themes.