GRADE 1 LANGUAGE ARTS

The Language Arts curriculum is based on the total language programme. Grammar is taught through the situational and communicative approach. Grammatical concepts will be derived from prose and poetry comprehension. Grammar will be integrated with reading and written work. However a systematic order in teaching grammatical concepts is maintained throughout the year. The following is the Volume-wise year plan of the Language Arts Curriculum

TERM 1 PHASE 1 (June – July)

Unit Sub unit 1. Capitalisation and punctuation

Capitalisation • Names of people, places, cities,

countries, mountains, rivers and

monuments

• Use of I

Punctuation • Question marks and full stops.

2. Nouns

• Introduction to nouns (as naming

words)

• Names of persons, places animals and

things

• One and many

3. Verbs • Introducing action words

4. Listening Comprehension • Listen to and follow Instructions

5. Composition

• Complete sentences based on picture

clues.

6. Phonics

1. Consonant and vowel sounds

2. Short vowels (awareness)

Short ‘a’ - bat, pan

Short ‘e’ - pet, elm, den

Short ‘o’ - hot

Short ‘u’ - cut, up

3. Blends - blow, black pluck.

‘l’ blends - bl, gl, pl, fl, cl, sl

4. Rhyming words – word families

or, ill, at, all, ay, am, ake, oy, ar

5. Syllabication

7. Poetry • Recitation of a simple poem

PHASE 2 (August – November)

Unit

1. Pronouns

• Introduction of pronouns as ‘noun

helpers’.

2. Verbs

• Subject-verb agreement

3. Articles

• ‘A’ and ‘an’

4. Adjectives

• Introduction of adjectives as ‘describing

words’

5. Sentence structure • Jumbled sentences

• Subject and predicate.

6. Listening Comprehension

• Conversation

7. Composition

• Writing 3-5, sentences on a given topic.

8. Poetry • Recitation of a simple poem.

9. Phonics • Rhyming words..

• Long vowels:

• Long ‘a’ day, nail, bake.

• Long ‘e’ feet, sea,

• Long ‘I’ eye, cry, tile, high

• Long ‘o’ (oh) – go, odd, goat

• Long ‘u’ dew, you

• Final ‘e’

• Blends -

'r’ blends - cr, br, dr, gr, pr, fr tr.

• ‘r’ controlled vowels

• Diagraphs

a) ch, ph, sh, th

b) silent consonant – mb as in thumb, kn

as in knee

• Diphthongs –

‘oi’ – boy, boil

• vowel combinations

1. ‘a’ vowel combination - ‘au’ fault ,

‘aw’ in claw.

• ‘wa’ vowel combination – want, water,

wax, wag.

10. Speech • Retelling stories.

TERM 2 PHASE 3 (December - February)

Units Sub - Units

1.Conjunctions

• Introduction of Conjunctions as ‘joining

words’

• 'and', 'or' and 'but'.

2 .Prepositions

• Introduction of position words

‘on, behind, in, under’

3. Listening Comprehension

• A conversation or a narration.

4.. Composition • Create a simple picture book using

simple sentences.

• Writing captions

6. Phonics • Review of the earlier rules.

• Blends – ‘sm’, ‘sn’, ‘sp’, ‘st’

• ‘o’ vowel combinations – ‘oo’ as in

‘book’ and ‘food’.

• ‘ow’ as in cow and low.

Poetry • Reciting rhymes

5. Review • Nouns • Verbs

PHASE 4 (March – April)

Units Sub - Units

1. Tenses • Concept of 'today', 'tomorrow' &

yesterday

2.Composition • Writing lists.

• Composing rhymes and couplets.

3. Listening Comprehension • A conversation or a narration.

4. Phonics • Final Blends - st, nd.

• ‘e’ vowel combinations – ‘ea’ as in

dead and break.

• Word ending – ‘s’, ‘ed’ and ‘ing’

• Review of earlier learnt rules.

• ‘ou’ Vowel combination as in ‘should’,

you’ and ‘shout’

5. Review • Nouns and Verbs

• Adjectives

Random Assessment will be conducted of every unit in each volume. These written

assessments will focus on the student’s knowledge of the concepts and his/her application of

the same. Students will be assessed on reading, writing, recitation and speaking skills, too.

Marks will be assigned for the timely submission of Homework, duly completed. Term 2 Aggregate: 150 marks.

GRADE 1 LITERATURE

Volume

Term

Name of the Novel

Phase 1 (June – July)

1

Curious George goes to the Toy Shop. - Margaret and H. A Rey

Phase 2 (August – November)

1

The Cat in the Hat

- Dr. Suess. Phase 3 & 4 (December – April)

2

Nate the Great

- Marjorie Sharmat.

At the Primary level, the students will also study and appreciate poetry alongside the prescribed literary text. Random Assessments will be conducted on each literary text. Students will be assessed on

speaking and spelling skills. Students’ knowledge of the story and characters will be assessed

too.

Marks will be assigned for the timely submission of Homework, duly completed.

Term Aggregate: 150 marks.

MATHEMATICS

GRADE – I TERM 1 – PHASE 1 – June and July

SR. NO. UNITS SUB UNITS

1 a) Numerals 1 – 9 and 0(zero) b) Numeral 10 c) Numeral 10 – 99

• Counting and writing numeral from 10 - 99. • Arranging numerals 0 –99 in ones ( 0-9), Tens (10 – 19),

twenties ( 20 –29) etc • Ascending and descending of numerals 0 – 99

d) Number names • Number names: 0 – 99 • Match number names with numerals

e) Missing numerals • Marking missing numerals and writing their number names.

f) Number line • Using number lines to represent 0 – 9 and 10 –19.

g) Comparing numbers • Comparing the numbers from 10 – 99 using sign “<,>, and = “ • Finding greatest or least from set of 2 digits number.

h) Place value & Face value (0 – 99)

i) Expanded notation j) Cayley’s table k) Ordinal number

• Ordinal number up to 10 • Ordinal number names up to 10

l) Mental Maths

GRADE – I

TERM 1 – PHASE 2 – August to November SR. NO. UNITS SUBUNITS

2 a) Single digit Addition

• Addition of two single digit numbers with picture clue. • Addition of two single digit numbers with number – line. • Addition of two / three single digit numbers horizontally and

vertically. • World problems: Solving environmental/daily life problems

involving addition. • Word problem with number sentences.

b) 2- digit and 1- digit addition

• Addition of two digits and single digit number with and without picture clue, without carry over and sum not exceeding 99.

• Addition of two / three 2-digits number without carry over and sum not exceeding 99.

• Addition of 2 -digits and 1- digit number with carry over and sum not exceeding 99.

• World problems: Solving environmental/daily life problems involving addition.

• Word Problems with number sentence. c) Two / Three 2- digits addition

• Addition of two / three 2-digits number with carry over and sum not exceeding 99.

• World problems: Solving environmental/daily life problems involving addition.

• Word problems with number sentence. d) Addition facts of numbers till 10 e) Addition of tens f) Missing addends

SR. NO. UNITS SUBUNITS

3 a) 2-single digit Subtraction

• Subtraction of two single digit numbers with picture clue. • Subtraction of two single digit numbers with number – line. • Subtraction of two single digit numbers horizontally and

vertically. • Subtraction facts of numbers till 10. • Solving environmental/daily life problems involving

subtraction. • Word problems with number sentences.

b) Subtracting 0

• Subtracting 0 from a number c) 2-digit and 1-digit subtraction

• Subtraction of two digits and single digit number with and without picture clue or without giving or breaking up (borrowing).

• Subtraction of two digits and single digit number with giving or breaking up (borrowing)

• Solving environmental/daily life problems involving subtraction

• Word problems with number sentences. d) 2-digit subtraction

• Subtraction of two digits numbers without giving or breaking (mentally).

• Subtraction of two digits numbers with giving or breaking up (borrowing).

• Word problems with number sentences. e) Mental Math (Addition & Subtraction)

GRADE – I

TERM 2– PHASE 3 – December to February SR. NO. UNITS SUBUNITS

4

a) Skip counting • Skip counting by 2, 5 and 10 on the number line.

b) Repeated addition

• Introduction of tables of 2, 5 and 10 using repeated addition

c) Tables of 2,5, and 10 d) Mental math

SR. NO. UNITS SUBUNITS

5 a) Clock

• Sequencing of events. • Reading the time • Parts of the clock. • Reading the time to the hour (analogue clock).

b) Days

• 7 days of the week ( first day Sunday) • Today , tomorrow, yesterday

c) Calendar

• Months of the years • Numbers of days in a month • 12 months of the year. • Numbers of days in a month.

SR. NO. UNITS SUBUNITS

6

Coins and currencies.

• Recognize coins and currency of denominations up to Rs. 50

• Putting together small amounts of money.

SR. NO. UNITS SUBUNITS

7

Shapes

• Identify, build, draw and name the following shapes. - Square - Rectangle, - Cuboid - Cube

. • Compare and contrast geometric figures • Edges in the shapes. • Corners of the shapes.

GRADE – I

TERM 2 – PHASE 4 - March and April SR. NO. UNITS SUBUNITS

8

a) Sharing equally

• Sharing equally of objects. • Making equal sets or groups.

b) Division

• Division by 2, 5 and 10. c) Mental Math

SR. NO. UNITS SUBUNITS

a) Comparing of length • Comparing of length of objects using vocabulary: taller /

shorter, longer / shorter. b) Non standard unit of length

• Non standard unit of length (body parts) to measure objects

• Use of standard units of measurement. c) Standard units of length

• Uses of metre scale and centimetre scale. d) Measurement of length of objects using a ruler.

SUBUNITS

a) Comparison of weight

• Comparing of weight of objects using vocabulary: heavier than, heaviest, lighter than , same as etc

b) Standard units of weight

• Standard units of weight (kilogram, gram). • Estimation of weight (kg, g)

9

SUBUNITS

a) Comparison of capacity

• Comparing of capacity of containers using vocabulary: more than , less than , same as etc

b) Standard units of capacity

• Standard units of capacity (litres, millilitres)

• Estimation of capacity (l, ml)

SOCIAL SCIENCE Theme: The Little Explorer

June and July UNIT SUBUNIT

ALL ABOUT MYSELF • Myself

• My family

COMMUNITY HELPERS

• People outside the family who help the child

• Courtesies towards family members, friends and

helpers

AT SCHOOL • People in the school.

MY BODY

• Parts of the body.

• Functions of the external parts of the body (feet, legs,

fingers, ears, nose, tongue etc.)

• Actions of various body parts(jogging, crawling,

eating, listening etc)

MY SENSES • 5 sense organs( eyes, ears, tongue, nose, skin)

Theme: Fun under the Sun August to November

UNIT SUBUNIT

LIVING THINGS

Plants around me

• Living and non living things.

• Plants and their characteristics

• Parts of a tree/plant (leaf, flower, fruit and root).

• Cooked and uncooked food

Animals around me

• Animals, insects and birds.

• Parts of animal’s body.

• Functions of different parts of animal’s body

• Animals that live on land/water/both

• Animals laying eggs/giving birth to young ones.

THE SKY, THE

WEATHER, SEASONS

• Day and night.

• Daily weather

• Weather, climate and seasons.

• Four seasons-spring, summer, autumn and winter

Theme III: Going Places December to January

UNIT SUBUNIT

TRAVEL AND TIME

Transport and communication

• Forms of transport

• Harmful effects of smoke

• Basic telephone manners.

• Methods of communication ( letter, telegram,

email)

MY NEIGHBOURHOOD • Important areas in the neighbourhood

• Signs of the important places

TIME AND SPACE

• Daily routine

• Days of the week

• Location of object right/ left, front/behind, above,

below./ top

• Comparative words [less/more, near/far/, more

/less, small/big]

Theme IV: Healthy Mind, Healthy Body March and April

UNIT SUBUNIT

FOOD AND HEALTH

Food I eat

• A balanced diet. ( rice, dal, fruits and vegetables).

• Importance of rest and exercise for the body.

• Need for sports in our lives

CLOTHES AND SHELTER

• Kinds of Clothes

• Need for clothes/different seasons-different

clothes

• Different Fabrics – Different Clothes

• Clothes Used Then and Now

• Need for Shelter/ Kinds of Houses

• Parts of a House/Location of House

• Personal Cleanliness

• Simple safety habits at home and outside