YEAR 1 AND 2 LITERACY CURRICULUM OUTLINE

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WEEK TOPIC OBJECTIVE (S) CONTENT/CONCEPT SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES LINKS/RESOURCES
1 Year 1 My name and gender Year 2 Every boy/girl has a friend
To name and identify the /t/ sound at the beginning and at the end of words
Phonemic awareness Initial sound/Tt/ tap, tug tot, tin, ten, bat Medial turtle, tortoise Ending hut, bet, let, jot, cat, mat, kit
Storyline: I have a friend whose name is /T/, /T/ Tim. He likes to play /t/, /t/ tag and tug. Tim ate ten tennis rolls with tomatoes on Thursday. At the zoo, Tim saw a /t/, /t/ tiger playing /t/, /t/, tennis with a /t/, /t/, turtle and a /t/, /t/, turkey. As the ball touched the racquet, it made the /t/, /t/, sound.
Vowel Song (BINGO TUNE)
A E I O U x4 /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ x4 /a/ /a/ /a/ for apple /e/ /e/ /e/ for egg /i/ /i/ /i/ for Indian hoping on one leg /o/ /o/ /o/ for ostrich living in the zoo /u/ /u/ /u/ for umbrella to keep the rain off you Now I know my vowels Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu. Consonant Blend
t – a – ta t- e- te
Listening to the sound story
and reproducing the sound.
reinforce the sound after; e.g. uppercase T, lowercase t, Tt
says /t/
Showcasing the letter that represents the sound
Writing or tracing the Letter T
Blending /t/ and all the short vowels e.g. /ta/, /te/, /ti/, /to/, /tu/.
Identifying words that begin or ends with the letter sound /t/
Circling items with the /t/ sound
Colouring pictures that begin/end with the letter sound /t/
Reading a story containing /t/ words.
Answering questions based on story read.
Giving instructions to complete worksheet activities.
Tim and the tiny Tortoise https://youtu.be/dG9gHqV9YhI
Letter Tt song – Letter T https://www.youtube.com/watc
h?v=M5gUg06rock
- https://youtu.be/RUSCz4 1aDug
Picture Letter Word Card
WEEK TOPIC OBJECTIVE (S) CONTENT/CONCEPT SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES LINKS/RESOURCES t- i- ti t- o- to t- u- tu
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and I have a birthday
To name and identify the SHORT /a/ sound at the beginning and middle of words
Phonemic Awareness Initial sound ant, axe, arrow, alligator Medial position Tap, tag, cat, ram, sat, cap, hat
Andy the Ant Andy the ant had a birthday party. He invited his friends, Alex the alligator, Ava the antelope and Anna the anteater. Alex and his friends ate apples, avocado and almond nuts. After they ate, Alex friends went away. Storyline: An /a/, /a/, apple is on the table. There is an /a/, /a/, ant on the apple.
Ann looked down and said, “Ah! Ah! Ah! An /a/,
/a/, ant is on the apple!”
Short Vowel Song (BINGO TUNE)
A E I O U x4 /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ x4 /a/ /a/ /a/ for apple /e/ /e/ /e/ for egg
Introducing the sound in a fun and exciting way
Reproducing the sound
Identifying words that begin with and contain the short sound /a/
Displaying objects and pictures containing the short /a/ sound
Writing/Tracing the letter that represents the sound
Colouring pictures that contain the short /a/ sound
Reading a story containing words with the short /a/ sound.
Giving instructions to complete activities in workbooks
Reading passage
LITERACY- YEAR 1 and 2
WEEK TOPIC OBJECTIVE (S) CONTENT/CONCEPT SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES LINKS/RESOURCES /i/ /i/ /i/ for Indian hoping on one leg /o/ /o/ /o/ for ostrich living in the zoo /u/ /u/ /u/ for umbrella to keep the rain off you Now I know my vowels /Aa/, /Ee/, /Ii/, /Oo/, /Uu/
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Year 1 My Address Year 2 Places my friend and I go and activities we do
To name and identify the /m/ sound at the beginning and at the end of words
Phonemic Awareness Initial sound man, mud, mit, mat, mop, mug, men, monkey Ending sound arm, farm, jam, hum, yum-yum him, mom Storyline: Mona from Moco Moco Mona lives in Moco Moco. She came to town on a Monday to visit the Zoo. She met her friend Mary from Mahaica. They saw monkeys, macaws, manatee and mango sellers too. Song We like to go to the farm. We like to pick the /m/, /m/, mangoes from the /m/, /m/, mango tree.
Blends
Identifying the letter T (upper/lower case) – ensure
reinforce the sound after; e.g. uppercase M, lowercase m, Mm says /m/
Displaying objects and pictures containing the /m/ sound
Writing or trace the Letter M
Blending /m/ and all the short vowels e.g. /ma/, /me/, /mi/, /mo/, /mu/.
Identifying words that begin or ends with the letter sound /m/
Circling items with the /m/ sound
Colouring pictures that begin/end with the letter sound /m/
https://youtu.be/NiKBHhvSJxU
https://www.youtube.com/watch
m – o – mo
m – u – mu
A E I O U x4 /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ x4 /a/ /a/ /a/ for apple /e/ /e/ /e/ for egg /i/ /i/ /i/ for Indian hoping on one leg /o/ /o/ /o/ for ostrich living in the zoo /u/ /u/ /u/ for umbrella to keep the rain off you Now I know my vowels /Aa/, /Ee/, /Ii/, /Oo/, /Uu/
Reading a story containing /m/ words.
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Year 1 My upper body Year 2 My friend and I have special friends
To name and identify the SHORT /i/ sound at the beginning and middle of words
Phonemic Awareness Initial sound /Ii/ ink, Indian, igloo, inch, itch Medial position lip, kit, sit, hip, mix Storyline: The /i/, /i/, iguana is on the hill. He sits very still. Is he /i/, /i/, ill?
Short Vowel Song (BINGO TUNE) A E I O U x4 /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ x4 /a/ /a/ /a/ for apple /e/ /e/ /e/ for egg /i/ /i/ /i/ for Indian hoping on one leg
Identifying words that begin with and contain the short sound /i/
Displaying objects and pictures containing the short /i/ sound
Colouring pictures that contain the short /i/ sound
Reading a story containing words with the short /i/ sound.
https://www.youtube.com/chan nel/UC1jhiDqp-jIYR07Ini8Jamw https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=tGxaEdXOSk8
WEEK TOPIC OBJECTIVE (S) CONTENT/CONCEPT SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES LINKS/RESOURCES /o/ /o/ /o/ for ostrich living in the zoo /u/ /u/ /u/ for umbrella to keep the rain off you Now I know my vowels /Aa/, /Ee/, /Ii/, /Oo/, /Uu/
MoE Worksheets
Parts or sections in the home
To name and identify the /s/ sound at the beginning and at the end of words
Phonemic Awareness Initial sound/Ss/ sun, set, sat, sad, sip sod Ending sound /Ss/ gas, grass, moss, mass, loss, floss Sid the Snake Sid the /s/, /s/, snake slowly slithers in the
/s/, /s/, sun. Sid is simply /s/, /s/, sad.
Reproducing the sound.
Identifying the letter S (upper/lower case) – ensure
reinforce the sound after; e.g. uppercase S, lowercase s, Ss says /s/
Displaying objects and pictures containing the /s/ sound
Alphabet Stories| Letter S| Sumi sees a snake | Macmillan Education India https://youtu.be/4ofEKTBl6yM
Letter song https://youtu.be/uSVzk2pqWB4
WEEK TOPIC OBJECTIVE (S) CONTENT/CONCEPT SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES LINKS/RESOURCES Vowel Song (BINGO TUNE)
A E I O U x4 /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ x4 /a/ /a/ /a/ for apple /e/ /e/ /e/ for egg /i/ /i/ /i/ for Indian hoping on one leg /o/ /o/ /o/ for ostrich living in the zoo /u/ /u/ /u/ for umbrella to keep the rain off you Now I know my vowels /Aa/, /Ee/, /Ii/, /Oo/, /Uu/ Blends
s – a – sa s – e – se s – i – si s – o – so s – u – su
Writing or trace the Letter S
Blending /s/ and all the short vowels e.g. /sa/, /se/, /si/, /so/, /su/.
Identifying words that begin or ends with the letter sound /s/
Circling items with the /s/
sound
Reading a story containing /s/ words.
https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=9O-v0znuVuc MoE Worksheets
Letter Ss formation
6 Year 1 My Sense (Seeing) Year 2
To name and identify the SHORT /e/ sound at the beginning and middle of words
Phonemic Awareness Initial sound egg, eggplant, end, exit eddoe, edge, elephant Medial sound ten, bed, beg, red, net, bet, set, dress Ella’s Egg /E/, /E/, Eddie found a nest. In it was an /eh/, /eh/, egg.
sound /e/
https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=beaUUPPUT2Y
https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=9bQzbduuGlQ
https://youtu.be/BMLtpWCdBeY MoE Worksheets
WEEK TOPIC OBJECTIVE (S) CONTENT/CONCEPT SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES LINKS/RESOURCES Parts or sections in the home
The egg was red. It belonged to Ella the red hen
Colouring pictures that contain the short /e / sound
Reading a story containing words with the short /e/ sound.
7 Year 1 My Sense (Hearing)
To name and identify the /b/ sound at the beginning and at the end of words
Phonemic Awareness
Initial sound bat, ball, bag, bug, bed, bet, bid, big, bun, bot, but, bus
Ending sound
Ballu’s Birthday
. A E I O U x4
/a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ x4
/a/ /a/ /a/ for apple
/e/ /e/ /e/ for egg
/i/ /i/ /i/ for Indian hoping on one leg
/o/ /o/ /o/ for ostrich living in the zoo
/u/ /u/ /u/ for umbrella to keep the rain off you
Now I know my vowels /Aa/, /Ee/, /Ii/, /Oo/, /Uu/
WEEK TOPIC OBJECTIVE (S) CONTENT/CONCEPT SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES LINKS/RESOURCES Year 2 Things found in the home
tub, cub, mob, rub, bib, hub, crab, web Storyline
/B/, /B, Bob is playing cricket. He bats the ball with his /b/, /b/ big bat. As Bob hits the /b/, /b/ ball with the /b/,
/b/ bat, he heard the /b/, /b/ sound.
Vowel Song (BINGO TUNE) /A/, /E/, /I/, /O/, /U/ x4 /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ x4 /a/ /a/ /a/ for apple /e/ /e/ /e/ for egg /i/ /i/ /i/ for Indian hoping on one leg /o/ /o/ /o/ for ostrich living in the zoo /u/ /u/ /u/ for umbrella to keep the rain off you Now I know my vowels /Aa/, /Ee/, /Ii/, /Oo/, Uu/
Blends b – a – ba
b – u – bu
reinforce the sound after; e.g. uppercase B, lowercase b, Bb says /b/
Displaying objects and pictures containing the /b/ sound
Blending /b/ and all the short vowels e.g. /ba/, /be/, /bi/, /bo/, /bu/.
Identifying words that begin or ends with the letter sound /b/
Circling items with the /b/ sound
Colouring pictures that begin/end with the letter sound /b/
Reading a story containing /b/ words.
-Letter Picture Word Booklet
Phonemic Awareness Initial sound
8 My Sense
sound at the beginning and at the end of words
pig, pot, peg, pan, pen, puff, pump, pond, purple Ending sound hip, lip, pup, ship, mop, tap, pop, pep Storyline: Pink Pig’s Party At /P/, /P/ Pink Pig’s Party, everyone had fun. We ate popcorn, patties and pumpkin pie. We watched Pink Pig /p/, /p/, /p/ puff out her purple candles
Vowel Song(BINGO TUNE)
/A/, / E/, / I/, /O/, /U/ x4 /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ x4 /a/ /a/ /a/ for apple /e/ /e/ /e/ for egg /i/ /i/ /i/ for Indian hoping on one leg /o/ /o/ /o/ for ostrich living in the zoo /u/ /u/ /u/ for umbrella to keep the rain off you Now I know my vowels /Aa/, /Ee/, /Ii/, /Oo/, /Uu/
Blends
p – o – po p– u – pu
reinforce the sound after; e.g. uppercase P, lowercase p, Pp
says /p/
Blending /s/ and all the short vowels e.g. /pa/, /pe/, /pi/, /po/, /pu/.
Identifying words that begin or ends with the letter sound /p/
Circling items with the /p/ sound
Colouring pictures that begin/end with the letter sound /p/
Reading a story containing /p/ words.
https://youtu.be/14hXRz94jRQ https://youtu.be/oePks1ImHH0
MoE Worksheets
9 Year 1
To name and identify the
SHORT /o/ sound at the beginning and
middle of words
Phonemic Awareness Initial sound on, ox, owl, otter, orange, onion, ostrich, octopus, octagon Medial sound mop, hot, hop, pot, pop, dog, jog, log, lot, mom, won, shop Storyline: Oliver the Octopus Oliver the /o/, /o/ octopus and /O/,/O/ Oscar the otter, were in a deep sea race. /O/, /O/ Oscar tried his hardest, but /O/, /O/ Oliver won first place.
The Octopus An octopus swam in the ocean, swam over the waves and into the sea. It raised its arms out of the water and waved eight times to me. Oh, me! Oh, my! There it goes, swimming by. Oh, me! Oh, my!
That octopus just waved “Bye, bye!”
Short Vowel Song( BINGO TUNE)
/A/, / E/, / I/, /O/, /U/ x4 /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ x4
Identifying words that begin with and contain the short sound /o/
Displaying objects and pictures containing the short /o/ sound
Colouring pictures that contain the short /o/ sound
Reading a story containing words with the short /o/ sound.
https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=oWbY5EKys60 https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=weQXyimKUPA
Formation of the Letter Oo song https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=RWbvHZBmrqk
WEEK TOPIC OBJECTIVE (S) CONTENT/CONCEPT SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES LINKS/RESOURCES /a/ /a/ /a/ for apple /e/ /e/ /e/ for egg /i/ /i/ /i/ for Indian hoping on one leg /o/ /o/ /o/ for ostrich living in the zoo /u/ /u/ /u/ for umbrella to keep the rain off you Now I know my vowels /Aa/, /Ee/, /Ii/, /Oo/, /Uu/
10 Year 1 My Sense (Touching) Year 2 Types of family (Extended and Sibling Family)
To name and identify the /n/ sound at the beginning and at the end of words
Phonemic Awareness Initial sound nut, net, nest, nap, not, night Ending sound ten, pan, pen, nun, tan, sun, gun, fun Storyline: Pink Pig’s Party /N/, /N/ Nip is my pet. Nip can fly. Fly to your /n/, /n/, /n/ nest, Nip!
/A/, / E/, / I/, /O/, /U/ x4 /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ x4 /a/ /a/ /a/ for apple /e/ /e/ /e/ for egg /i/ /i/ /i/ for Indian hoping on one leg /o/ /o/ /o/ for ostrich living in the zoo /u/ /u/ /u/ for umbrella to keep the rain off
Identifying the letter N (upper/lower case) – ensure
reinforce the sound after; e.g. uppercase N, lowercase n, Nn says /n/
Displaying objects and pictures containing the /n/ sound
Blending /n/ and all the short vowels e.g. /na /, /ne/, /ni/, /no/, /nu/.
Identifying words that begin or ends with the letter sound /n/
Circling items with the /n/ sound
Colouring pictures that
https://youtu.be/-YHNKQpRNKk
Phonics Story- Letter N The Bird’s Nest https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=YQJJXj7wxoQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=qE5HEeoVGb0 https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=BJf3NgEJ6Ds
https://youtu.be/xZx53RedAZ0
WEEK TOPIC OBJECTIVE (S) CONTENT/CONCEPT SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES LINKS/RESOURCES you Now I know my vowels /Aa/, /Ee/, /Ii/, /Oo/, /Uu/
Blends n – a – na
n– u – nu
Giving instructions to complete
with my family and places I go
with them
the end of words
Phonemic Awareness
Initial sound fan, fun, fin, fish, fell, full, five, finger, fog, fiddle
Ending sound beef, puff, leaf, golf, huff, stuff
Storyline
father. They are having /f/, /f/ fun. Father caught
a fish. Frank says /f/, /f/ fish!
Short Vowel Song (BINGO TUNE)
Identifying the letter F (upper/lower case) – ensure
reinforce the sound after; e.g. uppercase F, lowercase f, Ff says /f/
Displaying objects and pictures containing the /f/ sound
Writing or trace the Letter F
Blending /s/ and all the short vowels e.g. /fa/, /fe/, /fi/, /fo/, /fu/.
Identifying words that begin or
"One Frog With Five Flies" by
Alyssa Liang https://youtu.be/rE4mgmn3F to
Letter /f/ song https://youtu.be/nPJRhEV-kF8
https://www.youtube.com/watch ?v=LWMED_3Nvig https://youtu.be/fYTeyQHisuI
WEEK TOPIC OBJECTIVE (S) CONTENT/CONCEPT SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES LINKS/RESOURCES /A/, / E/, / I/, /O/, /U/ x4 /a/ /e/ /i/ /o/ /u/ x4 /a/ /a/ /a/ for apple /e/ /e/ /e/ for egg /i/ /i/ /i/ for Indian hoping on one leg /o/ /o/ /o/ for ostrich living in the zoo /u/ /u/ /u/ for umbrella to keep the rain off you Now I know my vowels /Aa/, /Ee/, /Ii/, /Oo/, /Uu/
Blends
f – u – fu
Colouring pictures that begin/end with the letter sound /f/
Reading a story containing /f/ words.
MoE Worksheets
To name and
identify the letters t a m I s and e b p o n and
f sounds
up sentences and sentences when combined make stories
- Review concepts in a fun and
exciting way
- Complete progress records
Christmas Craft for Kids https://youtu.be/-47YGdWoSj8
Year 2 Christmas Celebration

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YEAR 1 AND 2 LITERACY CURRICULUM OUTLINE