Level 1

Pre-Test

Term 1 (September – December)

Subject: Literacy

Topic: Alphabet Knowledge

Objective: For students to recognize letters and sounds. 

Sub: Alphabetical order; writing, initial, medial and final letters.

Topic: Phonemic Awareness 

Objective: For students to be able to identify blending consonant vowels consonant (CVC).

Sub-topic: Spelling and word family.

Topic: Sight Words

Objective: For students to be able to identify sight words.

Sub-topic: Matching words to picture, read simple sentences.

Topic: Writing 

Objective: For students to be able to copy short sentences.

Sub-topic: Spacing and book knowledge (how to correctly write in a note book). 

Topic: Vocabulary (Part 1)

Objective: For students to be able to understand, listen, speak, read and write in standard English. Also, to bring structure to a sentence. 

Sub-topic: Punctuation, nouns and verbs.

Topic: Comprehension Part 1 (Mental Ability)  

Objective: For students to develop critical thinking.

Assessment: Post-test

End of term exams

N.B. At the end of each 6 week, a test is done.

Term 2 (January-March/April)

Topic: Phonics and word recognition

Objective: For students to be able to blend letter sounds.

Sub-topics: Continuation of word family, consonant blend, vowel blend and silent letters.

Topic: Vocabulary Part 2

Objective: For students to be able to construct simple sentences.

Sub-topic: reading and decoding.

Topic: Basic Grammar

Objective: For students to be able to identify subject verb agreement.

Sub-topic: Pronouns(simple), plural and helping verbs.

Topic: Comprehension (Part 2)

Objective: For students to develop critical thinking and to be able to answer questions (verbally or written).

Assessment: Post-test

End of term exams

N.B. At the end of each 6 week, a test is done.

Term 3 (April- July)

Topic: Phonics and Word Recognition Part 2

Objective: For students to be able to blend letter sounds.

Sub-topic: Vowel diagraph

Topic: Adjectives

Objective: For students to be able to describe people, animals, places and things. 

Topic: Preposition

Objective: For students to be able to locate items or body positions. 

Topic: Revision

Assessment: Post-test /End of term exams

N.B. At the end of each 6 week, a test is done.

Skill Level: Beginner