Curriculum Inputs

October- November- December

P1

Excursion

The children of P1 went on an excursion to Qutub Minar section-wise in the first week of

September (2017).

We did a pre-excursion activity in school, where we asked our children to colour Qutub

Minar. Students were really excited and explored the area very well. They had many

questions out of curiosity. It was a pleasure to see students trying to read the

instructions written over there. They also saw the Mosque, the Alai Minar and the Iron

Pillar. They were told about the history of Qutub Minar and the ruler who built it.

They were also advised to see the monument and listen to their teacher. The children

inquisitively asked questions about Qutub Minar. Many new words were added to their

vocabulary too like century, sandstone etc.

It was a fun-filled learning experience for our children.

Grandparent’s forum

Grandmother of Aarna Sharma Mrs. Asha Sharma was

invited to our school on 29.08.17. Dadiji and children were

excited to meet each other. Dadiji narrated two stories to

the children. One was about two friends and how they

helped each other, another one was about sun,wind and rain.

The children thoroughly enjoyed the story session.

Dadiji informed the students about our country "India" and

its different names. She explained the importance of

keeping oneself and the environment neat

and clean. Students thoroughly enjoyed the session and

were happy to interact with Dadi ji.

English

October

Writes stories with proper use of ‘a’, ’an’, ‘This is..’, ‘That is..’

Recognizes, reads, writes and understands words with ‘th’ sound. E.g

thick, birth.

Rearranges the words to form meaningful sentences with correct

structure.

E.g. playing park in is the Rahul. --

Reads wrappers of different food articles under the theme of ‘Food’

and does related activities.

November

Understands the concept of ‘These are..’, and ‘Those are.’ through

games and reading activities and uses them to describe the given

pictures.

Uses ‘is’ and ‘are’ appropriately with ‘one/many’ in short sentences.

Understands the use of ‘in’, ‘on’,’ under’ through activities.

Does related activities .e.g. classifying picture cards under given

sentences,

December

Improves vocabulary by reading and writing words with ‘ll’ sound in

context of incident description or stories. e. g. A bell was ringing and

suddenly, I heard a deer’s call.

Reads and writes names of some colours. e.g. green, red and uses them

while writing.

Understands the use of ‘ing’ as action words and others. e.g. singing,

king.

October

उ की मात्रा के शब्दों कद अपने वातावरण में पहचानना |

जैसे – गुलाब, खुल

उ मात्रा वाले शब्दों और वाक्दों कद पढ़ना |

उ मात्रा के शब्दों वाली कहाननयााँ और कनवताएाँ पढ़ना व समझना |

‘उ’ मात्रा वाले शब्दों से वाक् बनाना |

सप्ताह के निनदों के नाम से अवगत कराना |

साल के महीनदों के नाम अवगत कराना |

Novemeber

ऊ’ मात्रा वाले शब्दों और वाक्दों कद पढ़ना |

ऊ’ मात्रा के शब्दों वाली कहाननयााँ और कनवताएाँ पढ़ना व समझना |

‘ऊ’ मात्रा वाले शब्दों से वाक् बनाना | जैसे – राजू पूरी खा |

ऊ’ मात्रा वाले शब्दों और वाक्दों कद पढ़ना |

‘ऊ’ मात्रा के शब्दों वाली कहाननयााँ और कनवताएाँ पढ़ना व समझना |

December

स्वर ए व ऐ के शब्दों कद पढ़ना व नलखना |

जैसे – एक, ऐनक

ए की मात्रा के शब्दों कद अपने वातावरण में पहचानना |

जैसे – सेब, चेहरा

‘ए’ मात्रा वाले शब्दों और वाक्दों कद पढ़ना |

‘ए’ मात्रा वाले शब्दों से वाक् बनाना |

जैसे – कमलेश मेले में गया |

एक कद अनेक बनाना | जैसे- केला-केले , िरवाज़ा-िरवाज़े

‘ऐ’ मात्रा वाले शब्दों से वाक् बनाना | जैसे – जैसी करनी, वैसी भरनी |

Math

October

Writes the numerals (0-99) and understands their relative numberness.

Applies the concept of before number, after number, in-between

number to the numbers 0-99.

Learns to write the number names from 0-99.

Recognizes and writes numerals from 0-99 under their correct place

value of tens and ones.

Practices the concept of place value using a variety of objects and

pictures. E.g. 50 = 5 tens and 0 ones.

Identifies and grasps the various forms of addition. E.g. Forward

counting, uniting, more than, adding on, etc.

Does all operations for numbers 1 to 99 including addition and

subtraction.

November

Learns to add 0 to any number.

Learns to add numbers on the number line.

Addition facts of numbers till 10.

Strengthens the concept of addition through word problems and

stories.

Addition of two digits and single digit number with and without picture

clue, (without carry over).

Learns to identify the missing addend.

December

Practices the number-names from 0 to 99.

Identifies and grasps the different forms of subtraction. E.g. backward

counting, taking away, etc.

Learns to subtract numbers on the number line.

Learns to subtract 0 from any number.

Gains the conceptual and procedural knowledge of subtracting two

digits and single digit numbers with and without picture clue, without

borrowing.

E.V.S.

OCTOBER

Theme: Birds

Learns the names of some common birds.

Identifies and talks about the main features of a bird, e.g. wings, no

teeth, two legs, etc.

Collects and shares about the different types of feathers.

Theme: Insects

Identifies and observes common insects like mosquito, housefly,

cockroach etc.

Knows about harmful and useful insects.

Talks about the life cycle of a butterfly through stories.

NOVEMBER

FOOD

Understands the importance of eating healthy and to avoid unhealthy

food.

Classifies different food items into different groups-Milk, fruit,

vegetable, cereal and meat group

Develops a basic idea about various plants used as food; food from

animals.

Learns about food that is cooked and that is eaten raw.

Learns the names of some common cooking vessels.

DECEMBER

Theme: TRANSPORT- GOING PLACES

Birds and

insects

uses

features their

names

Food food

groups

raw and

cooked food

healthy and

unhealthy

food

Sources of

food

Understands the need for travel.

Classifies different means of transport as land transport, air transport

and water transport.

Classifies the various modes of transport based on their- 1) speed 2)

cost of travel 3) number of wheels 4) size etc.

Collects pictures of different traffic signals and learns about the

various traffic rules.

Learns about the modes of transport used in the past and the invention

of the wheel through a story.

THEME: WINTER SEASON

Observes and understands the differences in lifestyles during winter

and summer. E.g. use of heaters, geysers, and wearing warm clothes.

Craft

OCTOBER

Pineapple making with lady finger impression and hand impression with water

colour

Watermelon making with paper plate and bindi pasting activity

NOVEMBER

Dinosaur making with the alphabet ‘D’ lower case using shapes like triangle

(Tearing and pasting)

My shape cat with triangle and circle shape (drawing –tearing and pasting

activity)

Mouse making with shape with circle, triangle, rectangle (cutting, tearing and

pasting activity

DECEMBER

Transport means of

transport

journey of

transportation

traffic

rules

Christmas chain making with three significant colours ( red, green and white)

by drawing lines with scale and pencil (cutting and pasting activity

Santa’s face origami activity

Art

October- Birds & Insects

*Parrot *Caterpillar &

Butterfly *Diwali *Penguin

November-Food

*Pineapple with thumb impression *Children's Day *Fruit basket *Healthy

& Unhealthy food

December-Transport

*Traffic lights &Zebra crossing *Land transport *Water transport *air

transport

Computer

October

WORKING WITH MOUSE

The proper way of using a mouse

Mouse pointer

Mouse action

NOVEMBER

DRAWING TOOL

Selection tool

Brush tool

Eraser Tool

December

Know your Keyboard

Keys on the keyboard

Alphabets keys

Number Keys

Spacebar Key Enter

Keys

Delete Key

Clay

October-

Explain/ demonstrate – state children how to make a slab and create

something on top of it.

Composition- Impression – Explain children to make a slab and put some

sort of impression /design and create something with them.

Practice of composition- impression.

November

Transport- Explain/ demonstrate children how to make a vehicle with

the help of geometrical shapes.

Small creatures- explain/ demonstrate how to make small creatures

with the help of a shaper.

Practice of small creatures.

December

Bird figure – Explain/ demonstrate children how to make a bird with

the help of a shaper.

Animal figure- Explain/ demonstrate children how to make an animal

with the help of a shaper.

Practice of animal figure.

Suggested activities

P1 ( MATH )

ACTIVITY 1

Shake and drop the dice

Material required- 2 dice, paper stripes vertically divided into ten equal parts

(set of tens) or blocks can also be used, separate cut outs of small squares,

notebook, eraser, sharpener and pencil.

Procedure - Divide the page into two equal parts vertically to make two

columns. In the first column write tens on the top and in the second column

write ones on the top. The child will first shake the 2 dice and drop it

together. The dice will show the 2- digit number say, it showed 43 , now for

number 4 which is on tens place four stripes or blocks will be placed under

the column tens and for the number 3 which is on ones place, three small

squares will be placed under the column ones. (Shown in the picture below.)

ACTIVITY 2

Bowling for subtraction

Material required- around 10-12 plastic water bottles and a light weighted

ball (it can be a volley ball)

Procedure- Arrange the bottles in a triangular shape in the uncarpeted room.

After arranging the bottles ask the child to count the total number of

bottles. After counting, the child will roll the ball towards the pins. Say,

initially the total numbers of balls are 10 and after bowling, 4 bottles got

knocked down.

Now, ask the child to count the number of balls which are still left unfallen.

The child will compare how many bottles were there initially, how many have

been knocked down and how many are still left standing.

ACTIVITY 3

Material required- paper plate, black marker, a die , small sticky notes ,small

manipulative such as buttons or pom poms .

Procedure- Use a black marker to draw a line across the centre of your plate.

Next, draw a line to divide the top half in half again. See the picture for an

illustration.

Write a plus sign on one of the sticky notes. If you also want to practice

subtraction, write a minus sign on another sticky note.

Roll one die. Place that number of buttons in the first section of your plate.

Roll the die again. Place that number of buttons in second section.

Add the two sections together and put the correct number of buttons in the

bottom half of the plate.

Remove all the buttons and play again.

ACTIVITY 4

HAT TRICK

Material required- TWO SETS OF NUMBER CARDS (0-9)

A HAT OR A BOWL

Procedure: Write the numbers 0 through 9 on separate index cards or

scraps of paper and place them in a hat. Ask your child to draw two cards out

of the hat. He or she can make different numbers. For example, if your child

pulls the numbers 3, and 6, he or she can make 3, 6, 36, 63. Let the child

write the numbers on a paper. What is the smallest number your child can

make? What is the largest number? Help your child compare numbers by

looking at the largest place values.

ACTIVITY 5

Material required: A BOWL, A CARDBOARD, BEANS OR PEBBLES, TWO

PAPER PIPES

Procedure: using all the materials, make an arrangement as shown in the

picture.

Encourage your child to choose two numbers and put the same numbers of

beans/ pebbles from different pipes. And then ask your child to count the

total numbers of bean/ pebbles from the box.

THEME – FOOD

ACTIVITY- 6

Material required - medium size paper plate

Procedure – Take a medium size paper plate and divide it into two parts

namely – healthy food and unhealthy food. Now say few food items and

encourage the child to write the names under correct category. After writing

he/she will colour the healthy category with green colour and unhealthy

category with red colour.

. THEME- BIRDS

ACTIVITY-7

Name – BIRD WATCHING

Go for a walk to a park/zoo (where you can find different birds) with your

child. Let him observe the birds around, you must talk to him/her about the

name of the bird, how many legs it has , if it is of any other colour and what

it uses to fly.

The child may also feed the birds with grains.

Follow up – After the bird watching, take a bowl and put the pictures of few

birds in it.

The child will pick up a picture and identify the bird. He/ She will speak at

least 3-4 sentences on it.

(Birds)

Material required – A4 size sheet, birds picture chart

Procedure – On an A4 size sheet write the names of few birds and encourage

the child to paste the picture against the names.

THEME- TRANSPORT

ACTIVITY-8

Name – WHERE WILL I GO?

Take a bowl and put the pictures of different vehicles in it. Take three boxes

and write land transport, water transport and air transport on it. Child has to

look at the picture of the vehicle and classify accordingly.

You may have two boxes with Public transport and Private transport written

on it the child will classify the vehicles accordingly.

Name – On the Road

Next time whenever you go somewhere with your child encourage him/her to

look around at the vehicles and observe number of wheels, its colour, if it is

public or private etc.

Follow up – Later the child must be encouraged to draw any 5 vehicles that he

has observed and write five lines about it.

Describing its colour, number of wheels, private/public, has an engine or not

etc.

Assist the child to draw and write about the vehicle which is there at

home.

He/ she can write like-

Name of the vehicle - ____________

It is ______ in colour.

Number of wheels - _________

Who drives it mostly - _________

ACTIVITY-9

आओ जमाए खेल

दो डाइस लिलिए। १ से १२ अंक की पलचियााँ बना लिलिए। हर पची पर अिग -अिग वसु्तओ ंका नाम लिखिए। उन्ी ंचीज़ो के बहुवचनो ंको एक गते्त पर लिि लिलिए। बचे्च दोनो ंडाइस को उछािे। दोनो ंडाइस पर आए हुए अंको ंको िमा लकलिए। उस अंक की पची को उठाइए। उस पची पर लिस चीज़ का नाम होगा। उसे उसके बहुवचन से लमिाइए।

ACTIVITY 10

मात्राओ ंका मेला

8 कटोररयााँ लिलिए। उन पर अिग अिग मात्राए लिखिए। अ , आ , इ ,ई , उ , ऊ , ए , ऐ अिग अिग पलचियो ंपर अिग अिग मात्राओ ंसे बचे्च को शब्द लिखिए। बचे्च को कलहए एक एक कर कर पची उठाए। पची पर लििा शब्द पलिए और उसे सही मात्रा की कटोरी में डालिए। िैसे : सैर : ऐ मात्रा की कटोरी में।

ACTIVITY 11

बूझो तो जाने बचे्च को कहानी सुनाए। लनचे लदए हुए बोडि िेि के प्रकार एक िेि बना िीलिए। पासा उछालिए , पासे पर आए हुए अंक को बोडि पर पलिए। बचे्च को पे्रररत कीलिए की वह लििी हुइ चीज़ करे।

१. कहानी का शीर्िक बदलिए।

२. पसंदीदा चररत्र के बारे में बताइए।

३. कहानी का अंत बदलिए।

४. लमिती िुिती कहानी सुनाइए।

५. यह कहानी क्ो ं/ क्ो ं नही ंपसंद आई।

६. कहानी को अपने शब्दो ंमें सुनाइए।

ACTIVITY 12

Action words

Ask the children to think of all the action words related to-

Food and eating like chewing, slicing, squeezing etc.

Means of Transportation like moving, travelling etc.

Now encourage your child to write the words and draw pictures of

them.

ACTIVITY 13

Quick please

Play this game with your child. You will say a word and point to your

child. He/She will repeat the word by adding a or an before the word.

Then it will be your child’s turn to say the word.

ACTIVITY 14

OBJECT HUNT/TREASURE HUNT

Parents will keep the objects and will ask the child to find/ search for that

object.

Like- parents will say- Ball is under the table.

Child will listen to it and will pick that object and give it to his or her parent.

The more they find the objects it will add to their scores.

LIKE- Bag is on the bed.

ACTIVITY-15

SPINNERParents will make spinner/wheel and will draw pictures related to

‘ch’ or ‘sh’ sounds. Child will spin the wheel and wherever it stops they have to

recognize that picture and name it.