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Inseberg-Coast International German Nursery and Primary School Deutsche Grundschule
German Language
in the Primary School (up to Grade 4)
Programme Information
and Curriculum
2018 –
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School Year
Where Cultural Diversity Brings a Collective Strength
German Grades 1 – 4 Programme Information and Curriculum 1
At Inseberg-Coast International German School, the language of instruction and communication
is English. Every student must master English in order to fully participate in classroom learning
and the social aspects of student life. German is the second language at our school. All students
will be placed on their appropriate language level in German class.
Early Learning German Programme
In the Early Learning German Programme, students (aged 3 – 5) are taught by a German teacher
in their homeroom classes. The students are exposed to German language through stories,
games, instructional language and songs.
Primary School German Programme
Students in ICIGS Primary School German Programme are assigned to classes according to
their level of German proficiency. Native speakers are appointed to a German Language &
Literature class. Students who do not speak German or are new to the language participate in
German Language Acquisition classes.
German Language Acquisition: Our German Language Acquisition programme uses the
European Reference Framework as its key orientation. This framework is adapted to the
learning needs of children in Grades 1 – 4. A phase document is used as the grading
reference. In the Primary School, we use 3 phases, each of which is divided into 3
subphases. Beginners start in phase 1a, and progress through 1b and 1c before moving to
phase 2. During the school year, four units are taught.
Books created for non-native German language learners, are used as our main educational
resources, for example Planetino and Hallo Anna for Grade 1 and 2, Der grüne Max for
Grade 2 and 3, Beste Freunde, Wir and Team Deutsch for Grade 4.
German Language & Literature: In the German Language & Literature programme, the
Nordrhein-Westfalen “Kernlehrplan” is used as a key reference. Units of Inquiry and the
Reading and Writing Workshop Model are other resources included in this programme.
Einsterns Schwester is used as the main book resource in all Language & Literature
courses.
The units/ topics of our German Language & Literature are connected to the Units of Inquiry
in the homerooms and are often developed parallel to the homeroom classes. During the
school year, four units are taught.
German Grades 1 – 4 Programme Information and Curriculum 2
Grade 1 German Language
German Language & Literature (for mother tongue level):
Who we are
Wer bin ich!
Students become familiar with
the German alphabet. They learn one- and two-syllabic
words and that writing is one form of expressing oneself.
How the World Works
Tiere
Students practise reading comprehension skills, e.g. finding keywords, finding
information, asking Wquestions, and writing cue cards for animals. They focus on spelling: Dehnungs-h and
Diphtongs.
Where we are in place and time
Häuser und Architektur
Students learn descriptions of buildings and architecture. They learn to embed a variety of adjectives in their speech and further their knowledge of correct sentence structure.
How we express ourselves
Wir lesen ein Buch – Die
Schnecke und der
Buckelwal/ Duda
Students learn to apply reading strategies according to the
workshop model. They learn how
to talk about plot, characters and setting. They inquire into how a
character speaks, feels and what he/she does. Students practise
reading for understanding and
how to extract information from a text, find keywords and
summarize texts based on keywords.
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Grade 1 German 2017-2018
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German Language Acquisition (German as a foreign language):
Das bin ich! Meine Familie.
Students become familiar with the German sound-symbol relationship. They learn basic vocabulary to introduce themselves and to talk about family, friends and hobbies. They learn verb endings 13.P.Sg. and how to build basic sentences with the correct structure. In der Schule
Students learn relevant
vocabulary. They learn to talk about activities at school and school materials. They use appropriate verb endings and sentence structure with basic prepositions such as "mit".
Was mache ich von morgens bis abends Students learn the vocabulary of their daily routines and how to read and tell time in German. They use correct verb endings and different sentence starters for their oral and written
communication. They focus on capitalization and the pronoun "es". Mein Haus
Students learn prepositions with
the dative case to describe a place (unter, hinter, auf, an,
neben). They use complete
sentences with different
sentence starters to describe a
house, rooms in a house and
items within a room. They focus
Ich bin ich!
Students increase their range of vocabulary regarding
themselves. The basic
sentence structure is well established and easily used.
They become familiar with verb-endings 1.-3.Person
Singular and practise using
them correctly.
Schule, Freizeit und Feste
Students learn definite and indefinite articles for familiar nouns. They widen their range of vocabulary and learn different activities, verbs for school, leisure time and
hobbies. Students use the first person singular, third person singular and first person plural. They conjugate verbs. They practise reading for understanding of non-fiction
texts as well as memorize and
present a poem.
Tiere
Students increase their vocabulary knowledge of basic
and more advanced adjectives
and body parts of animals. They describe an animal with
correct sentence structure, and can conjugate “haben” and
“sein” awhile using descriptive
vocabulary.
Körper und Kleidung
Students learn relevant
vocabulary to describe their
body in more detail. They use
Ich bin ich.
Students describe themselves in complete sentences. They increase their range of vocabulary for themselves, family, friends and their own environment and home.
Schule.
Students learn more advanced
vocabulary and sentence
structure. Students practise reading for understanding with
non-fiction texts, extracting information from a text and
answering content questions.
Tiere in unserem Umfeld
Students learn and use basic adjectives in their oral and written communication and the plural of familiar nouns. They practise reading comprehension with nonfiction texts and collect information from familiar texts.
Körperteile
Students increase their range of vocabulary, specifically nouns and their articles. They become familiar with accusative pronouns
"mein, dein" and use them correctly. They learn verbs and phrases: "Mir tut mein Bauch weh, was kann ich nicht tun?" They become familiar with the modal verb "können". rechts,
links, oben, unten.
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on the capitalization of nouns, different sentence starters and descriptive vocabulary such as rechts, links, oben, unten.
complete sentence structure
with some more complex
sentence structure. They increase their range of vocabulary and adjectives.
Die Schnecke & der
Buckelwal – Theater
Students learn to apply reading
strategies according to the
workshop model. They learn how
to talk about plot, characters and
setting. They inquire into how a
character speaks, feels and what
he/she does. Students practise
reading for understanding and how
to extract information from a text,
find keywords and summarize
texts based on keywords.
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Grade 2 German Language
German Language & Literature (for mother tongue level):
Who we are
Irgendwie Anders
Students learn how to read
visuals, such as signs and symbols. They apply reading
strategies to gain information from texts and practise
describing items and visuals. In
addition, they express their own opinion on the content of a text.
They focus on the spelling of double consonants, ss-ß, qu,
and the spelling of the diphthongs eu, äu, ei.
How we organize ourselves
Procedural Writing
Students learn and practise procedural writing. They become familiar with the structure of a procedural writing task and develop their own. They learn specific
spelling features such as Dipthongs ie, ei, äu eu. They increase their range of vocabulary with higher level adjectives and connectives "zuerst, danach, schließlich" to
improve the quality of their
texts.
How we express ourselves
Der Künstler Miró
Students learn to apply reading strategies to gain information from texts. They learn how a biography is written and how paintings are described. They report about Miró’s life by using the Simple Past tense.
Where we are in time and place
Planeten
Students read non-fiction texts and analyze them. They learn
about adjectives, comparative forms of adjectives, Umlaute ä, ö,
ü and they practise reading for
understanding, answering content questions. They read a text for
understanding by applying the reading workshop model
strategies. After gaining
information of what an information text looks like, they write their own
information texts.
Das Sams – Theater
Students learn to apply reading strategies according to the workshop model. They learn how to talk about plot, characters and
setting. They inquire into how a character speaks, feels and what he/she does. Students practise reading for understanding and how to extract information from a text, find keywords and
summarize texts based on keywords.
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Grade 2 German Language
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German Language Acquisition (German as a foreign language):
Meine Welt und Ich
Students learn to introduce themselves, talk about themselves, their family, friends and environment. They become familiar with the German sound- symbol relationship, build up
vocabulary, perfect simple sentence structure and conjugation. Later in the unit, they focus on the accusative case and simple prepositions with the dative case.
Zuhause
Students learn vocabulary regarding their home and environment. They learn prepositions defining place: an,
in, über, unter, in, auf, hinter, zwischen with basic verb forms in the present tense.
Essen
Students learn vocabulary of food. They build simple
sentences using the accusative case. They respond to guiding questions and reasoning their opinion with sentences using "denn".
Das Sams – Theater
Students learn to apply reading
strategies according to the
workshop model. They learn
how to talk about plot,
characters and setting. They
inquire into how a character
speaks, feels and what he/she
does. Students practise reading
for understanding and how to
In der Stadt
Students describe their way
through a city and focus on local adverbs, sentence
structure and verb endings for
singular. They read, understand and create traffic
signs.
Märchen – Froschkönig
Students build up their
vocabulary. They practise text comprehension and answer
content questions. They develop their own dialogues
using rules for direct speech.
Freizeit & Spielen
Students focus on regular verbs, present tense, syntax patterns. They learn to
understand and to use instructions and challenges, rules and agreements appropriately.
Tiere
Students practise their reading for understanding and responding to guiding questions of non-fiction texts. Students focus on correct use of pronouns (er, sie, es), verb conjugation and how to
develop a non- fiction text with interesting facts. They learn about elements and correct
order of a text.
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
Students read a fictional story.
They revise and discuss elements and characteristics of a fairy tale
and have reading circles (partner,
circle, read aloud, read to each other). Students advance their
reading comprehension skills and state their own opinion, orally and in writing.
Essen & Trinken
Students learn the vocabulary of leisure time activities and hobbies. They focus on the
correct conjugation of regular and some irregular verbs, sentence
structure, and practise explaining
their own hobby on a more advanced level.
Students revise vocabulary for food, beverages and dialogues in
a restaurant and at a grocery
shop. They describe their own eating habits. The focus is on
nouns and articles, vowels, consonants, basic and more
advanced adjectives such as saftig, süß, schmackhaft.
Berufe
Students learn vocabulary to
name different professions and to
talk about their dream jobs. They
focus on writing complete
sentences and placing the verb in
second position. They listen to the
story “Der kleine Christbaum” and
develop their own ideas and
predict a different ending. They
create a puppet show. They focus
on correct usage of accusative
with familiar words.
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extract information from a text, find keywords and summarize texts based on keywords.
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Grade 3 German 2017-2018:
German Language & Literature (for mother tongue level):
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Who we are
Aufbau einer Erzählung
Students focus on elements and the structure of narrative writing. They use different sentence
starters, nouns and pronouns. They learn about word families such in the case of "sagen", "gehen".
How the world works
Entdecker und Erfinder
Students work with non-fiction texts and biographies. They focus on the perfect tense and some forms of the simple past.
They increase their reading comprehension and analyze texts: "Why does the author say that? What does it mean?” They focus on direct speech and correct sentence structure.
Where we are in time and place
Gedichte & deutsche
Traditionen
German traditions and
festivities are in the students' focus. They learn poems, read texts about German traditions and answer content questions. They focus on Doppelmitlaute, in the endings of words,e.g.
b&p, t&d, g&k.
How we express ourselves
Ich lese ein deutsches Buch
- Lesekiste;
Antolinprogramm
Students choose a book they
would like to present to the class. They learn about the criteria for a presentation and how to give critical feedback on other students’ presentation. Students read a book of fiction.
They work on their reading comprehension using different strategies such as partner reading, circle reading, group reading. Their language focus is unknown words/nouns and their
specific spelling. They focus for example on nouns with -ung, heit.
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Grade 3 German 2017-2018:
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German Language Acquisition (German as a foreign language):
Schule hier und anderswo
Students learn the vocabulary of school interiors and materials such as rooms, furniture and materials used in a lesson. They compare these with other schools. They use simple
present and complete simple sentences to describe their own school. They focus on sentence structure with the accusative case and some instructions, they would use in a school such as "Gib mir bitte..."
Piraten
Students increase their range of vocabulary. They read simple texts on pirates and learn reading comprehension skills,
ask questions, answer questions and use their findings for example when designing a wanted-poster.
Mein Haus
Students increase their range of vocabulary. They describe their home and their room using prepositions defining place "am, in, über", verb forms in the present tense and subordinates
"weil". They also focus on ie/ ei
spelling patterns.
Märchen
Students revise elements and
structure of narrative writing in fairy tales according to the
workshop model. They practise
direct speech and correct punctuation while they write
their own version of a fairytale. Students look at inverted
commas, conjugation of verbs
in the simple present and sentence structure having
subordinate clauses with "weil".
Tiere
Students read non-fiction texts
and apply reading strategies according to the reading
workshop model. They inquire
into the elements of the informational writing. They
research on one of their favourite animals and write an
informative text. They practise
verb conjugation and sentence structure such as main- and
subordinate clauses with "weil, deshalb, anschließend, etc.".
Ich lese ein deutsches Buch
– Lesekiste,
Antolinprogramm
Students choose a book and present their book with the help of the "Lesekiste". They apply reading strategies according to
the workshop model to find character traits and retell the plot. They use the verb forms in the appropriate simple present tense. In addition, they broaden their choice of adjectives.
Entdecker und Erfinder
Students learn how to express past events. They inquire into the regular and irregular verb forms in present perfect and use adverbial time expressions. They read level appropriate texts about explorers
and write texts about what those
explorers used to do.
Natur und Umwelt
Students read simple texts on
nature and the environment. They learn about indefinite articles (ein,
eine), and the correct usage of them in a sentence. They practise
their reading for understanding
and responding to guided questions. They focus on verb endings in the present tense.
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Grade 4 German Language
German Language & Literature (for mother tongue level):
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Who we are
Ist mein Essen gesund?
Students learn about healthy food. They focus on
argumentative texts with main
clauses, subordinates "denn" and "weil”. They analyze
statements and justifications of opinion. They justify their own
eating habits and reasoning for
their choice of food. They focus on correct sentence structure
and the appropriate structure of their texts.
How we organize ourselves
Literatur
Students revise and summarize one chapter of the book and present it orally. They read the whole book independently and discuss content and answer
content questions. They practise reading comprehension, sentence structure and different parts of the sentence "Satzglieder".
Where we are in time and place
Heimat: Meine Region,
Deutschland
Students read non-fiction texts
and discuss what home
means. They analyze texts regarding purpose and
meaning. They practise reading comprehension,
finding keywords, summarizing
texts, and extract important information.
How we express ourselves
Gedichte
Students read and discuss a fairy tale and a theatre script of the same fairy tale. They compare them and examine elements and their structures. In their own script they use the structure correctly. They focus on subordinate
clauses and direct speech. Students revise and practise subordinates (dass) and spelling rules for "tz", "z" & "ck" "k" & "s" "ß".
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Grade 4 German 2017-2018:
German Language Acquisition (German as a foreign language):
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Meine Welt und Ich
Students learn to introduce themselves, to talk about family and friends and their own
environment. They continue to build up vocabulary. They use simple sentence structures and the conjugation of the first and
second person singular.
Schule und Freizeit
Students learn vocabulary and articles, personal pronouns, possessive pronouns regarding
the topic school, school rooms, furniture and school materials. They focus on simple sentence structure, verb endings and correct conjugation and the accusative. They use basic
prepositions defining a place: an, in, über, unter, in, auf,
hinter, zwischen.
Kleidung
Students practise simple sentence structure with basic adjectives, declination of
adjectives and the accusative case in a sentence. They build up their vocabulary.
Essen & Ernährung
Students learn vocabulary
regarding food and food items. They focus on the accusative
case in simple sentences,
responding to guided questions and reasoning with "denn".
Recycling
Students focus on writing simple sentences using the
present tense. They practise regular verbs conjugated
correctly, spelling patterns
ie/ei. They practise understanding questions and
finding information and contextual cues to gain
meaning.
Freizeit
Students increase their vocabulary regarding leisure time activities and hobbies.
They use subordinate clauses with weil, verb forms in the present tense. They practise describing personal likes and
dislikes.
Restaurant
Students increase their word bank on the topic of going to a restaurant. They write their own dialogues using polite phrases for and vocabulary needed for invitations and
reservations at a restaurant (Darf ich..., Könnten Sie..., Ich möchte..., Ich hätte gern...).
Ist mein Essen gesund?
Students build up their vocabulary. They practise text comprehension and production
and shopping dialogues. Students read non-fiction texts, increase their range of vocabulary and build questions and answers. They practise their viewing skills, create a voice over
(report, documentation) and express their own opinion.
Heimat: Was bedeutet Heimat für mich? Students talk about "home" and what it means for them. They focus on reflexive verbs, e.g. "ich erinnere mich", personal pronouns, and subordinate clauses with connectives, eg."
weil, denn, deshalb, etc.". They write profiles of people and pay attention to the correct personal and possessive pronouns and verb forms in the present and present perfect tense.
Wie drücken sich Autoren in Geschichten (Buch, Theater, Film) aus? Students revise and learn about elements and structure within narrative writing. They read parts of a fiction book and analyze their content. With the help of reading
workshop strategies, they define character traits.
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Phases of Language Development
Students' language development is described on a continuum of four phases within the four
strands of language learning:
- Listening
- Speaking
- Reading
- Writing
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Within these phases, outcomes define the individual skills and conceptual understandings
mastered by students at this level.
Since students enter a phase of language development at different times and at different grade
and age levels, one cannot assume that a student is automatically working within the same
phase in all strands at the same time.
For further information, please contact the Primary German Department.
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