· Jolly Phonics 25 sounds(Uppercase and Lowercase)
‘Ss’, ‘Aa’, ‘Tt’, ‘Ii’, ‘Pp’, ‘Nn’, ‘Cc’, ‘Kk’, ‘Ee’, ‘Hh’, ‘Rr’, ‘Mm’, ‘Dd’, ‘Gg’, ‘Oo’, ‘Uu’, ‘Ll’, ‘Ff’, ‘Bb’, ‘J’j, ‘Zz’, ‘Ww’, ‘Vv’, ‘Yy’ and ‘Xx’
· Recognize and use subject area/topic/ theme vocabulary
· Understand key text read aloud
· Identify important elements of the text
· Picture Reading
· Pre writing
· Formation of letters using Handwriting without Tears
· Draw to give information about a topic
· Journal writing
· Ask and answer questions
· Answer true or false statements
· Answer yes or no questions
· Listen to and recite poems, rhymes, songs and stories
· Retell information about incidents, stories and other topics in their own words
· Listen and follow simple instructions
· Form simple sentences
· Describe experiences and stories
· Express thoughts, feelings and ideas
· Describe and present work
· Recite numbers in order (forwards from 1 to 20, backwards from 10 to 1).
· Read, trace and represent numbers from 1-10.
· Compare lengths and weights by using nonstandard units.
· Compare capacities by direct comparison, then by using nonstandard units.
· Use comparative language, e.g. long, short, heavy, light, more or less and same.
· Visually distinguish between two objects with regard to height, length and volume.
· Apply the concept long, short, heavy, light, more or less and same.
· Understand the concept of time.
· Recite the days of the week and months of the year orally.
· Name and sort common 2D shapes (e.g. circles, squares, rectangles and triangles).
· Use shapes to make patterns and models.
· Use everyday language of direction and distance to describe movement of objects. E.g. up, down, under, top, bottom, beside, inside, outside.
· All About Me
· Our Bodies
· Our Fantastic Senses
· Physical Characteristics and Habitat
· Plant parts
· Growing Seeds
· Transport
· Community helpers
· What is it made of?
· Sorting materials
· Pushes and pulls around us
· Where do sounds come from?
· Our ears