Unit One
1.1 Classroom Objects
VOCABULARY: clock, board, lamp, window, door, chair, cupboard, carpet, desk, bin.
STRUCTURES: What colour is the (door)? It's (brown).
FUNCTION: Naming familiar objects(1)
1.2 Prepositions
VOCABULARY: on, under, in, behind, in front of.
STRUCTURES: Where's (the blue bin)? It's (under the desk).
FUNCTION: Understanding location(1)
Unit Two
2.1 Feelings
VOCABULARY: Feelings: disgusted, sad, scared, angry, surprised, happy.
STRUCTURES: I'm (happy). Are you (happy)? Yes, I am. No, I'm not.
FUNCTION: Talking about feelings.
2.2 Physical emotions
VOCABULARY: hungry, thirsty, hot, cold.
STRUCTURES: How are you today? I'm (hot).
FUNCTION: Talking about physical emotions.
Unit Three
3.1 The body
VOCABULARY: mouth, hands, eyes, ears, nose, tummy, arms, hair, legs, feet.
STRUCTURES: I've got (long dark hair). Have you got a big (tummy)? Yes, I have. No, I haven't.
FUNCTION: Identifying parts of the body.
3.2 Describing body parts
VOCABULARY: long, short, blond, dark.
STRUCTURES: I've got (long dark hair). Have you got (brown hair)? Yes, I have. No, I haven't.
FUNCTION: Describing appearances(1).
SECOND TERM
Unit Four
4.1 Animals
VOCABULARY: horse, cow, bird, hen, sheep, pig, swan, duck, duckling, frog.
STRUCTURES: It's a (frog).
FUNCTION: Recognise and use animal names.
4.2 Action verbs
VOCABULARY: run, jump, swim, fly.
STRUCTURES: I can (jump) but I can't (run). Can you (jump)? Yes, I can. No, I can't.
FUNCTION: Asking and answering about abilities.
Unit Five
5.1 Food and drink
VOCABULARY: carrots, cheese, tea, meat, pasta, biscuits, chicken, fish, water, lettuce.
STRUCTURES: I like (meat). Do you like (fish)? Yes, I do. No, I don't. I like it. I don't like it. I love (pasta).
FUNCTION: Identifying food items.
FUNCTION: Expressing preferences.
5.2 Describing food
VOCABULARY: sweet, disgusting, tasty, savoury.
STRUCTURES: It's (sweet).
FUNCTION: Asking and answering about food.
Unit Six
6.1 Numbers 11-20
VOCABULARY: eleven, twelve etc. up to twenty.
STRUCTURES: How many (legs)?
FUNCTION: Counting / counting items in a picture.
What we cut out...
Unit 1.3 Rooms in the Home
FUNCTION: Learning to recognise rooms and their basic contents
FUNCTION: Asking for and giving information about rooms in the home
Unit 1.4 Animals
FUNCTION: Recognise animals from the farm, woods and the wild, name and spell them correctly
FUNCTION: Giving definitions of animal offspring e.g. A Lamb is a baby Sheep
Unit 2.3 How old are you?
FUNCTION: Asking about and giving age of self and family members (using invented families)
FUNCTION: Using "How old is he/she?"
Unit 2.4 Verb To Be - Positive, Negative and Interrogative Forms
FUNCTION: Understand related concepts and learn to order words correctly for the three forms above (insertion of "not", verb-subject inversion for questions)
FUNCTION: Transforming affermative statements into negative and question forms, orally and in written form
FUNCTION: Say what you can do. What can you do? I can swim.
Unit 3.3 Personal Pronouns - I, He, She, It
FUNCTION: Say what he/she/it can do using pictures as a starting point
Unit 3.4 Musical Instruments
FUNCTION: Expand can and can't to ability to play various musical instruments. I can hear the piano.
FUNCTION: Say what he/she/it can't do using pictures as a starting point. e.g. A bird can sing but it can't dance.
Unit 4.3 Has Got
FUNCTION: Talking about possessions, e.g. he's got a ball.
FUNCTION: Say what body parts animals have got e.g. A frog has got four legs.
Unit 4.4 Number 11- 20 (Basic Maths)
FUNCTION: Recognise, pronounce and spell numbers up to 20
Additional Topics
Christmas ( Singing a carol / vocabulary) / New Year
FUNCTION: Express likes and dislikes including the interrogative form. I like chocolate - I don’t like jam - Do you like cake - Short Answers
Unit 5.3 Personal Pronoun - We , They
FUNCTION: Understand and use plural pronouns.
Unit 6.2 Verbs (put on, take off, wear, look)
FUNCTION: Handling clothes-related verbs. e.g. Please take off your shoes.
Unit 6.3 Describing what someone is wearing
FUNCTION: Confidently describing what someone is wearing, working with pictures and classmates.
Additional Topics
Easter
FUNCTION: Using the alphabet in a confident way, naming and pronouncing all letters correctly
FUNCTION: Writing letters quickly, without hesitation, spelling common English first names correctly
FUNCTION: Recognising incorrectly spelled words and correcting them