Primary 2 Core Curriculum based on Playway to English – Book 2
Month
Unit
Aims and Objectives
Language & Skills:

To enable students to greet
each other and answer basic
introductory questions about
themselves.
Vocabulary and Language
Structure
Phonics and Literacy
Classroom Instructions:
Stand up.
Sit down.
Open your book.
Listen to the teacher.
Look at the board.
N/A
Fruit Vocabulary:
Apples, bananas, grapes,
oranges, plums, kiwis,
 To identify fruit vocabulary and strawberries etc.
express likes and dislikes
related to said vocabulary.
Conversation:
Hello. My name is Satoshi.
Other:
What’s your name?
What sport do you like?
 To welcome students back to
school, settle them into their
routine, and establish a
positive rapport between the
teacher and the learners.

April
Unit 1:
Hello Again
To give and follow classroom
instructions and commands.
Activities and Projects
(suggestions)
Project:
‘Poster about me’
Students design and
decorate an
information poster all
about themselves,
then present it to the
class.
Activity:
‘Friend Interviews’
Students learn more
about their
classmates, through a
structured interview,
and relay this
information to the
whole class.
Game:
My English teacher is…
True or False game
Role Play:
What’s your favourite
fruit?
Primary 2 Core Curriculum based on Playway to English – Book 2
Month
Unit
Aims and Objectives
Language & Skills:


May
To provide students with the
language and practice
required to ask and answer
questions concerning family.
To establish the purpose of
possessive pronouns, and
encourage their use in
speech.
Unit 7:
Family
Other:
 To continue to learn more
about the students, strengthen
teacher-student relationships,
and establish consistent
routines and practices.
Vocabulary and Language
Structure
Phonics and Literacy
Vocabulary:
Mum, dad, brother, sister,
grandmother, grandfather,
aunt, uncle, cousins, big, little,
etc.
Project:
‘Family Tree’
Students design and
complete a family tree
detailing the members
of their family.
Students will then
present the poster and
explain who each
family member is.
Forming questions:
Who is this?
What’s her name?
What does she like?
Responses:
This is my mother.
Her name is Yuzuki.
She likes dancing.
Activities and Projects
(suggestions)
Review of all
consonant sounds
from Primary One.
Survey:
Students conduct a
survey about their
classmates’ family
members to help
practice forming
questions.
Possessive pronouns:
his/her/my/your/their
Spelling:
Sight words (45-50)
Some topic words
Video Clip:
Students watch a short
video clip of an English
teacher talking about
their family and
answer questions
related to it.
Primary 2 Core Curriculum based on Playway to English – Book 2
Month
Unit
Aims and Objectives
Vocabulary and Language
Structure
Vocabulary:
kitchen,
bedroom,
room, study, dining
bathroom, etc.
Language & Skills:
 To have students learn and
identify the different rooms of
a house as well as different
items within those rooms.

June
Unit 3:
In My House

To recall the items of their
favourite room and describe
their location in detail.
To describe what activities one
can do in each room using
gerunds.
Other:
 To introduce numbers over ten
and practice spelling numbers
10-20.
 To introduce simple addition
and subtraction of above
numbers.
Activities and Projects
(suggestions)
living
room,
Furniture Items:
sofa, bed, table, chairs,
curtains, lamp, mat, TV,
bookcase, telephone etc.
Prepositions:
In, on, under, over, next to,
behind, above, behind, in
front of etc.
Grammar:
Subject-gerund agreement.
He is washing the dishes.
She is sleeping.
Questions:
Is there a sofa in your
bedroom?
Are there any books in your
living room?
Where is the lamp?
What is he doing?
Spelling:
Sight words (50 - 55)
Some topic words
Phonics and Literacy
‘Long A’:
/ai/
train
/ay/
play
/a_e/
Snake
Project:
Design a themed
house with various
furniture items in
different rooms.
Present to the class.
Poem:
To create a simple
rhyming poem using
different items within
each room.
My bedroom:
Students write a
detailed piece of
writing about their
bedroom and the
items they have in it.
Game Board:
Students use simple
maths challenges to
create a game board
to test their friends’
math knowledge!
Primary 2 Core Curriculum based on Playway to English – Book 2
Month
Unit
Aims and Objectives
Language & Skills:


July
Unit 4:
My Body

Vocabulary and Language
Structure
Vocabulary (adjectives):
Long, short, small, big, wide,
fair etc.
To have students learn and
practice parts of the body.
To provide students with the
language and practice
required to talk about an
ache or pain somewhere in
their body.
To offer suggestions to ailments
using ‘should’.
Other:
 To teach students’ basic
commands.
Phonics and Literacy
Song:
The Body Rock
Long ‘O’:
Vocabulary (body parts):
Hands, head, ears, shoulders,
arms, fingers, toes, legs, feet,
eyes, nose, mouth etc.
Grammar:
personal & possessive
pronouns
e.g.
I have a headache.
My head hurts
Spelling:
Sight words (56-60)
Some topic words
Activities and Projects
(suggestions)
/oa/
boat
/ow/
snow
/o_e/
phone
Games:
Simon Says
Charades for different
illnesses.
Guess Who
Role Play:
A visit to the doctor or
dentist.
Projects:
Designing, creating
and describing a
monster.
Drawing around
students’ bodies to
create ‘life size’
pictures that can then
be labelled.
Primary 2 Core Curriculum based on Playway to English – Book 2
Month
Unit
Aims and Objectives
Vocabulary and Language
Structure
Phonics and Literacy
Activities and Projects
(suggestions)
Clothing Vocabulary:
T-shirt, jumper, trousers, shorts,
skirt, socks, shoes, hat, gloves,
scarf etc.
Long ‘I’:
/ie/
Language & Skills:
 To learn and practise various
vocabularies related to
clothing.

September
Unit 5:
Clothes
To describe what clothing
items people are wearing
using the present continuous
tense.
Functional Language:
He is wearing a blue t-shirt.
pie
She is wearing a green hat.
/igh/
Forming Questions:
What are you wearing?
What is she wearing?
What is he wearing?
night
/i_e/
kite
Answers:
I am wearing a pink t-shirt.
/y/
She is wearing some green
socks.
fly
He is wearing a purple hat.
Spelling:
Sight words (61-65)
Some topic words
Activities:
You friend is coming to
Hong Kong. What
clothes do you
recommend her/him
to bring?
Role Play:
You saw a shoplifter
and you have to
describe what he/she
was wearing to the
police!
Projects:
Create your own
school uniform. You
can choose the
clothes and colours!
Pack your bags! You
are going on holiday,
but what clothes will
you need?
Primary 2 Core Curriculum based on Playway to English – Book 2
Month
Unit
Unit 8:
On The Farm
Aims and Objectives
Language & Skills:
 To ensure all students can
identify, write and say (with
accurate pronunciation) farm
yard animals.

To learn and practice the use
of gerunds.

To be able to describe the
features of farm animals.
Other:
 To use descriptive language to
talk about the features of a
Halloween monster.
October
Halloween
Vocabulary and Language
Structure
Phonics and Literacy
Vocabulary:
Cat, dog, mouse, duck,
butterfly, bee, hen, cow,
sheep, horse, worm, pig etc.
Phrases:
It has two small ears.
It has a long tail.
It has one green eye.
Forming Questions:
What is the cat doing?
What is the horse doing?
Answers:
The cat is sleeping.
The horse is running.
Additional vocabulary:
Halloween, snakes, spiders,
bats etc.
Spelling:
Sight words (66-70)
Some topic words.
Activities and Projects
(suggestions)
Writing/Discussion:
I saw a monster!
Describing the
monster’s features.
Long ‘E’:
/ee/
sheep
/ea/
read
Story:
The Little Red Hen
Games:
Charades: pretend to
be a farm animal or
monster, and your
classmates guess
which one you are!
Activities:
Students write a poem
detailing what the
different animals are
doing on the farm.
Additional activities:
Dress up for
Halloween. Come to
school dressed as
something scary!
Draw a monster and
describe its features to
your friends.
Primary 2 Core Curriculum based on Playway to English – Book 2
Month
Unit
Aims and Objectives
Language & Skills:
 To learn and practice the
spelling of numbers 10 – 100.

November
Unit 6:
Let’s Count
To practice simple maths
equations using addition and
subtraction.
Other:
 Learn how to read a receipt
and provide accurate
payment for goods.

To understand the cost of
goods using Hong Kong
dollars.
Vocabulary and Language
Structure
Vocabulary:
Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty,
plus, minus, equals etc.
Phonics and Literacy
/au/
August
Phrases:
Ten plus five equals fifteen.
Eight minus two equals six.
Forming Questions:
How many pens are there?
How many books are there?
How much is this pencil?
Answers:
There are ten pens.
There are five books.
Spelling:
Sight words (71-75)
Some topic words.
/or/
horse
/aw/
Activities and Projects
(suggestions)
Activities:
Design a menu with
suitable prices. Role
play a customerwaiter scenario and
ask for the bill.
Excuse me?
You have been given
the wrong amount of
change in a
restaurant… Can you
work out how much
you need?
draw
/al/
tall
Game:
Create a game board
with simple addition
and subtraction
questions. Can your
friends complete it?
Primary 2 Core Curriculum based on Playway to English – Book 2
Month
Unit
Aims and Objectives
Vocabulary and Language
Structure
Phonics and Literacy
Vocabulary:
Turn right, turn left, go straight
on, go past the hotel etc.
Language & Skills:

To be able to ask for help if
you are lost.

To learn the meaning, written
form and pronunciation of
giving and receiving
directions.
Unit 9:
Travelling

December
To learn and practice how to
navigate a simple map.
Christmas
Transport:
Car, train, bike, plane, boat,
on foot etc.
Forming Questions:
Excuse me?
Where is the school?
How do I get there?
Other:

To learn about the various
ways in which students
celebrate Christmas.

To prepare for the Christmas
holidays.
Activities:
Students design a map
and use it to give and
ask for directions.
Sequence words:
The, next, after that, finally
etc.
Prepositions:
Next to, between, opposite,
on etc.
Phrases:
It’s on Green Street.
Go straight on.
Turn left and go past the
bank. You can see the school
on your left.
Spelling:
Sight words (76-80)
Some topic words.
Activities and Projects
(suggestions)
/ou/
shout
/ow/
clown
Role-play:
Students write and
perform a short skit
based on giving
directions.
Additional activities:
Letter writing. Students
write a letter to Santa
Claus, asking for
something they’d like
for Christmas.
Games:
Pin the nose on
Rudolph
Songs:
Christmas songs, such
as: Jingle Bells, We
Wish You a Merry
Christmas etc.
Gingerbread Man:
Students will bake
Gingerbread men and
read the story in class.
Primary 2 Core Curriculum based on Playway to English – Book 2
Month
Unit
Aims and Objectives
Language & Skills:


January
Unit 10:
Holidays
To learn and practice past
tense verbs to discuss previous
vacations.
To suggest holiday activities as
well as the activities students
like to do with their families.
Other:

To learn about various holiday
destinations around the world.
Vocabulary and Language
Structure
Vocabulary:
Beach, mountains, lake,
safari, seaside etc.
Activities:
Swimming, sailing, fishing,
hiking, cycling etc.
Question forming:
Where did you go?
What did you do?
How did you get there?
Phonics and Literacy
/ar/
star
/er/
teacher
Answers:
I went to Malaysia.
I watched a movie.
I travelled by plane.
/ir/
Suggesting:
Let’s go hiking.
Why don’t you go swimming?
/or/
Spelling:
Sight words (81-85)
Some topic words.
girl
Activities and Projects
(suggestions)
Activities:
Holiday recounts.
Students write about
their most recent
holiday using past
tense verbs.
Survey:
Ask your friends where
they went for the
Winter holidays and
be ready to present
what you found out!
Itinerary:
Create a fun and
exciting itinerary that
you and your family
will enjoy.
world
Games:
Past tense quizzes!
/ur/
turn
Primary 2 Core Curriculum based on Playway to English – Book 2
Month
Unit
Aims and Objectives
Language & Skills:


February
Unit 2:
Shopping
To learn and practice
dialogue related to shopping.
To describe food using a
variety of different adjectives.

Vocabulary:
Apples, bananas, pears,
peaches, oranges, grapes,
potatoes, onions, carrots,
peas etc.
Adjectives:
Yummy, crunchy, soft, sweet,
sour, juicy, flavourful, hard,
bitter etc.
Flower names:
Carnation, tulip, rose,
poinsettia, lily,
chrysanthemum, iris, orchid,
daisy, sunflower etc.
Other:

Vocabulary and Language
Structure
To learn about various flowers
and how to differentiate
between them.
To put said language to
practice during a trip the
Flower Market.
Question forming:
Excuse me?
How much is this apple?
How much are these
potatoes?
Answers:
That apple is ten dollars.
Those potatoes are twenty
dollars.
Spelling:
Sight words (86-90)
Some topic words.
Phonics and Literacy
/qu/
queen
/oi/
point
/oo/ long and short
zoo/book
/ue/
rescue
Activities and Projects
(suggestions)
Activities:
Shopping role-play.
Students practice
asking for various items
and how much they
cost.
Survey:
Ask your friends what
flowers they bought at
the flower market!
Fruit Salad:
Design a delicious fruit
salad and have fun
describing the mouthwatering tastes to your
friends.
Excursion:
Students take a trip to
the flower market in
Prince Edward to
practice target
language.
Primary 2 Core Curriculum based on Playway to English – Book 2
Month
March
Unit
All Units:
Review
Aims and Objectives
Language & Skills:
 Students will review areas of the
curriculum as determined by the
teacher.

Students who were absent in the
year may also get the chance to
catch up on missed units.
Vocabulary and Language
Structure
Vocabulary and grammar
structures from the curriculum
will be reviewed as
determined by the teacher.
Phonics and Literacy
Students will review
phonics and literacy
skills as determined by
the needs of the class.
Activities and Projects
(suggestions)
Activities and games
will depend on the
areas of the
curriculum being
reviewed.