A Planning Framework
Big Ideas
Plan
• Find themes
• Identify key concepts and link with compatible skills
• Create a phonics and grammar plan
Yearly
Calendar
• Plan Units
• Plan Assessments
• Embed 2014 Ministry School Calendar
Unit Plan
•Weekly breakdown of do statements, learning
outcomes and vocabulary to be taught
Weekly
Lesson
Plan
• plan with your
counterpart
Daily
Lesson
Plan
• fine tune your
delivery and
instruction materials
T1= 11 weeks
T2= 10 weeks
T3= 11 weeks
Big Ideas Plan 2014
Class 3&4
First Week of School
Name games
Assessment Pre-tests
Color alphabet workbook cover
Vocabulary word cards for week 1
Unit 1: Social Contact (T1)
Greetings
Personal Information
Invitations
Family
Days of the Week
Nouns
Pronouns
C3- Alphabet
C4- Review short vowel word families/ 3 letter words
Unit 2: Personal Information (T1)
Sequence (beginning, middle, end)
Feelings
Daily Routines
Classroom vocabulary
Verb Introduction (present/ past)
Adjective Introduction
C3- alphabet
C4- short a/ i vowels 4 letter words
Unit 3: Instructions (T1/T2)
Instructions
Cooking
Action Verbs
Colors
Prepositions
Verbs (Action)
Shapes
C3- Alphabet (2 weeks) / -at, -am word families
C4- short vowels e, o, u 4 letter words
T4=10 Weeks
Unit 4: Discussion (T2)
Jobs
Food
Like/ don’t like
Adjectives
C3- ab, ap, ar, ad, ag ,an word families
Unit 5: Narrative (T2)
Narrative stories
Animals
Adjectives
Verbs-past tense
Friendly letter
C3- short e word families (3 letter words only)
C4- Long e word families
Unit 6: Information Report (T3)
Ocean animals
Numbers
Charts/ tables
C3- short i word family (3 letter words only)
C4-long i word family
Unit 7: Poetry (T3)
Weather
C3- short o word family (3 letter words only)
C4- long o word family
Unit 8: Description (T3/T4)
Adjectives
Nouns
Adverbs
C3- short u word family (3 letter words only)
C4- blends/ diagraphs
T1= 11 weeks
T2= 10 weeks
T3= 11 weeks
T4=10 Weeks
Big Plan 2014
Class 5&6
First Week of School
English materials
Personal Word Dictionaries
Common translation sentences (sipela mai, do you have, what is the word in
English)
Unit 1: Social Contact (T1)
Shopping
Advertisements
Nouns
Pronouns (subject pronouns)
Verbs
Simple sentence structure
Blends/diagraphs
“Be” present
Unit 2: Personal Information (T1)
Personal information
Survery
Charts
Interviews
Friendly letter
Family
“Be” present
Possessive Pronouns
Unit 3: Instructions (T1/T2)
Reading Instructions
Following Instructions
Sports
Sequence
Simple Present
Unit 4: Discussion (T2)
Agree/ disagree
Arguments
Present Progressive
Writing compound sentences
Unit 5: Narrative (T2)
Narrative Stories
Writing Narrative Stories
Sequence
Past tense
Unit 6: Information Report (T3)
Informational text
Past/ Present Progressive
Writing Paragraphs
Unit 7: Plays
Plays
Future Tense
Comparatives
Unit 8: Exposition (T3/T4)
Fact/opinion
Persuasive text
Unit 5.1 / 6.1 Unit Plan
Social Contact
Note: Standards in bold are from class 6 curriculum ONLY.
Week
Do Statements
Speaking and listening:
3ii Use unit vocabulary and topic words appropriately
3iii ask for and repeat words and phrases that are
needed
1
Reading:
4i Read and demonstrate understanding of unit
vocabulary and topic words in context and in isolation.
Reading Readiness Skills (title, author, text etc)
Writing:
5iv Correctly spell unit and topic words using known
letter patterns and sounds.
7i(a) Write simple sentences
7i(b) Correct word order in sentences
7i(c) Correct subject verb agreement
Grammar:
Nouns+ “be” verbs singular
Nouns + “be” verbs plural
7i(c) In all language forms, use correct subject verb
agreement.
Learning
Activities/
Outcomes
Vocabulary
Students will be
able to:
Classroom
language
Follow basic
classroom
instructions in
English.
Talk
Write
Speak
Understand
Respond
Listen
Signal
Answer
Read, spell, and
know 5 new Dolch
sight words.
Recognize and
fluently read
these sight words
in a simple text.
Differentiate
between a noun
and a verb.
In all language
forms, recognize
use correct
subject verb
agreement.
Write simple
sentences using
“be” form of verb
with correct
5 Dolch Sight
words
subject.