Writing

Students develop their writing skills through short writing exercises and learn how to apply basic writing techniques such as 5Ws 1H and five-senses description.

Students also exercise their creativity and articulate their personal thoughts in different text types such as postcards and diary entries.
 

Reading

Students further build on their reading foundation through a structured reading programme. Students will also learn to recognise important thematic vocabulary words.
 

Understanding, Listening & Speaking

Students hone their understanding, listening and speaking skills through:

• weekly interactive storytelling sessions
• responses to direct and opinion-based questions corresponding to texts of different genres (stories, poems, factual texts) and video clips
• short verbal presentations and poetry recitals
   

Vocabulary and Grammar

Students build on their vocabulary foundation with weekly spelling, dictation tests and thematic vocabulary.

Students are also introduced to basic grammar rules, including:

• simple past tense and present tense
• singular and plural nouns
• verbs and adjectives
• prepositions
   

Contextualised Learning

Students engage in a series of interactive activities and are also exposed to a wide range of themes that allow students to explore the different parts of the world.

Key topics of interest include:

• tourist destinations
• food and culture
• festivals

Content Mastery

Students will learn new topics such as Introduction to Multiplication and Division. Students will continue to build their understanding of topics such as Whole Numbers, Fractions, Money, Measurement, Geometry and Data Analysis.

Skills and Techniques

• Students will be able to identify and relate to instructional key words
• Students will learn to jot down annotation for word problems, allowing them to solve the questions independently or with minimal guidance
• Students will be able to form number sentences confidently as they will be able to identify the parts and whole for addition and subtraction sentences, and apply the multiplication rule to form the correct multiplication sentences
• Students will learn various speed math strategies and adopt their preferred method in their own calculations
• Students will be able to use the value chart to solve vertical working involving addition and subtraction
  
• Students will learn how to apply new heuristics such as Guess and Check and the Supposition Method
   

Applied Learning

Students will play interactive games and in-class activities to generate interest in the subject

• Students will be given Number Idiom booklets to expand their math vocabulary
• Students will participate in a series of role-playing activities such as planning a time table or making a money transaction to equip them with the essential life skills to be ready for school