Wills Primary School

KG 1 – Age 3 – 4 years

MATHEMATICS

• Counting in sequence 0 – 20
• Number recognition 0 – 10
• Writing in sequence 0 – 10
• Number names 0 – 5
• Sizes – big/small, tall/short,
• Spatial Awareness concepts – big cup fitting in a smaller cup
• Classification – sorting objects into groups
• One to one correspondence
• 2D Shapes
• Time lines (morning, afternoon, evening)
• Distinguish between terms “many” and “few”
• Association of number quantities with number symbols
• Weight Concepts (heavy/light)
• Volume Concepts (full/empty)
• Length Concepts (long/short)
• Simple Addition
• Simple Subtraction
• Pictographs

GRAMMAR

• Letter sounds, recognition and writing of letters:
• TERM I: a, m, f, n, s, h, u, e, c and t
• TERM II: i, o, r, l, g, d, p and j
• TERM III: k, b, x, v, y, w, z and q (qu)

• Introduction of three letter words:
• WORD FAMILIES:
• TERM I: an AND at
• TERM II: et AND ig
• TERM III: og, un AND it
• Introduction of vowels: a, e, i, o, u and y as a vowel
• Nursery Rhymes
• Opposites
• Sequence of letters
• Oral Spelling/Spelling Quiz

KG 2 – Age 4 – 5 years

MATHEMATICS

Counting in sequence 0 – 100

Number recognition 0 – 20

Writing in sequence 0 – 20

Number names 0 – 20

Use of number line for comparing number

Counting in 2’s

Ordinal – 1^st – 5^th

Missing numbers

Elements in a set

Comparing numbers (< > =)

Sizes – big/small, tall/short,

Spatial Awareness concepts

Classification – sorting objects into groups

One to one correspondence

2D/3D Shapes

Time lines (morning, afternoon, evening AND to the hour)

Distinguish between terms “many” and “few”

Association of number quantities with number symbols

Weight Concepts

Volume Concepts

Length Concepts

Simple Addition

Simple Subtraction

Fractions (whole, half)

Pictographs

GRAMMAR

Recognition of letters and sounds a-z

Proper formation of letters

Blends – bl, gl, gr, etc.

Introduction of three letter words and sight words

Nursery Rhymes

Nouns – Naming Word

Capital Letters – letter I

Full Stops

Verbs – Action Word

Opposites

Sequence of letters

KG 3 – Age – 5 – 6 years

GRAMMAR

Long and Short Vowel Sounds

Beginning, middle and ending consonants blends and diagraphs

Blends

Diagraphs

Silent “e”

Alphabetical Order – 1^st letter

Nouns

• Definition and use
• Proper and Common Nouns
• Collective Nouns
• Possessive Nouns
• Gender – Masculine and Feminine
• Plurals – Some irregular plurals
• Articles – A and An
• Compound words

Verbs

• Definition and use
• Subject/verb agreement
• Tense – Past

Adjective

• Definition and use

Sentences vs. Phrases

• Capital letters
• Punctuation marks (. ?)
• Conjunction (and)

Antonyms

Homophones

Synonyms

Mathematics Curriculum

Times tables – 0 – 3

Counting in numbers (sequencing)

Members of a set

Writing numbers in figures or words ( 0 – 99)

Skip counting in 2 and 3’s

Place Value – tens and ones

Missing addends

Comparing numbers or sums using (< > = )

Order of numbers (largest to smallest and visa versa)

Expanded notation ( 30 + 7 = 137)

Addition without regrouping (2 digit numbers)

Subtraction without regrouping (2 digit numbers)

Problem solving using statements of addition and  subtraction

Eg. Errol had 2 monkeys and 4 turtles.  How many animals did Errol have altogether?

No. of monkeys                2

No. of turtles                     4

Altogether, they have   ______

Fractions ( whole, half, quarter,)

Measurement – Standard and non standard

Mass

Capacity

Time (on the hour, half past)

Money

• Selecting coins to make up a certain amount
• Shopping

Shapes – 2D and 3D (properties of a shape)

Graphs

• pictographs
• bar graphs

Comprehension

Draw comprehensions from:

• stories

Composition

Stories

Spelling:

Sight words and word blends

Dictation:

Weekly dictation taken from their spelling words

KG 4 – Ages 6 -7 years

Vowel pairs  oi, oy, aw, ay, ew, etc.

Silent “E”

Alphabetical Order – 1^st and 2^nd number

Dictionary Use – find a word, read and understand

Nouns

• Definition and use
• Proper and Common Nouns
• Collective Nouns
• Gender – Masculine and Feminine
• Plurals – “s” , “es”
• Articles – A and An
• Compound words

Verbs

• Definition and use
• Subject/verb agreement
• Tense – Past, Present, Present Continuous
• Irregular Verb Tense – (give – gave, think – thought, has – have, buy – bought, hold – held, speak – spoke)

Pronouns

• Definition and use

Adjective

• Definition and use
• Comparative ( use or er or est when comparing two or more)

Sentences vs. Phrases

• Capital letters
• Punctuation marks (. , ? ‘)
• Conjunction (and, but)

Antonyms

homophones

homographs

synonyms

Abbreviation (Mr. Mrs. & Dr.)

Contractions (am, is, not)

Mathematics Curriculum

Times tables – 0 – 5

Counting in numbers (sequencing)

Members of a set

Writing numbers in figures or words ( 0 – 999)

Skip counting in 2, 3, 4, 5’s

Odd and Even number

Place Value – hundreds, tens and ones

Comparing numbers or sums using (< > = )

Order of numbers (largest to smallest and visa versa)

Expanded notation ( 100 + 30 + 7 = 137)

Addition with and without regrouping (2 and 3 digit numbers)

Subtraction with and without regrouping (2 and 3 digit numbers)

Multiplication with and without regrouping (2 and 3 digit numbers) 0 – 5 times tables

Division with 1 and 2 digit numbers by 0 – 5( remainder only the last digit)

Problem solving using statements of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

Eg. Errol had 12 monkeys, 16 parrots and 24 turtles.  How many animals did Errol have altogether?

No. of monkeys                12

No. of parrots                    16

No. of turtles                     24

Altogether, they have   ______

Fractions ( whole, half, quarter, third)

Measurement – Standard and non standard

Mass

Capacity

Time (on the hour, quarter past, half past)

Money

• Selecting coins to make up a certain amount
• Writing money in words
• Changing dollars to cents and visa versa

Problem solving for numbers 16 – 21

Shapes – 2D and 3D (properties of a shape)

Graphs

• pictographs
• bar graphs            counting in 2’s ,3’s, 4’s, 5’s

Lines of Symmetry

MATHEMATICS FACTS

A pair = 2

A couple = 2

Double = 2

Twice – 2 times

Triple – 3 times

A century = 100

Half century = 50

Decade – 10

Millennium – 1000

60 seconds = 1 minute

60 minutes = 1 hour

7 days = 1 week

365 days = 1 year

Comprehension

Draw comprehensions from:

• stories
• tickets
• letters
• flyers
• news reports

Composition

1. Stories

• 3 paragraph stories
• Introduction
• Body
• Conclusion

1. journal writing
2. letters
3. thank you cards
4. invitations

Spelling:

1. Term 1 & 2 – Sight words and word blends
2. Term 3 – use vocabulary as well

Dictation: Weekly dictation taken from their spelling words