Prerequisites
- Age: 5-7 years old
What is included
- 40 live lessons
- 6-10 students in a class
- End of topic assessment
- Personalised feedback
- Homework and recommended exercise
Course details
1 . Reading
- The focus: Understanding and enjoying texts.
- Teaching content:
- Identifying main ideas, predicting what might happen next, and discussing characters and settings.
- Listening to and discussing a wide range of texts, including stories, poems, and non-fiction.
- Discussing the meaning of words and how they fit within context.
- Students will learn through exposure to classic and modern literature.
2. Writing
- Transcription
- Students practice spelling words correctly, including high-frequency words and words with common spelling patterns.
- They learn about the use of capital letters and punctuation marks. The concept of prefixes and suffixes (e.g., -ed, -ing, un-) and the use of them will be introduced.
- Composition
- Writing simple narratives and recounts.
- Writing for different purposes (e.g., letters, stories, instructions).
- Planning writing by discussing ideas and sequencing sentences.
- Re-reading and editing work for sense and accuracy.
- Speaking and Listening
- Students are encouraged to participate in discussions, express their ideas clearly, and listen to others. They learn to ask questions and respond appropriately. Activities often include role-play, storytelling, and presentations to develop confidence in speaking.
- Grammar and Punctuation
- Students are introduced to basic grammatical concepts, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, and simple sentence structures. They learn to use punctuation such as full stops, question marks, and exclamation marks.