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IMPORTANT PUBLICATION TO TEACHERS,

ADMINISTRATORS AND PROPRIETORS OF NURSERY
SCHOOLS & DAY CARE CENTRES IN UGANDA IN
HIGHLIGHT OF THE LEARNING FRAMEWORK-FOR THE
ECD.
24 FEBRUARY 2006
The Monitor (Kampala)
Uganda: New Curricula for Nursery Education
By Jane Nafula
The honeymoon for proprietors of Nursery schools and Day Care
Centres, which have been managing their own affairs and giving
information of their choice to young brains in the name of teaching has
come to an end.

The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) has developed

a learning framework for Early Childhood Development (ECD), which
teachers and caregivers in all pre-primary and Day Care Centres will
have to adhere while instilling different life skills and knowledge into
children.

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 LESSON NOTES FOR LEARNING AREA 2
(LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT I)
TOP CLASS TERM I
WEEK I (Vocabulary words to consider)
Home School Food Animals
Television book banana Cat
bed box fish Cow
spoon boy apple Dog
cup/mug girl milk Rabbit
tree bag tea goat
bag pencil water pig
house hen
axe duck
Activities
- Identifying the first letter sound of the words
- Reading words with proper pronunciation.
- Drawing pictures for the words.
- Circling the word for the picture.
- Writing words correctly.
- Matching words to the pictures
WEEK II
Vocabulary to consider
Home School Food Animal
flower pencil milk rabbit
broom table tomato goat
stool broom cassava snake
table cupboard water pig
chair teacher duck
carpet
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 Suggested developmental activities
- Reading words with proper pronunciation
- Drawing pictures for the words.
- Matching words to the pictures.
- Tick the word for the picture.
- Fill in the missing letter
WEEK III
(New words to consider)
Home School Food Animals
plate ruler water rabbit
knife duster tea goat
cupboard milk snake
teacher juice duck
Suggested developmental activities
- Pronouncing the words correctly
- Matching words to pictures (oral)
- Identifying the first letter sound.
- Drawing pictures for the words.
- Naming pictures.
- Underline the correct word for the picture.
WEEK IV
Suggested developmental activities
- Pronouncing the words correctly.
- Identifying the words
- Drawing pictures for the words.
- Naming pictures.
- Forming phrases.
WEEK V
New words.
- dress
- mummy

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 - daddy
- Peter
- Jane
- toy car
- pot
- egg
- shop
- cupboard
- and
- broom
- doll
- duster
- chalk
Suggested developmental activities.
- Pronouncing the words correctly.
- Identifying the words
- Forming phrases orally.
- Drawing pictures for the words.
- Writing phrases for pictures
- Completing phrases
WEEK VI
I can read simple words and sentences.
- Suggested activities
- Reading words correctly.
- Reading phrases
- Forming sentences to pictures.
- Listen and write.
WEEK VII
Introduction of new words from Ladybird 2a and b. her, is, you, I,
for, like, no, Peter’s, Jane’s, toy shop, likes, toys, yes, doll, tree,
sweet, some, jump
Suggested developmental activities.
- Pronouncing words correctly
- Constructing sentences orally.

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 - Writing sentences to the pictures.
- Completing sentences correctly.
- Make sentences using the given words.
WEEK VIII
Introduction of new words from Ladybird 3a. Play, up, at, on,
down, boat, see, me, cake, please, train, station, with, that
Suggested developmental activities.
- Pronouncing new words correctly.
- Tick the word with the correct spelling.
- Listen and write
- Make sentences for the given words.
- Completing sentences correctly.
WEEK X.
- Revision
- Constructing sentences using learnt vocabulary.
- Drawing pictures for learnt vocabulary.
- Identifying learnt vocabulary by;
- Understanding, ticking, circling,cr
- ossing,ringing, etc.
- Forming phrases.
- Completing sentences.

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 LESSON NOTES FOR LEARNING AREA 2
(LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT I)
TOP CLASS TERM II
WEEK II
Introducing “has”
Activities
- Read and write the word correctly.
- Form sentences using “has” orally.
- Draw pictures for the sentences.
- Listen and write sentences.
- Make sentences using the word “has”.
- Writing sentences from the substitution table.
Sam has a duck.
The dog two cows.
Dad an apple.
WEEK III
Introducing “have”.
Activities
- Read and write the word correctly.
- Form sentences using “have” orally.
- Draw pictures for the sentences.
- Listen and write.
- Make sentences.
- Write sentences from the substitution table.
I have an apple.
We a toy car.
You a dress.
They a book.
- Forming and writing sentences from the table.
- Drawing pictures for sentences.
- Completing sentences.

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 WEEK IV
❖ Introducing structural patterns with “This” and “that”
Activities.
- Pronouncing the word “this” correctly.
- Writing sentences.
- Drawing pictures for sentences.
- Writing sentences for pictures.
- Tick the word with the correct spelling.
- Introducing structural pattern “that”
Activities
- Pronouncing the word “that” correctly.
- Writing sentences.
- Drawing pictures for sentences.
- Writing sentences for pictures.
- Introducing new words, his, our, their, her, my and you.
- Making sentences using possessive nouns.
WEEK V
❖ Introducing new words from Ladybird 4a. make, she, draw,
us, off, there, children, be, then, things, puts, work, away,
horse, milk.
Activities
- Pronounce words correctly.
- Write sentences using words.
- completing sentences
- Building words using single letter cards.
- Reading and drawing pictures.
- Completing the story.
- Finding the missing letters.
WEEK VI
Introducing new words
can, jump into, we, to, go, yes, sweets, home, his, fire, big, keep,
little, my, her, two
Activities.
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 - Pronounce words correctly.
- Listen and write
- Find missing letters.
- Construct sentences
- Building up words.
- Drawing pictures.
- Completing sentences.
WEEK VII
❖ Introducing new words.
❖ Want, no, some, for, yes, farm, horse, thank, cows, him,
what, do, all, sea, game
Activities
- Pronounce the words.
- Listen and write.
- Construct sentences using given words.
- Find the missing letter.
- Building up words.
- Completing sentences.
WEEK VIII
Introducing words from Ladybird 4b, games, DANGER, or, fire,
stop, off, away, children, not, big, little, my, things, away, puts
Activities.
- Pronouncing words.
- Use words in sentences orally.
- Listen and write words and sentences
- Fill in missing letters.
- Complete given sentences.
- Building up words.
WEEK IX
❖ Introducing new words from Ladybird please, station, train,
rabbits, that, help, away, go, that
Activities
- Pronouncing words correctly.
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 - Writing words and sentences
- Finding missing letters.
- Write words correctly.
- Listen and write.
- Completing sentences.
WEEK X
❖ Introducing new words from Ladybird. Police, give, red, was,
school, bus, man
Activities
- Pronouncing words correctly.
- Writing words and sentences.
- Find missing letters.
- Write words correctly.
- Listen and write.
- Completing sentences.
WEEK XI
❖ Introducing new words “yes” and “no”
Activities
Use of “Yes”
- Pronouncing words correctly.
- Writing sentences for the pictures.
- Constructing sentences.
- Completing sentences
- Answer correctly.
Introducing use of “No”
- Pronounce the word correctly.
- Introducing “No” in sentences.
- Writing sentences suing “Yes” and “No”.
- Answer correctly-orally and written.
- Complete given sentences.
WEEK XII
Introducing prepositions
on, in, near, under, over.
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 Activities
- Pronounce the words correctly.
- Draw pictures for sentences.
- Listen and write sentences.
- Fill in the prepositions given correctly.
- Underlining prepositions in sentences.
- Sentences for the given prepositions.

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 LESSON NOTES FOR LEARNING AREA 2
(LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.I)
TOP CLASS TERM III.
WEEK I.
❖ Revision of prepositions on, under, near, in, over
Activities
- Pronounce the words correctly.
- Forming sentences suing the prepositions orally.
- Construct sentences using the words.
- Drawing pictures.
- Find the missing preposition.
- Completing the sentences with the correct prepositions
WEEK II.
Introducing the use of “want” and “wants”.
Activities
Pronounce the words correctly.
Forming new sentences from the substitution table.
Find the missing letter.
Using the given words to make sentences.
Completing the sentences.
I want to play.
We eat food.
They drink juice.
He wants to play football
She skip the rope
Jane eat food.
John
WEEK III.
Introducing plurals ending with “s”
Activities
Identifying the words.
Write the words correctly.
Reading the plurals orally.
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 Using plurals in sentences.
Underline the plural in the sentence.
Put the words into plural form.
Completing sentences with correct plurals.
Make sentences using the plurals.
WEEK IV.
Introducing verbs (Action words)
Introducing doing words.
Activities (Verbs ending with “ing”)
- Mentioning doing words e.g. stand, draw, jump, sit)
- Reading the verbs given.
- Perform actions.
- Drawing pictures for the words.
- Cross the verb in the sentence.
- Construct sentences using the verbs.
- Fill in the correct verb.
Verb ending with double letters.
Siting, digging, cutting, pulling, mopping
Activities
- Pronounce the words correctly.
- Perform actions
- Reading words and sentences.
- Draw pictures for the verbs.
- Tick the verb in the sentence.
- Make sentences using the given verb.
- Fill in the correct verb in the sentences.
- Listen and write verbs ending with double letters.
- Completing correctly.
Verbs ending with “e” crossed. e.g. write, ride, dance. Hide
Activities
- Pronounce the words correctly.
- Perform actions
- Reading words and sentences.
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 - Draw pictures for the verbs.
- Ring the verb in the sentence.
- Make sentences using the given verb.
- Find the correct verb in the sentences.
- Listen and write verbs.
- Complete correctly.
WEEK V
Introducing capital and small letters
- Writing in small letters.
- Writing in capital letters.
- Letter before
- Letter after
- Arranging letters in order.
WEEK VI
Introducing colors, e.g. pink, black, orange, etc.
Activities
- Pronounce the colors.
- Shading the pictures.
- Naming different colors.
- Fill in the missing letters.
Introducing compound words (Getting a small word from a big
word)
- teacher -tea each teach her
Flower girl - flower girl lower
Headmaster- head master as
Activities
- Pronounce the words correctly.
- Listen and write the words.
- Getting a small word from a big word.
WEEK VII
Introducing animal’s young ones

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 Domestic animals.

cow calf
cat kitten
goat kid
dog puppy
sheep lamb
hen chick
duck duckling
bird nestling
pig piglet
Activities
- Mentioning domestic animals. (Animals found at home)
- Drawing animals at home with their young ones.
- Naming the young ones.
- Completing the table for animals’ young ones.
- Matching animals to their young ones.
- Listen and write animal’s young ones.

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 WEEK VIII
Introducing picture sequences (Finding the picture number)
(1) (4)

(3) (2)

Activities
• Finding the picture number.
• Talking about pictures.
• Constructing sentences from the pictures.
Using the structural patterns.
WEEK IX
Introducing picture story (e.g.)
Nakato is a ____________
She has a ____________and a__________
She sits on a __________ at home.
Activities
- Reading the story individually.
- Reading the story in a group.
- Reading loudly as a class.
- Answering questions from the story.
- Drawing pictures to interpret the story.
- Completing the sentence correctly.

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 WEEK XI
Introducing puzzles e.g.
1 2

Activities
- Identifying the words from the puzzle.
- Circling the words.
- Finding the words from the puzzle.
- Writing correct words.
WEEK XII
REVISION IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS.
- Prepositions
- Plurals.
- Verbs.
- Animal young ones.
- Colors
- Reading stories.
- Construct sentences using the given words.

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 LESSON NOTES FOR LEARNING AREA 3
(HEALTH HABITS)
FOR TOP CLASS
TERM I.
Taking care of myself for proper growth and development.
My name is ___________
I am ____ years old. I am a__________ (girl, boy)
My father’s name is _____________
My mother’s name is ____________
I live/stay at ____________
My school is ______________

Activity
1. What is your name?
My name is _________________
2. How old are you:
I am ________ years old.
I am a _______________ (girl/boy)
Let the pupils talk about themselves.
3. What’s your father’s name?
__________________________
4. What’s your mother’s name?
_______________________
5. Where do you live/stay?
_______________________
6. What’s the name of your school?
___________________________
Drawing and describing his/her name.
Naming my body parts
1. Reciting/singing a rhyme about body parts.
2. Naming and identifying body parts e.g. ears, toes, nose,
mouth, fingers, legs, eyes, lips, etc.

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 Teacher leads pupils to know how many they are.
All about functions of each body part e.g.
Eyes - seeing
Nose - smelling
Legs - walking, etc.
• Children should know the main function of body parts. i.e. to
give shape of person.
The teacher should lead the pupils to appreciate the gifts God
gave us through a song, prayer, rhyme, etc.
Activity
1. Teach a dialogue song about body parts (oral)
2. Naming body parts.

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 Matching body parts to their uses.

Walking

Hearing

Seeing

Smelling

Touching

Filling in missing letters

e__r n__se le__

Write these words correctly.
era _______ seno _________ eey _______
ige _______ teos _________ ngerfi _________

Caring for our body

Reciting a rhyme about the ways of caring for our body.
Teacher guides children and instructs them to mention the way
how different body parts are cared for. e.g
Teeth - by brushing
Fingernails - by cutting them short
Hair - by combing, cutting, plaiting, etc.
Activity
How can you care for your teeth?
I can care for my teeth by _______________
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 Draw these things we use to cut finger nails.
(i) razorblades (ii) nail cutter
Match correctly

Toothbrush

Comb

Razorblade

Toothpaste
• Talk about the importance of keeping our body clean e.g. It
makes us look smart, etc.
• Talk about the dangers of cleaning the body. e.g. It causes
bad smell.
• I can locate the place where I live/stay
I live/stay at _____________________________
My village is ____________________________.
My home is found at __________________
Things that make up a home.
Kitchen
Toilet
Bedroom
Bathroom
Sitting room
Activity
• Name the things found in the kitchen e.g. saucepan, spoon,
and plates.

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 Things found in the kitchen.

Where do we ease? (Oral)

Chairs, cupboard, table, carpet, television, (TV), radio, etc
• Write the things we find in a bedroom. e.g bed, basin,
wardrobe, mattress, blanket, pillow, suitcase, etc
• Family members
• Recite a rhyme/sing a song about family members.
• Mention family members (nuclear family) e.g father, mother,
sister, and brother, baby
Other family members extended family)
- aunt
- uncle
- cousin
- nephew
- grandfather
- grandmother
Activity
Who heads a family?
________heads a family.

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 Name these people found at home.

Fill in the missing letters

f__ther m__ther si__ter br_ther
Color these family members
Animals found at home.
• pig
• goat
• dog
• sheep
• cow
• rabbit
Activity
Write these words correctly.
pgi -_______
gdo -______
oatg-_______
atc -_______
woc -_______
eepsh-_______
bbitra-_______

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 Read and draw
pig dog cow sheep rabbit cat

Fill in missing letters.

sh__ __ p go__t c__w rab__it c__t
• Telling the role of each of the animal found at home.
Birds found at home. e.g. duck, hen, turkey
Activity
Read and draw the birds.
What does the hen give us?
Fill in the missing letters.
h__n d__ck tu__key
Roles of family members
Tr. guides the children to discuss and discover the roles of different
member’s e.g.
Mother Father Children
• Cooks food heads a family • Mop the house
• feeds the baby Buys food • Sweepthe compound
• Cleans-the • Wash dishes
home • Mops the house
Activity
Pupils’ role play
• Draw Mummy cooking food
Name the things we use to clean the home.

____________
__________

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 Domestic animals which are not eaten.
Dog
Cat
Use of animals (Things we get from domestic animals)
Cow - milk, meat, dung, skin
Goat - meat, milk, skin
Dog - keeps/guard’s homes, it is a pet
Sheep - milk, wool, manure
Cat - eats rats, it is a pet
Activity
• Which animal guards the home? ____________________
Match correctly
Cow wool

Dog milk

Sheep guards our homes

Which animals eats rats from the house? ____________________
Animals used for transport
Donkey
Horse For carrying people and things. They are also used as
pets.
Camel
Lesson nine
Uses of birds. (Things we get from birds)
Hen - eggs, chicken, manure
Duck - eggs, meat
Turkey - eggs, meat

Activity.
Draw these things we get from a hen.
Eggs chicken

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 Lesson ten
Fill in the missing parts

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 LESSON NOTES FOR LEARNING AREA 3 (HEALTH
HABITS) FOR TOP CLASS TERM II

WEEK I AND II
a. Taking care of myself for growth and development.
(i) Keeping healthy and practicing good health habits.
Suggested developmental activities
• Naming food eaten at home and at school.
• Identifying good food to be eaten. (oral work)
• Identifying sources of food e.g. garden, markets, shops,
lakes, etc.
• explaining importance of eating clean fresh foods and safe
drinks.
(Oral work)
• Explaining the importance of washing hands before after
eating food. (Oral work)
• Talking about foods that make up a balanced diet. (Oral
work)
• Identifying foods that are not eaten. (Oral work)
• Singing songs, reciting rhymes and telling stories. (Oral
work)
• Drawing and coloring foods.
• Modeling and pasting types of foods. (Practical)
• Modeling and pasting types of foods. (Practical)Making scrap
books about foods and drinks. (Practical)
WEEK III AND IV
• Taking care of myself for proper growth and development.
(i) Caring for my body.
Suggested developmental activities.
• Naming clothes we wear.
• Drawing types of clothes and coloring them.
• Explaining the importance of wearing clothes.

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 • Role playing the safety of keeping clothes.
• Cutting out types of clothes and displaying them
• Matching clothes to definite parts.
• Displaying types of clothes according to color, size and sex.
• cutting and sticking
• pasting with cereals
• Painting cut outs
WEEK V AND VI
Interacting with exploring, knowing and using my environment.
Exploring and knowing my immediate environment.
Suggested developmental activities.
• Planting, watering and caring for seedlings.
• Telling uses of plants, foods, fruits and flowers. i.e.
• for decoration
• medicine
• wood
• firewood
• manure
• shade
• shelter, etc.
• Observing pictorial environment messages/signs e.g. Keep
off the grass.
• To have a field trip to watch the nature of plants.
• Drawing plants
• Naming plants
• Creating a class garden with vegetables.
• Singing and reciting compositions about plants.

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 WEEK VII AND VIII
Knowing and appreciating important places in my environment.
Important places

Suggested developmental activities

• Naming important places around home and school. e.g.
• police stations
• clinics
• hospitals
• churches
• markets
• mosques
• Schools, etc.
• Talking about importance of places.
• Naming people found in each place.

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 • Role playing/dramatizing activities done at each place.
• Carrying out educational visits to the mentioned places.
• Telling stories/news.
• Listening to a resourceful person.
• Drawing important places.
WEEK.IX
Experimenting and understanding the concept of movement in
the environment.
Means of transport.

Suggested developmental activities.

• Naming things/means we use for transport. e.g.
• bicycles,
• cars,
• trains,
• buses,
• motorcycles,
• wheel barrows,
• donkeys,
• aero planes,
• Boats, etc.
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 • Talking about different ways of transport e.g.
• road transport
• water transport
• air transport
• Rail transport.
• Identifying common means in and around the environment.
• Modeling, drawing, coloring everyday means.
• Singing and reciting rhymes related to transport.
• Talking about the zebra crossing and people who help us to
cross the road. e.g.
• traffic officers
• older people
• parents
• traffic lights
• older children
• Talking about different kinds of road e.g. tarmac roads,
feeder roads,
• Marrum roads, main roads.
• Modeling
• Demonstrating

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 WEEK X
• Identifying dangers and taking precautions of keeping safe
and avoiding accidents.
Dangerous objects.

Suggested developmental activities

• Talking about dangerous things in our environment e.g.
• sharp objects
• open dug holes
• medicine
• broken things
• snake bites
• poisonous foods/drinks
• open/broken electric wires
• pot holes,
• Talking about first aid and what should be done to common
accidents.
• Drawing and naming dangerous things.
• Talking about safety rules.

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 • Watching films
• Singing and reciting poems
• Role playing situations about accidents.
People I stay within the environment
Teacher guides pupils to recognize and identify people in different
types of environment. i.e.
• school
• home
• community
People found at school

• head teacher
• teachers
• cleaners
• cooks
• guards, bursar
• secretary, etc.
Activity
Who is your head teacher?
What is the name of your class teacher? (Oral)
Who are your teachers? (Oral)
Where do we find the guards? (Orals)
What is the color of your school uniform?

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 Name these things

Where do we find cooks?

Fill in the missing letters.
te__cher c__ __ k gu__rd
People found at home

• father
• mother
• sister
• brother
• baby, etc.
• Mention all family members
Activity
- Drawing people at home
- Naming people at home
- What is your father’s name?
- What is your mother’s name?

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 Write these words correctly.
therfa _________ mthero ____ stersi ______
Where do you live?
People found in the community.

our community
• doctor
• driver
• nurse
• farmer
• carpenter
• mechanic
• shopkeeper, etc.
Activity
Let children role play different people in the community
• What does the doctor do?
• Who sells things in the shop?
• Draw a farmer in the garden

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 Match correctly
Doctor shop

Farmer hospital

Shop-keeper garden
• Talking about acceptable behaviors using appropriate
language
Can be done through
• requests (oral)
• Apologizing (Oral)
• responding to when called (Oral)
• Inquiring about things. (Oral)
• Obeying and following notes. (Oral)
• Asking for permission. (Oral)
• Playing games that show good behaviors. (Oral)
• Playing imaginary situations with others, (Oral)
Activity
• Role playing
• Telling news
• Playing games
My daily practices
Sing a song about routine
Guide learners to mention actions they perform e.g.

• sweeping

• mopping

• dusting

• cleaning

• combing

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 • drawing

• writing

• playing, etc.
Activity
Read and draw the actions
Sweeping Cleaning mopping

Activity
Drawing and painting freely according to what is given e.g.
• Playing in the garden
• at the market
• my school
• my birthday
N.B: Teacher should provide all the necessary materials.
Modeling with clay
•Children should model different things found in the environment
e.g. cars, radios, etc.
•Pasting pictures with seeds, bananas, fibers, papers, etc.
•Teacher should guide children when they are pasting.
•Using the sense of touching and feeling to describe things and
situations.
Things which are soft
• mattress
• sweater, etc.
Things which are hard
• stone

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 • table, etc.
Activity
Mention examples of soft things
Give examples of hard things
Things which are smooth.eg
• skin
• baby, etc.
Things which are rough. e.g.
• Floor
• Soil, etc.
Things which are heavy. e.g.
• Stones
• Salt, etc.
Things which are light. e.g.
• cotton
• clothes,
• feathers, etc.
Examples of hot things
• hot tea
• hot milk
• hot food
Examples of cold things
• cold food
• ice cream
• cold water
• cold milk
Activity
Learners should sort objects into different forms.
• Playing
• guess games
• water play
• sand play

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 • Playing with different textures e.g. sand, flour, etc.
• Comparing things according to different attributes. e.g.
Comparing and sorting pupils into two groups based on a
particular criterion. i.e.
Big - small
Tall - short
Activity
• pupils sort objects
• pupils compare objects
Arranging things into 3 groups dimension and describing the
relations. i.e.
Big bigger biggest

Long longer longest

Tall taller tallest

Activity
• Arranging things into 3 group’s dimension.
• Describing relation.
• Answering questions.

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 Lesson eight
Describing positions using the vocabulary
• near
• far
• out
• under
• up
• down
Using near and far

Where is the tree?

A B Leaf A is ______ away from leaf B

Activity
• Answering questions correctly
• describing positions
• play games
Comparing concrete objects using light, heavy, heavier
Stone B Stone A is heavy.
Stone b is heavier than
stone A

Stone A

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 Comparing capacity (Using empty/full)
A B C

Glass B has more water than glass __________

Glass A is _______________
Glass B is _____________
Comparing length (Using longer, shorter, wider, tall, short)
Revision questions
draw and write

Stone Pin Stick

Bean Nail Sand

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 circle the right word
note nose

hut head

eye egg

tongue tank
lip leg

teeth tap

mouth mat

fish fingers

eat ear

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 fill in the missing sounds

m____t
s____n
p___t

b____ll
b____x
t____n

c____p tre__
t___p

Read and draw.

apple broom

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 Name these

Stool bed book chair table

Shade a book and an umbrella

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 LESSON NOTES FOR LEARNING AREA 3 (HEALTH
HABITS) FOR TOP CLASS
TERM III
Lesson one.

People we stay within the environment.

Teacher guides pupils to recognize and identify people in different types
of environment. i.e.
• school
• home
• community
People found at school.
• headteacher
• teachers
• cleaners
• cooks
• guards, bursar
• secretary, etc.
Activity.
Who is your headteacher?
What is the name of your class teacher? (Oral)
Who are your teachers? (Oral)
Where do we find the guards? (Orals)
What is the colour of your school uniform?
Name these things.

……………………………………………….. ………………………………………………
Where do we find cooks?
Fill in the missing letters.
te__cher c__ __ k gu__rd
People found at home.
• father
• mother
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 • sister
• brother
• baby, etc.
• Mention all family members
Activity.
- Drawing people at home
- Naming people at home
- What is your father’s name?
- What is your mother’s name?
Write these words correctly.
therfa _________ mthero ____ stersi ______
Where do you live?
People found in our community.
• doctor
• driver
• nurse
• farmer
• carpenter
• mechanic
• shopkeeper, etc.
Activity
Let children role play different people in the community
• What does the doctor do?
• Who sells things in the shop?
• Draw a farmer in the garden
Match correctly
doctor shop
farmer hospital
shopkeeper garden
Talking about acceptable behaviours using appropriate language
Can be done through
• requests (oral)
• Apologizing (Oral)
• responding to when called (Oral)
• Inquiring about things. (Oral)
• Obeying and following notes. (Oral)

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 • Asking for permission. (Oral)
• Playing games that show good behaviours. (Oral)
• Playing imaginary situations with others, (Oral)
Activity
• Role playing
• Telling news
• Playing games
Lesson two
My daily practices
Sing a song about routine
Guide learners to mention actions they perform e.g.
• sweeping
• mopping
• dusting
• cleaning
• combing
• drawing
• writing
• playing, etc
Activity
Read and draw the actions
Sweeping
Cleaning mopping

Lesson three
Activity
drawing and painting freely according to what is given e.g.
• Playing in the garden
• at the market
• my school
• my birthday
N.B: Teacher should provide all the necessary materials.

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 Modeling with clay.
Children should model different things found in the environment e.g. cars,
radios, etc.
Pasting pictures with seeds, bananas, fibres, papers, etc.
Teacher should guide children when they are pasting.
Lesson four
Using the sense of touching and feeling to describe things and situations.
Things which are soft
• mattress
• sweater, etc.
Things which are hard
• stone
• table, etc.
Activity.
Mention examples of soft things
Give examples of hard things
Lesson five.
Things which are smooth.eg
• skin
• baby, etc.
Things which are rough. e.g.
floor
soil, etc.
Things which are heavy. e.g.
stones
salt, etc.
Things which are light. e.g.
• cotton
• clothes,
• feathers, etc.
Examples of hot things.
• hot tea
• hot milk
• hot food
Examples of cold things
• cold food
• ice cream
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 • cold water
• cold milk
Activity
Learners should sort objects into different forms.
• Playing
• guess games
• water play
• sand play
• Playing with different textures e.g. sand, flour, etc.
Lesson six
Comparing things according to different attributes. e.g.
Comparing and sorting pupils into two groups based on some particular
criteria. i.e.
big - small
tall - short
Activity
• pupils sort objects
• pupils compare objects
Lesson seven
Arranging things into 3 groups dimension and describing the relations. i.e.
Big bigger biggest

Long longer longest

Tall taller tallest

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 Activity
• Arranging things into 3 groups dimension.
• Describing relation.
• Answering questions.
Lesson eight
Describing positions using the vocabulary
• near
• far
• out
• under
• up
• down
• Using near and far

Where is the tree?

A B Leaf A is ______ away from leaf B

Activity
• Answering questions correctly
• describing positions
• play games
Lesson nine.
Comparing concrete objects using light, heavy, heavier
Stone B Stone A is heavy.
Stone b is heavier than stone A

Stone A
Comparing capacity (Using empty/full)
A B C

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 Glass B has more water than glass __________
Glass A is _______________
Glass B is _____________
Comparing length (Using longer, shorter, wider, tall, short)
Lesson ten
Revision

LESSON NOTES FOR NUMBERS FOR TOP CLASS

TERM I
WEEK I
Introducing number numerals 1 -10
Activities
- Singing number songs.
- Reciting rhymes.
- Number games
- Counting real objects and pictures. (orally)
- Matching numbers to pictures.Writing numbers 0 – 10 in
order
WEEK II
I can recognize numerals 1- 2 0.
Activities
- Singing number songs.
- Number games.
- Counting real objects
- Counting objects.
- Counting objects and writing numbers.
- Count and write
- Drawing objects
- Tick the correct number for the pictures
- Writing numbers in order.

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 WEEK.III
I can recognize numerals and enumerate them.
(Application of quantitative) e.g.
4 2 3 =

2 3 4 =

0 2 1 =

Draw pictures for the number

4=
6=
Activities
- Counting objects
- Matching numbers to pictures.
- Drawing objects of the given numbers.
- Count and circle the number.
- Count and underline the correct number.
WEEK IV
Arranging numbers in order. e.g.
3, 0, 1, 2 = 0, 1, 2, 3
5, 3, 4, 2, 1 = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2, 1, 3, 4 = 1, 2, 3, 4
Activities
- recognition of numbers
- Counting numbers.
- Arranging numbers from the smallest to the biggest.
- Arranging numbers from the biggest to the smallest.
- Writing correct numbers.
Introducing missing numbers. e.g.
1 __ 3 __ 5__ 6 __ 8___

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 Write the numbers after/before
3 __ -- 2 6 ___
__ 4 8 __ __ 6
Activities
- Counting numbers.
- Writing numbers.
- Finding the missing numbers.
- Arranging numbers in order.
- writing the number after.
- Writing the number before.
-
WEEK V
Introducing of plus sign and equal sign.(I can add using objects up
to 10)
Activity
- Counting objects
- Drawing pictures
- Adding pictures
- Count, add and draw pictures e.g.
+ =

+ =
Z Z + Z= z z z
Addition of objects/pictures
Activities
- Counting objects and writing a number.
- Drawing pictures.
- Adding picture e.g.
+ =3
+ =4
+ =2

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 WEEK VI
Introducing addition of numbers using pictures. (I can add objects
with numbers up to 10)
Activities
- Oral work counting
- Drawing the pictures.
- Counting the pictures.
- Adding pictures.
- Count, add and write the number e.g.
+ =
2 + 2= 4
WEEK VII
Introducing addition with balls 0 – 10.
(I can add things and numbers up to 10)
Activities
- Oral work counting
- Drawing balls on numbers.
- Counting and writing the correct numbers. e.g.

3 + 1= 4

2 + 2= 4

1 + 0= 1
Addition of numbers using balls.
2 4 3
+ 2 + 0 + 2
4 4 5
WEEK 8
Introducing greater and less.
• I can show relations among things/numbers in order.
Activities
- Identify and show the greater/less number.
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 - Tick the greater number.
- Ring the greater number
- Cross the greater number
- Underline the greater number
Underline the less number
5 2
1 5
3 8
1 4
WEEK IX
Introducing number before and number after.
(I can recognize numbers 0 – 20)
Activities
- Identifying the number.
- Writing the number after.
- Writing number before.
- Writing number between.
WEEK X
Introducing shapes. (Circle, square, rectangle, triangle, oval, star)
(I can collect objects according to stated features.)
Activities
- Identifying the shapes.
- Drawing the shapes.
- Matching shapes to their names.
- Coloring the shapes.
- Writing names for shapes.
- Read and match to the shapes.
-
WEEK XI
Revision in some areas.
- Arranging numbers in order.
- From the biggest to the smallest.
- From the smallest to the biggest
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 - Find the missing numbers.
- Write the number before and after.
- Write the number between.
- Addition of numbers
- Shapes
LESSON NOTES FOR NUMBERS FOR TOP CLASS
TERM II.
WEEK I

Circle square star oval triangle

Activities
- Identifying and recognizing shapes.
- Pronouncing words correctly.
- Coloring shapes
- Matching words to pictures.
- Underline correct word for the given shape.
- Naming shapes
WEEK II
Introducing making patterns using shapes.
e.g

A
B

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 Activities
- Recognizing shapes.
- Forming objects using the patterns
- Drawing shapes.
- Naming shapes.
- Fill in the missing letters.
WEEK III
Introducing numerals 0 – 30
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Activities
- Counting real objects
- Counting pictures orally
- Copying numbers.
- Find the missing numbers.
- Match pictures to numbers.
Finding the next number using “what”.
What number comes after?
13, ___ 15, ___ 17, ___
What number comes before?
___, 21 __, 29 __, 14
Arranging numbers in order. e.g.
12, 10, 11 - 10, 11, 12
20, 1, 19 - 18, 19, 20
Activities
- Counting numbers.
- Writing numbers before and after.
- Arranging numbers in order.
- Tick the greater number.
- Circle the smaller number.

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 WEEK IV
Introducing subtraction
(Take away using objects)
ccccc =3
aaaaa =4
oooo=0

Activities
- Counting correctly.
- Drawing objects
- Subtracting objects
- Writing the number correctly.
Take away involving numbers
5 - 1 =

4 - 2 = 2

Activities
- Counting correctly.
- Drawing objects.
- taking away numbers.
- Writing the number correctly.
Taking away using numbers vertically and horizontally. e.g.
3–0=3
5 – 2 = __
10 – 4 = __
3 2 5
- 2 - 0 - 5
______ ______ _______
WEEK V
Addition of numbers
1 – 20
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 Adding three numbers e.g.
1+1+1=3
4 + 2 + 4 = 10
3 + 1 + 2 =_
Adding vertically
3 5 4
3 2 2
+ 1 + 6 + 1
7
Activities
- Counting correctly.
- Adding numbers correctly.
- Arranging numbers.
- Drawing counters e.g. balls, sticks
- Writing numbers correctly.
WEEK VI
Use of full, empty, half

Activities
- Reading the words correctly.
- Filling containers with water.
- Drawing pictures.
- Identifying tins.
- Matching pictures to words.
- Cross the correct word.
Comparing using more/less

Questions
Which tin has less water?
Tin ___ has less water than tin ___.
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 Activities
- Reading words correctly.
- Drawing tins.
- Identifying tins
- Answering questions correctly.
- Completing the gaps correctly.
WEEK VII
Comparing length of subjects.
(Using short, shorter, shortest)
Short shorter shortest

Using long, longer, longer.

C
A B

Long longer longer

Ruler A is ___________
Ruler B is ________ than Ruler A _________
Ruler C is the _________
Activities
- Reading words correctly.
- Drawing objects
- Writing statements
- Completing statements
- Answering correctly.

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 Comparing of heights using different objects.
(Use of tall, taller, tallest) Joy
Sara
Mary

Tall taller tallest

______ is taller than _________

Who is the tallest?

______________________________________________
Activities
- Identifying the great /less number
- Finding the greater number
- Writing the greater or less number.
- Underline the greater or less number.
WEEK NINE
Introducing number words (0 – 10)
(Zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten)
Activities.
- Reading the words correctly.
- Matching words to pictures
- Drawing pictures for the number words.
- Writing words f or the numbers.
- Fill in the missing letters
- Listen and write.

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 Introducing drawing beads.
Read and draw the beads

One five four three

Activities
- reading the words
- Identifying the correct number for the word.
- Counting beads.
- Drawing beads.
WEEK X
Writing number words.
Count and write number in words.
= Two balls =________eggs

= _____books = _____chair
Read and draw
Two balls =

Four cups =
Six stones =
Seven apples =
Activities
- Reading the words
- Counting objects
- Identifying the correct number word.
- Drawing pictures.
- Writing number words.

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 Read and subtract.
1) Two take away four equals__________________
2) Nine take away six equals___________________
3) Twelve take away six equals_________________
4) Eight take away one equals__________________
5) Shalom had eight mangoes, she gave Sharon two mangoes.
How many mangoes did shalom remain
with________________?
6) Maria had ten books. She gave one book to Tina. How many
books did Maria remain with______________________?
7) Gloria had six brooms. She gave four brooms to Suzan. How
many brooms did Gloria remain
with__________________________?
8) Ofono went to the market and bought the following.

Item price
Toy car 700/=
Sweet 50/=
Bottle 100/=
Onions 200/=
Tomatoes 200/=
Cake 300/=
Ball 900/=
Ice cream 400/=
Books 600/=
Pencils 500/=
Brooms 200/=
Answer the following questions.
a. How much did Ofono use to buy books?
______________________
b. How much is a sweet?

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 _____________________________________
c. How much is a ball?
_____________________________________
d. How much did he use to buy a toy car?
________________________
e. What is the price of a bottle?
________________________________
f. Which item did Ofono buy at 50 shillings?
_____________________
g. How much is a broom?
____________________________________
WEEK XI
Introducing addition of number words.e.g.
Three and two is five
3 + 2 =5
Five and one is six
5 + 1 = 6
Two and two gives four
2 + 2 =4
Six and one gives seven
6 + 1 =
Five plus three equals eight.
5 + 3 =8
Zero plus ten equals ten
0 + 10 = 10
Two bananas plus one banana equals______________ bananas.
One book plus three books equals _________ books.
Activities
- Reading words
- Counting objects
- Writing number words.
- Adding numbers
- Drawing pictures
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 WEEK XII
Revision on all the learnt themes.
Revision questions.
1.Write these numbers in order
5 6 8 7
________________________________________________________
2 4 3 5
________________________________________________________

9 8 10 11
________________________________________________________
1.Write the number before
______11 ______17 _____8
______12 ______15 ______2
______10 _______7 ______14
1.Write the next number.
4_____________ 5___________________
9_____________ 1___________________
3_____________ 6___________________
Write numbers 1-20

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 LESSON NOTES FOR NUMBERS
FOR TOP CLASS
TERM III.
WEEK I
Addition of numbers (3 addends)
Subtraction of numbers.
Activities
- Counting numbers
- Addition of numbers horizontally
- Addition of numbers vertically.
- Subtracting numbers horizontally.
- Subtracting numbers vertically
4 3 3 5
3 2 - 1 - 2
+ 1 + 1

4–1=
6–2=
5–3=
WEEK II
Identifying the greater number
Identifying the less number by ringing, ticking, underling and
crossing.
Activities
- Counting numbers, drawing balls.
- Ringing the greater number
- Ringing the less number.
- Identifying the greater and less number by ticking, crossing
or underlining.
6, 4 3 , 7

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 WEEK III
Introducing number words
Activities
- Counting numbers
- Writing number words.
- Matching numbers to number words.
- Drawing pictures.
- Identifying words by circling, ticking, underlining and ringing.
- One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
WEEK IV
Word statements (addition)
Activities
- reading mathematical statements
- Reading operational signs.
Solving given word statements using addition.
Six plus two equals _____
Three plus one equals ___
Four plus four equals ____
Two plus five equals __
WEEK V
Addition using number words.
Activities
- Counting
-Writing words for numbers
-Drawing objects for numbers
-Writing numbers for words.
-Adding numbers
1-One
2-Two

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 3-Three
4-Four
5-Five etc.
WEEK VI
Solving word problems using addition
Explanation of the following words; plus, altogether,
collected, joined, put together, how many
- reading statements and word problems
- Counting and writing
- Solving word problems
- Drawing pictures
Mum had two eggs
Sara had four eggs
They had __________eggs altogether.
WEEK VII
Identifying the less number.
Solving word problems by subtracting
Activities
- Counting
- Drawing pictures
- Identifying the less number by either crossing, ticking,
underlining or ringing
- Explanation of the following words; take away, remain,
broken, fell down, flew away, left, how many.
- Subtracting
Activity
a. There were four birds on a tree. Two birds flew away.
How many birds remained?
__________________________
b. Jane had eight eggs. Three eggs got broken. How
many eggs were
left?______________________________________

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 WEEK VIII
Addition
By finding the missing number
Subtraction
5 + = 7 - 3 = 2 7 = 10

Activities
- Identifying the less or greater number.
- Subtracting horizontally and vertically
5 6 4
+ + - -
3 10 9 1
2
WEEK IX
Comparing and ordering things.
Activities
- Naming objects
- Drawing objects
- Comparing objects
- Arranging things in order.
WEEK X
Telling time
Calendar
Activities
- reciting rhymes about time.
- Naming days of the week.
- Naming months of the year.
- Talking about the clock face.
- Telling the use of time.

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 - Showing time on a clock face.
- Telling time on a clock face.

WEEK XI.
Number games
Activities
- Dominoes
- jig saws
- lotto
- rhymes
- songs
- tearing
- cutting and pasting
- modeling
- measuring
- threading
- follow direction

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 READING TEACHERS GUIDING NOTES
FOR TOP CLASS
TERM I
WEEK I.
Introducing vowel letter sounds. (a, e, i, o, u)
Activities
- Pronouncing letter sounds correctly.
- Identifying different vowel letter sounds with the help of cut
outs, cards of single letters.
- Singing a letter sound song.
- Matching sounds to pictures.
- Drawing pictures for the sound given in the pupils’ books.
- Writing the sounds correctly for the pictures given on papers.
WEEK III
- Teaching consonant letter sounds
p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z
Activities
- Reading the sounds correctly
- Recognize and identify sounds.
- Drawing a picture for the given sounds.
- Cross the sound for the picture.
- Write a sound for the picture.
- Listen and write.
WEEK. II
Introducing consonant letter sounds. (b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n)
Activities
- Pronouncing letter sounds correctly.
- Recognize and identify letter sounds.
- Matching sound to the picture.
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 - Drawing a picture for the given sound.
- Circle a sound for the picture.
- Underline a sound for the picture.
- Write a sound for the picture.
- Listen and write the given sound.
- Cross the sound for the picture.
- Write a sound for the picture
- Listen and write.
WEEK IV
Introducing syllables with sound “a”.
ba, ca, da, fa, ga, ha, ja, ka, la, ma, na, pa, ra, sa, ta, va, wa, ya,
za.
Forming words using syllables.
e.g ba-g - bag
ca-t - cat
fa-t - fat
ha-t - hat
ga-p - gap
ma-p - map
pa-n - pan
ma-n - man
ya-m - yam
Forming short sentences using the words. e.g A cat has a
rat.
Activities.
- Reading syllables correctly.
- Identifying the given syllables.
- Match the same syllables.
- Draw a picture for the syllable.
- Form structures.
- Draw pictures for the words.
- Name pictures.
- Form sentences using words.
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 - Listen and write.

WEEK V
Introducing syllables with sound “e” be, de, fe,. ge, je, ke, le,
me, ne, pe, re, se, te, ve, we, ye
Forming words.
be-d bed
he-n hen
pe-n pen
re-d red
te-n ten
ge-t get
Activities
- Reading syllables in the word.
- Identifying the correct syllable for the picture.
- Circle the syllable for the picture.
- Match syllable to picture.
- Form words with sound “e”
- Read and draw.
- Fill in the missing letter.
- Naming pictures.
- Constructing sentences using the words.
-
WEEK VI
Introducing syllables with sound “I”.
bi, di, fi, gi, ji, li, mi, ni, pi, ri, si, ti, vi, wi
Using syllables to form words
si-t sit
fi-sh fish
ti-n tin

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 Writing words from the word wheel.
1. win
2. fin
3. ______
4. ______
5. ______
Activities
- Reading syllables,
- Drawing a picture for the syllable
- Matching and reading words.
- Forming words from the word wheel.
- Ring the correct word.
- Fill in the missing letter sound/syllable.
- Constructing sentences using the words.
- Read and draw pictures for the sentences.
-
WEEK VII
Introducing syllables with sound “o” e.g. bo, co, do, fo, go, ho,
jo, lo, mo, no, po, so, to, vo, wo
Forming words
po-t pot
ho-t hot
go-t got
do-g dog
Form words from the word wheel
1. hot
2. ________
3. ________
4. _________

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 Activities
- Pronouncing syllables correctly.
- Reading syllables.
- Identifying syllables from words.
- Match syllable to picture.
- Cross the correct syllable for the picture.
- Fill in the missing syllables.
- Form correct words.
- Draw pictures for the words.
- Name pictures
- Form sentences using the words.
- Complete the sentences correctly.
- Listen and write.
-
WEEK VIII
Revision of syllables with sound “o”
Introducing syllables with sound “u”. e.g bu, cu, du, fu, gu, hu,
ju, lu, mu, nu, pu, ru, su
Forming words.
pu-sh push
pu-ll pull
bu-sh bush
Activities
- Reading syllables correctly
- Discovering words using syllables
- Build up words using syllables.
- Read the words formed.
- Identify the odd word out.
- Construct sentences using the given words.
- Draw pictures for the sentences.
- Complete the sentences correctly.
- Listen and write sentences.
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 WEEK IX
Revision of syllables with all vowel sounds e.g.
ba be bi bo bu
da de di do du
fa fe fi fo fu
Forming words using any of the syllables.
ba-na-na - banana
ka-sa-va
to-ma-to
Activities
- Reading the syllables
- Joining the given syllables
- Joining the syllables given to form words.
- Naming pictures
- Writing words after joining syllables
- Write sentences using the words
- Fill in the missing words.
WEEK X
Revision of words with sound “u”
Introducing sound “u” always pronounced as short “a”
Forming words e.g
Cup bun fun run duck cupboard out
Turn mud gun much
Activities
- Pronounce the sounds correctly.
- Read the words discovered.
- Naming pictures.
- Forming sentences using the words.
- Ringing words of the sound.

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 - Listen and write.
-
Revision questions
Read and draw.
There are three beans. It is a tea pot.

John has a big toy car. Joanna is going to school.

Form words from these syllables

ba________________
bu________________
le_________________
ma________________
va_________________
ta_________________

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 LESSON NOTES FOR LEARNING AREA 5
(LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT II) READING
FOR TOP CLASS
TERM II.
WEEK I
Revision of syllables with letter sound “o”. e.g. (bo, co, do, fo,
go, ho, jo, ko, lo, mo)
Activities
- Reading the syllables correctly.
- Forming words e.g. box. Dog, go, joke, rope, cot, for, rot,
Kololo, most, lost, etc.
- Reading the words after forming them.
- Read and draw pictures for the words.
- Construct and read simple sentences.
- Construct and read simple sentences.
- Completing sentences.
WEEK II
Revision of syllables with letter sound “u”. e.g bu, cu, fu, gu, du,
hu, ju, ku. lu)
Activities
- Reading the syllabus correctly.
- Joining and reading words.
- Reading the words e.g. full, bull, glue, true, ruler, flu, etc.
- Read and draw pictures.
- Finding the missing letters.
- Making sentences using the given words.
- Completing the sentences.

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 WEEK III
- Introducing sound “oo”. (u)
Book broom roomfood spoon tooth
Hook tool wool good soon moon
- Reading the syllables
- Forming words
- reading words with correct pronunciation
- Read and draw pictures.
- Naming pictures
- Finding the missing letter
- Making sentences using the given words.
- Completing the sentences.
- Read and tick words with sound “oo”
WEEK IV
Introducing letter sound “ee” (i)
Sheep bleed sweep teeth queen week bee
Tree three knee see free seed steel
Activities
- Forming syllables with sound “ee”.
- Reading the syllables.
- Forming words.
- Reading words with correct pronunciation.
- Read and draw pictures.
- Naming pictures.
- Finding the missing letter.
- Make sentences using the given words.
- Read and underline words with sound “ee”.
- Completing the sentences.
WEEK V
- Introducing sound “sh”
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 Short shoe shop she shirt shout
Bush brush shell ship sheep shade

Activities
- Forming syllables with sound “sh”.
- Reading the syllables.
- Forming words.
- Reading words with correct pronunciation.
- Read and draw pictures.
- Naming pictures.
- Listen and write the words.
- Find the missing letter.
- Make sentences using the given words.
- Read and ring words with sound “sh”.
- Completing the sentences.
WEEK VI
Introducing sound “ch”.
Church chalk chair chick chain child
Children chest change chase chart chin
Activities
- Forming syllables with sound “ch”.
- Reading the syllables.
- Forming words.
- Reading words with correct pronunciation.
- Reading and drawing pictures.
- Naming pictures.
- Finding the missing letter.
- Make sentences suing the given words.
- Read and circle words with sound “ch”.
- Completing the sentences.
- Forming words from the wheel.
WEEK VII
Introducing sound “fr”.
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 Frame free fracture fraction Friday fresh
Fright front frog from fry fridge.
Activities
- Forming syllables with sound “fr”.
- Reading the syllables.
- Forming words.
- Identifying words with sound “fr”
- Reading words with correct pronunciation.
- Read and circle words with sound “fr”.
- Completing the sentences.
- Forming words from the wheel.
- Listen and write the words learnt.
WEEK VIII
Introducing sound “ea”
Eat ear tea teacher sea teach
Each leaf beat bean meat eagle
Activities
- Read and identify the sounds.
- Forming words.
- Writing words and sentences.
- Reading and underlining the words with sound “ea”.
- Making sentences for the given words.
- Completing the sentences.
- Forming words from the wheel.
WEEK IX
Introducing sound “st”.
Stool stick star stop stone stair
Stalk stamp store stomach sty story
Strong still steam stem station stand
Activities
- Forming syllables with sound “st”.
- Pronouncing the sound correctly.
- Identifying words with sound “st”.
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 - Reading words with correct pronunciation.
- Drawing and naming pictures.
- Completing the sentences.
- Forming words from the wheel.
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WEEK X
Revision of the learnt sounds.
“o” , “ee”, “sh”, “ch”, “st”, “ea”, “all”
Read and underline words of sound oo
Bell book bag
Hook walk spot
Broom bean shout
Food kettle cat
Wool milk envelope
Tool tag turn
Shirt room sweep

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 LESSON NOTES FOR LEARNING AREA 5
(LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT II) READING FOR TOP
CLASS TERM III.

WEEK I
Introducing sound “ou”.
Out our pour mount dough
Cloud loud pound mouse shout
Noun south house ground flour
Activities
- Pronouncing sound “ou” correctly.
- Forming words.
- Constructing sentences.
- Completing sentences.
- Identifying words with sound “ou” by underlining.
- Find the missing letter.
- Making sentences using the given words leant.
- Reading the words formed.
- Read and underline words with “ou” sound.
WEEK II
Introducing new sound “nd”.
Words with sound “nd”
Send bend end mend tend band

Brand pond band second kind find

Activities
- Pronouncing the sound “nd” correctly.
- Forming words.
- Writing sentences using formed words.
- Identifying words with sound “nd” by ticking.
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 WEEK III
Introducing new sound “fl”
Words with sound fl
Fly fleet flog flower flat flood
Flamingo flame flesh flour floor flock
Flue flavor
Activities
Pronouncing sound “fl” correctly.
Forming words with sound “fl”
Forming sentences.
Identifying words in sentences by circling.
Find the missing letters.

WEEK IV
Introducing new sound “br”.
Broom brush brand bring bread broke
Brian breed brother brave breast bracket
Activities
- Pronouncing the new sound correctly.
- Forming words.
- Forming sentences.
- Identifying words with sound “br” by crossing.

WEEK V
Introducing new sound “sw”
Swim sweat sweet sweep swear swing
Swarm swamp swift sweater swell switch
Activities
- Pronouncing “sw” correctly.
- Forming words.
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 - Constructing sentences.
- Identifying “sw” by underlining.

WEEK VI
Introducing new sound “ck”.
Lick duck suck neck tick lock
Tack sack lock back tack kick
Activities
- Forming words
- Forming sentences.
WEEK VII
Introducing new sound “wh”.
Who why what when which whisper
While whisky whistle
Activities
- Pronouncing sound “wh” correctly
- Forming words with sound “wh”.
- Constructing sentences.
- Identifying sound “wh” in sentences by ringing.
WEEK VIII
Introducing new sound “cl”.
Clap close clean clear clip claws clan
Cloud click clay class clove club
Activities
- Pronouncing sound “cl” correctly.
- Forming words with sound “cl”.
- Forming sentences.
WEEK IX
Making individual workbooks using different letter sounds.
Activities
- Telling sounds
- Making books
- Drawing pictures for sounds.
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 - Writing words and sentences.

WEEK X
Introducing new sound “tr”.
Tree train tress trick trip troop
Trouble trunk truck triple tribe triangle
Activities
- Pronouncing sound “tr” correctly.
- Forming words.
- Using words in sentences.
- Identifying sound “tr” by crossing.
Revision question.
Read the following sentences.
1. The pot is hot.
2. I can see a box on top.
3. The old man has a big nose.
4. I saw a dog and a fox.
5. The boy won the race.
6. Her doll is in the cot.
7. Mary has a nice bag.
8. John has a big toy car.
9. Tom is a tall boy.
10. My father bought me a nice green dress.
Write the words correctly .
utn______________ rdmu__________________
nug______________ hbur___________________
bsu_______________ kudc___________________
Read these sentences.
1. We saw a skull in the bush
2. The drum is on the table
3. The dull boy pointed to the sun.
4. Puppies make fun.
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 5. She took the jug and a cup.
6. Put the nut up.
7. You cannot buy a gun.
8. The rabbit can run and jump.
9. He left us in a bus.
10.The baby cut his thumb.

Name these.

Make words from the puzzle.

t e s t a
r n e e d
e d t a d
e o j u g
d t o p o

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