What will we be learning this month?
Grade: Kindergarden A
(Teacher Lisa)
Math
Phonics
Reading
Writing
Social Studies and Science
Month: May
Unit 18: Time – putting events in order; telling time to the hour; naming
the days of the week; reading and saying the numbers on a clock
Review Consonant digraphs –sh; -ch; -ck
New Consonant digraphs -ng; -th; -wh
Reading and responding to questions about the text
Reading high frequency words by sight
Reading familiar text independently
Writing text related to pictures
Writing simple sentences using high frequency words
Writing letters to friends
Clean and Healthy
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: Kindergarden B
Month: May
Teacher Marie-Line
Math
Phonics
Reading
Writing
Social Studies and Science
Numbers to 30
long vowels (i, e, u); consonant digraphs –sh; -ch; -ck
Responding to simple questions about a text
Making connections between reading and what they already know
Retelling information from a story
Writing words based on how they sound, using start and end sounds
Begin to write simple sentences
Writing about animals
Animals and Insects
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 1
(Teacher Sally)
Math
Language Arts
Social Studies
and Science
Month: May
Unit 13: Numbers to 40 – counting in tens; tens and ones; counting in twos; adding
and subtracting different digits
Let’s Go Shopping: naming foods and things in a supermarket
Grammar: countable and uncountable nouns
Writing: writing poems using rhyme
Flowers and Insects: thinking about what we want to learn; identifying what living
things need by growing plants; learning how to do experiments; learning the parts of
insects
Spelling lists
Words with oo; Words with -ing; Words with -aw; Words with -ew
Reading
Programme
Different groups are working at different levels, working on a variety of reading skills
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 1
(Teacher Jesse)
Math
Language Arts
Social Studies
and Science
Month: May
Unit 13: Numbers to 40 – tens and ones; addition and subtraction; adding three
numbers; counting by twos
Let’s go Shopping: going shopping; asking for help
Grammar: countable and uncountable nouns
Writing: writing personal stories with a beginning, middle and end
Flowers and Insects: what do we want to learn?
Categorizing living and non-living things and finding out what living things need by
growing seeds
Spelling lists
Words with oo; Words with -ing; Words with -aw; Words with -ew
Reading
Programme
Different groups are working at different levels, working on a variety of reading skills
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 2 (Teacher
Lauren)
Math
Language Arts
Social Studies and
Science
Spelling lists
Reading Programme
Month: May
Time: understanding hours and minutes on a clock; language used with time;
counting by 5s
Our Clothes: recognising and naming items of clothing
Grammar: adjectives of quality
Writing: Using adjectives; past tense and plurals
Flowers and insects: identifying differences between living and non-living
things; studying insects, their body parts and their life cycles
words with th; Forming plurals by adding s or es; Irregular plurals; Words with
S and soft c
Different groups are working at different levels, working on a variety of
reading skills
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 3 (Teacher
Sadia)
Math
Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
Spelling lists
Reading Programme
Month: May
Length, mass and volume: solving word problems
Bar graphs: reading scales and interpreting information
Grammar: Using commas
Writing: Voice – communicating emotion in writing
Plants and their parts: functions of a stem; plant systems
Community: What communities they belong to and how people live together in
different communities
Words with -ite, -ight, and -ought; Words with /s/ and /z/; Words with the /l/
sound
Different groups are working at different levels, working on a variety of
reading skills
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 4 (Teacher
Rajni)
Math
Language Arts
Science
Month: May
Decimals: adding; subtracting; multiplying
Time: Seconds and 24 hour clock
Area and perimeter: Rectangles and Squares; Composite figures and solving
word problems
Grammar: Transitions and interjections; review parts of speech
Writing: using a writer’s voice
Matter: The three states of matter
Magnets: characteristics of magnets; making magnets
Social Studies
Explorers and Adventurers: researching explorers of the past
Spelling lists
Prefixes; Suffixes (-ful, -ous, -ly); theme list (the sea)
Reading Programme
Different groups are working at different levels, working on a variety of
reading skills
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 5 (Teacher
Kara)
Math
Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
Spelling lists
Reading Programme
Month: May
Understanding Averages and solving word problems using averages.
Percentage: Converting fractions to percentages and finding percentages of a
quantity.
Grammar: Conjunctions, transitions and interjections; linking and helping verbs;
simple verb tenses
Writing: writing with voice and expressing a point of view
Reproduction in flowering plants
Explorers and Adventurers: Getting Started activity
Gathering what we already know and what we want to learn
Words with sound of o like short u, as in dove; Words with sound of o like long
oo as in do; Words with sound of o like short o, as in wolf
Different groups are working at different levels, working on a variety of
reading skills
What will we be learning this month?
Grade: 6
(Teacher
Brandon)
Math
Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
Spelling lists
Month: May
Pie Charts: reading and interpreting pie charts
Area and perimeter of shapes related to squares, rectangles, triangles and circles
Grammar: pronouns; prepositions; irregular verbs; helping verbs
Reading: exploring voice using The Bunyans
Writing: how writers consider tone, purpose and audience
Food chains and food webs
Adaptations for survival
Rulers and government: learning what governments around the world do, focusing
especially on Cambodia; researching democracy and empires
lists reviewing rules and patterns previously studied