Overview of teaching focus – Key vocabulary1A

Ch 2 People at school• a classmate • an English teacher • a class teacher

Ch 3 Things at school• a chair • a desk • a computer • a door• a window • a blackboard • a whiteboard

Ch 4 Things I bring to school• a school bag • a book • a pencil case • a pen• a pencil • an eraser • a ruler

Numbers 1-10• one • two • three • four• five • six • seven • eight• nine • ten

Ch 5 Animals• a cat • a dog • a hamster • a rabbit• a turtle • a cow • a horse • a pig

Adjectives• big • small • fat • thin

Ch 6 Body parts• a hand (hands) • a mouth • hair • a nose• an eye (eyes) • a leg (legs) • an ear (ears) • a foot (feet)• an arm (arms)

Overview of teaching focus – Language focus (KS1)

1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3BVerbssimple present tense ( jobs / habits / present states) 6 1–2,

3–4 3–4

present continuous tense 5–6

simple past tense 3–6

‘be’ 2, 5 4 3

imperatives 3 2 1

have / has (for possession) 4, 6 5

Let’s 3

Adverbstoo (express similar feelings) 3

usually 5

first / then 1

... ago / Last ... (to talk about point in past) 3

Modalscan 3 6

must 2

Nounssingular / plural 4, 6 4

countable / uncountable 1–3

Question wordsHow do 5

How old 1

How many 4

How much 3

What 1 3–4, 6 4 6

Where 3 5 4 6

When 5

Is there / Are there, Are you (yes / no questions) 1, 3 2

Do you / Does he / she (yes / no questions) 4 1

Why 6

Which 5

May I ... 3

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1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3BPronounssubject pronouns – I / you / he / she / it / we /they

1–2,4–6

object pronouns – it / them / me / him / her 1 2, 5

this / that, these / those 5–6

there (is / are) 4 2Adjectives

possessive adjectives – my / your Gettingstarted

possessive adjectives – her / his / our / their 2Connectivesand 1 6 6

or 6 6

because 6

but 6

so (to show results) 4Determinersa / an / the 3Prepositionsin / on / under (place) 3 5

by bus / on foot 5

at / in (times) 4–6

on / from / to (dates) 3 5between / in front of / behind / next to / on my ... (place) 1

good at 6 1

listen to / play with ... 2Gerunds (…ing) 6 1

The numbers in the table represent the chapter in which the language focus appears. However, the language might have been

recycled in other chapters as well. This table only shows the key language focus to be emphasised in all chapters.

Overview of teaching focus – Text types (KS1 & 2)Text type P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6

Advertisement

Article (exposition)

Article (magazine)

Article (newsletter)

Back cover

Bar chart

Biography

Blog

Book cover

Book report

Brochure

Caption

Card

Chant

Chart

Comic

Contents page

Coupon

Description

Diagram

Diary

Direction

Directory

E-mail

Event programme

Fable

Film review

Information text

Instruction

Interview

Jingle

Joke

Leaflet

Letter

Map

Text type P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6Menu

Musical

News report

Note

Notice

Notice (school)

Personal recount

Pie chart

Play

Poem

Postcard

Poster

Procedure

Questionnaire

Quiz

Receipt

Recipe

Report

Rhyme

Riddle

Rule

Shopping list

Sign

Song

Story

Telephone conversation

Timetable

Tongue twister

TV guide

Webpage

Overview of teaching focus – Phonics syllabus (KS1 & 2)1A 1B

Individual letters and short vowels, onsets and rimes, consonant digraphs in CVC words and ‘ing’ as regular final syllable

1A Letter(s) Example(s) 1B Letter(s) Example(s)

Gettingstarted

j, k, Jill, Ken,m, l Miss Lamp, r Pam, Rob

Ch 1 h, m, y hello, meet, you Ch 1f fun-un gunut, ug, um cut, bug, gum

Ch 2 b, g, t boy, girl, teacher Ch 2sh shortsqu queen

Ch 3s sit

Ch 3 chth

benchthe-it, -ix sit, six

ig, ip big, hip

Ch 4p pencil

Ch 4-en pen v, z eleven, zebraeg, et leg, net

Ch 5c cow

Ch 5-at cat w, wh watch, whatam, an ham, can

Ch 6d dog

Ch 6-og dog ing dancingox, ot box, hot

2A 2BInitial and final consonant blends and digraphs, VCe word patterns, common vowel letter sounds, final ‘-er’, word building with verbs, plurals, possessives and common contractions

2A Letter(s) Example(s) 2B Letter(s) Example(s)

Ch 1cl-, fl- classroom, floor

Ch 1a_e, o_e make, home

bl blow Contractions don’t, it’sff, ll, ss sniff, bell, class

Ch 2 sp-, st- spit, still Ch 2 y [short ‘i’] tidysk, sn skip, snake Verbs: -s, -es, -ies sweeps, washes, dries

Ch 3-st rest

Ch 3 ay [long ‘a’] today-tch watchaw [‘or’] clawft, ld left, cold

Ch 4

-nk, -nt thank, want

Ch 4-ast, -ath past, bath

mp, nd stamp, hand alf, ass half, passPlurals bananas, cherries, ight [igh=long ‘i’] rightpeaches

Ch 5 dr-, tr- drink, tramCh 5

y [long ‘i’] drycr, fr cry, fry spr, scr, str spray, screen, strong

Ch 6 -er brotherCh 6

i_e, u_e like, cutePlurals, ’s sisters, father’s ck neck

* Words in blue = Additional sounds taught in the corresponding Mini Phonics Lessons booklet.

3A 3B

Common vowel letter sounds, ‘le’ as regular final syllable, common silent letters, medial double consonants, word building with ‘-ful’ and ‘-less’, regular and irregular past tense verbs, common homophones

3A Letter(s) Example(s) 3B Letter(s) Example(s)or fork ind [i=long ‘i’] behind

Ch 1 kn [silent k], knee, Ch 1 Sound-alike meet, meatwr [silent w] write wordsea/ee [long ‘e’] eat, congee oo [short ‘oo’] look

Ch 2 Long and short cat, cake Ch 2 alk [al=’or’] talkvowels

Ch 3oo [long ‘oo’] food

Ch 3are [‘air’] careful

le cable, bottle -ful, -less careful, careless

ar card ai [long ‘a’] paintCh 4 Ch 4 Regular past looked, added, failedwa/wha wash, what tense verbs

Ch 5 th third Ch 5 ir birthdayo [short ‘u’] come ie [long ‘i’] tieall [al=’or’] football ph [‘f’] photos

Ch 6 Double tennis, bottle Ch 6 Irregular past get & got, do & didconsonants tense verbs

4A 4B

Common vowel letter sounds, syllables, final ‘le’ syllables, soft ‘c’ and soft ‘g’, comparing same sound but different letters, comparing same letters but different sounds, common silent letters, compound words, word building with ‘-er’ and ‘-est’

4A Letter(s) Example(s) 4B Letter(s) Example(s)Syllables col/lect, pa/per Final le cable, bottle

Ch 1 Compound football, homework Ch 1 Compound cable car, car parkwords words

Ch 2g [soft ‘g’] age

Ch 2 ur turn-er, -est smaller, smallestCh 3 oa [long ‘o’] loaf Ch 3 ea [long ‘a’] steak

Ch 4 c [soft ‘c’] sauce Ch 4 ea [short ‘e’] healthy

Ch 5 oi/oy toilet, enjoy Ch 5tion resolutionsssion mission

Ch 6mb [silent b] climb

Ch 6 ou houseworkue, ui guest, guitar

Ch 7ew [long ‘u’] news

Ch 7 dge [soft ‘g’] bridgeew [long ‘oo’] blew

5A 5B

Less common vowel letter sounds, word building with affixes, comparing same letters but different sounds, comparing same sound but different letters, irregular past participles

5A Letter(s) Example(s) 5B Letter(s) Example(s)

The magic e late, polite, phone our [‘or’] pourCh 1 Ch 1 our hourim-, -ly impatiently

our [‘-er’] colourCh 2 gh [‘f’] laugh Ch 2 oar [‘or’] cardboard

air hair uncomfortable,Ch 3 Ch 3 un-, in-, im- inconvenient,ear pear impatient

Ch 4Intonations ‘yes / no’ questions

Ch 4sure treasure

Plurals [-es] watches sion [si=’zh’] revisionew [long ‘oo’] blew -ed robbed

Ch 5 Irregular past blown, drawn, grown Ch 5 -er, -ing robber, robbingparticiples

Ch 6 ch [‘k’] character Ch 6The ‘s’ sound myself, ambulanceThe ‘k’ ending sound break, music, sick

-er, -ian, -ist, -or painter, musician, aught caughtCh 7

-ese, -ianscientist, director Ch 7 ought boughtChinese, Italian [augh/ough=’or’]

6A 6B

Syllabic stress and pronunciation, comparing same letters but different sounds, comparing same sound but different letters, word building with affixes, common silent letters, consolidation and integration of learnt concepts

6A Letter(s) Example(s) 6B Letter(s) Example(s)

Ch 1Word stress actor

Ch 1 ough [‘uff’] rough-ed, -ing, -s helped, helping, helps

Ch 2ient patient

Ch 2 The long ‘i’ soundpirate, die, time,

-ive creative tight, tryea [long ‘e’] cheap

waste, main, away,Ch 3 ea [short ‘e’] healthy Ch 3 The long ‘a’ sound breakea [long ‘a’] break

Ch 4ow [long ‘o’] show

Ch 4 The long ‘e’ sound she, sea, keepow [‘ou’] cow

Ch 5Soft and hard ‘c’ cinema, can

Ch 5ore [‘or’] before

Soft and hard ‘g’ genie, goes The ‘sh’ soundshare, special, patient

Ch 6ture adventure

Ch 6-ful, -able joyful, enjoyable

dis- dishonest Prefixes and suffixes

Ch 7ear year

Ch 7 Silent lettersknow, wrong, ghost,

cial [ci=’sh’] special comb