Syllabus 2019-2020

Class : II

Month : April

English

Prose : L-1 The Little Duckling ( Rapid Reading)

Prose : L- 2 :Thank You, Friend!

Activity : Role Play and dramatization. Children to make friendship bands or thank you

cards

Poem : We Love Our School

Activity : Draw the picture of your school.

Grammar : Sentence, Punctuation

Activity : Children to unscramble sentences using kit available in the Activity Room

Introduction to Nouns

Activity : Vocabulary Wheel

Comprehension

Creative Writing

Sounds – ‘ai’ and ‘ay’

High frequency words – over, new, sound, take, only, little, work, know, place,

years, live, back, give, most, very, after, things, our, just, name, good,

sentence, think

Maths

Unit I – Numbers and numeration

Numbers and Number names till 999

Activity : Train Game

Number Ladder Game

Place Value

Expanded form ( 3 digit number)

Activity : Abacus

Honey loop activity (creation of jewellery in the form of earring,

bracelet, neck strings)

Respecting the Honourable Supreme Court guidelines, Environmental Studies (EVS),

General Knowledge and Computers will no longer be separate subjects in grade II

curriculum.

To help develop an awareness about environmental issues, this session onwards, we will

be doing some important topics of General awareness through some comprehension

sheets.

Comprehension on General Awareness

Topic – Animals

Animals

Endangered animals

Activity – A documentary on endangered animals to be shown.

Culture Music of ‘Beethoven’ will be played in the class room along with

the picture on the Smart Board. The musical instrument ‘Piano’

played by Beethoven will be shown to the children.

Maths Lab

Revision of counting using the golden bead material and the large number cards

Introduction of concept of hundreds, tens, ones

Language Lab

Sounds – ai, ay

High frequency words –over, new, sound, take, only, little, work, know, place,

year, live, back, give, most, very, after, things, our, just, name, good, sentence,

think

Sentence building with the help of sight words

Month : May

English

Prose : L – 2 : Thank You Friend! (Continued)

Poem : The Raindrops

Activity : Children to make paper boats

Grammar : Nouns – Common and Proper nouns

Activity : Word search – students to go through magazines and newspapers and cut out

pictures of 10 nouns

Comprehension

Creative Writing

Sounds – ‘all’ and ‘aw’

High frequency words –great, where, help, through, much, before, line, right,

two, means, old, any, saint, tell, following, came, want, show, also, around,

form, three, small

Maths

Unit I – Numbers and numeration (continued)

After, In Between

Activity : Seating plan of the children in the class room

Number cut-outs / number hunt ( in between numbers)

Comparison

Comprehension on General Awareness

Topic – Animals

Extinct animals

Activity – Children will be shown the movie ‘Jurassic Park’.

Culture Music of ‘Mozart’ will be played in the class room along with the

picture on the Smart Board. The musical instrument ‘Harp’ played by

Mozart will be shown to the children.

Maths Lab

Counting through golden bead material.

Language Lab

Sounds – all, aw

High frequency words–great, where, help, through, much, before, line, right, to,

means, old, any, same, tell, following, came, want, show, also, around, form,

three, small

Nouns – a group game ‘Bouncing the ball’ will be played.

Month : July

English

Prose : L- 3 : Save Jamuni

Activity : Children to play treasure hunt for bounties given to us by trees and plants and

would sing a related song

Poem : Books

Activity : Children to make a colourful book mark.

Grammar : Articles – a, an, the

Activity : Card Game – Match the article to the correct picture card.

Animal sounds and young ones

Activity : Finger puppets to be used

An audio on animal sounds to be played and children to be asked to identify

the animal on its basis

Sounds – ‘ee’ and ‘ea’ ( long sound)

High frequency words – put, does, another, well, large, must, even, such,

because, turned, here, even, asked, went, read, need, land, different, us, move

Maths

Unit I – Numbers and numeration ( continued)

Ascending and Descending order

Activity : Climbing up and down the staircase

Jungle gym

Odd and Even numbers

Activity : Pairing and un pairing objects

Comprehension on General Awareness

Topic – Food

Activity – Food baskets to be prepared using protective, energy giving and body building

foods.

Topic – Plants

Plants

Parts of a plant

Activity – Nature Walk – observing different types of plants and their parts.

Culture Music of ‘Bach’ will be played in the class room along with the picture on

the Smart Board. The musical instrument ‘Organ’ played by Bach will be

shown to the children.

Maths Lab

Number Rods

Language Lab

Sounds – ee, ea ( long sound)

High frequency words –put, does, another, well, large, must, even, such, because,

turned, here, even, asked, went, read, need, land, different, us, move

Verbal dictation

Vocabulary building with sounds.

Month : August

English

Prose : L – 4: A Visit to Shillong

Activity : Children to make a picture album of their visit to a hill station / road trip with

their family

Grammar : Gender

Activity : Children to do Role Play on the basis of gender pairs

Comprehension

Creative Writing

Sounds –‘ear’ and ’igh’

High frequency words –kind, picture, again, change, off, spell, air, away,

animals, house, point, page, letters, mother, answer, found, study, still, learn,

should, Indian, world

Maths

Unit II – Addition

Simple addition of 2 and 3 digit numbers without carryover

Addition with regrouping (carry over)

Activity : Objects available in the class rooms ( books, note books, pencils etc.) to

be used for addition concept. Children to work on ‘Addition Mat’

provided in the Montessori Lab.

Problem Sums

Activity : Role Play using props

Note : Not including addition of 3 numbers.

Comprehension on General Awareness

Topic – Plants

How seeds grow?

Uses of plant

Activity – Sprouting of seeds

Collage on different products from plants

Topic – Clothing

Activity – Designing of dress with newspaper and waste material

Hindi :

Culture Music of ‘Ravi Shankar’ will be played in the class room along with the

picture on the Smart Board. The musical instrument ‘Sitar’ played by Ravi

Shankar will be shown to the children.

Maths Lab

Addition Mat

Addition Board

Language Lab

Sounds – ear, igh

High frequency words –kind, picture, again, change, off, spell, air, away,

animals, house, point, page, letters, mother, answer, found, study, still, learn,

should, Indian, world

Picture composition stressing on gender

Matching name cards to the picture cards – attached and detached manner

Month : September

English

Prose : Prose : L- 5 : The Brave Tailor

Activity : Dramatisation with face masks

Poem : The Mother Bird

Activity : Children to make a bird with origami.

Grammar : Prepositions

Activity : Children to play a position game in the play ground

Treasure Hunt with preposition clues.

Comprehension

Creative Writing

Sounds – ‘y’ and ‘oa’

High frequency words – Recap of the sight words done so far

Maths

Unit III – Subtraction

Simple ( 2 & 3 digits)

Activity : Story telling

Subtraction with regrouping ( borrowing)

Activity : Poem to aid regrouping

Problem Sums

Activity : Role Play using props

Comprehension on General Awareness

Topic – My Body

The five sense organs

Inside the body

Heart

Activity – Labeling the body parts

Sensory games related to various sense organs

Hindi :

Culture Music of ‘Hari Prasad Chaurasia’ will be played in the class room along

with the picture on the Smart Board. The musical instrument ‘Flute’

played by Hari Prasad Chaurasia will be shown to the children.

Maths Lab

Subtraction Board

Language Lab

Sounds – y and oa

Prepositions game using picture card

Recap of the high frequency words done so far

Month : October

English

Prose : L- 6 : The Elephants and the Mice

Activity : Children to make craft of wooly mice

Prose : L- 7: A Ride on the Metro ( Rapid Reading)

Activity : Children to go on a metro ride with parents the weekend following the lesson.

Musical Role Play

Grammar : Singular - Plural

Activity : Children to play a game of discriminating countable from uncountable nouns as

a prelude to the topic

Opposites

Activity : Game of matching cards to be played

Comprehension

Picture Composition

Sounds – ‘ow’ and ‘oi’

High frequency words – high, every, near, add, between, own, below, country,

last, school, father, keep, trees, never, started, city, earth, eyes, light, thought,

under, story

Maths

Skip count by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10 ( only multiples till 10)

Activity : Tile games in Activity room

Tables 2 – 10

Introduction to Unit IV - Multiplication

Single digit multiplication

Activity : Concrete objects like Rajma seeds to be used for making various sets

and the concept of repeated addition to be reinforced.

Chocolate coins game

House of ‘five’

Comprehension on General Awareness

Topic – My Body

Brain

Lungs

Stomach

Activity – Organ apron

Hindi

Culture Music of ‘Amzad Ali Khan’ will be played in the class room along

with the picture on the Smart Board. The musical instrument

‘Sarod’ played by Amzad Ali Khan will be shown to the children.

Maths Lab

Multiplication Board

Multiplication through Golden Beads

Language Lab

Sounds – ow, oi

High frequency words –high, every, near, add, between, own, below, country,

last, school, father, keep, trees, never, started, city, earth, eyes, light, thought,

under, story

One and many game will be played

Opposites will be reinforced through a board game – find the opposite

Children will play a game ‘Hear the command and do its opposite’

Month : November

English

Prose : L- 8 : Clever Hasan

Activity : Salon corner will be created and students will identify and learn the uses of

various items displayed.

Role Play

Poem : Animal Helpers

Activity : Children to bring animal products from home.

Grammar : Adjectives

Activity : Fruit chaat to be made and children to understand the topic through qualities of

taste, smell, colour, texture etc.

Who am I?- Riddles

Comprehension

Picture Composition

Sounds – ‘oe’ and ‘ou’

High frequency words – left, don’t, few, while, along, might, close,

something, seemed, nest, hard, open, example, beginning, life, always, those,

both, paper, together, got, group, often

Maths

Problem Sums on Multiplication

Activity : Story Telling

Mixed Problem sums

Activity : Story telling / role play

Unit VI – Fractions

Activity : Showing fractions through a Pizza

Comprehension on General Awareness

Topic – Occupations

Farmer

Doctor

Police

Activity – Make a directory listing names, phone numbers and professions of ten of your

neighbours.

Hindi

Culture Music of ‘Zakhir Hussain’ will be played in the class room along with the

picture on the Smart Board. The musical instrument ‘Tabla’ played by

Zakhir Hussain will be shown to the children.

Maths Lab

Multiplication Board

Multiplication Mat

Extension activity of fractions through large and small number rods

Language Lab

Sounds – oe, ou

High frequency words –left, don’t, few, while, along, might, close, some thing,

seemed, next, hard, open, example, beginning, life, always, those, both, paper,

together, got, group, often

Group game on Describing words will be played – Introducing oneself using an

appropriate adjective

Month : December

English

Prose : L- 11 : Latula, the Top - 1

Activity : Children to bring tops and played with them.

Poem : The Rainbow fairies

Activity : Prism activity – to learn the formation of rainbow.

Grammar: Verbs

Activity : Children to sing and enact action songs such as ‘Here we go round the

mulberry bush’

Verb Match in the form of Snake and Ladder Game.

Picture Composition

Creative Writing

Sounds –‘oo’ and ‘ew’

High frequency words – important, until, children, side, miles, night, what,

white, began, grow, river, carry, state, once, hear, stop, without, second, later

Maths

Unit VII – Money

Activity : Children to bring various notes and coins ( Indian and foreign)

Tracing coins

Unit IX – Time and Calendar

O’Clock,

Half past

Activity : Children to make a movable clock showing both hands and to depict the

time taught

Comprehension on General Awareness

Topic – Health is Wealth

Staying Healthy

Taking care of Teeth

Germs

Activity – ‘No Junk Food’ Day celebration

Hindi

Culture Music of ‘Shiv Kumar Sharma’ will be played in the class room

along with the picture on the Smart Board. The musical instrument

‘Santoor’ played by Shiv Kumar Sharma will be shown to the children.

Maths Lab

Conversion of money using number cards

Language Lab

Sounds – oo, ew

High frequency words –important, until, children, side, miles, night, what, white,

began, grow, river, carry, state, once, hear, stop, without, second, later

Rain Storm story will be enacted (laying emphasis on various doing words

suggested in the story)

Month : January

English

Prose : L- 12 : Latula, the Top - 2

Activity : Dramatisation and Role play to be staged independently by the children

Grammar : Pronouns

Activity : Teacher to read a story or a nursery rhyme and have the children raise their

hands when they hear a pronoun.

Comprehension

Creative Writing

Sounds – ‘tch’ and ‘dge’

High frequency words – miss, idea, enough, face, watch, American, really,

almost, above, girl, sometimes, mountains, young, talk, soon, list, being, leave,

family

Maths

Unit IX – Time and Calendar (continued)

Quarter past

Quarter to

Calendar

Activity : Children to make calendars for the months in which their birthday

falls. Holidays, weekends and other important dates to be highlighted.

Unit XI – Data Handling

Activity : Practical analysis from day to day situations.

Comprehension on General Awareness

Topic – Our Neighbours

Neighbourhood

Grocer

Department Store

Activity – Role Play – Market scene

Hindi

Culture Music of ‘Bismillah Khan’ will be played in the class room along with the

picture on the Smart Board. The musical instrument ‘Shehnai’ played by

him will be shown to the children.

Maths Lab

Time line of a day’s routine of a child

Language Lab

Sounds – tch, dge

High frequency words –miss, idea, enough, face, watch, Americans, really,

almost, above, girl, sometimes, mountains, young, talk, soon, list, being, leave,

family

Use of appropriate pronoun while playing a game

Month : February

English

Prose : L- 10 : Pitpat’s Journey ( Rapid Reading)

Activity : Teacher to show experiment on water cycle and sing its Hindi version

Poem : My Shadow

Activity : Children to make shadow figures on the white board

Grammar : Homophones

Activity : Word riddles to be asked

Comprehension

Creative Writing

Sound ‘ea’ – Short sound

Activity : Kangaroo Words for Vocabulary enhancement

Recap of the high frequency words done in the IInd term.

Maths

Unit X – Shapes and Patterns

Straight and Curved Lines

Basic or 2 D shapes

Solid or 3 D shapes

Patterns

Activity : Making cut-outs of various shapes

Making figures using various 2D shapes

Bringing objects related to various shapes

Objects and food items related to 3D shapes such as bottles, birthday

caps, laddoos etc to be brought by the children.

Comprehension on General Awareness

Topic – Our Neighbours

Restaurant

Hospital

Petrol Pump

Activity – Make a list of important places in your neighbourhood.

Hindi

Culture Music of ‘Dr. L. Subramanium’ will be played in the class room along

with the picture on the Smart Board. The musical instrument ‘Violin’

played by him will be shown to the children.

Maths Lab

2D and 3D Shape Boxes

Stereognostic bag

Language Lab

Sound ‘ea’ – ( short sound)

Recap of the high frequency words done in term II

Homophone card game will be played

Month : March

English

Revision

To develop High Order Thinking Skills, Children will write in their own words – Story /

Life cycle of a Shoe / Jam Bottle’

Children will interpret and write in their own words any story narrated to them.

Maths

Revision

Comprehension on General Awareness

Revision

Hindi

Culture Recapitulation of the topics covered will be done.

Maths Lab

Recap of Addition with the help of Addition Board and green place value mat

Recap of Subtraction with the help of Subtraction Board & green place value mat

Language Lab

Sentence building – card game

Sequencing of story cards and reading out the stories