SK Year 3 Text BookCONTENT MAP

The following Content Map provides a broad overview of the content of each Unit in the textbook. It is intended to provide “at a glance” information to help with teachers with planning a Scheme of Work on a particular topic, or for individual lessons.

Where language development is unclear, it is recommended that teachers choose from the range of supplementary materials that have been created and/or supplied during the in-class support sessions and in-school training.

Where the language items are not sufficiently elaborated in the textbook, suggested additional, or alternative teaching is referenced in the “Notes” sections.

Unit Topic Vocabulary Grammar and/or language function

Language, or activity Notes

1 Daily Routine

Time; week; everyday; routine; activities

Nouns – common & properAdverbs of time

What do you do ….?In the afternoon I ….

This is a very good opportunity to work on vocab for daily routine as well as time adverbials

2 Health & Food

Various food items Plural nouns and spellingPunctuation, commas

Would you like a banana?Do you like radishes

3 Family Members

Uncle; aunt; cousin; Subject pronounsHe/she/we/they

He teaches….We are….

Use the full Subject Pronoun table given in training

4 People Around Us - Occupations

Occupations; policeman; doctor etc.

Demonstrative pronouns What would you like to be when you grow up?I’d like to be….

5 Having Fun Cycling; skating; swimming

Verbs + ingPossessive pronouns mine/yours/ours/his/hers

What do you like doing?It’s mine/his etc.

Can be used with the question word ‘whose’ e/g/ whose are these bags/shoes/pencils? They are his/hers/ours etc.

6 Pets World Animal vocab Adjectives to describe pets My tortoise has a hard shell.

7 From the Sea

Fisherman; catch; trawler

Simple present – showing subject + verb

An octopus lives in the sea.A rabbit eats…

The table on p55 is a bit confusing – simplify – use the interactive grammar boards instead

8 Stories Narrative tenses & spelling of verb endings

9 Holidays Monuments; sports; games; snorkelling

Conjunction ‘and’, ‘but’ & ‘or’ Create fact cards about favourite places

Really good opportunity for some creative writing!

10 The Zoo Wild animals Prepositions: in, under, behind, in front of

Where is the….?

11 In School Emergency services; ambulance fire engine; injury

Prepositions: on, at, upDirections

Giving directions Ideal for an outdoor activity – needs to be planned in advance and have very specific purpose.

12 Fresh Fruit Various fruit; favourite; delicious; crunchy

Adjectives: shape, size, colour, opinion

Used to describe a variety of fruit

13 Numbers Around Us

Festivals, calendars Articles ‘a’, ‘an’ & ‘the’ Use of numbers in a wide variety of contexts

14 Technology at Home

T.V. laptop, mobile phone, kitchen appliances

Declarative sentences: statements/information

What is used for?It’s used to….

15 Animal Friends Story

Story Narrative tenses; regular very endings

Using a dictionaryVocabulary enrichment

The table in the textbook is very unclear try to simplify and/or create your own

16 Concert Day Musical instruments; duet

Review of some grammar items from other units

Could create an end of year concert and in groups take responsibility for various aspects of the concert, including creating a poster.

SK Year 2 Text Book

Unit Topic Vocabulary Grammar and/or language function

Phonic, orDigraph

Language, or activity Notes

1 Welcome Back

Introduce; hello Greetings; present simpleQuestions words ‘wh’Punctuation

What’s your name?Where do you live?How old are you?

Good circle time Q&A activity

2 Signs & Rules

Rules; rush; wait; queue; habits

Modals/obligations all forms

/ai/ /ee/ You must/must not

3 Places in School

Canteen; classroom; office; turn left/right

Giving directions /igh/ /oa/ How do I get to the canteen?

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4 Story Time Radishes; pull; together Narrative tenses /oo/ /ar/ What is the title?What is the story about?

Questions are very broad & pupils may not have sufficient language to respond. Simplify the questions.

5 I am Special Senses: hear, see, taste, smell

Modal ‘can’ /ur/ /or/ What does an orange taste like?Question forms

Error p37 – how does the orange taste is incorrect!

6 Food Food items; kitchen utensils; add; pour; mix

Requests; sequencing /oi/ /ow/ What would you like?Can I have…?

7 Hobbies Scrapbook; collect Expressing likes, reasons

/ear/ /air/ I like/enjoy ….because ….

8 Growing Plants

Wheelbarrow, shovel, rake

linkers/connectors /ure/ /er/ First, then, next, finally

9 When I grow up!

Occupations: pilot, doctor, workplace

Expressing future intention

/ay/ /ou/ I want to be….What do you want to be?

10 Caring & Sharing

Visit; help; Adjectives for describing character

/ie/ /ea/ Who is your best friend?What is your best friend like?

Survey of friends and qualities

11 Looking Good - Clothes

Warehouse; clearance; size; medium; clothes vocab

Present simple3rd person ‘s’

/oy/ /ir/ What are you wearing?I’m wearing a….

Shopping for clothes – role play

12 On the Farm Things on a farm; tractor; trailer; etc. camels ostrich

QuestionsAuxiliary ‘does’

/ue/ /aw/ What are you doing?I’m milking the goat.What does a chicken give us? Eggs.

13 Good Deeds Victims; injure; help; donations

Will – for intention /ph/ /wh/ What will we do to help?I will….

14 Precious Drops of Water

Save; vapour; clouds; cycles

Modal ‘must’ /ew/ /oe/ I must save water. Could use as a review of Unit 2

15 Save the Sea Creatures

Sea creatures, octopus etc.

Stating facts; describing

/au/ /a-e/ I want to save whales. These 2 units are good for project work such as recycling around the school. Also good for diary writing.16 Recycle Make; re-use; recycle;

importantquestions /i-e/ What can we use/recycle?

17 Myths Mermaids, wishes, gulls Describing picturesFollowing instructions

/o-e/ /u-e/ I wish I could….I can (for ability)

Make wish lists – use imagination and creative thinking skills

18 Feelings Colours; feelings; emotions etc.

Adjectives; past tense I feel ….

SK Year 1 Text Book

Unit Topic Vocab Grammar Structures Phonics or High Freq.

1Through song introduces sounds & 3 high freq. words + vocab

Snake; monkey; bush; tree

In, on, the‘s’‘oo’ long

2Introducing themselves Greetings e.g. hello 1st intro to the verb ‘to be’

using 1st person ‘I’

Hello. I am Pat. ‘a’‘t’‘p’

3Time related greeting; listening to identify phonic sounds

Good morning, afternoon

Greetings Good morning, good afternoon S, a, p, t

4Listening & responding to instruction through game

Man, net, mop, mat, map, nap, nest , read, book

Phrasal verb ‘stand up, sit down, pick up

Blending phonemes Introduce ‘n’ and ‘m’

5Polite request Muffin, monkey suit;

toiletCan for request Can I …; Yes/No ....

Thank you; you’re welcome

Consolidating ‘m’ and ‘n’

6 Story – Dilly Duck Mad, sad, dad, pit, tin and pin

Consolidating I amWhere? What? Was ….?

I am sad/mad ‘i’ shortYes, the, is

7 Identifying the ‘d’ using body parts Clap, skip, hop, climb, run, jump, walk, run

Can for ability I can …. ‘d’

8 Instructions/procedures Wet, wash, rinse, wipeMop, Tom, pot,

Is, preposition ….is on the mat…. Are, yes, the, little‘o’, ‘g’

9Family; Got, mother, father,

brother, sisterThis, saw This is my brother … Father, mother, sister,

brother, too, this, a, was, saw, her, were, family, my‘z’, ‘c’ and ‘t’

10 Numbers, how many ….? Cat, cot, cap, kid, kit, sock, lock

Question forms in plural Are there ….? ‘c’, ‘k’ and ‘ck’Two, one, there, three, four, five, six

Unit Topic or theme Vocab Grammar Structures Phonics or High Freq.

11Days of the week and making words with the phonemes learned

Days To like Today is …. ‘ck’Days of week, onto

12Months of year context of birthdays

Months, birthday Question ‘when’Possessive pronoun your

When is your birthday? 1st introduction of ‘e’ and ‘u’Put, got

13Colours, though objects, flag etc. Various nouns

Colours, crescent, star, bite, country

To like…. I like blue.I love ….

Bite,

14Being polite and apologising sorry Polite phrases Thank you….; I am

sorry1st introduction of ‘h’, ‘r’ and ‘b’

15Favourite toys Toys; adj. e.g. big adjectives This is ….

I like …Here, off, then

16Classroom items Classroom objects Question words with

‘what’/whereTo have + 3rd person

What do you have?I have …/he/she has.Where is

1st intro of ‘f’ and ‘l’‘ss’ and ‘ff’To, clocks,

17Direction Directions vocab

First, go, left, right; places in the school

Giving directions First, walk straight on …

Go, to, see, your1st intro of ‘ll’

18Food and eating Fruits; food Questions + yes/no

answersAuxiliary ‘do’

What fruit do you like? 1st into of ‘w’; ‘j’ ‘v’Comes; some

19 Clothes Clothes; wig, win; vet; job; van

Present simple continuous S/he is wearing?I’m wearing ….

20Pets Animal (n) 3rd person pronoun It has ….; it likes ….;

this is my ….1st direct intro to ‘z’ and ‘y’

21Shapes Shapes Question, neg/aff responses Is it a square? Yes it is.

No it isn’t1st intro to ‘x’lived

22In the Garden Vocab of the garden &

plantsLinking phrasesConjunction ‘and’

Look at ….They are ….

1st intro to ‘ch’ and ‘qu’and

23Story “Chad the Milkman Milkman; daydream;

money; sell; pail; spilledPast simple with reg/irr verb conjugation

(For listening)

24Shopping Clothes, food, a ring;

handbagCan for requests; past simple with reg/irr verbs

Can I have ….?How much … ?

‘sh’1st intro ‘ng’

25Transport Transport vocab

Verbs – to walk, by bus, by car, etc.

Adj. – noun collocations How to you (go) [come] to school?

26Story “The Tiny Thimble” Thimble, thumb Story telling – narrative

tenses questioningWhat’s this ….?Repeat from play (p120)

1st intro ‘th’

27Animals at the zoo Animals + adj. Adj. Look at ….; Can you see

….; what can they do?Afternoon; looked; under; nice; bear

28Save the Earth Environment vocab Must = obligation I must ….; switch off

….;

29Happy Holidays Photograph; rocks;

transportAuxiliary ‘do’; What do you think ….?

30Goodbye, Consolidation Auxiliary ‘do Do you have ….?