KG1 Integrated Learning · Term 2, Week 6

Knowing the Special Places in My Local Community

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Curriculum details

Strand
My Local Community (Strand 4)
Sub-strand
Knowing the Special Places in My Local Community (4.1)
Content standard
K1.4.1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of the special places in our local communities .
Indicator
K1.4.1.1.2 - Use visual information (illustrations) when reading.
Suggested placement
Term 2, Week 6 (Week 18 of the year)

Term is the curriculum's own; the week within it is our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order. Follow your school's scheme of learning.

Curriculum reference
Kindergarten Curriculum (KG1 and KG2), 2019, p. 51

Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Using picture walk, allow go through the pictures from cover to cover as you flip the pages and let them talk extensively on what they see in the pictures
Follow the before reading, during reading and after reading strategies as you read a big book on special places in the community
Pause often and have the learners respond to the text by relating the information to their lives. Use visual information such as pictures to explain unfamiliar words. Have learners play a game of "Pick and Act" or "It takes the two" learners show by action what the meaning of the vocabulary is in pairs: one person picks the card, support the friend to show through gestures what place the gesture depict.