Living Things - Animals (domestic and Wild)

Curriculum details

Strand

All Around Us (Strand 6)

Sub-strand

Living Things - Animals (domestic and Wild) (6.2)

Content standard

K1.6.2.1 - Demonstrate understanding of domestic and wild animals.

Indicator

K1.6.2.1.2 - Handle a book correctly e.g. hold the book upright and open right to left

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 2 (Week 26 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. 71

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

The whole class recites one known poem about domestic animals.
As part of the pre-reading activities, have learners in group take turns to hold and open a Big book. During the picture walk, have them discuss the pictures given attention to the pages.
Using Echo-reading, guide learners to read aloud the sentences. Have some of them open the pages during the reading. Use this stage to highlight book concept (proper way of holding book, opening the pages, etc.). Use questions to monitor learners understanding of the content
Have learners do pretend reading during which you encourage learners to demonstrate the appropriate handling of book with them