Water

Curriculum details

Strand

All Around Us (Strand 6)

Sub-strand

Water (6.3)

Content standard

K1.6.3.1 - Demonstrate understanding of sources of water and its uses.

Indicator

K1.6.3.1.2 - Listen and interact with teacher and peers as they listen to a read aloud text on the uses.

Suggested placement

Term 3, Week 3 (Week 27 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. 74

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Have learners sit in a semi - circle position and take them through the pre-reading activities (e.g. discussing the cover page/front matter, picture walk, prediction, explanation of keywords, etc.). Have learners use some of the keywords to make simple sentences. During the reading, show and point to the words while reading an information text on the uses of water to the learners. Ask questions during the reading to assist learners monitor their understanding. Take learners through the post-reading activities (retell, answering questions, summarizing, etc.). Have learners write the names of 3 sources of water into their exercises books. Guide learners to tell the sequence/position/order of the sources of water as they appeared in the text (e.g. 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd , 4 th ). You can explain the above numeracy
activity asking 5 learners to form a queue and say their position from e.g. 1 st to 4 th.