I am a wonderful and unique creation

Curriculum details

Strand

All About Me (Strand 1)

Sub-strand

I am a wonderful and unique creation (1.1)

Content standard

K2.1.1.1 - Demonstrate the understanding that all learners are wonderful and have unique body features that make them different from other people and other God's creation in the environment.

Indicator

K2.1.1.1.3 - Use positive words learnt from the Shared reading of the Big Book to talk about how wonderful and unique they are

Suggested placement

Term 1, Week 1 (Week 1 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. 101

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

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Shared reading of a Big Book and Think pair -share on the theme
Do a picture walk through the text. Point to the pictures and let the learners predict what the pictures are saying about the character.
Teacher read the text aloud, pause often and show the pictures to the class page by page. Learners interact with each other and share their personal comments freely on the theme.
Learners relate the characters in the story (Big Book) to their lives. Learners also use the positive words used in the text to describe themselves. Read the text again and have learners pay attention to the descriptive words used in the text to describe parts of the body.
Learners dramatize the story using the vocabulary acquired from the text to create meaningful simple sentences about themselves.