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Curriculum

Below you can find a curriculum of what we teach our students at the primary school in Altos de los More. Volunteers blend this with teaching music, art, dance and various other criteria if they choose to, but we focus on the areas below. We do have a fair amount of teaching resources, but all new material is greatly appreciated and welcome from volunteers who wish to bring it.

CONVERSATION

TOPIC: Greetings and farewells

  • Hello, hi, goodbye, bye bye
  • Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good night
  • See you later, see you Monday, see you tomorrow, see you next week
  • Have a good day, weekend, take care

TOPIC: Important words and sentences

  • Teacher, student, class, classroom
  • Please, thank you, you’re welcome
  • Listen, repeat, question, answer/respond
  • Everybody, ready, game
  • Does everybody understand? I don't understand
  • Quiet, be quiet

TOPIC: What is your name?

  • What's your name? My name is...
  • What's his/her name? His/her name is...
  • What's your teacher's name? His/her name is...

TOPIC: Numbers

  • Numbers 1-30
  • How old are you? I am __ years old
  • Numbers 40-100 by 10's
  • Practice simple math (addition and subtraction)
  • How old is he/she? He/she is __ years old
  • How many ____ are there? How many ___ do you have?
  • What is your favorite number? My favorite number is seven

TOPIC: Alphabet

  • English alphabet with how to say it in Spanish
  • How do you spell...?
  • Practice spelling your name or common words out loud

TOPIC: Colors and shapes

  • Colors, including how to spell the words
  • Following instructions, such as 'Color the square red'
  • What color is it? It is red.
  • Shapes (square, triangle, rectangle, circle, oval)
  • What is your favorite color?

TOPIC: How old are you?

  • How old are you? I am __ years old
  • How old is he/she? He/she is ___ years old

TOPIC: Where are you from?

  • Where are you from? I am from ___
  • Teach different countries

TOPIC: What language do you speak?

  • What language do you speak? I speak Spanish, English, French and so on.
  • Do you speak English? Yes, I do. No, I don't. I'm learning

TOPIC: Days of the week

  • Days of the week, including spelling
  • What day is today? What day is tomorrow? What day was yesterday? Today is... Tomorrow is... Yesterday was...
  • See you Monday

TOPIC: Months of the year

  • January to December
  • What month is it?
  • What month is your birthday? My birthday is in...
  • What is your favorite month?

TOPIC: Seasons, weather

  • Spring, summer, fall, winter
  • What is the weather like today? It's rainy, sunny, windy, hot, warm, cold

TOPIC: Dates

  • What is the date today? Today is Monday, April 20th.
  • What date is Christmas, your birthday, other holidays

TOPIC: Verbs

  • School verbs: listen, read, write, and so on
  • Eat, sleep, play, walk, run, clean, wash, jump, work, cook, kick
  • What are you/he/she doing? He/she is / I'm playing
  • I can, I can't

TOPIC: I want, I need, I have.

  • I want, I need, I have (with objects and with verbs)
  • What do you want/need/have?

TOPIC: How are you?

  • How are you? I'm very good, good, fine, so-so, okay, not good, terrible, sick, tired, happy, sad, mad, hungry, thirsty, hot, cold

TOPIC: Animals

  • Farm animals and wild animals (cow, duck, chicken, rooster, pig, sheep, guinea pig, bird, elephant, tiger, lion, and so on
  • What is your favorite animal?

TOPIC: Family

  • Vocabulary: mother, father, sister, brother, parents, grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin, son, daughter.
  • What's your brother's /sister's name?
  • How many brothers do you have? I have __ brothers

TOPIC: Clothing

  • Shoes, socks, hat
  • Dress, skirt, shirt, t-shirt, shorts, pants, coat

TOPIC: Fruits and vegetables

  • Teach the fruits and vegetables common to your country and Peru (potatoes, beets, apple, orange, pear, and so on
  • What color is a banana? A banana is yellow
  • What is your favorite fruit or vegetable?

TOPIC: Food and drink

  • Meat: chicken, beef, pork, fish
  • Dairy: eggs, butter, yogurt, milk, cheese
  • Drinks: milk, water, juice, tea, coffee, pop
  • Common dishes: rice, beans, fried chicken, salad, pasta, and so on

TOPIC: The body

  • Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, teeth
  • Arms, hands, shoulders, fingers, nails, elbows
  • Legs, knees, feet, toes, waist, hips, bottom, back
  • Illnesses such sa 'My leg hurts'

TOPIC: Occupations

  • -What do you want to be?
  • Farmer, doctor, teacher, lawyer, engineer, nurse, business person, banker, housewife

GRAMMAR

TOPIC: Pronouns

  • You, I, he, she, we, they
  • Me, my, his, hers, theirs, ours, them, mine, him, her

TOPIC: Nouns

TOPIC: Adjectives

  • Tall, short, long, short, big, small, dark, light, young, old, fat, thin, skinny, beautiful, ugly

TOPIC: Verbs

TOPIC: Prepositions

  • On, in, at, next to, between, beside, under, over etc

TOPIC: Making silly sentences

Shopping class with Jason