Aitchison Preparatory Classes

Assessment days: (benchmark test)

  1. Monday       ____    28th November 2011
  2. Tuesday       ____    29 November 2011
  3. Wednesday  ___    30 November 2011

English:
Grammar

  1. Nouns, pronouns
  2. Verbs, Irregular verbs, adverbs
  3. Prepositions
  4. Antonyms
  5. Synonyms
  6. Contractions
  7. Adjectives
  8. Homophones

Phonics/ Word Study

  1. Vowel/consonants
  2. Long/short vowel words
  3. Double consonants words
  4. Rhyming words
  5. Alphabetical order
  6. Syllables

 

Comprehension skills (oral, listening, written):

  1. Reading comprehension
  2. Listening and answering the questions
  3. Scanning the text to find the answers
  4. Predicting (write ending and beginning
  5. Compare and contrast
  6. Interpret a picture / picture comprehension
  7. Close passages.

Creative Writing:

    • Paragraph writing
    • Descriptive writing

     

    JUNIOR SCHOOL SYLLABI

    FOR ADMISSION

    TO CLASS: K – 2

    MATHEMATICS

    PRE NUMBER CONCEPT
    Comparison

    1. Bigger-Smaller, Longer-Shorter, Biggest-Smallest, Longest-Shortest, Thicker-Thinner, Higher-Lower, Highest-Lowest.
    2. Capacity: More-Less
    3. Weight: Heavier-Lighter
    4. Concepts to be made clear by using concrete material, pictures and real objects.

    Sets

    1. Intuitive concept of sets and members using concrete material and pictures, similar and dissimilar members.
    2. (1-1) matching concept of as many as, more or less by using pictures and concrete material.
    3. Concept of Empty set.

    WHOLE NUMBERS AND NUMERALS
    Natural Numbers (Counting Numbers)

    1. Introduction of Natural Numbers from 1…….20 by associating them with the given sets of concrete objects and pictures (Similar /Dissimilar)
    2. Writing numerals from 1……20
    3. Counting members of given sets upto 20 (concept objects and pictures)
    4. Ordering numbers from 1….10 writing numbers names upto 10 (names in words)

    SHAPES

    1. Introduction of similar and dissimilar shapes using pictures of familiar objects and geometric shapes (circle, rectangle, triangle, square)
    2. Pattern of shapes

    FRACTIONS

    1. Introduction of one half, using geometric shapes
    2. Introduction of one quarter, using geometric shapes

    OPERATIONS ON WHOLE NUMBERS
    Addition

    1. Addition by combining sets: Use of concrete material and pictures
    2. Addition of two numbers (sum up to 18; Abstract)

    Subtraction

    1. Subtraction by partitioning a set use of concrete and pictures
    2. Subtraction of numbers represented by digits (1 to 9: Abstract)

    WHOLE NUMBERS & NUMERALS

    1. Writing numerals from 21 to 50
    2. Writing number names up to 20

    CONCEPT OF TIME

    1. Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night and O’ Clock

    PRE NUMBER CONCEPT

    1. Revision of work done in K1-B with enhanced conceptual approach
    2. Comparison of more than 3 objects
    3. Set and its members (Revision and continuation)
    4. 1-1 matching and equivalent sets

    WHOLE NUMBERS

    1. Revision of work done in K1-B with enhanced conceptual approach
    2. Ordering numbers from 1 to 20
    3. Introduction of Ray
    4. Writing numerals on rays up to 20
    5. Writing numbers names up to 50
    6. Recognition of numerals up to 100
    7. Concept of Empty set and its linkage with ZERO
    8. Introduction of Place Value: Units and tens up to 50 by using concrete material and pictures.
    9. Addition and subtraction by using ray
    10. Addition of units and tens, sum up to 50 (without exchange) by using concrete material and pictures.
    11. Subtraction of units and tens, up to 50 (without exchange) by using concrete materials and pictures.
    12. Memorizing number names up to hundred.
    13. Multiplication of single digit numbers with answers up to 50 (concrete materials and pictures)

    SHAPES

    1. Circle, Rectangle, Triangle, Square, Oval and corresponding regions identification by showing such shapes and introducing the term ‘region’.
    2. Introduction of locus as path traced by a moving point. Open and closed shapes (Recognition)

    FRACTIONS

    1. Introduction of symbols 1/2 and 1/4.
    2. Introduction of the concept and symbols for the fractions 1/3, 2/3, 2/4 and 3/4. (Demonstration by coloring shapes showing such fractions)
    3. Fractions associated with given shapes. Coloring the portions of the shapes showing above fractions.

    TIME

    1. Reading and telling time, O’ clock and half past
    2. Names of the days of the week; 1 week = 7 days
    3. Names of months (Solar calendar)

    MONEY

    1. Introduction of currency notes……….. Rs. 5, Rs. 10, Rs. 20, Rs. 50 and Rs. 100 and coins: Rs. 1 and Rs. 2.

    SHOPPING

    1. Buying and selling objects by selecting the right amount of money

    MULTIPLICATION

      Tables of 2, 3 and 4.

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