Aitchison Preparatory Classes
Assessment days: (benchmark test)
- Monday ____ 28th November 2011
- Tuesday ____ 29 November 2011
- Wednesday ___ 30 November 2011
English:
Grammar
- Nouns, pronouns
- Verbs, Irregular verbs, adverbs
- Prepositions
- Antonyms
- Synonyms
- Contractions
- Adjectives
- Homophones
Phonics/ Word Study
- Vowel/consonants
- Long/short vowel words
- Double consonants words
- Rhyming words
- Alphabetical order
- Syllables
Comprehension skills (oral, listening, written):
- Reading comprehension
- Listening and answering the questions
- Scanning the text to find the answers
- Predicting (write ending and beginning
- Compare and contrast
- Interpret a picture / picture comprehension
- Close passages.
Creative Writing:
- Paragraph writing
- Descriptive writing
JUNIOR SCHOOL
SYLLABI
FOR ADMISSION
TO CLASS: K – 2
MATHEMATICS
PRE NUMBER CONCEPT
Comparison
- Bigger-Smaller, Longer-Shorter, Biggest-Smallest, Longest-Shortest, Thicker-Thinner, Higher-Lower, Highest-Lowest.
- Capacity: More-Less
- Weight: Heavier-Lighter
- Concepts to be made clear by using concrete material, pictures and real objects.
Sets
- Intuitive concept of sets and members using concrete material and pictures, similar and dissimilar members.
- (1-1) matching concept of as many as, more or less by using pictures and concrete material.
- Concept of Empty set.
WHOLE NUMBERS AND NUMERALS
Natural Numbers (Counting Numbers)
- Introduction of Natural Numbers from 1…….20 by associating them with the given sets of concrete objects and pictures (Similar /Dissimilar)
- Writing numerals from 1……20
- Counting members of given sets upto 20 (concept objects and pictures)
- Ordering numbers from 1….10 writing numbers names upto 10 (names in words)
SHAPES
- Introduction of similar and dissimilar shapes using pictures of familiar objects and geometric shapes (circle, rectangle, triangle, square)
- Pattern of shapes
FRACTIONS
- Introduction of one half, using geometric shapes
- Introduction of one quarter, using geometric shapes
OPERATIONS ON WHOLE NUMBERS
Addition
- Addition by combining sets: Use of concrete material and pictures
- Addition of two numbers (sum up to 18; Abstract)
Subtraction
- Subtraction by partitioning a set use of concrete and pictures
- Subtraction of numbers represented by digits (1 to 9: Abstract)
WHOLE NUMBERS & NUMERALS
- Writing numerals from 21 to 50
- Writing number names up to 20
CONCEPT OF TIME
- Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Night and O’ Clock
PRE NUMBER CONCEPT
- Revision of work done in K1-B with enhanced conceptual approach
- Comparison of more than 3 objects
- Set and its members (Revision and continuation)
- 1-1 matching and equivalent sets
WHOLE NUMBERS
- Revision of work done in K1-B with enhanced conceptual approach
- Ordering numbers from 1 to 20
- Introduction of Ray
- Writing numerals on rays up to 20
- Writing numbers names up to 50
- Recognition of numerals up to 100
- Concept of Empty set and its linkage with ZERO
- Introduction of Place Value: Units and tens up to 50 by using concrete material and pictures.
- Addition and subtraction by using ray
- Addition of units and tens, sum up to 50 (without exchange) by using concrete material and pictures.
- Subtraction of units and tens, up to 50 (without exchange) by using concrete materials and pictures.
- Memorizing number names up to hundred.
- Multiplication of single digit numbers with answers up to 50 (concrete materials and pictures)
SHAPES
- Circle, Rectangle, Triangle, Square, Oval and corresponding regions identification by showing such shapes and introducing the term ‘region’.
- Introduction of locus as path traced by a moving point. Open and closed shapes (Recognition)
FRACTIONS
- Introduction of symbols 1/2 and 1/4.
- 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)
- Fractions associated with given shapes. Coloring the portions of the shapes showing above fractions.
TIME
- Reading and telling time, O’ clock and half past
- Names of the days of the week; 1 week = 7 days
- Names of months (Solar calendar)
MONEY
- Introduction of currency notes……….. Rs. 5, Rs. 10, Rs. 20, Rs. 50 and Rs. 100 and coins: Rs. 1 and Rs. 2.
SHOPPING
- Buying and selling objects by selecting the right amount of money
MULTIPLICATION
Tables of 2, 3 and 4.

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