● Visually recognise and label different means of transportation on the street ● Know that motorbike and bicycle have 2.. wheels; others have more than 2 wheels ● Be able to compar[r]
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SCIENCE – SYLLABUS Syllabus overview:
● introduction ● 17 lessons ● 11 revisions
● Science projects (*) ● progress tests Total: 35 periods
General objectives for language learning:
● Understand the meaning of vocabulary ● Pronounce all the vocabulary correctly
● Be able to communicate the knowledge in English ● Begin to recognise the spelling
● Use context clues, including pictures and prior knowledge, to identify words
● Enhance cognitive recognition of words with pronunciation
● Be able to write in full sentences of structures in the lesson (Grade and above)
● Apply the structures (in Italic) communicating and writing (Grade and above)
Guidelines for teachers:
➢ Each lesson must be taught with digital contents and other supportive materials (if available)
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Week Unit Lesson Learning outcomes Vocabulary and structure(s)
1 Introduction
2
U1 –
Transportation
L1: Means of transportation
● Visually recognise and label different means of transportation on the street ● Know that motorbike and bicycle have
wheels; others have more than wheels ● Be able to compare the size among these
means of transportation
● What is this? This is …. ● Which is bigger/ longer? … is
bigger/ longer than
Motorbike, bicycle, car, bus, truck
3
L2: Means of transportation (cont.)
● Visually recognise and label different means of transportation
● Distinguish whether these means of transportation travel on land, on water or in the sky
● What is this? This is ….
● … travel on land/ on water/ in the sky.
Plane, boat, train, on land, on water, in the sky
4 Revision of Unit
5
U2 –
Musculoskelet al system
L1: Bones
● Identify the different kinds of bones and their positions in the skeletal system ● Visually recognise and label the skeleton
● The skull/ rib cage/ spine belongs to the skeleton
Skeleton, skull, rib cage, spine, bone
6 L2: Joints and
muscles
● Identify joint and muscle
● Visually recognise and label the given pictures
● Know that joints and muscles support the movement of bones so we can many activities
● Joints and muscles support movement
Joint, muscle, movement, support
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8 Revision for progress test
9 Progress test
10
U3 – Digestive system
L1: Digestion in human
● Identify the different digestive organs and their positions in the digestive system ● Know that digestive system helps us
digest (break down) food
● Visually recognise and label the digestive system
● The digestive system helps us digest food
Digest, mouth, food pipe, stomach, digestive system
11 L2: Digestion in
human (cont.)
● The … belongs to the digestive system
Small intestine, large intestine, anus
12 Revision of Unit
13
U4 – Food and food groups
L1: Common foods
● Name some common foods
● Visually recognise and label the different foods
● Be encouraged to eat a variety of food to be healthy
● What you like? I like Egg, milk, rice, grapes, cabbage
14 L2: The basic food
groups
● Know the basic food groups
● Be able to sort the foods into the correct food groups
● … belongs to fruit/ grain/ vegetable/ protein/ dairy group.
Fruit, grain, vegetable, protein, dairy
15 Revision for progress test
16 Progress test
17 Science Project
18 U5 – Natural
habitats L1: Land habitats
● Define a habitat
● Visually recognise different kinds of habitats on land
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19 L2: Aquatic
habitats
● Visually recognise different kinds of aquatic habitats
● Differentiate between land and aquatic habitats by figures
● What habitat is it? It is …. Pond, ocean, river, swamp
20 Revision of Unit
21
U6 – Plants and their habitats
L1: Plants living on land
● Visually recognise and label different plants that live on land
● Be able to match the plants with their habitats
● What plant is it? It is …. ● … lives in
Grass, pine tree, cactus, fern
22 L2: Aquatic plants
● Visually recognise and label different kinds of aquatic plants
● Be able to match the plants with their habitats
● What plant is it? It is …. ● … lives in
Lotus, seaweed, waterlily, duckweed
23 L3: Benefits of
plants
● Be able to tell that plants provide us oxygen, food and shade
● Know that plants also help reduce pollution
● What plants provide us? They provide us …
Oxygen, food, shade, pollution
24 Revision of Unit
25 Revision for progress test
26 Progress test
27
U7 – Animals and their habitats
L1: Animals living on land
● Visually recognise and label different kinds of animals that live on land ● Be able to match the animals with their
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28 L2: Aquatic
animals
● Visually recognise and label different kinds of aquatic animals
● Be able to match the animals with their habitats
● What animal is it? It is …. Octopus, seahorse, catfish, goldfish
29 Revision of Unit
30
U8 - The Sun
L1: Properties of the Sun
● Know that the Sun is like a giant fireball ● Recognise the importance of the Sun -
giving us light and heat
● The Sun is like a giant fireball ● The Sun gives us light and heat Fireball, light, heat, bright
31 L2: Sunrise and
Sunset
● Be able to tell that the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West
● Know that the Sun rises around AM and sets around PM
● The Sun rises/ sets in the East/ West
Sunset, sunrise, West, East
32 Revision of Unit
33 Revision for progress test
34 Progress test