Grades 2 - 4
A. VOCABULARY for grades 2, 3, 4 at BASIC Level: CEFR A- 1 to A-2 1. REVIEW of BEGINNER WORDS (Seen in Grades K, 1, 2)
(Vocabulary fluency increases gradually, over time and with practice.) all colors covered in Kindergarten and first grade, plus: pets, bird, cage, rabbit, fish, beak, behind, in, on, under, tank, wall, flowers, pets, Do you have a computer?
WORDS: camera, comics, computer, pictures, rings, toys, video game, violin, behind, between, in, on , next to, in front of, under
Days of the week
WORDS / PHRASES: in the morning / afternoon, the weekend, go swimming, play tennis, visit grandparents, have a music lesson, paints, cleans, watches, does, goes, visits, plays, cooks
Where do you live?
a flat, an apartment, cottage, house, city, town, village, garden, upstairs, downstairs, on the ground floor
FAMILY: pretty, sister, brother, mother, father, twin sister / brother, grandmother, grandfather
What time do you get up?
get up, go to bed, have lunch, do homework, watch TV, go to school, have breakfast, o’clock, half past, quarter past, in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening
FRIENDS: bike, film, pizza, cinema, restaurant, swimming pool, tennis club, She plays hockey.
MONTHS OF THE YEAR: all 12 months, Christmas, birthday, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day
Ordinal numbers for dates:
1st – 31st
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2. NEW WORDS / PHRASES (for Grades 3 and 4)
(Vocabulary fluency increases gradually, over time and with practice.) GRADE 3
Describing daily routines, events and weather Telling the time and giving dates
Expressing ability and inability
Giving very simple directions and locations
Describing current activities of real people or those in pictures Describing states in the past
Lexis
Present continuous tense Can and can’t
Prepositions of movement from, to, up, down, along, across Prepositions of time on, in, at
Prepositions of place near, in front of, behind, opposite Past tense of verb to be
Ordinal numbers up to 31st (for dates) Link words and, and then
Jobs
Places in the local area Place of study
Home life Weather Free time
Times and dates GRADE 4
Talking about past events
Talking about future plans and intentions Expressing simple comparisons
Expressing likes and dislikes
Describing manner and frequency Holidays
Shops
WorkHobbies/sports Food
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Past simple tense of regular and common irregular verbs Going to future
Adverbs of manner and frequency
Comparatives and superlatives of adjectives Link word: but
Vocabulary specific to the topic area Vocabulary specific to the subject areas
Adverbs of frequency, e.g. sometimes, often, never
Adverbial phrases of frequency, e.g. every day, once a week Expressions of past time, e.g. yesterday, last night
3. MORE WORDS and PHRASES:
What’s the weather like? warm, sunny, cloudy, rainy
What do you study? art, biology, chemistry, multiplication Free time: music, homework, go out, play video games Tell me about your town or city.
I live in... historic city, crowded, quiet What are they doing?
He’s brushing his teeth, shopping, working, watching TV, washing up, reading, eating Best friends:
short, blonde, friendly, straight, wear, strong Work: What does your father do? He’s a lawyer.
Where’s your classroom?
It’s down the hall. go along, turn left / right Family matters:
using the future, describing people, possessives Play time:
frequency, time expressions, every day, six o’clock School’s out:
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holidays, present / future, when, where, why, who Sports:
likes and dislikes, present continuous, questions
Memorable meals: food, cooking, talking about a meal Future with going to
Nice work: jobs, work, quickly, well, occupations
Shop around: describing ways of shopping, sequencing: first, next, after, finally
In class: talking about the past, comparison / superlative the best, the most difficult, easiest
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1. August - September - October
Frogs Need Love, Too
SPECIFIC VOCABULARY:
under, behind, in, frog, frogs, in front of, children, playground,
sandbox, dog, boy, grass, flowers, there is, there are, climbing, running, bugs, table, bench, love, need SETTING:
a park with a pond CHARACTERS:
Narrator
Fernando, King of the Frogs Jorge, a little boy
Other students, as a chorus... or form several groups of actors, all doing the same play, at the same time... and the teacher circulates to listen to their English fluency.
THE PLAY
NARRATOR: Fernando was King of the frogs in his pond.
Frogs eat many bugs each day, especially flies
and mosquitoes. The biggest problem that frogs have is that no one loves them. They are not a favorite
pet of anyone. You can not walk with them. They can not