Grade 1 Socialstudies

PREFACE
In keeping with Ministry of Education policy of continuous updating of its curriculum

guides, a team of experienced teachers under the guidance of curriculum officers in
Social Studies undertook the task of revising the social studies Curriculum for Primary
Schools. This revision takes into account the revised Scope and Sequence for Primary
School Social Studies.
The revision was done along a number of principles and reflects a number of features:
These are:
 the spiral arrangement of content across the levels
 defining objectives to cater for the three intellectual domains –
cognitive, psychomotor, affective
 the integration of the other curriculum areas into social Studies
 an interactive methodology in teaching the subject
 the use of assessment strategies that go beyond the traditional paper
and pencil test
The Easy Path Series Social Studies for Our Children is an integral support for this guide. Some concepts in this Guide
may require using other supporting texts to enhance the interactive approach.
The teaching strategies suggested would allow children to explore, investigate, and discover the foundation principles of
social relations thus enhancing their chances of succeeding in Social Studies beyond the primary level. Learning in such
an enriched Social Studies environment will bring to the fore the joy of learning.
Curriculum Development and Implementation Unit

National centre for Education Resource Development
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Ministry of Education is grateful to the following persons whose tireless work has resulted in the production of this
revised
Social Studies Guide for Level 1.
1. Ali, Bibi Nazmoon SAM Meter-Meer-Zorg Primary

2. Charles, Grace SM Mc Gillivrary Primary
3. Emanuel, Shelda GHM St. Agne’s Primary
4. Lindo, Cheryl SAM St. Pius Primary
5. Mitchell, Byrl SAM Providence Primary
6. Pooran, Padmoutie SM Graham’s Hall Primary
7. Rodney, Janet GHOD New Campbellville Secondary
8. Rodney, Rondell GHOD Kingston Community High
9. Ross, Donna SAM No. 29 Primary
10. Thumbler, Vannessa AM Mocha Arcadia Primary
11. Vyphus, Euclyn SAM Rosignol Primary
12. Mars, Leon Subject Specialist Curriculum Development and
(Social Studies)
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MAJOR CONCEPTS
Safety Rights Interaction
Loyalty Responsibility Leadership
Respect Change Location
Co-operation Togetherness Independence
Care Direction Unity
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CURRICULUM GUIDE
SOCIAL STUDIES – 6
CONTENTS
Page
Acknowledgement
Concepts
Our Family 1
 Our Names 1
 We Live in a Family 2
 Caring for Family Members 3
 Sharing within the Family 4
 Family Relaxation 5
 Special Occasions within the Family 6
Politeness 7
Our School 8
 Children Learn at School 9
 Workers at School 10
Health and Safety Rules 11

 Foods Make us Healthy 12
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Our Nation 16
 Our Country 16
 National Symbols 16
- Our National Anthem 16

- Our National Pledge 16-17
- Our National Flag 17
 Our Leader 18
- The Head of State 18
 Celebrations in Guyana 19
The Weather 20
Clothes for different Weather Conditions 21
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CURRICULUM GUIDE
SOCIAL STUDIES
LEVEL 1
TOPIC OBJECTIVE CONTENT METHOD/ EVALUATION INTEGRATION
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS ATTITUDE STRATEGIES
The Family Say their names. Writing the names Appreciate each Each person Pupils say their Identify and Language Arts
Our Names Of their family other’s names Has a name. names orally. classify e.g. Writing and
Members. by addressing It is the right names from talking about
Explain why their peers by of each Say names of a set of name ‘Myself’.
persons have Writing the names their correct person to some of their cards.
names. of their peers and names. have a family
teachers proper name members, Draw a Art and Craft
e.g. My name teachers and pictures of e.g. Drawing
is Pat. friends. yourself and picture of
write your themselves.
Appreciate one name under
another’s name Names are Address peers the picture.
despite of their used to by using their
cultural identify correct names. Give the
differences. Persons by names of
gender e.g I Discuss three known
am a boy. methods used in persons.
My name is naming
Roy. children.
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We live in a Define the term Drawing and Appreciate one The family is Name persons Name the Drama
family family colouring picture another’s effort a group of living in the members of e.g. skit on the
of their family By accepting people living same house say your family. family.
Identify family members. pictures for in the same what is the
members. folio. house and relation of each Say how your Art and Craft
Writing the usually family member. family is made e.g. Drawing
Writing the names of family related by e.g. Roy Smith up. family
names of family members under Co-operate with blood and is the father. members.
member under each drawing. one another by marriage.
each drawing. making a folio Language Arts
of their family. Members of Draw picture to e.g. Sentence
my show their Construction
Show immediate family and their e.g. My
willingness to family are position in the mother’s name
accept one mother, family. is
another’s ideas father,
by listening brothers and Vocabulary
while others air sisters. brother, sister,
their views. mother, father,
Other grandmother,
members of grandfather.
my family are
grandmother, Poetry
grandfather, e.g. “Fine
uncle, aunt Family”.
and cousins.
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Caring for Name some Observing Co-operate My Family Identify family Draw picture to Mathematics
family persons in the pictures of with one loves me. members and show ways in e.g. Sizes
members. home who take family member another. say how they which the big/small
care of showing care to show their family shows
children. one another. Appreciate It is the love. love and care Art and Craft
each other’s responsibility of for one e.g. Drawing
List ways how Performing views. my family to Demonstrate another. family
families show various show me love ways in which members
that they care activities to Show and take good family Tell how showing care.
for children. show how they willingness to care of me. members show members of
care for participate in love. e.g. their families Science
someone. decision Mother cooks demonstrate e.g Animals
making. my food. love to them. care for their
Family Sister washes young. parents
Show members, and my clothes help to keep us
willingness to other close clean. e.g
work together relatives, take Observe and Bathing us;
by working in good care of discuss pictures combing our
groups to me e.g. mother, that love is hair and
prepare a folio father, aunts, depicted washing our
on family uncle, cousin, among family clothing.
helpers. grand-parents. members.
Discuss reasons
why members
of their family
are good to
them.
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Sharing Identify activities Observing family Co-operate with We eat and Observe Draw pictures Physical
within the that family Members one another by drink together pictures of of family Education
family. members share in. sharing, playing playing team at meal times family members e.g. playing
and working games. and at members eating, playing games.
together. celebrations working, and working.
Accept one such as playing and
another’s ideas birthdays and eating
when working in wedding. together. Name games Music
groups. that the family e.g. ring games
We work Talk about can play One man went
together in games they together. to mow.
our kitchen like to play
garden or on with family Language Arts
our farm. members. e.g. Sentence
Construction
We play when Play e.g. The
we visit the together children are
park. games that playing.
children
When we co- selected. Mathematics
operate with e.g. Number
one another games. e.g. TEN
we are able to little Indian
get things boys; one, two,
done as a three, four,
family. five.
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Family Identify Drawing pictures Co-operating Family relaxes in Identifying and Name two Language Arts
Relaxation. activities to show ways with each different ways for discussing ways ways in which e.g. Sentence
family members how the family other to plan example how families your family Construction
are engaged in relaxes. and carry - playing relax. relaxes. The family
together. out games watches
Writing activities. - Visiting Asking and Draw a picture Television
Discuss ways sentences to say friends answering to show one Sunday
how the family how their family Appreciate - Watching questions way your evenings
relaxes. relaxes. the time television based on family relaxes.
spent Reading pictures and Art and Craft
Collecting and together - Listening stories. Drawing
sorting pictures working in to music. Make a class picture of how
for folio. groups. Cut out and Folio (scrap the family
paste picture book) to show relaxes.
Listening to for special folio people
stories about the (scrap book) relaxing. Drama
families. Role playing
Asking and how the family
answering relaxes.
questions
based on
pictures and
stories.
Working in
groups to
discuss a family
picnic.
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Special Name some Observing Co-operating Some occasions are Naming special Name two Language Arts
Occasions special occasions pictures of with one important to families. occasion within special e.g. Sentence
within the which family family at another in the family occasion Construction
family observes. special compiling folio. observed by e.g. Families
occasions. Discussing the your family celebrate
Discuss how Special occasions importance of birthdays by
families observe Listening to Respecting one help family members observing these Write a hosting
special occasion. one another’s another’s to be closer to one occasions. sentence to parties.
contributions. contributions. another. say how
Discussing ways members of Art and Craft
Drawing Sharing ideas Some examples of in which these your family e.g. drawing
picture of their and pictures these occasions are:- occasions are observe pictures of the
families at with one - Birthdays observed. these special family involved
special another. - Weddings occasions. in a sp0ecial
occasions. - Religious Collecting occasion
Ceremonies pictures of these celebration.
Designing - Mothers’ Day occasions being
cards for the - Fathers’ Day observed.
various special - Birth of a Making and
occasions. baby Making folio designing cards
- Funeral. (scrap book) for these
Collecting with pictures occasions.
pictures to collected
show how Using the
special Calendar to
occasions are show dates of
observed. birthdays of
pupils in my
class.
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Different occasions Answering
are observed/cele- questions e.g
brated in different How many
ways. students have
birthdays in
march?
Politeness Name ways in Observing Show Being polite means Repeating and Write one Art and Craft
which pupils can people appreciation that we have good demonstrating the courtesy rule e.g. Drawing
be polite. demonstrating for good manners. courtesy rules and that you should Cartoon to bring
politeness. manners by maxims. observe. out courtesy
being polite We must always be rules.
Dramatising and courteous polite to everyone Discussing the Write a poem to
ways to show when the -Always say please, importance of bring courtesy Music
how people occasion excuse me, and thank courtesy rules and rules. e.g. Songs to
can be polite. demands it. you, good maxims. (This should be bring out
morning/night group effort). courtesy rules.
Composing Obeying class at the appropriate Role playing
rules. rules. time. situations of how Draw cartoons Language Arts
courtesy rules are to depict e.g. Sentence
used in the courtesy rules. construction e.g.
Class rules assist us to classroom. we must always
have good behaviour Match Column A be kind to each
in the class. Reciting rhymes to with Column B other.
- I must keep depict courtesy. 1. Thank you
my classroom very much. Poetry
clean e.g. Poems to
2. May I leave bring out good
now? manners.
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I must speak quietly 3. Please, may I Story-Telling
in the class. have some Stories that will
more? bring out
courtesy rules.
Column B
1. Seeking
permission to go
home.
2. asking for
drink at a party.
3. You are given

a birthday gift.
Our School State the name of Appreciate one Every school has a Naming their school. Fill in the blanks Art and Craft
their school. another’s name. (1) The name of e.g. Drawing
efforts by Naming the village my school is and colouring
Say where their Draw a plan of working in Schools are located in where their school is ____________ pictures of
school is located. their school. groups to draw communities. found. (2) My school is their school.
a plan of their painted in
Describe their Collecting school. Making a model of _____________ Language Arts
school. items such as their schools. (3) It is located at e.g. Making
match sticks Show respect _____________ sentences
and paste to one another’s Drawing their school Work in groups Completing
make a model ideas by to:- sentences with
of their school. working with Writing sentences to (a)draw a plan of suitable words.
them to make describe their schools. your school.
a model of
their school. (b) make a model
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OBJECTIVE CONTENT METHOD/ EVALUATION INTEGRATION
Children who live in a schools Of your school. Composition
community attend Write a
the same school. descriptive
paragraph on
the topic “My
School”.
Art and Craft

Making a
model of their
school.
Children Give reasons why Observing Appreciate the We go to school so Answering oral and Name two Art and Craft
learn at they go to school. activities in work done by that we can learn to written questions important e.g. Make a
school. their their teachers read and write and asked by the teacher. activities you do montage of
Discuss activities classroom and by attending count. e.g. why do you go to at school. school
that students do in the school school? activities.
in their classrooms of regularly and We also play games Discussing the things
classrooms. other students punctually. at school. that they do at school. Composition
e.g. Write a
Name things that Drawing pupils Show We spell words, Touring the composition on
they can do at doing an appreciation count carry out classrooms of the Role play an one of the
school. activity at for the experiment, visit school to observe activity done at following
school. importance of important places, what the other school. topics:
school by listen to others, draw students are doing. “Why I like my
Writing being involved and make articles at school.”
sentences to in activities of school. Dramatising some
tell what they the school. aspect of school life. Drama
do at school. e.g. Role
playing
situations.
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At school we Collecting
Learn how to pictures of
live and work students and
together. teachers
involved in
It is the rights various
of every child activities of the
to education. school to make
a montage for
the classroom
Workers at Name the people Drawing Appreciate the The people Identifying Match workers Art and Craft
our school. who work in our pictures of work done by who work in my workers and with their jobs. Drawing of the
school community. these workers. these workers. community describing their various
are:- duties. Workers Jobs workers.
Discuss the duties Writing Show respect Head-teacher, Teacher Cleans
of these workers. sentences to for these teachers, Discussing the Mathematics
say how these workers . charwoman, importance of e.g. Using the
workers help us cleaner, each worker. Cleaner Teaches symbols
in different security guard to
ways. nurse. Drawing Write two compare the
pictures of sentences about number of
Workers at these workers. the job of any workers.
school help us worker. Language arts
in different Role-playing Sentence
ways. workers. Construction
e.g. them
Making stuffed name of my
toys of the head-teacher
various is Ms. Shelda
workers. Collins.
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We must be Inviting
polite to the resource
workers at person to Listening and
school it is our talking to speaking e.g.
responsibility students about Dictation.
to show respect their role and
to those who responsibility in
help us at school.
school.
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Health and Name some Observing Show There are rules Observing chart Write two Making charts
Safety Rules health and pictures of appreciation we must with health health rules about safety
safety rules. persons for the observe for a rules. that you and rules.
demonstrating importance of safe and your friends
Discuss health rules of rules by healthy life Discussing must observe. Science
importance of danger. obeying health style. e.g. We health rules on Body parts
observing and safety must: chart. Write rhymes Why we need
health and Listening to rules. - take a daily about safety to take good
safety rules. stories about bath. Demonstrating rules. care of our
safety rules. Show - keep our nail some health bodies.
awareness of short and habits we Disobeying
Dramatising the the dangers of clean. observe daily. safety rules can
practice of breaking rules -comb and cause us to
safety rules. by role playing brush our hair Observing and loose part of
a situation daily. our bodies.
where a rule is
broken.
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- wash hand Discussing Making songs
before eating pictures about health Drama
and after using showing the and safety Role playing
the toilet. different rules.
-eat a balance sources of Reading
meal. danger. Class text e.g.
- Keep our “Market Day”
clothes clean Repeating
and tidy. rhymes and
- wash fruits listening to
and vegetables stories and
before eating songs about
or cooking safety rules.
them;
-cover our food Role – playing
from dust and some safety
insects. rules.
We must avoid Discussing what

dangerous can result when
situations in rules are
and around the broken.
home. e.g. A
boiling kettle.
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 Do not play 
with pointed
sharp edged
instruments.
 Keep away
from lighted
stoves, lamps
and candles.
 Do not
interfere
with
electrical
appliances
and switches.
 Avoid
drinking
liquid from a
bottle.
Every child is
entitled to good
health and
safety.
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Foods make us Identify foods Drawing food Sharing ideas We must eat Talking about Match the food Reading
healthy that will make chart. with others our green and the importance with the name. e.g. Reading
us healthy. about the food yellow of eating from health
Colouring they should vegetables, specific foods. chart.
pictures of eat. fruits, rice, e.g. green and
food. flour, ground yellow Art and Craft
provision, milk, vegetables, Milk e.g. Making
Collecting Working co- fish and meat. fish, rice and scrap-book
pictures of operatively sugar. with pictures
foods to make with others to These food of food we
a folio. prepare a folio help to keep us Making food Orange should eat.
on food groups. healthy. baskets.
Matching
pictures of We must eat a Saying rhymes Science
foods with their balanced meal about what to e.g. Colours of
names. everyday eat daily. fruits
Bread e.g. Naming
Answering the parts of a
questions fruit.
based on the
rhyme. Language Arts
Writing
Eat Green and sentences. We
Yellow Food should eat a
Eat green and balance meal.
yellow food,
Eat green and
yellow food, Meat
They are good
for you
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They are good
for you,
Pumpkin makes
your eyes
bright, Bagee
keep your skin
tight
Teeth are fine,
Teeth are fine.
1. What food
makes your
eyes bright?
2. What food
keeps your skin
tight?
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Our Nation Name their Tracing the Demonstrate The name of Tracing and Complete the Language Arts
Our Country country. map of their that they are my country is colouring maps following Making oral
country. patriotic Guyana. of Guyana. sentences. sentences
citizens of their 1. The name of about their
Identify Making a scrap country by I was born in Completing my country is country.
symbols that book with showing Guyana. sentences. ___________.
show that their pictures of respect for Art and Craft
country is a symbols that national I am a Making a scrap- 2. I am a Tracing
nation tells their symbols e.g. Guyanese. book with templates
country is a stand at national ___________. maps of
Nation. attention when Our National symbols. Guyana.
the anthem is Flag, National 3. I was born in Drawing and
sung. Anthem, Collecting items ___________. colouring large
National such as pictures maps of
Pledge, and with national Draw and Guyana.
Coat of Arms symbols of our colour the Drawing and
are some of the country. National Flag. colour the
symbols that National Flag.
tell us that we
are a nation. Reading
Text “Our Flag”.
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National Repeat the Demonstrating Show that they Guyana Reciting our Complete the Art and Craft
Symbols. words of the how they are proud of became an National following e.g. Drawing
 Our National would show their National independent Pledge, Singing sentences. and colouring
National Pledge. respect for the Symbols by nation on the the national (1) The name the National
Anthem. National Pledge demonstrating 26th May, 1966. Anthem. of our National Flag.
Name the and the how they can Flag is the
 Our National Flag. National show respect The following Drawing the __________. Mathematics
National Anthem. for the National are symbols National Flag (2) Our Flag e.g. shapes.
Pledge Identify the Flag and that tells us and colouring has ________
colours on the Drawing the National that we are a it. Colours. Language Art
 Our National Flag. National Flag anthem. nation:- e.g. Identifying
National and colouring (a) National Answering oral (3) One of the words e.g.
Flag. Sing the first it. Fitting pieces Flag. questions on colours on our black, red,
stanza of the of the National (b) National our national flag is ______. nation,
National Flag together Pledge. symbols. national, flag.
Anthem. correctly. (c) National (4) When we
Anthem. Putting shapes say the Reading
together to National Pledge “Our Flag”
The name of form the we are making
our National National flag a ________. Poetry
flag is the Our Country
Golden Repeating the (prayer, Flag”
Arrowhead. poem. promise)
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Our National Our Country’s
Flag has five Flag
colours. These Our country’s
are red, green, flag is a pretty
gold, black and flag. It has five
white. colours red,
black, gold and
Each of these white. the
colours has its other colour is
own meaning. green.
We must
always stand at
attention when
singing our
national
anthem of
when it is
played.
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Our National Say the name Collecting a Show respect The Head of Tell the name The Name of Language Arts
Leader of the Head of picture of the for the office of State of the of the leader of the President Making oral
State. Head of State Head of State Republic of our country of the Republic and written
and other and other Guyana is the and say how of Guyana is sentences.
Identify the national heads leaders by:- Executive the leader ___________.
picture of the and pasting (a) Saying what President. became Head Craft
Head of State neatly in their we should do of State. The Head of Pasting a
from among exercise books. when a leader The Executive State became picture of the
other pictures. enters a President is Identifying the Executive Head of State in
Writing the building. elected by the Head of State’s President of their exercise
Tell how the name of the (b) Show people of picture from a Guyana books and
Head of State Head of State respect for Guyana. set of pictures. through writing books
gets into under his as national ___________. and writing
power. well as the leaders by not The Executive Collecting of his/her name
other national saying ill things president is pictures of (Pupils can be under it.
Name the leaders. about them from a political national Head asked oral
Prime Minister and not party. of State and questions by
Minister of defacing their pasting it in the teacher e.g.
Education and pictures. The head of their books. How can you
Minister of state is also the Writing the show respect
Health. Head of name of the for the head of
Government. leaders under State?)
the pictures.
He is a National Match pictures
Leader. Going on a of national
conducted tour leaders with
to the Office of their
the President. designation.
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The Weather Name the Drawing Co-operate Guyana has Defining Draw a weather Art and Craft
weather weather chart. with one other two main weather in chart. e.g. Draw a
conditions in by working in weather their own large weather
Guyana. Drawing groups to make conditions words. List two chart for the
pictures to weather charts. - sunny weather classroom.
depict the - rainy Discussing conditions we
different kinds Appreciate the - cloudy conditions for have in Mathematics
of weather in importance of - windy. the different Guyana. e.g. Number
Guyana. the weather by types of sequence.
telling the The different weather. What would
usefulness of types of you do if it Science
Each weather weather are Observing a were raining e.g. how the
condition in useful to us. weather chart now? weather affect
Guyana. and identifying us.
The farmers the type of What kind of
like the rains weather for weather do you Composition
and sun for everyday of the need to:- e.g. Write
their crops. school week. (a) Fly our kite? simple
(b) Dry our sentences on
The rainy Discussing the clothing? the weather.
weather is importance of (c) Planting our e.g. Today is
good for when the various crops? Monday.
the farmers are types of It is a rainy day
planting their weather. children came
crops e.g. to school with
paddy. Reading the rain coats and
poem and jacket.
discussing the
usefulness of
the weather.
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The farmers The Little Plant What of kind of Poetry
need the sunny In the heart of weather do you The Little Plant
weather to a seed need to:-
reap their Buried deep so (a) Fly our kite?
crops. Deep
A dear little (b) Dry our
We need the plant lay fast a clothing?
windy weather sleep
to dry our “Wake” says (c) Planting our
clothes, and to the sunshine crops?
fly our kites And creep to
during the the light
Easter “Wake” , said
Celebrations. the voice of the
raindrops
bright.
The little plant
heart it
And rose to see
What a
wonderful
outside
The world
could be.
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Clothes for Identify the Drawing the Co.0perate We must equip Discussing how Answer the Art and Craft
different items people various objects with others in ourselves for pupils can following Making a
Weather use for the people use compiling and the different equip questions. model of a
Conditions different during the sorting pictures weather themselves for weather chart.
weather different of clothing conditions. the various Name an item
conditions. weather worn for weather of clothing used Mounting
conditions. different We should conditions in for:- pictures
Name the kind weather have items Guyana. (a) Sunny depicting
of clothes Collecting and conditions. such as rain- weather. different
persons should sorting pictures coat, umbrella, Drawing the (b) Rainy weather
wear for the of clothing long-boot, for various items weather. conditions and
various worn for the rainy they use for the the type of
weather different weather. different Say why we clothing and
condition. weather weather should wear items used.
conditions. Umbrella, caps, conditions. clothing made
hats and cotton of cotton. Compiling folio.
clothing can be Going on field
used during the trip to places Draw an object Science
sunny weather. such as the used when it is e.g. Types of
weather office raining. clothing and
Name the texture.
Collecting and object.
sorting pictures Language Arts
of the various Sentence
types of Construction.
clothing. e.g. I am
wearing
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Discussing on A pair of long
what occasions boots because
these clothing it is raining.
are worn.
Working in
groups to
compile a folio
Of clothing
worn for the
various
occasion.
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PREFACE

In keeping with Ministry of Education policy of continuous updating of its curriculum

Curriculum Development and Implementation Unit

1. Ali, Bibi Nazmoon SAM Meter-Meer-Zorg Primary

Safety Rights Interaction

Loyalty Responsibility Leadership

Respect Change Location

Co-operation Togetherness Independence

Care Direction Unity

Health and Safety Rules 11

- Our National Anthem 16

3. You are given

Art and Craft

We must avoid Discussing what

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