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BERCHMANS – PRIMARY SECTION

English Language Arts (E.L.A.) and Language Development Cross-curriculum
From First to Third Grade

Grade Period E.L.A. Linguistic functions Language Development Performance Standards
Proofreading marks Sound/letter relationships: The READING COMPREHENSION
Nouns Alphabet. Recognizes the different moments,
Beginning/ending consonant characters, events and some textual
Pronouns: Use of “me” and “I”
Period 1 sounds. marks within the text: First grade stinks!,
Simple present tense - Verb “be” Short vowels: “a”, “e”, “i”, “o”, “u”. so as to understand the main character’s

Word order in sentences Blends with R: GR, PR, CR, BR, situation, the way she feels, and how she

Punctuation TR, FR, sorts out the conflicts, and in this way,
Wh- question words: why Nursery rhymes, chants and finger- relate them to his/her own life and
plays. experience at school.

ORAL PRODUCTION
Uses the vocabulary and expressions

learnt in class as a means of interaction
First Grade

and language production to his/her ideas,

opinions and needs with his/her peers
and teachers.


Proofreading marks Long vowels “A”, ”E”, ”I”, ”O”, “U”. READING COMPREHENSION
There is – there are Blends with L (GL, PL, SL, CL, GL, Shows comprehension of textual marks
Period 2 Prepositions: under, next to, on, in front of FL) within a narrative text that help him/her
Opposites Soft and hard C and G. recognize the text structure and also,
Wh- question words: What, when, where, Tongue twisters. allow him/her to reflect upon characters’
who actions and interactions relating these to
Article: the his/her own experience.
Numbers from 1 to 100 (Review)
ORAL PRODUCTION
Retells poems and parts of a story by
showing understanding of some formal
aspects of the language such as: proper
intonation, pronunciation and fluency so
as to recognize surroundings, figures and
contexts.


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Proofreading marks Sight words READING COMPREHENSION
Period 3 Have – has Digraphs with H. (CH, SH, TH, PH) Compares and contrasts narrative texts
Can (permission) Silent letters /l/, /h/ ,/k/ which share common themes, so as to
Articles: an – a Blends with S: SN, ST, SP, SK, recognize how a conflict is solved within a
Sequence connectors: first, next, then, SM, SN, SL story.
finally. Rhyming words.
Numbers from 1 to 100 (Review) ORAL PRODUCTION
Asks and answers questions about key
details in a text read aloud or information
presented orally or through other media.

Present Simple Discrimination of long and short READING COMPREHENSION
Wh- Questions: what, where and when. vowels. Makes predictions about events, settings
Period 1 Pronouns I – we – they – you. Vowel digraphs: “ee-ey”, “oo” and actions of a story such as: Frog and
Auxiliary verb DO (book, moon), “ai-ay”, “ea” (head, Toad all year to be aware of weather
Sequence connectors: first, next, then, mean), “ou-ow” (mouth, cow, changes and how diverse people, places
afterwards, after that, later, finally. could), and situations may be.
“aw”, ”oa”, “ow” (mow), “ie”, “oy”,
“ui”, “ew”, “oe”, “ue”. WRITING PRODUCTION
Second Grade

Rhymes, chants, songs. Writes a short informative text about the

Naming words (singular and plural) four seasons by using the vocabulary
Action words learnt and following a given model so as
The sentence: Word order to widen their horizons towards cultural
and human diversity all over the world.

Modal auxiliary: Can, can’t Three letter blends: (str, sch, shr, READING COMPREHENSION
There is – there are / How many? scr, squ, etc..) Analyzes short and simple informative,
Auxiliary verb: do – does Vowel digraphs: “ee-ey”, “oo” epistolary, and narrative texts to develop
Simple past: regular verbs. Some (book, moon), “ai-ay”, “ea” (head, critical thinking and expressions to
Period 2 irregular verbs: be, have, do, go, say, mean), “ou-ow” (mouth, cow, persuade when we want to achieve a
come, etc. could), “aw”, “oa”, “ow” (mow), “ie”, goal.

Sequence connectors first, next, then, “oy” “ui”, “ew”, “oe”, “ue”. “I wannaguana”
afterwards, after that, later, finally. rhyming words in poems
(Proofreading marks) WRITING PRODUCTION
Sound (ə) in three letter blends: Composes a short note, giving reasons to
BLE, PLE, TLE, GLE, DLE, KLE, obtain a particular benefit by following a
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CLE. given pattern and using proper
Descriptive words. punctuation.
Subject pronouns
Object pronouns
Simple present: third person. Double consonants: SS, LL, TT, READING COMPREHENSION
Possessive adjectives PP, BB. Compares the information given in a
Period 3 Pronouns She, He, It Three letter blends: (str, sch, shr, narrative text such as The year of Billy
Sequence connectors first, next, scr, squ, etc..) Miller with daily-life situations in order to
then, afterwards, after that, later, finally. Possessives adjectives, gain awareness and understanding of
Prepositions: in, on, at, under, next to, on, Possessive nouns his/her own growing process.
in front of Contractions
Numbers from 1 to 100, and telling time. Rhyming, rhythm, line breaks. WRITING PRODUCTION
Writes a short and simple family poem
based on different examples given to
outstand a remarkable person in his/her
life and participate in the Second grade
poetry festival.

Frequency adverbs: always, sometimes, Types of sentences,(Statements, WRITING PRODUCTION
never questions, commands, Summarizes important moments of the
Conjunctions: after, before exclamations), main narrative text by following some
Period 1 Wh- question words. Nouns (regular and irregular) spelling and grammatical rules taking into
Modal verb must/mustn´t Using be and have
Third Grade

account the roles important people

Present Simple Tense Using good, well, really and very around us play in our live.
Pronouns I – he – she – they Adjectives
Possessive adjectives my – his – Possessive adjectives,
her – their Demonstratives
There is / There are
Comparatives with physical adjectives. Frequency adverbs WRITING PRODUCTION
Past Simple Tense / Regular and Sequence adverbs Writes about one of the story’s
Period 2 irregular verbs Prepositions, characters’ physical and personality traits
Numbers from 100 to 1000 Regular / irregular verbs, and their actions by following a provided
Comparatives pattern and some formal aspects of the
Capitalization and punctuation. language.
Contractions


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Present, past and future tenses WRITING PRODUCTION
Period 3 Past Simple Tense homophones, homographs and Composes some short descriptive,
Prepositions of place homonyms. narrative and informative texts based on
Synonyms and antonyms the main text’s literary elements and by
Compound words. creating a new ending for this story being
The paragraph. aware of the importance of values such as
friendship, companionship, loyalty and
love within the interactions among
individuals.

ANNEX 1: LIST OF NURSERY RHYMES AND LULLABIES

00:08 Humpty Dumpty Sat On A Wall
02:07 Head, Shoulders, Knees &
Toes - Exercise Song
04:00 Hot Cross Buns
06:04 Five Little Monkeys Robot -
Part 2
09:29 Wheels On The Bus New York
City
13:40 123 Numbers Song
18:09 Ten In The Bed
21:42 Row Row Row Your Boat
23:28 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
25:45 If You're Happy And You Know
It
28:33 Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her
Sheep New
30:11 Mary Had A Little Lamb
32:47 One Two Buckle My Shoe
34:49 Hey Diddle Diddle
36:43 Jack and Jill
38:32 Colour Song
41:07 Itsy Bitsy Spider
42:51 Leafy Sea Dragon Song
44:43 Ten Little Indians
46:35 The Finger Family Song
52:01 Rain, Rain, Go Away New 01:23:27 Old MacDonald Had a Farm
54:29 Johny Johny Yes Papa
56:04 Phonics Song with TWO Words
59:52 The Spirit of Christmas
01:04:17 Baa Baa Black Sheep
01:06:31 Incy Wincy Spider New
01:08:14 Party Mashup Mix
01:18:54 Five Little Monkeys - Part 1
01:21:17 Chubby Cheeks
01:25:19 Here We Go Round the
Mulberry Bush 01:45:41 Lion Finger Family
01:27:35 Abcd Songs
01:30:03 Wheels On The Bus - Part 1
01:32:00 Hickory Dickory Dock
01:33:49 Five Little Ducks
01:35:47 Head, Shoulders, Knees
and Toes Kids Dance Song
01:37:43 Wheels On The Bus - Part 2
01:39:41 PussyCat, PussyCat
01:41:47 Five Little Monkeys Jumping
On The Bed - Part 3
01:48:10 Bingo Dog - Karaoke Song.

Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Hq8qQiY-0

ANNEX 2: CHILDREN’S SONGS

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A Hunting We Will Go Baby Beluga Blow the Man Down Crawdad Song

A Ring a Roses Baby Bumble Bee Blue Tail Fly Dance Thumbkin Dance

A Peanut Sat Baby Bumble Bee 2 Boom, Boom, Ain't it Great to be Crazy Do Re Mi

Alice the Camel Baby Bumble Bee 3 Brahm's Lullaby Do Your Ears Hang Low

All God's Critters Be Kind to Your Web-Footed Friends Buffalo Gals Don't Disturb the Ladybug

All the Pretty Little Horses The Bear Bunny Hop Down by the Bay

Alouette Bear Went Over the Mountain Bushel and a Peck Down by the Station

Alphabet Song Bed in Summer Candyman Down in the Valley

All I Want for Christmas Beehive and Anthill Casper the Friendly Ghost Dreams

Amazing Grace Betty Botter Catalina Madalina Dry Bones

Angels Watching Over Me Bicycle Built for Two Chocolate Ice Cream Elephant Goes

Animal Fair Big Rock Candy Mountain Chicken Chicken Eensy, Weensy Spider

Ants go Marching Bile Dat Cabbage Down Cincinnati Dancing Pig Farmer Brown

Apples and Bananas Billy Blunder Circus Song Farmer in the Dell

Apples and OrangesA Tisket, A Tasket Billy Boy Clementine False Alarm

Baa Baa Black Sheep Bingo Come Little Leaves Fifty Nifty United States

B-A-Bay Blacksmith's Apprentice Cover Your Mouth First Grade, First Grade

Babes in the Woods Version 1 Five Little Ducks

Babes in the Woods Version 2 Five Little Fishies

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Five Little Froggies Happy Days are Here Again I Want a Dog Kookaburra

Five Little Mice Happy Trails to You If All the Raindrops Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing

Five Little Monkeys Have You Ever Been Fishing If I Had a Hammer Little Fish

Five Little Pumpkins Head, Shoulder, Knees, and Toes If You're Happy and You Know It Little Sandman

Frere Jacques Here Comes Peter Cottontail If You're Wearing (Red, Yellow...) Little Red Wagon

Friends are Special He's Got the Whole World I'm a Little Teapot Little Tin Soldier

Frog Went a Courtin Hey Diddle Diddle I'm a Nut Little White Duck

Froggie in the Bathtub Hickory Dickory Dock In a Cabin in the Woods Littlest Worm (Echo Song)

Go Bananas Hokey Pokey Irish Lullaby (Too-Ra-Loo-Ra) London Bridge

Go to Sleep My Little Buckaroo Hinky Dinky It's a Small World Looby Loo

Going on a Lion Hunt Hole in the Middle(Bottom) of the Sea It's Not Easy Being Green Loop de Loop

Grandfather's Clock Home on the Range Itsy Bitsy Spider Magic School Bus

Great Pumpkin How Much is that Doggie.. I've Been Working on the Railroad Mary Had a Little Lamb

Green Grass Grows All Around Humpty Dumpty Jack and Jill Micheal Finnegan

Had a Little Rooster Hurry, Hurry Drive the Firetruck Jingle Bells Miss Molly

Hand on my Head (What Have I Here?) Hush Little Baby John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt Mister Duck

Happy and You Know It I Don't Want to Live on the Moon Johnny Rebeck Mister Sun

I Hear Thunder Kindergarten Song More We Get Together

I Love Trash Kitty in a Basket Morningtown Ride

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Mr. Lion and His Sneeze On Top of Spaghetti Rattlin Bog Swing Low, Sweet Chariot This Old Man

Mr. Nobody One, One, the Zoo is Lots of Red River Valley Take Me Out to the Ballgame Three Blind Mice
Fun
Muffin Man Ring Around the Rosies Teasing Mr. Crocodile Three Little Fishies
One, Two, Buckly My Shoe
Mulberry Bush Rock-A-Bye-Baby Ten in a Bed Three Little Kittens
Open Up Your Heart and Let
My Bonnie Lies Over the the Sun Shine in Row, Row, Row Your Boat Ten Little Monsters Thumbelina
Ocean
Over the Meadow Rubber Ducky The Ants go Marching Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
My Finger Family
Peter Cottontail Sailing, Sailing The Bus Song (Wheels on the Bus) Waltzing Matilda
My Grandfather's Clock
Picking Apples Sally the Camel The Crocodile Wheels on the Bus
My Hands
Pink Pajamas She'll Be Comin' Round the The Farmer in the Dell When the Saints go Marching In
My Hands on My Head Mountain
Playmate, Come Out and Play The Green Grass Grows All Around When you Wish Upon a Star
My Pony Boy Shoo Fly
Please, Woodcutter The More We Get Together Where is Thumbkin
Nobody Likes Me Short'nin' Bread
Polly Put the Kettle On There Was a Bee Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf
Oh Susanna Sidewalks of New York
Polly Wolly Doodle There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Yankee Doodle
Oh Where Has My Little Sippin' Cider Through a
Dog Gone Pony Boy Straw There's a Hole in the Bucket You Are My Sunshine

Oh Those Bones Pop Goes the Weasel Six Little Dogs There's a Hole in the Middle of the Sea Queen of the Mountain

Old Joe Clark Puff the Magic Dragon Six Little Ducks There's a Little Wheel in my Heart Rainbow Song

Old MacDonald Pussycat, Pussycat Skip to My Lou This Little Piggy On Top of My Pizza

Old Mother Leary Put on a Happy Face Smokey the Bear This Little Light of Mine S-M-I-L-E
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Retrieved from: http://www.theteachersguide.com/ChildrensSongs.htm.

ANNEX 3: TONGUE TWISTERS TO IMPROVE PRONUNCIATION

Retrieved from: http://www.engvid.com/english-resource/50-tongue-twisters-improve-pronunciation/

Retrieved from: http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/en.htm

ANNEX 4: DECODABLE READINGS USING SHORT AND LONG VOWEL SOUNDS

7 STORIES USING SHORT VOWEL WORDS –INTERACTIVE. Retrieved from: https://sites.google.com/site/kindergartentigersatolg/8-stories-using-short-vowel-words

PHONICS PATTERNS AND STORIES. Retrieved from: http://soundcityreading.com/ps-2-2014.pdf

BBC, WORDS AND PICTURES –POEMS. Retrieved from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/longvow/poems/fpoem.shtml