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Contents
Unit worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Festivals worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-31
Transcripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Phonics worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33-39
Term letters to parents . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-42
Term evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43-45
Term dividers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-48
• Point to George being good. • Point to naughty George. • Colour George being good.
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• Name the toy. • Trace the lines and decorate the ball.
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Listen and put coloured stickers. Listen and colour.
Woman: Put a red sticker on Amanda’s brother. Man: Colour the big fish blue.
Man: Put a yellow sticker on George’s sister. Woman: Colour the little dog red.
Woman: Put a red sticker on Alfie’s mummy. Man: Colour the big cat.
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Listen and put coloured stickers. Listen and do.
Man: Put a red sticker on the car. Woman: Colour the apples red.
Woman: Put a blue sticker on the doll. Man: Draw one more banana.
Man: Put a yellow sticker on the ball. Woman: Count the pears.
Woman: Put a green sticker on the teddy. Man: Draw an orange.
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• Say the t words. • Match Toby and Tina with the toys.
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• Say the f words. • Draw a circle around Fred and Fiona flying.
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• Say the beginning sound of each picture. • Colour the words you know.
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Letter to parents Each unit introduces and practises new language through songs,
stories and interactive posters. The teacher has an array of
Welcome to Amanda and Friends 1 resources to make the learning as fun and dynamic as possible
to appeal to today’s young children. It is also possible to continue
Dear parents,
the Amanda and Friends experience at home.
Your child is learning English with the help of Amanda and
Friends. The aim of this pre-primary course is to teach children How to help your child:
English in a natural, enjoyable way and to also learn other skills ✓ Show interest in school and for the English class.
and values along the way. The course follows the adventures of ✓ Ask your child to tell you about the characters.
Amanda and her friends, who are the same age as your child ✓ Go to the website to download the songs and stories,
and also learning new things every day! and play games.
✓ Don’t expect your child to be able to translate.
Meet the characters:
They will learn vocabulary and concepts in both languages
but are too young to automatically translate.
✓ In each unit your child will bring home a pop-out. Ask them
about it and to say the words.
Unit
Geo We are learning about school. The vocabulary
Am
anda Pa nda A l fie F r o g
1 is bag, book, crayon and pencil. Kelly will be
introducing the colours red and yellow.
Unit
We move on to the family. The children learn
I am the expert
I teach the colours
to the children.
in numbers and shapes.
2 the words mummy, daddy, brother and sister.
Otto will introduce the concept of the number 1.
children.
Ke Ot
ll y on us Best wishes!
t h e c h a m e le to t
he octop
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Amanda and Friends 1 ✓ Ask your child to tell you about the stories and songs. If they
are willing, ask them to sing their favourite songs to you.
Dear parents,
✓ Go to the website to download the songs and stories,
Your child has successfully finished the first term of English
and play games.
with Amanda and Friends. They are familiar with the characters
✓ Ask your child to teach you words in English. Don’t ask them
by now and used to the routines of the English class. They are
how to say rojo in English. Point to a picture of red and ask:
moving into the second term and will be increasing their
What’s this?
vocabulary naturally.
✓ Talk about the worksheets with your child and ask them
This is number two!
questions about them.
✓ Continue to talk about the pop-outs and let your child
show and explain them to you.
Unit
We are learning about toys. The vocabulary is
Unit
We move on to the body. The children learn the
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Amanda and Friends 1 If they are willing, ask them to sing their favourite songs
to you.
Dear parents,
✓ Go to the website to download the songs and stories,
Your child is now heading into the final term of English with
and play games.
Amanda and Friends. They are becoming more familiar with the
✓ Ask your child to count objects up to three in English.
course and more independent with the worksheets.
✓ Ask your child to say the colours of things in English.
The new units introduce more new language as well as subtly ✓ Talk about the worksheets with your child and ask them
reviewing language from previous units. Songs and stories are questions about them.
still important and your child will start to have favourites. ✓ Continue to talk about the pop-outs and let your child
show and explain them to you.
✓ Enjoy the holidays but keep singing the songs! It’s a
I’ve got a big dog! great way to reinforce the language!
Unit
We are learning about pets. The vocabulary
Unit
We move on to food. The children learn the
Best wishes!
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Evaluation Term 1
Teacher: Date:
English language achieved developing not yet General achieved developing not yet
Shows interest in learning English. Identifies the course characters.
Understands and follows instructions. Participates in class.
Understands and responds in a non-verbal way. Pays attention in class.
Understands and responds verbally. Completes the worksheets without help.
Identifies the school vocabulary. Shows enjoyment in class.
Uses the school vocabulary. Remembers words and songs from previous lessons.
Identifies the family vocabulary. Says words in English voluntarily.
Uses the family vocabulary.
Joins in with the songs.
Follows the stories.
Comments:
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Evaluation Term 2
Teacher: Date:
English language achieved developing not yet General achieved developing not yet
Shows interest in learning English. Participates in class.
Understands and follows instructions. Pays attention in class.
Understands and responds in a non-verbal way. Completes the worksheets without help.
Understands and responds verbally. Shows enjoyment in class.
Identifies the toys vocabulary. Remembers words and songs from previous units.
Uses the toys vocabulary. Says words in English voluntarily.
Identifies the body vocabulary.
Uses the body vocabulary.
Joins in with the songs.
Follows the stories.
Comments:
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Evaluation Term 3
Teacher: Date:
English language achieved developing not yet General achieved developing not yet
Shows interest in learning English. Participates in class.
Understands and follows instructions. Pays attention in class.
Understands and responds verbally. Completes the worksheets without help.
Identifies the pets. Shows enjoyment in class.
Uses the pet vocabulary. Remembers words and songs from previous units.
Identifies food. Says words in English voluntarily.
Uses the food vocabulary.
Joins in with the songs.
Follows the stories.
Repeats the phrases from the story.
Comments:
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