Ministry of Education, Science and Technology

Accelerated Teaching Syllabi Volume 2 for

Class III and Class IV
(2015 – 2016)

Funded with UK aid from the British people

With support from: British Council, CEFORD, Concern Worldwide,
CRS, FAWE, IBIS, IRC, Plan International,
Save the Children, UNICEF, and World Vision

August 2015
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3745151
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Class III: Language Arts

By the end of the year, pupils should be able to:

- Discriminate between more difficult and simple combination of sounds;

- Understand and make simple statements and requests in English;
- Understand and carry out simple instruction and commands in English;
- Ask and answer simple questions in English
- Appreciate simple rhymes, songs and stories in English;
- Recite and dramatic simple rhymes and sing songs in English;
- Narrate and dramatize short stories in English
- Demonstrate that they have acquired pre-reading and pre-writing skills;
- Match words or sentences with pictures and classroom objects or captions in English;
- Arrange words in order to build phrases and sentences in English;
- Read and understand simple instructions statements, notices, signs and short passages of not less than 10 lines or
60 words in length, observing punctuations if reading aloud in English;
- Form both small and capital letters of the alphabet correctly in English using script writing’
- Use capital letters, question marks and full steps correctly in writing;
- Write words, group of words and short simple sentences in English
- Write simple guided sentences related to other subject areas in English.

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 Class III: Language Arts, Term 1 Scope and Sequence

Week Theme / Concept Topic

Listening &Speaking Distinguish between sound and groups of sounds
1&
2 Listening & Speaking Distinguish between sound and groups of sounds.

Consonant combinations, e.g. Str, thr, ghr, at the beginning, in the

3& middle and at the end of words continue
Listening & spelling
4

5 Listening & speaking Listen to school broadcasts and keep tapes where possible

6& Listen to stories told poems and songs recited and sung by teachers or
Listening & speaking other resource persons and reproduce them.
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8 Listening & speaking Ask simple questions “what was the name of your class teacher?”

9 Listening & speaking Carry out simple instructions and commands; “Open your books at page
63 and read silently.”

10 Listening & speaking Expressing opinions and feeling, conveying messages, making
complaints, excuses and requests.

Expressing opinions and feeling conveying messages, making

11 Listening & speaking
complaints excuses and requests.

Engage in short simple conversations on a variety of topics.

12 Listing & speaking

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Week Theme / Concept Topic
13 Listening & speaking Engage in short simple conversations on a variety of topics

Week Theme / Concept Topic

1 Writing Spelling exercises continue
2 Writing Spelling exercises continue
Writing a series of at least six guided sentences using correct
3-6th Writing
punctuation.
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8
9
Writing Exercises to practice using punctuation marks, e.g. capital letters, full
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stop, comma question mark.
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12
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 Class III: Language Arts

Class III: Language Arts, Term: 1 Syllabus

Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and

Theme / Objectives
Topic Outcomes Activities Learning Aids
Concept

Week 1 Distinguish Pronounce the Develop the ability - Teacher displays flash Text book, flash
Listening English sounds ‘TH” sound to produce the cards of words with - “TH” cards, black
and correctly “TH” sound in - Teacher pronounces the board, chalk.
speaking words like these, words, allows pupils to do
activities this those, that, it on their own, and asks
pupils to repeat.
Week 2 Produce simple Pronounce -Distinguish -Use of flash cards with Flash cards
consonant correctly: simple between words starting with blackboard
sounds, short consonant, short consonant and consonants, vowels etc. chalks.
vowel sounds vowels sounds, vowel
and consonant and consonant - Improve
diagraphs diagraphs pronunciation
skills.
Week 3 Understanding - Obey simple - Understand and - Teacher gives simple - charts with
and producing instruction develop instructions and interpret short instructions
instructions e.g. communication them. - Chalk, pupils
Jane, close the skills Let pupils do activities with text book,
door - practice effective one another.
communication -Teacher asks pupils to
obey simple instructions
- pupils give simple
instructions

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 Class III: Language Arts, Term: 1 Syllabus

Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and

Theme / Objectives
Topic Outcomes Activities Learning Aids
Concept

Week 4 Cardinal Count and -Recognize - Sing songs - Pupils text

numbers 1-50 recoding numbers 1-50 Rhymes book, number
numbers - Use these - Talk about numbers from flash cards,
numbers in real pupils’ environment. sticks,
life. Sing songs that have Bottle tops
numbers in them.
Week 5 Use of - Name Express owner- Drills including: repetition Different items
possessive possessive ship chain, transformation, and objects
adjectives adjectives question and answer.
- use possessive
adjectives
correctly in short
sentences.
Week 6 The verb to be Use Recognize, use Drills using simple Pupil’s text book,
I am, the verb “to be” in questions using simple Teacher’s guide
He is, correct sentences present tense singular and grammar text
You are in real life. plural pictures.
We are,
They are in
simple
sentences.
Week 7 My family -Talk about self - Develops a - divide class into groups Family pictures,
- Talk about better - In groups pupils talk drawings
family understanding of about their families
- Tell names of family setting
family members

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 Class III: Language Arts, Term: 1 Syllabus

Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and

Theme / Objectives
Topic Outcomes Activities Learning Aids
Concept

- Tell how many - ask one from each group

brothers and to move forward and talk
sisters they about his/her family.
have
Week 8 My best friend - Tell who is - Recognize and In groups pupils talk about Pictures
their best friends appreciate their best friends.
- Describe their individual They dramatize good and
best friends differences bad actions of friends.
- Distinguish
between good and
bad qualities.
Week 9 My pet - Define pet - Begin to develop - Pupils talk about their ‘doll’ pictures,
- Describe an understanding pets; why we have pets? chart, showing
animals of animals - Pupils draw diagrams of different animals
- Development their pets
love for animals
Week 10 - Define - Distinguish - Pupils discuss Pictures, work sites. Pictures of
Occupations occupation between about the Pupils can take a role of different
of people - Name different different occupations of an occupation and occupations
occupations occupations their parents dramatize it.
- Tell what - Begin to Visit different
people do develop the occupation sites
concept of what
they would want
to be in future.

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 Class III: Language Arts, Term: 2 Syllabus

Theme /
Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and
Concept Topic - Objectives
Outcomes Activities Learning Aids
Weeks
Week 1 Define colours Recognize Pupils talk about Pupils talk about the Real objects in
- Name different colours and use the colours of the colours of the national flag different colours
Colours colours them national flag and and other objects familiar to
other objects them
familiar to them
Week 2 Describing and - Develop the - Pupils discuss Pupils discuss the qualities Cartoons, tins
discriminating idea of human the qualities of of different people, animals Board. Ruler rope
between qualities development. different people, and things.
of people, - Can compare animals and
animals and items things.
things e.g. tall,
short, black, fair

-Spell and - Develop -Looking at Pupils do rudiments of Text books,

Week 3 pronounce word vocabulary pictures reading skills from left to charts, flesh card,
correctly - Develop Identifying object right; and from top to black board, chalk
Words - Read words reading skills in pictures bottom. pictures,
and from left to right, -Identifying objects illustrated stories
matching and top to bottom in pictures Encourage pupils to a
pictures - Matching shapes, vocabulary at the back of
pictures and words their exercise books.
- Recognizing
words on flash
cards.
Week 4 Copying patterns - Control writing Develop writing - Pupils trace patterns on - Free arm board,
instruments, - Drawing skills. the chalk board. Chalk, Charcoal
- Draw patterns, pencil crayons
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 Class III: Language Arts, Term: 2 Syllabus

Theme /
Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and
Concept Topic - Objectives
Outcomes Activities Learning Aids
Weeks
Writing Copy patterns Help pupils to control paper activity
skills correctly writing instruments e.g. book.
Chalk, pencil.
- Pupils copy patterns on
free arm boards.
- Teacher Goes round to
give help to pupils where
necessary
- Free arm, writing.
Week 5 Copying words -Form small Develop drawing - Copying letters in patterns Free arm boards,
Writing and capital and writing skills - Copying letters to form Chalk,
skills letters in words Charcoal, pencil
enjoined script - Copying from the b/b crayons, paper
-Copy word Use pupil’s activity book. activity book.
from black
board
Week 6 Copying captions Write short Develop writing - Teacher Copy captious on - Free arm board,
Writing sentences and drawing skills the chalk board. pencil, chalk,
skills crayon, paper,
activity book.
Week 7 Nursery rhymes Recite nursery - Develop their - Teacher writes rhymes on Rhymes in test
Literature rhymes speech, the black board. books, black
and story pronunciation and - Teacher recites the rhyme board chalk
telling reading skills and asks pupils to repeat.
Week 8 - Tell short -Develop the - Pupils tell stories Stories,
stories art of teaching they know Bible and Quran stories
Stories stories - Listen to stories
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 Class III: Language Arts, Term: 2 Syllabus

Theme /
Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and
Concept Topic - Objectives
Outcomes Activities Learning Aids
Weeks
- Act short Develop oral - Dramatize stories
dialogues speech
-Develop their
reaching skills

Week 9 Songs Sing songs Develop the ability - Teacher writes the song Songs textbooks
to create and sing on the chalk board. hymn books,
Pupils songs melodious - Read the song line by bibles story
literature line. books.
and story - Pupils by roll repeat after
telling him/her
- Teacher sings the song.
Pupils repeat after him/her
- Pupils sing by roll and
individually

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 Class III: Mathematics
At the end of the year, pupils should be able to:

 Count in multiples of 2 to 6

 Carry out the four basic operations of 1 digit, 2 digits and 3 digits number

 Collect simple information about their community/environment

 Identify solid and phone figures

 Extend their idea of number to a thousand (0 – 1000)

 Extend their practical ideas of fractions to 1/10

 Using story problems to bring out people/FLR/HIV/AIDS Peace Education

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Class III: Mathematics Scope and Sequence

Theme/Topic
Term 1 Term 2
Weeks
Number and Number idea to a thousand place volume to 1000 Multiples of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Even and
Numeration Number and expansion and renaming up to 9, 99 odd number between1–1000.
(a) Whole numbers Counting in two, three, four, five and six. Addition to 3 digit number with
renaming all columns.
Weeks 1, 2, 3 Story problems on addition,
subtraction based on gender,
population and HIV/AIDS
(b) Operation numbers Addition of two 3 digit and three 2 digits numbers Multiplication of 2 digit numbers by 1
Weeks 4, 5 with remaining in one column. to 5.
Addition and subtraction on Fraction
with some denominators.
Multiplication of fact for 4, 5 and 6 Geometry – identification of rectangle,
With product, not exceeding 64. circles, triangle
Addition of 2, and 3 digits numbers with remaining in Properties of squares
ones and tens on column Area of plain shapes
Subtraction of 3 digits numbers remaining hundred Nonstandard unit and square to
and tens. template, point and line. Drawing
Multiplication Facts for 7 and 8 times table with paths
product not exceeding 64. Simple data collection and
presentation base on population
family and HIV/AIDS

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 Class III: Mathematics

Class III: Mathematics, Term: 1 Syllabus

Week Theme/Concept Topic Objective Learning Teaching / Teaching and

Outcome Learning Learning Aids
Activities
1, 2 & 3 Number and Pupils Read and Grouping Counters,
number of whole identify ten interpret numbers objects, match addition counts
number hundred as sticks into bundles of
a thousand bundles of ten, match sticks
hundred to show
ideas
4, 5 Operation of Use place Counting in Pupils counting. Place value
numbers Whole value up to thousand forward Positioning , etc. Chart
numbers a thousand. and backward on 1) Number line
Write the number.
different Putting objects in
names for order 1st – tenth
numbers
6,7,8 & Measuring Use Pupils can identify Strings, plain
9 standard different types of card with lines
units of measurement e.g. Cut-out with
length, feet length, weight, string foot card
and inches, meters
meters,
weight
1, 2 & 3 Number and By the end Revise numbers Comparing pairs Concept object
numeration of the term ask questions of similar objects e.g. books,
whole number pupils by size. counter,
should be
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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 1 Syllabus

Week Theme/Concept Topic Objective Learning Teaching / Teaching and

Outcome Learning Learning Aids
Activities
able to Comparing pair number line
identify ten or group of strips
hundred as identical object
a thousand by quantity.
4&5 Operation on Add two 3 Identify numbers Comparing pairs Strips of
numbers digit number up to a thousand of group of papers e.g. ‘4’
with . identical object square of
renaming in by quantity papers sheet
the ones ordering a group of paper
and tens of 2 – or 3 digit
columns number
6, 7, 9 Measurement 2) Use Weighing and Using various Scale, balance,
standard measuring measuring fruits, grains,
units for objects using object scale, pens & chalk,
measure measuring tools foot rule, etc. sand bottles
3) Object
using Combining and Using various
pounds comparing weight measuring Scale, foot
Measurement and through guessing objects foot rule, rule, etc.
ounces and weighing scale

10 & 11 Time Measure time Pupils play Reading the time Clock face for
using quarter with the and showing the the blackboard
past the hour clock face in hour, half past, individual clock
groups put the hour and face for pupils
telling time quarter past the and the pupils
calendar
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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 1 Syllabus

Week Theme/Concept Topic Objective Learning Teaching / Teaching and

Outcome Learning Learning Aids
Activities
half past the hour on the clock
hour face,

12 Money Carryout Calculating Coin and notes

shopping change from materials for a
activities up to Le10, 000 shop corner, etc.
Le10, 000.
Calculate the
change due from
Le10, 000.

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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
Number and Counting in Count in 10s Calculate objects, 1) Use number tray to
numeration 10s up to up to 100 items, money in revise counting in 2s and
whole 100 10s up to 100 5s.
numbers 2) Activities starting with 0,
10, 20, 30, 40 etc.
3) Group objects into
groups e.g. 10, 20, 30,
1 40, etc.
4) Copy and complete
problems on the number
line.

50 80
0 10 20 40

Counting in Counting Calculate figures in Teacher draw a number Match sticks,

hundreds numbers in 100’s up to 1000 line on the blackboard. Ask string/rubber
(100) up to 100s up to correctly. pupils to count in hundreds bands,
(1000) 1000 Group objects into up to 1000 forward and number tray,
100’s up to 1000 bacward. number
cards for
hundreds.

0 100 200 300 400 500

Pupils copy and complete
the missing number
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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
600 700
800 900
0 100 400 500

900
Place value Solve a three Tell the value of 1) Pupils tie up sticks into A hundred
2 for 100 digit number given numbers. bundles of 10 and 100 number
(three digit in hundreds Calculate and 2) Pupils put single stick, chart
numbers) tens and ones interpret to value of bundles of ten sticks and
a given figure. bundles of one hundred Sticks
sticks in each section of Rubber
the number tray, e.g. bands
Colour cards
H T O of hundreds,
tens and
ones
10
100

3) How many hundreds

tens and one?

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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
H T O
465 4 6 5
659
348
261
3 Fractions Practical Define half, Distinguish Folding papers to show Knife
activities to halves, between objects halves and fourths e.g. Fruits
show ½ , ¼ fourths and that are halves of a Rectangular
and ⅛ eights. whole. Diagrams Triangular
Circular
Have practical Share things Write symbols (½, ¼, ⅛) Objects.
idea of eighth. between two on the blackboard below
Use symbols people correctly. the diagrams Pieces of
like ⅛ to paper (for
represent Share things Diagrams folding) cut-
eighth. between two outs of
people correctly. Sorting fractional parts into circles cards
½s, ¼s and ⅛s with ½, ¼
Share written on
Define a third objects/things Assembling fractional parts them.
and sixth. among a group of to make a design.
people.
Develop Fold paper into three equal
Practical practical idea Differentiate parts and name equal parts
activities for between objects

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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
one third and of third and that are thirds of a and name each part as a
one sixth. sixth. whole correctly in third e.g.
everyday life.
Use symbols Diagram
of ⅓ and ⅙ Share things
correctly. among three or Pupils are asked to fold
more people each third into two equal
parts to get one sixth.

Diagrams
⅙
4) Picking up/out a group of
⅓, ⅙ from a given set of
fractions.
4 Multiplication Multiplication Definition of Develop critical Revise counting in twos Counter,
as repeated multiplication thinking. e.g. 2, 4, 6, 8 …….. number line
addition strips
Learn and use Help to develop Copy and complete marked from
the computational 2, 4, -, 8, -, - , etc. 0 – 40
multiplication skills 5, 10, --, --, 25 --, --, 35 etc sticks.
symbol 10, 20, 30 --, --, 60, --
correctly.

Diagrams Counters
number line
Review counting in twos
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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
Multiplication Definition of Develop e.g. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 ….. strips
facts for 2 x multiples and computational 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18 …… marked from
3 with products skills 0 – 50 sticks
product not Write multiples of 2 x 3
above 36 Multiplying Solve problems in e.g. 2 = 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 to
numbers by 1 multiplication facts 36.
– 6 with
products not Comparing common
above 36. multiples of 2 x 3, 2 x 5 and
3x5

Use number line to

reinforce tables with
products up to 36.

5)
5 Multiplication Use the 2, 3 Use idea learnt to Counting in 3’s, 4’s, 5’s Counters
tables for 2, 4, 5 and up to help them in and 6’s number line
3, 4 and 5 up 6 x 6. computational E.g. 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 . . . strips
to 6 x 6 Multiplication skills. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20. . . . . marked from
table 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, . . . . . 0 – 50 sticks
correctly. Apply 6, 12, 18, 24, 30 . . . .
Memorize mathematical
multiplication concepts Using repeted addition to
tables of 2, 3, accurately form multiplication table for
3, 4, 5, and 6.
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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
4, 5 and up to E.g. 3 + 3 + 3 = 3 x 3 = 9
6x6 4 x 4 x 4 = 4 x 3 = 12
5 x 5 = 5 x 2 = 10
6 Measurement Comparing Definition of Develop the 1) Discuss with pupils the
and the terms concept that idea of weight, measure,
measuring weight, different objects scales heavier and
weights measurement have different lighter.
using local, scales, weights
non- heavier, Put pupils in 3 groups and
standard and lighter and give the following activities.
standard almost, etc.
units. Measure
weight using
local
nonstandard
and standard
unit
Use metric system for How much
measuring weights does the bag
of sugar
Observe that size of weigh?
objects is not determine by Diagram
its weight e.g. stones, How much
Measuring pencils, cock, etc. does the
and Develop in packet of
comparing learners the salt weigh?
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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
weight using concept that Pupils in
grams, different group use
kilograms as objects have improvised
standard different scale to
units. weight. weigh
objects in
the
classroom.
Let them tell
which object
weigh more
or less.
7 Months of Name the Memorize the Revising days of the week. Calendar
the Year months of the months of the year. Recognizing the months of Flash cards
year the year Chart with
Differentiate Pin up a calendar so that names of the
Differentiate months according pupils can point to the months of
months with to season. current month and day. the year
30, 31 and 28 Twelve pupils come in front
or 29 days. of the class with 12 flash Names of
cards bearing names of the national
Explain what 12 months in the year. holidays and
a year is. Discuss with pupils each festivals.
card in the correct order,
e.g. January, February.

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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
Pupils individually and in
groups name the months of
the year. Write the months
on the blackboard and let
pupils copy, e.g.
January - day
February - day
March - day
June - day
May - day

National Relate Observe and Revise months of the pear.

Holidays and specific develop love for Pupils name their birthday
Seasons activities at national holidays. individually as they stand –
home and up stating day, date and
school to the Associate special months e.g. Wednesday,
months name. months with 24th March 2001.
special occasions Demonstrate pupils birth
e.g. birthday. month positions e.g.
January, February, March
in front of the class, April,
May June, at the back of
the class.

Discuss important National

Holidays with their months.
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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
E.g. Christmas -
December,
Easter - April
Independence - April

Discuss other important

Festivals and National
Holidays that are not tied
down to specific months,
e.g. Ramadan, Eid-ul
Adha.

Discuss months in relation

to seasons, e.g. rainy and
dry seasons.

Pupils bring assorted items

for sale in a shop, e.g.
empty sugar box, paste
box to set a class shop.
Teacher and pupil label
prizes on all the goods in
the shop and have some
pupils sit by the goods as
sellers.
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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
8 Money Buying and Build up and Understand the Some pupils are used as Shop corner
selling at a use notes and value and buyers and come with Toy money
class shop. coins in a importance of coins and notes to buy Paper notes
class to the money as well as goods from sellers and coins
value of Le5, having love for according to the prices.
000 national currency. Articles to be
Revise price list of goods. sold in the
Combine Take great care for Copy and complete. I class shop,
coins and national property. bought these items/goods. class price
notes to buy How much must I pay? list.
goods in the
class shop.

Shopping Understand the

and finding valve and
total cost Do shopping importance of
and finding money as well as
total cost love for national
currency

Money a) Sweets Le500.00 Shop corner

Bread Le500.00 Toy money
Pencil Le500.00 Paper notes

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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
b) Milk Le1000.00 Materials or
Biscuit Le2000.00 items to be
Banana Le500.00 sold.

How much do I have to

pay?
c) Cheese Le700.00
Cement Le500.00
Box of Chalk Le100.00

Teacher goes round to see

pupil at work and give help
where necessary.
9 Shopping Finding total Taking care of Buying and selling in class
and finding cost of two National shop and making
change items less currencies. calculations involving
than various amount of change.
Le5,000.00. Understand the
value and e.g. I bought an exercise
Calculate the importance of book Le1,500.00
change they money. 1 pencil 1,000.00
should get
from Total value Le2,500.00
Le5,000.00.
gave the shopkeeper
Le5,000.00
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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
Discuss - Le2,500.00
shopping He gives me change
calculations Le2,500.00
involving
various Change notes into coins,
amount of shopping practice, writing
charge. down totals and giving
change
10 Shapes Classification Sort and Identify and i) Discuss with pupils the Empty tins,
of round and classify distinguish idea of roundness and milk tins,
flat shapes objects between round and flatness. tomato tins,
according to flat objects sugar box,
roundness ii) Sorting out solid ball, bell,
and flatness. object of shapes with flat marbles,
faces e.g. chalk, box, buttons,
sugar box, etc., flat and coins etc.
round faces of object
such as milk tins, school
bell, tomato tins, etc.

Teacher displays various

objects in front of the class
and ask pupils to sort them
by roundness and flatness
into groups.

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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
11 Simple Definition of Discover Teacher discuss with Charts
properties of the following rectangular objects pupils the idea of showing
rectangle terms. in class, at home. rectangles, e.g., has 4 different
Rectangles sides has 2 opposite sides shapes:
Corners Distinguish equal. Books
Edges between / among Blackboard
shapes. Pupils sort out objects with Rectangular
Identification rectangular shapes. Cut-outs
of rectangles. from cards
Tracing of flat surfaces of Pencils
objects, taking note of Papers. Etc.
corners and edges.

Examining cut-out of
similar shapes.
12 Simple Definition of a Recognize square Teacher discusses the Cut-out
properties of square. objects definition of square with cards
a square pupils.
Identification Differentiate Pictures of
of a square. square objects Tracing of flat surface or a square
from other objects. flat face of a box taking shapes
note of edges sides and
Design square corners. Square
objects. shapes
objects.

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 Class III: Mathematics, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning and
Week Topic Objective
Concept Outcome Activities Learning
Aids
Discussion of properties of
a square e.g. All sides are
equal.

Teacher displays cut-outs

of
shapes and pupils sort out
the square shapes only.
Use cut-outs to measure
length of squares.
13 Identification Definition of Develop skills in Tracing three sided objects Ball
of plane plane shape drawing round e.g. triangle. Oranges
shapes shapes and Card
triangular shapes. Tracing circular objects Board of
e.g. coin. round and
State the number three sided
of sides of both Identify number of corners object, etc.
round and in circles and triangles.
triangular. Traffic sign
Name round shapes and post
three sided shapes.
Circular and
Compare shapes with triangular
different sides for pupils to round about
identify round shapes and etc.
triangular shapes
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 Class III: Environmental Science

By the end of the year, pupils should be able to:

- Identify materials that are solids, liquids and gases
- State the differences between solids, liquids and gases;
- Collect and identify small animals and plants in the environment;
- Observe movement and feeding in animals;
- Observe that plants move and feed;
- Sow seeds and observe plants grow;
- Name parts of plants and animals;
- Name the use of some plants and animals;
- Name some harmful animals and diseases they transmit, e.g. mosquitoes (malaria) housefly (dysentery) etc.
- Observe materials that float and sink;
- Name and explain simple methods of cleaning at home and at school
- Name sources of water;
- Make simple musical instruments and demonstrate how they produce sound;
- Give reasons for immunization;
- Name some methods of making water safe for drinking;
- Identify man as an animal that has similar characteristics to other animals;
- Identify different types of food for healthy living;
- Identify and classify objects in the environment according to size, shape and colour;
- Demonstrate that the shape and size of objects can be changed.

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 Class III: Environmental Science, Scope and Sequence

Week Term I Term 2

Living things in our environment. Materials that sink and float
1
Caring for plants and animals Sinking and floating objects
2 Small animals, plants, man.
3 Selecting seeds that can grow
Objects that make sound
4 Growing plants
Colour, size, shape, age and growth of plants and
5 Family living
animals
Main parts of plants and animal
6
Functions of the main parts of animals and plants Kinds of food
7
8
Some characteristics of plants, small animals and Small domestic animals and plants
9
man, e.g.
Movement, feeding growth, reproduction
Materials in our environment Identification of diseases, e.g. malaria,
10
Common properties of object dysentery, cholera, HIV/AIDS , Ebola
States of matter (solids, liquids, gases) Prevention and control of diseases
11
Water as solid, liquid and gas Immunization in young children
Source of water
12 Size, shape and colour Importance of food and water
Safe water supply

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 Class III: Environmental Science Term: 1 Syllabus

Teaching
Theme / Learning Teaching / and
Week Topic Objectives
Concept Outcomes Learning Activities Learning
Aids
1 Living things in Animals and By the end of the Knowledge Collect some plants Small plants
our plants in the first term, pupilsgained would and animals. and animals
environment environment should be able to:help pupils Naming of collected charts or
- Small animals, - Collect and develop their animals and plants. drawing of
plants, man name small skills in Naming of places plants and
- Places where animals and collecting where animals and animals with
the animals plants in theirmaterials and plants are found. their parts
and plants are environment. identifying the Draw simple labeled.
found (habitat) various places diagrams of plants
- Name the places where different and animals.
(habitat) where living things
they are found can be found. Different
2-4 Caring for seeds, e.g.
plants and Would enable corn seeds,
animals State methods pupils to find Naming of common benni-seed ,
Selecting seeds used in selecting out and use seeds. rice grains,
that can grow: good seed for various Pupils are guided water
- Sowing seeds sowing: methods for as they use different magnifier
and caring for - Sow seeds selecting seeds methods to select seeds, jars,
plants and - Grow simple for planting good seeds from tins and farm
animals plants. such as bad ones. tools
- State the handpicking, Pupils are guided in
conditions winnowing, sowing seeds in
necessary for water, hands tins/jars/school
seeds to grow; lens. garden and to
i.e.
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Teaching
Theme / Learning Teaching / and
Week Topic Objectives
Concept Outcomes Learning Activities Learning
Aids
water/moisture, observe and record
air, warmth, seedling growth.
suitable soil.
5 Changes in - Life cycle of - Classify plants
color, size and common plant and animals Would develop
shape according to pupils
- Life cycle of an shape, size, etc. observational
Changes animal. skills and also
observed in - Estimate ages of have a keen
growth of plants and interest in Discuss with pupils
plants and animals using nature the use of plants
animals. simple and animals as (a)
techniques. Enable pupils food, (b) shelter, (c)
6 Main parts of find out the medicine. Small
plants and uses of various Encourage pupils to animals,
Uses of plants
animals - Collect plants plants and tell other uses to chicks, fish,
and animals by
(structure) and animals and plants parts in which plants and plants
man:
identify their their animals could be
- Food, shelter,
main external environment. put. Let pupils
medicine.
parts. observe domestic
Uses of animals - State the uses of Enable pupils animals at home or
the main parts of to discover the in class.
by man – food,
plants by man. uses of various
decoration
parts of the
ornament.
body.

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Teaching
Theme / Learning Teaching / and
Week Topic Objectives
Concept Outcomes Learning Activities Learning
Aids
7 Uses of plants Importance of Carry out simple Pupils should Observe and use Animals and
and animals to plans and animals measurement of be able to the felt features, plants charts,
man to man plants to determine identify growth skin, leathers etc to diagrams
growth in plants in plants and estimate their age.
and animals animals. Discuss with pupils
the use of plants
and animals for
food and shelter
8 Structures and Functions of Identify and collect Pupils should Let pupils observe Animals
functions of domestic animals small animals in identify animals domestic animals at charts,
domestic the home and at home and in home and in school diagrams
animals e.g. school school environment.
chickens, dogs environment environment
9 Structure and Functions of plans Identify and collect Identify plants Let pupils in the Plants in
functions of plans in the school, in the school school and home schools and
plans and home and home and observe plants at home
Describe growth let pupils see home or school with environment.
patterns in plans. pattern of pupils.
growth.
10 Differences in Shape, size and Pupils should be Pupils should Organize Sticks, stone,
colour, size, colour able to list be able to list experiments on bottle taps,
shape and similarities and similarities and simple activities to etc
similarities in differences in differences in differentiate
size, shape shape, size and shape, size materials in the
and colour colour. and colour. environment that
pupils classify
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Teaching
Theme / Learning Teaching / and
Week Topic Objectives
Concept Outcomes Learning Activities Learning
Aids
materials according
to size, colour and
shape.
11, Materials that Materials that sink List materials that Pupils should Discuss solid Water, bowl
12 sink or float in or float in water. can sink or float be able to materials that can sticks, pieces
water Identify materials identify float or sink in of papers,
that float or sink in materials that water. bowl
water. sink or float in
water.

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 Class III: Environmental Science, Term: 2 Syllabus

Teaching / Teaching
Theme / Learning
Week Topic Objectives Learning and Learning
Concept Outcomes
Activities Aids
1 Materials that Conditions for By the end of Knowledge Guide pupils to Sticks, planks
sink or float. objects to sink or second term pupils and skills carry out simple of wood,
float should e able to: gained in experiments to metal strips,
- List materials identifying find out materials simple
that can sink or sinking and that can float or musical
float floating sink in water. instrument,
- Identify objects will Discuss with strings, etc.
materials that apply things pupils how sound
Objects that make can sink or float like boats, is produced.
Uses of sound in water. foam, stores, Help pupils to
2 materials Production of sound lead, etc. make and use
Uses of sound – Show how musical
musical instruments material objects: instruments.
- Produce sound Demonstrate how
- Transfer sound Pupils a string and
- Make and use creativity will empty tins are
simple musical be enhanced used to transfer
instruments sound
(telephone).
Guide pupils to
make toy
telephones and
use them to send
messages to one
another in class.

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Teaching / Teaching
Theme / Learning
Week Topic Objectives Learning and Learning
Concept Outcomes
Activities Aids
3-4 Family living Different types of - Identify the - Enable Discuss different Cassava, rice,
kinds of food food different types of pupils to be types of food to fish, oil etc
- Energy giving food and their aware help pupils
(GO) sources about the understand
- Growth – - Identify different importance different types of
(GROW) types of food of a food
- Protection healthy living; balanced
(GROW) - State the diet to man.
Importance of food) importance of
food to man.

5-6 Identification Some common - Name some Create Discuss the Charts of
of prevention diseases in the harmful animals, awareness common diseases common
and control of family: the diseases about the that affect pupils diseases.
diseases - Malaria, diarrhea, they transmit existence of and communities
dysentery, and’ the diseases health
HIV/AIDS, Ebola - Explain how mentioned
- How they are these diseases and how they Discuss
carried e.g. can be can be symptoms of
malaria – prevented. prevented. HIV/AIDS and
mosquito The Ebola.
dysentery/Cholera importance of
– housefly proper
HIV/AIDS, Ebola - sanitation to
Virus healthy living.
7 Functions of External parts of Observe and use Small plants
the main parts animals – eyes, the feet, feathers, and animals,
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Teaching / Teaching
Theme / Learning
Week Topic Objectives Learning and Learning
Concept Outcomes
Activities Aids
of animals ears, limbs, head, By the end of the skin beak, body, charts or draw
and plants. etc., and their first term pupils Would enable teeth, etc., of ups of plants
function e.g. eye to should be able to: pupils to animals to and animals
see. - State some compare the estimate their and their
External parts of characteristics of different ages. parts.
Some plants and their living things characteristics
8 characteristics uses: root, stems, - Differentiate in both plants Pupils can be
of plants, leaves, flowers, etc., animals from and animals Discuss used to show
small animals plants e.g. characteristics of characteristics
and man. Feeding, movement, - Describe the movement, plants and of animals
reproduction, movement and etc. animals as living
growth. Response feeding things, e.g.
to stimuli. reproduction and response to
growth in plants stimuli, feeding
and animals. and movement.
- Enable to Discuss
- Pupils should be pupils to be differences and
able to observe aware if the simulates
9 different different between plants
Materials in materials/objects states of and animals.
our with different matter in Draw simple
environment Common properties states of matter, different diagram of plants
of objects i.e. solids, liquid, materials and animals
State of matter gases. e.g. – stone Let pupils collect
Features of solid, – solid; different materials
liquid and gas. kerosene— and bring to
liquid, air— class.
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Teaching / Teaching
Theme / Learning
Week Topic Objectives Learning and Learning
Concept Outcomes
Activities Aids
gas. Water Guide pupils to:
existing in - Arrange the
all three collected
states. materials into
groups using
common
characteristics.
- Classify into
solids, liquids
and gases.
Discuss the
differences
between solid,
liquid and gases
Sign and symptoms
How they are
prevented e.g.
improved sanitary
conditions
10 Immunization - Vaccination - Explain Create Invite health Resource
on young against – polio, immunization awareness officers to give a Persons
children tetanus, measles, - Name diseases about the talk on the causes
yellow fever. against pupils importance of and prevention of
Developing - Reasons for immunization these diseases.
resistance to immunization. to prevent
some common diseases e.g. Role play with
diseases polio. children some
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Teaching / Teaching
Theme / Learning
Week Topic Objectives Learning and Learning
Concept Outcomes
Activities Aids
aspects of
11 Sources of immunization. Charts to
water - Name sources How to make show different
of water the various Name the source of
Water and it sources - State sources of common sources water
- Streams/rivers, importance of water safe for of water in the Pictures,
rain, wells, taps water to man use. environment. charts or
- Safe water Visit some diagrams
How sources are supply sources. Discuss showing the
made unsafe for leads to each of the effects of
drinking e.g. healthy sources and state shortage of
- Dumping rubbish living. which of these water on food
- Wasting Develop rules are safe are for growth,
Urinating and for good drinking personal
defecating sanitation in purposes. Use cleanliness
the pictures and
environment. charts to show
ways water can
be made unsafe
to man. Use
charts to show
the importance of
water to man.
Teach children Use water
songs about maintain
maintain a healthy body

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Teaching / Teaching
Theme / Learning
Week Topic Objectives Learning and Learning
Concept Outcomes
Activities Aids
healthy body and
Importance / environment.
uses of water
Water, source
12 Methods of Different methods for - Discuss how to Will be able to of heat
making water safe drinking water: make water safe try out the stones, sand,
safe for - Boiling for drinking various Demonstrate how wire mesh,
drinking - Filtering methods of to make water bottle
- Use of chemicals making water safe for drinking
- safe to drink (boiling), filtering,
at home. sedimentation,
use of chemicals).
Encourage pupils
to watch and copy
the
demonstration.
Sedimentation –
use of chemicals,
e.g. alum and
chlorine

Class III: Social Studies

By the end of the year, pupils should be able to:

- Explain how people are influenced by and how they adapt themselves to their physical environment.
- Describe the economic, social and cultural life and problems of the community.
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 - Demonstrate on appreciations of the social physical changes and the interdependence of groups of people in the
community.
- Acquire basic skills in constructive thinking, sound judgment and problem solving.
- Develop social skills leading toward good citizenship and partition, develop. Part of sentence missing?
- Develop skill in collecting and interpreting information about the community.

Class III: Social Studies Scope and Sequence

Theme/Topic Term 1 Term 2

- What is a community? A comparative study of a village/ward,
- Common features in a community? town, different from our own:
- Physical features a) Name and location
Change
- Its history b) The physical environment
- How our community is governed: c) Its history
- Communal effort for development
- People in our community working together for the good The economic activities of a selected
of the home, school and local Communities community
Services - Main occupations and economic activities - How they earn their living.
- Social services in our community, health, education,
security, etc.
- Various ways of communicating in the community – 1) Basic problems of the community e.g.
letter, telephones, etc. roads, transportation, etc.
Communication
- Movement of people and goods in our community 2) Transportation and communication
problems in the selected community
- What the people in our community do to maintain a - How a community different from ours is
healthy living and environment looked after
Health
- Home and family living
Environment
- Types of families; need for a balanced
diet
- People in our community – different Plants and animals in our community
Groups - Language groups in our community (collecting, describing and classifying)
- Composition of the population
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 Importance of different workers in the
community
Local customs and traditions in our community, e.g. births, The Social Practices
marriages, deaths, and other celebrations 1) Local customs and traditions of the
Customs And
people in a community different from
Traditions
our own
2) Our National Holidays

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Teaching/
Wee Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning
Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
1 Change What is a By the end of the Tell what a for the good Picture of the
community? first term pupils community is. of neighborhood
The term should: the local in pupils’
community - define a community Social Studies
community - What they book
- identify what Tell/state the share in
makes a place a common their local
community things we use community. Costumes of
Common in school, a) Let pupils headman
features in a - Name different home and dramatize one
community communities they local occasion e.g.
know community. (a) election of a
Identify new headman,
different - Name the Will (b) when
communities composition of appreciate people enjoy
different that unity in themselves in
Composition of communities: diversity. their local
the home, a) the school, community.
school, b) the home,
neighborhood c) the
and local neighborhoo
communities d,
d) the local
community
-

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Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
2-3 Change Physical - Define their word Children can Field Trip: The
features of our physical features tell what - Take pupils for a environment
local needs rewording physical walk around the around the
community - Observe their features are school school
environment. Name physical neighbourhood.
- Find out the features in - Let pupils’ observe, A sketch map
physical features their local e.g. rivers, of the local
of their local communities streams, sea, community
community. Tell the swamp, etc. Picture of the
Physical - Compare local direction of the - Let pupils copy local
features of communities sun in the names of land form community
other having different morning and in their books.
communities physical in the evening. - Let pupils state Material for
features. features which are modeling
- Identify the four found in other parts (paper
cardinal points. of the local Mache)
The four - Practice and community. Pupils’ Book
cardinal points demonstrate - Display a map of
directions using your local
the cardinal community
points. showing typical
physical features.
Change - Ask pupils Chart showing
questions about cardinal points
the community. made of sticks
- Let groups of
pupils belonging to
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Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
different
neighbourhoods
make models
showing physical
features of the
different
neighborhoods.
- Take pupils
outside and let Chart showing
them name streets the four
and important cardinal points
places in the
school
neighhourhood,
using the four
cardinal points
(East, West,
South, North)
- Tell the direction of
the sun in the
morning.
- Tell pupils that the
point is East.
- Let pupils learn
that the sun rises
in the East and
settle in the West.
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Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
Help children to
learn the other
points (north,
South, East and
West).
- In class make a
diagram on the
blackboard with
the four cardinal
points.
- Let pupils play
games using
direction e.g. a
place to the South
of our school. It
begins with M.
4 Change The history of - Find out how Explain the Pupils read and Pupils’ Book
the local their community history of their discuss the story in
community. was founded and community. Pupils’ Book. Make
how it got its arrangements to Resource
name invite a resource persons:
- Explain the person to talk to the parents,
development of class on the topic. and/or elders.
Changes in the their community. Encourage children
community to talk about the
- Find out that Identify history of their
people, places changes that community in groups.
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Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
and things have taken
change over a place in their After the talk, discuss
period of time. local and record the
- Identify and community, information under the
explain the following headings:
changes that has i) When the
taken place in community was
their local started
community. ii) How it got its
name Map of the
iii) The first people local
in our community environment
iv) Where the first
people lived
v) What hob job?
the first people
did and why
Where possible, plan
a field trip to the
original site of the
local community. Let
pupils observe
changes that have
taken place over the
years and let pupil in
their groups record

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Wee Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning
Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
them guided by the
teacher.
5 Change How our - Explain the - Aware that Discuss with pupils
community is government in the in every how the head is
governed community. community assisted in his job.
- Be aware that the there is a Example by the
Local local government head. village, town or city.
government in has a duty to the - Relate the Make a diagram to
the community community and local show the Pupils’ Book
Composition the community community composition of the Page 29
and functions too has a duty to to the committee or council
of the local the Local home. The in your local
council government. father is the community.
- Be aware of the head of the Let pupils name the
Duties, rights rules in every home head of their Resource
and obligations community and - Express the community. Persons
of people to the duty of every reason to Pupils talk about tax
the community member to keep obey rules collection in their
the at home communities. Pupils Pupils’ Book
- rules. and that of name some of the page 32
- Demonstrate a their local things which the
spirit of community. Local government
patriotism. provides from the tax
collected.
Explain to pupils that
every community has
its own laws/rules
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Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
which members
should obey.
Let pupils play the
game in the Pupils’
Book in groups
6 Services Main - Be aware that the Relate Revise physical Chart showing
occupations physical features occupation features of the physical
and economic of a place can and economic community with features of the
activities of the affect the activities to pupils. community
people in our occupation of the the physical Let pupils identify
community people. features of the occupations linked
local with the environment,
Revision of - Identify the main community. e.g. grassland area – The
physical occupation of the cattle rearing, environment
features people in a local Differentiate seaside – fishing low
community. between land – farming. Pupils’ Book 5
The main workers in the Discuss the crops
occupations of - Name the people community grown in the
people in the who provide basic and what they environment. Specimen of
community needs in the do. Encourage pupils to crops
community. bring specimens of
How physical crops grown in their
features affect environment. Where
occupation possible, let pupils
grow some of these
Workers in the crops. Refer to
community, Pupils’ Book.
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Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
e.g. tailors and Ask pupils to identify
seamstresses, other occupation
farmers, related to the main
builders occupations in their
local community.

If possible arrange a Pupils’ Book

field trip for pupils to
see their activities Picture in the
and talk to some of Social Studies
the workers in their Pupils’ Book
community.
Let pupils identify
people in the
Services community who
produce various
things and talk about
their work.
Discuss the picture
with pupils.
Let pupils name
foods that are
produced in their
community.
Discuss methods
food distribution to
the people
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Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
Chain Activities: fish
sold from fishermen
to managers the
people.
7 Services Social services - Explain that the Tell the - Review the
in our tax collected importance of previous lesson on
community helps provide social services the topic “How our
certain services in the community is Picture
Social services in the communities. governed.”
in the community. - Discuss the use of
community the tax collected in
- Health - Demonstrate an our local
- Education appreciation of community.
- Security traditional health - Explain that the Chart
workers. tax collected help
The provide certain
importance of services in the
the above community.
Identify four basic
The role of services: health, Pupils’ Book
traditional education,
health workers communication,
in the security. Pupils
community collect pictures
relating to these
needs e.g. hospital,
health centre, clinic,
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Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
school, police
station, radio, post
office, etc. make a
chart with the
pictures under the
heading “ Our
Government
Provides these
Social Services.”
Refer to page 35 of
Pupils Book.

Discuss with pupils Pictures, real

the health centres, objects
clinics hospital and
the people who
within these places.
Let pupil’s role play a
doctor, a nurse and Resource
patients. person
Discuss herbalists a
health worker. Let
pupils identify
herbalists in the
community and the
illness they cure.
Discuss the
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k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
importance of social
services in the
community.
8 Communicatio Ways of - To tell what is Define Discuss that Actual/real
n communicating communication. communicatio communication is the objects used
in the - State ways n means of passing to
community people in their information from one communicate
local community person to another. - bell
What communicate. Distinguish Encourage pupils to - horn
communication - State other ways between past tell the class how - drum
is all about of and present people communicate
communicating. means of in the community. -
Means of communicatio List on the
communication n blackboard the ways,
: e.g.
- by road - by road through
- by sea vehicles
- by letter - by sea through
- by boats, canoes
telephone, - by telephone
etc. - by blowing of
horns
- by talking drums
9 Communicatio Movement of - Explain how Tell how Encourage pupils to:
n people and people move from people travel a) Explain how they
goods in our one place to the in and out of travel to and from
community. other. school.
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k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
- Explain how the b) State how their
goods are community. parents travel
transported in our within their
community. Risk involve in community.
traveling. c) Pupils role play
how they travel.
Tell how d) Small group of
goods are pupils dramatize
transported how they traveled
from one in a lorry and the
community to problems they
another. and their parents
had to cope with.
The risk
involve in Divide the class into
transporting two groups, each
goods group to discuss one
(perishable of these two points.
goods get Name of major crops
spoilt). produced each year
in the community and
how they are
transported from one
village to the other.
The problems of
packing and
transporting goods.
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Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
Group reporting and
summarizing points.
Communicatio Advantages To help pupils be Explain the Group pupils and let Models/charts
n and able to tell the advantages them discuss: showing these
disadvantages advantages and and a) The advantages, objects if real
of difference disadvantages of disadvantages and object not
means of communicating in of b) The available
communication different ways. communicatin disadvantages of
g in different each means Samples of
ways. - Let pupils draw goods either
the various ways produced or
of communicating. brought into
- Talk about the
ancient and community
modern ways of
communication. Pictures of
- Let pupils know people
which ways were traveling
used in the past,
e.g. use of a bell,
drum, horn, etc.
Present day, we Chart showing
use telephone, various ways
megaphone, of movement
radio, letter, etc. of goods and
people

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Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
List the means of
communication on
the board.
Example:
Past Present
Talkin Mega
g drum phone
Bell Telephon
e
Horn Radio
television
11 Healthy Maintain a - Explain how Tell the Discussion of what - Pictures of
Environment healthy living people in our importance of people in our a)People
and community living in a community do in washing
environment in maintain healthy clean maintaining a healthy clothes.
our community living. environment. living.
- Describe how - Show pictures of: b)People
Healthy living people in our Learn that a) A group of sweeping
community living in a men and and
Maintaining maintain the clean women cleaning the
healthy living. environment. environment washing their floor and
- Ways of - Develop their contributes to clothes beside furniture in
living creative skills. good health. a stream the house.
healthy life. - Define the word b) Men, women
‘Healthy Living’ and children c) Chart
- Ways of sweeping and showing
keeping our living in a
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Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
environment cleaning for clean
clean. floor. environment
Let pupils draw .
diagrams showing a
clean and dirty d)Chart
environment. showing an
- A group of men unhealthy
cleaning grass family living
beside a street in in a filthy
the village. environment
Healthy living is state .
of perfectly healthy
(well). That is:
physically healthy,
socially and mentally
healthy.
Encourage pupils to
explain the message
which each picture
conveys and why
cleaning must be
done.
Discussion of health
facilities in the health
centres.
- Free treatment for Chart
pregnant conveying
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Wee Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning
Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
women/Under-five Ebola
children. Free precautions
treatment for
Ebola victims. Chart showing
- Cautions to proper way of
observe Ebola hand washing
precautions.
Special attention is
given to Ebola
preventives.
- Role play – a
doctor, a nurse
and ward
attendance taking
care of a patient at
the village health
centre.
11 Groups People in our - Find out the Identify/name Let the people give Pupils’ Book 3
community different language the various the name of their
- Different groups living in language mother. Pupils
language the local groups living List the number of
groups community. within the pupils who speak
- Different - Determine a spirit community. each language.
language of tolerance Ask them to name
groups - Find out how other language that
within the different language might not be on the
community groups live and list.
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Wee Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning
Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
- How work together in Let pupils discuss
different their local ways of interaction
groups communities. between the different
interact groups.
within the
community
Groups - Life and Differentiate Be able to tell Write down the Chart showing
work of between the life and the homes of the homes of
different works of different differences in different groups. different
language language groups. the work done Let pupils match language
group in the by different language groups with groups in the
community language homes. community.
groups. Make a chart with
information collected.
Let pupils from each Charts show
group greet the class foreigners in
in their mother our
tongue. community.
Let them learn the
greeting songs, and
dramatize them
using the clothes of
different groups.
Let pupils identify
foreigners in their
communities, e.g.
Lebanese from
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Wee Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning
Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
Lebanon, Indians
from India, Yoruba
from Nigeria.
Make a chart entitled
– “Foreigners in our
Community.”
12 Customs and - Explain the Appreciating Let pupils tell the Pupils’ Book
Traditions practice and each other’s class from Unit 4
beliefs regarding language, experience about a
ceremonies of our customs and celebration of the
people. traditions. birth of a new baby in
- Beliefs about birth their family. Let
of boys and girls them also talk about
the naming
ceremony.
Customs and - Discuss beliefs Explain that Let pupils from Materials for
traditions regarding births different various language dramatization
of boys and girls. groups have groups give their
- Demonstrate a different experiences on the
spirit of tolerance. beliefs and above. Let them Costumes for
- Appreciate their customs dramatize the the show
cultural ceremonies.
background. Invite people to give
talks on customs of Resource
your choice in the person
community.

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Wee Theme/ Learning Teaching / Learning
Topics Objectives Learning
k Concepts Outcomes Activities
Aids
Arrange a cultural
show. Let each Charts
group do a custom in showing
their own group. language
Example, Mende groups
funeral, Krio proverbs
wedding, Susu
engagement. Invite a
woman to prepare a
meal particular to her
language group.
Encourage children
to say some
proverbs in their
language groups and
their interpretations.

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Teaching
Wee Theme/ Learning and
Sub-Topic Objectives Teaching / Learning Activities
k Concepts Outcomes Learning
Material
1 Change Location of a By the end of Able to Read about ‘Sanya’ in Unit 9 of Pupils’
different the second compare Pupils’ Book. Revise the physical Book Unit
community, term, pupils the various features in the picture. 9
and should be able physical Let pupils compare the features of
differences in to:- features another community to bring out the The
its physical - Identify a present in main similarities and differences. environme
features community different Make a table for comparison and nt
different communitie fill it.
from their s. name Our A
own local Communi different
2 community. Be able to ty communi
- State analyze ty
similarities their Type of
Comparison of and findings. landscap
physical difference in e
features of the their Plants
two physical Animals
communities features. occupati
on
3 History of a - Find out and Explain Let pupils read the Story of Sanya.
different tell the their Ask them questions to bring out
community history of reasons for answers on the history of the
their the cultural different communities.
community. and other Ask pupils to give information
Local stories or - Compare list differences about the selected communities
history of of both found in different from their own.
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Teaching
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Sub-Topic Objectives Teaching / Learning Activities
k Concepts Outcomes Learning
Material
different communities communitie
communities . s than their
own.
Comparison of - Compare Analayze If possible, invite a resource Pupils’
the histories of changes in the person from the selected Book
two both changes community to give a history of the
communities communities they community. Resource
. observe. person
Comparison of
changes
4 Services The economic - Find our Pupils to Read about the economic activities
activities of a about the relate how of people in Sanya in Unit 10.
selected economic their
community activities of physical Encourage pupils to find out the
- How they the selected environmen main other activities of the
earn their community. t influences selected community.
living their way of Pupils’
- Explain that life/econom Discuss and compare the main Book 3
Occupation(s) the ic activities. occupations and relate them to the Unit 10.
of the people economic physical features of the
of the selected activities are communities.
community determined
- Their link by the
with physical
physical features.
features
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Teaching
Wee Theme/ Learning and
Sub-Topic Objectives Teaching / Learning Activities
k Concepts Outcomes Learning
Material
Read about
the economic
activities of
people in
Sanya in Unit
10
5 Communicati Transportation - Express Be able to Encourage pupils to: Toy cars
on and their feeling learn that 1) Name the various means by lorries
communication about the there are which people travel. Let pupils models
problem in a challenges problems in give their experiences of how pictures o
selected of community they travelled with their parent / telephones
community transportatio and find guardian or alone recently. , lorry and
Movement of n and solutions. 2) Show pictures of lorry, car, van, cars
people: communicati canoe, boat, a parcel, etc. samples of
- Transportati on in a 3) Lead a discussion on the letters and
on nearly problem of: telegram
- Transportati communities
on of goods .
- Transportati - Ways of
on coping with
problems. problems.
6 Communicatio - a) Transporting goods, and
n problems in b) Communicating with people
nearby in the next community and
communities how people cope with them.

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Teaching
Wee Theme/ Learning and
Sub-Topic Objectives Teaching / Learning Activities
k Concepts Outcomes Learning
Material
Ways of 4) List the problems on the
coping with blackboard, e.g. letters can only
problems reach or be sent out of the
village when people are willing.
7 Healthy How the Find out about Be able to Refer to Government in Batcamp,
Environment community is government of explain Unit 6. Let pupils read about how
looked after their selected about how Batcamp is governed. Pupils’
community. their Revise the occupation of the Book 3
Government of - Identify community government in your community. Unit 6
the selected some is looked Invite a member of the selected
community problems in after. community to give talk about how
the the community is governed.
Problems in selected Identify and Ask the resource person questions
the community community. discuss relating transportation problems in Resource
- Suggest problems in the selected community. person
Some solution to their Suggest some solutions to
solutions to problems. community problems.
problems related to
stated above health.

8 Home And - Describe - Can Pupils read about the three

family living three types distinguis families in Pupils’ Book.
of families. h
between Types of families:
- Discuss the - Nuclear Pupils’
the need different - Extended Book
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Sub-Topic Objectives Teaching / Learning Activities
k Concepts Outcomes Learning
Material
for balance types of - Single parent
diet families
and
recognize
problems
associate
d with
each type
of family.
- Be aware Pupils draw and state the type of
of the family they belong to.
Types of - Describe importance
Healthy families: three types of the type / Pupils from the two families give
Environment - Nuclear of families. choice of experiences of their family life at Pupils’
- Extended - Discuss food we home. Book
- Single the need eat.
parent for Recall “the food we eat” from
balanced Class 2.
Balance diet diet; Materials
Farming - Discuss Discuss with pupils why it is for
activities with farming important to eat the right kind of drawing
the year activities food. Let pupils give reasons why
carried out they need food.
during the With pupils’ help, make a list of Pupils’
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Sub-Topic Objectives Teaching / Learning Activities
k Concepts Outcomes Learning
Material
Let pupils classify them under the Sample of
three headings in their books. foods.
- Carbohydrates, proteins, fats
and oils.
9 Groups Plants and - Identify Enable
animals in our plants and pupils to - Plan and take pupils out to the Small
community animals in find out school’s surrounding on a field plants
our how the study.
community. different - Back in class, get sub-groups to Small live
& Plants – parts parts of sort, name parts, then classify animals
of plants - Describe the plants and small plants and leaves
Animals – different the plants according to: Set of
10 parts of parts of are used a) Plants used as food plants
animals plants and for food, b) Plants used as medicine used as:
animals. shelter, c) Plants used for decoration a) Food
Uses of clothing, Other sub-groups complete the b) Medicin
animals - Classify etc. reports and report the whole class e
Classification plants on:
of plants and according to a) The animals around and their Flowers for
animals their uses. different parts – using a small decoration
according to animal or a picture of animal
uses, e.g. provided by the teacher.
food,medicine, b) The uses of different parts of
decoration. plants. Pictures of
animals
and plants
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Teaching
Wee Theme/ Learning and
Sub-Topic Objectives Teaching / Learning Activities
k Concepts Outcomes Learning
Material
with their
different
parts
labeled
11 Groups Importance of - Identify Help pupils Let each pupil draw his father or
different different to show an mother at work and make simple Pictures of
workers in the workers in interest in sentences to go with the drawings. people
community the various doing
community. types of Take pupils out to see workers at different
- State the work and work. jobs
importance develop Ask pupils to name the different
of the their workers in their community; e.g.
different interest in tailor, seamstress, carpenter,
workers. their future mason, builder, farmer, miner, Flashcards
- Appreciate career. driver, fisherman, businessman, of names
that every trader, and soap or gari of workers
worker in the Pupils to manufacturer. in the
community tell how Show pictures of people at work on community
is important specific some of these activities.
and work Let pupils describe the idea in
contributes contributes each picture and state the Environme
to running of to their importance of each type of worker. nt
the developme Pupils discuss and state which
community nt. types of workers they would like to
be when they become adults.

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Sub-Topic Objectives Teaching / Learning Activities
k Concepts Outcomes Learning
Material
12 Customs and The social - Appreciate Will References to Unit 4 in Pupils’
Tradition practices and the customs develop Book on Birth and Naming
customs of the and awareness Ceremony. Pupils’
people practices of in our Compare it with a Naming Book 3
other people social Ceremony in your community. Unit 4
in another practices Note the similarities and/or
community. and differences.
- Learn that customs of Discuss the practices or customs Resource
people our people. connected with birth, wedding and persons
celebrate funeral ceremonies in the selected
the same communities. Pupils’
Birth, wedding occasions in Refer to the picture on Page 44 of Book
and funeral different the Pupils’ Book. Compare the
practices in ways. picture with a similar occasion in Costumes
selected their community.
communities
13 Our National - Demonstrate Be aware Discuss the meaning of
Holidays a spirit of of our independence and the status of
national national the country before it became
The consciousne holidays independent. The
Independence ss or a spirit and what Let pupils give reasons why this National
Anniversary of patriotism. each one occasion calls for a happy Flag
means. celebration.
Let them show ways in which
pupils participate in the
celebration.
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Sub-Topic Objectives Teaching / Learning Activities
k Concepts Outcomes Learning
Material
Discuss why New Year’s National
awards are given on
Independence Day, April 27.
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 Class IV

Language Arts: Listening and Speaking

1st Term

1. Exercises and activities designed to develop understanding of simple questions, instructions and commands.
2. Activities to determine the main point of a text using various writing forms such as prose, verse, and stories with
progressive increases in the complexity
3. Dramatic play and art activities designed to explore and an appreciation of longer but simple stories, poems and
songs
4. Activities using appropriate school broadcast steps where this is possible
5. Punctuation games and activities including recitation and reading aloud intelligibly and meaningfully to demonstrate
reading fluency.
6. Oral composition and picture talk for the development of accuracy and comprehension in narration and description.
7. Exercises and activities designed to develop an understanding of complex questions, instruction and commands.
8. Role-play and dialogue work designed to develop the use of reported speech and polite requests.
9. Activities designed to develop positive attitudes with respect to emerging issues.
10. Activities enhancing inquiry about the pupils environment outside the school.
Language Arts: Reading
1st Term

1. Silent reading of a variety of longer text.

2. Supplementary reading of informational text for understanding, appreciation and judgment in different areas of the
curriculum
3. Using the library and elementary reference materials e.g. dictionary, thesaurus, etc.
4. Read and understand instructions, notices advertisement and signs.
5. More reference skills work on tables of content.
6. Activities to enhance self-motivated reading
7. Reading activities designed to cover topics, chapters or longer texts in other subjects.
8. Reading activities designed to enable pupils apply their reading skills in their environment outside the school.

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 Language Arts: Writing
1st Term

1. Writing joined script or cursive

2. Write simple class notices and advertisement
3. Write guarded paragraphs, personal letters, diaries and notes.
4. Spelling and writing exercises with observation to writing conventions such as: punctuation marks, capitals, full
stop, comma, exclamation marks, question marks and apostrophe
5. Writing with focus to writing duration and stamina
6. Activities designed to enable pupils to write fast.

Language Arts: Listening and Speaking

2nd Term

1. Activities activating the prior knowledge of pupils by encouraging them to receive and recall information about their
environments, communities and experiences
2. Opportunities for pupils to form and express their opinions, personal attitudes and make judgments.
3. Oral composition and picture talk for the development of accuracy, fluency and comprehension in narration and
description.
4. Role-play and dialogue work designed to develop to the use of reported speech and polite requests.
5. Activities enabling pupils to read English in real situations
6. Oral exercises enabling pupils to think about and express their thoughts and understand real events.
7. Exercises designed to enable pupils explain how certain things are done or made.
8. Oral activities designed to enable pupils express their thoughts and opinions about their futures.
9. Activities to enable pupils understand and use more complex expressions in English.
10. Oral composition and picture talk for the development of accuracy and fluency in narration and description.
11. More reference skills work on tables of content
12. Reading activities designed to cover topics, chapters or longer texts in other subjects.
13. Activities to enhance self-motivated reading.

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 Language Arts: Reading
2nd Term

1. Silent reading of a variety of longer texts to demonstrate an understanding of their main points .
2. Supplementary reading for pleasure, information, appreciation and judgment in different areas of the curriculum.
3. Using the library and primary reference materials e.g. dictionary, thesaurus, etc.
4. Reading and understanding of instructions, notices, advertisements and signs.
5. More reference skills work on table of content
6. Activities to enhance self-motivated reading
7. Reading activities designed to cover topics, chapters or longer texts in other subjects.
8. Reading activities designed to enable pupils apply their reading skills in their environment outside the school.

Language Arts: Writing

2nd Term

1. Write in joined script or cursive.

2. Write simple class notices and advertisement.
3. Write guided paragraphs, personal letters, diaries, and notes from others subject areas.
4. Spelling exercises and writing to observe conventions of writing such as capitals, full stop, comma, exclamation and
question marks, and apostrophe.
5. Write orally dictated sentences with attentions to letter sounds and ending punctuation.
6. Activities designed to enable pupils to write fast

Language Arts: Literature

2nd Term

1. Appreciate character and judgment, enjoy and respond to rhymes, poems, songs, stories and supplementary texts.
2. Listen to understand, enjoy and respond to rhymes, poems, songs, and short plays.
3. Read, enjoy and respond to supplementary texts.

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Class IV: English Language Arts, Term: 1 Syllabus

Teaching /
Theme / Learning Teaching and
Topic Objective Learning
Concept outcome Learning Aids
Activities
Pupils should
demonstrate
ability to follow
Exercises and and make Pupils are able to Interactive activities
Listening and Practical work
activities to commands and understand and with movements
speaking with picture and
develop listening ask questions ask complex such as running,
Week 1-2 demonstration
comprehension through questions. sitting, etc.
interactive games
involving
movement.
In reported
speech pupils
should be able to
Pupils should be
make polite With teacher
Listening and able to report
Reported speech requests, e.g. support, pupils give
speaking speeches and Practical work.
and polite request James said that polite speeches to
Week 3-4 make polite
she was going to their friends in class.
request.
school or please,
may I use your
pencil?
Examples of Pupils are given
Pupils to use Pupils to use
Listening and complex simple sentences on
more complex more complex
speaking sentences. the blackboard by Flash cards.
sentences in sentences in
Week 5-6  Ibrahim went to the teacher.
English English
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Teaching /
Theme / Learning Teaching and
Topic Objective Learning
Concept outcome Learning Aids
Activities
he did not stay Pupils
for long. independently come
 Fatou will leave up with their own
soon, she has to simple sentences
pack. drawing from the
 Giba wrote a teachers example.
long poem but it
is not With the teacher's
complicated. support, they make
the simple sentence
more complex.

Pupils use
Pupils fluently retell
Oral composition / language such
Pupils should be facts on the event.
narration and as, first, next and
Listening and able to fluently
picture talk for the last or in the Flash cards,
speaking narrate and retell Pupils write a
development, beginning, middle newspaper,
Week 7-8 events descriptive
accuracy and and end, correctly
chronologically. composition on an
fluency. when retelling an
event.
event or story.
Listening and
speaking should be
Pupils should be encouraged with
The use of "if" Pupils use the
able to use the activities using the Various
with the present word "if" in the
word "if" in the various texts e.g. Activities.
tense present tense
present tense. games, poems,
plays, stories, etc.

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Teaching /
Theme / Learning Teaching and
Topic Objective Learning
Concept outcome Learning Aids
Activities
All should aim at
enforcing the
language content.
Pupils should be
Flash cards on
able to develop
Pupils should know diseases like
Activities to good attitudes
about corporal HIV/AIDs,
Listening and develop positive Develop positive towards good
punishment, gender Ebola and
speaking attitude with attitudes of pupils issues.
affairs, HIV, Ebola different
Week 9-10 respect to towards issues.
and unexpected life occurrences
emerging issues. To be able to
events. like motor
offer appreciation
accidents etc.
to kind requests.
Pupils should be Pupils should know
able to find out about their
about their environment in
Pupils’ activities environment by terms of education, Practical work
to find out about Participate in visiting character of adult visiting
their community finding out about compounds, and young people, neighbour
outside the their environment developing peaceful and hoods in the
school. knowledge of disturbing parent, community.
different types of quarrelsome
peoples, the work families and
they do etc. respectable families.

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Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and
Theme concept Topic Objective
outcome Activities Learning Aids
Pupils are
encouraged to
Pupils are
read all types of
encouraged to
books.
read many books
They are Pupils learn the Different text
Textbooks and Activities to within their reach
encouraged to use sounds of the alphabet books in all
supplementary enhance self - and level.
their knowledge of and draw on this subjects,
readers motivated
letter sounds and knowledge to decode alphabet chart
Week 1 reading Pupils should be
blends to unknown words in text. with pictures.
able to read
pronounce
fluently and
unknown words
correctly.
e.g., wood and
flood.
Pupils describe
Pupils will be able
To enable Pupils different types of
to speak with
Listening and to speak fluent pictures orally and also
Oral composition confidence Flash cards.
speaking English and to be be able to write
and picture talk whenever they are
Week 2 able to describe composition in good
called upon to do
a picture orally. and accepted
so.
language.
Pupils will be able
Pupils should be Pupils will be to report Pupils will do oral
able to give able to report messages and presentation in class.
Listening and
reported happenings they incidents that are Describe an incident
speaking
speeches and see or report a of importance. such as a motor
Week 3
make polite message given to accident they saw
requests. them. They will be able when going to school.
to do these

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Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and
Theme concept Topic Objective
outcome Activities Learning Aids
according to their
standards.
Pupils will read
English n real Pupils will be able to
Pupils should
Textbooks and Activities situation. If to write read English in poems,
know the parts of
supplementary enabling pupils pupils will use the dramatization, acting
the verbs e.g.
readers to read English correct tenses of and reading story
Present. Past,
Week 4 in real situation the verbs to books, comprehension
future etc.
describe a exercises etc.
situation.
Pupils express
Oral exercises
Pupils should be thoughts on Pupils should be
with the purpose
able to think and events such narrate what they have
Listening and of Pupils Knowledge of
express their school drama, seen and give an
speaking thinking and what they see
thoughts to sports game, opinion on how the
Week 5 expressing their and observe.
understand celebration of the event can be
thoughts on real
event. country’s republic, improved.
events.
etc.
1. Pupils are taken to
the factory
Pupils should be
Pupils should Pupils are taken to
able to see how 2. Observe the
observe how a local soda soap
certain things are beginning process. Practical
Week 6 certain things manufacturer to
made or done observation
are done or observe the
e.g. soda soap 3. Observe the
made. process.
making. continuous
process

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Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and
Theme concept Topic Objective
outcome Activities Learning Aids
4. Observe the
finishing process
until the
commodity is
produced.
Pupils will be
willing to cover
topics on other
subjects. Teacher
encourages Pupils
to read more
Reading
passages to Pupils are encouraged
Textbook activities Pupils should be
improve on their to read various books
supplementary designed to able to cover Different text
reading habits and and answer to
readers cover longer topics in other books.
comprehension. question pertaining to
Week 7 topics and text in subjects.
what they have read.
other subjects.
Pupils read more
books on various
subjects such as
the bible, literature
and storytelling
books.
Textbook Pupils above teacher
supplementary Teacher shares a jumps from one area
To help Pupils
readers story with pupils to the other when
Illustrated understand
through teacher gives example Visual AIDS
stories stories told to
Week 8 illustration. about a frog.
them.
Pupils read and
interprets instructions,
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Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and
Theme concept Topic Objective
outcome Activities Learning Aids
notices, additional
signs in English
correctly.

Pupils read quietly and

show and
understanding of the
main points.
Reading of various
books in all subjects
words given to Pupils
Pupils read a lot of to study for their
Reading a
To read silently text books. correct spellings pupils
variety of text
and loud and Pupils read about are encouraged to
Week 9 and answering
answer to texts from people read instruction signs
question in
question in them and place in their and class notice to
them
environment. encouraged pupils to
look up the meaning of
difficult words in the
dictionary.
1. Notices are Many flash cards
To help Pupils printed in should be made
Text book
know how to school for available in class that
supplementary Flash card
observe notices Pupils Pupils will be able to
readers Notices practical
at school, at attention. see everyday
notices.
home and especially the zebra
Week 10
elsewhere 2. Pupils observe crossing.
these notices

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Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and
Theme concept Topic Objective
outcome Activities Learning Aids
and act upon Pupils should also
than reminded practically
for events to be carried
3. Teacher must out by the schools.
be ready to
answer to
Pupils
question if
they don’t
seem to
understand
certain
notices.
Teacher must
be able to
remind Pupils
about
instruction
especially
when crossing
the road.

Rhymes are To be successful Teacher gives Rhymes

Text book given to Pupils in in learning rhymes to Pupils.
supplementary order to expand and poems at all
readers Rhymes their knowledge times. In this way Teacher sees that Flash cards,
in English both Pupils will be able these rhymes are
Week 11 written and to memorise not practiced everyday.
spoken rhymes only lines in Pupils are in the habit
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Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and
Theme concept Topic Objective
outcome Activities Learning Aids
are done for the Rhymes and of memorizing the
Pupils to be able poems but in other rhymes. These rhymes
to retain many subjects. are read as daily and
sentences in practical activities.
different subjects.
Encourage Pupils Notices are written Few notices are
Text book to realize that for Pupils to written for Pupils’s
supplementary notices are about observe and to attention. e.g. keep the
readers Notices information on listen to and act classroom clean. Keep Flash cards
what they should upon. Pupils follow quiet when you are in
Week 12 do and what they the rules and class, do not throw
shouldn’t do. abide by them. papers on the floor etc.
To enable the
Pupils are left to
Pupils to write
practice this for many
properly. Pupils
To write in weeks continuously
are taught how to Books printed
cursive to help practices on both
shape the letter of alphabetical
Writing joined Pupils upper and lower cases
Week 1 the alphabet A to text chalk and
script or cursive. understand how forms the bulk of
Z – Capital letters pencil and
to shape the teaching Pupils are
and small letters pens.
letters. encouraged to write on
Pupils are dived
both black board and
for this for many
in books.
weeks
Pupils are given topics
Write guided to write on e.g. My
To expand Pupils Pupils to be able Books, pens,
paragraphs School, My Home etc.
Week 2 idea in waiting write sentences and pencils
personal letters to express themselves
sentences long and short etc.
and notes in English. They
should also write in
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Theme concept Topic Objective
outcome Activities Learning Aids
paragraphs –two or
three. This will be
done continuously help
perfection in Pupils.
Spelling and
dictation on
Pupils should be Pupils learn these
exercises are
able to produce words in advance
Writing in script given to Pupils
Spelling and correct spelling, Pupils learn these
and cursive they should be
dictation know how and words by spelling them Flash cards.
able to write in
exercises when to use in class before the
Week 3 paragraphs and
punctuation marks written side of it is
be able to spell
in sentences. done.
words given to
them by teacher.
Spelling must be
given to pupils
some days
Pupils are able to
before the words
write out spellings Flash cards are given
Writing in script are later given to
correctly by in to Pupils in advance to
and cursive Pupils to write in Flash cards.
Spelling rules good hand writing, study words for the
books. Teacher
letters are well time for spelling on the
Week 4 must be sure that
shaped and time table.
Pupils are ready
distinct.
for the words to
be dictated same
to dictation.
Stories related Pupils listen Pupils are encouraged
Stories relating to
Week 5 to home and carefully to to tell their own stories. Flash cards
family life and
school out time teachers and Stories relating to the
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outcome Activities Learning Aids
stories given by African folk tales Pupils are to know family and other
teacher. are told. the moral behind members like
the story. grandmother and
grandfather particularly
in their old age.
To further develop
Pupils idea in fast
writing not only in
dictation and spelling
but in other subject.
Dictation to Pupils in
Pupils should science social studies
Activities
Fast writing To enables practice fast literature and others.
designed to
Pupils to learn writing especially
enable Pupils to
Week 6 fast writing in dictation and Pupils are encouraged
write fast.
spelling to practice writing on
their own to develop
fastness in writing.

Writing stories, poems,

diaries will also be an
advantage.
Pupils develop the
Writing of Pupils continue to
skill and habit of
Writing in script sentences in work with both cursive
writing. They write
and cursive Write sentence cursive for Pupils and script writing. Visual Aids
as many lines as
and passages to make out the Teacher continues to cards.
possible to
Week 7 shapes of give Pupils more work
develop more skill
letters. on the subject.
and habit.
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Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and
Theme concept Topic Objective
outcome Activities Learning Aids
Write invitation Write invitations,
notices Guided paragraph notices,
Writing guided
advertisement simple spellings advertisements,
invitations, Simple writing
Week 8 diaries longer exercises using diaries in English,
notices and cards.
letters in English joint script or longer letters using
advertisement
using joint script cursive joined script or cursive
or short plays. hand writing.
Simples letter are
Write short written for Pupils
Writing diaries class notices
letters and and Pupils copy
Week 9 invitations, notices advertisement diaries Flash cards
invitations in from the black
advertisement etc. etc.
simple form. board into the
writing books
Appreciation of To appreciate
character, make character in a Discussing Supplement texts,
Appreciation of
judgments enjoy play, enjoy and persons and collection of stories,
poems and
the rhymes of respond to events in the rhymes, poems, short
stories Flash cards.
poems, songs, rhymes to also story. Reciting plays, simple biblical,
stories and appreciate rhymes and Koranic stories and
Week 10
supplement poems and poems prayers.
texts. songs.
Listen to To appreciate Discussing  Listen to stories Flash cards
Appreciation of understand poems and songs persons in the and join in as
poems and enjoy and stories and short stories reacting appropriate.
stories respond to plays rhymes and poems  Dramatize , retell
rhymes poems, miming and and tell stories and
Week 11 song, stories and dramatization relate to short
short plays. plays.

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Theme concept Topic Objective
outcome Activities Learning Aids
Listen to, To appreciate as Teacher and class Dramatization on Demonstration.
Appreciation of understand, many poems as discuss more several topics read.
poems and enjoy, and possible and poems so as to Pupils should be able
stories respond to Pupils write enable Pupils have to dramatize scenes
rhymes songs poems on their the habit of given to them.
Week 12 stories and own that rhymes accepting
plays. literature.
Read enjoy and Telling stories Repetitive songs Discussion of stories in Pupil’s book
Reading of text
respond to singing songs and stories, group description, collection of
books
supplementary reciting poems, poems and short observation mime and stories rhymes
text. acting, miming plays. dramatization. and poems
Week 1
dramatization.
Reading of text Adding to To develop more More texts on More work on stories Books
books knowledge of habits or doing poems and short poems songs and dramatization
poems stories more reading of plays are to be dramatization should is done.
Week 2 and miming text and miming done. be done.
Punctuation Pupils should be Pupils should be Pupils should know Flash cards
games, able to use able to know what what punctuation comes to
recitation and punctuation punctuation marks marks are and how to exercises
reading aloud marks in are in sentences, use them in Pupils posture
Week 3 intelligibly and sentences, recite know their poems sentences. To be able
meaningfully poems especially very well and to be to read aloud and
and read able to recite them pronounce words
intelligibly and at any time. exactly according to
meaningfully their sounds.
Oral composition Pupils should be Pupils should be Pupils write Flash cards.
and picture talk able to express able to know how composition on their
Week 4
themselves in to write own after teacher’s
English compositions in the guideline. Pupils write
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Theme concept Topic Objective
outcome Activities Learning Aids
different tenses composition
present past and expressing themselves
future pupils in English. Pupils also
should also know look at pictures and
how to describe describe what they see
scenes in pictures. in those pictures.
Using adjective Pupils should be Pupils should Demonstration of Flash cards.
Listening and
phrase correctly able to use the achieve adjective certain activities e.g.
speaking
adjective phrases a long height colour stature
phrases all the time etc.
Week 5
time
Activities Pupils should be Pupils benefit from Reading of text books Flash cards
designed to able to ask useful discussions that have questions
Listening and develop an question and be able to and oral demonstration
speaking understanding of pertaining to obey commands that have commands
simple questions useful e.g. running jumping,
Week 6 instruction and happenings and clapping etc.
commands. to understand
commands.
Listening and Story telling Pupils should be Pupils should be Pupils do general story Pupils
speaking able to tell stories able to tell stories telling dramatize dramatize
on their own for a long time stories and dancing
Week 7
Activities using Pupils use Pupils do activities Pupils do activity in Pupils them
Listening and appropriate classroom in class by order class by rows- a boy, a selves
speaking school broadcast system. Pupils do activity girl and the others
where this is one after the listen as if it is a radio
Week 8 possible. others. broadcast Pupils do so
in turns.
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Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching and
Theme concept Topic Objective
outcome Activities Learning Aids
Activities Pupils must be Pupils should be Pupils are encouraged Physical
enabling the able to give encouraged to visit to do games when visit education
pupils to receive information about other parts of their is made telling stories materials e.g.
and give their environment environment and study groups this will skipping rope
information on analyze setting in enable Pupils to balls and any
their the environment observe and assess other games.
environment and e.g. compound the environment
experiences neatness
behaviour of
Listening and
tenant
speaking
Expressing Pupils must be Pupils observe Pupils observe and Pending on
opinions, able to express certain happening concentrate on very what the
Week 9
personal their opinions on and give their vital material or discussion
attitudes and matters affecting opinions both for happening. They are might be.
making them. and against. They left to judge their
judgment must be left to give findings positively.
judgments They argue on both
according to their sides for and against,
discoveries after this the teacher
can give final
judgment.

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Mathematics

Expected learning outcome

- By the end of the year (2 terms) the pupils will be able to classify numbers into different categories, carryout the
four basic operations on 3 and 4 digit numbers also in the use of standard units in the imperial system of
measurement and identify properties of simple geometrical shapes and figures

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Theme / Topic Term I Term II
i) Place value up to 10,000. i) Roman numbers from 1 to 50
ii) Renaming numbers up to 99, 999. Using
expanded notation.
iii) Ordering whole numbers up to 99, 999.
Number and iv) Renaming 3 – digit numbers as sum and
Numeration differences.
v) Multiples of 7, 8, 9 and 10 between 0 and
(a) whole 100 .
numbers vi) Multiplication facts for 2 to 12 up to 12 x
12.
vii) Renaming 2 to 7 digit numbers as
product of factor.

i) Fractions with denominator 2 to 12. i) Comparing and ordering fractions with different
denominators 2 – 12.
b) Fractions ii) Equivalent fractions. ii) Place value for tenth.
iii) Decimal notation for tenths.
iv) Decimal notational.
i) Addition and subtraction of 4 digit i) Division of 2 digit numbers by 2 to 10.
Operation on numbers in rows and columns. ii) Division of 3 digit numbers by 2 to 10.
ii) Multiplication of 3 digit numbers by 2 to
(a) Whole 10.
Number

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i) Addition and subtraction of fraction with different
i) Multiplication of fraction with some denominators 2 to 12.
denominator 2 to 12 by whole numbers 2 ii) Addition and subtraction of decimal numbers up
to 12. to the tenth place.
Fractions
iii) Multiplication of decimal numbers to the tenth
ii) Addition and subtraction of fraction with place by numbers 2 to 10.
different denominators 2 to 12.
i) Conversion of standard units of measurement.
i) Standard units in the imperial system of ii) Addition o lengths and weights,
measurement. iii) Time - months of the year, seasons,
ii) Length – yard, feet inches iv) Measuring using standard units of length and
iii) Weight – pounds, ounces weight.
Measurement iv) Addition – of length and weight. v) Estimation and comparison of lengths and
distances.
vi) Measurement of area using non standard units
vii) Money up to Le 10,000 .
viii)Shopping amounting to Le 10,000.

Basic properties of cuboids, cube, cylinder, i) Drawing plane figures - rectangle, square,
Geometry cone and spheres. triangle and kite.
I) Properties of plane figures.

Modem, mean, median of set of numbers Pictogram, bar graphs.

Statistics
less than 10.

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Class IV: Mathematics, Term: 1 Syllabus

Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching /
Theme / Concept Topic Objective
Outcome Activities Learning Aids
1. Calculate - 1. Pupils will
the value give the Let pupils represent the Stick, abacus,
of a correct value numbers using boundless of place value
numeral in of a numeral s ticks to represent ten chart.
a number based on its then group of ten sticks each
up to 4 place in a to represent ten tens (100)
digit number e.g. ten arouse of l

Place value numbers. 2728. The two

hundred sticks to represent
renaming 2s have
1,000, and then to
Number and and different
represent ten thousand
Numeration expanding values.
(10,000) let them use
numbers abacus and place value
Week 1-2 up to 4 chart . let them use place
digit. value chart to expand
numbers e.g. 3452 us three
thousand, four hundred fifty-
two.

3452 = 3 thousand

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Theme / Concept Topic Objective
Outcome Activities Learning Aids
+ 4 hundred

+ 3 tens

+ 2 ones

3452 = 3000 + 400 + 50 + 2.

i. List - Pupils would Put the hundred (10 x 10) Chart 10 x 10

multiples. be able to do chart pinned upon the board,
multiplication let pupils shade different
ii. Multiply up of numbers in colours for multiples of 2,3,4,
to 3 digit word . . . 9,
numbers problems.
by whole Extend multiplication to 4
numbers. digit numbers.
Multiples of
numbers.
iii. Identify - Pupils will be
types of able to solve
fractions. fractional
problems. Using shading of parts to
how the meaning of
numerator and denominator. Stumps of
paper cut outs
of different
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Learning Teaching / Learning Teaching /
Theme / Concept Topic Objective
Outcome Activities Learning Aids
Using cut-outs to show fractions e.g.
different types of fractions halves. Thirds,
and let pupils be able to find fourth, fifth.
out that:
1 2 1 2 1 2
= , = 8, 3 = 6
2 4 4

Add and Pupils will be Extend the activities used Abacus / place
subtract up to able to solve in primary three by blowing value chart
Operations on 4 digit word problems story problems from every additive cards.
whole numbers Addition and
numbers and become up day situation in pupils
Subtraction.
Week 3-5 without to 4 digits. environment e.g. If 4031 girls
renaming. and 2643 boys are in a city
how many Pupils are there.

By the end of Pupils will be The problems that will Place value
the week able to solve involve renaming ones as charts.
Operations on pupils will be hard problems tens, tens as hundreds,.
whole Numbers Addition and able to add in story form. Also hundreds are tens, tens
Subtraction. and subtract as ones.
Week 6-8 up to 4 digit
numbers with
renaming.

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Theme / Concept Topic Objective
Outcome Activities Learning Aids

Pupils to Let pupils be Let pupils use the expanded Multiplication

multiply 2 and able to find form to first to multiply chart of tables
3 digit product of story numbers e.g. 2 to 9.
numbers by 2 problems using
digit numbers their 34 x 2 x 6 = (300 + 40 + 12).
without and environment.
= 1800 + 240 +
with
Operations on 12
renaming.
whole numbers Multiplication.
= 2052.
Week 9-10
Then you can guide them to
work on the board together
the long multiplication
method. Encourage pupils
to study their tables.

Multiplication Multiply Pupils will be Let pupils use cut out of Cut outs of
Operation on then of fractions able to solve fractions to show the fractions.
Fraction. fractions with whole problems using meaning of multiply using
same numbers. long fraction and repeated addition e.g.
Week 11-12
denomination whole numbers.

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Theme / Concept Topic Objective
Outcome Activities Learning Aids
by whole 1 1 1 1 1
x4=3 +3 + + 3,
3 3
numbers.

2 2 2 2
x3=5 +5 +5
5

When the cut out are placed

together they can be added.

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Teaching /
Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

Addition and Enable pupils to Let pupils be Revise adding and Cut outs
Subtraction. add and subtract able to add subtraction of fractions rectangle or
fractions with and subtract with same denominators circular
different different types as fractions with same shapes in
denominator. of fractions. denominators before halves, thirds,
adding or subtracting e.g.: fourths, fifths.
1 1 3 2 5
x +6= + =6
2 3 6

Operations on
4 1 8 5 3
Fractions - 2 = 10 - 10 = 10
5

Week 1-2

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Teaching /
Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

Length – Inches Enable pupils to: Let pupils Let pupils measure the Rulers, tape
feet, yards, represent the length of their desk in rule, string.
i) Convert yards units in different units e.g.
Weight - to feet, feet to different ways
pounds ounces. inches or e.g. In inches, feet, yards.
verse vasa.
Measurement
6yds in feet
Balance or
Week 3 and also in
Let pupils weight different scales objects
inches.
ii) Convert items in groups and record to be weight
pounds to the weight in ounces and like stones
ounces or pounds. books, shoe.
ounces to
pounds.

Addition and Enable pupils to Pupils will be Let pupils solve story Word problem
Subtraction in add and able to find the problems from every day based on
length and subtract in units total length or situation in their experience in
Measurement weight. of lengths and weight of 2 or environment which require the
weight. more objects. addition and subtraction community.
Week 3 using units of length and w
eight.

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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

Time Enable pupils to Pupils will be Using a clock. Encourage Large clock
tell the time to able to tell the the pupils to show the face for
the nearest time whenever path of the minute hand. blackboard.
minute. they are asked
to do so.

Let them relate the

movement of the minute
hand with the 5 times Smaller clock
Measurement tables. face and real
clocks.
Week 5

Let them tell the time in

hours and minutes as
shown on the clock face.

Let pupils be encouraged

to find the relationship
between an hour and parts
of an hour and minutes.

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Teaching /
Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

Basic Enable pupils to Pupils will be Let them examine different Cuboids e.g.
properties of identify basic able to name objects by pushing and match boxes
cuboids cubes, properties of the basic rolling flat and round sugar boxes,
cylinders, solid shapes. properties of surfaces. jumbo maggi
cones, spheres. any solid milk tins,
showing in a Let them do the activities tomato tines,
diagram. in groups. Let them cocoa bottles
Geometry identify solids with both flat cubes e.g.
and round surface and lion sugar
Week 6 name them. E.g. cuboids, cube, Maggie
cylinder. cube cone,
funnel pencil
Let them stay in their
tip bic tip.
groups and count the
numbers faces, edges
and vertical (corners) for
each type solids.

Mode, mean Enable pupils to Pupils will be Let pupils do the activities Flash cards of
Statistics and median. calculate the able to in groups. Give each set numbers
mode, mean and compare the groups list of numbers less less than 10
Week 7 median. three terms than the numbers they and words on
and cite how see most. To add them flash cards as
and divide by the number a mode,
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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids
their weight are in the set. Let them mean,
calculated. arrange the number in median.
order from smaller to
largest and find the middle
numbers.

Roman Identify Roman Pupils will be Let teacher write the A chart
Numbers numerals for able to use following headlines on the showing
number 1-50. Roman board and by adding to remaining
numerals in the left and right of the numerals 1 –
numbering symbol you can create 50
items. another numerals.
Number and
Numeration I V
X

II IV
Week 8 IX

III V
X

VI
XI

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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids
VII
XII

VIII XIII

When they have learnt to

write Roman numbers 1 to
10, let the pupils sit in
groups to continue writing
1-29, 21-30, 31-40 and 41-
50.

You show the pupils the

chart. Explain to them that
the numbers mean
something different when
it is on the left or right of
a certain number.

Number and Fractions Compare and Pupils will be Let the pupils in groups Cut-outs
Numeration order fractions able to rank put different stomps paper showing types
with fractions in the that represent fractional
Week 9-10 parts of unit fractions on
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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids
denominators 2 order of top of each other and of units
to 12. magnitude. demined the smallest to fractions1.
the largest.

Let them arrange the

fractions in value of
ascending and descending
order.

Addition and Add and subtract Pupils will be Let the pupils first add Rectangular
subtraction fractions. able to add and subtract fraction with and use cut-
and subtract some denominators e.g.: outs of
word problem fracti9on
involving 1 2 4 2 halves third,
+ , −
fraction. 3 3 5 5 fourths, fifths,
Operation in sixth.
fractions

Week 9-10 Let them change the

fractions with different
denominators using
equivalent fraction then
they can add or subtract
as the actually above e.g.
;

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Teaching /
Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

1 1 2 3 5
+ = − =
3 2 6 8 6

1 1 2 1 1
− = − =
2 4 4 4 4

Decimals Prepare pupils to Pupils will be Draw the numbers on the Number tray
add and subtract able to solve number tray and use the abacus
decimal numbers story problems trays to introduce addition number line
up to the tenth in decimal. and subtraction. The strips making
Operation on place. decimal point and the position of
fraction tenth place must be on decimal;
the tray. numbers.

Then use the abacus to

add and subtract.

Operation on Decimal (count) Draw the number line and Number one
fraction the diagram below and and diagrams
ask the pupils to come to on chart as

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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids
Week 9-10 the board and solve a rectangular
problem cutout.

0.2 + 0.3 = 0.5

0. 2 0.3
0.2 + 0.3 = 0.5

Students will
be able to work
out more
problems likes
these:

0.2 + 0.4
0.4 + 0.3

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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids
0.5 + 0.4
0.3 + 0.4

Let them write

the above as :

0.2 0.4
0.5 0.3

+0.4+ 0.3+0.4
+ 0.4

+ 2.3 3.6
5.5

1.4 +1.2
+1.2

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Teaching /
Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

Multiply decimals Pupils will be Remind the class of the Number line
by whole. able to multiply meaning of multiplication
decimals by considering 3 x 2 as 2
using whole + 2 + 2 = 9. Ask pupils to
numbers. explain what is 3 x 0.3.
help them to use that it is 0
. 2 + 0 . 2 + 0 . 2 = 0 . 6.

0.2 0.3

Operation of
fraction Multiplication of
decimals 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
Week 9-10 0.5 0.6 0.7

Repeat this with several

examples e.g. 5 x 0.2 = 4 x
0.4, 2 x 0.4 =

Extend the activity to

include 2 x 1.3 = 3 x 2.5
= 8 x 3.6 =

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Teaching /
Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

Enable pupils to Pupils will be Let pupils measure Flash cards

express: able to different objects to find the
measure length and weight. Put
(i) metre / objects units of them in groups so that
kilometre showing the
length and they can express in /metre
relationship
Expressing weight. or 3 metre or 36 inches.
Measurement (ii) kilograms between units.
standard unit in Also 2 metre.
Week 11-12 term of other
units.
Let them weigh in kilogram
also express as kilogram
e.g 2 lbs or 320 oz.

Recognize the let them recite the Calendar.

month of the year months of the year . then
and reasons. pupils will be ask them to tell which is
Measurement able to relate 3rd, 10th month etc which
Time
Week 11-12 certain months ones start with 3 or end in
to an event. ber.

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Teaching /
Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids
- Take a month and
ask them to tell you an
event.
- Let them tell you
when does the rainy or
dry season start.

Demonstrate how Pupils will be Pupils in groups should Ruler, tape

to measure using able to be able to measure the rule balance.
standard unit of measure any length of books width of
length and length and windows using a ruler or
weight. weight of a tape rule.
objects in the
Measurement classroom. Pupils in groups should
Ruler, tape
Standard of be able to weight items
rule
Week 11-12 length and like stone, books, chalk,
weight box or lunch bell using a
simple balance.

Pupils in groups will be

given objects like sticks,
desks, classroom floor to
measure and after to
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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids
predict the distance of
the corridor, given their a
classroom to head
teacher’s office, check to
their home of the nearest
shop.

Pupils in groups will be

given different shades to
find the area of by
covering it with templates
like leaves, match boxes, Leavers,
bottle top, then they match boxes,
should count the number bottle tops.
of leaves or match boxes
or bottle tops will give
them the area they use
squared paper to
measure the areas of
shapes then count the
square.

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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids
DIAGRAM

Recognize the Pupils will Teacher will bring Currency

currency notes. describe the specimen of the different roles of Le
currency notes currency notes and 2,000; Le
Le 1,000; Le organize a shopping 5,000, Le
2,000; Le centre with used articles 10,000.
5,000; Le from the pupils ask the
10,000. pupils to identify the
different notes.

Week 13 Money
Combine two notes and
let them buy from the
shopping Centre and
explain to you how much it
costs and what is the
change.

Combine 3 small notes

and give the total.

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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

Add and subtract Pupils will be Let pupils pretend to shop Currency Le
manually up to able to add and add to find the total 1,000; Le
Le 10,000. and subtract cost then subtract from 2,000; Le
currency. the money at hand e.g. 5,000; Le
Money
cost of sugar is Le 1,000; 10,000.
if you have Le 5,000
notes what is the
change?

Draw plane Pupils will Show the class the

shapes of recognize and different between square
rectangle cuboids draw them. and rectangle that when
squares. you put a alter on a corner
Geometry
Plane figures is a square, but with a
Week 11-12 rectangle it is different.

Diagram

List the number Pupils will Demonstration to the Empty tins,

Properties of
of faces with identify the pupils to draw the boxes funnel
plane figures
edges. different shapes according

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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids
number of to their pictures. Let them shapes of
edges faces. use flat faces of tins to trainable.
draw angles bring
specimen of triangle.

Empty tins,
boxes funnel
Let the pupils count from triangle
the object to find out how
many faces, edges and
vertical (corner) area in
each object.

Collect recorded Pupils will be Let pupils in groups collect Draw charts
displaying able to collect information e.g. the showing
Statistic information. major materials numbers who like coke, pictogram
Bar chart and and represent fanta, vimto, mangos, bind bar
Week 11-12 pictogram object picture orange, lemons they charts.
and bar chart. should count them., then
use pictures to represent
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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids
people. Draw bars to
represent thirteen number
of people,

Calculate the 1. Pupils will Let pupils represent the Sticks,

value of a give the numbers using bundles of abacus, place
numeral in a correct stick to represent ten then value chart.
number up t4 value of a 10 groups of ten sticks
digit numbers numeral each to represent ten tens
based on (100) ten groups of
its place in hundred studies to
a number represent 1,000 and then
Play value
Number and e.g. 2728 to represent ten thousand
renaming and
numeration the two 2s (10,000) let their use
expanding
have abacus and are value
Week 11-12 numbers u to 4
different chart.
digit
values.

Let them use place value

chart to expand numbers.
E.g. 3452 is three
thousand, four hundred
and fifty two

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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

3452 = 3 thousand *

+ 4 hundred *

+ 5 Tens +

+ 2 ones

3452 = 3000 + 400 + 50 +

2

1. List multiples Pupils would Put the hundred (10 x 10) Chart 10 x 10
be able to do chart pinned up on the
2. Multiple up to 3 multiplication bound, let pupils shade
digits numbers of number in different colours for
Multiples and of by whole word problems. multiples of 2, 3, 4…9,
numbers numbers

[[
Extend multiplication to 4
3. Identify types of
digits numbers.
fractions.

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Teaching /
Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

Pupils will be
able to solve
fractional Using shading of parts to
problems how the meaning of
numerator and Strips of
denominator. paper cut outs
of deferent
fractions e.g.
Halves thirds,
Using cut-outs to fourth fifths
show different
types of fraction
and let pupils be
able to find out
that ½ = 2/4 , ¼
=2/8, 1/3 = 2/6

Added and Pupils will be Extend the activities used Abacus place
Operations on subtract up to 4- able to solve in primary three by solving value chart
whole numbers Addition and
digit numbers word problems story problems from additive
subtraction
Week 13 without renaming. and becomes everyday situation in chards.
up to 4 - digits pupils announcement.

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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

E.g. If 4031 girls and 2643

boys are in a city how
many Pupils are there.

By the end of the Pupils will be Use problems that will Place value
Operation on week pupils will able to solve involves renaming ones chart.
whole numbers Addition and be able to add harder as tens, tens as hundred.
subtraction and subtract up to problems in Also hundred as tens, tens
Week 13 4 – digit numbers story form. as ones.
with renaming.

Pupils to multiply Let pupils be Let pupils use the Multiplication

2 and 3 digit able to find expanded form to first to chart of tables
numbers by 2 product of multiple numbers e.g. 2 to 9
digit number story problems
Operation on without and while using their
whole numbers renaming. environment
Multiplication 342 x6 = (300 + 40 +2) x 6
Week 13
= 1800+ 240 + 12

= 2052.

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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

Then you can guide them

to work on the board
together the long
multiplication method.
Encourage students to
study their tables

Pupils multiply Pupils will be Let pupils use cut out of Cut outs of
fraction by whole able to solve fractions to show the fractions.
number problem meaning of multiply.
involving
fraction and
whole numbers
Multiplication of Using repeated addition
Operation on e.g. 1/3 x 4 = 1/3 + 1/3 +
fraction with
fraction same den
1/3, 2/3 x 3 = 2/3 +
Week 13 numerator by
whole numbers 2/5 + 2/5

When the cut out are place

to setter they can be
added.

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Teaching /
Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids

Enable pupils add Let pupils be Revise adding and Cut outs of
and subtract able to add and subtraction of fraction with rectangular or
fractions with subtract same denominator using circular
different different types fractional parts using shapes in
denominators of fractions equivalent fraction to halves thirds
rename fractions with fourths fifty’s.
different denominators as
fractions with same
Operation on denominator before adding
fraction Addition and or subtracting e.g.
subtraction
Week 13

½ + 1/3 = 3/6 + 2/6 = 5/6

4/5–½ = 8/10–5/10 = 3/10

Standard length Enable pupils to Let pupils Let pupils measure the Revelers, tape
Measurement
–inches fact 1. convert yards represent the length of their desk in rules, strings

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Theme / Learning Teaching / Learning
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Activities
Aids
Week 13 yards weight to fact feet to units in different units e.g. in
pounds ounces. different ways inches, feet yards.
inches or e.g. 6 yards in Balances or
fact and also in scales objects
verse inches. to be weight
Let pupil’s weight different like stones,
items in groups and record books shoe.
the weight in ounces and
2. Convert pounds.
pounds to
ounces or
ounces to
pounds.

Enable pupils to Pupils will be Let pupil’s measures Flash cards

express: able to different objects to find the solving the
measure length and weight. Put relationship
1. Yards in feet. objects in them in groups so that between units.
Expressing 2. Feet in inches different units they can express in/ yards
standard units in 3. Pounds as of length and 3 feet or 36 inches. Also
Measurement
term of other ounces Weight 2yards 1 foot as 7 feet or 3
units. feet 5 inches as 41 inches.

Let them weigh in pounds

and express as ounces
e.g. 2 inches or 3203

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 Class IV: Environmental Studies

Class IV: Environmental Studies, Term: 1 and 2 Syllabus

Teaching /
Theme / Learning Suggested Teaching /
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Learning Activities
Aids

Pupils should At the end of the Pupils collect plants in the Different
be able to lesson, pupils environment and bring to class. kinds of
identify plants should identify plants
in the parts of a plant The class is divided into groups
environment and classify their and are asked to classify the Diagrams
Home and and name the uses. plant is used for food, medicine and charts
Plants used as
Family Living parts or shelter. of the main
shelter, food
Pupils should be part of a
and medicine
Week 1 Pupils should able to plant
be able to demonstrate how
classify plants these parts are
used as food, used e.g.,
medicine, potatoes leaves
and shelter
Home and Learners should Pupils use the plants from Leaves,
Pupils should
Family Living Leaves, stems, be able to previous class, separate the parts pictures of
be able to
roots and their classify leaves and classify their uses. broom,
identify the
uses as: timber fruit,
parts of the
Week 2 etc.
plant and

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 Class IV: Environmental Studies, Term: 1 and 2 Syllabus
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Theme / Learning Suggested Teaching /
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Learning Activities
Aids

how they are - Food, Pupils bring leaf and identify is

useful to Man medicine, parts.
shelter.
Pupils bring in yam, cassava,
broomsticks, and potato leaves
Stem as:

- Food,
medicine,
shelter.

- Some plants
not useful to
man

Classify common - Pupils bring the following Sugar, salt,

Identification - Common - - name and substance using
of common items to class: water,
powder list common their sense of
substances. - Powder, salts, sugar, charcoal, charcoal,
(solids). powder and smell sight touch. chalk, dust sand, ashes. chalk, tins,
- Common liquids in the
Week 3
liquids. environment. - Express sample - Liquids water, cooking oil palm stoppers,
description of oil alcohol etc. kerosene,
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 Class IV: Environmental Studies, Term: 1 and 2 Syllabus
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Theme / Learning Suggested Teaching /
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Learning Activities
Aids

- Common - Identify solids, definite - In groups pupils observe and flour jars,
gasses. common shape and list the power (solids) and stick, clock,
powder and colour. liquids. alcohol,
liquids using - Liquids no - Teacher guards the pupils in:- sassman
their sense of definite shape a) M9xing powder with rubber.
smell sight size volume water.
touch. etc. b) Mixing water and other
- Observe, - Sources and liquids.
state and list uses of common - Class discuss and write
the result gasses. observation in a tauter form.
when powder
mixes with Example:
water. Label Water of Water of
- Water and substances recognizing

liquids. A Sugar Colour-

white

Smell –
none

Touch -
rough

B Kerosene Colour-
white

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 Class IV: Environmental Studies, Term: 1 and 2 Syllabus
Teaching /
Theme / Learning Suggested Teaching /
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Learning Activities
Aids

Smell –
yes

Use simple In groups, pupils mix and Source of

heat.
- Pupils can: methods to separate powder and water
i) List down separate mixtures. - Filter
different mixtures. paper or
- Teacher and pupils separate
methods cotton
these mixtures using n the
of wool.
different methods.
separating - Can relate these
- Methods of
mixtures. methods to - Tins,
Separating separating - Class write the uses of these
mixtures. everyday life in piece of
common ii) Name and methods in the everyday life of
discuss the community . sedimentation in brewing of tea cloth,
substances.
- Uses of practical or coffee. sieve,
Week 4 these application of - Sedimentation covers
methods in methods of in brewing tea. and
everyday life. separating tunnels.
- Filtration - Evaporation in producing self
mixtures in from salt water (Newton).
the sedimentation
community. decontamination - Charts
for preparing - Pupils note down the steps showing
- water for safe used in each method. steps
drinking. i) Filtration involved
ii) Sedimentation in each
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 Class IV: Environmental Studies, Term: 1 and 2 Syllabus
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Theme / Learning Suggested Teaching /
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Learning Activities
Aids

iii) Evaporation method

iv) Separating funnel or
v) Hand picking. process.

i) Pupils to - Pupils can Salt, sugar,

note i) Explain what changes mean. candle,
explain and
changes in group materials paper
materials ii) Examples of changes in wood.
to Temporary
and list natures.
changes.
types of a) Atmospheric changes . Show dried
changes in leaves
- I) changes in - Can Identify b) Seasonal changes sulphur
Chemical each.
material. physical nails
and physical c) Weather changes.
- Properties of changes new
changes in Observe and
material substances Palm wine
material note some
before and form chemical
changes in Source of
Week 5-6 after temperature changes new iii) Pupils heat samples of
substances form heat
heating. in some material and observe their
materials continue.
. state, colour, shapes.
when - Compare materials before and Places to
heated. - Effect of heat on after heating. In groups visit
substances. observe materials and
tabulate. Local shop,
ii) Classify industry
changes as
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 Class IV: Environmental Studies, Term: 1 and 2 Syllabus
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Theme / Learning Suggested Teaching /
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Learning Activities
Aids

physical or Materials Before After Charcoal

chemical Heating Heating
changes. Foo-foo
Water Liquid Steam processing
-
Black smith
Candle Solid Liquid shop.
Sugar Solid liquid

- Feeding in - Pupils name - Classify which Pupils name and list other food - Various
man various foods food are eaten items eaten by man. food items
eaten by raw, fried, in the
Demonstrate how each food
man. baked, cooked. community
named is eaten that is cooked,
Excretion in - Can different baked etc. including
man. - Discuss how uses of food - Group different foods into five fruits.
Feeding and
each food is e.g. foods for classes of food.
excretion in
man eaten that is energy. i) Carbon hydrates.
either raw, - For growth and ii) Proteins -Diagram of
Week 7 fried, cooked, repair of the iii) Fats and oils chart
baked etc. body. iv) Vitamins showing the
- Fighting disease v) Minerals salt with digestive
germs. examples of each food. tract of man.
- Name and - Importance of Draw and explain the
identify parts the parts of the absorption of food and
body used for elimination unwanted
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Theme / Learning Suggested Teaching /
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Learning Activities
Aids

of the body, feeding and food from the body

used for excretion. system.
feeding and
digestion. DIAGRAM
-

- Name and
state
unwanted
materials
removed from
the bodies
and how the
body get rid
of unwanted
materials.
Sources of light - Identify Can name and Class gives examples of
list sources of Matches
Light and some sources of light;
- Production of light. torchlight
Electricity sources of
light from light in the a) Burns materials. Candle
batteries How to produce b) Sun , moon, others stop
Week 8 environment.
from bulbs light using a c) Insects (firefly) how to Bulbs
- How to
and batteries. simple circuit. produce light using a simple
produce light
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 Class IV: Environmental Studies, Term: 1 and 2 Syllabus
Teaching /
Theme / Learning Suggested Teaching /
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Learning Activities
Aids

- Making from bulb and Can justify that circuits wire that is batteries Batteries
simple batteries. light travels in a and bulb noting the positions and bulbs
circuits to - Demonstrate straight line. positive + ve of the battery. holders
produce light. how light Write and explain the meaning wire
Can explain why of the following.
- Uses of light. travels.
some object 1. Reflection Three
- - List some
cost shadows 2. Refraction pieces of
uses of light
and other do 3. Transparent equal card
in the
not. 4. Opaque. boards with
community
holes in
- Identify why
the middle ,
some object
sheets of
is that cost
glass or
shadows and
transparent
others do not.
materials
opaque
objects.

Screen

Sources of
light.

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 Class IV: Environmental Studies, Term: 1 and 2 Syllabus
Teaching /
Theme / Learning Suggested Teaching /
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Learning Activities
Aids

Objects of
- Pupils to Can indicate the different
state the - Pupils carry different loads on weights,
i) factor to long poles,
importance their heads , hands to
known length of
of weight, compare weight.
different wire or
pivot (fukra) - Carrying poles on their
weight of string,
position of shoulders with loads handing
Factors object in the balancing
load from at the end of the poles.
involved in community. loads or
Balancing and banking that is pivot. - Class discuss to bring out the
ii) Can boards,
weighting - Indicate the importance of furan or pivot;
sea-saw. differentiate
factor to a) Load metre rule
Week 8 loads in the
b) Balancing balance b) Distance of load from the
community Bamboo
and unknown pivot.
iii)Can construct cane
weighing. weight using - Demonstrate the construction of
see-saw to
knowledge. a see-saw split into
determine
Gift. - Let pupils construct a see-saw halves nails,
unknown
- Categorize and use it to determine knife
weight.
loads as light unknown weight. hammer,
and heavy. piece of
timer.

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 Class IV: Environmental Studies, Term: 1 and 2 Syllabus
Teaching /
Theme / Learning Suggested Teaching /
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Learning Activities
Aids

- Pupils can
describe the
effect of
soaking
different Vanguard
types of Can describe the or
paper in different textures cardboard
- Pupils brings discard papers empty
water. of papers.
Change in - Effect of average. carton old
- Identify and
materials water on Can produce - Discuss length of time for news paper
indicate
paper. different items of different papers to soak.
Week 9 which strip of Discarded
- use for - Explain the effect of soaking
paper exercise
decoration. different papers in water.
soaked more books,
in water. water empty
- State some tins.
uses or
paper
soaked in
water.

- Processes - Name and list Demonstrate - Pupils / apply heat in some of

Property of that result in processes the materials collected . Candle,
these
material the that loads to - Make a list of indigenous cloths,
processes:
formation of the formation industries in the community
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 Class IV: Environmental Studies, Term: 1 and 2 Syllabus
Teaching /
Theme / Learning Suggested Teaching /
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Learning Activities
Aids

before and new of new - Burning - Soap industry Charts /

after heating materials materials. - Heating - Gar dyeing diagram
- Identify the - Fermentation - Black smiting specimen of
Week 10
everyday - Dist liaison to - Identify the processes involved wood /
applications produce e.g. cheered oil,
of these certain i. Charcoal production black soap
processes in material in the burring of wood to form local gin
the community like charcoal cassava
community. charcoal, ii. Foo-foo production organic.
- Visit a local soap, alcohol grating , tying and fermentation.
industry foo-foo - Class visit local
community. industry in the
community.

- - various - Pupils can Vanguard

- Pupils brings different colours
colours in the identify the Pupils can or
and things with colours to
community. various select colours to cardboard
class.
Change in - Colours of colour. produce another empty
colours - Pupils combine two or more
the rainbow. - Can colour. carton old
colours and then show the
- Primary and categorize news paper
Week 11 - Help in making result.
secondary the different
gara plus - Distinguish the rainbow colours Discarded
colours. colours.
production. into primary and secondary exercise
- Natural - Name and
colours. books,
colours in list certain
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Teaching /
Theme / Learning Suggested Teaching /
Topic Objective Learning
Concept Outcome Learning Activities
Aids

certain things with - Can practice Primary Secondary water empty

things. natural painting colour colour tins.
- colours. /making .
- Design of Red, blue, Orange,
certain things. yellow green,
indigo,
violet

- List things with natural colours.

Frog, kola, cocoa, beetle, bird,

cow, maize, goat, sugarcane,
mango, banana, orange, flowers.

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 Class IV: Social Studies

At the end of the year pupils will be able to identify how their communities vary (that is chiefdom, districts, provinces

western area)in size and have various features and factions that work and develop these communities.

In the text I have amended Western to a capital W but you may wish to leave it as lower case

Should Chiefdom have a capital C?

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 TERM 1: CHANGES TERM 2: CHANGE

1. Different sites /location size changes, population

distribution of our chiefdom, district, province, Western 1. Difference and changes in the physical features of
area. our chiefdom etc.
2. Changes in occupational activities relating to the
2. Change in information about the origin and stories of main physical features.
our chiefdom etc.
TERM 1: SERVICES TERM 2: SEVICES
1. Social service in our community that is chiefdom 1. Economic activities and other services of the people in
districts province, Western area. the community, farming, agriculture, animal rearing,
services in trading in the area.
2. Importance and features of the social services that is 2. Services in manufacturing agricultural and other local
water, banking, electricity, co-operative, thrift and industries in the chiefdom, district, province, Western
traditional savings area.
TERM 1: COMMUNICATION TERM 2: COMMUNICATION
1. Road links in the area e.g. links of agricultural area
and towns.
1. The importance of communication and information
2. Transportation of goods and services.
2. The importance of information media of radio,
3. Means of communication for different purpose in the
Teacher, newspaper, post office.
area e.g. in trade relations between individual and
groups of people.
TERM 1: HEALTHY ENVIORMENT TERM 2: HEALTHY ENVIORMENT
1. Maintaining clean and healthy chiefdom district-
province- western area e.g. individual effort and bye-
1. Care of our natural resource –renewable and non-
laws for the environment.
renewable.
2. Responsibilities of individuals and groups to ensure
2. Advantages and disadvantages or living in the area –
clean and health environment maintenance of public
chiefdom district etc.
places.

TERM 1: GROUPS TERM 2: GROUPS

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 1. Groups of prominent personalities and their
1. Different group of people in our chiefdom, district
contributions.
etc.
2. Organisation and function of administration in our
2. Population composition in the chiefdom, district etc.
chiefdom etc.
3. The benefits that group members derive.
3. How the council committee is organized.
TERM 1: CUSTOMS AND TRDITIONS TERM 2: CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
1. Customs relating to religious and traditional
1. Customs pertaining to language, greeting and institution
respect for authority. 2. Customs and traditions with respect to cultural
festivals in the chiefdom, district. etc.

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 Class IV: Social Studies

Class IV: Social Studies, Term: 1 Syllabus

Teaching
Suggested Teaching /
Theme Topic Objective Learning Outcome and Learning
Learning Activity
Aid
 Let pupils name
their different places
Pupils to identify of birth
 Let pupils select
1. Can indicate
1. The location and discus how to
district, provinces, Chart
of our village locate some of
western area in showing map
in relation to these places using
the cardinal point of Sierra
neighbouring the cardinal points.
Location and Leone
villages using  Let pupils use a
size of our 2. Know the total indicating
cardinal point. map to point out the
Changes 1. Chiefdom number of Province and
district, province
chiefdoms in District.
2. Indicate the and western area in
Week 1 2. Provinces Sierra Leone 149
location and Sierra Leone.
Western Chart
area.
size of our
3. Can use a map  Draw a table showing the
village, town, showing the number
and interpret the number of
district and of chiefdoms in
location and sizes chiefdoms in
provinces in each district in
of districts, each district.
Western area Western area also
provinces.
giving an estimate
of size for each
district and western
area.
Populations  Pupils can Pupils can make a Charts
Changes  Let pupils name the
distribution of calculate the survey in the showing the
district in Sierra
our chiefdoms, total number community on 14 districts
Week 2 Leone
district of people in  Number of people and the
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 Class IV: Social Studies, Term: 1 Syllabus
Teaching
Suggested Teaching /
Theme Topic Objective Learning Outcome and Learning
Learning Activity
Aid
Province,  Chiefdoms  Number of streets  Let pupils discuss approximate
Western area.  District or lanes why some areas are progress of
 Province  Why some other densely populated people in
 Western areas are densely  Teacher guides the each district.
area. populated. Pupils pupils to give
 Importance’s can compare the approximate figure
of population population district for people in each
distributions. by district. district.
 Pupils can define  Class illustrates in
what is school how census
census. is done in Sierra
Leone
 Teacher explains
the meaning of
 census

a. Birth and death

b. Political distribution
of people in
chiefdoms.
c. Should these all be
bullet points or all
sequential letters?
 Districts.
 Provinces
 Western area
Rural and Urban.

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 Class IV: Social Studies, Term: 1 Syllabus
Teaching
Suggested Teaching /
Theme Topic Objective Learning Outcome and Learning
Learning Activity
Aid
Put pupils in groups and
let them name the
social services in the Local map of
area. the province
and district.
Let pupils list the
sources or providers of Province
List the social the named services charts
services in the e.g., water, Osusu showing list of
area, chiefdom . social
Pupils will be able to
Social services district Let the pupils explain services in
name the social
in our  Name the importance and the chiefdom
services in the area
Service chiefdom, sources and funding of social and district.
and state the
Week 3 districts, provider of he services in chiefdom
important function
province services and districts. Samples of
and funding of the
Western area. discuss the terms used in
social services.
importance of Let pupils play the role the process of
social of different jobs like social
services. teaching, bank services e.g.
management, Osusu papers.
collector, nursing and Thermometer,
doctor. chalk, pay
voucher,
Let pupils discuss its police station
function and how it is
funded.

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 Class IV: Social Studies, Term: 1 Syllabus
Teaching
Suggested Teaching /
Theme Topic Objective Learning Outcome and Learning
Learning Activity
Aid
Communication The importance Name a Pupils will be able to Ask the pupils to tell you Examples of
of traditional means tell the importance of the importance of traditional
communicating of communication communication- communication and the methods-
information mention the types of kinds of communication horns, bell
communication when that is passed on when drum.
certain objects are the following are used
used. horn drums, bell, Example of
modern methods like modern
Pupils will be able to radio and T.V methods-
differentiate between telephone,
traditional media and Let the pupils name newspapers,
modern media information media used letter, radio
to pass information mobile, radio,
within or across the Teacher,
chiefdom, district, newspapers.
province and Western
area.

Let them classify them

under the headings of
traditional and modern
methods
Let them role play using
the phone, radio and
reading from
newspapers

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 Class IV: Social Studies, Term: 1 Syllabus
Teaching
Suggested Teaching /
Theme Topic Objective Learning Outcome and Learning
Learning Activity
Aid
Put pupils in groups and
let them discus ways Furniture of
Pupils will list
that are used to clean home and
different ways to
the furniture, wall, floor school
Maintaining a Describe how to prepare a healthy
and other items at
clean and clean the home
home.
healthy home. furniture and
other terms in the
Let them also describe
home and
the cleaning of the
compound.
compound.
Brooms,
Maintaining
Healthy Let pupils discuss ways dustbin.
clean and Pupils will be able to
environment to clean the chiefdom
healthy plan how to make
and the district or
chiefdom, Identify ways their environment
Week 5-8 Western area as a
district. they can helps healthy
whole e.g. in groups of
cleaners clean
the different areas.
the environment.
They should have
special times that the
cleaning must be done.
Chart
Introduction of
Let pupils decides on showing list of
by laws. Develop by-laws Pupils will be able to
by-laws that should be by-laws about
produce by-laws for
created for people who the chiefdom
the different offences.
do not keep the or district.
environment clean.
Healthy Responsibilities Name their own Pupils will be able to Let the members in Tools used
environment of individual responsibilities explain how to they groups and discuss how for sweeping,
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Teaching
Suggested Teaching /
Theme Topic Objective Learning Outcome and Learning
Learning Activity
Aid
and groups to and that of their will clean their home they as individuals and cleaning,
Week 9 ensure clean groups to keep and keep public collectively as members weeding, for
and healthy the environment places clean. of the family or gardening,
environment clean. household clean the soap, surf,
house and the towel and
compound. brushes.

Let them explain how

public places like
cleaning of the school
furniture floor and
compound are kept
clean.

Let them talk about the

importance of keeping
places and the
environment clean and
obeying the by-laws.
Identify the ethnic Charts of
Let pupils list the Let pupils name and list
groups in Sierra ethnic groups
Different different ethnic the different ethnic
Leone in Sierra
Groups groups of groups in the groups in Sierra Leone
Leone
people in our community - Classified the
- Can easily classify
Week 10 – Chiefdoms - Districts and groups into
the groups into Charts
– Districts. Chiefdoms. a. Political groups
political social etc. showing
b. Social groups
activities of
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Teaching
Suggested Teaching /
Theme Topic Objective Learning Outcome and Learning
Learning Activity
Aid
- Pupils to - Can identify the c. Religious groups named ethnic
identify some activities carried and economic groups.
of their out by certain groups.
beliefs,-cultural groups in the
and traditional districts. - Let pupils name the
ethnic groups that is
most common in
each provinces.

- Let pupils identify

certain jobs that are
predominantly
(mainly)done by
certain groups –for
example Lomba
should this be in the
numbered list?

1. Palm wine
tapping
2. Sharbro- fishing
3. Trading – Temne
4. Discuss the
customs and
tradition on :
a. Marriage
b. Farming
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Teaching
Suggested Teaching /
Theme Topic Objective Learning Outcome and Learning
Learning Activity
Aid
c. Religious
d. Societies
Custom and Customs and Explain the Pupils with be able to Let the pupils discuss in Pictures of
traditions tradition acceptable ways explain the customs, groups the customs and pupils
pertaining to of using traditions and traditions that are greeting and
language and language- greetings and ways acceptable in the talking to
respect. greetings and to show respect for chiefdom or area. elderly person
showing respect elders and authority showing how
for authority in in their community. Let them explain the the customs
the community ways how different permit them.
members greet and
show respect to their
parents, strangers etc.

Let them role play how

elders and those in
authority in the
community or area are
greeted and respected.
They can explain in the
different languages how
the greetings are done.

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Learning Suggested Teaching / Teaching and
Theme Topic Objective
Outcome Learning Activity Learning Aid
Pupils to inset and
name and different
Classify main
physical features
physical
of the chiefdom.
features
- Describe the
- Changes in Map of the
work people
weather chiefdom
Difference and have done in
and the Sketching and inserting district Atlas
changes in the different
seasons, main physical region Chart showing
physical physical
occupations Discussion of the work farming
features. regions
Change of the done in different physical calendar
people regions.
Occupational - Explain the
Week 1-2 - changes in Flash cards of
activities reasons for
growth and Dramatizing activities various social
relating to the changes in
kinds of during the farming services and
main physical farm work at
plants of calendar. people at work
features. different times
different in the
of the year.
seasons environment.
reasons for
- Relate the
changes for
primary
inform
calendar to the
work.
physical
changes.
Economic 1. Economic
To help Pupils to 1. Most people prefer to
Services activities and activities are
know the live in certain urban? Textbook
other services carried out in
economic activities areas rather than rural Visual Aids
Week 3 of the people in almost every
in the community. areas.
the community community.
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Learning Suggested Teaching / Teaching and
Theme Topic Objective
Outcome Learning Activity Learning Aid
eg. Farming, To help Pupils These are 2. Facilities such as jobs,
agriculture, identify economic farming, education and trade
animal rearing, activities and the agriculture, services are more
services of benefit for the trading and profitable than in rural
trading in the community. other areas because of urban
area. activities that population.
will help the 3. Although not much
population farming activity is done
stay in the in urban areas yet the
community. rural community will
Without supply the urban
economic community
activities 4. The urban community
areas will be supplies manufacturing
a sparsely goods to the rural areas
populated. Education is more
This is what advanced in the urban
happens in areas than the rural
the rural because of certain
area. Urban economic facilities in the
areas are urban area.
more 5. Acts of vandalism are
populated more common in the
than rural urban area than the
because of rural. Pupils should be
economic able to explain, identify
facilities. and discuss the
economic activities.

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Learning Suggested Teaching / Teaching and
Theme Topic Objective
Outcome Learning Activity Learning Aid
Manufacturing Name the Economic Discussion of occupations Charts
Services in
in agricultural economic activities activities such and services of the people. showing
manufacturing
and other of the people. as farming, Field trip to local industries. economic
agriculture
industries in Explain that the weaving mat Assignment to list services activities
industries
the chiefdom. economic activities baskets, soap goods produced locally and
are determined by making, gara goods for sale.
Week 4
physical features. dyeing etc,
There are
different types Pupils should be able to
of identify the systems of
communications transferring goods from the
in areas of rural to urban areas and
agriculture. urban to rural areas for Wall maps of
Pupils should People use manufacturing goods. Sierra Leone,
Communication
identify the vehicles, some Areas across rulers?, boats Chart of
Communication in road links of
different systems walk, mobile with mapping, sketching survey of
agricultural
of communication phones systems and insertion. village town
Week 5 areas and
in agricultural etc. population
towns
areas or towns To travel with There are other means of Plan of
products from transferring goods such as chiefdom.
the urban or locally made transport like
rural areas omolankay, people carrying
vehicles must the foods on their head,
be used for fast labourers
movement
Means of List traditional and Means of Discussing and listing of : Telephone,
Communication
communication modern means of communication a. Some traditional letters,
for different communication for for trading using means- horn, drums, telegrams
Week 6
purpose different purposes. signs and bell, town cries. etc. flute, horns,
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Learning Suggested Teaching / Teaching and
Theme Topic Objective
Outcome Learning Activity Learning Aid
symbols, b. Modern means e.g. bell, mobile
State different adverts, Radio, telephone, phones etc.
ways people diagrams, and mobile phones etc.
interact on pictures.
particular Role –play of good
occasions. ways to communicate.
Care of our Name our natural Pupils will be Explain what natural Collection of
natural resource able to name a resources are and let the samples of
resources lot of our natural pupils name our natural plants and
resources resources eg. diamond, animals, food
gold, bauxite, fish, cacao, stuff, birds,
palm oil, coffee, ginger, fish, crab,
cassava. granite.
Pictures of
Distinguish our Categorize the Let pupils classify things minerals e.g.
natural resources into They will be that are natural and things diamond, and
Healthy
resources into renewable able to classify which are made. gold.
environment
renewable and resource e.g. all natural Let them name natural
non-renewable Forest, water, resources into things which reproduce
Week 7-9
animal, fish, non- renewable and themselves e.g. forest,
renewable e.g. non-renewable. water, animals, fish.
mineral. Natural things which do not
reproduce themselves e.g.
Minerals.

Advantages Name the Let them discus the good Chart showing
and advantages and things (advantages about the good
disadvantages disadvantages of Pupils will be staying in a particular area things and
of living in the living in the area. able to discuss another
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Learning Suggested Teaching / Teaching and
Theme Topic Objective
Outcome Learning Activity Learning Aid
area eg. the advantages and the disadvantages showing the
Chiefdom, and about living in that area. bad things.
district. disadvantages
of living in and
area.
Groups of Pupils to identify Discussing and listing Photographs,
prominent prominent pioneers and prominent pictures of
personalities personalities and persons including : pioneers,
and their their contribution  Sir Milton Margai charts
contribution in their districts,  Sieka Stevens showing
chiefdom and  Sengbe Pieh activities of
province.  Maadem Yoko named
 Bai Bureh prominent
 Ella Koblo Gulama persons.
Groups
List and discuss  Dr Davidson Nicol Picture of a
Organization the fraction of tree diagram
Week 9-11
and fraction of government in the State some of the of the
administration chiefdoms, fraction of government administrative
our Chiefdom. districts, provinces in districts, chiefdom structures of
etc. provinces in: chiefdom and
the district.
a. Education

b. Health services

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Learning Suggested Teaching / Teaching and
Theme Topic Objective
Outcome Learning Activity Learning Aid
c. Roads and
communications

 Sketching a tree
diagram of
a. The chiefdom council
b. The district council
 Categorize the
functions of:
a. paramount chief
b. Section chief, village
head man.

Explain the cultural festivals

Picture of
Pupils should celebrated each year. Let
group dancers
be able to talk pupils role play and do the
With respect to celebrating a
Identify the about cultural dance by the elders each
cultural cultural
exclusive cultural festivals and do year.
festivals in the festival.
festivals in their some of their
chiefdom,
Customs and chiefdom. dancing.
district and Drums and
tradition Invite a resource persons
Western area. any other local
from the school or the
musical
Week 12 chiefdom to give a talk on
The need for instrument
Explain the needs Pupils will be
such festivals
for such festivals able to describe a. Cultural festivals in
in the
in the chiefdoms the cultural our chiefdom
chiefdoms
festival and the b. The need for such
need for them. festivals.

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Learning Suggested Teaching / Teaching and
Theme Topic Objective
Outcome Learning Activity Learning Aid
Pupils summarize the main Sample of
points of the talk as a special clothes
follow-upe.g need for usually worn
festivals pertaining to at cultural
festival in the
a. Secret societies chiefdom
b. Farming
c. Fishing
d. Security of the
chiefdom.

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