The broad objectives of language teaching and learning are to develop:
(a) listening skill: children listen to verbal and non-verbal cues in a non-linear way to comprehend and draw inferences.
(b) speaking skill: children develop effective communication skills and are able to hold meaningful conversation in a variety of situations. They engage in discussions in a logical, analytical and creative manner.
(c) reading skill: children develop the habit of independent reading and are able to construct meaning by drawing inferences and relating the text to their previous knowledge. They also develop the confidence of reading the text critically and asking questions while reading
(d) writing skill: Children develop the confidence to express thoughts effortlessly and in an organized manner. They follow the process approach to writing that enables them to write for a variety of purposes and situations, ranging from informal to formal.
Classes I & II
The Ladybird Read Aloud Series
Aesop’s Fables
Panchatantra Tales/ Karadi Tales
Jataka Tales
Adventures of Pinocchio
The Tale of Peter Rabbit – Beatrix Potter
Noddy Stories (with plenty of illustrations)
Grandfather Gandhi – Arun Gandhi
Stories such as Fantastic Mr. Fox
Horrid Henry – Francesca Simon
The Sheep – Pig : Dick King Smith
Class III
Stories by Ruskin Bond e.g. The Blue Umbrella, Grandfather’s Private Zoo
Finn Family Moomintroll – Tove Janssen
The Wizard of Oz – L. Frank Baum
The Borrowers by Mary Norton
The Water Babies – Charles Kingsley
Charlotte’s Web – E.B. White
The Wind in the Willows – Kenneth Graham
Roald Dahl’s Children’s Books (e.g. The Witches, Matilda etc.)
Heidi – Johanna Spyri
Daddy-Long-Legs – Jean Webster
Star stuff – Carl Sagan – Stephanie Suss Rison
Graphic novels: Amar Chitra Katha (To explore the world of historical and Mythological stories)
Truckers: The First Book of the Nomoes – Terry Pratchett
Class IV
Ruskin Bond’s Children’s Books
Feluda Stories – Satyajit Ray
Black Beauty – Anna Sewell
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass – Lewis Carroll
The Narnia Books – C.S. Lewis
The Adventures of Robin hood
Harry Potter Books by J.K. Rowling
Astrid Lindgren books ( Pippi Longstocking, Ronia the Robber’s daughter etc)
A.A. Milne (Winnie-the Pooh Books, Collections of poems for children)
The Railway Children – Edith Nesbit
Roald Dahl’s Children’s Books- (James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory etc.)
On a Beam of Light – Jennifer Berne ( Story of Albert Einstein)
Who was Helen Keller? – Gare Thompson
Graphic novels: Tin Tin series
Graphic novels: Amar Chitra Katha (To explore the world of historical and Mythological stories)
Class V
Rabindranath Tagore’s stories/poems such as Kabuliwala
Ruskin Bond Omnibus/ Stories for Children
Gulliver’s Travels – Swift (Abridged)
Peter and Wendy (Peter Pan) – J. M. Barrie
Adventures of Don Quixote (Abridged) – Miguel D Cervantes
A Little Princess/ The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson Bennett
Little Women – Louisa M. Alcott (Abridged)
Treasure Island – RL Stevenson
The call of the Wild – Jack London
Oliver Twist – Charles Dickens (Abridged)
David Copperfield – Charles Dickens (Abridged)
Robinson Crusoe – Daniel Defoe
The Three Musketeers – Alexandre Dumas
Graphic novels/ comics: Tin Tin
Graphic novels: Amar Chitra Katha (To explore the world of historical and Mythological stories)
Auto/biographies of great men such as Gandhi Ji, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Jawaharlal Nehru,
Nelson Mandela
The diary of Anne Frank/Zalata
Reading and Writing
Reading – aloud, silently and in a group
Word Wall
Vocabulary tree
Completing a story
Picture composition
Recording a process (How to make a sandwich, cover a book)
Book Talk
Illustrations of characters from texts
Simple comprehension – Seen and Unseen
Spell Check
Pictogram
Word search
Spot the differences
Word Games
Contribute to School magazine / Newsletter / Soft boards / Newspaper
