English Elementary (L1)

Week A

I can…

• talk about what I do everyday
• talk about my free time
• make positive and negative sentences using present simple
• understand and make questions using present simple
• understand and use adverbs of frequency
• tell the time and talk about times and dates
• talk about things I like and dislike
• count in English
• use capital letters, commas, apostrophes and full stops

Week B

I can…

• talk about travelling and visiting new places
• talk about my home and places in a town
• use there is/there are/it has got
• say where things are (in, at, on, under)
• understand and give simple instructions
• talk about what people can and can’t do
• greet people
• ask for directions and help
• talk about countries and nationalities
• use a dictionary

Week C

I can…

• talk about myself and my family
• talk about my past and my friends
• make positive and negative sentences using past simple (including be and can)
• use subject and object pronouns ( I / me, he / him )
• use the possessive ‘s’
• use possessive pronouns/adjectives (my / mine, your / yours etc.)
• ask and answer simple wh- questions
• talk about people from other countries
• describe people
• pronounce -ed endings
• read for general understanding

Week D

I can…

• talk about buying and giving
• describe clothes and possessions
• talk about things that are happening now
• use have got to make positive and negative sentences and questions.
• identify and understand the difference between countable and uncountable nouns
• use and understand some/any
• ask and answer questions using how much/many?
• use and understand this, that, these and those
• understand and talk about prices
• understand the rules of ‘ing’ spelling

Week E

I can…

• talk about my education and my future plans
• talk about jobs and hobbies
• use can/can’t, must/mustn’t and have to/don’t have to, to ask for something and say what we have to do
• talk about the future using will and going to
• understand and use irregular verbs in the past
• use linking words (and, but, so, because)
• understand and use classroom language
• identify syllables in a word and where the stress is
• listen for general understanding

Week F

I can…

• talk about my body and different lifestyles
• talk about food and order food in a restaurant
• ask for something using want and would like to
• ask for things politely and make requests
• make comparisons using comparatives and superlatives
• give my opinions to describe things
• hear and make short and long vowel sounds
• record vocabulary