Basic Curriculum for Year 1/Year 1 ADVANCED

Oral Expression and vocabulary

1. Basic Greetings: Understanding and using common greetings such as “Good morning,” “Hello,” “Good evening,” and questions about oneself.
2. Simple Instructions: Responding to basic instructions like “Come here,” “Sit down,” and “Stand up.”
3. Daily Routines: Vocabulary related to school life and common activities (e.g., listening games).
4. Simple Questions: Understanding and answering questions about personal information, family, and school environment.
5. Sounds and Letters: Recognizing the sounds of the 24 letters and phonemes in the Greek language through music and games.
6. Vocabulary: Understanding basic vocabulary related to colours, fruits, foods, numbers, animals, and family members.
7. Storytelling: Following and understanding simple stories accompanied by visual aids and live narration.
8. Understanding Songs: Grasping the meaning of simple songs accompanied by movements and visuals.

Listening / Speaking

1. Experimentation with Sounds: Through songs, rhymes, rhythmic poems, and tongue twisters, students enhance their understanding and practice of pronunciation in the Greek language.
2. Singing and Rhythmic Poems: Students learn to sing and recite poems in Greek and engage in the dramatization of songs.
3. Simple Communication: Students learn to interact in basic social situations with greetings, thanks, and introductions.
4. School Routines: They participate in themes related to the days of the week, the weather, and other routines of school life.
5. Use of Vocabulary: Students use and recognize vocabulary that has been taught, including colours, fruits, animals, and classroom objects.
6. Simple Questions: They ask and answer questions about topics they have learned, such as name, age, and favourites.
7. Connecting Sentences: They learn to connect sentences using the conjunctions “and” and “but.”

Reading

1. Positive Attitude Towards Books: Students are encouraged to express a positive attitude towards Greek books and reading/storytelling activities through storytelling and creating drawings or books inspired by the stories.
2. Recognition of Their Name: Students should recognize the written form of their names using cards and games.
3. Distinguishing Alphabets: They need to differentiate between the Greek alphabet and the Latin alphabet through categorization activities and collages.
4. Rhythm in Speech: Students should recognize rhythm in speech through rhyming fairy tales and rhythmic poems.
5. Written Form of Basic Words: They should be able to recognize the written form of basic vocabulary that has been taught and engage in various vocabulary games.
6. Understanding Written Language: Students should gain a basic understanding of the functions of written language, such as the use of punctuation, uppercase letters, and accents.
7. Knowledge of the Alphabet Letters: They should recognize the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet, including their lowercase and uppercase forms.
8. Sounds of Letters: Students need to articulate the sounds of the letters and recognize their combinations, such as diphthongs and consonants.
9. Decoding Words: They should be able to decode words and very short sentences using techniques and games that focus on correct pronunciation and accentuation.

Writing / Spelling

1. Writing the Letters of the Alphabet: Students should write the letters of the Greek alphabet correctly, in a legible manner and the correct direction. Activities include using alphabet books, games, and creating letters with play dough.
2. Correct Writing of Common Words: They need to write simple, frequently used words and create electronic or printed dictionaries.
3. Stress Marks on Words: Students will learn to correctly accent words, with activities focused on visualizing the stress and games related to stress.
4. Writing Words with Diphthongs: They should write words containing diphthongs and vowels by copying and filling in gaps.
5. Copying Short Sentences: They must be able to accurately copy short sentences, paying attention to the spacing between words, punctuation, and the correct order.
6. Constructing Simple Sentences and Questions: Students will learn to write simple sentences and questions using models and scrambled words.
7. Using Punctuation Marks: They will be taught to use uppercase letters at the beginning and periods or question marks at the end of sentences.
8. Writing Short Paragraphs: Finally, students will learn to write small paragraphs (2-3 sentences) using appropriate grammar and spelling.

Culture/History

• Review how we celebrate name days, October 28, Christmas, March 25, April 1, Easter
• History and Religion based activities (role-plays, songs, crafts)
• Learn the Lord’s prayer in Greek (Πάτερ ημών)