​​​​​​​​​Level III -Beginning Reading

(Words, simple sentences, poems and short stories)

​​Duration: One year

Students in Level III will learn to

Read simple text in Punjabi

Write a simple essay about themselves

Develop a good base in vocabulary, including counting up to 50

Materials:

1. Modern Punjabi-1 and 2

2. The Stepping Stones Vocabulary Book- 1 and 2

3. Colors poster4. Counting Poster

Suggested Instructional Activities: In 45-50 minutes, you should be able to;

1. Start the day with one lesson in the Vocabulary Book-1. Ask the students to read, and memorize the words. Students may work in pairs to practice the words. Assign to write each word 2-3 times for homework. Students may want to draw pictures and label them with the words that are learned in today's lesson.

2. Read a lesson from Modern Punjabi-1. Teach the meanings of words and reading by reading to them first, then asking them to read aloud. Read the same story 2-3 times to build fluency.

3. Use 2-3 weeks to teach the colors of the rainbow. Practice the names of the colors in writing, coloring and clothes that the students wear.

4. After finishing the colors, start teaching counting using the number poster. Students should be able to say the Punjabi word for each number and also recognize the Gurmukhi numbers. Teach 5-10 numbers each week. Assign the number writing for homework. Students may make little counting books with objects in the house. How many family members, how many pairs of shoes, T-shirts, pants, suits, bangles, books, pencils etc. they have in their home?

5. Play some vocabulary games. Rhyming words, words with the same meanings, writing nouns with three adjectives etc. For example iF~lI - ib~lI; sohxI-mohxI; cMgI, ipAwrI, in~GI mMmI.

6. Create a Punjabi Dictionary with the words they are learning.

7. Discuss the seasons, festivals associated with each season, the months they come in etc. Ask students to write these names. They may do a report on one festival.

8. Homework for Punjabi should be assigned for about half an hour in the week. It could be copying a paragraph from the book, writing meanings of difficult words, writing answers to questions in the story read in the class, or writing a story or an essay on a topic of your or their choice.

9. Keep contact with the parents, and keep a record of the students' performance and progress in your Teacher Record Book.


Curriculum                                                                                                                                                    Level IV - Intermediate Reading