Class 2
Class 2
Class 2
- Cicero
Class II
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
City Montessori School, Lucknow MORAL EDUCATION:
1. To enable the students to develop good habits and character right from
Syllabus 2023 – 2024 childhood.
2. To enable the students to learn basic manners and etiquette.
3. To enable the students to know and practice certain values like caring, sharing,
Class II generosity, friendliness, thankfulness, cooperation etc. during their growing
years.
4. To enable them to appreciate the beauty of the creation and to be grateful to its
Page creator (God).
S.No. Subject
Number
ENGLISH:
1. Moral Education 3 1. To develop in pupils the ability to express themselves in intelligible and
acceptable forms of English.
2. To encourage fluent self-expression – in speech and writing.
2. English 5 3. To develop the habit of micro-skills of listening.
4. To develop the ability to read aloud intelligibly and to read silently with
understanding.
5. To form enduring reading habits and to extend the range of their ideas by the
3. Hindi 14 reading of factual and imaginative writing.
6. To enable the students to appreciate the literary work of various writers.
7. To enable the students to develop their phonetics, pronunciation and voice
4. Mathematics 17 modulation skills.
8. To develop an elegant cursive handwriting.
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES:
1. To help the children to understand the world they live in.
2. To develop the qualities of cooperation, generosity and sympathetic outlook.
3. To develop the love for nature, travels and knowledge about other countries.
4. To develop a scientific attitude in the learners.
5. To acquaint the children with the wonderful achievements of science
6. To provide basic knowledge of the things around us.
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MATHEMATICS: 4 August - God The Creator 14-17
1. To develop the skills in mathematical computations and calculations. Lion’s Footprints
2. To develop a scientific attitude to analyse any situation logically. Activity: Skit on Theme of ‘GOD is one, Religions are One’
3. To develop the ability of presenting a thought with exactness and brevity.
5 September - The Oneness of Mankind 18-23
4. To enable the pupils to put forth arguments when convinced about their
correctness without hesitation. Activity: Flower of One Garden (Page 23)
5. To help the child to appreciate the geometrical and symmetrical shapes of the REVISION
natural objects.
In addition, the following virtues should be discussed while explaining the
COMPUTATIONAL THINKING & ICT: chapter: Helpfulness, Manners, Courtesy, Obedience, Thankfulness, Sharing,
1. To develop logical and analytical thinking. Caring, Cooperation, Friendship, Peacefulness, Unity, High Aim / Perfection,
Courage, Perseverance, Will Power.
2. To enable the students to comprehend the concepts and practices of computer
studies. Note:
3. To help the students to comprehend and to apply the fundamental concepts. 1. Project – Children will not maintain any Project file or scrapbook for written
work. Oral expression on virtues – During the Prayer Assembly.
4. To develop the detailed insight of applications of computer.
2. Co-operative Games – Two games minimum will be mastered by each child
5. To develop the ability to solve problems using both structured and modular every month.
approach. 3. Flowers of One Garden, CMS song book, prayer book to be carried to the
6. To create an awareness of ethical issues related to computing. prayer assembly by every child.
7. To appreciate the implications of computer in contemporary society. 4. Students are allowed to make use of crayons or colour pencils for colouring
the prescribed pictures in their textbook.
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ENGLISH 29
Opposites and Similars
(Grammar, Composition and Comprehension) (from the given list)
`MARCH – SEPTEMBER 30 Comprehension (Notebook)
Serial JANUARY - FEBRUARY
Name of the Topic 31 Homophones (from the given list)
Number
MARCH – MAY 32 Picture Composition (Notebook)
1 The Alphabet (Introduction of the Phonic Sounds) 33 Conversation (Show and Tell)
2 Nouns (The Naming Words) Revision
3 Proper and Common Nouns
4 Countable and Uncountable Nouns Please note:
5 Picture Composition (Notebook) 1. During continuous assessments the grammar topics taught in the previous
months may also be assessed for 2 marks.
6 Comprehension
2. All grammar topics to be taught through stories, comprehension passages,
7 Conversation (Show and Tell)
poems, songs, etc. Skill based exercises should be taken up.
JULY 3. The teachers may refer to ‘Anytime English Grammar and Composition-2
8 Singular and Plural (Candid – Happy Time Series)’ to give additional practice for the prescribed
Personal Pronouns grammar topics.
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Use of Me, Us, You, Him, Her, Them, It 4. Comprehension and Composition should be reflected in the language notebook.
10 Composition (Notebook) A separate notebook for ‘Creative Writing’ is not required.
11 Comprehension 5. Conversation may be practised with the learners throughout the year.
AUGUST
12 Adjectives: Describing Words OPPOSITES
13 Verbs (Doing Words) 1. absent present 6. top bottom
14 Use of Is, Am, Are 2. hard soft 7. dead alive
15 Picture Composition (Notebook)
3. friend enemy 8. open shut / close
SEPTEMBER
4. easy difficult 9. cheap expensive
16 Use of Was, Were
17 Have / Has 5. love hate 10. joy sorrow
18 Had Note: More words can be taken up from the Fitzroy Readers along with the above list.
19 Articles: A, An, The SIMILARS
20 Comprehension
Revision 1. strong powerful 6. easy simple
OCTOBER – FEBRUARY 2. old ancient 7. injure hurt
OCTOBER 3. big huge 8. quiet calm
21 Prepositions 4. mistake error 9. victory success
22 Conjunctions 5. reply answer 10. end finish
23 Composition (Notebook)
NOVEMBER HOMOPHONES
24 The Sentence 1. right write 6. one won
25 Parts of a Sentence 2. tail tale 7. hear here
26 Punctuation
3. hair hare 8. blue blew
27 Comprehension
4. sun son 9. know no
DECEMBER
28 Adverbs 5. new knew 10. deer dear
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Primary Children’s Reading Programme 10. The Swing - Poem (Oral)
We all know the value of reading. Reading involves the recognition of words and the Revision
understanding of their meaning. The more a child reads, the more it enriches
vocabulary, feeds imagination and improves written and spoken expression. Indeed,
since English is a second language for us, reading is a wonderful way to immerse our TERM II
children in the language. Immersion, as we know, is how we all learnt as toddlers and
OCTOBER – FEBRUARY
little children.
Serial Story
Salient Features of the Reading Programme Name of the Lesson Page
Number Number
To encourage the reading habit, the children are provided with a set of selected October
storybooks as part of the class library. 11. 27 Tabitha and Thug 101-120
The children may be allowed to read their own books in addition to those provided as
12. The Moon - Poem (Oral)
part of the class library.
The school library may also be used as a repository of some good books. November
Students can keep a record of the books read in the pages provided in the school 13. 26 The Eight Frogs and the Snake 81-100
diary. 14. I Let My Sister Cut My Hair - Poem (Oral)
Children can be encouraged by rewarding them on the basis of the number of books December
read.
15. 28 Love 121-136
ENGLISH 16. 29 The Owl and the Clown 137-152
(Fitzroy Reading Programme) 17. The Balloon Man - Poem (Oral)
Name of the Textbooks: 1. Fitzroy Readers Stories 21-30 January
2. Fitzroy Word Skills – 3 18. 23 The Girls and the Ball 33-48
Author: Faye Berryman & Philip O’ Carroll Good Morning Merry Sunshine - Poem
19.
Publisher: Saar Publication Pvt. Ltd. (Oral)
TERM I February
MARCH – SEPTEMBER 20. 30 Jessica 153-172
Serial Story Revision
Name of the Lesson Page
Number Number
Please note:
March – May
1. Dictation to be taken from Fitzroy Intervention Worksheets and Fitzroy
1. Intervention Worksheets Readers.
2. God Made Them All - Poem (Oral) 2. Paragraph Dictation should be conducted from the second term.
July 3. No Dictation to be conducted from the supplementary reader.
3. Revision of Intervention worksheets 4. The learners will also be assessed on the following components:
4. 21 The Woodpecker and the Tugboat 1-16 Reading - 5 marks (any age appropriate passage and NOT from
5. Timothy Boon - Poem (Oral) the Fitzroy Readers)
Dictation - 5 marks
August
Handwriting - 1 mark
6. 22 The Rabbit Wants a Carrot 17-32
Recitation - 5 marks (any prescribed poem)
7. Where Go The Boats - Poem (Oral) 5. The exercises in the Word Skills Book related to the chapters of the Fitzroy
September Readers should be taken as and when the lessons are taught.
8. 24 The Cat, the Dog and the Vet 49-64 6. The learners should be encouraged to read the stories on their own.
9. 25 Tom and Ben 65-80 7. No guided reading should be done.
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8. A separate notebook for English Literature needs to be maintained in which The purple headed mountain,
word-meanings, dictation, question-answers and sentence making exercise The river running by,
should be reflected. The sunset and the morning,
9. Songs from ‘Melodies in Rhymes’ should be taken up every month. That brightens up the sky;
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Over the seas,
Up to the moon, The Moon
Swift as you please!
And, oh, I forget, Oh! Look at the moon,
They have not come down yet! She is shining up there,
Oh! Mother, she looks
- Ivy O. Eastwick Like a lamp in the air.
Up in the air and over the wall, She clipped some bald spots here and there.
Till I can see so wide, She whacked the sides a little.
Rivers and trees and cattle and all And then she shaved a three-inch stripe
Over the countryside— directly down the middle.
Till I look down on the garden green, She chopped some sections super short,
Down on the roof so brown— left others long and wild,
Up in the air I go flying again, then shaved one eyebrow off before
Up in the air and down!
she looked at me and smiled.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
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I don’t think that I’ll let her Who wait and watch for me.
give me haircuts anymore.
Or maybe I’ll just wait a while; I shine upon the little birds
at least until she’s four. And flowers on my way,
And then I come back overhead
- Kenn Nesbitt To shine upon you today.
- Anonymous
The Balloon Man
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October August
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December
OCTOBER – FEBRUARY
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January
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February
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January
2. ,sls Fks gekjs iwoZt &2
(Term I & Term II) 4 dSjecksMZ 35
Authors: 1. _rq flag 8 ,sls Fks gekjs iwoZt & foØekfnR; 51
2. d`".k xksiky vkfcn February
Publishers: 1. fdMy oYMZ ifCyds'kUl 8 jktsUnz ckcw ¼ekSf[kd½ 64
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TERM I REVISION
MARCH – SEPTEMBER
Chapter
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Name of the Topic Page TERM I TERM II
Number
March – May i`"B 1 & 14 i`"B 15 & 24
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11 VksVks vkSj ekseks 85
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July
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djok;k tk;sxkA November
10. 10 Division 44-58 Paper Tiles
MATHEMATICS December
Name of the Textbook: SMILE MATHS 2 11. 11 Time and Calendar 59-73 Clock model, Calendar
(Part A and Part B)
Publisher: SAAR Education (I) Pvt. Ltd. January
Dice, Real objects, 2D
TERM I 12. 12 Shapes and Patterns 74-88
and 3D shapes
MARCH – SEPTEMBER
February
Serial Chapter Hands-on apparatus
Name of the Chapter Page 13. 13 Handling Data 89-100 Toys, Real objects
Number No. that may be used
REVISION
March – May
Dice, Unifix cubes, Mental Maths: Tables of 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10*
Numbers and 1. *Tables should be done orally in the class on a regular basis.
1. 1 1-26 Cups and Beans,
Numerals upto 99
Number cards 2. Book of Tables (Future Kids Publications Pvt. Ltd.):
Adding Numbers upto Unifix cubes, Ice cream Relevant pages of the book may be done as per the prescribed syllabus for
2. 2 27-48 both the terms.
99 Using Tools sticks
July Note: No separate notebook needs to be maintained. All written work has to be
done in the prescribed Coursebook and the Workbook.
Subtracting Numbers Unifix cubes, Ice cream
3. 3 49-70
upto 99 Using Tools sticks
4. 4 Ordinal Numbers 71-78 Dice
August MENTAL MATHEMATICS (ORAL)
Numbers and Unifix cubes, Ice cream (Timed – Maths Drill)
5. 5 79-101 MARCH – SEPTEMBER
Numerals upto 999 sticks
Adding Numbers upto 102- Unifix cubes, Ice cream Hands-on
6. 6 Month Topics apparatus that
999 Using Tools 120 sticks
may be used
September
Numbers: Before, After, Between, Ordinal
Subtracting Numbers 121- Unifix cubes, Ice cream
7. 7 Numbers, Greater than, Equal to, Less than,
upto 999 Using Tools 137 sticks Dice, Unifix
Place Value, Face Value, Skip Counting, Even
REVISION and Odd Numbers cubes, Cups
March –
and Beans,
Mental Maths: Tables of 2, 3, 4 and 5* May Addition: Counting Forward, Simple 1 and 2 digit
Number cards,
addition (10+2, 4+5), Addition Facts (0, 1 and 10)
TERM II Ice cream sticks
Example: (5 + 0 = 5, 6 + 1 = 7, 5 +10 = 15)
OCTOBER – FEBRUARY Tables of 2 and 3.
Serial Chapter Hands-on apparatus Subtraction: Counting Backward, Simple 1 and 2
Name of the Chapter Page digit subtraction (20 – 10, 10 – 5), Subtraction Unifix cubes, Ice
Number No. that may be used July
Facts (5 – 0 = 5, 6 – 1 = 5, cream sticks
October
15 – 10 = 5), Table of 4.
Measurements: 1-20 Measuring tape, Ruler,
Multiplication: Repeated addition, Dodging
8. 8 Length, Mass and Beam balance, Weights August Dice
tables, Simple multiplication facts, Table of 5.
Capacity and Measuring cans
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Shapes: Identifying shapes, Giving real life 4 Caring and Sharing 24
2D and 3D
examples for the given shapes, Classifying 3D 7 Food We Eat* 45
September shapes and
shapes on the basis of faces, edges and corners,
Real objects 1 About Me* 7
Identifying the objects that roll or slide.
July
REVISION (Tables of 2, 3, 4 and 5)
5 Playing Games 31
OCTOBER – FEBRUARY 13 Neighbourhood Services* 93
Hands-on 14 Our Helpers We Need Them* 100
Month Topics apparatus that
may be used August
Division: Repeated subtraction, Equal grouping 8 Water 53
October Paper tiles
and equal sharing. 10 Clothes We Wear* 69
Time: Reading the clock, Differentiating between 12 Safety at Home And Outside 86
a.m. and p.m., quick questions related to calendar Clock model,
November September
(Days in a week, Months in a year, etc.), Seasons, Calendar
Tables of 6 and 7. 6 Festivals We Celebrate* 37
Measurement: Measuring the real objects using Measuring tape, 9 We Need Shelter 61
handspan, ruler and measuring tape, Units of Ruler, Beam 11 Air Around Us* 77
December length, weight and capacity, Differentiating balance,
between greater and smaller units, Concepts of Weights and Project: Clothes We Wear
heavier and lighter, Table of 8. Measuring cans REVISION
Data Handling: Quick questions based on Toys, Real
January
interpreting the pictograph. objects
TERM II
Dice, Real
Patterns: Identifying the unit of repeat in a given OCTOBER – FEBRUARY
February objects, 2D and
pattern, Tables of 9 and 10. Chapter
3D shapes Name of the Chapter Page
REVISION (Tables of 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10) Number
October
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 2 Plants Around Us 13
Name of the Textbook: ICSE Understanding Our Environment 3 Plants are Useful* 22
(Term I & Term II) November
Authors: Dr (Fr) Thomas T.O. CMI 7 Communication* 55
Ms Nalini Arora 9 Direction and Time 70
Publisher: Arya Book Depot
December
TERM I 4 Animals Around Us 29
MARCH – SEPTEMBER 5 Animals are Useful* 40
Chapter
Name of the Chapter Page January
Number
March – May 6 Our Transport System 47
3 Living in a Family 17 February
2 My Body Parts* 9 1 Cleanliness* 7
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8 Up Above the Sky 62 2 Using Word 15
Project: Transportation / Communication 11 Missing numbers 49
REVISION 12 Puzzle: Numbers in a grid 52
*The chapters are to be taken orally and no written work is expected for these August
chapters. 3 File System Usage 21
Written work for the other chapters may be done in the textbook itself. 9 Puzzle: Joining Dots – Thinking Ahead 43
Notebook will not be maintained. 10 Puzzle: Tic-Tac-Toe 46
GUIDELINES FOR PROJECT WORK September
1. Children have to make Project files or Scrap books. 17 Maps: Navigation-I 68
2. They can collect pictures, draw and paint or make a collage. 18 Maps: Navigation-II 71
3. They can be asked to explain their ideas in writing.
19 Directions 74
4. Children’s work can be graded according to neatness of presentation and
clarity of ideas. REVISION
5. The children can explain their projects orally in the class or in the School
Assembly. TERM II
OCTOBER – FEBRUARY
EVS IS A GRADED SUBJECT. Chapter
Name of the Chapter Page
Number
October
ART & CRAFT 5 Communication 30
Name of the Textbook: Colour Tech – Level - 2
6 Networking-I 33
Publisher: Glenkoan Publishing House
7 Networking-II 36
ART & CRAFT IS A GRADED SUBJECT. November
4 Using Paint 26
Monthly break-up of the syllabus may be done by the teachers at the 13 Making Rangoli: Basic Shapes 56
branch level. 14 Making Rangoli: Joining Shapes 59
December
COMPUTATIONAL THINKING & ICT 20 Stepwise thinking 77
Name of the Textbook: Coding Sandpit - 2 21 Introduction to Algorithms 80
22 Algorithms and Loops 83
Author: The Association for Computing
Machinery January
Publisher: Cambridge University Press 23 Understanding Programs 87
24 Programs: More Examples 90
TERM I February
MARCH – SEPTEMBER 16 Representing Information 65
Chapter 25 Programs: Sequence of Steps 93
Name of the Chapter Page
Number 26 Programs: Loops 98
March – May REVISION
8 Counting: Group of objects 40 Every month written work based on the pages prescribed may be done in the
1 Parts of a Computer: Input – Output Devices 10 notebooks.
15 Classifying Objects 62
NOTE: CONTINUOUS EVALUATION WILL BE THERE IN CLASSES I AND II.
July
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