Sierra Leone Primary Class 2 Syllabus - English Language

This syllabus outlines the English Language curriculum for Primary Class 2 in Sierra Leone, covering three terms. It emphasizes a learner-centered approach, focusing on learning outcomes rather than rote memorization. The syllabus is structured around specific learning outcomes, recommended teaching styles, assessment methods, and learning resources. It encourages teachers to adapt the suggested content based on available resources and pupil backgrounds, with the ultimate goal of achieving the specified learning outcomes. The syllabus also promotes a stage-by-stage view of child development and learning, encouraging teachers to work together to prepare pupils for the next class level. National assessments at the end of each stage determine pupil readiness to progress.

Term 1

This term focuses on foundational language skills, including greetings, question formation, the alphabet, vowel sounds, word building, body parts, classroom objects, simple commands, pronouns, and colors.

Key Topics:

• Greetings: Identifying different periods of the day and using appropriate greetings.
• Question Formation: Recognizing and differentiating between asking and answering questions with proper intonation.
• Alphabet: Writing and recognizing upper and lowercase letters.
• Vowel Sounds: Identifying and pronouncing vowel sounds in words.
• Word Building: Building words with vowel sounds, double vowel sounds, and consonant blends.
• Vocabulary: Identifying and naming body parts and classroom objects.
• Simple Commands: Recognizing and responding to simple commands.
• Pronouns: Identifying and using simple pronouns.
• Colors: Identifying and naming colors.

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Term 2

Building upon the foundation of Term 1, this term introduces prepositions, adjectives, numbers (cardinal and ordinal), sentence structure (subject and predicate), concord, simple poems, colors, and the use of capital letters.

Key Topics:

• Revision: Review of Term 1 topics.
• Prepositions: Defining and using simple prepositions to show location.
• Adjectives: Defining, using, and comparing adjectives.
• Numbers: Identifying and using cardinal and ordinal numbers.
• Sentence Structure: Identifying subjects and predicates in sentences.
• Concord: Understanding and applying subject-verb agreement.
• Simple Poems: Reciting and understanding simple poems.
• Colors: Recognizing and naming colors.
• Capital Letters: Using capital letters for names of people, places, days of the week, and months of the year.

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Term 3

This term focuses on further developing language skills, including adverbs, articles, more complex poems, writing skills, simple present tense, telling time, and additional revision.

Key Topics:

• Revision: Review of Term 2 topics.
• Adverbs: Defining and using adverbs of manner.
• Articles: Identifying and using articles (a, an, the).
• Poems: Memorizing and understanding poems.
• Writing Skills: Practicing upper and lowercase letters and writing simple sentences.
• Simple Present Tense: Using the simple present tense to describe daily routines.
• Telling Time: Telling time using quarter past, half past, and o'clock.

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