1. Pre-reading
Children will learn:2. While reading
There are two important skills that children will develop through reading stories:3. Post-reading
Children will:The guided lessons in Monkey Stories are divided into 3 levels, including Pre-K, Kindergarten and Grade 1. All activities in the lessons are tailored to age group and the language receptive ability of children, aligned with Common Core State Standard.
PRE-K
At this level, kids will learn the following skills:
- Distinguish colors, shapes, numbers and letters.
- Trace shapes, numbers and letters.
- Understand the correlation between numbers and quantity.
- Distinguish lower case and upper case letters.
- Use letters to form a single word.
- Learn simple and familiar vocabulary.
- Learn pronunciation.
Lesson overview
Lesson | Title | Topic | Vocabulary |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Colors | Colors | white, black, yellow, red |
2 | Shapes | Shapes | circle, square, rectangle, triangle |
3 | The number one | Numbers | squash, corn, carrot, potato |
4 | The number two | Numbers | duck, dog, pig, cow |
5 | The number three | Numbers | carrot, pumpkin, cucumber, onion |
KINDERGARTEN
At this level, kids will learn the following skills:
- Learn vocabulary in familiar topics.
- Learn pronunciation.
- Learn level-appropriate high frequency words.
- Learn simple sentence structures.
- Learn how to build a sentence by using topic-based vocabulary and high frequency words.
- Distinguish singular and plural nouns.
- Distinguish some adjectives that have opposite meanings.
- Distinguish some prepositions of place.
- Classify nouns into common groups.
- Read, comprehend and analyze a story.
- Learn how to connect knowledge from the story with that from real-life.
Lesson overview
Lesson | Title | Topic | Vocabulary | High frequency words |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Twinkle, twinkle traffic light | Color | traffic light, crossroad, stop, go, slow | |
2 | I paint | Color | fence, door, house, grass, paint | I, the |
3 | The city | Transportation | train, car, bike, taxi, bus | the, go |
4 | Bogged down | Transportation | jeep, police car, ambulance, truck | is, a, an |
5 | Belong to | Transportation | dumptruck, motorbike, bicycle, skateboard | to, it, and |
GRADE 1
At this level, kids will learn the following skills:
- Learn vocabulary in familiar topics.
- Learn pronunciation.
- Learn level-appropriate high frequency words .
- Learn more complex sentence structures.
- Learn how to form some common verbs in past simple tense.
- Classify nouns into advanced topics.
- Read, comprehend and analyze main points of a story.
- Learn how to put each scene of a story in the right order.
- Learn how to distinguish and summarize the story content.
- Learn how to connect knowledge from the story with that from real-life.
Lesson overview:
Lesson | Title | Topic | Vocabulary | High frequency words |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | At my grandpa’s house | Space at home | living room, garden | his, of, much |
2 | Can you find Kitty? | Space at home | storeroom, garage, bathroom, kitchen | like, find, can |
3 | Time to clean up | Actions | repair, mow, water, clean, wash | my, all, our |
4 | Guess the musical instrument | Musical instruments | guitar, trumpet, cymbals, vionlin | can, yes, well |
5 | Musical instruments | Musical instruments | guitar, drum, saxophone, flute, harmonice | to, it, and |
The guided lessons in Monkey Stories are divided into 3 levels, including Pre-K, Kindergarten and Grade 1. All activities in the lessons are tailored to age group and the language receptive ability of children, aligned with Common Core State Standard.
PRE-K
At this level, kids will learn the following skills:
- Distinguish colors, shapes, numbers and letters.
- Trace shapes, numbers and letters.
- Understand the correlation between numbers and quantity.
- Distinguish lower case and upper case letters.
- Use letters to form a single word.
- Learn simple and familiar vocabulary.
- Learn pronunciation.
Lesson overview
Lesson | Title | Topic | Vocabulary |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Colors | Colors | white, black, yellow, red |
2 | Shapes | Shapes | circle, square, rectangle, triangle |
3 | The number one | Numbers | squash, corn, carrot, potato |
4 | The number two | Numbers | duck, dog, pig, cow |
5 | The number three | Numbers | carrot, pumpkin, cucumber, onion |
KINDERGARTEN
At this level, kids will learn the following skills:
- Learn vocabulary in familiar topics.
- Learn pronunciation.
- Learn level-appropriate high frequency words.
- Learn simple sentence structures.
- Learn how to build a sentence by using topic-based vocabulary and high frequency words.
- Distinguish singular and plural nouns.
- Distinguish some adjectives that have opposite meanings.
- Distinguish some prepositions of place.
- Classify nouns into common groups.
- Read, comprehend and analyze a story.
- Learn how to connect knowledge from the story with that from real-life.
Lesson overview
Lesson | Title | Topic | Vocabulary | High frequency words |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Twinkle, twinkle traffic light | Color | traffic light, crossroad, stop, go, slow | |
2 | I paint | Color | fence, door, house, grass, paint | I, the |
3 | The city | Transportation | train, car, bike, taxi, bus | the, go |
4 | Bogged down | Transportation | jeep, police car, ambulance, truck | is, a, an |
5 | Belong to | Transportation | dumptruck, motorbike, bicycle, skateboard | to, it, and |
GRADE 1
At this level, kids will learn the following skills:
- Learn vocabulary in familiar topics.
- Learn pronunciation.
- Learn level-appropriate high frequency words .
- Learn more complex sentence structures.
- Learn how to form some common verbs in past simple tense.
- Classify nouns into advanced topics.
- Read, comprehend and analyze main points of a story.
- Learn how to put each scene of a story in the right order.
- Learn how to distinguish and summarize the story content.
- Learn how to connect knowledge from the story with that from real-life.
Lesson overview:
Lesson | Title | Topic | Vocabulary | High frequency words |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | At my grandpa’s house | Space at home | living room, garden | his, of, much |
2 | Can you find Kitty? | Space at home | storeroom, garage, bathroom, kitchen | like, find, can |
3 | Time to clean up | Actions | repair, mow, water, clean, wash | my, all, our |
4 | Guess the musical instrument | Musical instruments | guitar, trumpet, cymbals, vionlin | can, yes, well |
5 | Musical instruments | Musical instruments | guitar, drum, saxophone, flute, harmonice | to, it, and |
1. Pre-reading
Children will learn:2. While reading
There are two important skills that children will develop through reading stories:3. Post-reading
Children will:The guided lessons in Monkey Stories are divided into 3 levels, including Pre-K, Kindergarten and Grade 1. All activities in the lessons are tailored to age group and the language receptive ability of children, aligned with Common Core State Standard.
PRE-K
At this level, kids will learn the following skills:
- Distinguish colors, shapes, numbers and letters.
- Trace shapes, numbers and letters.
- Understand the correlation between numbers and quantity.
- Distinguish lower case and upper case letters.
- Use letters to form a single word.
- Learn simple and familiar vocabulary.
- Learn pronunciation.
Lesson overview
Lesson | Title | Topic | Vocabulary |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Colors | Colors | white, black, yellow, red |
2 | Shapes | Shapes | circle, square, rectangle, triangle |
3 | The number one | Numbers | squash, corn, carrot, potato |
4 | The number two | Numbers | duck, dog, pig, cow |
5 | The number three | Numbers | carrot, pumpkin, cucumber, onion |
KINDERGARTEN
At this level, kids will learn the following skills:
- Learn vocabulary in familiar topics.
- Learn pronunciation.
- Learn level-appropriate high frequency words.
- Learn simple sentence structures.
- Learn how to build a sentence by using topic-based vocabulary and high frequency words.
- Distinguish singular and plural nouns.
- Distinguish some adjectives that have opposite meanings.
- Distinguish some prepositions of place.
- Classify nouns into common groups.
- Read, comprehend and analyze a story.
- Learn how to connect knowledge from the story with that from real-life.
Lesson overview
Lesson | Title | Topic | Vocabulary | High frequency words |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Twinkle, twinkle traffic light | Color | traffic light, crossroad, stop, go, slow | |
2 | I paint | Color | fence, door, house, grass, paint | I, the |
3 | The city | Transportation | train, car, bike, taxi, bus | the, go |
4 | Bogged down | Transportation | jeep, police car, ambulance, truck | is, a, an |
5 | Belong to | Transportation | dumptruck, motorbike, bicycle, skateboard | to, it, and |
GRADE 1
At this level, kids will learn the following skills:
- Learn vocabulary in familiar topics.
- Learn pronunciation.
- Learn level-appropriate high frequency words .
- Learn more complex sentence structures.
- Learn how to form some common verbs in past simple tense.
- Classify nouns into advanced topics.
- Read, comprehend and analyze main points of a story.
- Learn how to put each scene of a story in the right order.
- Learn how to distinguish and summarize the story content.
- Learn how to connect knowledge from the story with that from real-life.
Lesson overview:
Lesson | Title | Topic | Vocabulary | High frequency words |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | At my grandpa’s house | Space at home | living room, garden | his, of, much |
2 | Can you find Kitty? | Space at home | storeroom, garage, bathroom, kitchen | like, find, can |
3 | Time to clean up | Actions | repair, mow, water, clean, wash | my, all, our |
4 | Guess the musical instrument | Musical instruments | guitar, trumpet, cymbals, vionlin | can, yes, well |
5 | Musical instruments | Musical instruments | guitar, drum, saxophone, flute, harmonice | to, it, and |
The guided lessons in Monkey Stories are divided into 3 levels, including Pre-K, Kindergarten and Grade 1. All activities in the lessons are tailored to age group and the language receptive ability of children, aligned with Common Core State Standard.
PRE-K
At this level, kids will learn the following skills:
- Distinguish colors, shapes, numbers and letters.
- Trace shapes, numbers and letters.
- Understand the correlation between numbers and quantity.
- Distinguish lower case and upper case letters.
- Use letters to form a single word.
- Learn simple and familiar vocabulary.
- Learn pronunciation.
Lesson overview
Lesson | Title | Topic | Vocabulary |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Colors | Colors | white, black, yellow, red |
2 | Shapes | Shapes | circle, square, rectangle, triangle |
3 | The number one | Numbers | squash, corn, carrot, potato |
4 | The number two | Numbers | duck, dog, pig, cow |
5 | The number three | Numbers | carrot, pumpkin, cucumber, onion |
KINDERGARTEN
At this level, kids will learn the following skills:
- Learn vocabulary in familiar topics.
- Learn pronunciation.
- Learn level-appropriate high frequency words.
- Learn simple sentence structures.
- Learn how to build a sentence by using topic-based vocabulary and high frequency words.
- Distinguish singular and plural nouns.
- Distinguish some adjectives that have opposite meanings.
- Distinguish some prepositions of place.
- Classify nouns into common groups.
- Read, comprehend and analyze a story.
- Learn how to connect knowledge from the story with that from real-life.
Lesson overview
Lesson | Title | Topic | Vocabulary | High frequency words |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Twinkle, twinkle traffic light | Color | traffic light, crossroad, stop, go, slow | |
2 | I paint | Color | fence, door, house, grass, paint | I, the |
3 | The city | Transportation | train, car, bike, taxi, bus | the, go |
4 | Bogged down | Transportation | jeep, police car, ambulance, truck | is, a, an |
5 | Belong to | Transportation | dumptruck, motorbike, bicycle, skateboard | to, it, and |
GRADE 1
At this level, kids will learn the following skills:
- Learn vocabulary in familiar topics.
- Learn pronunciation.
- Learn level-appropriate high frequency words .
- Learn more complex sentence structures.
- Learn how to form some common verbs in past simple tense.
- Classify nouns into advanced topics.
- Read, comprehend and analyze main points of a story.
- Learn how to put each scene of a story in the right order.
- Learn how to distinguish and summarize the story content.
- Learn how to connect knowledge from the story with that from real-life.
Lesson overview:
Lesson | Title | Topic | Vocabulary | High frequency words |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | At my grandpa’s house | Space at home | living room, garden | his, of, much |
2 | Can you find Kitty? | Space at home | storeroom, garage, bathroom, kitchen | like, find, can |
3 | Time to clean up | Actions | repair, mow, water, clean, wash | my, all, our |
4 | Guess the musical instrument | Musical instruments | guitar, trumpet, cymbals, vionlin | can, yes, well |
5 | Musical instruments | Musical instruments | guitar, drum, saxophone, flute, harmonice | to, it, and |