Curriculum frame work for grade 5
Reading
Reading a personal introduction
a sample (text developed by the
teacher)
Owls in the family
The grey stone
Autobiography sample to be
given by a teacher (short one
accompanied by a reading
comprehension questions and
vocabulary exercise)
Reading a poem
The woodpeckers
I wish I had a dragon
I know an old lady who
swallowed a fly
Writing
Write personal introduction about
oneself. (Whats your name?
How old are you?/ where are you
from? Who do you live with?
How many people are there in
your family? What do you like to
do? What is your favourite food
or subject? What do you not like
to do? etc .)
Writing descriptive essay (using
clues given in the book/ the book
ask students to write an essay
with four paragraphs)
Writing a short diary entry or a
journal writing of a days
happening
Writing autobiography
Poetry writing: start with
rhyming poem (give rhyming
words to the students to starts and
also show how words rhyme in
the Poem The Woodpecker)
Grammar
Be verb and forms (is/am/are/
was/were) with pronoun agreement
Pronouns and their antecedent
agreement (various forms of
pronouns are to be talk and must
be worked out with the fill in the
blank exercises and worksheets)
Auxiliary verbs and main verbs
(identifying each types and
transforming sentence with
auxiliary verbs with main verb
only)
Past tense all aspects (irregular
verbs: most common ones fifty to
sixty)
Sentences types of sentences (use
and & but in writing)/use of full
stop and question mark.
Nouns and its types (proper nouns/
common nouns/ collective nouns)
(countable-uncountable/ singular-
plural)
Language function
Greeting and introducing
oneself
Describing things (birds and its
features)
Say sorry and expressing
sympathy
Telling events in ones life
Poetry recitation
Vocabulary
Greeting words: Hello, Good
morning, Good evening,
Good afternoon, good bye,
thank you!
Phrases with keep
And
Words describing birds its
boy features and characters
Common irregular verbs and
their past and past participle
form / Sympathy expressions
Synonym and antonym
Rhyming words (set of
rhyming words)

Reading and finding specific
information from a card/
Reading a chart, menu andmaps
and giving very short answer
The boy with a catapult
The story of fidgety Philip
poem
The invisible man
Shape poem with example to be
given from Unlocking the poet in
Every child- p89. Writing colour
poem can be included as many
know already.
Preparing invitation card and
writing a thank you note
Prepare menu or price list of
things
Write a short letter to a friend
inviting him or her at a particular
place giving direction and time.
Writing story using the frame
work. (beginning: setting time
and place introducing main
character and main problem/
leading storys body
Ending solving the problem or
showing change) Pictures series
can be used for preparation
Descriptive essay: describing a
person
Writing a cinquain
Narrative essay: a factual report
5Ws and 1H) are important here.
Sometimes you may focus on
four of them like
what/when/who/where
(The chief guest visited our
Articles ( a/an, the)
Preposition of location/ movement
and time
Reporting: Keeping direct speech
using quotation mark
(Show example from the text)
Adjectives and its types and forms
Reported speech: ..
Using because, because of and
giving reasons
Wh-questions (on factual report
you need 5ws and 1 H)
Expressing quantity and
price and time.
Scanning for information/
Giving direction/ telling location
Expressing wants (What do you
want? Do you want ..? I want
. (Reference Oxford Lets go
six)
Vocabulary developed in the
context
Narrating events/ story telling
Words describing a person
Built:
Hair:
General appearance:
Characters:
Describing a person Clothing:
Giving reasons
 school yesterday. She arrived at
our school at 10 o'clock in the
morning. Our headmaster
welcomed her.) This lesson Asking and giving information
should be done along with one of Talking about plans
the major event in our school.

Giving and following instruction

Ready for anything Writing instructions: how to Passive voice
make tea or how to draw
something (the teacher has to Words for appreciating
blend it with a listening lesson: others
you need to bring a project where
the students have to listen to you
and follow you to make
something interesting.)
After they have made it
appreciate them with
appreciation words and teach
how to used exclamation mark.
Can for ability Express ability
You cant be that Write what they can do and what
they cant do
Expressing condition
Republic of Nepal Conditionals Synonym and antonyms
Checking facts Write a formal letter form the text

Mythical creatures Suffixes (less/ ly)

(Extracting specific information Tag question
from the text)
I wish I had a dragon Future plan Future tense Talk about plan
Saved by a Dolphin Explain what you do day to day Present tense Expressing surprises Prefixes (un/im..)
Using exclamation

The Jealous courtiers Write a personal letter explain a Subject-predicate identification

 problem Subject-verb agreement

The sea- poem Making direct comparison Metaphor

(The sea is a hungry dog.)

Extra reading and book review

1. Charlie Chocolate Factory
2. The Giant Peach
3. Marvelous medicine