Curriculum Map 2006-2007      

The Dwight School
Dutch Third Grade / Grade 3 (Primary Years Program)  

Content  Purpose/ Objectives  Activities/ Assessments  Resources 
Sep: Dutch Grade 3 
(Week 1, 3 Weeks)
Learning about Dutch culture.
PRINSJESDAG -(opening of the new session of the parliament by Queen Beatrix).
ETEN (food)-learn about different categories of food, typical Dutch food.
 

Learn the names of fruits, vegetables,meat, bread etc.
Learn about typical Dutch food for breakfast and dinner.
Learn nouns, verbs,adjectives in connection to that theme.
Grammar:conjunction with the word "en", voozetsels regarding place "naast,in".

 

Listening, writing, reading,and spelling exercises.
Watching the JEUGDJOURNAAL (Dutch news for kids) on the internet.
Role-play to order and serve food in a restaurant.
Enrichment worksheets.
Which food do we prefer?
Exercises using the verbs in the ik,jij, wij(I, you formal and informal,and we)form.
Test(written form)
 

"Horen Zien en Schrijven number 8"(Haagsch Onderwijscentrum)
"Veilig in Stappjes"(Zwijsen)
"Knipoog"(De Sikkel)
"Sleutelgat"(De Sikkel)
Vocabulary Builders (Backline Masters)
Het Werkwoord(Bekadidact)
Zelfstandig Spellen(Bekadidact)
Junior Zeist(Dijkstra Zeist)
Doe je mee(Didier)
Knoop het in je oren(Het Project Bureau)
Zin in Taal(Zwijsen)
Stenvertblok en Taalblok(Bekadidact)
Taal actief(Malmberg)
Internet

 


Oct: Dutch Grade 3 
(Week 4, 4 Weeks)
SCHOOL everything in it, people, things, activities.
Difference between the Dutch and the American school system.
 

Learn about all the people in a school
Learn about things you do at school.
Learn about things you use at school.
Grammar:
Question and answer,the place of the verb in a question and in an answer.
Personal pronouns plural we, you.
Plural Form of verbs.
Verbs with separable prefixes
The articles, demonstratives.
 

Listening, writing, reading,and spelling exercises.
Watching the JEUGDJOURNAAL (Dutch news for kids) on the internet
Role play being teacher and pupil.
Enrichment sheets.
Test(written form)
 

"Horen Zien en Schrijven number 9"(Haagsch Onderwijscentrum)
"Veilig in Stappjes"(Zwijsen)
"Knipoog"(De Sikkel)
"Sleutelgat"(De Sikkel)
Vocabulary Builders (Backline Masters)
Het Werkwoord(Bekadidact)
Zelfstandig Spellen(Bekadidact)
Junior Zeist(Dijkstra Zeist)
Doe je mee(Didier)
Knoop het in je oren(Het Project Bureau)
Zin in Taal(Zwijsen)
Stenvertblok en Taalblok(Bekadidact)
Taal actief(Malmberg)
Internet

 


Nov: Dutch Grade 3 
(Week 8, 5 Weeks)
IN HUIS (in the house)
Building vocabulary about things and rooms of the house.
Activities you do in the house.
Dutch culture and SINT MAARTEN
Dutch culture and SINTERKLAAS
 

Learn about the different rooms of a house and their use.
Learn about furniture in the rooms.
Learn about indoor activities.
Learn about Sint Maarten celebration and traditions in the Netherlands(on the 11th of November).
Learn about the event of Sinterklaas coming fom Spain to the Netherlands every year in November to stay until the 5th of December.
Grammar:
Possessive pronouns
Demonstratives
Changing questions into statements.
Opposites
 

Listening, writing, reading,and spelling exercises.
Learn a Sint Maarten song and decorate a lantern.
Watching the JEUGDJOURNAAL (Dutch news for kids) on the internet,"Intocht van Sinterklaas en zijn Zwarte Pieten"
Enrichment sheets.
Flash Cards and word search
Test

 

"Horen Zien en Schrijven number 10"(Haagsch Onderwijscentrum)
"Veilig in Stappjes"(Zwijsen)
"Knipoog"(De Sikkel)
"Sleutelgat"(De Sikkel)
Vocabulary Builders (Backline Masters)
Het Werkwoord(Bekadidact)
Zelfstandig Spellen(Bekadidact)
Junior Zeist(Dijkstra Zeist)
Doe je mee(Didier)
Knoop het in je oren(Het Project Bureau)
Zin in Taal(Zwijsen)
Stenvertblok en Taalblok(Bekadidact)
Taal actief(Malmberg)
Internet


 


Dec: Dutch Grade 3 
(Week 13, 3 Weeks)
Dutch culture:
Sinterklaas Surprises Gedichten (Sinterklaas,surprise packages and poems)
Special food during Sinterklaas time
Christmas in the Netherlands
KLEDING (clothing)
What kind of clothing one wears when.
How do you buy clothes.
 

Learn about the background of the Sint celebration
Learn de similarities and differences between Sint and Santa
Learn to write your own Sint poems in Dutch
Get to know Dutch food for Sinterklaas celebration
Learn nouns and verbs concerning shopping for clothes
Grammar:
Relative pronoun
Opposites
Construction of sentences (Order of words and place of adjectives)
Ordinal numbers



 

Listening, writing, reading,and spelling exercises.
Watching the JEUGDJOURNAAL (Dutch news for kids) on the internet
Making Dutch poems
Making marzipan figures
Learning Dutch songs about Sinterklaas
Celebrating Sinterklaas in the class
Word search and puzzles

 

"Horen Zien en Schrijven number 11"Haagsch Onderwijscentrum)
"Veilig in Stappjes"(Zwijsen)
"Knipoog"(De Sikkel)
"Sleutelgat"(De Sikkel)
Vocabulary Builders (Backline Masters)
Het Werkwoord(Bekadidact)
Zelfstandig Spellen(Bekadidact)
Junior Zeist(Dijkstra Zeist)
Doe je mee(Didier)
Knoop het in je oren(Het Project Bureau)
Zin in Taal(Zwijsen)
Stenvertblok en Taalblok(Bekadidact)
Taal actief(Malmberg)
Internet


 


Jan: Dutch Grade 3 
(Week 16, 4 Weeks)
KLEDING (clothing)
What kind of clothing one wears and when.
How do you buy clothes.
Is there a difference between the US and The Netherlands when it comes to clothing?
Het Koningshuis in the Netherlands
 

Learning about clothing articles for different seasons.
Learning about colors and sizes
Learning how to buy clothes and shoes,what questions to ask.
Grammar:
Adjective,use of the word "te"
Comparison
Relative pronoun
Opposites
Construction of sentences (Order of words and place of adjectives)
Ordinal numbers
Opposites
Plural for words finishing with -en, -er, -el.
 

Listening, writing, reading,and spelling exercises.
Watching the JEUGDJOURNAAL (Dutch news for kids) on the internet
Enrichment work sheets
Word searches
Role-play how to buy clothing or shoes
Test
 

"Horen Zien en Schrijven number 11"(Haagsch Onderwijscentrum)
"Veilig in Stappjes"(Zwijsen)
"Knipoog"(De Sikkel)
"Sleutelgat"(De Sikkel)
Vocabulary Builders (Backline Masters)
Het Werkwoord(Bekadidact)
Zelfstandig Spellen(Bekadidact)
Junior Zeist(Dijkstra Zeist)
Doe je mee(Didier)
Knoop het in je oren(Het Project Bureau)
Zin in Taal(Zwijsen)
Stenvertblok en Taalblok(Bekadidact)
Taal actief(Malmberg)
Internet

 


Feb: Dutch Grade 3 
(Week 20, 4 Weeks)
DIEREN (animals)
Animals on a farm,at home, in the zoo,wildlife.
Days of the week,months of a year.
 

Learn the house, the farm, and the animals living there
Learn about the zoo and wild animals in their natural habitat.
Learn verbs, adjectives,nouns that have to do with animals and their activities
Grammar:
Word construction(making a noun from an adjective and vice versa)
Plural forming for nouns not ending with -er,-en,-el
Units of measurements
 

Listening, writing, reading,and spelling exercises.
Watching the JEUGDJOURNAAL (Dutch news for kids) on the internet
Dutch school TV about animals(internet)
Bingo,puzzles, word searches
Enrichment sheets
Test
 

"Horen Zien en Schrijven number 12"(Haagsch Onderwijscentrum)
"Veilig in Stappjes"(Zwijsen)
"Knipoog"(De Sikkel)
"Sleutelgat"(De Sikkel)
Vocabulary Builders (Backline Masters)
Het Werkwoord(Bekadidact)
Zelfstandig Spellen(Bekadidact)
Junior Zeist(Dijkstra Zeist)
Doe je mee(Didier)
Knoop het in je oren(Het Project Bureau)
Zin in Taal(Zwijsen)
Stenvertblok en Taalblok(Bekadidact)
Taal actief(Malmberg)
Internet
Daily news for kids in Dutch

 


Mar: Dutch Grade 3 
(Week 24, 3 Weeks)
OPENBAAR VERVOER
Public transportation
Traffic and traffic rules

 

Learn about public transportation in general and specially how it works in The Netherlands
Learn vocabulary connected to it
Seasons and specific vocabulary for the four seasons
Grammar
Demonstrative adjectives
Prepositions
Connecting independent clauses


 

Listening, writing, reading,and spelling exercises.
Watching the JEUGDJOURNAAL (Dutch news for kids) on the internet
Dutch school TV (internet)
Bingo,puzzles, word searches
Role Play -using public transportation in The Netherlands
Enrichment sheets
Test
 

"Horen Zien en Schrijven number 13"(Haagsch Onderwijscentrum)
"Veilig in Stappjes"(Zwijsen)
"Knipoog"(De Sikkel)
"Sleutelgat"(De Sikkel)
Vocabulary Builders (Backline Masters)
Het Werkwoord(Bekadidact)
Zelfstandig Spellen(Bekadidact)
Junior Zeist(Dijkstra Zeist)
Doe je mee(Didier)
Knoop het in je oren(Het Project Bureau)
Zin in Taal(Zwijsen)
Stenvertblok en Taalblok(Bekadidact)
Taal actief(Malmberg)
Internet

 


Apr: Dutch Grade 3 
(Week 27, 3 Weeks)
LEKKER VRIJ
Leisure time and activities
Swimming Pool
Koninginnedag
 

Learn how children in the Netherlands spend their free time.
Learn vocabulary connected to leisure time inside and outside the house.
Learn about different materials things are made off.
Grammar:
Ordinals
Demonstrative adjectives
Adverbs
Verb and preposition combinations

 

Listening, writing, reading,and spelling exercises.
Watching the JEUGDJOURNAAL (Dutch news for kids) on the internet
Dutch school TV about swimming pools(internet)
Bingo,puzzles, word searches
Enrichment sheets
Celebrate Koninginnedag
Role Play buying a ticket to the pool
Role play
Test
 

"Horen Zien en Schrijven number 14"(Haagsch Onderwijscentrum)
"Veilig in Stappjes"(Zwijsen)
"Knipoog"(De Sikkel)
"Sleutelgat"(De Sikkel)
Vocabulary Builders (Backline Masters)
Het Werkwoord(Bekadidact)
Zelfstandig Spellen(Bekadidact)
Junior Zeist(Dijkstra Zeist)
Doe je mee(Didier)
Knoop het in je oren(Het Project Bureau)
Zin in Taal(Zwijsen)
Stenvertblok en Taalblok(Bekadidact)
Taal actief(Malmberg)
Internet

 


May: Dutch Grade 3 
(Week 30, 5 Weeks)
VRIENDEN (Friends)
Birthday celebrations in the Netherlands
Money- the Euro
IN DE WINKEL(In the Store)
Weight units in Dutch(ons,pond kilo)

 

Learn words that cover emotions in Dutch(houden van, ruzie maken,boos zijn,blij zijn etc.)
Learn about the money used in The Netherlands
The European Union
Different stores and what they sell, how shopping is different from shopping here
Prepositions in Dutch
Prefixes: -on,-mee
Conjunctions : en,of,
Opposites
Weight measurement in Dutch
Plural forming with -'s


 

Listening, writing, reading,and spelling exercises.
Watching the JEUGDJOURNAAL (Dutch news for kids) on the internet
Dutch school TV (internet)
Second Dutch astronout in Outer Space
Bingo,puzzles, word searches
Role Play - go to the baker,the butcher,the grocery store
Role Play - how to solve a quarrel
Test
 

"Horen Zien en Schrijven number 15 en 16(Haagsch Onderwijscentrum)
"Veilig in Stappjes"(Zwijsen)
"Knipoog"(De Sikkel)
"Sleutelgat"(De Sikkel)
Vocabulary Builders (Backline Masters)
Het Werkwoord(Bekadidact)
Zelfstandig Spellen(Bekadidact)
Junior Zeist(Dijkstra Zeist)
Doe je mee(Didier)
Knoop het in je oren(Het Project Bureau)
Zin in Taal(Zwijsen)
Stenvertblok en Taalblok(Bekadidact)
Taal actief(Malmberg)
Internet

 


Jun: Dutch Grade 3 
(Week 35, 2 Weeks)
IN DE WINKEL(In the Store)
Weight units in Dutch(ons,pond kilo)

 

Learn about the money used in The Netherlands
The European Union
Different stores and what they sell, how shopping is different from shopping here
Prepositions in Dutch
Prefixes: -on,-mee
Conjunctions : en,of,
Opposites
Weight measurement in Dutch
Plural forming with -'s


 

Listening, writing, reading,and spelling exercises.
Watching the JEUGDJOURNAAL (Dutch news for kids) on the internet
Dutch school TV (internet)
Bingo,puzzles, word searches
Role Play - go to the baker,the butcher,the grocery store
Pay with Euro and learn to count the change
 

"Horen Zien en Schrijven number 16(Haagsch Onderwijscentrum)
"Veilig in Stappjes"(Zwijsen)
"Knipoog"(De Sikkel)
"Sleutelgat"(De Sikkel)
Vocabulary Builders (Backline Masters)
Het Werkwoord(Bekadidact)
Zelfstandig Spellen(Bekadidact)
Junior Zeist(Dijkstra Zeist)
Doe je mee(Didier)
Knoop het in je oren(Het Project Bureau)
Zin in Taal(Zwijsen)
Stenvertblok en Taalblok(Bekadidact)
Taal actief(Malmberg)
Internet

 

Updated: Friday, January 05, 2007
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