Question 1

First

Accepted Answer

PROGRAM
The programming will be based on the linguistic skills and history of the individual student, and will take place through the following fields:
1. Knowledge of self and others: particular attention is given to affective, emotional and social development
2. Teaching of behavioral rules: rules of coexistence, rules of the game, the highway code
3. Development of oral language up to the first contact with the written language
4. Reading: figure recognition for reading images, vowels, consonants
5. Writing: graphisms, capital letters
6. Precalculus: sequence of numbers from 1 to 10, quantitative concept
7. Know and name: days of the week, months of the year, seasons
All this will be taught through playful exercises, nursery rhymes, readings, and songs.
 
TEXTBOOK
Word of mouth - 5 years, Giunti Editore (price included in the fee)

Question 2

First Elementary

Accepted Answer

PROGRAM
1. Start reading and writing
    • Vowels (learn to recognize them)
    • The alphabet: present the consonants, one by one by associating the initial letter of an object, then joining the vowel
    • The syllables: dictation of syllables
    • Writing words: first two syllables, then more difficult
    • Writing minimal sentences, with simple words
    • First spelling difficulties: digraphs gn-gl-sc, chi/che, ghi/ghe
    • Masculine and feminine Singular and plural
    • Introducing lowercase and uppercase italics
    • Use of capital letters: proper and common nouns
2. Oral expressionIn compliance with ministerial programs, particular attention will be paid to oral expression, to improve its correct use and expand the vocabulary.
    • The conversation will be contained in the simplest forms, on topics related to experience and will give the possibility of exchanging greetings, expressions of courtesy, common phrases, basic vocabulary and essential linguistic expressions
    • We will also recite nursery rhymes and easy poems
3. Topics
    • History: days of the week, months, seasons, anniversaries of the year before, now after, time that passes
    • Geography: where it is located, left and right, spatial relationships (open-closed, inside-outside), space and its functions (large-small, open-closed)
    • Sciences: senses and sensations (sight, hearing, smell, touch, taste), animals: identity card, trees: identity card, objects and materials
    • Mathematics: numbers from 1 to 20, differences, rhythms, quantities, sets
    • Family, friends, school, games
4. Tools
   1. Mobile alphabet book, textbooks, illustrations, computer, lined notebook
   2. Simple readings from textbooks
TEXTBOOK
Lago Blu 1, Giunti Editore (price included in the fee)

Question 3

Second Elementary

Accepted Answer

Reading, writing and reflections on language.
 
Spelling
 • The alphabet, vowels and consonants.
 • Review of italics.
 • Spelling difficulties and difficult sounds: GLI-LI, GN-NI, C/G soft and hard, SCA-SCO-SCU, SCI-SCE-SCIE, CU-QU-CQU.
 • The doubles.
 • The division into syllables.
 • The accent and the apostrophe.
 • Difference between and and è.
 • The use of H.
 • Punctuation.
 • Writing under dictation.
Lexicon
 • Synonyms and antonyms.
 • General and particular names.
Morphology
 • The name (proper and common, gender and number).
 • The articles (definite and indefinite).
 • The qualifying adjective.
 • The verb (the tense of the verbs (present, past, future), the verbs to be and to have).
Syntax
 • The phrase.
 • Subject and predicate.
Reading and analysis of different types of text (description, postcard, realistic and fantastic story, fairy tale and fable, poetic text).
Written composition (the description, the postcard, the realistic and fantastic story, the poem).
 
Oral comprehension and expression
In compliance with ministerial programs, particular attention will be dedicated to oral comprehension and expression, stimulating communicative exchanges in order to improve the correct use of the language and expand the vocabulary.
During the lessons, topics related to Italian traditions and culture will also be covered.
 
History and geography program for 2nd and 3rd grade classes
The history and geography program is divided into two modules to be carried out in alternate years. The subdivision was conceived in order to make the contents to be developed more homogeneous in a multi-class context.
 
History
 • Basic module (to be repeated every year)
    • Subdivision and measurement of time (hours, days, months, seasons, years, the clock and the calendar).
    • Placement of events on the time line.
    • Difference between HISTORY and PREHISTORY.
 • Module 1
    • The evolution of the earth.
    • The evolution of living beings.
 • Module 2
    • The Paleolithic.
    • The Neolithic.
Geography
 • Module 1
    • The characteristics of natural environments, their formation and identification on the physical map of Italy.
    • The mountain.
    • The hill.
    • The plain.
 • Module 2
    • The characteristics of natural environments, their formation and identification on the physical map of Italy.
    • The river.
    • the lake.
    • The sea.
 
TEXTBOOK AND NOTEBOOK
 • Lago Blu 2, Giunti Editore (price included in the fee)
 • 2nd grade lined notebook

Question 4

Third year

Accepted Answer

Reading, writing and reflections on language.
 
Spelling
 • Review of italics.
 • Review of spelling difficulties (difficult sounds).
 • The accent and the apostrophe.
 • Difference between and and è.
 • The use of H.
 • Use of punctuation.
 • Direct speech.
 • Writing under dictation.
Lexicon
 • Using the dictionary.
 • Polysemous words.
 • Synonyms and antonyms.
Morphology
 • The name (proper and common, genus and number, concrete and abstract, primitive and derived, altered, compound, collective).
 • The articles (definite and indefinite).
 • The qualifying adjective.
 • The verb (the persons of the verb, the three conjugations, the tense of the verbs (present, past, future), the various types of past tense (present perfect, imperfect, past perfect), the verbs to be and to have and their conjugations).
 • Conjunctions.
 • Simple prepositions.
Syntax
 • Minimum sentence and complex sentence.
 • Subject and predicate (verbal and nominal).
Reading and analysis of different types of text (description, letter, realistic and fantastic story, fairy tale, fable, legend, myth, poetic text, informative text, text regulatory).
 
Written composition (the description, the letter, the realistic and fantastic story, the poem, the summary).
 
Oral comprehension and expression
In compliance with ministerial programs, particular attention will be dedicated to oral comprehension and expression, stimulating communicative exchanges in order to improve the correct use of the language and expand the vocabulary.
During the lessons, topics related to Italian traditions and culture will also be covered.
 
History and geography program for 2nd and 3rd grade classes
The history and geography program is divided into two modules to be carried out in alternate years. The subdivision was conceived in order to make the contents to be developed more homogeneous in a multi-class context.
 
History
 
 • Basic module (to be repeated every year)
    • Subdivision and measurement of time (hours, days, months, seasons, years, the clock and the calendar).
    • Placement of events on the time line.
    • between HISTORY and PREHISTORY.
 • Module 1
    • The evolution of the earth.
    • The evolution of living beings.
 • Module 2
    • The Paleolithic.
    • The Neolithic.
 
Geography
 
 • Module 1
    • The characteristics of natural environments, their formation and identification on the physical map of Italy.
    • The mountain.
    • The hill.
    • The plain.
 • Module 2
    • The characteristics of natural environments, their formation and identification on the physical map of Italy.
    • The river.
    • the lake.
    • The sea.
 
TEXTBOOK AND NOTEBOOK
 • Lago Blu 3, Giunti Editore (price included in the fee)
 • 3rd grade lined notebook

Question 5

Fourth Grade

Accepted Answer

ITALIAN LANGUAGE - Linguistic reflections
Students will learn to understand and reflect on the linguistic forms and structures of communication.
 
Lexicon
 • The use of the dictionary
 • Homonyms, Synonyms and antonyms
 • Suffixes and prefixes
Morphology
 • The parts of speech
 • The name
 • The articles
 • The adjective
 • The pronoun
 • The verb
 • The auxiliaries
 • The indicative mood
 • The conjunction
 • The preposition
 • The adverb
 • The exclamation
Syntax
 • The subject
 • The predicate
 • The minimal sentence
 • The complements
 • The analysis
 
ITALIAN LANGUAGE - Reading, Writing, Comprehension and Oral Exposition
Students will practice the four language skills based on the content covered in class. The teaching activities will depend on the level of competence of the students. Particular attention will be given to the correct use and expansion of the vocabulary.
 • The narrative text
    • Amazing stories
    • Possible or real stories
    • Genre stories
 • The poetic text
 • The descriptive text
 
History and geography program for 4th and 5th grade classes
The history and geography program is divided into two modules to be carried out in alternate years. The subdivision was conceived in order to make the contents to be developed more homogeneous in a multi-class context.
 
Module 1
 • HISTORY
    • Archaeology
    • The Sumerians
    • The Babylonians
    • The Egyptians
    • The Assyrians
    • The Cretans
    • The Phoenicians
    • The Mycenaeans
 • GEOGRAPHY
    • The tools of geography: geographical maps
    • Physical Italy:
       • The climate
       • The Alps and the Apennines
       • Volcanoes
       • The hills and the plains
       • The lakes and rivers
       • Seas and islands
    • Europe:
       • The climate
       • States and cities
    • The European Union
Module 2
 • HISTORY
    • The Greeks
    • The Etruscans
    • Roman civilization
    • The Roman Empire
 • GEOGRAPHY
    • The Italian regions
 
TEXTBOOK
Read me Again 4, Giunti Editore (price included in the fee)

Question 6

Fifth grade

Accepted Answer

ITALIAN LANGUAGE - Linguistic reflections
Students will learn to understand and reflect on the linguistic forms and structures of communication.
 
Phonology
 • Sounds and signs
 • The article
 • The accent
 • Elision and apostrophe
 • The truncation
Lexicon
 • The origin of the language
 • Direct and indirect speech
 • Punctuation
Morphology
 • The name
 • Articles and partitives
 • The adjective
 • The pronoun
 • The relative pronoun
 • The personal pronoun
 • The verb
 • The subjunctive mood
 • The conditional mood
 • The imperative
 • The indefinite modes
 • Transitive and intransitive verbs
 • The reflexive form
 • Servile, impersonal and irregular verbs
 • Improper prepositions
 • Adverbs and adverbial phrases
Syntax
 • Attribute and Affixation
 • Enrich a sentence
 • The complements
 • Logical analysis
 
ITALIAN LANGUAGE - Reading, Writing, Comprehension and Oral Exposition
Students will practice the four language skills based on the content covered in class. The teaching activities will depend on the level of competence of the students. Particular attention will be given to the correct use and expansion of the vocabulary.
 
The narrative text
 • The biography
 • The science fiction genre
 • The detective genre
 • The historical genre
 • Particular texts and languages (comics, cinema, theatre)
 • The information text
 • The regulatory text
 
History and geography program for 4th and 5th grade classes
The history and geography program is divided into two modules to be carried out in alternate years. The subdivision was conceived in order to make the contents to be developed more homogeneous in a multi-class context.
 
1. Module 1
    • HISTORY
       • Archaeology
       • The Sumerians
       • The Babylonians
       • The Egyptians
       • The Assyrians
       • The Cretans
       • The Phoenicians
       • The Mycenaeans
    • GEOGRAPHYThe tools of geography: geographical maps
       • Physical Italy:
          • The climate
          • The Alps and the Apennines
          • Volcanoes
          • The hills and the plains
          • The lakes and rivers
          • Seas and islands
       • Europe:
          • The climate
          • States and cities
       • The European Union
2. Module 2
    • HISTORY
       • The Greeks
       • The Etruscans
       • Roman civilization
       • The Roman Empire
    • GEOGRAPHY
       • The Italian regions
 
TEXTBOOKRead me Again 5, Giunti Editore (price included in the fee)

Contact us:

Federica Petracci
(202) 650 7169
info@casaitalianaente.org

Supplementary courses for

Primary School

From first to fifth grade

Programs and textbooks

​Contact us: Federica Petracci (202) 650 7169 info@casaitalianaente.org

Supplementary courses for

Primary School

From first to fifth grade

Programs and textbooks

Contact us:

Federica Petracci
(202) 650 7169
info@casaitalianaente.org