4. Formal education is regular education provided
in formal schools. In Turkish National Education
System, formal education is formed of four parts
as:
• Pre-School
• Primary
• Secondary
• Higher Education
5.
6. The new education system has been implemented in
2012-2013 education year.
7.
8. The purpose of this education is
to ensure physical, mental
and sensory development
of children and the
acquisition of good habits,
to prepare children for primary
education, to create a common
atmosphere of growth for
those living in inconvenient circumstances
and to ensure that Turkish is spoken correct and
well.
9.
10. Primary education is
compulsory for all boys
and girls at the age of 6,
and is given free of
charge in public schools.
In most of the primary
schools, foreign
language lessons start
from 2nd class.
Most elementary school students dress similarly in
a type of uniform to avoid any social class
differences between rich and poor students.
11. The purpose of primary education is
to ensure that every child
acquires the basic knowledge,
skills, behaviors, and habits to
become a good citizen,
is raised in line with the national moral concepts and
is prepared for life and for the next education level
parallel to his/her interests and skills.
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13.
14. 4 years
15 – 18 age group Compulsory
Vocational High School provide
technical, industrial and tourism
schools.
Also, imam-hatip schools provide
religious education.
19. 1st Grade
Students are taught phonetics, syllables, recognizing
letters, reading simple sentences and texts as well as
handwriting.
In Maths lesson multiplication, division, adding,
subtracting are taught
20. 2nd GRADE
Turkish lesson Life Studies lesson Math lesson
Students can find the unknown
words from the dictionary.They
distinguish the text
types.Students determine the
subject of the text,the
persons,place ,time and
event.They answer the text
questions.Students correctly
seperate the words into their
syllables.They put the events in
chronological order.Students
use capitals letters and
punctuation marks in the right
place.Students distinguish
between real and imaginative
events in the text.They sort the
words according to dictionary
position.Students make regular
sentences from mixed words.
They know synonym and
antonym words.Students
introduce the story book with
the name ,page , writer ,heros
and subject.
Student know themselves with their different
qualities.They introduce the school and its closest
environment.Students conduct group works in class
and school works.They explain their routine
activities.They obey the rules while playing
games.Students spend money consciously.They know
the address of their home.They take responsibility at
home and use personal belongings with care..Students
recognize their relatives.They use recources and goods
with care and economical.Students have adequate
and balanced nutrition.They know the importance of
self-care,sport and Student know themselves with
their different qualities.They introduce the school and
its closest environment.Students conduct group
works in class and school works.They explain their
routine activities.They obey the rules while playing
games.Students spend money consciously.They know
the address of their home.They take responsibility at
home and use personal belongings with care..Students
recognize their relatives.They use recources and goods
with care and economical.Students have adequate
and balanced nutrition.They know the importance of
self-care,sport and sleep to grow up healthily.Students
keep their house,school and environment clean.They
recognize health-care institutions.They obey the
traffic rules.They know how to communicate with
familiar people or foreigners.Students use
technological devices safely.They know what to do in
an emergency.They choose safe areas to play
game.Students know the cultural heritages and
products produced in the immediate vicinity.They
show the location of Turkey in map and
globe..Students know the importance of its flag and its
anthem.They know the importance of national
days,religious days and holidays.Students know the
contribution of plants to nature.They observe changes
in the nature according to seasons.
Students read and write two-digit natural
numbers.Also they can specify the digit
and number value.They skip forward
counting by 2s,3s,4s,5s and 10s and skip
back counting by 5s and 10s in one
hundred.Students compare and put the
two-digit numbers in order .With two-
digit numbers students make addition
and subtractions and solve problems
about them.Students read information
on the simple table and chart.They can
measure liquids with the containers such
as glass,cup and spoon,etc.Students
weigh objects with kilograms.They
multiply and divide two-digit numbers
with 0,1,2,3,4 and 5.Students show whole
, half ,quarter models with
fractions.Students recognize the corners
and edges of triangle,square and
rectangle.They create number shape
patterns.They measure lengths in terms
of meter and centimeter.Students explain
the relations of
minute,hour,day,week,month,season and
year.
21. 3rdGRADE
Maths lesson: Turkish lesson
In this grade lesson plan is especially focus on
natural numbers. Students can learn reading
and writing three- digit natural numbers and
saying name and place value of digits.
Students compare numbers in terms of
smallness equality and greatness by using
symbols. By using objects students skip
counting by 6s, 7s, 8s and 9s. With three-
digit numbers students make subtractions,
multiplication, addition and division and
solve problems about them. Students create a
pattern with numbers and shapes. Also they
recognize geometric figures and shapes and
then calculate the length of perimeter and
area. Students measure lengths, weights,
liquids of volume and times.
Students can read a Turkish text and
understand it. Also they can ask 5W and
1H questions about the text and answer
them. Students determine the main idea
and the main sense of a text or a poem.
They recognize syllable, word and
sentence. Students distinguish
synonyms antonyms and homophones
from each other. Students can write
according to spelling rules and using
punctuation marks. They can exemplify
proper and common nouns. Students
recognize proverb, expression and
byword. Also they learn adjectives,
adverbs and verbs.
22. 3rdGRADE
Life science lesson Science lesson
Firstly students recognize the importance of
the balanced and healthy nourishment. Then
they communicate positively with each other
and realize individual differences. They learn
classroom and school rules then they
recognize the importance of democracy. They
have information about vocations. They learn
the life of famous people who contribute to
society. Especially they learn Atatürk’s life
and his principals. Students recognize the
importance of national and religious
festivals. They follow the traffic rules. Also
students recognize directions and they can
give directions and draw sketch. They have
information about weather and natural
disasters
Students learn five sense organs and
their functions and know what should do
for healthy sense organs. They know
characteristics of substance which are
appeared by five sense organs. Students
have information about shape and
structure of the earth. They distinguish
solid, liquid and gas. They recognize the
light sources and the lights role in vision.
They know the voice role in hearing.
They recognize the living being and non-
living things. They distinguish electric
vehicles and their tasks. They know the
sources of electric and what should do to
use electric safely.
23. 4th GRADE
Maths Lesson Turkish Lesson
Students can learn reading and writing 3, 4,
5- digit natural numbers and saying name
and place value of digits. They can round the
natural numbers to the nearest decimal and
hundred. They can form the pattern with
numbers. They compare numbers and order
them. They can know the type of angles and
draw them. They can create bar chart and
comment it. They make subtractions,
multiplication, addition and division. They
can set angle properties and edge properties
of Triangle, square and rectangle
They can order the fraction, show them in
number line and solve fraction problems.
They can write decimal fraction and order
them. They recognize minutes, second and
time. They also recognize year, month, week
and day and solve related -problems .They
can calculate perimeter of planar length
.They recognize measure of length and
weight
They can distinguish synonym,
antonym and homophones. They can
exemplify proper and type name.
Students can write according to spelling
rules and using punctuation marks.
Sentence, lexical, syllables and letter
meaning,
Students use proverb, idiom and
byword in their daily life.
Figurative meaning and true meaning.
Nouns and noun cases. Text
interpretation, meaning in text, visual
literacy
Students make cause and effect relation
and compare. They can specify the
main idea or sense in a text or poem.
They can answer 5W and 1H questions
and they can specify the section of a
text and element of a story.
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24. 4th GRADE
Science and Technology Lesson Social Sciences Lesson
Support and Movement system, circulatory
system, respiratory system, force effect
States of matter, Sound and light, electric,
the movements of the Earth
Student can explain the concept of bone,
joint, muscle and skeleton which provide
Support and Movement for our body and
they can also explain relationship among
these structure.
Students explore the interrelationship of
structure and function in the circulatory
system
The effect of force on an object such as a
push or a pull, gravity, friction, or
magnetism. They makes experiment .They
realize the importance of exercise and
related with breathing and pulse.
They recognize the States of matter, Sound
and light, circuit components which
compose of basic electric circuit; they can
explain the movements of the Earth
Students can do chronological
order. They recognize their
individual need, skill and
interest. They can search their
family and elements reflecting
their national culture.
they can understand the
importance of national struggle.
They respect different cultures.
They also learn Direction,
sketch, - natural and Humanities
factors, weather and climate
events, natural disasters, child
rights, independence
25. SECOND GRADE THIRD GRADE FOURTH GRADE
Students start learning
English in the second grade.
They start with listening
and speaking activities.
They respond to
instructions both verbally
and by acting accordingly.
Students identify the
numbers 1 through 10.
Students understand
instructions and follow
short, simple directions.
Total physical response
(TPR) is used as a teaching
approach.
They learn English
Vocabulary Related to
Animals, Fruits, Pets, Body
Parts, and Colors.
Activities: Arts and Crafts,
Chants and Songs,
Drama/Miming, Drawing
and Coloring, Games,
Labeling, Matching,
Reordering
The 3rd grade English Language Teaching
curriculum is based on the achievements
targeted at the 2nd grade.The subjects in
the 2nd grade curriculum are expanded so
that students use English in the classroom
and outside the classroom.
The themes used to achieve 3rd grade
ELT curriculum are numbers (11-20) ,family
members and kinship terms, adjectives
related to physical qualities,feelings ,toys
and games with shapes and sizes ,house
and rooms with the objects,city with the
names of the buildings,transportation
vehicles,weather conditions,nature with
the names of animals and their
quantity and colors.
Through these terms ,it is aimed to learn
basic words about objects,places and
beings which are important in daily life of
students.It is also planned to use target
language through fun audio,visual and
audiovisual tools and enriched game-
based activities
Communicative approach has been
adopted in which students use listening
and speaking skills predominantly.These
communicative methods are reflected in
the programme with game-based
activities,singing,painting,cutting and
pasting.
In the 4th grade which includes 9 years
old students, the focus is primarily on
developing listening and speaking skills.
Therefore, activities involving reading
and writing are limited to the word level.
Students are continuously exposed to
English through audio and visual
materials.
In order to create a link between
language learning and daily life, the
themes such as food and drinks, cartoon
characters, my friend, my clothes and my
day reflect ideas and issues that are
familiar to young learners. Also students
recognize numbers twenty through one
hundred, simple classroom instructions
and locations of people and things.
Students can ask and answer questions
about people, their nationalities and
home countries.
Activities : Arts and Crafts, Chants and
Songs, Cognates, Communicative Tasks,
Drama/Miming, Drawing and Coloring,
Flashcards, Games, Listening, Matching,
Puppets, Questions and Answers, Role-
Play and Simulations, Speaking,
Storytelling and TPR
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Game as a Method of Education
2017-1-TR01-KA219-045584-1
PROJECT NAME: 2017-2019
