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Elementary courses         
 

in Crestview Public School 

Grade 1 
Grade 2  
Grade 3  
Grade 4 
Grade 5 

 in Grand River C.I.:

Beginner 1 and 2
English stream courses: grades 6, 7, 8.
German stream courses: grades 6, 7, 8.
 

The goal is to introduce German language knowledge through vocabulary, colours, numbers and small phrases
 
 

Grade 1 

– German & English stream

This course starts as well as continues the development of the students’ comprehension skills through the introduction of new vocabulary and simple sentence structure using songs, games, stories and enrichment activities. 

By applying various themes (seasons, animals, clothing, transportation) reading, writing, pronunciation and word  recognition are emphasized.

Guideline: Leitfaden, grade 1 and “Du und ich”.

Prerequisite: N/A



 
 

Grade 2

- German & English stream

The course continues from the grade one level based on the Leitfaden. 

The actual course curriculum was developed by our own teachers (J. Gallina and E. Kruse). It is a very exciting, innovative course using  many different teaching techniques and student participation. 

The themes include: school, colours, numbers, weather, wild animals. Language knowledge (simple articles, verb endings in the present tense) is taught inherently as part of the themes using games, poems, puzzles etc.

Guideline: Leitfaden

Prerequisite preferred: grade 1



 
 
 

Grade 3

- German & English stream

In this course the students start with a new program, Wer? Wie? Was? Mega. 

The main themes are: the family, instructions, numbers, the week, the calendar. 

The students are encouraged to speak and read out loud in class, acting out some stories, doing crossword puzzles and learning poetry. 

Text and workbook: Wer? Wie? Was? Mega 1, 
chapters 1 - 5

Prerequisite preferred: grade 2



 
 

Grade 4 

- German & English stream

Grade 4 continues the development of the students’ knowledge of basic vocabulary. Lessons dealing with the themes:  food and beverage, hobbies, clothes and body parts, and all about “my birthday party”, expand the students’ vocabulary and grammar. 

Geographical themes are a tour through cities of Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Text and workbook: Wer? Wie? Was? Mega 1, 
chapters 6 - 10

Prerequisite: grade 3 E / G, or approval by the administration



 
 

Grade 5 

- German & English stream

This course focuses on listening, speaking and some translation skills. 

Improvement of general conversational skills is stressed. Topics include sports, shopping, celebration of German holidays (Christmas, Karneval, …) seasons of the year and travel.

A variety of teaching strategies are used including class discussions, role playing, audio-cassettes and videos.

Text and workbook: Wer? Wie? Was? Mega 2

Prerequisite: grade 4 E / G, or approval of the administration


For grade 5 to grade 8 students who want to start learning German but do not have any previous schooling or knowledge we offer this special course:
 

Beginner 1 and 2

This 1 - 2 year introductory course is geared towards students between the ages of 10 and 13. 

Its purpose is to enable students to blend into the mainstream of the German Language School without having to start at the grade 1 level. 

Emphasis is placed on providing a vocabulary foundation upon which sentence structure and grammatical basic concepts are built. The main focus is on speaking and pronouniation in communicating with confidence.

Text and workbook: Pingpong

Prerequisite: a desire to learn German


With the transition into another school (Grand River Collegiate) we also start to make a clearer distinction between the two streams, English and German, by starting in  different programs. 

The English stream starts with the “Pingpong Neu” program which is written to adress the needs of students who do not have a significant background in German at home. 

The German stream starts with the “Passwort Deutsch” program which continues to build on their knowledge of German.
 

English stream courses:

grades 6, 7, 8.

At this level we start to differentiate between the two streams.

In the English stream we start with a new program, Pingpong Neu, which reintroduces and reinforces the past years’ achievement and progresses from there.

The emphasis of this course is on conversational German as well as the written language, learning vocabulary as well as grammatical concepts. 

Language communication skills are strengthened through dialogues, journals, independant projects and extra reading. 

The course also fosters understanding of the geography and culture of the German-speaking countries through their literature and customs. These outcomes are achieved by the use of various media such as audio-cassettes, videos (Pingpong, Hallo aus Berlin), poetry and written texts.

This program prepares the students for the high school credit courses in the English stream starting with LWG BDI, which they take when in grade 9.

Text and workbook: Ping Pong Neu 1, 2, 3 

Prerequisite: grade 5, 6, 7 English stream or the approval of the administration



 

German stream courses:

grades 6, 7, 8.
 

An exciting brand new program which continues to build on the already existing knowledge of German from home and school.

It focuses on the progression of all 4 language abilities: understanding, speaking (role playing, presentation), reading (more complex sentence structures) and writing (more formal grammatical structures). 

Its cultural activities are placed in all German-speaking countries. Classes are conducted in German and explanations and activities aim at using only the target language. 
 

At the end of this program in grade 8, the students will be very able to continue to the German stream credit course: LWA ADI (grade 9) which leads to the “Zertifikat Deutsch” of the German gov’t in grade 10 and then progress within their credit courses to the “Diplom I and II” in grades 11 and 12.

Text and workbook: Passwort Deutsch 1, 2, 3

Prerequisite: grade 5, 6, 7 German or the approval of the administration
 
 

 

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