Class One English Book 1 Sindh Textbook 2025-26 PDF

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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED WITH SINDH TEXTBOOK BOARD

Prepared by Sindh Textbook Board

Reviewed by Provincial Review Committee

Directorate of Curriculum Assesment and Research Sindh, Jamshoro.

Prescribed and Approved by the School Education and Literacy Department, Government of Sindh.

vide Letter No. Seld/CA/CW//2025 Dated

Patron in Chief

Pervez Ahmed Baloch

Chairman, Sindh Textbook Board

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Patron

Dr. Nusrat Parveen Sahito

Secretary, Sindh Textbook Board

Section Head

Yaseen Piyar Ali Bung

Authors

Fatima Shuhabuddin

Tania Shabir Shaikh

Members of the Review Team

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Khan Sangi

Dr. Muhammad Tufail Chandio

Dr. Sameena Ahmed Khokhar

Dr. Abdul Sattar Gopang

Mr. Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhatti

Ms. Hameeda Mirbahar

Ms. Shabana Shaikh

Mr. Narendra Bhatia

Ms. Ambreen Khan

Ms. Sumera Khan

Dr. Tariq Umrani

Dr. Fatima Rehan Dar

Dr. Nida Mirza

Professor Manoj Kumar

Mr. Ahmed Ali Mahar

Abdul Sattar Memon

Shahid Hussain Bhutto

Jameel Ahmed Qureshi

Ms. Ambreen Khan

Mr. Yaseen Piyar Ali Bung

Mr. Ajeeb Ahmed Noonari

Editor & Proof Reader:

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Khan Sangi

Layout and Designing:

I.T./D.T.P Section, Sindh Textbook Board Jamshoro

How to use this book?

This book is developed by Sindh Textbook Board in alignment with the Revised Sindh Curriculum for English Language for Grades K-VIII (2023-24). The book has taken into consideration the foundational language learning strategies and assessment methods used to assess the language learning at the level of grade one.

This book integrates the language competencies i.e., oral communication, reading, writing and grammar and vocabulary in an integrated approach based on student centered content.

Each unit has the first page mentioning the Students' Learning Outcomes(SLOs), as given in the said curriculum, which are covered within the unit through teaching content, activities, and Note for Teacher.

Students' Learning Outcomes(SLOs):

The SLOs, of all language competencies, mentioned in the beginning of each unit are interpreted in the same unit as Teaching Content, Activities, and Note for Teacher.

Teaching Content:

Teaching Content provides the topic, theme, or concept to be explained, discussed, and taught to students in the class.

Teaching Content in each unit is designed as per the theme of the unit and age appropriateness of the Grade I students.

Activities:

Activities are designed as per the SLOs in respective language competencies and themes of units in progression from basic to advance level as one goes from unit one to unit six. Activities are designed to provide wider exposure, area and domain for students to practice the language learning content.

Note for Teacher:

Note for Teacher provides the basic instructions for Teachers to engage students in activities and manage the entire class during an activity. It tells about the teaching methodology, class management, and sharing other ideas or concepts with students wherever needed.

Preface

It is a matter of great pleasure that the Sindh Textbook Board has always been providing the students of Sindh with textbooks of quality standards since its inception. These books are being provided on a regular basis to enable students to access the quality material. Every effort is made to ensure that textbook development, publication and availability are managed quickly and efficiently to enable timely delivery across the Province.

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This textbook is developed as per Revised Sindh Curriculum for English Language for grades K-VIII. It contains the material based on the current and emerging foundational language skills and attributes in an integrated manner which provides a wider scope for the teacher and the taught to learn language competencies at their best. The textbook not only is student/learner centered, but fulfills all needs of student/learner as per education policy of Pakistan. It maintains the cultural inclusivity, gender equality, patriotism, respect for others, and is free from any bias against any community, language, race, creed and colour. With these objectives and intentions, Sindh Textbook Board is publishing the My English Book I for

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Grade one as an effort to promote the language learning and social skills.

The Sindh Textbook Board would be warmly welcoming any feedback, suggestions, recom-mendations and remarks on this textbook in the noble cause of improving its quality in content and other materials from all readers, teachers, researchers, scholars, academicians, and experts.

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Chairman Sindh Textbook Board

CONTENT

UNIT

TOPIC

PAGE

UNIT

# 1 INTRODUCTION TO ALPHABETS AND SOUNDS

1.1

Introducing Myself

2

1.2

Alphabet Train

4

1.3

1.4

Introducing Alphabets Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd

Introducing Alphabets Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh

5

8

1.5

Introducing Alphabets Ii, Jj, Kk, L1

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1.6

Introducing Alphabets Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp

14

1

1.7

Introducing Alphabets Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu

17

1.8

Introducing Alphabets Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

20

1.9

Revision

23

1.10

Initial Sounds

24

1.11

Ending Sounds

25

1.12

Making Words

27

UNIT # 2 THINGS AROUND ME

2.1

Basic Greetings

30

2.2

Vowels and Consonants

31

2.3

Common Consonant Diagraphs

34

2.4

Naming Words: Animals and Birds

36

2.5

Naming words: Fruits and Vegetables

38

2.6

Syllable in Words

40

2.7

Counting Numbers (Nursery Rhyme)

42

2.8

'A' or 'AN'

45

2.9

THIS' and 'THAT'

47

2.10

Singular and Plural

49

2.11

Naming words

51

UNIT # 3 FAMILY AND FRIENDS

3.1

Social Courtesies

53

3.2

Let's meet friends

54

3.3

My Family

55

3.4

Masculine and Feminine

58

3.5

Nursery Rhyme (Seven Days in a Week)

60

3.6

I, You, He, She, It

61

3.7

Professions

63

CONTENT

3.8

Dictation

65

3.9

Numbers in Words (from 11 to 20)

66

UNIT # 4 DAILY ACTIONS

4.1

Asking for Permission

69

4.2

Action Words

71

4.3

Telling the Time

74

4.4

My Daily Routine

76

4.5

If You Feel (Nursery Rhyme)

78

4.6

Body Parts

80

4.7

Numbers in Words (from 21 to 30)

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UNIT # 5 MODES OF TRANSPORT AND TRAFFIC RULES.

5.1

Answering the Question

85

5.2

Transport

86

5.3

Use of my, your, his, her, its

89

5.4

Nursery Rhyme (Traffic Rules)

91

5.5

Objects in the kitchen

94

5.6

Numbers in Words (from 31 to 40)

95

6.1

UNIT # 6 LOVE FOR PAKISTAN

Independence Day (Asking Question)

98

6.2

Pakistan, a beautiful country

100

6.3

Helping Each Other (An ant and the bird)

102

6.4

Months in a Year

105

6.5

Describing Words (Nursery Rhyme)

107

6.6

Numbers in Words (from 41 to 50)

109

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Unit 01

INTRODUCTION TO ALPHABETS AND SOUNDS

Students will be able to learn:

1. Oral Communication Skill:

➤ Exchange basic routine greetings.

2. Reading and Critical Thinking Skill:

➤Identify the sounds of individual letters in a word using the phonics approach.

➤ Articulate the sounds of individual letters fluently.

➤ Name a variety of objects beginning and ending on the same letter of the alphabet.

Identify the alphabetical order, i.e., tell what comes before and after an alphabet. (Example: D comes before E and F comes after E)

➤ Read aloud letters in a word and recognize how alphabets are joined to form words, based on their sounds.

3. Writing Skill:

➤Trace the letters of the English alphabet.

Write the small letters of the English alphabet in series and in random order.

➤ Write the capital letters of the English alphabet in series and in random order.

4. Vocabulary and Grammar:

➤Articulate the sounds of mono-syllable words.

Match the initial sound of common words depicted in pictures with their corresponding letters.

➤ Recognize words arranged alphabetically based on the first letter.

➤ Identify words that end with the same sound.

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