The Grade 2 English FAL curriculum builds on the foundational skills introduced in Grade 1, focusing on listening comprehension, basic speaking, and the transition to reading English texts. The 2026 syllabus is structured around engaging themes that resonate with young learners, such as “Everyone is Special” and “Animals.”
This guide outlines the 2026 English FAL Annual Teaching Plan (ATP), providing a structured weekly roadmap to help teachers guide learners from simple phonics to constructing meaningful sentences.
English FAL Grade 2 ATP 2026
The curriculum focuses on four primary skills: Listening & Speaking (50%), Reading (25%), Phonics & Spelling (20%), and Writing (5%).
Term 1: Myself, Family & Healthy Habits
Focus: The first term centers on personal identity and immediate surroundings, building vocabulary related to emotions, family, and health.
- Weeks 1–3: Myself and Others
- Skills: Memorizing action rhymes, following instructions (“Open the door”), and identifying pictures from descriptions.
- Phonics: Reviewing single letter sounds (r, l, b, d, f, h). Building short familiar words.
- Reading: Shared reading with the teacher (Big Books) and identifying objects in pictures.
- Weeks 4–6: Everyone is Special
- Themes: “I can be a hero,” “My friends,” and “Disabled people around me.”
- Skills: Answering simple questions (Who? What?), acting out stories, and making simple requests (“I am hungry”).
- Phonics: Sounds (k, p, t, h, y, c, j).
- Weeks 7–8: What We Need to Live
- Themes: Healthy food and Water.
- Skills: Giving instructions (“Pick up the glass”), drawing healthy food, and listening to simple recounts.
- Phonics: Sounds (v, w).
- Weeks 9–10: Healthy Habits
- Theme: Dangers of unhealthy habits (drugs, cigarettes).
- Skills: Demonstrating understanding by pointing to pictures.
- Phonics: Sounds (a and e confusion).
Term 2: Seasons & Animals
Focus: The second term expands the learner’s world to nature, covering weather patterns and the animal kingdom.
- Weeks 1–4: Seasons
- Themes: Clothes, food, and games in different seasons.
- Skills: Describing weather (“It is sunny”), changing weather charts, and discussing seasonal activities.
- Phonics: Rhyming words and sound families (-ed, -et, -en, -ag, -ad).
- Weeks 5–6: Animals
- Theme: Farm animals vs. Wild animals.
- Skills: Using masks to role-play animals, describing animal appearances (“This is a pig”).
- Phonics: Common endings (-ng, -nk).
- Weeks 7–8: Water Animals
- Theme: Fish in rivers/sea and creatures in dams (frogs).
- Skills: Sorting fish by size and describing them.
- Phonics: Sounds (-at, -an) and distinguishing long/short vowels.
- Weeks 9–10: Animal Homes
- Theme: Creatures that build homes vs. those that carry homes (snails/tortoises).
- Phonics: Sounds (-ir, -ur and -ey, -le).
Term 3: Soil, Transport & Community
Focus: The third term looks at the environment and community structures, introducing more complex vocabulary and sentence structures.
- Weeks 1–2: Soil
- Concepts: Planting seeds, creatures living in soil.
- Skills: Sequencing a story (“Who planted the tree?”) and following planting instructions.
- Phonics: Endings (-y, -th) and digraphs (sh-, dr-, pr-).
- Weeks 3–5: Transport
- Theme: Modes of transport (train, bus).
- Skills: Identifying transport from descriptions (“The man is waiting for the bus”).
- Phonics: Digraphs (ch-, th-, -tch).
- Weeks 6–7: Road Safety
- Vocabulary: Traffic officer, pedestrian, scholar patrol.
- Skills: Interpreting road signs and role-playing safe crossing.
- Phonics: Sounds (sh-, fl-, sl-).
- Weeks 8–10: People Who Help Us
- Theme: Community helpers (Police, Doctors).
- Skills: Discussing different jobs and how they help us.
Term 4: Our Country & Communication
Focus: The final term explores national identity and the concept of day/night cycles.
- Weeks 1–2: Our Country
- Theme: “We live in a beautiful country.”
- Skills: Identifying national symbols and answering simple questions about the country.
- Weeks 3–5: Ways to Communicate
- Theme: Telephone manners and talking to people.
- Skills: Role-playing phone calls (“Good telephone manners”).
- Weeks 6–8: Life at Night
- Theme: Stars, the moon, and nocturnal activities.
- Skills: Describing the night sky.
Assessment Guidelines
- Formal Assessment Tasks (FAT):
- Term 1: 1 FAT by Week 9.
- Term 2: 1 FAT by Week 9.
- Term 3: 1 FAT by Week 9 (Listening/Speaking/Reading).
- Term 4: 1 FAT by Week 8 (Listening/Reading).
- Continuous Assessment: Informal observation happens daily during shared reading and speaking activities.
FAQ: English FAL Grade 2
Q: What is “Shared Reading”? A: Shared Reading involves the teacher reading a large book (Big Book) with the whole class. The text is visible to all learners, allowing them to follow along, predict the story, and discuss pictures together.
Q: What phonics are covered? A: Grade 2 FAL focuses on reviewing single sounds, identifying rhyming words (cat/mat), and learning common digraphs (sh, ch, th) and endings (-ing, -ed).
Q: How is writing taught in FAL? A: Writing starts with simple captions for pictures, completing sentences with missing words, and progressing to writing 3-4 sentences on a familiar topic using a writing frame (e.g., “I like…”).