Corals is a fresh and integrated trimester series for classes 1–5. This series has a cross-curricular, activity-oriented and child-centred approach to learning and incorporates all the features of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE).
The key features of the books are:
- Engaging warm-ups to motivate teaching approach
- Tasks and exercises to promote higher order thinking skills
- MCQs; varied exercise formats for extensive practice
- Level-specific ASL tasks to home communicative skills
- Wide range of activities including projects, field work, map practice and model making
- Focus on life skills, values and heritage (ELT only)
- Worksheets for practice and revision
Each lesson includes:
Let’s Begin a pre-learning activity
Did You Know? related and interesting information
Let’s Remember a brief overview of the lesson
Let’s Understand a wide variety of exercises/comprehension exercises
Let’s Think questions that test higher-order thinking skills
Let’s Learn Grammar important concepts taught with simple explanations
and ample practice
Let’s Use Words focus on vocabulary building—equal attention to phrases
and new words
Let’s Listen a variety of formats and plenty of guidance
Let’s Speak a variety of formats that provide practice for examinations
Say it Right close attention paid to word stress and intonation—practice
drills
Let’s Write a variety of formats for creative and functional writing,
along with model formats
Let’s Learn a variety of projects, experiments, map practice and
activities
Life Skills focus on problem solving, critical thinking, self awareness and
managing emotions
Know Your Values skills that help students cope with problems in daily
life
Know Your Heritage information about the rich heritage of our country
Revision Worksheets additional practice of grammar and vocabulary as well spelling and punctuation exercises