Russian Language - K-7th grade


Cheburashka (Kindergarten-1st grade)
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As part of our vocabulary building and speech development, we work on using complete sentences when we speak (using verbs and proper word agreement)
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By year-end the children are expected to learn the entire Russian alphabet (based on the Zhukova Alphabet book - Букварь Н. Жуковой)
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Transition from learning to read letters, syllables and words to reading phrases and sentences. Working on reading fluency.
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Elementary reading comprehension and working on being able to answer simple questions based on the text read
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Speech listening comprehension
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Poem memorization (short poems, 1 stanza)
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As part of our pre-grammar work, we learn to distinguish vowel and consonant sounds as well as hard and soft consonant sounds. We also draw attention to words with different gender attributes.
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Writing block letters, simple dictations based on learned words
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Word and language songs and games


Umka (1-2 grade)
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Continue to build vocabulary and strengthen speaking skills
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Transition from reading sentences and paragraphs to reading short texts.
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Reading fluency is a central focus of this level. We read forwards and backwards, sitting up and laying down, we use funny voices and intonations and play various reading games.
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We continue working on reading comprehension and listening comprehension based on books by Bogomazova (Н. Богомазова - Осмысленное чтение - серия книг для малышей).
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It is expected the by year-end children can start reading simple chapter books (Raschitaiki series - серия книг для детей Расчитайки)
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Practice student understanding of written language
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Speech listening comprehension
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Poem memorization - we learn short poems in class (1-2 stanzas)
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Writing words and sentences, simple dictations based on learned words
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Word and language games

Vinni Pukh (2-4 grades)
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Build more complex vocabulary
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Reading simple chapter books (Raschitaiki series - серия книг для детей Расчитайки)
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Group topic discussions based on read texts, inference development
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Telling stories based on visual stimulus (pictures), making up sentences with new words, utilizing new vocabulary and basic grammar elements
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Dictations based on learned new or somewhat tricky words
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Speech listening comprehension
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Poem memorization - we discuss, work through and learn poems in class (2-4 stanzas)
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Word and language games


Matroskin (not offered in 2021-22)
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Introduction of elementary school grammar
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The Russian alphabet
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Vowels and consonants, types and classifications
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Study of individual letters, their properties and use
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Stresses, identification of stressed syllables
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Understanding syllables, word division into syllables and for breaking a line.
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What is a sentence, types of sentence, rules or capitalization and punctuation.
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Americanisms - Reviewing common words and expressions that bilinguals typically derive from English and erroneously apply to Russian ("взять класс" и т.п)
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Language enrichment through vocabulary, proverbs and idioms.
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Grammar individual exercises, quizzes and games
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Dictations focused on grammatical structures learned in class



Buratino (4-5 grades)
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Introduction of elementary school grammar
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Review spelling rules жи-ши, ча-ща, чу-щу
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Introduce new rules (ЧК-ЧН, НЧ-НЩ-ЩН), etc.
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Sentence structure, subject verb agreement, understanding of sentences, looking at word dependencies
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Introduction of parts of speech
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Studying word components (морфемный разбор слов/по составу)
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Properties of consonants and rules linked to those properties (проверяемые безударные гласные, непроизносимые согласные в корне слова, глухие и звонкие согласные на конце слова, правописание разделительных Ь и Ъ, Ь после согласных на конце слова, и т.п.)
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Americanisms - Reviewing common words and expressions that bilinguals typically derive from English and erroneously apply to Russian ("взять класс" и т.п)
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Basic translation skills.
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Language enrichment through vocabulary, proverbs and idioms.
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Grammar individual exercises, quizzes and games
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Dictations focused on grammatical structures learned in class

Znaika (5-6 grades)
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Elementary grammar
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Review parts of speech (noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, adverb, numerals)
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Reviewing word dependencies, introduction of cases
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Nouns - special properties of nouns, dividing nouns into declensions
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Working on cases with singular nouns
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Americanisms - Reviewing common words and expressions that bilinguals typically derive from English and erroneously apply to Russian ("взять класс" и т.п)
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Basic translation skills.
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Language enrichment through vocabulary, proverbs and idioms.
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Grammar individual exercises, quizzes and games
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Dictations focused on grammatical structures learned in class



Muromets (7-9 grades)
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Grammar
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Review case declensions for singular nouns
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Learn plural noun cases
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Declension of adjectives and possessive pronouns
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In-depth study of verbs and congugations
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Language enrichment through vocabulary, proverbs and idioms
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Grammar comprehension and testing via individual exercises, quizzes and games
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Dictations focused on grammatical structures learned in class as well as topical reviews
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Russian level evaluations via practicing standardized Russian tests