A year’s lesson plan for NCERT English Class 1 (Marigold and Raindrops)
This plan is for the earlier NCERT Class 1 books, Marigold and Raindrops, which many schools still use. NCERT’s newer Class 1 book is Mridang.
The NCERT syllabus has two books for Class 1 English: Marigold, with 10 units, and Raindrops, with 19 chapters. Both should be finished within the year, so it is important to plan how many days each chapter gets.
Teachers rarely get the whole year: there are about 10 months of teaching, and three exams fall inside them. To finish both books, complete one Raindrops chapter every week and one Marigold unit every two weeks. Each title below links to its video.
Month 1
- Raindrops 1: Clap, Clap, Clap
- Raindrops 2: One Two
- Marigold 1: A Happy Child, Three Little Pigs
Month 2
- Raindrops 3–5: The Little Bird, Bubbles, Chhotu
- Marigold 2: After a Bath, The Bubble, the Straw and the Shoe
Month 3
- Raindrops 6–7: Animals and Birds, Fruits and Vegetables
- Marigold 3: One Little Kitten, Lalu and Peelu, Mother Hen and the Chicks
Month 4
- Raindrops 8–9: Who Am I?, Hide and Seek
- Marigold 4: Once I Saw a Little Bird, Mittu and the Yellow Mango
Month 5
- Raindrops 10–12: Fun with Numbers, Shapes, Cats
- Marigold 5: Merry-Go-Round, Circle
Month 6
- Marigold 6: If I Were an Apple, Our Tree
- Marigold 7: A Kite, Sundari
Month 7
- Raindrops 13–14: Colours, Actions We Do
- Marigold 8: A Little Turtle, The Tiger and the Mosquito
Month 8
- Raindrops 15–17: Left and Right, The Lion and the Mouse, Morning and Evening
- Marigold 9: Clouds, Anandi’s Rainbow
Month 9
- Raindrops 18–19: May I Come In?, Action Song
- Marigold 10: Flying Man, The Tailor and His Friend
That leaves the tenth month for revision and the final exam.