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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Assembly with the children/students
 Line up please
 Put your hands on your friend’s shoulder
 Straighten your line/row
 Stand straight
 Please be quiet
 Read your doa
 Read your ikrar:

I am a Khalifah of Allah
1. I make myself good
2. I help others become good
3. I make the physical world good, clean and
beautiful.

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Doa before starting class
 Oh Allah, open my heart,

Ease my work,
Ease my speech,
So that they will understand.
 Al-Fatihah

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Starting class
Good morning class!
Good morning teacher.
How are you today?
I’m fine, thank you, Alhamdulillah.
What day is today?
Today is ………………..
Are you ready?
Yes, I am ready.
Now let’s begin.
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Starting class
What is your name?
My name is …………..
Where do you live?
I live in ……………
How old are you?
I am ………… years old.
What is the name of your school?
Little Caliphs!

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Asking about students’/children’s
conditions

Are you ready?
Yes, I am ready.
No, I am not ready.
Are you …………………..?

 Happy
 Hungry

 Do you want to eat?
 Thirsty

 Do you want a drink?
 Finished

 Good, Alhamdulillah.
 Tired
 Hurt or in pain

 Where does it hurt?
 Do you feel pain?
 Do you feel sick/ unwell?

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Requesting objects
What do you want to use?
Please teacher, …….

 I want a book
 I want a pencil
 I want a ruler
 I want an eraser
 I want a sharpener
 I want colour pencils

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Requesting objects
What do you want to do?
Please teacher, ………

 I want to go out
 I want to drink
 I want to eat
 I want to read
 I want to write
 I want to colour
 I want to play
 I want to go to the toilet

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Requesting actions
 Take your wudhu’ please
 Wear your tudung
 Come and pray
 Stand straight
 Follow the imam
 Pray properly
 Allah loves you if you pray
 Mum and dad loves you more if you pray

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Learning time

 Please take out your book
 Please listen
 Take your book and read
 Put the book back on the rack
 Repeat after me
 Read your book
 Louder please
 Next
 Stand up
 Sit down
 Don’t disturb your friend
 Turn your page
 Well done, MasyaAllah
 Good khalifah
 Good job
 Excellent
 Brilliant
 Awesome

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Activity time
 Please take out your book
 Please take out your pencil colours
 Colour nicely
 Write properly
 Be quiet while you are writing
 Use glue to paste
 Cut properly and nicely
 Let us sing together
 I want to tell you a story
 Let’s move together
 Do you like it?

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Eating time

 Wash your hands please
 Fold your sleeves
 Okay, now read your doa’
 Eat properly
 Use your right hand
 Do you want some more?
 A little or a lot?
 Drink properly
 Sit down when you drink
 Wipe your hands after you wash them
 Eat your food over here
 Share your food with your friends
 Do you like the food?
 Say Alhamdulillah

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Socializing time
 It’s play time
 Let’s play together
 Let’s go out and play
 I am sorry
 It’s okay
 Share, please
 Thank you
 Please keep your toys away
 Keep the Lego in one box, and the

cooking/kitchen toys in the green box
 Play with your friends properly

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Ending the class
 Clean up, please
 Keep away your book
 Thank you, class
 Thank you, teacher
 See you again
 Goodbye, Assalamualaikum
 Read your doa

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Ending the class
 Glory be to Allah and all praises be to Him. I bear

witness that there is no God but You. I ask
forgiveness from You and to You I will return.
 Tasbih kifarah and Surah Al-Asr.

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Family
 Do you have a mother/ father?
 How many people are there in your family?
 How many brothers or sisters do you have?
 We must love our family
 We must be good to our family
 What is your mother/father’s name?
 Who has a baby brother or sister?
 Who is this (show picture of a family)?

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

School
 What is the name of your school?
 Do you like to go to school?
 What is your teacher’s name?
 What is your friend’s name?
 What is this? This is a ___________
 What can you see in the classroom?

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

My house
 Where do you live?
 Is your house big or small?
 Do you like your house?
 What can you see in your house?
 What are the things that you can find in your

house?
 What room is this? This is the kitchen.

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Parts of the body
 Show me your eyes?
 What are your eyes for?

To see…
 What is your nose for?

To smell
 Who created your eyes?

Allah created my eyes
 Thank you Allah for my eyes.
(Repeat all the questions for different parts of the
body.)

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Food/Fruits/Vegetables
 What is this?

This is ____________
 What do you like to eat?

I like to eat _________
 What is your favourite food/ fruit/vegetable?

My favourite food/fruit/
vegetable is _____________
 Who makes food/fruits/vegetables?
 Who gives you food/fruits/vegetables?
Allah!

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Transport
 Who likes to go to Giant/supermarket?
 How do you go there?

By car!
 Do you like to go back to your hometown/

kampung?
 How do you go back to your hometown/

kampung?
By plane/train/car

 How do you go to school?
By car/school bus

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Colours and shapes
 What colour is this?

This is _____________
 What shape is this?

This is a ___________
 Can you show me something red in colour in this

room?
 Can you show me something that is square

shaped in this class?
 Can you show me something that is square and

red?

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

I spy game
 I spy something blue
 I spy something blue and small

(Sharpener)
 I spy something blue and moving

(Fan)
 I spy something blue and round
 I spy something blue, round and small
(Repeat with other colours, shapes and sizes)

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Imaginary game
Ring around the rosies
Pocket full of posies
Atishoo, atishoo
We all fall down

Okay now close your eyes…
Imagine that you are at the supermarket.
What food can you see?
Imagine you are at home.
What are the things you can see in the kitchen?

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Teacher’s English Handbook______________________________________The Little Caliphs Program

Question games

Play the “London Bridge is Falling Down” game.
When you catch a child, ask these questions:

 Show me red
 What colour is this?
 What is this shape?
 What fruit is this?
 What is your name?
 What is the name of your school?

…and other questions.

Make the children sit/stand in a circle. You can
roll/throw a ball to a child. Then ask questions to
the child who caught the ball.
Everyone sit down.
Roll the ball/ throw the ball at ________
Very good, you can catch the ball!
Now, can you tell me what colour this is?
Marvellous! MasyaAllah

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