What does curriculum mean?
Word: Curriculum
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Curriculum means all the subjects and topics that are taught in a school or a course.
Synonyms: course
How do you spell curriculum?
Syllables: cur - ric - u - lum
Tricky part: The ending is -ulum, not -ulam, and students often lose one of the r's near the start.
Watch out for: curiculum, curriculam, curricalum
Memory tip: Current and currency start with curr too: the double r runs through all three.
Curriculum in a sentence
Example 1: Yoga is now part of our school curriculum.
Example 2: The new curriculum has more projects and fewer tests.
Example 3: Teachers met in the staff room to plan next year's Class 4 curriculum.
Fun Fact
In Latin, curriculum meant a race or a racing chariot, from currere, to run. A school curriculum is the course students run through.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Our school has added gardening to the curruculum this year.
a) curruculum
b) gardening
c) school
d) year
Show answer
a) curruculum. After the double r comes i, the same i as in cricket.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) examinasion
b) laboratery
c) schedual
d) curriculum
Show answer
d) curriculum. Curriculum is the only one right; laboratery has e for o, and schedual has a stray a.
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word:
curriculum
a) holiday
b) syllabus
c) uniform
d) timetable
Show answer
b) syllabus. A syllabus lists what is to be taught, like a curriculum; a timetable only says when.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
ucuclrmiru
a) circular
b) curriculum
c) curricular
d) ridiculous
Show answer
b) curriculum. The jumble has three u's and an m: curricular and circular need an a, and ridiculous a d, an o and an s.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What would be part of a school curriculum?
a) the canteen price list
b) the school bus timetable
c) fractions in maths
d) the dates of the summer holidays
Show answer
c) fractions in maths
2. Who usually plans the curriculum that a school follows?
a) staff in the canteen
b) experts in education
c) owners of bookshops
d) drivers of school buses
Show answer
b) experts in education
