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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
HOME LANGUAGE – ENGLISH
GRADE 3 / TERM 1
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. LISTENING
  • Follow sequence of instructions.

  • Listen to stories.

  • Listening comprehension.

2. SPEAKING
  • Participate in class discussions.

  • Discuss current events.

  • Speaks about personal experience.

3. READING
3.1SHARED
  • Discuss graphical text.

  • Read enlarged texts e.g. poems, posters.

  • Read instructions.

  • Answers questions based on text.

3.2 GROUP GUIDED
  • Reads both silently and out loud from own book.

  • Uses phonics and contextual cues.

  • Shows understanding of full stops, question marks, exclamation marks and inverted commas when reading.

4. PHONICS
  • Consonant diagraphs (sh, ch, th, wh).

  • Vowel diagraphs (oo, ee, ew).

  • Silent –e- (i-e, a-e, o-e, u-e).

  • Rhyming words.

  • Homophones (week, weak, son, sun).

  • Spells words correctly using phonic knowledge.

  • Sight words.

  • Sorts words into alphabetical order.

5. WRITING
5.1HANDWRITING
  • Forms all lower and upper-case letters in cursive writing.

  • Writes short words in cursive script.

5.2 STORY WRITING
  • Sentence building.

  • Writes weekly news.

  • Paragraph writing.

  • Writes about a picture.

  • Writes instructions e.g. to a friend.

6. LANGUAGE CONCEPTS
  • Vowels, consonants.

  • Capital letters.

  • Full stops.

  • Commas.

  • Exclamation marks.

  • Question marks.

  • Opposites.

  • Plurals y-ies , ch/sh – es, f – ves.

  • Jumbled sentences.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
HOME LANGUAGE – ENGLISH
GRADE 3 / TERM 2
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. LISTENING
  • Listens to more complex instructions.

  • Listens to stories over the radio.

  • Listening comprehension.

2. SPEAKING
  • Make an oral presentation.

  • Tells a story with a beginning, middle and end.

  • Performs a poem.

3. READING
3.1SHARED
  • Uses information from graphical texts e.g. map.

  • Uses visual cues to identify purpose of advertisements.

  • Uses table of contents, index and page numbers to find information.

  • Answers higher order questions based on passage.

3.2 GROUP GUIDED
  • Uses self-correcting strategies when reading: re-reading, pausing, practising a word.

  • Reads with increasing fluency and expression.

3.3 INDEPENDENT READING
  • Reads books independently.

  • Reads own and other’s writing.

4. PHONICS
  • Recognises that some sounds can be represented by a number of different spelling choices such as:

  • ow (cow) , ou (found)

  • aw (draw) , au (autumn)

  • tie, high, sky

  • ur, ar, oi, oa, ir, ie

  • Homophones (read, reed).

5. WRITING
5.1HANDWRITING
  • Transcribes words and sentences in cursive writing.

  • Writes with increasing speed in cursive writing.

5.2 WRITING
  • Writes two paragraphs on personal experiences.

  • Writes own story of at least ten sentences.

  • Diary entry.

  • Book review.

  • Sequences pictures and writes sentences based on picture.

6. LANGUAGE CONCEPTS
  • Verbs.

  • Nouns (common, proper, pronouns)

  • Collective nouns.

  • Adjectives.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
HOME LANGUAGE – ENGLISH
GRADE 3 / TERM 3
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. LISTENING
  • Listens to story and works out cause and effect.

  • Listening comprehension.

  • Puts events in logical order.

2. SPEAKING
  • Makes an oral presentation.

  • Tells story based on role model.

  • Interviews people for a particular purpose.

  • Uses increasing vocabulary when speaking.

3. READING
3.1 SHARED READING
  • Reads range of different types of poems.

  • Graphical texts e.g. adverts, pictures, graphs, charts.

  • Uses dictionary to find new vocabulary and meanings.

  • Answers higher order questions based on texts.

3.2 GROUP GUIDED
  • Reads different genres such as play scripts.

  • Monitors self when reading.

  • Pronounces words correctly and accurately.

4. PHONICS
  • Silent letters: ‘K’-know, ‘l’-half, ‘b’-bomb, ‘w’-write, ‘h’-hour, ‘ph’-phone.

  • Homophones.

  • Words that pronounced and spelt the same but have different meanings.

  • Spells words correctly using phonic knowledge in all written work.

5. WRITING
5.1HANDWRITING
  • Transcribes from print scripts into cursive writing.

  • Copies written text from board, textbooks etc..in cursive writing.

5.2 INDEPENDENT WRITING
  • Letter to relative.

  • Drafts, writes, edits and publishes own story of at least two paragraphs.

  • Summarise and records information using mind maps.

  • Uses punctuation correctly when writing.

6. LANGUAGE CONCEPTS
  • Conjunctions (because, and, but, if, so).

  • Prepositions.

  • Adverbs.

  • Gender.

  • Degrees of comparison.

  • Contractions (he is – he’s).

  • Past, present, future tense.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
HOME LANGUAGE – ENGLISH
GRADE 3 / TERM 4
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. LISTENING
  • Listens for detail in stories and answers open-ended questions.

  • Listening comprehension.

2. SPEAKING
  • Uses language imaginatively: tells jokes and riddles using appropriate volume and intonation.

  • Plans and makes an oral presentation using a visual aid.

3. READING
3.1 SHARED READING
  • Reads fiction and non-fiction books, newspaper, articles, dialogues and computer texts.

  • Answers higher order questions based on passage.

  • Uses dictionary.

3.2 GROUP GUIDED
  • Reads with increasing fluency, speed and expression.

  • Word games that draw on reading and vocabulary knowledge and skills.

3.3 INDEPENDENT READING
  • Reads own and other’s writing.

  • Reads at more complex level for enjoyment, e.g. magazines, comics, simple fiction and non-fiction books.

4. PHONICS
  • Recognise hard and soft sounds of ‘c’ and ‘g’ e.g. city, giant.

  • Recognises spelling patterns of: igh, ion, tion, sion, ble, gle, dle.

  • Breaks down words into syllables.

  • Prefixes and suffixes e.g. un-, re-, -ness, -ful.

5. WRITING
5.1HANDWRITING
  • Uses a pen for written work.

  • Uses cursive script for all written recording.

5.2 INDEPENDENT WRITING
  • Mindmapping.

  • Writes short texts for different purposes.

  • Newspaper articles.

  • Story of at least two paragraphs.

  • Sequences information.

  • Makes own book

6. LANGUAGE CONCEPTS
  • Antonyms.

  • Synonyms.

  • Apostrophe.

  • Speech marks – Direct speech.

  • Punctuation.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
MATHEMATICS
GRADE 3 / TERM 1
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. NUMBER OPERATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
  • Counts objects to 200.

  • Counts forwards and backwards in: 1’s, 10’s, 5s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 100s to 200.

  • Number symbols and number name to 500.

  • Describe, compare and orders number to 99.

  • Place value of numbers to 99.

  • Problem-solving techniques:
  • Building up and break down numbers.
  • Doubling and halving.
  • Number line

  • Addition and subtraction with solutions up to 99.

  • Repeated addition leading to multiplication up to 50.

  • Grouping and sharing leading to division up to 50.

  • Sharing leading to fractions.

  • Money (including totals and change).

  • Techniques for calculations:
  • Building up and breaking down numbers.
  • Doubling and halving.
  • Number lines.

  • Addition and subtraction with symbols up to 99, number bonds to 20

  • Repeated addition leading to multiplication using symbols: multiply number 1 to 10 by 2,5,3,4

  • Mental maths: Number concept: range 200.

  • Fractions.

2. PATTERNS, FUNCTIONS & ALGEBRA
  • Geometric patterns: Copy, extend and describe. Create and describe own pattern.

  • Number patterns: copy, extend and describe to 200, backwards and forwards.

3. SPACE AND SHAPE
  • 2-D Shapes. Range of shapes. Features of shapes.

  • Symmetry

4. MEASUREMENT
  • Telling the time.

  • Capacity / Volume.

5. DATA HANDLING
  • Collect and organise data.

  • Represent data.

  • Analyse and interpret data.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
MATHEMATICS
GRADE 3 / TERM 2
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. NUMBER OPERATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
  • Counts objects to 500.

  • Counts forwards and backwards in: 500.

  • Number symbols and number name to 1000.

  • Describe, compare and orders number to 500.

  • Place value of numbers to 500.

  • Problem-solving techniques:
  • Building up and break down numbers.
  • Doubling and halving.
  • Number line
  • Rounding off in tens.

  • Addition and subtraction with solutions up to 400.

  • Repeated addition leading to multiplication up to 75.

  • Grouping and sharing leading to division up to 75.

  • Sharing leading to fractions.

  • Money (including totals and change).

  • Techniques for calculations:
  • Building up and breaking down numbers.
  • Doubling and halving.
  • Number lines.
  • Rounding off in tens.

  • Addition and subtraction with symbols up to 400, number bonds to 30

  • Repeated addition leading to multiplication using symbols: multiply number 2,4,5,10,3 to 50

  • Mental maths: Number concept: range 500.

  • Fractions.

2. PATTERNS, FUNCTIONS & ALGEBRA
  • Geometric patterns: Copy, extend and describe. Create and describe own pattern.

  • Number patterns: copy, extend and describe to 200, backwards and forwards.

3. SPACE AND SHAPE
  • Position, orientation and views.

  • 3-D Object. Range of objects. Features of objects.

  • Symmetry

4. MEASUREMENT
  • Telling the time.
  • Calculate length of time.
  • Passing of time.

  • Length.

  • Mass.

5. DATA HANDLING
  • Collect and organise data.

  • Represent data.

  • Analyse and interpret data.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
MATHEMATICS
GRADE 3 / TERM 3
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. NUMBER OPERATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
  • Counts objects to 750.

  • Counts forwards and backwards in: 700.

  • Number symbols and number name to 1000.

  • Describe, compare and orders number to 750.

  • Place value of numbers to 750.

  • Problem-solving techniques:
  • Building up and break down numbers.
  • Doubling and halving.
  • Number line
  • Rounding off in tens.

  • Addition and subtraction with solutions up to 800.

  • Repeated addition leading to multiplication up to 75.

  • Grouping and sharing leading to division up to 75.

  • Sharing leading to fractions.

  • Money (including totals and change , conversion).

  • Techniques for calculations:
  • Building up and breaking down numbers.
  • Doubling and halving.
  • Number lines.
  • Rounding off in tens.

  • Addition and subtraction with symbols up to 800, number bonds to 30

  • Repeated addition leading to multiplication using symbols: multiply number 2,4,5,10,3 to 100

  • Mental maths: Number concept: range 750.

  • Fractions.

2. PATTERNS, FUNCTIONS & ALGEBRA
  • Geometric patterns: Copy, extend and describe. Create and describe own pattern.

  • Number patterns: copy, extend and describe to 750, backwards and forwards.

3. SPACE AND SHAPE
  • Position, orientation and views.

  • 3-D Object. Range of objects. Features of objects.

  • 2-D Shapes. Range of shapes. Features of shapes.

4. MEASUREMENT
  • Telling the time.
  • Calculate length of time.
  • Passing of time.

  • Length.

  • Perimeter.

5. DATA HANDLING
  • Collect and organise data.

  • Represent data.

  • Analyse and interpret data.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
MATHEMATICS
GRADE 3 / TERM 4
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. NUMBER OPERATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS
  • Counts objects to 1000.

  • Counts forwards and backwards in: 1000.

  • Number symbols and number name to 1000.

  • Describe, compare and orders number to 999.

  • Place value of numbers to 999.

  • Problem-solving techniques:
  • Building up and break down numbers.
  • Doubling and halving.
  • Number line
  • Rounding off in tens.

  • Addition and subtraction with solutions up to 999.

  • Repeated addition leading to multiplication up to 100.

  • Grouping and sharing leading to division up to 100.

  • Sharing leading to fractions.

  • Money (including totals and change, conversion).

  • Techniques for calculations:
  • Building up and breaking down numbers.
  • Doubling and halving.
  • Number lines.
  • Rounding off in tens.

  • Addition and subtraction with symbols up to 999, number bonds to 30

  • Repeated addition leading to multiplication using symbols: multiply number 2,4,5,10,3 to 100

  • Mental maths: Number concept: range 999.

  • Fractions.

2. PATTERNS, FUNCTIONS & ALGEBRA
  • Patterns all around us

  • Number patterns: copy, extend and describe to 1000, backwards and forwards.

3. SPACE AND SHAPE
  • 3-D Object. Range of objects. Features of objects.

  • Symmetry

4. MEASUREMENT
  • Telling the time.
  • Calculate length of time.
  • Passing of time.

  • Mass (formal measuring)

  • Capacity / Volume

  • Area

5. DATA HANDLING
  • Collect and organise data.

  • Represent data.

  • Analyse and interpret data.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
LIFE SKILLS
GRADE 3 / TERM 1
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. BEGINNING KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING
1.1 ABOUT ME
  • Timeline of own life.

  • Personal facts.

  • Likes / Dislikes.

1.2 FEELINGS
  • Different emotions e.g. fear, anger, worry, happiness.

1.3 HEALTH PROTECTION
  • First Aid.

  • Health and Hygiene.

  • Emergency Situations.

1.4 KEEPING MY BODY SAFE
  • We are not safe with everyone.

  • Rules to keep my body safe.

1.5 RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Children’s rights.

  • Rights at school, home and in the community.

  • My responsibilities.

RELIGIOUS DAYS AND OTHER SPECIAL DAYS
2.CREATIVE ARTS
  • Creative games and skills.

2.2 IMPROVISE AND INTERPRET
  • Role play.

2.3 VISUAL ARTS
  • Create in 2D.

  • Create in 3D.

3. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
  • Locomotor.

  • Perceptual motor.

  • Rhythm.

  • Co-ordination.

  • Balance.

  • Spatial Orientation.

  • Laterality.

  • Sports and Games.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
LIFE SKILLS
GRADE 3 / TERM 2
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. BEGINNING KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING
1.1 HEALTHY EATING
  • Food groups.

  • Vitamins.

  • Carbohydrates.

  • Proteins.

  • Dairy.

  • Importance of balanced diet.

1.2 INSECTS
  • Characteristics of an insect, bee, ants, crickets, dragonflies, butterflies.

  • Labelling an insect.

1.3 LIFE CYCLES
  • Dog.

  • Butterfly.

  • Frog.

  • Chicken.

1.4 RECYCLING
  • What happens to waste?

  • Recycling of metal, glass, paper, plastic.

  • Re-using.

  • Recycling.

  • Reducing.

RELIGIOUS DAYS AND OTHER SPECIAL DAYS
2.CREATIVE ARTS
  • Creative games and skills.

2.2 IMPROVISE AND INTERPRET
  • Poems.

2.3 VISUAL ARTS
  • Create in 2D.

  • Create in 3D.

3. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
  • Locomotor.

  • Perceptual motor.

  • Rhythm.

  • Co-ordination.

  • Balance.

  • Spatial Orientation.

  • Laterality.

  • Sports and Games.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
LIFE SKILLS
GRADE 3 / TERM 3
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. BEGINNING KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING
1.1 PUBLIC SAFETY
  • Dangerous places to play.

  • Road Safety.

  • Dangers of: electricity, poisonous substances, flammable substances.

  • Danger warning & signs.

1.2 POLLUTION
  • What pollution is.

  • Types – air, land, water.

  • Effects of pollution.

1.3 HOW PEOPLE LIVED LONG AGO
  • Then and now.

  • Objects used in the past.

1.4 SPACE
  • Our solar system.

  • Names and description of planets.

  • Space travel.

RELIGIOUS DAYS AND OTHER SPECIAL DAYS
2.CREATIVE ARTS
  • Creative games and skills.

2.2 IMPROVISE AND INTERPRET
  • Classroom Dramas.

2.3 VISUAL ARTS
  • Create in 2D.

  • Create in 3D.

3. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
  • Locomotor.

  • Perceptual motor.

  • Rhythm.

  • Co-ordination.

  • Balance.

  • Spatial Orientation.

  • Laterality.

  • Sports and Games.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
LIFE SKILLS
GRADE 3 / TERM 4
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. BEGINNING KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL AND SOCIAL WELL-BEING
1.1 PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES
  • Structure of a plant: roots, stems, leaves, seeds.

  • How plants grow.

  • The food that plants give us.

  • From sugar cane to sugar.

  • How bricks are made.

1.2 DISASTERS
  • Floods.

  • Earthquakes.

  • Tornadoes.

  • Volcanoes.

1.3 ANIMALS AND CREATURES THAT HELP US
  • Bees.

  • Chicken.

  • Sheep.

  • Cows.

  • Animals that work for us: dogs & horses.

RELIGIOUS DAYS AND OTHER SPECIAL DAYS
2.CREATIVE ARTS
  • Creative games and skills.

2.2 IMPROVISE AND INTERPRET
  • Dramatise Poems.

2.3 VISUAL ARTS
  • Create in 2D.

  • Create in 3D.

3. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
  • Locomotor.

  • Perceptual motor.

  • Rhythm.

  • Co-ordination.

  • Balance.

  • Spatial Orientation.

  • Laterality.

  • Sports and Games.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
AFRIKAANS
GRADE 3 / TERM 1
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. LISTENING AND SPEAKING (LUISTER EN PRAAT)
Theme: Myself
My Body / My Ligaam
  • Understands and responds to simple questions e.g. Wat is jounaam?, Hoe oud is jy?

  • Continues to develop an oral vocabulary.

  • Follows instructions.

  • Memorises and performs simple poems.

  • Listens to stories.

  • Speaks on the topic ‘Myself’.

  • Demonstrates understanding of oral vocabulary by pointing to objects in the classroom or in a picture.

2. LEES EN KLANKE (READING AND PHONICS)
  • Single letters.

  • Revision of single vowels: a, e, i, o, u.

  • Builds and sounds out short words.

  • Recognises vowel diagraphs: aa, ee, uu, oo, ei.

  • Reads short written text.

  • Answers literal questions about a story.

  • Demonstrates comprehension and fluency.

3. SKRYF EN TAALSTRUKTUUR (WRITING AND LANGUAGE USE)
  • With support write simple sentences.

  • Writes a paragraph of 4-6 sentences (Myself).

  • Uses punctuation taught in home language.

  • Spells common words correctly.

  • Understands and uses simple present tense.

  • Labels pictures (My Liggaam).

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
AFRIKAANS
GRADE 3 / TERM 2
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. LISTENING AND SPEAKING (LUISTER EN PRAAT)
Theme: My Gesin (My Family)
Binne Die Huis (The Home)
  • Continues to develop an oral vocabulary.

  • Follows instructions e.g. voujou arms.

  • Understand and responds to simple questions.

  • Talks about objects in a picture.

  • Memorises and performs simple poems.

  • Listens to stories and answers comprehension questions orally.

  • Demonstrates understanding of oral vocab by pointing to objects in the classroom or a picture.

2. LEES EN KLANKE (READING AND PHONICS)
  • Builds and sounds out words using sounds learnt.

  • Vowels digraphs: ui, oe, eu, ei.

  • Spells simple words.

  • Reads short written texts.

  • Answers literal questions based on text.

  • Reads with increasing fluency and expression.

3. SKRYF EN TAALSTRUKTUUR (WRITING AND LANGUAGE USE)
  • Writes a paragraph of 4-6 sentences (My Gesin).

  • Uses punctuation taught in Home Language.

  • Spells common words correctly.

  • Build own word bank.

  • Uses dictionary.

  • Writes simple set of instructions e.g. hoe om ‘n toebroodjetemaak.

  • Builds sentences using nouns, verbs and prepositions.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
AFRIKAANS
GRADE 3 / TERM 3
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. LISTENING AND SPEAKING (LUISTER EN PRAAT)
Theme: Troeteldiere (Pets)
Wildediere (Wild Animals)
Plaasdiere (Farm Animals)
  • Follows and gives instructions.

  • Participates in short conversations.

  • Completes a picture following instructions.

  • Listens to short oral recount.

  • Gives a short oral recount.

  • Listens to a story and answers comprehension questions orally.

  • Memorises and performs simple poems.

2. LEES EN KLANKE (READING AND PHONICS)
  • Builds and sounds out words learnt.

  • Recognises the following sounds: aai, ooi, oei, eeu.

  • Reads aloud from own book in guided reading group with teacher.

  • Reads with increasing fluency and expression.

  • Answers questions based on text.

3. SKRYF EN TAALSTRUKTUUR (WRITING AND LANGUAGE USE)
  • Writes a paragraph of 4-6 sentences.

  • Spells common words correctly.

  • Organises, sequences information.

  • Writes meaningful sentences using dictionary.

  • Writes sentences in the past tense.

  • Teenoorgesteldes (Opposites)

  • Animal young.

  • Animal sounds.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
AFRIKAANS
GRADE 3 / TERM 4
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. LISTENING AND SPEAKING (LUISTER EN PRAAT)
Theme: Vrugte (Fruit)
Groente (Vegetables)
Eetgoed (Food)
  • Follows and gives instructions.

  • Understands and responds to simple questions.

  • Talks about a picture or photograph.

  • Participates in short conversations.

  • Listens to a story and answers comprehension questions orally.

  • Retells the story.

  • Memorises and performs simple poems.

  • Listens to non-fiction text and gives simple summary.

  • Demonstrates understanding of oral vocabulary by pointing to objects in a picture.

2. LEES EN KLANKE (READING AND PHONICS)
  • Builds and sounds out words used.

  • Recognises more complex word families.

  • Reads with increasing fluency and expression.

  • Answers short questions based on text.

  • Retells part of a story with help of teacher.

  • Reads familiar poems and rhymes.

3. SKRYF EN TAALSTRUKTUUR (WRITING AND LANGUAGE USE)
  • Writes complex list with headings.

  • Writes paragraph of 6-8 sentences.

  • Together with the teacher writes a simple story and copies it.

  • Spells common words correctly.

  • Builds sentences using a dictionary.

  • Uses degrees of comparison (trappe van vergelyking).

  • Meervoud (Plurals).

  • Verkleinvoorde (Dimunitives)

  • ToekommendeTyd (Future Tense).