Term 3 Week 3 and 4 Daily plan for English

Day 1: Teaching 1. Introduce the new spelling words. Ask children to explain their meanings

and use the word in a sentence. Sound the words, blend them and read them. Write the words on their whiteboards one at a time. Do this with each word.

2. Read the memory sentence. Let your child read it 3 times over. 3. Practice reading the sight words and the words for next week’s reader. 4. Go over the story – The Egg Hunt. Discuss the story. Watch the video. Read

to the children, children read with teacher, child reads alone with support. 5. Simply the best phonics page 15. 6. DBE book pages 22 (read the sentences 3 times), 23 (read the words at the

top of the page 3 times), 24, 25 7. Watch these videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROKNNvuGpEo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDZIxKI-Gxk

Day 2: Homework 1. Write the spelling words for Day 1. 2. Write the memory sentence for Day 1. 3. Read: The Egg Hunt 4. Read the sight words and the words for next week. 5. Watch the worksheet cloud lessons for Monday and Tuesday this week.

Day 3 Teaching 1. Sound the spelling words, blend them and read them. Write the words on

their whiteboards. Do this with each word. 2. Read and write the memory sentence three times on their white boards 3. Practice reading the sight words and the words for next week’s reader. 4. Read: The Egg Hunt in groups and independently. 5. Phonic activity: Word search using this week’s phonic and sight words. 6. Listen to PowerPoint presentation for the new ‘a woorde’. 7. Watch these videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8e3hS1bkdY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfzOjPZ0YMs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HNpJFVEjFU

8. Jolly phonics book page 10 and 11. Use PowerPoint for page 11 revision.

Day 4: Homework 1. Write the spelling words for Day 2. 2. Write the memory sentence for Day 2. 3. Read: The Egg Hunt 4. Read the sight words and the words for next week. 5. Watch the worksheet cloud lessons for Wednesday and Thursday this week.

Day 5 Teaching 1. Sound, read and write the words on their white boards. Practice writing the

memory sentence three times. 2. Read and write each sight word on their boards. 3. Read the words for next week. 4. Read: The Egg Hunt individually. 5. Sentence sequencing activity for The Egg Hunt – step by step instructions 6. Simply the best Phonics page 16 7. Handwriting lesson for the week + write a sentence with two of the words

from the DBE book. (See the lesson). 8. Revise the Afrikaans sentences Hier is ‘n OR Dit is ‘n using the ‘a woorde’.

Use PowerPoint for this. 9. Introduce the story of: Nobody wanted to play to the children.

Day 6: Homework 1. Write the spelling words for Day 3. 2. Write the memory sentence for Day 3. 3. Read: The Egg Hunt 4. Read the sight words and the words for next week. 5. Practice writing the sight words. 6. Watch the worksheet cloud lessons for Friday and Monday this week. 7. Revise the concept of rhyming words using the Get out of the wagon game.

Day 7 Teaching 1. Sound, read and write the words on their white boards. Practice writing the

memory sentence three times. 2. Read and write each sight word on their boards. 3. Read the words for next week. 4. Read: Nobody wanted to play. Read again, with children reading along. Let

children read without the teacher, supporting each other. Teacher helps if everyone struggles.

5. Handwriting lesson 2 6. Go over the comprehension questions orally first and then in writing

making sure they answer in full sentences. Remind them about when and where we use capital letters and full stops. Demonstrate writing the answers for them. Let them help with the spelling of the words from the story.

Day 8: Homework

1. Write the spelling words for Day 4. 2. Write the memory sentence for Day 4. 3. Read: Nobody wanted to play 4. Read the sight words and the words for next week. 5. Practice writing the sight words. 6. Watch the worksheet cloud lessons for Tuesday and Wednesday this week.

Day 9: Teaching

1. Spelling and Maths test (in your pack) 2. Simply the Best Phonics page 17 3. Hier is ‘n written activity – sentences using the e and the a woorde 4. Complete all the work for the week.

Day 10: Homework

1. Complete any outstanding work sent home 2. Watch worksheet cloud Thursday and Friday lessons.

Term 3 Week 3 and 4 English Grade One

1. Spelling:

Keep building the words with your set of letters, or the letters printed on card in

your pack.

2. Memory sentence

3. Sight words:

Please practice reading and spelling these words this week.

□ when □ why □ where □ who □ which

□ any □ many □ want □ two □ saw

4. Reading

The Egg Hunt Kate came to stay. Mum and Kate made a cake. Kate put little eggs on it. Wilma looked at the little eggs. She had an idea. Wilma went to the park. She wanted to hide some eggs. She put them in the trees. She put them in the flowers. Wilf and Kate came to the park. “You can look for the eggs,” said Wilma. Kate looked for the eggs. “Where are they?” she said. The squirrels had them. “Squirrels like eggs,” said Kate. “So do I,” she said. Listen to the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMJQ-6Dw8fE

5. This week we are going to learn how to sequence (order) sentences according to how they happened in the story. Step 1: Look at the sentences below. Read them through.

“You can look for the eggs,” said Wilma. Wilma looked at the little eggs. The squirrels had them.

She wanted to hide some eggs. Step 2: Using the story on the previous page, find the sentences in the actual story and underline them using a ruler. Step 3: Now number them in order from 1 to 4.

This is what your story will look like once you have underlined the sentences.

The Egg Hunt Kate came to stay. Mum and Kate made a cake. Kate put little eggs on it. 1. Wilma looked at the little eggs. She had an idea. Wilma went to the park. 2. She wanted to hide some eggs. She put them in the trees. She put them in the flowers. Wilf and Kate came to the park. 3. “You can look for the eggs,” said Wilma. Kate looked for the eggs. “Where are they?” she said. 4. The squirrels had them. “Squirrels like eggs,” said Kate. “So do I,” she said.

Step 4: Now write the sentence in the correct order in the box below:

1

2

3

4

Step 5: Write the date in your book.

Write the heading The Egg Hunt Paste the completed table into your book

This is what the table should look like:

1

2

3

4

Nobody Wanted to Play Wilf was cross. Nobody wanted to play. He went to the park. Wilf played on the rocket. “I am a spaceman,” he said. He played on the see-saw. “I am a juggler,” he said. He played on the horse. “I am a cowboy,” he said. He played on his bicycle. “I am a stuntman,” he said. He climbed up the ladder. “I am a fireman,” he said. He climbed on the wall. “I am a spiderman,” he said. Whoops! Listen to the story here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwklEClXSAA

6. Jolly Phonics

Keep revising the Jolly phonics sounds using the flashcards provided in Revision

week. Make sure you use the Jolly Phonics App on your phone to revise all 46

sounds. Include the tricky ones like ou, oa, ie, etc.

Dictation: page 10

hid

hum

ant

from

slip

shed

them

chain

harp

mushroom

7. Phonics: Complete the word search. Trim around the edge and paste it in your book.

Phonic wordsearch Find these words in the word search below. Circle the words and remember to

tick them off in the box.

tub cub hug tug mug bug dug bud rug mud rub the eats brown

a s t u b c r g h e u b m u g b u a g n a b s r g t w b u g q o e s m r t y u w h d u g e w b n j p d k l r u g r u b c v b d n o p i t h e u t

8. Handwriting: Lesson 1

Week 1 lesson: remind them to start by doing cross – dot in the margin

Lesson 2:

Week 2 lesson: remind them to start by doing cross – dot in the margin

9. Comprehension.

Start by writing the date and the heading.

Cut out these pictures to help you answer each question.

Questions: Help your child to read these questions three times before attempting to answer them. The answers must be full sentences (see answers). Remind your child to start with a capital letter and end with a full stop. They will require help to write words such as pretending, thought, etc. but most of the words are in the story if they look carefully. Encourage your child to look at the story for help.

1. When Wilf played on the rocket, what did he say? 2. What was Wilf pretending to be when he was on the

see-saw? 3. What was Wilf riding when he said, “I am a cowboy?” 4. What was Wilf riding when he said, “I am a stuntman?” 5. When Wilf climbed up the ladder what did he say? 6. Who did Wilf think he was when he fell off the wall?

Answers:

1. Wilf said, “I am a spaceman.” 2. Wilf was pretending to be a juggler. 3. Wilf was riding a horse. 4. Wilf was riding a bicycle. 5. Wilf said, “I am a fireman.” 6. Wilf thought he was spiderman.

10. Learn to read these words by next week:

school past library lady drawing Mrs May children miss

drew circles faces everyone circus clown strong laugh

gymnastics drink after pulled

kyk dit na die is ‘n hier sien

11. Afrikaans: New words with a PowerPoint with audio

12. Write the sentences on the next page. Use: Hier is ‘n _____ for each one.

Week 3/4 Phonics Test

This week, now that you all have an exercise book to work in, we would like

you to start setting the test out as follows.

The test words are out of 14 marks

For the sentence, there are a total of 8 marks. One mark for each word. One mark for a capital letter at the beginning and one mark for a full stop at the end.

Total Mark

22