GRADE R WEEKLY LESSON PLAN

WEEK NO:__ DATE FROM:__ ______________ TO:_________________ _

TERM:___ _____

THEME: Wool farming

DURATION SESSION MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

36 MIN WHOLE CLASS MORNING RING MORNING RING MORNING RING MORNING RING MORNING RING
Greetings, Register, Greetings, Register, Greetings, Register, Greetings, Register, Greetings, Register,
Home Weather, Birthdays, Weather, Birthdays, Weather, Birthdays, Oral, Weather, Birthdays, Weather, Birthdays,
Language Oral, counting & news Oral, counting & news counting & news Oral, counting & Oral, counting & news
Mathematics news
Life Skills CAPS content/skill CAPS content/skill CAPS content/skill CAPS content/skill CAPS content/skill
Listening and speaking Listening and speaking Listening and speaking Listening and Listening and speaking
Home speaking
Language
focus Theme discussion Shared reading Phonemic awareness Shared reading Phonemic awareness
Using a chart, Using the Big book, Listening to different Using the Big book, Learners pick up letter
discussing wool farming reading and sharing symbols that we chose having a discussion “o” among other letters
photos in a book about what they see using flash cards
in the book
Resources: Resources: Resources: Resources: Resources:
Chart Big book Flash cards Big book Flash cards
Assessment: Assessment: Assessment: Assessment: Assessment:
Engage in a discussion Read and share pictures Can letter “o” around them Understanding Can recognise letter “o”
pictures in a book
50 MIN INDIVIDUAL CAPS content/skill CAPS content/skill CAPS content/skill CAPS content/skill CAPS content/skill
CHOICE INSIDE Painting Drawing Cutting Pretending to write Be doctors
Home Creative activity Creative activity Creative activity Creative activity Creative activity
Language Painting jerseys, socks, Drawing a machine they Using magazines, they cut Learners pretend to Writing letters and names
Mathematics hats, scarfs on a use to make wool from clothes that are made of write the word of animals that produce
Life Skills worksheet sheep hair wool “wool” wool
Maths (construction) Literacy (cognitive) Fantasy area Book corner/ area Science area
area area They pretend to do crotchet Trying to read small Injecting animals that are
Building trucks to Drawing anything done using wool and needle books with pictures sick
deliver sheep hair by wool and needle of the main theme
 Theme table: Crayons, A4 papers and Magazine, wool and A4 papers, pencils Paper, pens, injections
Paint, brushes and a picture to copy the needles and books and medicines
worksheets machine
30 min SMALL GROUP Caps content/skill Caps content/skill Caps content/skill caps content/skill caps content/skill
Number separations and Number separations and Number separations Number separations and Number separations and
Mathematics relationships relationships and relationships relationships relationships
focus Teacher Directed TD TD TD TD
Teacher re-inforces the Teacher re-inforces the Teacher re-inforces Teacher re-inforces the Teacher re-inforces the
number 7 (1-7) and (7- number 7 (1-7) and (7- the number 7 (1-7) number 7 (1-7) and (7-1) number 7 (1-7) and (7-1)
1) 1) and (7-1)
Independent 1 Independent 2 Independent 3 Independent 4 Independent 5
Colour-in 7 shapes and Colour-in 7 shapes and Colour-in 7 shapes Colour-in 7 shapes and write Colour-in 7 shapes and
write number 7 dots – write number 7 dots – and write number 7 number 7 dots – page 34 write number 7 dots –
page 34 page 34 dots – page 34 page 34
Independent 2 Independent 3 Independent 4 Independent 5 Independent 1
Workbook page 35 – Workbook page 35 – Workbook page 35 Workbook page 35 – Workbook page 35 –
counting vegetables and counting vegetables and – counting counting vegetables and counting vegetables and
drawing dots of the drawing dots of the vegetables and drawing dots of the same drawing dots of the same
same number same number drawing dots of the number number
same number
Independent 3 Independent 4 Independent 5 Independent 1 Independent 2
Colour-in the shapes, Colour-in the shapes, Colour-in the Colour-in the shapes, same Colour-in the shapes,
same number as given – same number as given – shapes, same number as given – page 45 same number as given –
page 45 page 45 number as given – page 45
page 45
Independent 4 Independent 5 Independent 1 Independent 2 Independent 3
Matching picture, Matching picture, Matching picture, Matching picture, number Matching picture, number
number and dots number and dots number and dots and dots and dots
Resources: Resources: Resources: Resources: Resources:
Workbook, crayons and Workbook, crayons and Workbook, crayons Workbook, crayons and Workbook, crayons and
pencils pencils and pencils pencils pencils
Assessment: Assessment: Assessment: Assessment: Assessment:
Understanding number 7 Understanding number 7 Understanding Understanding number 7 Understanding number 7
number 7
10 MIN TOILET ROUTINE
20 MIN SNACK TIME
60 MIN WHOLE CLASS Caps content/skill Caps content/skill Caps content/skill Caps content/skill Caps content/skill

FREE PLAY Balancing Balancing Balancing Balancing Balancing

OUTSIDE
Life Skills Balancing on one foot Walk on a line or logs Walk on tyres that Walk on cans tied with a rope Stand on one leg and put
focus PHYSICAL without falling are on the ground on feet and holed ropes beanbag on the head
EDUCATION Resources: Resources: Resources: Resources: Resources:
Learners Logs, line Tyres Cans, ropes Beanbags
Assessment: Assessment: Assessment: Assessment: Assessment:
Can throw beanbags Can bounce the ball Can kick the ball Can throw into a bucket Can climb up the ladder
10 MIN TOILET ROUTINE Supervised Supervised Supervised Supervised Supervised
30 MIN WHOLE CLASS Caps content/skill Caps content/skill Caps content/skill Caps content/skill Caps content/skill
Dramatise and sing Dramatise and sing Dramatise and sing Dramatise and sing Dramatise and sing
Life Skills/ MUSIC DRAMA Sing-“Tamatiso In a circle, they In a circle, they Learning new song singing New song - “Jinjin
Language MOVEMENT sosososo…” They dramatise and sing dramatise and sing and dramatising “Jinjin bafazini ake sishintshane
focus DANCE dramatize in a circle -“Tamatiso sosososo…” -“Tamatiso bafazini ake sishintshane wena uthathe owami
DISCUSSION sosososo…” wena..” mina ngithathe owakho..”
Resources: resources: resources: resources: resources:
Learner Learner Learner Learner Learner
Assessment: Assessment: Assessment: Assessment: Assessment:
Can sing and dramatise Can sing and dramatise Can sing and Can sing and dramatise Can sing and dramatise
dramatise alphabets
30 MIN WHOLE CLASS Caps content/skill Caps content/skill Caps content/skill Caps content/skill caps content/skill

Language STORY TIME Teacher reads a story Teacher reads a story Teacher reads a Teacher asks questions Learners tell the stories
focus story

Teacher reads a story Teacher reads a story Teacher reads story Teacher asks questions on the Each learner tells all the
“Ingulube itusa inkomo” “Ugogo nabzaukulu “uBacebile stories she has read to the stories they have learnt in
bakhe” unemibuzo” learners during the week front of the class
 Resources: Resources: Resources: Resources: Resources:

Msihambisane Masihambisane Masihambisane Masihambisane Masihambisane

Assessment: Assessment: Assessment: Assessment: Assessment:

Can listen without Can listen with interest Can listen without Can answer questions using Can tell stories using own
interference disturbing the own words words
teacher

Teacher Reflection It was a happy day Learners were happy They were excited Excited to learn new songs Happy about what they
about the lesson about the singing wrote today
and dramatisation