Grade R Home Learning Pack

SPARK Schools
Grade R
Date: 21st - 24th June 2021

Scholar Name and Surname Class

IMPORTANT School Announcements:

1. Remember to also log into ST Math and Reading Eggs from home.
2. Remember to also work on any projects assigned by your Literacy teacher
linked to Beginning Knowledge.

Come prepared with a book Read all instructions before PDN (Please Do Now) should
and pen completing your independent be written at the back of your
work book.

Content should be completed Rule off after the previous If you have a worksheet,
in the front of your book. day’s work and write the date remove it from this pack and
before starting with new stick it neatly into your book
work
 Weekly Overview
Literacy Mathematics First Additional
Language
1. SWBAT: Show some 1. SWBAT: 1. SWBAT: Respond to a
awareness of sequencing of Identify the days of the question udlalani?
letters. week and link specific days
to familiar events.

2. SWBAT: Read and 2. SWBAT: 2. SWBAT: Read/listen to a

understand simple Explore the sequence of the passage and answer questions.
sentences. months of the year.

3. SWBAT: Use phonic 3. SWBAT: 3. SWBAT: read and segment

knowledge to write words Count the days in a calendar words using syllables.
in ways which match their month.
spoken sounds.

4. SWBAT: Identify phonic 4. SWBAT:

phase 3 sounds. Sequence familiar events in
time order e.g. morning,
afternoon and night.

Beginning Knowledge My Five senses- Sight, hearing, touch, smell and taste

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 Monday, 21 June 2021

Math

Chapter Focus:
SWBAT:Identify the days of the week and link specific days to familiar events.

Steps to success:

I do (explanation/steps to success/modelling):

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We do (examples and answers):

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You do: (application/independent practise):

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CFU Questions:

What day is it tomorrow? ________________________

One week has ______ days.

Literacy

Genre:The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

Labels and captions, advice, re-telling, writing in role, narrative, letter
Area focus(Grammar/Reading/Writing/Phonics):
Phonic sounds: Phase 3 set 4
Objective: Learn and practise letters/sounds ai ee long oo short oo and learn and
practice letters learnt so far.

Recap phase 3 phonic sounds learnt so far:

Trace and rewrite phonic sounds:

j v x

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 y z zz qu

ch sh th ng

Practice reading the following words and then copy the words in the empty blocks.

was

will

with

Write the missing letter for each word. Then write the word on the dotted lines.

SWBAT (Learning Objective): To be able to identify, read and spell the digraph –igh-
To use phonic knowledge to write words in ways which match their spoken sounds

Success Criteria:
● I can read and write the digraph –igh-
● I can use phonics to help me to write

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Outcomes:Labels and captions, advice, re-telling, writing in role, narrative, letter
Main outcome: Advice leaflet

I do/We do (Whole Class):

Your teacher read you a story during this week that was titled “The Tiny seed by Eric
Carle”.
Read the story again and let your scholar retell the story in his/her own words.
(Verbally) Watch the video of the story being read aloud on the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6wTeT2cKA

You do (Independent work):

Read these sentences a few times. See if you can identify the ‘igh’ and ‘ai’ sounds in
these sentences. Colour the ‘igh’ sounds red and the ‘ai’ sounds blue.

● The wind blows the seeds high in the air.

● The seed flies too high and the sun burns it up.

● A bird eats one seed.

Scholars write down the sentence that matches the pictures. Scholars number the
sentences in the correct order sequence.

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CFU Question:

Draw a picture that matches the caption below.

A bird eats one seed.

Beginning Knowledge
Topic: Our 5 senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch)
SWBAT: identify and discuss the characteristics of each of our 5 senses.

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I do: Teacher recaps the topic by saying, I see a tree out the window. I can touch and
feel my soft jersey. I can hear the birds outside. I can smell the air freshner. I taste
my delicious apple.

We do: Let’s discuss.

What are our 5 senses?
Your five senses — seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching. Your 5 senses
help you notice the world around you. They're pretty powerful! You use your eyes to
see, your ears to hear, your nose to smell, your tongue to taste, and your skin to
feel.

You do: Complete the below activities.

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CFU Question:
Which organs do we use for each sense? Scholars verbally answer the question.

Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Math

Chapter Focus:
SWBAT:Explore the sequence of the months of the year.

Steps to success:
Sing the months of the year song.
Look at the trains with the months of the year.
Fill in the missing month.

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I do (explanation/steps to success/modelling):

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We do (examples and answers):

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You do: (application/independent practise):

CFU Question:
What month comes after June? __________________________

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Literacy

Genre:The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

Labels and captions, advice, re-telling, writing in role, narrative, letter
Area focus(Grammar/Reading/Writing/Phonics):
Phonic sounds: phase 3 set 5
Objective: Learn and practise letters/sounds oa ar or igh

Recap phonic phase 3 letters and sounds- Trace and draw a picture that has the
sound in them for example- j for jam

j v x

y z zz qu

ch sh th ng

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 i ee igh

SWBAT (Learning Objective): To be able to identify, read and spell the digraph – oa-
To be able to express themselves effectively ,
Showing awareness of listeners’ needs.

Success Criteria:
● I can read and write the digraph –oa-
● I can share my ideas with a group,speaking clearly

Outcomes:Labels and captions, advice, re-telling, writing in role, narrative, letter

Main outcome: Advice leaflet

I do/We do (Whole Class):

Do you remember the story of “The Tiny seed by Eric Carle”. Watch the video of the
story being read aloud on the link:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6wTeT2cKA

Show scholars an acorn and tell them that it is a seed of a big oak tree.

Teach the children the new digraph –oa- and let them read, say and write the sound.

Read the words five times and then you can write them down in the empty blocks.
oak

load

toad

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You do (Independent work):

Scholars write the following captions using the ‘oa’ sound and do revision of other
vowel sounds: ai, ee, igh and oa

● Look at the seed sail.

● Look how high an oak can grow.
● Seeds sail in the air.

Look at the seed sail. Draw your own picture of the caption.

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Look how high an oak can grow. Draw your own picture of the caption.

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Seeds sail in the air. Draw your own picture of the caption.

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CFU Question:
Try to copy the word “toad” on the line below and then try to make your own
sentence. Remember to make use of a capital letter at the beginning of your

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sentence, use correct finger spaces and add a full stop to the end of your sentence.

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Try to make your own sentence with the word ‘toad’.

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First Additional Language

Topic: ezemidlalo
SWBAT: Respond to the question udlalani?

I do : Read the sports vocabulary.

Ibhola lezinyawo
Iragbhi
Ikhilikithi
Ithenisi
Ikarati
igalofu

We do : Read the sports vocabulary.

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You do: draw your favorite sport.

CFU Question: What is cricket in IsiZulu?

Wednesday, 23 June 2021

Math

Chapter Focus:
SWBAT:Count the days in a calendar month.

Steps to success:
Know the months of the year.
Count the days in June.
Write the number of days in the calendar month of June.
I do (explanation/steps to success/modelling):

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We do (examples and answers):
How many days are there in the month of February?

______ and _____.

You do: (application/independent practise):

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CFU Question:
How many days are in June?
There are ______ months in a year.

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Literacy

Genre:The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle

Labels and captions, advice, re-telling, writing in role, narrative, letter
Area focus(Grammar/Reading/Writing/Phonics)
Phonic sounds: phase 3 set 5
Objective: Learn and practise letters/sounds oa ar or igh

Recap phonic phase 3 letters and sounds- write the correct starting or end sound for
each word. Example, th, sh, ch, ng

ch sh th ng

i ee igh
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Read and rewrite the following words in the blocks:

Try to use these words to make your own sentence (verbally)

my

for

too

Teach ar sound:
See if you can read these words by saying each sound button. Remember the ‘ar’ sound
goes together.

SWBAT (Learning Objective): To be able to talk about their ideas.

To demonstrate understanding when talking with others about what they have read.

Success Criteria:
● I can talk about my ideas
● I can talk about what I have read

Outcomes:Labels and captions, advice, re-telling, writing in role, narrative, letter

Main outcome: Advice leaflet

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I do/We do (Whole Class):Can you remember our story of “The Tiny seed by Eric
Carle”? Watch the video of the story being read aloud on the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls6wTeT2cKA

Explain to scholars that this is the inside of a tree trunk and that it takes the tree 1
year (365 days) to add another circle to its trunk so that it can grow bigger and
stronger.

Ask your scholar the following questions:

● Can you remember what an acorn looks like?

● Can you imagine how long it takes for a tree to become this big?

Read the sentence below a few times. See if you can underline the ‘oa’ and ‘igh’
sounds.
‘ from the littlest of acorns grow the mightiest of oaks,’
You do (Independent work): Scholars rewrite the sentence on the lines below and fill
in the missing word using phonic knowledge. Parents/guardians may assist scholars
by spelling the missing word for them. Scholars should write neatly on the lines with
appropriate finger spaces and remember to add a full stop to your sentence.

When I am bigger I would like to

become ________________.

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CFU Question:
Draw a picture of what you would like to become when you grow up. Think about
what difference you will make in this world?

First Additional Language

Topic: ezemidlalo
SWBAT: read/listen to a passage and answer questions.
I do : read a passage.

Kusasa usuku olukhulu esikoleni, usuku lwezemidlalo. Wonke

umuntu uzokhetha umdlalo awuthandayo. Mina ngithanda ibhola
lezinyawo kanye nekhilikkithi. USipho naye uthanda ibhola lezinyawo
futhi ufisa ukuyoba umdlali odumile phesheya. uThabo udlalela
iqembu okuthiwa iZabalaza Citizen, kant uZodwa uthanda ukudlala
iRagbhi kodwa eyintombazane.

We do : answer questions verbally.

1.UThabo udlalela liphi iqembu?

2. Lunini suku olokhulu esikoleni?

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3.UZodwa uthanda ukudlala muphi umdlalo?

4. Uyini uZodwa ?kekelezela impendulo yakho (intombazane/umfana)

You do: name 2 sports that are mentioned in the passage.

CFU Question: what is your favorite sport?

Thursday, 24 June 2021

Math

Chapter Focus:
SWBAT:Sequence familiar events in time order e.g. morning, afternoon and night.

Steps to success:

I do (explanation/steps to success/modelling):
Ask scholars the sequence of events in their day.
What do they do when they wake up?
What happens next?

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We do (examples and answers):

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You do: (application/independent practise):

CFU Question:
When do you go to sleep?

Literacy

Revision
Let’s revise and practice the skills we have learnt this term.

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Phonics: Phase 2 and 3
Read, trace and then copy each letter in the empty block below.

s t p

i n m d

g o c k

ck e u r

h b f ff

l ll ss

j v w x

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 y z zz qu

ch sh th ng

i ee igh o

oo r or

Let’s read our high Frequency words - Read and copy the following high frequency words in
the blank column.

High frequency words

no
go
I
are

she
we

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be
was
you

Writing

Write your name on the lines below:

Remember to make sure your letters are written in the correct direction as well as in the
correct order.
The first letter of your name should be written in a capital letter and the rest should be
small letters.

Read the sentences and copy them in the empty blocks. Remember to start the sentence
with a capital letter, use your finger spacing between each word and to write on the line.

I see a ship.

The man can sing.

He will chop wood.

Write a word on the line to match the picture. Hint: The word has the ai sound in it.

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Write a simple sentence about the van. Remember to start your sentence with a capital
letter and end it with a full stop. Make sure you also use finger spaces between words and
write on the line.

Reading

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First Additional Language

Topic: Ezemidlalo
SWBAT: read and segment words using syllables.

I do : write the words from the board.

Ibhola
Ithenisi
Iragbhi
Ikhilikithi
ikarati

We do : segment the words together.

i/bho/la

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i/ra/gbhi
i/the/ni/si
i/khi/li/ki/thi
i/ka/ra/ti

You do: clap out the above words and write down the number of claps in your book.
You first write the word and write the number of cla[s next to the word.

Parent/Teacher Feedback
Teacher feedback Parent Feedback

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