Foundation Phase

Weekly Lesson Plan  Term 4

  Life Skills

Week 7-8 Grade 3 Starting- Ending: 22 November- 03 December 2021

Topic: Animals and creatures that help us

By the end of this activity, the learners will have: Learnt about:

· Animals that gives us food and /or clothes: Bees, Chickens

· Animals and creatures that gives us food or clothes: Cattle, Sheep.
· Animals that work for us: Dogs; guide dogs, watch dogs, sniffer dogs, donkeys and horses.
· Art elements; identify and name all art elements.
· Design principles; name and use contrast promotion emphasis and balance.
Outcomes · Questions to deepen and extend observation of elements and design principles.
· Creating a mood; use verbal dynamics, expressive sounds and movement, use poems, picture or song.
· Creating movements based on pictures, movement sentence (sequencing) showing beginning, middle and
· Swimming, kicking with left/ right legs arm actions with left and right. Any activity relating to laterality. See-saw.
· Water games –Ring- a Ring a Rosie, giant steps, races etc.
· Three legged games.
· Catch the dragon’s tail.
· Tennis set, Mini cricket.
Study Areas Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
TOPIC: Animals and TOPIC: Animals and TOPIC: Animals and
creatures that help us creatures that help us creatures that help us
Animals that gives us Animals and creatures Animals that work for us
food and /or clothes that gives us food or Dogs; guide dogs, watch
Beginning knowledge
Bees clothes dogs, sniffer dogs.
and Personal
and Social Well-being. Chickens Cattle. Donkeys and horses.
Hours. Vocabulary words Sheep.
DBE workbooks pages
Vocabulary words 58-61
DBE workbooks
52-57 DBE workbooks 52-57
Infused Grade 2 Topics Infused Grade 2 Topics
Transport, Animals Transport, Animals
 Infused Grade 2 Topics Homework
Transport, Animals DBE workbooks pages 62-
64
Alternative activities for
exercise books.

Creative Arts. VISUAL LITERACY

2 Hours Art elements
Visual Arts Identify and name all art
elements.
Design principles; name
and use contrast
promotion emphasis and
balance.
Questions to deepen and
extend observation of
elements and design
principles.
Performing Arts Focus on lengthening
Warm up and curling the spine.

Main Activity Creating a mood; use

verbal dynamics,
expressive sounds and
movement, use poems,
picture or song.
Creating movements
based on pictures,
movement sentence
(sequencing) showing
beginning, middle and
end.

Cool down Start on hands and

knees, with a flat back.
Take a deep breath in
and arch back so that
 belly is moving down
towards the ground and
shoulders move back.
Physical Education. Learners do various
2 Hours stretching exercises. They
start with the neck then
Warm up
move to the shoulders,
arms, waist, thighs, calves
and end with the ankles.
Main Activity Laterality
Swimming, kicking with
left/ right legs arm actions
with left and right. Any
activity relating to
laterality. See-saw.
Cool down Kneel on the floor and
keep your heels joined
together.
Bring your body to rest on
the heels, with your knees
wide apart.
Raise your arms over your
head and slowly bend
down to touch your
forehead to the ground
with your arms on the
sides.
Mirroring have a learner
find a partner.
Choose one partner to
start doing various
motions. They can kick,
move their harms, spin
around, or do any other
motions. The learner’s
partner will try to mirror
their motions.
Sports and games
Water games –Ring- a
Ring a Rosie, giant steps,
races etc.
Three legged games.
Catch the dragon’s tail.
Tennis set.
Mini cricket.
Learners lie down flat on
their backs with feet
touching and on the
whistle sit up and touch
their toes.
 Hold the position and
count till 5.

Assessment Informal(AFL)
Leaners write sentences on animals that gives us food and /or clothes.
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Formal (AFL)
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Expanded Opportunities Learners can research on animals that help us.

Reflection
Resources Pictures, Posters, Vocabulary words, Information books, DBE workbooks, Exercise books, , Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Physical Education
equipment.

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