Day 42

Today is filled with fun revision activities. In Maths you will expand geometric patterns, write how 3D shapes move, share what you know about capacity, and complete questions about a graph. You will also answer questions about a story to show how well you understand what you read. Then for writing, you will write a to-do list. In Life Skills we will talk about what you’ve learnt and what you can do, and we will end by revising some Afrikaans vocabulary. Are you ready? Let’s go!

If you’re new here, the resources used for counting in multiples, sounds learnt (to be cut into sound cards to build words), phonics lists and reading sight words (to be cut out in order to flash the words) can be downloaded here. There are also some practice assessments available on the page.

Geometric patterns:

Maths methods – summary: This is useful to keep on hand should you forget how each of the different methods in Maths is calculated. Mathematics is one of those subjects where you will always have to show how you got your answer, whether you are in Grade 1 or at university, so make sure to include all the steps for each type of sum. Always leave one line open before starting a new sum – as indicated by the orange crosses.

Space and shape: Complete the sentences.

Measurement of capacity:

Data Handling: Print the worksheet here.

Reading – Comprehension test: Read the story two or three times before answering the questions. If you don’t know what the answer is, go read the story again to find what you are looking for. Print the worksheet here.

Writing – Write a to-do list:

Life Skills: Talk about what you have learnt and what you can do.

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary: We are revising our previous words and sentences. Try your very best to speak in full sentences every time.

You are a superstar!

Now go relax and have lots of fun!

Lisa

Day 35

We have another day of exciting practice assessments ahead today. In the Maths practice test there are opportunities to count in fives and tens, and also to do Mental Maths. In the Phonics practice test you’ll show off your skills with word families, and then read this week’s story. For writing you will write a list of the things we use at school. We will think about how to keep our bodies safe by talking about good and bad feelings in Life Skills, and end with Afrikaans, where you can show off how well you know the words that you learnt about the things we find in the bathroom. Are you ready? Let’s go!

The thing about tests… Please read the note below.

This week includes a few practice tests. The work in the tests is based on the work that we have been doing from Day 1 of the lessons on this site. I do not recommend the tests for any child who has not been thoroughly prepared to do the work. Rather go back to previous lessons if your child has only recently started with Term 2’s work. The search function can also assist if you would like to go back to specific topics.

The tests should be done as informally as possible and with as little pressure as possible. The only reason why work should ever be assessed is so that we can have an indication of where more help is needed, or where a concept is not yet fully developed. So, don’t give the answers or help beyond the instructions, but do give lots of encouragement to your child. If they get stuck, encourage them to think back to how we did this previously. The tests are available with memo’s here if you would like to print them. If you do not have access to a printer, just recreate them by hand. The memo’s give a clear indication of how marks have been assigned and what a teacher would be looking for.

Maths – Practice test 3:

Phonics: Learn the -od words. Sound them out, build them with your sound cards and when you’re ready, ask Mom or Dad to test how well you know them.

Phonics – Practice test 3:

Reading – words: Keep learning your words. Soon we won’t need them anymore. Revise them every day. Focus on the newer ones. Put the ones that you don’t yet know in a separate pile and learn them some more. Remember that you need to be able to say the words immediately when you see them.

Reading: Sound out the words that you don’t know. Try to read more fluently every day. Also try to read with expression. Remember that your voice needs to sound as though you are asking a question when there is a question mark, and more excited when there is an exclamation mark.

Writing – Practice test 3:

Life Skills: Take a quiet moment to speak with your child about this important topic. It is important that they know that they are special, and so are their bodies. Nobody may touch them if they don’t want it, especially if they say no. This page is all about when a person’s touch feels right (a yes feeling) that makes them feel good and safe, or when a person’s touch feels wrong (a no feeling) and makes them feel threatened or uncomfortable. Discussing these feelings helps them trust their own judgement when they come into contact with other people. The page was taken from the Department of Basic Education’s Life Skills book for Terms 1 and 2. 

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary: Today is a chance to see how well you remember the words that we learnt about the things we find in the bathroom. Point to the things that you hear in the video.

You did such a great job today! Well done!

Go and have some fun now!

Lisa

Day 30

Today is filled with challenging and fun activities! You can show off how you can count in fives and tens, work on your Mental Maths skills, solve a story sum, practice your handwriting, look for rhyming words in word families, read, write an important list, and talk about how our bodies move. There is also a speaking activity if Afrikaans is your additional language. Let’s get going!

If you’re new here, the resources used for counting in multiples, sounds learnt (to be cut into sound cards to build words), phonics lists and reading sight words (to be cut out in order to flash the words) can be downloaded here. There are also some practice assessments available on the page.

There were some technical issues with the Downloads page, but these have been resolved. Click on the link above to go there.

A note to parents: Allow your child to copy down by him-/herself as much as possible. Besides keeping them busy for longer, this allows them the opportunity to learn to copy correctly – a skill that they would ordinarily spend a lot of time perfecting in the classroom. Also, many of the tasks are a bit challenging. Instead of giving the answers, give clues or guide your child through the steps to discover the answer themselves. They will surprise you with just how clever they are!

Count in fives and tens:

Mental Maths:

More Mental Maths:

Story sum:

Handwriting: Because handwriting is assessed it is very important that special attention be given to the formation of letters. Make sure that letters start in the correct place, try to touch the bottom line and do not lift your hand whilst you write.

Phonics: Learn the -ip words. Sound them out, build them with your sound cards and when you’re ready, ask Mom or Dad to test how well you know them.

Phonics – Word families are words that rhyme. See if you can write one more word that sounds the same at the end as the first two.

Reading: Read all the words that have been ticked. Ask mom or dad to flash them to you. Try to say them quickly and get them all right. Pay special attention to the newer words.

Reading: Talk about what the story means. Sound out words that you don’t know. If you get stuck on some of the words, practice some more. Try to read more fluently every day. Also try to read with expression. Remember that your voice needs to sound like a question when there is a question mark.

Write a list:

Life Skills – My body: Talk about how your body moves and say the answers to the questions out loud (no need to write them). This worksheet was taken from the Department of Basic Education’s Life Skills book for Terms 1 and 2. 

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary: Follow along with the video about the stationery and other items that we use at school. Listen first and then say the words and sentences with the video. Try to learn all the words this week.

You did wonderful work today! Keep it up!

Now go do something fun!

Lisa

Day 25

We have plenty of fun work to do today! We are going to count in fives, do a few different mental maths activities, solve a story sum, work on our handwriting, make word family balloons, write a list, and learn emergency numbers. There is also a speaking activity if Afrikaans is your additional language. Here we go!

If you’re new here, the resources used for counting in multiples, sounds learnt (to be cut into sound cards to build words), phonics lists and reading sight words (to be cut out in order to flash the words) can be downloaded here. There are also some practice assessments available on the page.

A note to parents: Allow your child to copy down by him-/herself as much as possible. Besides keeping them busy for longer, this allows them the opportunity to learn to copy correctly – a skill that they would ordinarily spend a lot of time perfecting in the classroom. Also, many of the tasks are a bit challenging. Instead of giving the answers, give clues or guide your child through the steps to discover the answer themselves. They will surprise you with just how clever they are!

Counting in fives and mental maths:

Before, between and after:

More mental maths:

Story sum:

Handwriting: Because handwriting is assessed it is very important that special attention be given to the formation of letters. Make sure that letters start in the correct place, try to touch the bottom line and do not lift your hand whilst you write.

Phonics: Learn the -ig words. Sound them out, build them with your sound cards and, when you’re ready, ask Mom or Dad to test how well you know them.

Phonics – Word family balloons:

Reading: Read all the words that have been ticked. Ask mom or dad to flash them to you. Try to say them quickly and get them all right. Pay special attention to the new words.

Read the story. Sound out words that you don’t know. If you get stuck on some of the words in the lists above, it means that you have to practice them some more. Think about what happens in the story and see if you understand it.

Write a list:

Emergency numbers: Keep learning these important numbers. Make up little poems to help you learn them. These are some of what my learners use:

Help, help! Call the police!

1-0-1-1-1, so they can come!

Emergency, emergency! Call the ambulance!

1-0-1-7-7, to the rescue then!

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary: Repeat the video as many times as you need. Challenge yourself to see if you can say some of the words and sentences without the help of the video and see how many you already know.

The book I used for the Afrikaans vocabulary is the following:

You did an amazing job today. Well done!

Now go have some fun!

Lisa

Day 21

We have a busy day today! We’ll start by counting in two’s, then do some Mental Maths, do subtraction, work out a story sum, practice handwriting, build words, and write a wishlist. There is also a speaking activity if you’re learning Afrikaans as an additional language.

If you’re new here, the resources used for counting in multiples, sounds learnt (to be cut into sound cards to build words), phonics lists and reading sight words (to be cut out in order to flash the words) can be downloaded here. There are also some practice assessments available on the page.

A note to parents: Allow your child to copy down by him-/herself as much as possible. Besides keeping them busy for longer, this allows them the opportunity to learn to copy correctly – a skill that they would ordinarily spend a lot of time perfecting in the classroom. Also, many of the tasks are a bit challenging. Instead of giving the answers, give clues or guide your child through the steps to discover the answer themselves. They will surprise you with just how clever they are!

Count in two’s and Mental Maths:

Position – Before, between and after, and subtraction:

Handwriting: Because handwriting is assessed it is very important that special attention be given to the formation of letters. Make sure that letters start in the correct place, try to touch the bottom line and do not lift your hand whilst you write.

Phonics – word list: We are still learning the -it words. Sound each word out whilst you learn them and ask Mom or Dad to test how well you can write them without looking.

Phonics – Build words:

Reading: Read all the words that have been ticked. Ask mom or dad to flash them to you. Try to say them quickly and get them all right.

Reading sentences: Sound out unfamiliar words and try to read as fluently as possible.

Writing a list: Decorate your list any way that you like.

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary. Say the words and sentences along with the video. Keep practicing until you know them all.

The book I used for the Afrikaans vocabulary is the following:

You’re incredible! Well done for all your hard work.

Now go have fun!

Lisa

Day 16

We have a busy day of learning today! We will count on in 2’s, think hard to figure out the answer for a story sum, halve with a clever new method, do repeated addition, practice our handwriting, work on jumbled words, read words and sentences, and write a shopping list. There is also a speaking activity if you’re learning Afrikaans as an additional language.

If you’re new here, the resources used for counting in multiples, sounds learnt (to be cut into sound cards to build words), phonics lists and reading sight words (to be cut out in order to flash the words) can be downloaded here. There are also some practice assessments available on the page.

A note to parents: Allow your child to copy down by him-/herself as much as possible. Besides keeping them busy for longer, this allows them the opportunity to learn to copy correctly – a skill that they would ordinarily spend a lot of time perfecting in the classroom. Also, many of the tasks are a bit challenging. Instead of giving the answers, give clues or guide your child through the steps to discover the answer themselves. They will surprise you with just how clever they are!

Count on in 2’s:

Story sum:

Halving: I saw that Juffrou Marietjie uses this clever way to remind us how halving works, so let’s try it today.

Repeated addition:

Handwriting: Because handwriting is assessed it is very important that special attention be given to the formation of letters. Make sure that letters start in the correct place, try to touch the bottom line and do not lift your hand whilst you write.

Phonics – Jumbled words:

Phonics words – Continue to learn the -em and -eg words:

Reading: Read all the words that have been ticked. Ask mom or dad to flash them to you. Try to say them quickly and get them all right.

Reading sentences: Now that you know the sentences a little, try to read more accurately and a little bit faster. Keep sounding out words that you don’t know. Try first and only if you are really stuck, ask Mom or Dad to help.

Writing – Write a shopping list by adding the words that appear below. Decorate your list in any way you like.

Afrikaans First Additional Language – Vocabulary. Try your best to say the sentences and even repeat the video to practice some more.

The book I used for the Afrikaans Vocabulary is the following:

You did such great work today! Good job!

Now go do something fun!

Lisa