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the good news (Lesson Plan)

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English

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Learning Level / Learning Area

South African Education Sectors

SA Schools

General Education and Training

Foundation Phase

Grade 2

Curriculum Topics

Thutong

Reading for information

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Outcomes

LANH.LO3 (GET)

Read and view for information and enjoyment, and respond critically to the aesthetic, cultural and emotional values in texts.

AS2.3.1

Uses visual cues to make meaning:
> predicts from the cover of a book what the story will be about;
> in relation to images, print media and advertising:
- interprets the main message,
- identifies purpose, audience, and where it will be found;
> expresses personal response to print and media images.

AS2.3.3

Makes meaning of written text:
> reads a story on own or with the teacher and:
- describes the main idea,
- identifies key details (e.g. main characters, sequence of events, setting),
- identifies and discusses cultural values in the story,
- identifies cause-effect relations (why something is happening in a story),
- draws conclusions,
- expresses whether the story was liked and why;
> reads simple instructions in the classrooms;
> reads texts at a slightly more complex level (simple fiction and non-fiction books, simple instructions, invitations and greetings cards, word puzzles, etc.).

AS2.3.4

Recognises and makes meaning of letters and words in longer texts:
> reads with increasing speed and fluency;
> reads aloud and uses correct pronunciation and appropriate stress;
> uses phonic and other word recognition and comprehension skills such as phonics, context clues, and making predictions in order to make sense of text;
> uses self-correcting strategies such as rereading, pausing, practising a word before saying it out loud).

AS2.3.5

Develops phonic awareness:
> recognises vowel sounds spelled with two letters (vowel diagraphs) (e.g. ea, ee, ay, ai, ar, er, or, ir, ur, ou, oo, oi);
> recognises single consonants spelled with two letters (consonant diagraphs) (e.g. wh, th, sh, ph, ll, ss, zz);
> recognises two-letter and three-letter consonant blends at the beginnings and ends of words (e.g. bl, str, lp, nds);
> recognises the first sounds (onset) and last syllable (rime) in more complex patterns (e.g. dr-eam, cr-eam, str-eam, scr-eam);
> recognises more complex word families (e.g. dream, cream, stream, scream);
> recognises known rhymes (e.g. fly, sky, dry);
> recognises some more complex suffixes (e.g. zz+es, -ies, -ly);
> recognises an increasing number of high-frequency sight words.

AS2.3.6

Reads for information and enjoyment:
> reads picture books and simple stories of own choice;
> shows appreciation of stories from different cultures;
> starts to use the dictionary to check spelling and meaning of words;
> reads a variety of texts for enjoyment such as magazines, comics, non-fiction books.