• Literacy Books

• Please use correct format of date:

  Day of week, day month year

  e.g. Monday, 20 January 2025

• Check for left handed children

• Correct posture

  
  

• Writing Activity 2

  Listen to set of instructions- Give a set of instructions that the children have to follow and write/ draw in their books. Check attached below for an example.

  
  

• Writing Activity 3

  Past tense & present tense :

  Change words from present to past, and visa versa

  Write sentences on the board, children then re-write in another tense

White boards/ belly your board

Workbooks:

• Use the attached word list to map words with your children.

• Check for understanding- do they know what the words mean and how to use them in sentences

  
  

  
  

Rotation 2: Base ten blocks - place value: building numbers, breaking up numbers, bonds - white boards

Rotation 3: iPads - Assigned Matific work: Assign your own class's matific class work, please choose patterns, odd/ even. ordinal numbers and/or comparing (This then covers planning)

Rotation 4: Blocks or Building things

Stick the super heroes in Life Skills books, Label each and write what each of their super powers are. Keep it short! most important

• Year and weekly planning:

  Who is doing the next three weeks:

  Kyla weeks - 4-6

  Modjadji weeks - 7-9

  Megan weeks - 10 - end

  
  

• LSEN:

  Please start adding you LS/ behavioural kids - check bridging meeting notes, Ed Admin, etc.

  Check if all kids are there; bridging meeting

  
  

• Gradebook:

  Get started xx

  
  

• Market Day:

  Let's start thinking of how we'd like to do this; Remember to invite senior college kids to come buy ahead of time- they loved buying last year- just need to arrange this with Claude!!

• More toys and baked goods

• 3M: Cooldrink, icies, slushice, ice-cream

• 3V: Food + baked goods

• 3K: Ice-creams? (Mockford) Chips/ Sweets/ Toys (bubbles/ balls/ slime)

  
  

• Blueberry Heights Trip: 5th of Feb

  Check responses

  Blueberry picking - in groups

  5K walk - Shall we do a scavenger hunt?

  picnic and games - last year the kids got a little bored, I'll think of some games to play

  Coffee and snacks- reminder for staff to take along some cash, if they want to. Otherwise pack own snacks.

  
  

• Sensitivity about finance - hot lunch: Teachers should not be involved in hot lunch and Karri App- if a child says they do hot lunch, let them go and communicate with Reneilwe; May only send general reminders about Karri things as communicated 

  
  

• Friendship Day / Kindness Month - Each term there should be a focus on bullying/ kindness/ friendship; Valentine’s day will be celebrated as 'friendship day'; Starting with 3V assembly- focused on the non negotiables, 2 and 3

  
  

• Inclusion Day - none for Grade 3

• Rotations Feedback - IT lab log in: Jpuser J123098p 

• Year Plans and Weekly Prep - no changes yet, can continue using Padlet

  
  

• Timetables - Remind teachers - M xx

• FunCom - Date change, 6 Feb! More info to follow

• Registers - Strict by 8h00 -

• Birthday money - reminder !! 

  
  

Divide sight word cards into packs of 10 or more.

Children read through words and pass to the person on their left, until they have read all the words (bundles)

Flash words, first one to say word, wins the card. Most cards, wins the game.

Rotation 2: Paired reading (Guided Reading)

Knees to knees, elbows to elbows

same reader each OR share reader between

Match pace- not too fast or slow.

Ask each other questions when done.

Rotation 3: Written comprehension (Teacher- comprehension skills)

Read passage, read questions, read + highlight, answer in full.

Rotation 4: Puzzles

• complete

• sunshine

• fireplace

• perfume

• tadpole

Dictation sentence:

The white mouse hid in a huge hole near the gate.

• white, huge, hole, gate

• Capital letter and full stop

Afrikaans lesson:

• Greeting

• All about our school

Oxford Storieboom:

• Oxford characters

• Dit is...

• "Mamma en Pappa gaan uit"

Megan - bridges

Modjadji - birds

FOCUS:

Understanding the differences between truth or dare. Understanding safety.

predicting what will happen next.

Identifying punctuation marks.

Indentidying different characters in the story.

Knowing what is right and wrong.

Learner Support:

Focusing on past tense.

Identifying which sentence/ words change

-All about Robots Worksheet

-Pattern Recognition (CAPS WORKBOOK 1) p4,5