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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
HOME LANGUAGE – ENGLISH
GRADE 2 / TERM 1
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. LISTENING AND SPEAKING
  • Listens without interrupting showing respect to speaker.

  • Takes turn to speak.

  • Talks about personal experiences e.g. personal news.

  • Uses correct words for the context for e.g. an invitation.

  • Suggests solutions to a problem especially during Mathematics.

  • Listens to a story with enjoyment and answers questions related to story.

  • Repeats sequence of events in a story correctly.

  • Listens to instructions containing at least two parts and responds appropriately.

  • Tells a story that has a beginning, middle and end.

  • Participates in discussions, asking and answering questions and suggesting ideas

2. READING AND PHONICS
2.1 PHONICS
  • Identifies letter-sound relationships of all single letters.

  • Revises word families with short vowel sounds e.g. –at, -ag.

  • Revises common consonant digraphs e.g. sh, ch, th.

  • Recognises ‘wh’ at the beginning of the words.

  • Uses initial and final consonant blends to build up and break down words.

  • Revises common consonant digraph at the end of words e.g. fi-sh, ri-ch.

  • Recognises vowel digraphs.

  • Recognises rhyming words.

  • Builds 3 or 4 letter words using single lettesr and digraphs.

  • Reads words from phonic lessons in sentences and other texts.

  • Learns to spell 10 words a week from phonic lessons.

2.2. READING
  • Reads simple instructions.

  • Interprets pictures and other print media to make up own story.

  • Reads books as whole class with teacher and describes main ideas.

  • Uses visual cues to predict what the story is about.

  • Expresses personal response to text read.

  • Identifies key details in what was read.

  • Answers high order questions before, during and after reading a shared text.

  • Reads silently and aloud.

  • Uses pictures in text for understanding.

  • Uses sight words, phonics, contextual and structural analysis decoding skills.

  • Shows an understanding of punctuation when reading aloud.

  • Continues to build a sight vocabulary.

  • Reads independently.

3. WRITING
3.1 HANDWRITING
  • Holds pencil and positions writing materials correctly.

  • Forms 26 lower and upper case letters correctly.

  • Writes words with correct spacing between letters and words.

  • Copies or writes two or more sentences legibly and correctly.

  • Writes and uses punctuation marks.

3.2 WRITING
  • Draws pictures to convey a message.

  • Contributes ideas and words for a class story.

  • Writes a list using a comma to separate items.

  • Writes at least 3 sentences of own use or creative story using sounds, sight words, capital letters and full stops.

  • Writes and illustrates sentences on a topic to contribute to a book for the classroom reading corner.

  • Builds own word bank and personal dictionary

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
HOME LANGUAGE – ENGLISH
GRADE 2 / TERM 2
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. LISTENING AND SPEAKING
  • Listens without interrupting showing respect to speaker.

  • Takes turn to talk, showing sensitivity to others and giving positive feedback.

  • Talks about personal experiences e.g. tells news.

  • Understands and uses appropriate language in different subjects e.g. language specific to Mathematics.

  • Suggests solutions to a problem especially during Mathematics.

  • Listens to stories for a longer period with enjoyment.

  • Expresses feelings about a story or poem.

  • Identifies similarities and differences.

  • Compares and classifies things.

  • Listens to more complex instructions and responds appropriately.

  • Listens to stories and poems and identifies the main idea, details and sequence of events.

  • Answers closed and open ended questions giving reasons for answers.

  • Responds to riddle and jokes.

  • Make up own rhymes using imaginative language.

  • Participates in discussions and asks questions for clarity.

2. READING AND PHONICS
2.1 PHONICS
  • Recognises 3-letter consonant blends at beginning of words.

  • Recognises 3-letter consonant blends at end of words.

  • Recognises 3 new vowel digraphs.

  • Recognises silent ‘e’ / split digraphs in words.

  • Builds 3, 4 and 5 letter words using consonant blends and vowel digraphs.

  • Reads words from phonic lessons in sentences and other texts.

  • Learns to spell 10 words a week taken from phonic lessons.

2.2. READING
  • Uses visual cues to identify purpose of advertisements and intended audience.

  • Reads book as a whole class with teacher and discusses cause – effect relations.

  • Identifies key details in what was read.

  • Reads well-known nursery rhymes, poems and songs as whole class with teacher and discusses different formats.

  • Answers high order questions based on text read.

  • Gives an opinion on what was read.

  • Reads aloud from book.

  • Uses sight words, phonics, contextual and structural analysis decoding skills.

  • Begins to monitor self when reading (recognition and comprehension).

  • Reads with increasing fluency and expression.

3. WRITING
3.1 HANDWRITING
  • Writes in print script all capitals and lower case letters.

  • Uses appropriate space between words in a sentence.

  • Aligns writing properly on 17mm ruled lines.

  • Copies and writes one paragraph (3-4 lines) from a printed text.

  • Copies and writes different formats of writing.

  • Draws patterns in preparation for a joined script or cursive writing.

  • Uses handwriting tools effectively.

3.2 WRITING
  • Participates in discussion to choose topic to write about.

  • Writes an expressive text.

  • Writes own story of at least 1 paragraph (± 5 sentences) using a writing frame.

  • Writes one paragraph (± 5 sentences) on personal experiences or events.

  • Writes and illustrates sentences (4-6 sentences) on a topic to contribute to a book for the reading corner.

  • Uses the writing process.

  • Uses capital letters and correct punctuation.

  • Begins to spell common words correctly.

  • Uses present and past tense correctly.

  • Uses prepositions correctly.

  • Reads own writing to a partner.

  • Builds own word bank and personal dictionary.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
HOME LANGUAGE – ENGLISH
GRADE 2 / TERM 3
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. LISTENING AND SPEAKING
  • Listens without interrupting, showing respect to speaker and asking questions for clarification.

  • Talks about personal experience and more general news, e.g. tells news.

  • Uses an ever-increasing vocabulary when speaking.

  • Participates in discussions asking and answering questions.

  • Suggests solutions to a problem especially during Mathematics.

  • Listens to a sequence of instructions and responds appropriately.

  • Listens to stories and predicts the ending or makes up own ending.

  • Tells simple stories varying volume of voice and tone.

  • Listens for detail in stories, answers open ended questions for e.g. works out cause and effect.

  • Role plays different situations e.g. role of a news presenter.

  • Uses appropriate language with different people.

  • Tells jokes and riddles using language imaginatively.

2. READING AND PHONICS
2.1 PHONICS
  • Identifies letter sound relationships of all single letters.

  • Uses consonants blends to build up and break down words.

  • Aurally revises plurals íng ’and éd’at the end of words.

  • Revises common consonant diagraphs at end of words.

  • Recognises common double consonants at end of words.

  • Recognises first sound and last syllable in more complex patterns.

  • Recognises vowel diagraphs and diphthongs.

  • Builds words using consonant and vowel diagraphs, consonant blends and double consonants.

  • Groups common words into sound families.

  • Reads words in phonic lessons in sentences and other texts.

  • Learns to spell 10 words a week from phonic lessons and sight words.

2.2. READING
  • Reads book as whole class with teacher identifying sequence of events and setting.

  • Uses book cover for prediction.

  • Answers higher order questions based on text read.

  • Gives an opinion on what was read.

  • Identifies some synonyms and antonyms.

  • Interprets information from simple tables.

  • Reads aloud from book.

  • Uses sight words, phonics, contextual and structural analysis decoding skills.

  • Monitors self when reading (recognition and comprehension).

  • Reads with fluency and expression.

  • Continues to build a sight vocabulary.

  • Reads aloud to a partner.

  • Reads own and others’ writing.

  • Reads independently.

  • Plays reading games and completes crosswords.

3. WRITING
3.1 HANDWRITING
  • Uses handwriting tools effectively.

  • Forms upper and lower case letters correctly with speed and accuracy.

  • Maintains uniformity and alignment.

  • Uses print script in all forms of written recording.

  • Copies and writes writing patterns in joined script or cursive writing.

  • Copies and writes at least 2 letters of joined script or cursive writing per week.

  • Copies and writes short words in joined script or cursive writing.

  • Recognises and reads short written words in joined script or cursive writing.

3.2 WRITING
  • Participates in discussion to choose a topic to write about.

  • Writes an expressive text.

  • Drafts, writes and publishes own story of at least 6 sentences.

  • Writes 1-2 paragraphs (± 8 sentences) on personal experiences or events.

  • Uses correct punctuation so that others can read what is written.

  • Spells common words correctly, attempts to spell unfamiliar words using phonic knowledge.

  • Uses present, past and future tenses correctly.

  • Identifies and uses nouns and verbs correctly.

  • Identifies and uses pronouns correctly.

  • Reads and discusses own writing with a partner.

  • Build own word bank and personal dictionary.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
HOME LANGUAGE – ENGLISH
GRADE 2 / TERM 4
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. LISTENING AND SPEAKING
  • Listens without interrupting, asking questions for clarification and commenting on what was heard.

  • Talks about personal experiences and more general news e.g. tells news using descriptive language.

  • Uses terms such as noun, adjective, verb, pronoun, preposition, comma, question mark, paragraph when talking about own writing.

  • Understands and uses appropriate language of different subjects.

  • Suggests solutions to a problem especially during Mathematics.

  • Listens to a complex sequence of instructions and responds appropriately.

  • Participates in discussions, suggesting topics for discussion, asking questions for information and reporting back on group’s work.

  • Participates in playing word games e.g. I spy.

  • Tells jokes and riddles using appropriate volume and intonation.

  • Listens and responds to a speaker the child cannot see.

  • Listens for detail in stories and answers higher order questions.

  • Answers open-ended questions and justifies answer.

  • Expresses feelings about a text and gives reasons.

2. READING AND PHONICS
2.1 PHONICS
  • Recognises at least 5 new vowel digraphs.

  • Recognises vowel digraphs and diphthongs.

  • Recognises and uses suffixes.

  • Revises ‘silent e’/ split digraph in words.

  • Builds words using phonic sounds taught.

  • Builds sentences using phonics vocabulary.

  • Reads words from phonic lessons in sentences and other texts.

  • Learns to spell 10 words a week from phonic lessons and sight words.

  • Writes 2 short sentences dictated by teacher.

2.2. READING
  • Reads poems and songs as whole class with teacher, discusses different formats and poet’s choice of words.

  • Reads fiction and non-fiction books as whole class with teacher.

  • Answers higher order questions based on text read.

  • Expresses why a story was liked and able to justify response.

  • Expresses a personal response to print media images.

  • Recognises apostrophes in contraction (possession and contractions).

  • Reads silently and aloud (fiction and non-fiction books).

  • Uses sight words, phonics, contextual and structural analysis decoding skills and comprehension skills to make meaning.

  • Reads with fluency and speed using correct pronunciation.

  • Uses self-correcting strategies.

  • Monitors self when reading (word recognition and comprehension).

  • Continues to build a sight vocabulary.

  • Reads own and others’ writing.

  • Reads aloud to a partner.

  • Reads independently.

  • Plays reading games and completes crosswords.

3. WRITING
3.1 HANDWRITING
  • Uses handwriting tools effectively.

  • Maintains the use of print script for written recording.

  • Copies and writes at least 2 letters of joined script or cursive writing completing all letters.

  • Copies and writes short words in joined script or cursive writing.

  • Copies and writes commonly used capital letters in joined script or cursive writing.

  • Copies and writes short sentences in joined script or cursive writing.

3.2 WRITING
  • Participates in discussions and contributes ideas.

  • Experiments with words – writes a simple poem or song.

  • Writes at least 2 paragraphs (10 sentences) on personal experiences or events.

  • Drafts, writes and publishers own story (2 paragraphs) using once upon a time’ and ‘in the end’.

  • Organises information in a chart or table.

  • Uses informational structures when writing.

  • Sequences text by using ‘first’, next’’ and ‘finally’.

  • Uses correct punctuation so that others can read what has been written.

  • Spells common words correctly and attempts to spell unfamiliar words using phonic knowledge.

  • Uses present, past and future tenses correctly.

  • Builds own word bank and personal dictionary.

  • Uses a dictionary to check on meanings and spelling of words.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
LIFE SKILLS
GRADE 2 / TERM 1
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. BEGINNING KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL WELL-BEING
  • Myself and others.

  • What we need to live.

  • Everyone is special.

  • Healthy living.

  • Religious and other special days.

2. CREATIVE ARTS
2.1 CREATIVE GAMES AND SKILLS
  • Warming up the body – breathing exercise.

  • Warming up the voice by singing.

  • Singing songs.

  • Body percussions.

  • Locomotor movements: walking, running, skipping, hopping in different directions.

  • Non-Locomotor movements: reaching, bending, rising.

  • Interactive story telling.

2.2 IMPROVISE AND INTERPRET
  • Creating short scenes based on appropriate topics.

  • Creating appropriate characters.

  • Rhythm patterns using key words from selected topic.

  • Learn movements of South African dance.

2.3 CREATE IN 2D
  • Paint pictures of self with others in action.

  • Create patterns using geometric shapes.

2.4 CREATE IN 3D
  • Use clay to make and decorate containers.

3. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
3.1 LOCOMOTOR/NON LOCOMOTOR
  • Play an indigenous game.

  • Egg and spoon races

  • Potato race.

3.2 PERCEPTUAL MOTOR
  • Throwing beanbags.

  • Throwing and hitting balls.

3.3 RHYTHM
  • Rope skipping.

3.4 CO-ORDINATION
  • Throwing and passing a ball.

3.5 BALANCE
  • Control, co-ordination and balance exercise.

3.6 SPATIAL ORIENTATION
  • Stretch and curl.

3.7 LATERALITY
  • Activities using non-dominant body part.

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ANNUAL TEACHING PLAN
LIFE SKILLS
GRADE 2 / TERM 2
WEEK / CONTENT / COMMENT
1. BEGINNING KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL WELL-BEING
  • Seasons.

  • Animals (Farm & wild).

  • Animals and creatures that live in water.

  • Animal homes.

  • Religious and special days.

2. CREATIVE ARTS
2.1 CREATIVE GAMES AND SKILLS
  • Warming up the voice developing articulation.

  • Warming up the body contrasting movements using verbal and sound signal.

  • Rhythm games focusing on listening skills.

  • Playing percussion instruments.

  • Locomotor activities – marching, leaping, jumping, galloping, turning.

  • Non-locomotor activities rolling, swinging, stretching.

2.2 IMPROVISE AND INTERPRET
  • Performing rhythm patterns combined with locomotor movements.

  • Performing songs focusing on dynamics.

  • Role play related to selected topics.

  • Using drama techniques to explore characters thoughts and feelings.

2.3 CREATE IN 2D
  • Draw or paint pictures related to the term.

  • Use recyclable objects and thick paint to create a printed surface.

2.4 CREATE IN 3D
  • Construct a mask using recyclable material.

3. PHYSICAL EDUCATION
3.1 LOCOMOTOR/NON LOCOMOTOR
  • Simulation activities.

  • Relay running.

  • Reaction drills.

3.2 PERCEPTUAL MOTOR
  • Ball skills.

3.3 RHYTHM
  • Skipping.

  • Keep the beat of music.

3.4 CO-ORDINATION
  • Simulation activities.

  • Throwing at a target.

3.5 BALANCE
  • Hopscotch.

  • Duck/cock fight.

  • Simple games S.T.O.P.

3.6 SPATIAL ORIENTATION
  • Obstacle course.

3.7 LATERALITY
  • Catch and kick with non-dominant side.

3.8 SPORTS AND GAMES
  • Games including running, jumping and hoops.