Grade 2 Literacy
Collection by Mindset Teach
This series of great lesson idea videos explores the teaching of several topics within Foundation Phase Literacy. Each video is supported by a plan of the lesson so that teachers can try the teaching techniques out in their own classrooms.
Total Physical Response
Loxley Banks from TC Esterhuizen Primary School teaches a Grade 2 class on Total Physical Response. It is a requirement of the CAPS Curriculum to learn a lan...
Phonics Made Special - "ay" Sound
Sylvia Pule at Freeway Park Primary does a lesson on Phonics with a Grade 2 class. She begins with a story which has many "ay" sounds in them. They have to i...
Shared Reading and Writing - isiXhosa HL
Hanelie Botwe at Sibabalwe Primary School teaches a lesson on Shared Reading. She begins her lesson with a rhyme to create enthusiasm and the goes on to use ...
Telling a Story Using your Face, Body and Voice - IsiZulu
Josephine Ndimande at Qedusizi starts her lesson with a song and the goes on to introduce the animals in the story by using pictures and flash cards. She tel...
Phonics "ntw" - isiZulu
Nokulunga Sishange at Gobandlovu Primary School teaches a phonics lesson in isiZulu to a Grade 2 class. She starts her lesson with a story about animals and ...
Punctuation Marks
Boitumelo Nkotsoe at Masakhane Primary shares a punctuation lesson using posters and flashcards. She uses sentences without punctuation and asks the learners...
Opposites - Tshivenda HL
In this lesson Mudau Maria teaches a Grade 2 lesson on Tshivenda Home Language Opposites in Phonics. She starts off the lesson by writing the words on the bo...
Phonics "Nkw" - isiZulu H/L
Brenda Mbatha teaches at Dover Combined Farm School. She teaches a Grade 2 class a lesson on "Nkw". They start off with a lovely song and then she introduces...
Long Vowels
Ms MR Ngcobo at Phesheya Primary school teaches her Grade 2 class on the long vowel sounds.
Writing Sentences About a Farm
Mrs Karen Jewkes at Anzac Primary School teachers her lesson by starting with a song about "old Mac Donald had a farm". The she reads them a story about a fa...
Group Reading and the Discovery of New Vocabulary
Sandra Dais from Idas Valley Primary School teaches a group guided lesson to her Grade 2 class. She makes sure that the other groups have relevant activities...
Integrating the Teaching of Verbs with Life Skills - isiZulu
Edith Jwambi from Langaville Primary School teaches a grade 2 class a verbs lesson. She starts her lesson by allowing the children to do a few silly activiti...
Comprehension at the Seaside
Moipone Ntchepela at Sediba Primary School teachers a lesson on Reading with comprehension. She uses the DBE workbooks as a resource as well as various other...