Grade 4 Literacy
Collection by Mindset Teach
This series of great lesson idea videos explores the teaching of several topics within Intermediate Phase Literacy and English. Each video is supported by a plan of the lesson so that teachers can try the teaching techniques out in their own classrooms.
Fiction and Non Fiction
Ms. S Rajah at Rynsoord Primary School does a beautiful lesson on Fiction and Non Fiction. She is very dramatic in her teaching. She uses drama to teach the ...
Poetry and Prereading Skills - English
Dominica Mlangeni at Gobandlovu Primary School teaches a poetry lesson to her grade 4 learners. The poem is about a fish and they discuss the picture by usin...
Rhyming Words - isiXhosa
Ciko Mhoba from Siyafuneka Primay School does a lesson on Rhyming words. She invites a Grade 6 learner to come into the classroom in Traditional wear and to ...
Learning "Klinkers" Using Your Body - Afrikaans
This lesson is presented by Linda Armstrong. It is an afrikaans lesson based on the correct use of "Klinkers" or vowels. She show a very practical way of tea...
Pre Reading Skills Using Poetry
Ms Namgidi Tshabalala at Ratanda Ext 23 Primary School starts her lesson with a poem. She acts out some of the words and she brought objects to the school to...
Homophones
Gloria Nxumalo at Makgatho Primary School teaches her grade 4 class a lesson on homophones. She uses flash cards and asks the learners to create sentences ex...
Poetic Devices and Rhymes
Ms Yolande Venter from Lumukisa Prep School does a poetry lesson with her class. She explains the difference between a paragraph and a poem. She teaches them...
Role Play and Dialogue
Ms Yolande Venter from Lumukisa Prep School is a very interactive teacher who uses her voice and her body along with props to teach her Grade 4 learners how ...
Reading Using Newspapers
Mrs Barry from Alicedale Primary School uses newspaper to show and illustrate how to use newspapers effectively in a lesson. The learners start with a word s...
The Sound of Poetry
Sarnel Holloway at St Michael's teachers a poetry lesson by using music stimuli. The children listen to the poem and they visualise the place where the poem ...
Story Telling/Groupwork
Virginia Mahlale teachers at Makgatho Primary School. She introduces the story using a big book. She develops vocabulary by using flash cards and asks questi...
Teaching Adjectives Using a Hamburger
The teacher uses a hamburger as an example to help the learners use adjectives. She goes on to list all the items you could find inside a burger, such as, le...
Comprehension
The teacher discusses the cover of the book. She asks them to read the title and they have to predict what the story is about. She discusses the author and t...
"Revolting Rhymes" - The Three Little Pigs
The teacher uses a comparative approach by introducing the traditional story of the 3 little pigs and then she reads the Revolting Rhymes by Roald Dahl. She ...