Listening and Speaking
Ukusiza has been made possible by USAID, in partnership with the ELMA Foundation, J.P. Morgan and the South African Department of Basic Education.
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Classroom management and lesson structureProfessional Mentoring
This is a first year grade 1 teacher who needed guidance in classroom management and lesson structure. She taught a news and handwriting lesson and Michelle Clarke gave her constructive advice on how to improve her classroom practise.
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Teaching with fablesGreat Lesson Idea
The teacher introduces her lesson by asking questions about fables. She then tells the learners a great story using her face, voice and body. She is enthusiastic and playful. Once she is done she asks many questions and then encourages the learners to act out the story.
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Healthy living and the food pyramidGreat Lesson Idea
The teacher combines the theme of Healthy Living by introducing the food pyramid as part of her reading experience. She discusses good and bad eating habits as well as which foods are important to the body. She then completes her lesson with an activity where the children have to identify words. They have to read the sentences and draw pictures of various foods.
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Teaching new vocabulary with flashcardsGreat Lesson Idea
This lesson was delivered by Rebecca Tshitamba. The teacher introduces the lesson by dressing up a child as a bride and tells a story. She continues her lesson by telling the story and then by using flash cards she teaches the learners new vocabulary. She encourages them the read paragraph by paragraph and asks them questions to test their comprehension. She also challenges them to retell the story in their own words.
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