Spinnie Spinnekop

Spinnie Spinnekop klouter teen die kraan uit.

Die reen stort neer en spoel Spinnie tot in die spruit.

Die Son kom uit sy wegkrypplek en maak als droog.

En Spinnie Spinnekop klim met nuwe krag weer hoog.

One tomato, two tomatoes
Three tomatoes, four.
In my grandmas garden there are
many many more.

Green and Yellow peppers and some
reds ones, too, are here.
Onions and the garlic that she sets out
every year.

Basil and oregano. She says it isn't hard
To grow her own spaghetti sauce
in her own backyard.

The story

One day a tiny mouse accidentally woke a sleeping lion. the lion growled and said," I have been woken by a tiny mouse. I will eat it for a snack."

He tapped the mouses tail under his big paw.

"Oh no, Mr lion," squeaked the mouse. "Please don't eat me. I am just a little mouse."

"You're right," growled the lion,"You are too small to fill my tummy."

"Thank you, Mr Lion,"squeaked the mouse. "One day I will help you."

"Ha ha ha!" roared the big lion. "How can a tiny little mouse like you help a big, strong lion like me? I am the king of all the animals. I can help myself."

Not long after the lion went for a walk. he walked into a hunter's net and was trapped. "help!" he yelled. "I can't get out. I'm trapped!"

The tiny mouse heard the lion. He ran to the trap and said, "I'll help you!"

"Your to little to help me," growled the lion.

The little mouse began bitting the net into small pieces. Soon the lion was out. He smiled and gratefully and said, "You may be a little mouse, but you're big help."

THE END:)

Teaching plan for the lesson:

8 Great tips to start your lesson below...

• Start by introducing the story.
• Identity and give a broader picture of the characters(the animals in the story).
• Ensure you differentiate between the animals voice so the children can hear its a different animal.e.g a lion with a loud big voice and a mouse with a small innocent voice.
  
• Read slowly but not too slow that the children get bored and fall asleep.
  
• Feel free to make illustrations on the board or with some of the children playing it out to make it more fun and exciting.
  
• Ask the children questions on how they feel and interpreted the story.
• Make sure you've prepared questions based on the story as a class activity to see if they understood the story.
  
• Discuss the answers in class or form groups in which each group will discuss the story and present their thoughts in class.
• Towards the end of the lesson in telling the moral of the story e.g. how important it is to help others.
• GOOD LUCK!
  

Story:

Lesson Plan:

• Ask the learners if they like climbing trees and if they have ever fallen from one
  
• Ask if any of the learners know what to do when someone gets hurt
• Read story make the learners read some of the paragraphs
• Ask questions:

1. How old are the schoolgirls?
2. What is the name of the girls' school?
3. How did Benny hurt himself?
   
4. What did Brenda and Mandu do to help Benny?
5. Why did they wear gloves?

• Discuss the story and the answers
• Spelling test of difficult words

Long ago, a family lived in a small village. The father, Mabassa, was an expert carver. He carved statues of the animals that roamed their land.

Each evening the children would grow restless. "Mother", they called to Siphiwe, "It is dark and we cannot go out and play. What can we do?"

Siphiwe decided to go and search for stories to tell the children. The next morning she set off. She looked all around, and finally saw Inkwazi the fish eagle plunging down into the nearby sea.

"Inkwazi, wait!" she cried.

Caught mid-flight Inkwazi screeched, "What do you want?"

"Stories!" Siphiwe said.

"Ask Ufudu!, said Inkwazi, "Only he can help you!"

Siphiwe hurried to the seas edge and there she found Ufudu the sea turtle. "Can you help me?" she asked, and a moment later Ufudu was carrying Siphiwe down to the very bottom of the sea.

To her amazement Siphiwe discovered she could breathe. Ufudu took her to the sea people, who sit on coral. She bowed shyly to the king and queen of the sea people. "Can you give me stories?" she humbly asked.

"Yes", said the queen, "But in return you must show us what the world above the sea looks like."

Siphiwe agreed to this deal. "Take me home", she said quietly to the sea turtle.

After hurrying home, Siphiwe took her husbands carvings, one of each of all the creatures of the land, and returned to the bottom of the sea on Ufudus back.

When the King and Queen saw the carvings they were overjoyed."Now you shall have this." They handed her a polished shell." Whenever you wish to hear stories press this shell to your ear," they explained.

Delighted, Siphiwe returned home. That night, when her family sat around the fire, she lifted the shell to her ear, and the children grew quiet as their mother began to tell them a tale, and never again did they feel restless during the long nights on the veldt.

Lank, lank gelede, het al die diere van Mzanzi gelukkig saamgewoon. Die lewe was wonderlik, en die kleine hasies, die streperige sebras, die vrolike seekoeie, die slim krokodille, die reusagtige olifante en die ratse apies het almal gelukkig saamgewoon ... totdat 'n nare leeu sy intrek geneem het en hulle almal wou opeet!

Van daardie dag af is die diere almal heeltyd bang. Eendag neem hulle egter 'n dapper besluit: hulle gaan met die leeu praat en 'n oplossing vir hierde probleem vind.

Toe die leeu al die diere sien nader kom, is hy baie bly, omdat hy dink sy volgende maaltyd word vir hom afgelewer. Maar net to hy begin kwyl by die gedagte aan 'n sappige happie, praat die moedige apie met hom.

Apie: Asseblief meneer Koning ... a ... em ... ons het nodig om met jou te praat oor 'n belangrike saak ... Indien jy ons almal doodmaak, sal jy nie meer die koning wees nie.

Toe begin al die diere tegelykertyd praat.

Sebra: Ja, jy sal niemand he om oor te heers nie.

Krokodil: Jy sal heeltemal alleen in jou koningkryk woon.

Seekoei: En jy sal baie honger word omdat daar niemand sal oorbly om te eet nie!

Olifant: Jy sal gou van die honger omkom!

Haas: Daarom het ons vir jou 'n voorstel. As jy ophou om ons dood te maak, belowe ons dat ons elke dag vir jou iemand sal stuur om te eet. Jy sal nooit weer hoef te jag nie. Jy sal net heeldag kan sit en TV kyk.

Die leeu luister na wat hulle almal te se het.

Leeu: Julle sal my kos aflewer? Dit sal 'n goeie oplossing wees! Maar ek moet julle waarsku: indien julle selfs een dag oorslaan, sal ek julle almal op een slag opeet!

So het hulle dus ooreengekom. Van toe af is een dier elke dag na die leeu gestuur, en die leey was baie gelukkig.

Een dag is dit die haas se beurt om sy lewe op te offer om kos vir die leeu te voorsien. Die haas wil nie doodgaan nie, daarom bedink hy toe 'n plan.

Stadig loop die haas na die leeu se leplek toe. Toe hy daar kom,is die leeu besig om ongeduldig heen en weer te loop. Hy is baie honger. Toe hy die hasie sien, is hy baie kwaad.

Leeu: Dink jy 'n klein hasie soos jy sal my genoeg kos vir die dag wees? Ek is baie honger, en kyk net hoe klein en maer is jy!

Haas; Die diere het in werklikheid vir jou 6 hase gestuur, meneer Koning, maar 5 van hulle het deur 'n ander leeu doodgemaak en opgeeet.

Leeu: Watter ander leeu? Ek is die koning in hierdie geweste.

Haas: Dit was ... die ... die ... daar was 'n ... baie groot leeu. Die ander leeu het gese dat hy die ware koning van die oerwoud is.

Leeu; Neem my na die ander leeu, sodat ek home 'n les kan leer - dit is MY koningkryk!

Die hasie lei die leeu na 'n diep rivier toe. Hy se vir die leeu dat die ander leeu in die rivier is. Die leeu kyk toe in die water in en sien sy eie weerkaatsing daar. Hy dink dat dit die ander leeu is. Hy uiter 'n enorme brul en spring dadelik in die water in om die ander leeu aan te val. Toe stamp die leeu sy kop teen die rotse en hy verdrink.

Die hasie het na die ander diere toe gehardloop om die goeie nuus te gaan oordra. En al die diere het vir altyd gelukkig in Mzanzi saamgewoon.

Mapula did not come to school today. There was a big fire at her home. Mapula's family uses paraffin for cooking at home. they have a red paraffin stove. Mapula has a younger brother, Thami, who never listens to anyone. Last night Thami played with the stove, even though it is not allowed. He also found the matches that someone had carelessly left lying around.
The little boy lit the stove and then, in his excitement, knocked the stove over onto the carpet. Soon the small room was ablaze.
Luckily for Thami, Mapula carried the little boy out of the house. She asked the kind neighbours to phone the brigade. They arrived very quickly, and they used their long hoses to put the fire out. Soon the whole house was filled with water and smoke.
The fire was put out before Mapula's angry parents got home. Everything in the room had been burned, and Mapula was very sad because her favourite baby doll and her beautiful workbook were also burned in the fire.
Today, Mapula helped her mother clean their house. She hung all the we blankets and curtains in the sun to dry. Meanwhile little Thami had been sent to preschool, so that he could stay out of trouble. Tomorrow Mapula will go back to school. Her mother will buy her a new school bag.

Mandu was in Grade 4 at Greenway Primary School in Durban. She was an excellent runner and she practised running every day. The children used to tease her because she did not have running shoes. She wished she had running shoes because her feet hurt, especially when the ground was hot. She also hated it when the children laughed at her.
One Saturday, Mandu took the money she had saved and went to the sports shop in town. She looked at the running shoes but felt really sad, because she did not have enough money to buy them.
Mrs Masondo, the owner of the shop noticed the sadness in Mandu's eyes.
"If you win the race, I will let you have the running shoes for free," she said. "But if you don't win, you will need to pay for them," she added with a smile.
"Oh ma'am, thank you very much! I will practise every day and make sure that I win," said Mandu gratefully.
And that was what Mandu did. She ran and ran until her legs ached. "I must keep going," she told herself. "I must not give up!"
The big day came, and Mandu was very nervous. When she went to the starting line, her heart was pounding.
But as soon as she begin to run, she forgot her fear. She ran like the wind and crossed the winning line long before the other participants.
"I've won! I've won!," she shouted joyfully, looking down at her magic shoes, that now belonged to her.

How the elephant got its trunk.

A long time ago elephants had flat round noses, and no trunks. How did they get their trunks?

Well, one day a baby elephant who was curious about everything went for a walk by himself.

He saw a tall giraffe and asked him what made his skin so spotty. He met a big hippo and asked her why her eyes were red. He saw a lion and asked him why he had such long hair.

The baby elephant walked and walked until he reached the river. He saw a crocodile lying in the river.

He kneeled down and said,''It's nearly supper time, Mr Croc. What are you going to eat for supper?''

''Come closer, little one'', said the crocodile,''and I'll whisper.'' The little elephant put his head down close to the crocodile's mouth, and the crocodile cought the elephant by his little nose.

''I think today I will have a baby elephant for dinner!'' said the crocodile. He began to pull at the baby elephant's nose.

''Let go! You are hurting me!'' cried the little elephant. He spread all four legs and pulled, and pulled, and pulled. His nose began to stretch. The crocodile pulled and pulled, and with each pull the elephant's nose grew longer.

A snake saw what was happening and helped pull the elephant away. The crocodile let go, and the elephant's long nose fell into the water with a loud splash.

The elephant looked at his long nose. He sat at the river for three days waiting for his nose to get shorter. But it stayed long.

At last he decided to go home. As he walked, he swung his long nose backwards and forwaeds. Soon he found that his nose was very helpfull. He could use it to pick fruit from trees. He could suck up water and spray it over his body to stay cool. He could also sing very loudly through his nose.

At home all the other elephants came to see his long nose. They wished they could also go to the river to get thier noses stretched.

a long time ago, a hare lived in the green forest. the brown tortoise walked very slowly, and the hare always laughed at hwe. one day, the hare said to the tortoise, "lets have a race." the tortoise agreed, and the hare laughed loudly. all the other animals came to watch the race.

the hare ran very fast and was soon far ahead of the tortoise. he looked back

There was a young schoolboy of Rye,
Who was baked by mistake in a pie.
To his mother’s disgust
He emerged through the crust,
And exclaimed, with a yawn, "Where am I?"

STAR
by Kaitlyn Guenther

There once was a wonderful star
Who thought she would go very far
Until she fell down
And looked like a clown
She knew she would never go far.

Speedy Sam, while exploring a cave,
Had what I call a very close shave.
He stepped on a bear,
That had dozed off in there.
I'm glad he was faster than brave.

There once was a ape in a zoo
Who looked out through the bars and saw YOU.
Do you think it's fair
To give poor apes a scare?
I think it's a mean thing to do.

There once was a young lady from Guam
who thought "the Pacific so calm"
She went out for a lark
and met a large shark
and now we sing the 19th psalm

There was an Old Man in a boat,
Who said, 'I'm afloat, I'm afloat!'
When they said, 'No! you ain't!'
He was ready to faint,
That unhappy Old Man in a boat.

There once was a boy named Flynn
Who was really remarkably thin.
When he carried a pole
People said "Bless my soul!
What a shock to find out you've a twin."

There once was a fly on the wall

I wonder why didn't it fall

Because its feet stuck

Or was it just luck

Or does gravity miss things so small?

There was a young lady of Ryde
Who ate some green apples and died
The apples fermented
Inside the lamented
And made cider inside her inside

There once was a wonderful star
Who thought she would go very far
Until she fell down
And looked like a clown
She knew she would never go far.

by Kaitlyn Guenther

Speedy Sam, while exploring a cave,
had what I would call a very close shave
he stepped on a bear
that had dozed off in there.
I'm glad he was faster than brave.

There was a young schoolboy of rye,

who was by mistake backed in a pie.

to his mother disgust,

he emerged from the crust,

and exclaimed,with a yawn,"where am I?"

There was a young schoolboy of rye,

who was by mistake backed in a pie.

to his mother disgust,

he emerged from the crust,

and exclaimed,with a yawn,"where am I?"

You can smile you can laugh and jump
But don't jump into a rubbish dump
It's slimy and sticky
And it will make you stinky
Oh no! Too late, you jumped

The earth is ours to enjoy
For every girl and boy
But we must always be aware
That all its beauty we must share
With all the children yet to come,
Who want to laugh and play and run
Around the trees and in the fields

So we must keep our planet free
From messy trash and debris
With air that's clean and fresh and clear
For all to breathe from year to year

We must never ever abuse
Our sweet Earth that's ours to use.

Lesson Plan

• Tell the learners about the negative effects of pollution
• Mention the importance of keeping the earth clean
• Talk about the amount of water running out in many parts of the world

• Use magazines, posters, newspapers etc... to look for pictures that capture the beautiful landscapes and seas that the earth adorns.

1. Why do we need to share the earth?
2. Why do we need trees?
3. How do people make the earth messy?
4. Why makes our air dirty?
5. How can we help save the earth?
   

LESSON PLANNING

1. Introduce ourselves.

2. Explain what we’re going to read to them (bats)

3. Read it to them twice, then ask if they understand

4. Get them to draw what they saw when we were reading the story

5. Ask them questions about it

6. Give them sections to read from

7. Let the whole class read together afterwards

QUESTIONS

· What are bats?

· How many bats are there?

· What are they afraid of?

· How does this thing/person look?

· What covers up the ugly toes?

· What happens in the end?

Five batty bats
Were hanging ‘beneath the moon.

"Quiet!" said the first.
"The witch is coming soon."

"She’s green," said the second,
"With a purple pointy nose."

"Black boots," said the third,
"Cover up her ugly toes."

"Her broom," said the fourth,
"Can scratch you - that I know!"

"I’m scared," said the fifth.
"I think we’d better go."

Five batty bats
Escaped into the night.

"Dear me," said the witch.
"That’s a scary sight!"

Rhino is a short word for Rhinoceros.African rhinos live in grassy areas in South Africa.two hundred years ago there were over 2 million rhinos.now there are fewer than 19 000.some rhinos are in danger of disappearing forever.
there are two kinds of rhinos in Africa-the white rhino and the black rhino.the funny thing is both rhinos are grey.do you know how the white rhino got its name?well, the white rhino has a wider mouth than the black rhino but people thought the local people were saying white-and that's how it got its name.black rhinos are very rare.most of them live in reserves where they are looked after.if they weren't protected they would disappear.