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The adventures of the Wops family are closely related to the experience of every learner in Grade I, boys as well as girls. They may be exposed to a different environment if they live in towns and cities and through the stories become aware of what it is like to live in a forest without the ordinary amenities like running water and electricity.
Educators need to remember that many learners in Grade I will not have attended Grade R and consequently skills, strategies and concepts for Grade R will not have been learnt. The educator in Grade I must ensure that these are covered in the work that is done with these learners.
Listening and speaking should form a firm foundation on which to build literacy. The degree to which learners can speak their home language will vary according to circumstances, and educators should be aware of their levels of competence.
Language development is a gradual process and learners need the support of the educator to become increasingly more accurate in the use of their home language.
In Grade I learners become involved in listening to and reading stories, writing for genuine purposes, and learning phonics. The classroom environment should be a place that reflects and encourages all aspects of learning the home language.
All learners should complete all eight modules doing approximately two modules per term. Allow the learners to proceed at their own speed.
The Wops have feasts every season. In this module they are celebrating autumn.
Baby Wops disappears and the Wise Old Owl helps them find her.
Jumbled words help learners solve the riddles.
Integration of themes
With the Wops celebrating Autumn in the forest, attention is drawn to the ways in which different cultures have different celebrations – Social Justice – Learners become sensitive to these differences.
Did she wonder along the path to the grasslands where the Toobies live?
Willy remembered that Baby Wop loved to play with Tiny. Tiny Toobie with her beautiful blue eyes! Tiny often came to play with Baby Wop, Sam and Terry played with the Toobies while they were helping the Wops build their new tunnels. Tuck used to come too. They often took Baby Wop down to the river to wade in the cool waters. They played on the riverbank and talked to the big green frog for hours. Toobies can understand frogs and Willy wondered whether he should go down to the river and ask the big green frog whether he knew where Baby Wop was. Yes, and the butterflies! He put them on his shoulder and walked with them along the paths in the forest.
Questions:
1. Where did everyone look for Baby Wop?
2. Do you think she is with the Toobies? Why?
3. Do you think the big green frog knows where Baby Wop is?
4. Who loved to catch the butterflies?
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