REEKS VIER - suitable for Grade 6

R401 Op die plaas

This is a more advanced book about farms and farm life.

Vocabulary:

• General farm words
• animal families
• animal sounds
• animal homes
• the dairy.

Grammar:

• Reading the time
• numbers
• punctuation
• pronouns
• different tenses
• joining words
• (group 1, 2 & 3)
• plurals
• steps of comparison
• the negative
• idioms.

Poem:

• Op die plaas

Song:

• Kapoete, kapoete, kapat - Saar Engela

Reading study:

• Doornboomplaas

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R402 Ons eet uit

In this informative booklet we look at booking a table and eating out in a restaurant.

Vocabulary:

• General vocabulary of what you will find in a restaurant
• how to book a table
• table manners
• cutlery
• crockery
• the days of the week
• how to read the time.

Grammar:

• Pronouns
• joining words
• ordinal numbers
• the bending of the adjective
• the negative
• opposites
• different tenses
• prepositions
• idioms.

Reading Study:

• ‘n Genotvolle aand by die Lekker-eet Restaurant

Poem:

• Limericks

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R403 Vervoerpraatjies

This is a theme book discussing the different means of transport in the olden days and today.

Vocabulary:

• Road transport
• the railways
• ships and boats
• air transport
• the bicycle
• road safety
• vintage transport.

Grammar:

• The negative
• joining words (group 1, 2 and 3) plurals
• steps of comparison
• intensive form
• prepositions.

Poems:

• Oupa se motor - Ronnie Belcher
• Die motor wat vlieg - Abraham Fouché

Reading study:

• Harry leer sy les

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R404 Seisoene

This is a theme book discussing our four seasons.

Vocabulary:

• The months of the year
• weather
• weather chart
• the days of the week.

Grammar:

• The opposites
• joining words (group 1, 2 and 3)
• different tenses
• steps of comparison
• onomatopoeia
• question words.

Poems:

• Herfs - Maria J. Vorster
• ‘n Wintermôre - Marie Storm
• Donderweer - Mavis en Biebie de Villiers

Reading study:

• Racheltjie de Beer

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R405 Bangmaakstories

This is a delightful theme book about scary things.

Vocabulary:

General words that create a spooky atmosphere like visiting a deserted house or being alone in the dark.

Grammar:

• Onomatopoeia
• opposites
• direct and indirect speech
• comparisons
• intensive forms
• different tenses idioms
• the negative.

Poems:

• Die spookstorie - Helena J. F. Lochner
• Wie glo nou aan spoke - Piet Swanepoel
• BangNie bang nie - Neef Fanus

Reading studies:

• Dialoog: Die verlate huis
• Tom en die gedaante

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R406 Die ruimtereis

This is a fun booklet about our solar system and space travels.

Vocabulary:

• General space words:our planets
• the moonlanding.

Grammar:

• Opposites
• different tenses
• joining words
• prepositions
• the negative
• the steps of comparison.

Reading Study:

• Icarus

Poem:

• Die ruimtereis

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R408 Leesstudies 2

This is a booklet with 8 more advanced reading studies.

The titles of the reading studies are:

• Kaskenades in die hospitaal
• Roofvoëls
• Die donderstorm
• Gedig: Wat ek wil wees deur Henriette Pienaar
• By die supermark (picture with questions)
• Boontjie kry sy loontjie
• Wagter is ‘n held
• Gedig: Toetskoors deur Piet Swanepoel