Sesotho Home Language - Term 4 - Week 7

Today, we will explore a short story together. Shared reading allows us to read as a group, discuss our ideas, and make predictions about what might happen next. We will look at the title and pictures to help us guess the story's content. This will improve our comprehension and critical thinking skills.

Let’s look at the title of our story: 'The Brave Little Mouse'. What do you think this story might be about? (Pause for responses.) Now, let’s look at the first picture. What do you see? How does it relate to the title? (Encourage students to share their thoughts.) This process of using clues from the title and illustrations to guess what will happen is called making predictions.

Now, we will read the first few pages of 'The Brave Little Mouse' together. As we read, I want you to think about what you think will happen next. After each page, we will pause and discuss our predictions. Remember to listen to your classmates and build on their ideas. What do you think will happen to the mouse? Why do you think that?

After our shared reading, I want you to write your own prediction about what will happen at the end of the story. Use complete sentences and remember to use correct punctuation. You can also draw a picture to illustrate your prediction. Once you are done, we will share our predictions with the class.

• To read silently
• To read together and discuss
• To write a story
• To memorize a text

Answer: To read together and discuss

Shared reading is designed for group engagement, allowing students to discuss and predict together.

Answer: A guess about what will happen next in a story.

A prediction is an educated guess based on clues from the text.

• Reading the text quickly
• Looking at the title and pictures
• Ignoring illustrations
• Reading alone

Answer: Looking at the title and pictures

Titles and illustrations provide important clues that help us make predictions.

Answer: Look at the illustrations or think about the title.

Using visual clues and context helps enhance prediction skills.

• Forget about it
• Read to see if you were correct
• Write it down and never check
• Discuss it with no one

Answer: Read to see if you were correct

After making a prediction, it's important to read further to confirm or adjust your guess.

Answer: It helps us learn from each other and think differently.

Sharing predictions encourages collaboration and diverse thinking.

• .
• !
• ?
• ,

Answer: ?

A question mark indicates that a sentence is asking something.