PLANNING
Welcome!
This page supports the use of Talking Stories Software in the classroom and computer lab.
Click on the links below to find a weekly planning guide for literacy teaching in the Foundation Phase of the South African Curriculum. If you follow this weekly plan, then during the course of a school year you will touch on every assessment standard of the home language curriculum for Grades 1, 2 and 3.
You will also find information, tips and resources to help you use technology and reading books to provide a magnificent boost to literacy levels in your class. Find out for yourself why using the Talking Stories resources has boosted Grade 3 literacy results by more than 70%!
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