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23 January 2011 Supplement

Readright.co.za Editor — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:30:30 +0000

In this month’s supplement you can play word search games as well as learn more about adjectives, nouns and verbs while completing a speech. You’ll also find lots of interesting facts about the world.

In the pocket guide for this month there’s tips to having a great school year. You will also learn how to play battle ships using a grid system.

Lastly you can fill in the speech bubbles for Fuzz and Ditto as they go on one of their adventures and make a crafty little fortune catcher to play with.

November 14 Supplement

Readright.co.za Editor — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 12:52:57 +0000

This weeks supplement contains a quiz for you to measure how generous and caring you are. It also contains lots of fun activities for you to complete; break the secret code, copy a picture on a grid system and unscramble the names of the presents.

This issue also focuses on giving back and generally giving to other people. It has great tips on how to be a better person to those around you. You can also complete some math problems and create a cool little pop out toy.

Finally, there’s a great new pocket guide on Making Gifts to Give. It will show you how to make boxes, clay figurines, recycled crayons a picture flip frame and many other things. Have fun!

October 17 Supplement

Readright.co.za Editor — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:42:26 +0000

In this supplement you can learn all about plants, vegetables and growing your own garden. It contains a guide on how to plant your vegetables as well as what to plant at which times during the year.

There’s some fun math activities and a Spot the difference game for you to complete. You also get to fold an origami ladybird insect.

Finally, there’s a great pocket guide to South Africa’s indigenous trees. This should help you identify which trees to look after!

September 5 Supplement

Readright.co.za Editor — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:13:32 +0000

The activities in this supplement look at the measurement of length for the Foundation Phase. By the end of this phase, children need to be able to estimate, measure and compare different items according to their length. You’ll find a game to help you with length and measurement.

In this week’s story Hare on the Moon, Hare wants to see the world. The giraffe and the elephant helps him to see a part of it, then he sees more on his own. Even the moon…

Hare on the Moon by Nolitha Fengu. Published by Vivlia.

August 29 Supplement

Readright.co.za Editor — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:44:04 +0000

This week we have a poster and game aimed at the Intermediate Phase. As a learner, you need to know the names of the different angles. An example is the angle formed between the hands on a watch. Work through the examples and then play the game.

Once you are the master of angles you can read our story Big Fat Lies. In this story you will learn that lying is never a good idea.

Big Fat Lies is written by Ann Walton and illustrated by Nikki Jones. Published by Cambridge University Press.

August 22 Supplement

Readright.co.za Editor — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:36:02 +0000

The activities in supplement look at the measurement of capacity for the Foundation Phase. By the end of this phase, children need to estimate, measure and compare different measurements of capacity. In the activity you get to match up various items to their capacity.

In our story Mewy and Woofus make a newspaper, Mewy and Woofus decide there is a need for a newspaper in their community. Find out how they get the scoop!

Mewy and Woofus make a newspaper is written by Timo Parvela and illustrated by Virpi Talvitie.

August 15 Supplement

Readright.co.za Editor — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:31:27 +0000

This week we have a poster and game aimed at the Intermediate Phase. We focus on the links between decimals, common fractions and percentages. It will help you to understand that decimals, common fractions and percentages are representing the same quantity but in three different ways.

In the story The Art of Is-ing, George sets off to find friends to is with. But everybody is so busy! Will he find anyone who enjoys the art of is-ing?

The Art of Is-ing by Nicole Levin is illustrated by Sandy Lightley and is published by Shuter & Shooter publishers (Pty) ltd.

August 1 Supplement

Readright.co.za Editor — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:20:31 +0000

The concepts in this supplement focus on weight and mass. In the Foundation Phase children are expected to be able to estimate, measure and compare mass using non-standard and standard measures. This supplement illustrates some of these examples.

You can also read the story How the Elephant got his trunk.

How the Elephant got his trunk as retold by Heather Adams and illustrated by Priya Kuriyan. Published by Pearson Education.

July 25 Supplement

Readright.co.za Editor — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 11:04:39 +0000

This week we look at multiplication for the Intermediate Phase. We have included a grid for learners to use to speed up their calculations, as well as a few additional tips.

Do you enjoy playing outside with your friends? In the story Our Forest Adventure, a group of friends have a great adventure in the forest.

Our Forest Adventure by Barbara Hutton, Tracy Blues and Dawn Daniels is published by Oxford University Press SA and illustrated by Pinkie Wilson.

May 30 Supplement

Readright.co.za Editor — Sun, 30 May 2010 10:47:30 +0000

In this supplement you can read feedback from our readers.

Google also launched a competition called doodle for Google in which kids aged 3 to seventeen were asked to draw a soccer centric doodle that combines the Google logo. See some entries in this month’s supplement.

Did you know that there’s a whole bunch of internationally recognized inventions that were created by South Africans? In our book Proudly South African you can find out about dolosse, Pratley putty, the CAT scan machine and a high-tech kettle for blind people; all of which has been invented by South Africans.

Proudly South African – by Juliet Glover, illustrated by Marleen Visser. Published by Heinemann.