GRADE 1 HOME LANGUAGE
Dudu’s dream
ENGLISH
Level:
3 Book 3
Group-guided reading
Before reading
• Page through the story the learners will read. Talk about the illustrations.
• Ask them to predict what the story will be about; based on the title and the
pictures.
• Introduce new or difficult words prior to the learners reading the story.
• Make word cards to introduce new vocabulary. (See the list of new vocabulary
in the back inner cover.)
First reading
• Learners should read the text individually.
• Learners should read silently or they can ‘whisper-read’ the text.
• Move from one learner to the next, requesting each learner to read a section of
the text aloud.
Discussion
• Ask comprehension questions based on the text.
• Focus on phonics, sight words and vocabulary.
• You will find in activities in the back of this book useful to guide the discussion.
(Select appropriate activities for the level of the learners.)
Second reading
• On later days, let learners reread the book, either in pairs or alone.
• Focus on fluency, grammar and vocabulary.
• Let learners complete the group-guided activities which are included in the
back of this book. (Select appropriate activities for the level of the learners.)
Let learners do a role play
if the text lends itself to it.
Learners should do the group-reading
activities after reading the story.
Let learners work in groups to complete the
appropriate group-reading activities included
in the back of the book. They should not
write in this book. Written activities should
be done in their exercise books.
Dudu’s dream
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Last night, Dudu read a
book about animals.
Then she fell asleep and
had a dream.
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What did Dudu dream?
She dreamed that she had
some gas balloons that took
her up into the sky.
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While she was flying, Dudu
met a bird. “Hello bird, do
you live here?” asked Dudu.
“Yes, this is my nest,”
tweeted the bird.
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bird
nest
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Then Dudu met a
monkey. “Hello monkey,
do you live here?” asked
Dudu.
“Yes, this is my tree,”
chattered the monkey.
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monkey
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“Hello Mr Lion and Mrs
Cheetah, do you live here?”
asked Dudu.
“Yes, we live in the bush,”
roared the lion. “Yes we do”,
purred the cheetah.
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cheetah
lion
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“Hello great big elephant, do
you live here?” asked Dudu.
“Yes, this is my home,”
trumpeted the elephant.
“I live here too,” snorted the
rhino.
“So do I,” whispered the tiny
ant. “I live in an ant heap.”
ant
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elephant
rhino
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Dudu then flew towards the
river. “Hello Mrs Hippo, do
you live here?” asked Dudu.
“Yes, this is my river and I
live with a turtle,” grunted
the hippo.
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turtle
hippopotamus
river
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“Hello Mr Crocodile,
do you live here too?”
asked Dudu.
“Yes I do!” growled the
crocodile. “And if you don’t
go away, I will eat you for
dinner!”
“Help! Help!”
Dudu cried.
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crocodile
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“I can’t fly back! The croc
will eat me!” cried Dudu.
“Wake up Dudu. You are
dreaming,” said her mother.
“It’s time for school.”
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Dudu told her mother about
all the animals she had met
in her dream.
“Some live in trees, some in
the bush and some live in
water,” she told her mother.
“In my dream I flew over all
of them,” she said as she ran
for the school bus.
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Group reading activities
1 Look at the animals that Dudu saw.
What are they called?
Where do they live?
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2 Find the word that is the same as the
word in the first box.
when where when what
then there then that
here have here there
can’t can cannot can’t
who who what why
live love live like
have hive hate have
don’t did didn’t don’t
it’s it it’s isn’t
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.
Find sentences in the story with a full
stop and a question mark ? . Copy
them into your exercise book.
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4 Do the next activity in your exercise book.
Draw a picture of one of the animals
mentioned in this book.
Write three to four sentences about the animal.
5 Make a finger puppet
a. Trace the outline of the animal finger
puppet on a piece of paper and cut it out.
b. Use your crayons to colour in your
finger puppet.
FRONT BACK
c. Glue the edges and put the puppet
on your finger.
d. Use your finger puppet to talk to
your friend’s finger puppet.
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GRADE 1 HOME LANGUAGE
3 Book
Level:
3
Title: Dudu’s dream
Language: English
Grade 1 Home Language Reader
Level: Level 3 Book 3
Text type: Narrative
about, what, that, into, while, here, this,
Sight words: towards, cried, said
flying, tweeted, chattered, purred, roared,
Vocabulary: trumpeted, snorted, whispered, grunted,
growled
Phonics: th-, wh-, sh-, ch-, dr-, gr-, fl-, tw-, tr-, sn-
Content, Use pictures to identify and name animals.
Describe where the animals live.
concepts and
Identify and match words with each other.
skills: Copy sentences that have a full stop,
question mark and inverted commas.
Draw a picture and write three to four
sentences.
Make a finger puppet.
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First edition 2016
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Author: V McKay
