TPF2601 Assignment 4 Portfolio 51 2025 (Answer Guide) - Due August 2025

TPF2601 Assignment 4 Portfolio 51 2025 (Answer Guide) - Due August 2025 SECTION A: LANGUAGE [50] ACTIVITY 1: MORNING RING [6] The morning ring is a structured daily routine used by my mentor teacher to promote language development in Grade R learners. The activities within the morning ring are interactive and rich in language exposure. 1. Birthday Chart (2 marks) The mentor teacher uses the birthday chart to engage learners in discussions about dates, months, and seasons. For example, during a learner’s birthday month, the teacher asks, “Who else has a birthday in July?” This prompts children to respond in full sentences, reinforcing concepts of time and sequence while developing vocabulary related to birthdays (e.g., cake, celebration, party). The teacher also encourages children to spell their names aloud and practice writing them on the birthday chart. This enhances both phonological awareness and print recognition. 2. Weather Chart (2 marks) Each morning, the teacher asks learners to describe the weather by using descriptive words such as “sunny,” “cloudy,” “windy,” or “rainy.” The teacher encourages learners to use complete sentences, e.g., “Today it is sunny.” She further asks probing questions like, “What do we wear when it rains?” to stimulate discussion and vocabulary enrichment. The weather chart thus serves as a platform to promote sentence construction, prediction, and inferencing key components of early language development. 3. Marking the Attendance Register (2 marks) Attendance is marked by calling each learner’s name aloud, and learners respond by saying “present” or “here I am.” This daily repetition strengthens name recognition, phonemic awareness, and verbal participation.