Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL CAPS Lesson Plans, Worksheets & 2026 ATP (Foundation Phase)

Term 1 to Term 4 Annual Teaching Plan (ATP) — Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL

Click any week below to open the complete 5-in-1 classroom pack (Lesson Plan, A4 Worksheet, 20-Mark Assessment & Memo, and Parent Digest).

Term 1 — Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL ATP Pacing

Listening & Speaking · Single Letter Phonics (s, a, t, p, i, n) · Shared Reading & Handwriting (Foundation Phase Grades R–3)

Week	CAPS Topic & Formal SBA	Weekly Learning Intention	5-in-1 Pack
Week 1	Oral daily news: Sharing personal news in 2–3 complete sentences using correct past tense (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 1 Week 1)	Blend and segment 3-letter CVC words, form lowercase letters neatly, and read simple decodable sentences. Demonstrate Oral daily news: Sharing personal news in 2–3 complete sentences using correct past tense using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 2	Phonics: Introducing letter-sounds s, a, t, p, i, n — sound recognition, blending, and segmenting (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 1 Week 2)	Blend and segment 3-letter CVC words, form lowercase letters neatly, and read simple decodable sentences. Demonstrate Phonics: Introducing letter-sounds s, a, t, p, i, n — sound recognition, blending, and segmenting using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 3	Handwriting: Correct pencil grip, posture, and lowercase letter formation on 17mm ruled lines (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 1 Week 3)	Blend and segment 3-letter CVC words, form lowercase letters neatly, and read simple decodable sentences. Demonstrate Handwriting: Correct pencil grip, posture, and lowercase letter formation on 17mm ruled lines using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 4	Shared Reading: Reading enlarged texts together, tracking print left-to-right, and sight words (I, the, to, and) (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 1 Week 4)	Blend and segment 3-letter CVC words, form lowercase letters neatly, and read simple decodable sentences. Demonstrate Shared Reading: Reading enlarged texts together, tracking print left-to-right, and sight words (I, the, to, and) using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 5	Phonics & Word Building: Building 3-letter CVC words (sat, pin, tap, sit, pan) with letter tiles (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Formal SBA Task (Term 1 Week 5): Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL Foundation Phase Practical & Written Assessment	Blend and segment 3-letter CVC words, form lowercase letters neatly, and read simple decodable sentences. Demonstrate Phonics & Word Building: Building 3-letter CVC words (sat, pin, tap, sit, pan) with letter tiles using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 6	Group Guided Reading: Reading levelled readers in small ability groups with decoding strategies (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 1 Week 6)	Blend and segment 3-letter CVC words, form lowercase letters neatly, and read simple decodable sentences. Demonstrate Group Guided Reading: Reading levelled readers in small ability groups with decoding strategies using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 7	Creative Writing: Drawing a story picture and writing a 1-sentence caption using phonics knowledge (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 1 Week 7)	Blend and segment 3-letter CVC words, form lowercase letters neatly, and read simple decodable sentences. Demonstrate Creative Writing: Drawing a story picture and writing a 1-sentence caption using phonics knowledge using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 8	Phonics: Introducing m, d, g, o, c, k and reading short decodable sentences (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 1 Week 8)	Blend and segment 3-letter CVC words, form lowercase letters neatly, and read simple decodable sentences. Demonstrate Phonics: Introducing m, d, g, o, c, k and reading short decodable sentences using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 9	Term 1 Formal SBA Task: Oral News, Phonics CVC Dictation, Reading Aloud & Sentence Writing (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Formal SBA Task (Term 1 Week 9): Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL Foundation Phase Practical & Written Assessment	Blend and segment 3-letter CVC words, form lowercase letters neatly, and read simple decodable sentences. Demonstrate Term 1 Formal SBA Task: Oral News, Phonics CVC Dictation, Reading Aloud & Sentence Writing using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 10	Consolidation of Term 1 sight words (he, she, we, is, in, on) and CVC reading fluency (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Formal SBA Task (Term 1 Week 10): Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL Foundation Phase Practical & Written Assessment	Blend and segment 3-letter CVC words, form lowercase letters neatly, and read simple decodable sentences. Demonstrate Consolidation of Term 1 sight words (he, she, we, is, in, on) and CVC reading fluency using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →

Term 2 — Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL ATP Pacing

CVC Word Building & Blending · Group Guided Reading · Sentence Writing (Foundation Phase Grades R–3)

Week	CAPS Topic & Formal SBA	Weekly Learning Intention	5-in-1 Pack
Week 1	Listening comprehension: Listening to an African fable and answering literal and inferential questions (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 2 Week 1)	Master short vowel word families, read 40 high-frequency sight words, and write 3 connected sentences. Demonstrate Listening comprehension: Listening to an African fable and answering literal and inferential questions using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 2	Phonics: Short vowel families (-at, -an, -ap, -it, -in, -ig, -ip) and rhyming word lists (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 2 Week 2)	Master short vowel word families, read 40 high-frequency sight words, and write 3 connected sentences. Demonstrate Phonics: Short vowel families (-at, -an, -ap, -it, -in, -ig, -ip) and rhyming word lists using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 3	Shared Reading: Identifying punctuation marks (capital letters, full stops, question marks) in Big Books (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 2 Week 3)	Master short vowel word families, read 40 high-frequency sight words, and write 3 connected sentences. Demonstrate Shared Reading: Identifying punctuation marks (capital letters, full stops, question marks) in Big Books using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 4	Group Guided Reading: Building sight vocabulary (was, they, said, go, my, you) and self-correcting (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 2 Week 4)	Master short vowel word families, read 40 high-frequency sight words, and write 3 connected sentences. Demonstrate Group Guided Reading: Building sight vocabulary (was, they, said, go, my, you) and self-correcting using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 5	Phonics: Short vowel families (-ot, -og, -op, -ug, -un, -ut, -en, -et, -ed) (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Formal SBA Task (Term 2 Week 5): Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL Foundation Phase Practical & Written Assessment	Master short vowel word families, read 40 high-frequency sight words, and write 3 connected sentences. Demonstrate Phonics: Short vowel families (-ot, -og, -op, -ug, -un, -ut, -en, -et, -ed) using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 6	Handwriting: Forming uppercase and lowercase letters accurately with finger spaces between words (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 2 Week 6)	Master short vowel word families, read 40 high-frequency sight words, and write 3 connected sentences. Demonstrate Handwriting: Forming uppercase and lowercase letters accurately with finger spaces between words using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 7	Writing: Writing 2–3 connected sentences about a family event using a personal dictionary (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 2 Week 7)	Master short vowel word families, read 40 high-frequency sight words, and write 3 connected sentences. Demonstrate Writing: Writing 2–3 connected sentences about a family event using a personal dictionary using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 8	Term 2 Formal SBA Task: Listening Comprehension, Phonics Word Families, Guided Reading & 3-Sentence Writing (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 2 Week 8)	Master short vowel word families, read 40 high-frequency sight words, and write 3 connected sentences. Demonstrate Term 2 Formal SBA Task: Listening Comprehension, Phonics Word Families, Guided Reading & 3-Sentence Writing using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 9	Language Structures: Using action verbs and common nouns in spoken and written sentences (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Formal SBA Task (Term 2 Week 9): Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL Foundation Phase Practical & Written Assessment	Master short vowel word families, read 40 high-frequency sight words, and write 3 connected sentences. Demonstrate Language Structures: Using action verbs and common nouns in spoken and written sentences using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 10	Term 2 Reading Fluency & Spelling Bee Celebration (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Formal SBA Task (Term 2 Week 10): Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL Foundation Phase Practical & Written Assessment	Master short vowel word families, read 40 high-frequency sight words, and write 3 connected sentences. Demonstrate Term 2 Reading Fluency & Spelling Bee Celebration using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →

Term 3 — Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL ATP Pacing

Consonant Digraphs (sh, ch, th, wh) · Comprehension · Story Writing (Foundation Phase Grades R–3)

Week	CAPS Topic & Formal SBA	Weekly Learning Intention	5-in-1 Pack
Week 1	Oral presentation: Show-and-Tell — describing a favourite object using size, colour, and use adjectives (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 3 Week 1)	Decode and spell words with sh, ch, th, wh, ng digraphs and write a short 4-sentence story. Demonstrate Oral presentation: Show-and-Tell — describing a favourite object using size, colour, and use adjectives using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 2	Phonics: Consonant digraphs 'sh' (ship, shop, fish) and 'ch' (chin, chop, rich) (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 3 Week 2)	Decode and spell words with sh, ch, th, wh, ng digraphs and write a short 4-sentence story. Demonstrate Phonics: Consonant digraphs 'sh' (ship, shop, fish) and 'ch' (chin, chop, rich) using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 3	Shared Reading: Non-fiction information texts — using headings, labels, and photographs (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 3 Week 3)	Decode and spell words with sh, ch, th, wh, ng digraphs and write a short 4-sentence story. Demonstrate Shared Reading: Non-fiction information texts — using headings, labels, and photographs using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 4	Phonics: Consonant digraphs 'th' (thin, this, bath) and 'wh' (when, wheel) plus '-ng' (ring, song) (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 3 Week 4)	Decode and spell words with sh, ch, th, wh, ng digraphs and write a short 4-sentence story. Demonstrate Phonics: Consonant digraphs 'th' (thin, this, bath) and 'wh' (when, wheel) plus '-ng' (ring, song) using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 5	Group Guided Reading: Reading with expression and answering 'Why do you think...?' questions (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Formal SBA Task (Term 3 Week 5): Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL Foundation Phase Practical & Written Assessment	Decode and spell words with sh, ch, th, wh, ng digraphs and write a short 4-sentence story. Demonstrate Group Guided Reading: Reading with expression and answering 'Why do you think...?' questions using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 6	Writing: Writing a simple 4-sentence story with a clear beginning, middle, and end (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 3 Week 6)	Decode and spell words with sh, ch, th, wh, ng digraphs and write a short 4-sentence story. Demonstrate Writing: Writing a simple 4-sentence story with a clear beginning, middle, and end using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 7	Language Structures: Plurals adding '-s' and '-es', and pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 3 Week 7)	Decode and spell words with sh, ch, th, wh, ng digraphs and write a short 4-sentence story. Demonstrate Language Structures: Plurals adding '-s' and '-es', and pronouns (I, you, he, she, it, we, they) using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 8	Term 3 Formal SBA Task: Phonics Digraphs, Reading Comprehension, and Story Writing (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 3 Week 8)	Decode and spell words with sh, ch, th, wh, ng digraphs and write a short 4-sentence story. Demonstrate Term 3 Formal SBA Task: Phonics Digraphs, Reading Comprehension, and Story Writing using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 9	Writing a friendly thank-you card to a family member or school helper (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Formal SBA Task (Term 3 Week 9): Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL Foundation Phase Practical & Written Assessment	Decode and spell words with sh, ch, th, wh, ng digraphs and write a short 4-sentence story. Demonstrate Writing a friendly thank-you card to a family member or school helper using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 10	Term 3 Book Week & Readers' Theatre (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Formal SBA Task (Term 3 Week 10): Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL Foundation Phase Practical & Written Assessment	Decode and spell words with sh, ch, th, wh, ng digraphs and write a short 4-sentence story. Demonstrate Term 3 Book Week & Readers' Theatre using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →

Term 4 — Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL ATP Pacing

Initial & Final Consonant Blends · Fluent Reading · Punctuation & Grammar (Foundation Phase Grades R–3)

Week	CAPS Topic & Formal SBA	Weekly Learning Intention	5-in-1 Pack
Week 1	Listening & Speaking: Role-playing everyday dialogues and polite greetings in English and Home Language (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 4 Week 1)	Read and spell words with consonant blends, answer written comprehension questions, and write 5 sentences. Demonstrate Listening & Speaking: Role-playing everyday dialogues and polite greetings in English and Home Language using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 2	Phonics: Initial consonant blends (bl-, cl-, fl-, gl-, pl-, sl-) and building 4-letter CCVC words (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 4 Week 2)	Read and spell words with consonant blends, answer written comprehension questions, and write 5 sentences. Demonstrate Phonics: Initial consonant blends (bl-, cl-, fl-, gl-, pl-, sl-) and building 4-letter CCVC words using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 3	Phonics: Initial consonant blends (br-, cr-, dr-, fr-, gr-, pr-, tr-) and final blends (-nd, -nt, -st, -mp) (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 4 Week 3)	Read and spell words with consonant blends, answer written comprehension questions, and write 5 sentences. Demonstrate Phonics: Initial consonant blends (br-, cr-, dr-, fr-, gr-, pr-, tr-) and final blends (-nd, -nt, -st, -mp) using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 4	Shared & Guided Reading: Reading a short story passage and answering written comprehension questions (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 4 Week 4)	Read and spell words with consonant blends, answer written comprehension questions, and write 5 sentences. Demonstrate Shared & Guided Reading: Reading a short story passage and answering written comprehension questions using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 5	Writing: Sequencing 4 sentences to write instructions (e.g. 'How to make a peanut butter sandwich') (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Formal SBA Task (Term 4 Week 5): Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL Foundation Phase Practical & Written Assessment	Read and spell words with consonant blends, answer written comprehension questions, and write 5 sentences. Demonstrate Writing: Sequencing 4 sentences to write instructions (e.g. 'How to make a peanut butter sandwich') using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 6	Language Structures: Present and past tense verbs, prepositions (in, on, under, next to), and adjectives (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 4 Week 6)	Read and spell words with consonant blends, answer written comprehension questions, and write 5 sentences. Demonstrate Language Structures: Present and past tense verbs, prepositions (in, on, under, next to), and adjectives using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 7	Handwriting: Neat, fluent print script with consistent letter height and spacing (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 4 Week 7)	Read and spell words with consonant blends, answer written comprehension questions, and write 5 sentences. Demonstrate Handwriting: Neat, fluent print script with consistent letter height and spacing using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 8	End-of-Year Formal SBA Assessment: Oral, Phonics Blends, Reading Comprehension & 5-Sentence Writing (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Continuous Informal Classroom Assessment (Term 4 Week 8)	Read and spell words with consonant blends, answer written comprehension questions, and write 5 sentences. Demonstrate End-of-Year Formal SBA Assessment: Oral, Phonics Blends, Reading Comprehension & 5-Sentence Writing using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 9	Publishing a My Grade 1 Anthology booklet to take home for the holidays (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Formal SBA Task (Term 4 Week 9): Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL Foundation Phase Practical & Written Assessment	Read and spell words with consonant blends, answer written comprehension questions, and write 5 sentences. Demonstrate Publishing a My Grade 1 Anthology booklet to take home for the holidays using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →
Week 10	Transition to Grade 2 Reading & Writing Readiness (Grade 1 Foundation Phase) Formal SBA Task (Term 4 Week 10): Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL Foundation Phase Practical & Written Assessment	Read and spell words with consonant blends, answer written comprehension questions, and write 5 sentences. Demonstrate Transition to Grade 2 Reading & Writing Readiness using concrete manipulatives and drawings before abstract notation. Communicate mathematical and life skills thinking in both English and home language.	Generate Pack →

Sample 5-in-1 Pack Preview: Term 1 Week 1 (Oral daily news: Sharing personal news in 2–3 complete sentences using correct past tense (Grade 1 Foundation Phase))

Every weekly topic in Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL generates a structured lesson plan, cognitive-weighted questions, and a bilingual parent guide.

1. 60-Minute CAPS Lesson Plan

Source: DBE Official Foundation Phase CAPS Recovery ATP 2026 (Circular S19 of 2025) (Term 1 · Week 1 · Grades R–3 Recovery Curriculum)

10 min Phase 1: Multisensory Hook & Rhyme (Hook & Prior Knowledge)

Engage learners with an active counting/language rhyme and concrete tactile objects for Oral daily news: Sharing personal news in 2–3 complete sentences using correct past tense. Sing the welcome song and introduce today's target vocabulary in English and Mother-Tongue.
20 min Phase 2: Teacher Modelling & Carpet Demonstration ("I Do" Explicit Modelling)

Explicitly model Oral daily news: Sharing personal news in 2–3 complete sentences using correct past tense using big demonstration manipulatives, visual chart cards, and bilingual home-language terms. Check understanding with finger signals. Model common mistakes (e.g. counting the same object twice or reversing digits) and show how to fix them.
20 min Phase 3: Guided Pair & Small-Group Stations ("We Do" Guided & Pair Work)

Learners work in ability-differentiated groups with concrete counters, chalkboards, or structured workbooks on Oral daily news: Sharing personal news in 2–3 complete sentences using correct past tense. Teacher provides targeted small-group intervention. Rotate to support struggling learners with concrete bead strings while advancing fast finishers.
10 min Phase 4: Independent Exercise Application ("You Do" Worksheet Practice)

Learners complete the levelled 20-mark CAPS exercises on "Oral daily news: Sharing personal news in 2–3 complete sentences using correct past tense (Grade 1 Foundation Phase)". Teacher circulates with the scoring rubric to check Method [M] and Accuracy [A] steps in real time.
10 min Phase 5: Reflection & High-Five Consolidation (Exit Ticket & Family Bridge)

Review the core lesson outcome. Learners share their discovery with a peer and complete a 2-minute visual exit ticket or thumbs-up check. Explain the Family & Home Learning guide prompt so learners share their lesson at home.

Differentiation & Support: Provide physical counters (bottle tops, unifix cubes), ten-frames, and paired buddy support for Oral daily news: Sharing personal news in 2–3 complete sentences using correct past tense.

2. 20-Mark Cognitive Worksheet & Memo

Cognitive Weighting: Aligned to CAPS Barrett / Bloom Taxonomy

Question 1 · Level 1: Knowing / Phonics (25%) [4 Marks]

Fill in the missing short vowel (a, e, i, o, u) to complete each word: (a) c _ t (b) p _ n (c) d _ g (d) s _ n.

Memo: (a) cat (1), (b) pin/pen/pan (1), (c) dog/dig (1), (d) sun/sin (1) = 4 marks.
Question 2 · Level 2: Understanding / Decoding (45%) [4 Marks]

Underline the correct consonant digraph in each word: (a) (sh / ch)ip (b) (th / wh)at (c) fi(sh / th) (d) ri(ch / ng).

Memo: (a) ship (1), (b) what (1), (c) fish (1), (d) rich/ring (1) = 4 marks.
Question 3 · Level 1: Literal Comprehension (25%) [4 Marks]

Read the story: 'Sipho has a little brown dog namedBongo. Every afternoon, Sipho and Bongo run to the park to play with a red ball.' Answer: (a) What is the dog's name? (b) Where do they go every afternoon?

Memo: (a) Bongo (2 marks); (b) They go to the park (2 marks) = 4 marks.
Question 4 · Level 3: Applying / Punctuation (20%) [4 Marks]

Rewrite this sentence with a CAPITAL letter at the start and a FULL STOP at the end: 'my friend likes to read books'

Memo: My friend likes to read books. (2 marks for capital 'M', 2 marks for full stop '.') = 4 marks.
Question 5 · Level 4: Creating & Expressing (10%) [4 Marks]

Write TWO complete sentences about your favourite animal. Tell what it looks like and what it likes to eat.

Memo: 2 marks for two complete, meaningful sentences; 1 mark for phonetic/accurate spelling; 1 mark for capital letters and full stops = 4 marks. Total = 20 marks.

3. Sunday WhatsApp Family Guide & Resources

This week in Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL, your child is exploring: "Oral daily news: Sharing personal news in 2–3 complete sentences using correct past tense". At this age, learning happens best through play, talking, and touching real objects!

Dinner-Table Coaching Prompts:

"Can you show me what you counted or made at school today?"
"How does this connect to what we see at home or on the way to school?"
"Tell me the story of what your teacher and friends did together today."

Required Classroom Resources: CAPS DBE Rainbow Workbooks (Book 1 & 2), phonics flashcards, magnetic letters, levelled Group Guided Readers, 17mm ruled exercise books

Frequently Asked Questions — Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL

What is covered in the Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL 2026 CAPS Annual Teaching Plan (ATP)?

The Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL (Foundation Phase) curriculum covers 40 weeks across Terms 1 to 4, starting with "Oral daily news: Sharing personal news in 2–3 complete sentences using correct past tense (Grade 1 Foundation Phase)" under the "Listening & Speaking · Single Letter Phonics (s, a, t, p, i, n) · Shared Reading & Handwriting (Foundation Phase Grades R–3)" strand, including weekly informal classwork and formal School-Based Assessment (SBA) tasks in Weeks 5 and 9.

Can I download printable A4 worksheets and marking memorandums for Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL?

Yes. Every week in Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL includes a print-ready 60-minute CAPS lesson plan, a toner-safe A4 learner worksheet, a 20-mark cognitive-weighted assessment with a complete teacher marking memorandum, and a Sunday WhatsApp parent guide.

Are Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL worksheets available with bilingual South African language support?

Yes. Grasp includes built-in Mother Tongue-based Bilingual Education (MTbBE) vocabulary bridges across all 11 official languages (English, Afrikaans, isiXhosa, isiZulu, Sepedi, Sesotho, Setswana, siSwati, Tshivenda, Xitsonga, isiNdebele) to help learners master Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL terminology.

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Grade 1 isiZulu HL / FAL — CAPS Lesson Plans, Worksheets & 2026 ATP