Here’s Why You Need To Get Your Hands On A Copy Of The Woema Grade 3 Text-And Workbook

“We had enquiries about the possibility of publishing a Grade 3 Woema during the recent years and we couldn’t let our readers down.”

Fiona de Villiers* was one of the first readers to get her hands on a copy of chapter one:

“Authors Cecile Smith and Kara Topham have prepared the kind of language textbook excellence that teachers have come to associate with Pikkie Publications. The module’s theme is ‘Ek leef in my lyf’, or ‘I live in my body’, a wonderful topic for Grade 3 students to explore.

Smith and Topham first provide learners with a list of new words to add to their Afrikaans vocabulary.

I love the little cartoons at the bottom of each page which are intended to soothe learners as they grow their comprehension skills. Learning new words is a firm foundation: next follows a short passage and questions that the learners can answer. Here they’re dealing with reading and sound. Subsequent imaginative exercises will enable learners to spell unfamiliar words, and then, in an exercise I love, they can stand up away from their desks and move their bodies as they go through ‘The story of your body’.

Woema textbooks combine a colourful and well laid out page with a range of exercises that draw on a plethora of skills children will need in any class, such as filling in missing words, and working collaboratively. They’ll also learn how to construct a narrative and to differentiate between similar sounding words.

The module builds to the point where children should be able to speak in Afrikaans about their bodies and then write a short piece about their hearts.

This ‘voorsmakie’ is enough to assure me yet again that another Woema winner has been published!”

Teachers that are interested in ordering for their school’s learners can request a sample copy here: https://woemaboeke.com/another-woema-winner/

Woema Afrikaans First Additional Language Grade 3 Textbook and Workbook is available from 18 October 2022. Contact Juanri @ info@woemaboeke.com

*First published in the Independent Education Magazine June 2022 issue. Authored by Fiona de Villiers, Independent Education Editor. Visit www.ieducation.co.za for more articles from this publication.