Welcome to the Teaching Practice TPF26011501 module. This examination portfolio must
be completed during the three weeks of compulsory teaching practice. You should have
completed and submitted Assignment 50 before you do this one. We hope you will find
this module interesting and that it will enrich your teaching career.
Please read through this tutorial letter and retain this and all the other tutorial letters that
you will receive. You must read through all the tutorial letters you receive during the
semester immediately and carefully, as they always contain important and sometimes
urgent information. They are our way of communicating with you about teaching, learning
and assessment.
Tutorial Letter 101 contains important information about the assignments for this module.
We urge you to read through it carefully and to keep it at hand when working through the
study material, preparing the assignments, and addressing questions to your lecturers.
We have also included certain general and administrative information about this module.
Please study this section of the tutorial letter carefully. It contains the required lessons that
you need to plan with your mentor at the school where you have been placed.
Make sure you contact the Teaching Practice Office well in advance to confirm your
placement before you go to the school to complete the teaching practice. All communication
regarding the placement must be communicated via your myLife e-mail address.
We are aware that problems may occasionally disrupt your studies. Please contact your
lecturer via e-mail or by telephone should you wish to discuss these.
We hope you will enjoy this module and we wish you success!
Your lecturer(s)
Lecturer(s)
Dr P Moshaba
012 429 4314
E-mail: emoshap@unisa.ac.za
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2 STRUCTURE OF TEACHING PRACTICE
First year: Guided Observation
This module focuses on guided observations under the supervision of a school-based mentor. You will be
expected to critically reflect on the planning and practice with both your school-based mentor and supervisor.
Assignment 51: Teaching in Grade R Workbook
Teaching practice is linked to theoretical modules Contribution
Being a professional teacher (BPT1501) Theory module
Becoming a teacher (BTE2601) Theory module
Computer integration in the classroom (CIC2601) Theory module
Teacher as manager (TAM2601)
Workbook 51
Theory module
60%
Emergent Literacy (EML1501) Theory module
Emergent Mathematics (EMA1501) Theory module
English Language (HL/FAL*) Theory module
African language communicative competence Theory module
Sociology of education (SED2601) Theory module
3 ASSIGNMENT 51
3.1 Introduction
The following activities are all guided observations and need to take place in a Grade R
class for three weeks to pass the examination assignment/portfolio. We suggest you
read through all the activities in Tutorial Letter 104 before your teaching practice. Discuss
all your expectations with your mentor teacher at the school well in advance to gauge how
much is expected of you during the three weeks of teaching practice, and to help you to
organise your time effectively. It would also be wise to share these activities with your
mentor teacher to plan when certain observations may be possible to synchronise these
with the timetable and weekly planning for those three weeks.
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3.2 Additional resources
Complete and submit this Unisa workbook as is – do not redesign your own.
Along with your theoretical modules, you will also have to consult Curriculum Assessment
Policy Statements (CAPS) document or any other curriculum followed by the school, such
as a private school, that uses the Independent Schools Association of Southern Africa
(ISASA) curriculum. The Annual Teaching Plans (ATPs), term plans and weekly plans also
need to be obtained from the school you are attending for the teaching practice.
3.3 myUnisa announcements
Read the announcements on myUnisa for the following reasons:
• Should there be a change in lecturers, it will be placed on myUnisa.
• All communication, according to the POPI (security) Act, takes place via myUnisa
and your myLife e-mail as it is the university's official communication platform.
• No e-mails from registered students' private e-mails will be answered.
3.4 General rules for submitting assignments/workbooks for teaching practice
Please note that the only mode of submission is online. Your assignments for teaching
practice must be submitted TWO WEEKS after you have completed your teaching practice
at the school of placement for this workbook.
Remember the following when submitting an assignment online via myUnisa:
• Complete the student information and the declaration.
• Write clearly.
• Submit the assignment correctly.
• Ensure your student number is correct.
• Ensure you use the correct unique number for the assignment.
• Ensure you have the correct content in your assignment.
• Save the file as your student number_surname_module code_ assignment.
number to ensure that you upload the correct file.
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