Term 3 in 3/4 

English:

In Spelling, students will be developing their phonic knowledge in the morning literacy block through a variety of spelling activities. Students will practise key spelling patterns and sounds when revising their targeted word lists; and their progress will be assessed through weekly dictations. 

In Reading, students will be exposed to a variety of text types (fiction, non-fiction, digital resources etc.) in order to develop their reading fluency. The texts will be linked to our unit of inquiry, which will focus on ‘The Olympics’  and ‘Our Land, Our Stories’. Using these texts, students will be developing their comprehension strategies such as different points of view, making connections, inferring, determining the main idea of a text and fact and opinion.

In Writing, students will be focussing on writing at the sentence level, whereby students will learn what constitutes a sentence and how to construct detailed sentences. We will also learn how to use correct punctuation including quotation marks,  apostrophes, exclamation marks, commas and full stops. Additionally, students will be learning to write compound and complex sentences using coordinating and subordinating conjunctions to improve their writing as well as using paragraphs to organise their ideas.

Numeracy:

This Term in Mathematics, students will cover a variety of key skills and concepts. Firstly, our students will participate in a range of engaging activities that will develop their knowledge of Fractions, Addition & Subtraction and Money. Students will also investigate the unit of Time, including reading analogue and digital clocks, timetables, calendars and converting 24 hour and 12 hour time. Throughout the Term we will also investigate; shape and angles. Students will be working on a project exploring acute, obtuse and right angles and using their knowledge of 2D and 3D shapes.

Inquiry:

This term in Inquiry, students will explore the Olympic Games, and have fun creating their own potato athlete to participate in our very own Devon Meadows Potato Olympics. After designing their athlete, their potatoes will be put to the test in a series of athletic events, which will be integrated in to our mathematics and literacy lessons. Later in the term, our focus will shift to a new topic - Our Land, Our Story, where students will explore indigenous culture, disability inclusion and the influence of cultural diversity in Australia. Students will explore how inclusion and diversity frameworks support our national game of AFL. Later they will test their creative thinking and problem solving skills by working in groups to create their own AFL-based games that use strategies to respect and include others. Students will finish the term having the opportunity to play the games they create. 

The Grade 3/4 Teachers:
Staci Malberg, Lisa Bowden, Katie Lamaro, Meg Meyer & Will Shields