Term 3 has begun with plenty of rain but that hasn’t slowed
Room 20 down. We are well into the content we need to cover. We have already
participated in NAIDOC celebrations with a fabulous assembly and ‘Bush Tucker Garden’
planting. The children also did an awesome dot painting activity with our buddy
class, which is on display in the classroom.
As we move into the coming weeks of the term we can expect
to cover topics such as;
English
·
Reading Strategies –
sequencing, concluding, fact or opinion, summarising and main idea. We will be
looking at using these strategies in the context of both text and short films.
·
Grammar – revising simple,
compound and complex sentences and the conjunctions used to write these
sentences. Tenses, the use of determiners (a/an), homophones
(their/there/they’re, too/two/to, where/wear/we’re, your/you’re, it’s/its) and
homographs (bat/bat)
·
Punctuation - Using commas
for a list of items and for a pause, exclamation marks, question marks, quotation
marks, ellipses, apostrophe for ownership and contractions.
·
Spelling - phonemes are –
dare, a - was, tch - match, i - taxi, o - do, a - many, u - bush, a - bath, o -
pony, ear - bear, oar - roar, ear - pearl, ore - store, our - four, old - cold,
our - flour, ould - could along with some spelling rules
·
Speaking & Listening – Science
and HASS presentation that will be prepared during class time.
·
Writing – Poetry, writing a
Procedure and Explanation
You will have received the
information and schedule for Rm 20 students to participate in the poetry
recital. Thank you in advance for assisting them to memorise their poems.
Mathematics
·
Number and Algebra - fractions,
money, addition and subtraction within 1000, multiplication and division (facts
of 2, 3, 5 & 10)
·
Measurement - time, mapping
and directional language, symmetry and angles
·
Statistics and Probability -
chance
We continue our Karate times
tables challenge where children are encouraged to learn a new times table each
week, starting with 2 x tables. When children have mastered their level they
can move onto the next belt. The children will benefit from knowing all their
times tables by rote so I encourage everyone to embrace the Karate challenge
and work towards the top belt as quickly as possible.
Science
The children will participate
in a STEM investigation requiring them to learn about Chemical and Physical
Science concepts. They will be using Science inquiry skills to complete the
investigation. We are currently learning some information necessary to
understand the investigation on solids, liquids and gases. You will hear more
about the investigation in coming weeks.
HASS
The children will begin
researching a festival of their choice from around the world. They are fully
engaged in this project already using a variety of methods to find information
- books, internet, documents, etc. Some children have chosen festivals that
they have attended in other countries and they are encouraged to talk to family
and friends to gather information and take notes. This is a most valid source
of knowledge.
A reminder that Book Week is
just around the corner. Children are encouraged to dress up as a poem
character. The date for the parade is Friday August 30th.
The athletics
carnival is scheduled for Friday September 6th, weather permitting, with the
cross country race scheduled for Friday August 23rd.
WOW what a busy one! I seem to
say that every term!!!
