Term 2 in Level 5!

Reading

In Level 5 we will be utilising Reader’s Workshop. Students engage in authentic reading experiences whether individually, in partners, a small group or as a class. Workshops vary in length and encompasses teaching, selecting and reading a good fit book, recording and sharing our thoughts about a given text.

In Term Two, students are encouraged to think about their reading with a focus on determining the main topic and ideas about a non fiction text. They will identify key details, analyse text features and how an author engages their reader.

Weekly Focus

Week 1: Summarising and Paraphrasing

Week 2-3: Author’s Purpose

Week 4-6: Compare and Contrast

Week 7: Synthesising

Week 8: Cause and Effect

Week 10: Revision of the terms strategies

Writing

In Term 2, our main writing focus will be poetry and information reports. To begin our poetry unit we will explore poetic devices that can be used when creating different styles of poetry. At the beginning of the unit, we will be exploring different types of reports, the ways information can be presented and the structure of an information report. We will be supporting students to think of different ways information can be presented to an audience such as a written report, poster, brochure or news segment. Students will then be encouraged to explore their paragraph and sentence structure while also extending themselves to use scientific word choice to further enhance their writing.

Weekly Focus

Week 1: Pre-writes

Week 2: Poetry Introduction

Week 3-5: Poetic Devices

Week 6-8: Information Reports

Week 9: Revision

Spelling & Grammar

We will continue to use the school wide Jolly Phonics program by extending the earlier phonics teaching with further spelling, grammar and punctuation concepts. We will provide continuous revision and consolidation of topics taught in previous years. In grammar we will be learning about verb tenses, adverb, noun phrases, prepositions and prepositional phrases.

Week	Spelling Focus	Grammar Focus
1	Prefix ‘auto-’	Contractions and the verb ‘To Have’
2	Prefix ‘micro-’ and Prefix ‘mega-’	Irregular Past Participles
3	NAPLAN
4	Prefix’ super-’	Identifying Verb Tenses
5	Prefixes ‘cent-’, ‘kilo-’, ‘mili-’	Adverb Placement
6	Prefix ‘post’	Proofreading
7	Suffix ‘-tion’	Prepositions
8	Suffix ‘-sion’	Prepositional Phrases
9	Suffix ‘-ssion’	Noun Phrases as Subjects and Objects

Maths

This term in maths, we are focusing on Shape, Measurement & Representing and Interpreting Data . This will include a variety of mental and written strategies, with a focus on open ended activities and real-world situations. In addition to our focus areas, we will be integrating concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication & division to make student learning more authentic and related to real life outside of the classroom.

Weekly Focus

Weeks 1-3: Shape, Geometric Reasoning & Angles

Weeks 4-6: Measurement (Time, Length, Area, Perimeter)

Weeks 7-8: Representing & Interpreting Data

Week 9: Revision

Inquiry

Think Global Act Local: Sustainability

Students will be learning about the natural world, how we are changing it, as well as what motivates us to live sustainably.

We will investigate:

• Environmental, economic and social sustainability

• Mapping and the work of geographers.

• Severe weather and natural disasters.

Students will consider their actions on the sustainability of their world. They will understand how scientific and geographic thinking can impact on sustainable practices and develop a curiosity about other countries, identifying themselves as global citizens