Year 3/4 Mainstream
Celebrating Learning
Students in 3/4 have been working hard in preparation for our end of year celebration of learning. They are creating dioramas of landforms, fictional recounts about natural disasters, and narratives that bring together all that we have learned about this term in our integrated unit, ‘Beneath Our Feet’. These topics include rocks and soil, disasters in nature and landforms.
Our celebration will be NEXT FRIDAY, the 13th of December. Families and carers are warmly invited to meet at the Art room stage at 2:45pm to tour through the 3/4 classrooms to see the amazing work of our students.
Maths:
Last week, students explored the concept of probability and where it exists in the real world. Students have been able to develop the language of chance and apply this to everyday situations. Through games involving cards, dice, spinners and lucky dips, they have explored the number of possible outcomes in given situations, as well as identifying dependent and independent events.
This week we have moved onto extending our knowledge of place value by introducing decimal fractions. Students made connections between common fractions and decimal fractions, then deepened their knowledge of tenths through fun games. Students practised adding and subtracting decimal numbers, and explored ways to regroup and rename them, just like we do with whole numbers.
Literacy:
In Reading, students have been analysing texts to identify how authors use “show, don’t tell” in stories, by giving information through details and actions, rather than stating something outright. They have been exploring how details about characters and settings are inferred rather than directly stated in texts to further develop their comprehension skills.
In Writing, students have continued to work on their posters about various landforms. They have pushed towards finishing their drafts with all their research about their landform, and are publishing their paragraphs by hand to create amazingly detailed posters. They have also been working on narratives that feature their chosen landforms as a setting as well as incorporating other elements of their learning through our ‘Beneath Our Feet’ unit. There has been a focus on the idea of “show, don’t tell”, where students use description and detail to explain things rather than obvious statements about what is happening, or what a character is feeling.
What’s to come in the next two weeks:
- In Writing, students will be revising, editing and publishing their landform narratives.
- In Maths, we will be looking at money and creating budgets.
- In Reading, students will continue looking at making inferences and analysing texts to see how authors explain characters, settings and emotions through description instead of saying things directly.
- We will have the last Gurrin Gurrin transition session next week, with students moving into their class groupings with their teacher for 2025. Talking to your children about change and adaptability can be really helpful during this time.
- The MALPA graduation for Year 3 students will be in Week 10 on Friday the 6th of December at 10am.