English
Reading
In Term Three, Level Four learners will be enhancing their understanding of Literacy concepts by unpacking the language features from a variety of non-fiction texts, which entails Biographies and Explanation Texts. We will continue to expand our learners’ understanding of reading through exploring a wide range of non-fiction and fiction texts, with a focus on the different levels of comprehension, literal, inferential and evaluative.
Students will be guided by their personalised CAFE learning goals to engage with a variety of independent and group learning tasks. Weekly Sustained Reading sessions will be held to target and build on the students’ fluency and comprehension.
They will be able to build upon their understanding of Information Reports and transfer their note-taking and paraphrasing skills when researching information for their Biographies and Explanations.
Exposing children to a wide variety of biographies allows them to learn about historical/important figures, find new role models, build their empathy skills and gain a deeper understanding of diverse cultures, backgrounds and perspectives.
Key Vocabulary:
Explanation, Biographies, Cause and Effect, Inspirational, Influential
Writing/Spelling/Grammar
In Term Three, Writing will focus on applying the skills that we analyse in reading and transferring these to write biographies and explanation texts.
Students will be guided by their personalised VOICES learning goals to engage with a variety of independent and group learning tasks. Weekly Sustained Writing sessions will be held to target and build on the students’ organisation of ideas, use of conventions and creativity in literacy.
Learners will be presented with a variety of opportunities to build on their speaking and listening skills through naturally occurring and structured opportunities such as: turn and talks, class discussions during lessons and weekly class meetings.
Our Spelling focus will build on our students’ capacity to recognise different spelling patterns, including using subject-specific language in reading and writing by engaging deeply with subject-specific vocabulary that will support the development of skilfully written non-fiction texts.
Key Vocabulary:
Accomplishments, Chronological, Bibliography, Obstacles, Legacy
How can you support your child’s English learning at home?
- Discuss people who you find inspirational with your child.
- Have your child interview family members to hear their life stories (biographies of their life)
- Share stories of inspirational people from your own life experiences or own culture
- Encourage your child to read explanations and biographies at home or to select these genres for their ‘good fit books’ on Epic or from the library.
