What's Happening in Grade 3

The Grade 3’s have had a busy start to 2023. All the students have settled in well and have enjoyed building relationships, interacting with their new classmates and have had opportunities to work across the two classrooms.

Literacy:

The students have been developing their understanding that an Exposition text is used to persuade or convince others of a point of view. They are able to identify the structure and the features required. Students have learnt to use new time connectives when writing their arguments and the use of modal verbs, to strengthen their viewpoint. The children were able to write some very impressive arguments as to why “Every School Should Have a Garden”. They also wrote a piece about “My Hero”, where they had to think of a person they admire and convince others why that person should be called a hero. In between all this, they are also preparing for NAPLAN, which will take place in March.

 Mathematics:

During Term 1, students have been developing and strengthening their understanding  and knowledge of place value by using and manipulating concrete materials. Students have identified number patterns for odd and even numbers, they have named numbers and identified the place and value of a particular digit within a number.  Students have enjoyed modelling 3 and 4 digit numbers using concrete materials (MAB). We have also looked at temperature, how it is measured and recorded on instruments (thermometers). They have developed questions and used tallies to find out specific information such as favourite ice cream of the class. They have then used pictographs and bar graphs to show the information.

SWPBS and Respectful Relationships:

During Term 1 we have been reviewing our school’s values. The students have participated in several lessons about RESPECT, LEARNING, RESILIENCE and TEAMWORK. Some examples of the lessons are: safe use of the internet, accepting and learning from challenges, how to treat other people, respecting others and property, working with others, transitioning, honesty and considering other people's feelings and privacy. The students are putting their learning into practice at school, with great results.

Ann Gemayel and 

Linda Varol

Grade 3 Teachers