Level 4: Connect

L4 Homework Week 1-2

Literacy: 

By popular demand we have decided to continue our 'Wonder' unit and provide the students with thorough time to finish the book with enjoyment and interest. As we read, our focus across the next two weeks is to build our reading stamina and utilise our comprehension skills. Each lesson, students will be responding to comprehension questions about the sections they have just read to help deepen their understanding of the story plot, setting, and characters, and how we can better understand the events that occur in the book. 

In Writing, we have turned our focus towards persuasive writing. This week we have been analysing the structure of a persuasive piece, and how we can ensure our paragraphs have clear topic sentences, reasoning and supporting details. As we continue to strengthen our persuasive writing, we will unpack the structure further and explore how specific persuasive devices such as persuasive language, emotive, language, rhetorical questions and repetition can help persuade our readers. 

In Core Literacy, we have learnt about the root word DUCT/DUCE meaning LEAD.

Numeracy: In Math we will be looking at extending students understandings in relation to multiplicative thinking. This will include introducing students to the area model to help solve multiplication problems. In addition a focus over the next 2 weeks will be number sequences and looking at extending our understandings of place value focusing on 10ths and 100ths. We encourage all students to continue working on their times tables. 

Problem solving contiues to be a focus and an example of this is below. 

Inquiry : Civics and Citzenship 

This term Level 4 Students will be learning and exploring the role of our local government. They will; 

• Understand what our Local Government does
• Be familiar with local government/council areas  
• Identify specific services and events provided by our local government.