Year 5 Term 3 Overview
Year 5 Term 3 Overview
We are pleased to have the students back and everyone has begun to settle back into daily school routines this term. Term 3 is a 10 week term, with 5/6 camp occurring in week 5 (8-10 of August).
Curriculum:
Literacy
This term in reading, maintains the focus on fluency, decoding, and comprehension to support our students’ in becoming balanced readers. Students will explore a range of procedural texts and information reports. Examining the purpose, structure and language features of each text type, as well comparing and contrasting different examples to of each. We will continue to focus on the different areas of comprehension - predicting, making connections, questioning, note taking, summarising, inferring, and analysing the writer’s voice, message and use of text structures and language features.
This term in writing, students will be writing procedure texts (recipes / instructions, rules, manuals and directions) and information reports. They will continue to build upon their knowledge of the writing process and use of the 6+1 writing traits, with a particular focus on ideas - finding the topic they want to write about; Organisation - writing texts that reflect the structures of procedure texts and information reports; Word Choice - using specific and accurate words linked to their topic and purpose; Sentence fluency - varying sentence patterns to express ideas and engage their audience. As well as using SMART Spelling to explore different spelling patterns. Students will be given the opportunity to obtain their pen licence through showing the ability to legibly write using joined letters.
Our Home Reading program continues in Term 3. Students have access to books through our school library, and online via Reading Eggs and Wushka. If your child has misplaced their login details, please have them see their teacher. We encourage all students to borrow a book from the school library, send along a bag for them to place and protect the book. Ask your child what day their class visits the library.
Numeracy
This term Year 5 students will begin by building on their knowledge of mapping to use grid references and scale to describe routes for landmarks and compare aerial views of different countries. They will compare 12- and 24-hour time systems and convert between them. Students will then revise the place value system to revise recognising, representing and ordering numbers to at least hundreds of thousands. They will solve problems involving multiplication by one or two digit numbers, and division by a one digit number with remainder. Applying this knowledge to real world problems, through creating simple financial plans. Students will compare and order common unit fractions, locating and representing them on a number line. As well as investigate strategies to solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of fractions with the same denominator.
We encourage students to continue using Mathletics, which is a great resource for them to practise their Maths skills while at home. If your child has misplaced their login details, please contact their classroom teacher.
Inquiry
Our focus this term will be building on from last term’s focus, ‘Significant Events That Shaped Australia,’ to take action by organising and conducting a fund-raising activity for First Nations people. Students will then be investigating the statement, ‘Informed citizens are empowered by working together to enact change’ The focus will be on identifying the values that underpin Australia’s democracy and explain the importance of the electoral process. Students will explore the roles and responsibilities of the three levels of government, regarding initiating, creating, passing and enforcing laws at the local, state and federal levels. As well as, identifying and discussing the key features of the Australian electoral process.
S.E.L.
Throughout this term, students will continue building on our core values (Integrity, Kindness, Learning, Respect, Teamwork) and expectations (To be Safe, Respectful and Strive for Excellence). They will be listening to each other in Yarning Circles and Campfires and working in Billabongs and Caves on a variety of tasks that focus on Study and Organisational Skills, Stress Management and Help Seeking.
We look forward to Term 3. Please come and see your child’s teacher if you have any questions or concerns. After school is best for a quick chat, otherwise send your child’s teacher an email to set up an appointment time for a longer chat.
Anne, Bernadette, Sarah and Steve