Fantastic 4
Term 3 Week 4
Year 4 Newsletter
Welcome to Week 4 of Term 3!
Literacy:
Over the past four weeks, our Year 4 students have been exploring the wonderful world of poetry through a range of engaging picture books. We have read Outside In to learn about personification, Listen to discover onomatopoeia, My Amazing Alphabet to investigate alliteration, and Owl Moon, where students have been focusing on imagery and how descriptive language helps readers create vivid mental pictures using their senses.
Moving into Week 5, students will begin reading and analysing The Little Wave, our free verse novel. As we explore the text, students will develop their comprehension skills through discussion, questioning and written responses while examining how poets carefully choose words and structure their writing to communicate emotions, ideas and experiences.
Students will also continue responding to a variety of poems before selecting a favourite poem to analyse as part of their Poetry CAT (Common Assessment Task). Towards the end of the unit, they will apply everything they have learnt by planning, drafting, editing and publishing their own original free verse poems. We look forward to celebrating their creativity and sharing their published poetry at the conclusion of the unit.
Phonics:
| Week | Morphology Focus | Example Words | |
| Week 1 | Latin Morphology – TRACT | attract, subtract, tractor | |
| Weeks 2–3 | Latin Morphology – FORM | transform, uniform, formation | |
| Weeks 4–5 | Greek Morphology – Numbers | bicycle, triangle, pentagon | |
| Weeks 6–7 | Latin Morphology – STRUE/STRUCT | construct, instruct, structure | |
| Weeks 8–10 | Latin Morphology – Numbers | ||
Maths: |
Weeks |
Mathematics Topic | |
| Weeks 1–2 | Multiplication and Division | ||
| Week 3 | Angles | ||
| Weeks 4–6 | Fractions | ||
| Week 7 | Location | ||
| Weeks 8–9 | Decimals | ||
| Week 10 | Consolidation and Revision |
Inquiry:
This term in Inquiry, our Year 4 students will be exploring the topic of Community. Through this unit, students will investigate what makes a community, the different groups and organisations that support our local area, and the important roles people play in helping communities thrive. They will also examine how people work together to meet the needs of community members and contribute to creating safe, inclusive and connected places. Throughout the term, students will develop their inquiry skills by asking questions, researching information, analysing different perspectives and sharing their findings. By the end of the unit, students will have a deeper understanding of their place within the community and the ways they can make a positive contribution as active and responsible citizens.
Extra Announcements:
- Please send any photos from home to your child's classroom teacher
- Homework due every Friday
- House Athletics Week 6 Wednesday
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