Grade 3/4

Literacy

During literacy sessions, students have been looking at texts about reducing, reusing and recycling consumable items developing vocabulary and making connections to writing by creating explanation texts about how compost can be made from food scraps. Students have been using graphic organisers and using learned vocabulary to add detail to their paragraphs about the process.

In phonics sessions, we have been reviewing the graphemes we have learned throughout the term and developed our knowledge of morphemes. Students have been learning about prefixes and suffixes and how they change the meaning of base words, by practising to decode and spell these words using syllabification.

Numeracy

During Numeracy, we have developed our understanding of fractions. Students have worked to identify parts of a whole and fractions of a collection and represented this though drawings and applying this to fractions of a collection. Students have had opportunities to understand and explain the vocabulary of fractions (the denominator is the number of parts the whole is divided into, and numerator the number of parts you have or are counting). Talk to your child about the fractions below and see if you can solve these together:

Inquiry - Sustainability

The students have been working to upcycle. Upcycling means to take old things that we might throw away, like empty boxes or old clothes, and turning them into something new, useful, or beautiful. Students have created a range of items that will be displayed on Monday 15th of September in our Gr 3-6 showcase afternoon.

School start

School begins at 8:35am sharp. Students will begin their learning by participating in the Morning Circle. If you child is late to school, please make sure they attend the front office to have their attendance recorded as late.

Homework/Home Reading

Homework will be given out weekly on Mondays and come back to school on Fridays. Homework includes 1 sheet of 4 activities that support the learning that has happened during class time, and one thick chapter book, two shorter chapter books that will last them throughout the week.

Tutoring Learning Program - Homework

Students in the Tutoring Learning Initiative (TLI) program with Ms Pino will receive homework on Fridays to be returned on Thursday of the next week. Homework will include the book that we have read and a task or activity that supports the learning. The students also have a reading log to record when they have read the books by themselves and to a parent or older sibling. If homework is not returned on time, children will receive an orange note listing what is missing, and requesting it to be returned as soon as possible.

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