Year 3/4

Year 3/4 Cluster News 

 

Home Inquiry: 

 

Reading: Aim to read for 15 minutes per night. 

 

Inquiry: We will be investigating peacemakers in Australian history this week. What could that mean? Write down possible ideas based on your understanding of what ‘peace’ is. 

 

Learning this week:   

 Literacy:  

Spelling: Year 3 sound focus this week is the /igh/ sound, with a grammar focus on present participle. Year 4 sound focus is on u for /oo/ with a grammar focus on changing verb tenses. 

You might like to write out your spelling words for additional practice: 

 

 

Year 3 – /igh/ 

 sound 

Year 4 – u for /oo/ 

life  

high 

flies 

spying 

dive 

tied 

 

dryer 

tried 

alright 

firework 

alive 

delight 

 

describe 

asylum 

lightning 

frightening  

butterfly 

pantomime 

super 

ruin 

flu 

fluid 

gnu 

truth 

 

truly 

cruel 

lunar 

ruby 

fluent 

superb 

 

crucial 

frugal 

glucose 

superior 

plumage 

translucent 

 

 

Writer’s Workshop:We will be finishing our polished piece and writing fact files on peacemakers. 

 

Reader’s Workshop: To link with our Inquiry, we will explore different perspectives in literature.  

 

Mathematics: We continue to demonstrate our understanding of graphing by analysing and interpreting results in graphs. 

 

Unit of Inquiry: We will be exploring peacemaking throughout Australian and World history, with a specific focus on 1780 – 1788. 

 

 

Blessings for the week ahead,  

Chelsie Riches, Emily Gower and Jade Fielke 

 

Riches.chelsie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au  

Gower.emily@goldengrove.sa.edu.au  

Fielke.jade@goldengrove.sa.edu.au