Year 3/4

Year 3/4 Cluster News 

 

Home Inquiry: 

Reading: Aim to read for 15 minutes per night. 

 

Inquiry: Discuss with your parents your top 10 values, then ask them to write down their top 10 values and see if any are the same or different. 

 

Learning this week:   

Literacy:  

Spelling: Year 3 sound focus this week is the ‘s = z’ sound, with a grammar focus on Possessive Pronouns. Year 4 sound focus is the ‘schwa /ar/’ sound, with a grammar focus on Subject and Noun. 

  

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

Year 3 – s = /z/ 

Year 4 – schwa /ar/ 

easy  

busy 

nose 

result 

prison 

dismal 

cosmic 

positive 

misery 

present 

president 

raspberry 

phase 

invisible 

business 

inquisitive 

preposition 

enthusiastic 

grammar 

custard 

cellar 

sugar 

wizard 

dollar 

popular 

coward 

burglar 

regular 

orchard 

forward 

standard 

separate 

calendar 

familiar 

particular 

spectacular 

 

Writer’s Workshop: We will be focusing on elements of Author Blurbs and why authors might choose to write them. 

 

Reader’s Workshop: To link with our Inquiry, we will be looking at character traits, values and their actions.  

 

Mathematics: We will begin measurement investigations, with a focus on length.  

 

Unit of Inquiry: This week in our Unit of Inquiry ‘Who We Are’, we are exploring our cultural values and will be researching the state flags to gain an understanding of what government systems may value. 

 

 

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