Grade 3 Community News
Dear Year 3 Families,
Welcome back to term 4! We hope you all had a wonderful and well-deserved break. We are so excited to see all of our fabulous students back and ready for a very busy final term of learning in grade 3!
Knowledge Building Unit
We have begun our new term with a new book! This term we are reading and unpacking the book The One and Only Ivan written by Katherine Applegate. The students have been working on their predicting and inference skills throughout the unit. At home, you could ask your child questions about the text and what they think will happen next.
In writing, the students have been learning about persuasive letters. They have unpacked the purpose, structure and features of a persuasive letter to support their writing. Students have begun planning very convincing persuasive points to help them write a letter persuading the minister to put a national ban on the use of wild animals in circuses. This week, they begin writing their introductions for their persuasive letters and we already can’t wait to hear their final pieces. They have been so invested in the topic of banning the use of wild animals in circuses. It has been great to see their enthusiasm with this. At home, you could ask your child to share some of their persuasive points with you and their reasoning for the importance of banning wild animals from circuses.
Numeracy
In numeracy, the students have been working on data investigation. They have learnt all about the differences and similarities of collecting and displaying both categorical and discrete numerical data. They have enjoyed conducting their own surveys and data investigations and have shown incredible success in interpreting and applying the different data formats.
Vocabulary
Our target words this fortnight are from our novel, The One and Only Ivan. Our week 1 words were timid, convenient, irrational, scrawny, critically and tactful. Our week 2 words are indifferent, uncertain, mesmerised, unpredictable, wince and ragged.
Students enjoy sharing their learning of these words with you, and we encourage you to support and surprise them by using these words when the opportunity presents itself.
Friendly Reminders
- We ask students to read for 20 minutes each school day and then record their reading nights in their student reading journals that we keep at school to track their reading nights. Young readers who read frequently develop essential reading skills.
- We thank and remind families to continue to support their children in charging their iPads and bringing their headphones ready for each school day.
- We would like to remind students and families of our iPad expectations. Students must keep their iPads in their bags before and after school. Students have been reminded of this expectation, and consequences will be applied; students will lose their iPad privileges within the classroom.
A reminder of our upcoming athletics excursion on Monday 3rd November and our health incursion on Tuesday 18th November.
Please can payment/consent for these events be completed as soon as possible, thank you.
PLC 3