Year 3/4
Year 3/4 Cluster News
Home Inquiry Find out and share with the class sources of heat energy around the home and explain the changes they have on objects.
Learning this week:
Word Study in Week 5:
Year 3’s will be focusing on n-ng
Year 4’s will be focusing on s-se sound
Year 3 – n = ng |
Year 4 – s = se |
anger skunk tanker junk trunk sunken anchor blanket finger hunger angler extinct stinking handkerchief anguish distinctive defunct singular | goose geese sparse corpse dense horse increase promise reverse pulse cease collapse immense disperse converse suspense nonsense lighthouse |
In Reader’s and Writer’s workshop we will be:
Focusing on Persuasive and Narrative writing structure and editing skills: Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation.
Being a communicator about reading and book recommendations
Participating in reading conferences and setting goals for our reading
NAPLAN practice: working through examples and strategies for numeracy, reading and language convention questions.
Mathematics: We will continue looking at mental computation strategies using different operations, place value and turn our focus to measurement skills.
Unit of Inquiry: Using the scientific method and measurement when engaging in experiments to identify forces acting on objects and describing their effect.
Reminders:
Naplan 2025
Dear parents and carers,
In March this year the year 3 and 5 students will complete the Naplan tests.
The dates are as follows –
National coordinated practice test – Tuesday 25th February.
Naplan Writing – Wednesday 12th March
Naplan Reading – Thursday 13th March
Naplan Conventions of Language (spelling and grammar/punctuation) – Friday 14th March
Naplan Numeracy – Monday 17th March
From Tuesday 18th March until Thursday 20th March catch-up tests will be permitted.
Some early preparation includes downloading the NAP app and ensuring keyboards and headphones work. While keyboards are not compulsory, they are highly recommended for year 5 students as they complete the writing on the app whereas the year 3 students still handwrite the writing component.
Please find a link to understanding more about Naplan - https://nap.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/naplan-information-brochure-for-parents-and-carers.pdf
(There is also a simple version) - https://nap.edu.au/docs/default-source/default-document-library/simple-english-naplan-parent-carer-information.pdf
If you would like to discuss Naplan please see myself, and/or your class teacher.
Kind Regards,
Tim Kriewaldt
STEM resources
- Please continue to bring in cardboard boxes and containers to support our STEM design and construction learning.
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
May God bless your week,
Chelsie Riches, James Salisbury and Lauren Neumann
Chelsie Riches
Riches.chelsie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
James Salisbury
Salisbury.james@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Lauren Neumann