Year 3/4
Year 3/4 Cluster News
Home Inquiry
Reading: Aim to read 15 minutes at home per night.
Maths:Focus on 6 times tables for week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7rYbk9PNuM
Word Study-
Year 3 sound of the week is the multiple spellings for long vowel I.
Year 4 sound of the week is the prefix ‘anti’
Grammar focus is continuing with using conjunctions to join simple sentences.
Year 3 – Long vowel I | Year 4 – anti |
life high flies spying dive tied dryer tried alright firework alive delight describe asylum lightning frightening butterfly pantomime | anti-war anti-hero antibody antidote antiseptic antimatter antifreeze antisocial antipathy anticlimax anticyclone anti-aircraft anti-dandruff antibiotic antithesis antioxidant antibacterial anti-perspirant
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Reader’s and Writer’s workshop: We have continued exploring animal classifications through our Unit of Inquiry, How We Organise Ourselves. In Reader’s and Writer’s workshop we are researching specific animals, and practicing our note taking skills. We will then turn our notes into paragraphs.
Mathematics: We continue to explore fractions as part of a whole, using concrete materials and real life experiences to consolidate understanding.
Unit of Inquiry: In our Unit of Inquiry, How We Organise Ourselves, students are learning about classification and how people organise information, objects, and living things into groups based on shared characteristics. This week, we begin to explore properties of rocks and minerals.
Reminders
For Friday’s this term, Amy will be taking Long Service Leave. Mrs Ridley will be taking 3/4H for these days.
Uniform Days
- Monday and Tuesday: Sports Uniform
- Wednesday and Thursday: Formal Uniform
- Friday: Optional Uniform
Weekly timetable - 3/4H and 3/4R
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday |
Assembly Cluster PE Canteen | PE Drama/Dance | Library Japanese Canteen | Band STEM (odd weeks) | Chapel Choir Music Golden Time Canteen |
PE Uniform | PE Uniform | Formal Uniform | Formal Uniform | Optional PE Uniform |
School Calendar:
https://www.goldengrove.sa.edu.au/calendar/
May God bless your week,
Chelsie Riches and Amy Hughes
Chelsie Riches
Riches.chelsie@goldengrove.sa.edu.au
Amy Hughes