Year 3/4
Year 3/4 Cluster News
Home inquiry: Discuss materials around the home that can be reused and recycled. Does your family own any products that have been made with recyclable materials?
Learning this week:
Word Study:
Year 3 – aw, al, au hawk sauce haul thaw salt flaw drawn laundry dawdle already launch auburn awkward alternative audition altogether | Year 4 – suffix (ist) resist twist insist artist consist chemist cyclist florist persist soloist specialist guitarist scientist linguist tourist journalist
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Reader’s and Writer’s Workshop: We continue reading, analysing and comprehending The Lorax by Dr Seuss and look forward to comparing the written text with the movie later in the term. In Writer’s Workshop, we focus on elements of persuasive writing. This will support our language to explain action required for sustainable living.
Unit of Inquiry: Exploring Sustainability and the impacts materials have on the earth, deforestation and its impact on global warming, the impact of pollution in water ways. We are visiting the Marine Discovery Centre to support this learning.
Mathematics: Students continue to engage in learning with 2D shapes and 3D objects to identify key features and create representations. Classes will focus on composite shapes, geometric vocabulary (faces, edges, vertices, sides, angles) and engage in experiences with nets, tangrams, and cubes.
Reminders and information:
Parent Request: We are optimistically seeking expertise from any families or parents passionate about Sustainability that may have resources or time to share with our classes. Please connect with your classroom teacher.
Excursion to Marine Discovery Centre: Taking place on Friday the 31st of October. An electronic consent form has been sent out, please sign and return as soon as possible. The bus will be leaving school at 8:50 that morning; if you anticipate issues with this, please let your teacher know.
Swimming week: School swimming is rapidly approaching! It will take place in Week 4, Monday the 3rd November to Thursday 6th of November. Forms and information have been sent home, please return both consent forms by Wednesday 29 October.
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