Level 5, 2021

Reading

In Level 5 we are continuing to utilise Reader’s Workshop. Students engage in authentic reading experiences whether individual, in partners, a small group and as a class. Workshops vary in length and encompasses teaching, selecting and reading a good fit book, recording and sharing our thoughts about a given text. 

In Term Two, students are encouraged to think about their reading with a focus on determining the main topic and ideas about a non fiction text. They will identify key details, analyse text features and how an author engages their reader.

Weekly Focus

Week 1 - 2: Main Topics and Ideas for non-fiction texts

Week 3 - 4: Key Details

Week 5 - 6: Text Features

Week 7 - 8: Engaging the reader

Week 9 - CAMP

Week 10 - Revision of the terms strategies

Writing

Term Two’s writing genre focus will be persuasive writing. This is always a very popular genre as it gives students a chance to voice their opinions in new and creative ways. As well as the traditional structured writing pieces, we will be encouraging students to think of other ways they can apply the persuasive writing skills about which they will be learning, such as letters and speeches. After some activities to help them generate ideas for their writing, we will be exploring a variety of persuasive devices to include in their pieces such as emotive language, alliteration, use of statistical evidence and rhetorical questions.

Weeks 1 and 2 : Introducing Persuasive Writing and Generating Ideas

Weeks 3 and 4 : Persuasive Devices

Weeks 5 and 6 : Persuasive Writing Structure

Weeks 7 and 8 : Drafting Persuasive Pieces

Week 9 : CAMP

Week 10 : Publishing Persuasive Pieces

Spelling & Grammar

We will continue to use the school wide Jolly Phonics program by extending the earlier phonics teaching with further spelling, grammar and punctuation concepts. We will provide continuous revision and consolidation of topics taught in previous years as well. In grammar we will be learning about verb tenses, adverb, noun phrases, prepositions and prepositional phrases. 

Maths

This term in maths, we are focusing on the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). We will be exploring each operation, its relationship with the other operations and the multitude of strategies that can be used to solve problems. This will include a variety of mental and written strategies, with a focus on open ended activities and real-world situations. We are also going to be having a key focus on times tables as they are vital for not only multiplication and division, but our fractions unit next term. In addition to our number focus, we will be integrating concepts of measurement throughout our units (such as perimeter and areas), to make their learning more authentic and related to real life outside of the classroom. 

Weeks 1 to 4 : Addition and Subtraction

Weeks 4 to 6 : Multiplication (with a focus on times tables)

Weeks 6 to 8 : Division (with a continued focus on times tables)

Week 9 : CAMP

Week 10 : Revision of all four operations

Key Dates Term 2

April

Thursday 29th of April - School Cross Country

Saturday 1st of April - Community Movie Night

May

Wednesday 5th May - School Photos

11th - 14th May - NAPLAN

Monday 16th - 21st May - Education Week

Monday 18th of May - Multi-Age Day

Thursday 20th of May - Open Night with Book Fair 6:30-8pm

Friday 21st of May - Education Week Assembly

June

Friday 11th of June - Curriculum Day

Monday 14th of June - Queen’s Birthday Holiday

Tuesday 15th - 18th of June - Phillip Island Camp