Curriculum Foci

Writing:

Text Types:

Information text - use of adjectives and pronouns, collating information, structural elements, purpose.
Recount - use of adjectives, adverbs and pronouns, time connectives, ordering events.
Persuasive (Level 2) - exposure to the text type, identifying persuasive language, creating a short persuasive text.

Handwriting:

Letter formation
Starting points
Direction
Pencil grip
Correct placement on dotted third lines

Spelling Rules or Sounds:

Students will learn one spelling sound per week and/or a spelling rule.
Eleven spelling sounds will be taught explicitly
The spelling rules
Prefixes and Suffixes
Plural rule
Homophones - they’re, their, there

Grammar and Punctuation Foci:

Full stops
Commas in compound/complex sentences and lists
Capital letters
Identifying verbs, adverbs, adjectives and noun groups (proper nouns)
Editing skills

Reading:

Independent Reading Stamina
Decoding strategies - being able to segment and blend sounds together
Reading skills - rereading, fluency and expression
Letter-Sound relationships
Vocabulary - synonyms, building meaning
Alphabetical order, dictionary use
Answering literal comprehension questions by identifying the information within the text
Non-fiction text features and purpose
Determining between fact and fiction
Understanding and interpreting diagrams

Mathematics:

Number and Algebra:

Multiplication & Division (sharing and groups of)
Subtraction & Addition strategies
Place value of two, three and four digit numbers: ordering, comparing, read numbers, partitioning and expanding
Skip counting by 2s, 5s, 10s and 3s
Number patterns
Partners to twenty to solve addition problems
Solving addition and subtraction equations using doubles and near doubles
Worded problems
Decimals and Fractions (incorporated into 'Telling the time')

Measurement and Geometry:

Telling the time: quarter to and quarter past, half past
Telling the time including describing duration using calendars, months, seasons, weeks, days and hours

Statistics and Probability:

Chance: identify outcomes that are likely, unlikely, possible and impossible

Humanities:

Sustainability - Being Green on the Blue Planet

Observable changes occur in the sky and landscape; daily and seasonal changes affect everyday life
Earth’s resources are used in a variety of ways
Weather and seasons
People create familiar designed solutions and consider sustainability to meet personal and local community needs

Inquiry Skills: Critical and creative thinking, taking action, sharing ideas, communication, and collaboration (working in teams, offering ideas, problem solving).

Level 1/2 Newsletter

Level 1 Teachers: Kiah Wright, Lisa Watson, Tess MorganLevel 2 Teachers: Liz Dohrman, Julia Kump, Anthony Kelly, Grace Tyrrell

Term 4, 2020 · 09 Oct 2020

In this issue

Level 1 Teachers: Kiah Wright, Lisa Watson, Tess Morgan
Level 2 Teachers: Liz Dohrman, Julia Kump, Anthony Kelly, Grace Tyrrell