Term 1 Overview

Grade | Reading | Writing | Maths | Inquiry |
Foundation | Literacy Week 1-9 In Literacy this term, students will start learning the first 8 sounds (m, s, f, a, p, t c, i). We will be exploring items that start with these letters and learning about ho w words are made up of groups of syllables and sounds.
French literacy will also encompass sound work as well as introducing students to high frequency vocabulary through the accelerated integrated method (AIM) which is when we pair actions with words. | Numeracy Week 1 - 5 Students will be learning how to classify, sort and count. Students may classify items according to colour, shape, size, type of object, language and other attributes. Numeracy Week 6 - 9 Subitising numbers
| Inquiry This term will look at healthy eating and the benefits of staying active. | |
Year 1/2 | Week 1-9 Reading READING WORKSHOP Establishing the Reading Workshop and functional reading
| Writing Week 1-9 Establishing the Writing Workshop and functional writing | Numeracy Week 1 - 3 Place Value Week 4-5 Number and Algebra Week 6-7 Chance and Probability Week 8-9 Statistics and Data | Inquiry Farm to Plate Where does our food come from?
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Year 3 | Week 1 – 9 Reading Establishing the Reading Workshop, Narrative texts READING STRATEGIES: Word solving & Making connections | Writing Week 1-9 Narrative writing & Persuasive writing
| Numeracy Week 1-4 Place value, numbers up to 10,000 Fractions Location and statistics
| Inquiry The benefits of eating healthy |
Year 4 | Reading Non- Fiction Texts Establishing the Reading Workshop, Narrative texts, Information texts READING STRATEGIES: Word solving & Making connections
| Writing Week 1 - 9 Identifying features of a Persuasive text, writing a persuasive text | Numeracy Week 1 - 9 Place value, numbers up to 10,000 Fractions Location and statistics
| Inquiry Fitzroy foodies- Looking at different restaurants, cultures of food and food application |
Year 5/6 | Reading Persuasive & Narrative texts, Class novel study, literacy conferences READING STRATEGIES: Word solving, adjusting and monitoring, sub correcting, summarising, & Making connections
| Writing Week 1-5 Narrative writing Week 5-9 Persuasive writing
SMART SPELLING Classroom activities
Listening and speaking Impromptu speaking
| Numeracy Week 1-3 Place value Week 4-8 Operating with numbers, multiplication & division, measuring the metric system Week 9 Fractions
| Inquiry Fair trade food |