Year 3 Report

Welcome back to another term of fantastic learning.  Lots of fun things happening this term, we have Book Week, Grade 3/4 camp. Hope you all have had a wonderful break, and ready to start a new semester! 

Literacy

This Term the Grade 3 students will be looking at newspaper articles exploring its structure and features including headlines, bylines, leads and tails.  They will be exposed to a variety of newspaper articles and identifying the 5 w's, investigating formal tone, past tense, alliteration and adjectives that inform and engage the reader.  The students will continue to work through comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning, such as, thick and thin questions, summarising, and making connections. In writing the students will be given the opportunity to create their own newspaper articles about a state or territory of Australia.  The students will learn the technique of questioning and putting together their newspaper article. Throughout the term the students will continue to develop reading and writing goals to improve their learning. 

Maths

This Term the Grade 3 students will start looking at Multiplication and learning to understand the connections between repeated addition, equal groups and arrays. They will move from using concrete materials to represent the equations, to being able to solve multiplication equations when given partial information. Students will also look at division and it's relationship with multiplication. 

Inquiry

In Inquiry, students will explore the topic 'What makes Australia unique?'. They will identify the significance of each state and territory of Australia. Students examine the importance of the local attractions and flora and fauna. 

Reminders 

• Camp Week - 2nd - 4th August 
• Science Week - 7th - 10th August
• Book Week - 21nd - 24th August