Level 6
Reading
This term, students will study the reading comprehension skills of synthesising and inferencing. The students will participate in daily Guided Reading sessions and Reader’s Workshop where they use their own instructional texts to consolidate their understanding of these skills. The activities will be differentiated to ensure every student is learning at their ability level.
Weekly focus:
Week 1: Revision on Term 2’s Cause and Effect
Week 2: Synthesising
Week 3: Synthesising
Week 4: Synthesising
Week 5: Production
Week 6: Synthesising
Week 7: Inferring
Week 8: Inferring
Week 9: Inferring
Week 10: Inferring
Writing
We use the 6 Plus One Traits of Writing program which covers the traits of voice, conventions, sentence fluency, ideas, organisation and word choice, with the plus one being a presentation. Modelling to students on how to use these traits will be done to grow students’ writing skills. This term we are focussing on Persuasive and Information Report Writing. Persuasive writing intends to convince readers to believe in an idea or opinion and to do an action. Information Report Writing involves students writing that presents information in an organized format for a specific audience and purpose. Examples of information reports may be found in, encyclopedias, reference books, technical texts, social studies books, science books, magazines, and even internet websites. Discussing with your child topics of interest in these two areas will significantly help your child to develop focussed pieces of writing based around their interests. Teachers will incorporate the six plus one writing traits into these
Weekly focus:
Week 1-3: Persuasive Writing
Week 4-10: Information Report Writing
Spelling and Grammar
We are using the Jolly Phonics Spelling and Grammar program to strengthen students’ abilities with spelling patterns and rules, along with revisiting basic and introducing advanced grammar concepts. They will have the opportunity to learn, experiment, practice and use a variety of language structures to enhance their spelling strategies, writing and communication skills.
Week 1: <eous> & Relative Clauses in sentences
Week 2: Double Letters & Coordinating Conjunctions
Week 3: <cc> for the /k/ Sound & Semicolons and Compound Sentences
Week 4: Doubling Rule for <fer> & Colons in sentences
Week 5: Production
Week 6: Long /oo/ Sound & Subordinating Conjunctions
Week 7: /ai/ Sound & Complex sentences
Week 8: Silent <h> Digraphs & Simple, compound and complex sentences
Week 9: Spellings for /t/ & Adverbials
Week 10: /m/ Sound & Past principles
Numeracy
In Term 3, we are learning about money and financial maths, as well as learning about the cartesian planes and then how to plot on a cartesian plane. We will then move onto angles.
Through planning and implementation of our lessons, an integral part will be on the four maths proficiencies; understanding, fluency, problem-solving and reasoning.
As we move through the term, we continually assess the students’ work and develop lessons that meet the individual needs. The weekly focus below can change depending on how the students are grasping these mathematical concepts.
Weekly focus:
Week 1: Revision 4 Operations, Elapsed time and Data Graphs
Week 2: Money and Financial Mathematics, Cartesian coordinate system
Week 3: Money and Financial Mathematics, Cartesian coordinate system
Week 4:Money and Financial Mathematics, Cartesian coordinate system, Pose and refine questions to collect categorical or numerical data
Week 5: Production
Week 6: Angles and pose and refine questions to collect categorical or numerical data
Week 7: Angles
Week 8: Angles
Week 9: To be confirmed
Week 10: To be confirmed
Inquiry
Throughout Inquiry in Term 3, students will be undertaking a unit of work called ‘Shark Tank’. This unit is based on financial mathematics and budgeting. In particular, the students will be working towards creating a Market Day for the whole school. They will create a business model, a business proposal slideshow, gather resources, advertise and calculate costs/profits of their stall.
Homework for this term, the students will be required to investigate their family's heritage and country of origin. To do this, they will be required to complete a series of weekly tasks which will then be presented at the end of Term 3.
6A - Mr Smith:
steven.smith3@heathmonteastps.vic.edu.au
6B - Miss Morrow
jaimee-lee.morrow@heathmonteastps.vic.edu.au
6C. Ms Cullinane