Term 4 Foci

Term 4 Focus

ENGLISH 

• Writing (narrative and persuasive) following all aspects of the format
• Sentence structure (use nouns and verbs correctly in sentences)
• Spelling blends, digraphs, double and silent letters 
• Suffixes and prefixes
• Using paragraphs
• VCOP – vocabulary, connectives, openers, punctuation
• Similes and figures of speech
• Tense, pronouns, adjectives 
• Homophones/homographs
• Reading (by sight, not sounding out) and spelling of high frequency words  
•  Fluency – Guided Reading books will be sent home each week for students to perfect their oral reading.
• Demonstrating comprehension with more detailed responses.

MATHS

Number and Algebra

• Orally counting to and from 1000
• Number Facts to 10 and 20
• Investigate number sequences, (twos, threes, fives and tens)
• Describe patterns with numbers and identify missing elements

·        Understanding and solving word problems  

• Place Value

·        Recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays

·        Recognise and represent division as grouping into equal sets and solve simple problems using these representations

·        Revising how to solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies

 Measurement and Geometry

·        Interpret simple maps of familiar locations and identify the relative positions of key features

·        Investigate the effect of one-step slides and flips with and without digital technologies

·        Identify and describe half and quarter turns

Statistics and Probability

Revising our work from late Term 3:

Identifying outcomes of familiar events involving chance and describing them using everyday language such as “will happen”, “won’t happen” or “might happen”

SCIENCE

The Term 4 Science topic is Chemical Sciences – All mixed up. In this unit students learn about materials that don’t mix well, and others that are difficult to separate.

HASS

HASS will continue to investigate how technology has changed over time.

HEALTH

This term we will be learning about protective behaviours. The major themes we will explore each week centre on the following statements:

·        We all have the right to feel safe; and

·        We can talk to somebody no matter what it is.