Dear Grade 3 Parents, Please find our email addresses if you wish to contact us: Agatha Caruana (3A) – [email protected] Liz Cutajar (3C) – [email protected] Sarah Cardamone (3C) – [email protected] Over the next two weeks we will be learning about the following: Week 5: Monday 4th November 2019 – Melbourne Cup Holiday Tuesday 5th November 2010 – Melbourne Cup Holiday Wednesday 6th November 2019 – Cultural Morning (Mandarin) Thursday 7th November 2019 – Cana Sports Carnival Friday 8th November 2019 – Cana Mini Fair
SCHOOL FOCUS/WELLBEING:
• Whole-school focus: Being a Risk Taker. • Class focus: Recognise – Rules, rights and responsibilities.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: The Rosary: • To develop a deeper reverence in Prayer through The Rosary.
The Ten Commandments: • To know that the Ten Commandments were given to us from God.
MATHEMATICS: Number: Money:
• To calculate change to the nearest 5 cents.
Measurement & Geometry: Location (Grids):
• Creating and interpreting simple grid maps to show position and pathways.
ENGLISH: Comprehension:
• Use the comprehension strategy of ‘quetiioning’ to understand text in detail.
Writing: Information Text:
• Plan, compose, edit and publish information texts relating to Inquiry topic (small creatures).
Spelling: : Week 5 – No Spelling Homework Week 6 – The graph ‘o’ making the sound /u/ as in ‘glove.’ Handwriting:
• Learn how to correctly join letters when writing.
Author Study: • Continue to read and view books by the author Roald Dahl.
INQUIRY UNIT: Stop Bugging Me! Learning Intentions:
• Creatures have special features which suit their habitats • Creatures change and develop over time (Life Cycles).
Small Creature Project (Homework):
• Students to continue working on their small creatures project.