Dear Parents and Caregivers,

Welcome to back to Term 3 for 2019. We are half way through the year and students are
continuing to work hard. This term we have Nada, our pre-service teacher present for 8 weeks
as she completes her placement. Students had the oppouritnity to meet Nada last term during
some lead in visits. I have planned some exciting new topics across the Australian Curriculum
learning areas for this term. Our bucket filling philosophy is very much embedded within the
classroom as we continue to practice kindness.

You may already be aware that I have chosen to use the Class Dojo app as a basis for
communication. I have already made some posts about our work this term. If you would like any
further support setting the app up, I am happy to assist. I also use Class Dojo as a behavior
management system as the students can accumulate points for displaying school values. If you
cannot get the app or would prefer to email me, you can contact me anytime at
emily.corelli88@schools.sa.edu.au

Term 3 Curriculum

The Australian Curriculum is used throughout the process of planning, learning, monitoring,
assessing and reporting.

Reading
 Continuation of ‘café’ reading strategies—comprehension, accuracy, fluency and
vocabulary.
 Guided reading (Literacy Block) with other homestead teachers. Explicit teaching of how
to decode and comprehend texts.
 Activities include a focus on the big six– oral language, phonological awareness, phonics,
vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.
 Daily 5 program practiced daily – read to self, work on writing, read to someone, word work
and listen to reading.
 Class Novel – Charlottes Web
 Reader Boxes – Reading Comprehension
 Strong focus on building vocabulary
 Oral presentations of writing work

Writing
 Writing Workshops – modeled writing with focus on elements of vocabulary whilst
consolidating skills for planning, editing and publishing work.
  Develop skills in writing text types such as recount, fables, book reviews and persuasive
(advertisements)
 Handwriting– weekly lesson on letter formation using South Australian modern cursive.
 Paragraph of the week
 Vocabulary focus
 Book making

Grammar

 Continuation of the Jolly Grammar program for year 3 and 4

 Further develop sentence skills such as simple compound and complex sentences.
 Jolly Grammar program
 Proof reading skills

Spelling

 Continuation of the Jolly Grammar program for year 3 and 4

 Focus on phonics, alternative spelling, theme words, tricky and commonly misspelt words.
 Vocabulary – word wall and word of the week
 Spelling homework each night

Mathematics

1. Number and Algebra

2. Measurement and Geometry
3. Statistics and Probability

These topics will be covered with the use of:

 Natural Maths– mental computation strategies, mental routines, problematised

situations and number talks.
 Hands on resources to assist in consolidation
 Imaths program, Maths 300, Re(solve), Nrich and Big ideas in numbers programs.
 Group games and lessons to promote the use of mathematical vocabulary.

Topics for Term 2

  Place value
 Number lines
 Number and notation—ones up to tens of thousands
 Recognise, represent and order numbers to at least tens of thousands
 Doubles
 Skip counting
 Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
 Odd and even numbers
 Representation of data through graphing
 Probability and Statistics
 2 maths investigations – design nature play space and chance and probability game
design.
 Fractions
 2D and 3D shapes

HASS (Humanities and Social Sciences) History and Geography topics include:

 Celebrations and commemorations in places around the world

 Stories of the First Fleet, including reasons for the journey, who travelled to
Australia, and their experiences following arrival
 the importance of environments, including natural vegetation, to animals and people
Civics and Citizenship

 The importance of making decisions democratically

 Who makes rules, why rules are important and the consequences of rules not being
followed

 The differences between ‘rules’ and ‘laws’, why laws are important and how they
affect the lives of people, including experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander Peoples

Design Technology and Digital Technologies

 Weekly sessions at the Homestead cyber centre
 Investigate the suitability of materials, systems, components, tools and equipment for a
range of purposes
  Investigate how forces and the properties of materials affect the behaviour of
a product or system
 Computing will be integrated across the curriculum
 Keyboard skills
 STEM challenges

Science

 Focus on earth’s rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including night and day and
how surfaces changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity.
 Experiments and hands on activities – STEM integration units.

Specialist Lessons
 The Arts with Ira
 PE with Ben
 Health with Ben
 AUSLAN with Barbra

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact me

via Class Dojo or via email at emily.corelli88@schools.sa.edu.au

Regards, Emily.