18
May
2018
Year 3 Update Wk 30
- Tuesday 29th May – Year 1 Bake Sale
- Monday 18th June – Public Holiday
- Monday 25th June – End of Year Reports to parents
- Friday 29th June – End of Term 3. School finishes at 12pm.
Thank you.
In Inquiry this week the children have looked at some behaviours when playing together. They have linked the emotions and behaviours to the zones of regulation to show how they are feeling.
In Maths this week the children have been reviewing different things we have learned this year, including shape and space and pattern and function.They have looked at sorting, describing, comparing and labelling regular and irregular 2D and 3D shapes.
In English this week the children have begin to look our final text type of the year, exposition with the purpose of writing to persuade. So far they have looked at some of the features of a persuasive text. We have also made a start with the last comprehension strategy, making connections, which we will continue with until the end of the year. The children will make links between the text and what they already know. They will be looking at text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world connections.
By working together people can achieve more.
We will be inquiring into:
- Shared goals in group situations (connection)
- Skills and behaviour that support collaboration (responsibility)
- Impact of their behaviour on a shared goal (reflection)
This coming week the children
This coming week we will be
Mathletics passwords are in your child’s diary. Please make sure that an adult supports your child when working through the activities.
Next week the children will
Over the next few weeks we will continue to look at the comprehension strategy making connections. The children will make links between the text and what they already know. They will be looking at text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world connections.
Year 3 will read books from Big Universe on a Monday and Friday.
They will borrow home readers on a Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
We did not have any Golden Book Winners this week as Monday was a Public Holiday. Golden Book Assembly will be back as usual on Monday
Students were told the next two themes for their Home Learning. Please encourage your child to choose the theme that interests them. They can decide to use one of the ideas listed or choose their own. We look forward in seeing all the home learning on Wednesday 23rd May.
Please make sure your child has completed the Friday spellings at home and found and learned five new words.
Please make sure that they spend time at the weekend learning their five individualised words. In the back of their Spelling Journal is a list of words for the Unit. Students can learn these if they wish to challenge themselves. You could also use these words to discuss their meaning and put them into sentences together.
Mandarin – All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.
Ms Lynn – Please read this week’s assigned book in Mandarin Matrix。
Ms Xu: 完成Google Classroom功课。 记得借书读书。
Student Council Fruity Friday
Please don’t forget to continue to support Fruity Friday. Make sure your child has delicious and healthy snacks each Friday. Thank you to the parents who have been remembering about Fruity Fridays.
