TERM 2 WEEKS 1-6

TERM 2
There will be no homework this week due to it being Wellness Week.


ENGLISH:


The students have been learning to write Narratives. They have been introduced to language features such as adjectives, similes, onomatopoeia, power of three, alliteration and prepositions.  I have encouraged the children to be 'thinkers' when they are writing so as to write quality narratives that will engage the audience.


Sound Waves; the following graphemes have been covered:  ee e ea y  ey as in bee, l ll as in lizard,
ai, at a_e, a as in snail,  h as in house


MATHS


Concepts covered in weeks 1-6:  simple fractions, multiplication, sharing, addition regrouping, numbers to 10 000 and odd and even numbers.


HASS
Special days in Australia: Australia Day,  ANZAC Day,  Sorry Day.  Queensland Day will be covered next week.


RELIGION


Roles of the priest and bishop. 

Homework

Dear Parents,


There will be no homework for the next fortnight due to NAPLAN this week and Wellness Week in Week 6.  Home readers will be sent home this Friday and next week.

Term 1 Week 9

Dear Parents,


This week will be the last week for Homework this term.


Religion:  We have completed the unit on Creation and will begin the unit on Jesus as the Messiah.


English:  The students are completing their first draft of a Persuasive text: Picking up rubbish should be a new school rule. When finished, the students will edit their work and write a final copy. Towards the end of the week, we will begin to revise how to plan, write and edit Imaginative texts. The students are working through a NAPLAN Language Conventions booklet. 




Mathematics:  We are revising counting patterns. The students are also learning about Mass ( weight) and capacity.  I encourage you to look at items at home that are measured in grams (g), kilograms (kg), millilitres (mL) and litres (L) and discuss these with your children.  Cooking also helps with understanding these formal units of measurement.




Science: Last Friday, the students enjoyed their first lesson about the Sun, Earth and Moon and what causes day and night. We will continue this unit this week.

Cross Country

Dear Parents,
The Cross Country will be held on the last Tuesday of the term ( 27/3), This is also a Free Dress Day. It will be a gold coin donation for Caritas. We are encouraging the students to wear their house colour t-shirt with shorts and sandshoes that are appropriate to run in.

Week 8

Dear Parents,
On Wednesday afternoon in week 10, Three Green will be hosting Assembly.


Overview:
RELIGION:  We are completing our unit on Creation and will begin the Unit about Jesus as the Messiah.
ENGLISH:  Grammar- common and proper nouns
                     Sound Waves - the 'i' sound as in igloo
                     Completing our assessment of a Persuasive text,
                     Writing an Imaginative text


MATHS    Revising how to interpret a calendar ( grade 2 concept)
                  Measuring length - cm and m
                  Nearest 10 strategy when adding 9


SCIENCE: What causes day and night.


    

Books

Dear parents,


Sometimes I am going to add a book to  the website link that corresponds with the sound we are learning.    I have added 'Hugless Douglas" that corresponds to the 'd' sound .  In class, the children will be reading along with the book.  They will make a list of words in the book that have the graphemes d or dd.

Week 4

Welcome to Week 4 in 3Green J This week is a going to be a busy but FUN week as it is the beginning of Lent. Thank you again to all those parents who attended the Parent Teacher Evening and THANK YOU for helping your children complete their homework this week J

THE WEEK AHEAD

Monday

• Homework will be sent home today. Please look at the twitter to see how to set the homework out. We will go over this in class again. Home Readers will be sent home.

Tuesday

• Today is Shrove Tuesday. Each child is asked to bring 50cents to take part in making and eating pancakes. The money will be collected and donated to Caritas.

Wednesday

• Today students will participate in Italian.
• Today is Ash Wednesday and there will be a Prep to Year 3 liturgy 10:15am in Church.
• Assembly in Sienna at 2.15pm. The assembly is earlier today, as it is the Year 6 leadership commissioning.
• Please return home readers, as they will be changed in class.

Thursday

• Today students will have their Library lesson. Please bring a library bag to borrow. The students are trying really hard to participate in the Great Library Bag Challenge. 

Friday

• Today Homework is due back.
• Today students will participate in their PE lesson. Children need to wear their sports uniform to school.
• Please return home readers, as they will be changed in class for students to read over the weekend.

 

THIS WEEK'S FOCUSES:

Religion: We are unpacking the Beatitudes and looking at key vocabulary. We are looking at key proclamations and making connections with modern day Catholic organisations who promote moral living.
SoundWaves: We are learning about the ‘k, c, q, ck, x, ch’ sound, as in crazy kites k, k, k.
Spelling Rule / Pattern: We are learning about past tense verbs and how to add ‘es’ to base words.
Writing – We are writing Persuasive texts, as well as exploring some simple editing strategies.
Comprehension – We are learning about the main idea and supporting points.
Daily Number Facts – We are learning our rainbow facts (friends of ten).
Maths – We are learning about the value of Australian money, how to count collections of coins, and equivalence.
Health – Child Safety (Daniel Morcombe)
HASS – We are continuing our Unit of work: The Role of Rules. We are looking at making decisions democratically and participating and contributing to communities.

We have been having so much FUN in Grade 3! Please check our twitter account and have a look at all the things we have been doing in class.
 
Have a great week! May God Bless You all throughout the week.