Term 2, Week 3

Reading

Our mentor text for the next few weeks will be 'Encyclopaedia of Dangerous Animals.' We will be practising summarising information and also identifying and writing topic sentences. We will also explore new topic words to expand our vocabulary in our Information Texts.

Writing and word work

This week we will have the opportunity to complete free choice writing. We will also start to explore topic specific vocabulary and using paragraphs.

In word word, we will learn about text connectives that can be used in information texts.

Spelling

In Spelling this week, we will review what we have learnt to date. This will include spelling patterns, important vocabulary and some quizzes.

Maths

This week we will learn strategies to multiply 5 and 10s times table. With this, the students will also learn about multiplying money for larger amounts.

We will also use scaled instruments to measure length in mm, cm and m. They will measure the length of everyday objects and larger areas in their environment.

Health

This week in Health, we will be working through our respectful relationships curriculum. Our focus will be: Using strengths to build respect and respect for diversity.

Civics and Citizenship

This week, we will be researching Whitehorse Council, finding out about the area and and the councillors. We will be investigating how the councillors are elected and finding out about the specific services that Whitehorse Council provides the local community.

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