Term 1 Week 7

Dear Parents,

Here is the story from literacy week. Each class wrote a sentence to make one big Abroad story!

Grade 3 added a lot of leaves to the reading tree!

In English class, we used some prompts to write a story in creative writing. We used the "Inside your body" book to help us identify the main idea and small details. This exercise really helped us with our unit too! We had fun remembering what syllables are, and worked with a partner to record the syllables of words in a book. We also practiced our reading comprehension, by finding the answers to questions in our book, and extending our understanding by answering a challenging question.

In Maths class, we worked on mental subtraction strategies. Although we already knew how to subtract numbers, we went over the concept of what subtraction means and how it changes a number. We used a number of different strategies to practice doing fast subtraction, like related facts, recognising patterns, and bridges to ten.

In Unit of Inquiry, we have come to the end of our first unit! We made board games for our summative assessments. We worked with a partner to create a game that can show our understanding of our central idea "The interaction between human body systems contribute to health and survival". The students were very creative and really enjoyed making the games. On Monday, we will present our game for the class and play each other's games.

In an effort to be better communicators, we played a fun game at the park. We each had a turn to run around, and when we came back to the circle, everyone said something kind to that person. The students were very happy to hear such positive comments from their friends!

Homework:
The students are starting to get quite disorganised with their homework. A reminder to please help them by checking your child's work and sign the homework notebook each evening.

Have a good weekend!
Ms. Stacy.