Statement of Learning Intent Year 3/4 2015 Term 4 Term Four Our Overarching Focus (Health): A Healthy Lifestyle to the Core! I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. John 10:10 Developmental Domain Objectives Learning Outcomes Immersion or other exposure, concepts, excursions, school events. Personal Learning Numeracy For the students to: Interpersonal Development “Our Place” Continued immersion and Connection to this area. (Deep Creek down from Yellow Gum Place) I am a responsible person. I take initiative. I choose my actions, attitudes, and moods. I do not blame others for my wrong actions. I do the right thing without being asked, even when no one is looking. Number ● Apply understanding of place value (up to tens of thousands) to assist calculations and solve problems. ● Recognise and explain the connection between addition and subtraction. ● Develop efficient mental and written strategies to add, subtract, multiply and divide. ● Solve problems involving purchases and the calculation of change to the nearest five cents with and without digital technologies Measurement and Geometry ● Convert between units of time (e.g. How many seconds in one hour?) ● Tell the time to the minute. ● Use am and pm to solve time problems. ● Compare 12- and 24-hour time systems and convert between them ● Use scaled instruments (like scales, measuring tapes, measuring jugs) to measure and compare length, mass, capacity and temperature. ● Shape:Recognise, classify and describe the properties of 2D and 3D shapes ● Calculate the perimeter and area of rectangles using familiar metric units Habit Two: Begin with the End in Mind Statistics and Probability ● Use methods for data collection, including surveys, and use tables, column/bar graphs and picture graphs to display data. Excursion- to Geelong Botanical Gardens- includes Healthy Picnic Incursion- Visits by experts in the field of nutrition and health. Thinking Processes The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Students Habit One: Be Proactive Stephanie Alexander Garden experiences Investigations Rubric Year 3/4 Play: Around the world in 40 days! I plan ahead and set goals I do things that have meaning and make a difference. I am an important part of my classroom and contribute to my school’s mission and vision, and look for ways to be a good citizen. Habit Three: Put First Things First I spend my time on things that are most important. This means I say no to things I know I should not do. I set priorities, make a schedule, and follow my plan. I am disciplined and organized. Habit Four: Think Win - Win I balance courage for getting what I want with consideration for what others want. I make deposits in others’ Emotional Bank Accounts. When conflicts arise, I look for third alternatives. Habit Five: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood I listen to other people’s ideas and feelings. I try to see things from their viewpoints. I listen to others without interrupting. I am confident in voicing my ideas. I look people in the eyes when talking. ● ● ● ● Describe possible everyday events and order their chances of occurring Identify everyday events where one cannot happen if the other happens Identify events where the chance of one will not be affected by the occurrence of the other List outcomes of chance experiments involving equally likely outcomes and represent probabilities of those outcomes using fractions Literacy For the students to: Writing ● Use paragraphs to organize ideas in narrative writing. ● Create imaginative texts based on characters, settings and events from own and other cultures using visual features, for example perspective, distance and angle. ● Use appropriate punctuation to show direct speech (quoted) and indirect speech (reported). ● Use language (verbs, adjectives and adverbs) to describe people, places and events in narratives. ● Plan, draft and publish imaginative and informative texts in written form and using technology. ● Draft and publish Personal and 3/4 Community blog comments using correct spelling, grammar and punctuation. ● Regularly Post our learning goals and samples of work in Literacy and Numeracy - with personal reflections. ● Write using joined letters that are clearly formed in consistent size. ● Reread and edit texts for meaning, structure, grammar and punctuation using the editing process outlined. ● Understand how to use strategies for spelling words using spelling rules, word families, generalizations and letter combinations. Habit Six: Synergize Speaking and Listening ● Listen to and contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas and negotiate in collaborative situations. ● Use active listening behaviours and communicate in a clear manner. ● Discuss literary experiences with others, sharing responses and expressing point of view. ● Practise Oral Language skills - using clear voice, appropriate level and using expression I value other people’s strengths, and learn from them. I get along well with others, even Reading and Viewing ● Choose good fit books, appropriate to their reading ability and interests. Mission Day 14th October. St Therese Feast Day ICT User Agreement Personal Blogs people who are different than me. I work well in groups. I seek out other people’s ideas to solve problems because I know that by teaming with others we can create better solutions than any one of us alone. I am humble. Habit Seven: Sharpen the Saw I take care of my body by eating right, exercising, and getting sleep. I spend time with my family and friends. I learn in lots of ways and lots of places, not just at school. I take time to make meaningful ways to help others. ● ● Respond to read/viewed texts using comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred (deep thinking) meaning to better understand texts. Discuss how authors and illustrators make stories exciting, moving and absorbing and hold readers’ interest by using various techniques like plot tension. Religious Education For the students to understand that: ● Human beings are created in the image of God and are unique. ● Each person has dignity, rights and responsibilities. ● Each person is free to make choices, and all choices have consequences. ● Christians are invited to develop relationships based on respect and valuing individual differences. Investigations: ● ● students describe the stages of human development across the human lifespan. Students explain basic concepts of identity and use simple strategies to maintain and support their self safety skills and strategies at home, school and in the community, and describe methods for recognising and avoiding harmful situations. ● They describe how physical and social components in the local environment contribute to wellbeing and identify how health services and products address the health needs and concerns of the local community. ● They identify healthy eating practices and explain some physiological, social, cultural and economic reasons for people