Year 3 - Term 4 Overview 2014
This is a term overview for the teaching and learning for each subject in Year 3 for Term 4.
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KLA
Outcome Description
Unit Outline
English
EN2-1A communicates in a range
of informal and formal contexts by
adopting a range of roles in group,
classroom, school and community
contexts.
The Year 3 English program is based on the following
text: “A Day to Remember” by Jackie French and
various other poems relating to Remembrance Day
and Anzac Day.
EN2-2A plans, composes and
reviews a range of texts that are
more demanding in terms of topic,
audience and language.
EN2-3A uses effective handwriting
and publishes texts using digital
technologies.
EN2-4A uses an increasing range
of skills, strategies and knowledge
to fluently read, view and
comprehend a range of texts on
increasingly challenging topics in
different media and technologies.
EN2-5A uses a range of strategies,
including knowledge of letter–sound
correspondences and common
letter patterns, to spell familiar and
some unfamiliar words.
EN26B identifies the effect of
purpose and audience on spoken
texts, distinguishes between
different forms of English and
identifies organisational patterns
and features.
EN2-7B identifies and uses
language forms and features in
their own writing appropriate to a
range of purposes, audiences and
contexts.
EN2-8B identifies and compares
different kinds of texts when
reading and viewing and shows an
understanding of purpose,
audience and subject matter.
A Day to Remember by Jackie French
 Students will be looking at the various language
features and grammatical structures from these
texts and using them in their own writing. This
includes use of commas, plurals, tense and
common nouns.
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Students will be working on oral and written
comprehension tasks based upon the texts being
studied.
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Students will read and document the important
elements of the book, particularly the ANZAC
soldiers, nurses, army officials etc. Their
experiences and challenges during war are
discussed.
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Students will compare how life is different during
times of peace and war, and how war affects
people.
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Students will begin to understand the significance
of some of the symbols that relate to the
commemoration of ANZAC Day, including the
poppy flowers that grew in the Belgian fields during
and after the war.
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Students will learn about the range of roles and
responsibilities of men, women and animals during
wartimes and peacekeeping efforts.
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Students will complete a comprehension task on
the different elements of the book.
Main focus:
Identifying facts and details
Interpreting language
Finding main ideas
Interpreting figurative language
Distinguishing facts from opinion
Inferential skills
EN2-9B uses effective and
accurate sentence structure,
grammatical features, punctuation
conventions and vocabulary
relevant to the type of text when
responding to and composing texts.
EN2-10C thinks imaginatively,
creatively and interpretively about
information, ideas and texts when
responding to and composing texts.
EN2-11D responds to and
composes a range of texts that
express viewpoints of the world
similar to and different from their
own.
Poetry:
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Students will be learning how to write various
types of Poetry.
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Students will be looking at the various
grammatical features required in these text
types such as tense, verbs, nouns, adjectives,
alliteration, similes and rhyme.
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Students will be participating in guided reading
where they are grouped together to read, discuss
and comprehend levelled books with the Teacher
each day.
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Students will be learning Foundation Handwriting
based upon lessons from the textbook and the
Teacher modeling cursive handwriting on the
board.
.
EN2-12E recognises and uses an
increasing range of strategies to
reflect on their own and others’
learning.
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Library Outcomes:
EN2-6B; EN2-8B; EN2-10C
Mathematics
The Working
Mathematically
Strand will be
incorporated in
all other strands
of Mathematics.
It includes:*Questioning
*Applying
Strategies
*Communicating
*Reasoning
*Reflecting
PAS2.1 Generates, describes and
records number patterns using a
variety of strategies.
DS2.1 Gathers and organizes data,
displays data using tables and
graphs, and interprets the results.
MS2.2 Estimates, measures,
compares and records the area of
surfaces in square centimetres and
square metres.
MS2.4 Estimates, measures,
compares and records masses
using kilograms and grams.
PAS2.1 generates, describes and
records number patterns using a
variety of strategies.
discuss how Roald Dahl engages the interest
of the reader
 discuss personal choices of texts for
enjoyment
 discuss the nature and effects of some
language devices used by Roald Dahl to
enhance meaning and shape the reader's
reaction
 discuss how authors and illustrators make
stories exciting, moving and absorbing and
hold readers' interest by using various
techniques, for example character
development and plot tension
Students will be learning about Patterns and Algebra.
The focus will be on number relations.
The students will be learning about Data with the focus
being on tables and the reading and analyzing of
column graphs.
The students will be learning about Chance with the
focus being on chance experiments, recording
outcomes and describing likelihood.
The students will be learning about Measurement with
the focus being on volume, informal units,millilitres,
litres, cubic centimetres and the volume of rectangular
prisms.
The students will be learning about Space with the
focus being on angles and parallel lines. We will also
cover position and the compass points.
SGS2.2b Space –Identifies
compares and describes angles in
practical situations.
SGS2.3 Uses simple maps and
grids to represent position and
follow routes.
NS2.4 Fractions and Decimals
Models, compares and represents
commonly used fractions and
decimals.
Religion
Studies in
Religion are
based on
Christianity and
in particular the
Maronite faith.
The students
will study the
Feast Days and
important times
of the religious
calendar, whilst
also studying
the Bible and its
teachings.
The students will be learning about fractions and
decimals with the focus being on decimal hundredths,
equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting decimals
and money.
We will also have a revision week where all topics will
be revised.
Caring for God’s Wondrous
Creation
The students will recognise and appreciate the beauty
and wonder of God’s creation.
(23C7)
The students will grow in awareness of the need to
take care of and take responsibility for God’s creation.
The students will compose psalms of praise to
celebrate and give thanks for God’s creation.
Advent –Making Promises (23C8)
Christmas – The Promise comes
true (23C9)
The students will explore the concept of promises and
promise making.
The students will recall God’s earliest promises to his
people in the Old Testament.
The students will identify Jesus as the fulfillment of
God’s promises spoken through His people.
The students will identify Jesus as the fulfillment of
God’s covenant.
The topics
studied follow
the Sharing Our
Story document
developed by
the Catholic
Education
Office, Diocese
of Parramatta.
The students will compare and contrast the different
responses of those involved in God’s promise to send
a saviour.
Human Society
& Its
Environment
Taught in Term 1 and Term 3
Science &
Technology –
Terms 2 & 4
Students will identify ways in which they can show
goodwill to others at Christmas.
Students will role play Mary and Joseph waiting for the
birth of Jesus.
Students will read Luke 2:1-7 and discuss the birth of
Jesus and the fulfillment of God’s promise.
INV S2.7
Conducts investigations by
observing, questioning, predicting,
testing, collecting, recording and
analysing data, and drawing
conclusions.
-The students will be involved in many experiments
this term to develop Scientific questioning, analysing,
investigating, discoveries and conclusions.
DM S2.8
Develops, implements and
evaluates ideas using drawings,
models and prototypes at
appropriate stages of the design
process.
These are some of the experiments that the students
will be involved in:
- Magical inflating balloons
- Getting an egg into a bottle
- Dancing Sultanas
- Salt Volcano
-The students will be writing Scientific Reports as a
means of documenting these experiments.
PP S2.4
Identifies various types and sources
of energy and devises systems that
use energy.
Personal
Development,
Health &
Physical
Education
Creative Arts
DMS2.2 Makes decisions as an
individual and as a group member.
PROBLEM-SOLVING
PHS2.12Discusses the factors
influencing personal health choices.
In Health, students will learn about the healthy food
pyramid. They will participate in discussions and
activities about the benefits of a healthy diet and
exercising. Also which food give us nutritional value
and energy so we can have strong healthy bodies.
Students will also keep their own food journal for a
week.
During Physical Education, students will be focusing
on cricket. They will learn the rules of the game,
learning each skill of the game in isolation (Batting,
bowling, fielding). At the end of the term the students
will participate in a game of cricket.
MAKING
VAS2.1
Represents the qualities of
experiences and things that are
interesting or beautiful by choosing
among aspects of subject matter.
VA2.2
Uses the forms to suggest the
qualities of subject matter.
(Drawing, painting, printmaking,
sculpture & 3D form, ceramics,
fibre, photography, digital forms)
The students will be taught various art techniques to
create different art pieces that are integrated into the
themes of Remembrance, Anzac Day and the
Christmas season.
Students will be using their own inspired creativity to
create an Anzac wreath and poppies through the use
of various art making processes and materials. They
will also use their artistic skills when creating Chinese
Christmas lanterns, Nativity set and Santa baskets.
APPRECIATING
VAS2.3
Acknowledges that artists make
artworks for different reasons and
that various interpretations are
possible.
VAS2.4
Identifies connections between
subject matter in artworks and what
they refer to, and appreciates the
use of particular techniques.
Music MUS2.1 MUS2.2 MUS2.3
MUES2.4
Year 3 will listen, learn and sing to various Christmas
carols such as the Drummer Boy, Silent night and Hark
the Herald. Students will identify and compose the
different beats of the carols using instruments.