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HOW WE EXPRESS OURSELVES: An inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature,
culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the
aesthetic.
Central Idea
Authors use different text types for different specific purposes.
Concepts
Form, Causation, Connection
Related concepts
storytelling, influences, audience, interpretation, the writing process, perspective
Lines of Inquiry
Exploration of text types
Authors write for different purposes
Authors write for different audiences
Personal experiences that enable audiences to connect with texts
Language
Maintain accurate use of capital letters and full stops in showing sentences.
Learn the basic conventions of speech punctuation and begin to use speech marks.
Use question marks, exclamation marks, and commas in lists.
Continue to improve consistency in the use of tenses.
Ensure grammatical agreement of pronouns and verbs in using standard English.
Begin to vary sentence openings, e.g. with simple adverbs.
Reading
Fiction and Poetry
Identify different types of stories and typical story themes.
Consider words that make an impact, e.g. adjectives and powerful verbs.
Read and comment on different books by the same author.
Read play-scripts and dialogue, with awareness of different voices.
Practise learning and reciting poems.
Begin to infer meanings beyond the literal, e.g. about motives and character.
Writing
Fiction
Mathematics
Number
Calculation
Mental strategies
Know multiplication/division facts for 2x, 3x, 5x and 10x tables
Begin to know 4x table
Recognise two- and three-digit multiples of 2, 5 and 10
Work out quickly the doubles of numbers 1 to 20 and derive the related halves
Work out quickly the doubles of multiples of 5 (< 100) and derive the related halves
Work out quickly the doubles of multiples of 50 to 500
Multiplication and division
Understand the effect of multiplying two-digit numbers by 10
Multiply single-digit numbers and divide two-digit numbers by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10
Multiply teens numbers by 3 and 5
Understand and apply the idea that multiplication is commutative
Measure
Length, mass and capacity
Choose and use appropriate units and equipment to estimate, measure and record measurements
Know the relationship between kilometres and metres, metres and centimetres, kilograms and grams, litres
and millilitres
Read to the nearest division or half division, use scales that are numbered or partially numbered
Use a ruler to draw and measure lines to the nearest centimetre
Solve word problems involving measures
Problem Solving
Using techniques and skills in solving mathematical problems
Check multiplication by reversing the order, e.g. checking that 6 x 4 = 24 by doing 4 x 6
Mandarin
Week 1-5 Learn about:
some daily fruit and vegetable in Chinese
express what fruit/vegetable one likes/dislikes
learn to talk about the favourite fruit/vegetable of
the family
Learn radicals: and write characters
Music
Ms Ben Mansell
Ms Alex Andrews
Year 3 Teachers
Thu Thiem Campus
Year 3 Teachers
Thao Dien Campus