Dear Grade 3 Parents, Please find our email addresses if you wish to contact us: Agatha Caruana (3A) – acaruana@canahillside.catholic.edu.au Liz Cutajar (3C) – ecutajar@canahillside.catholic.edu.au Sarah Cardamone (3C) – scardamone@canahillside.catholic.edu.au Over the next two weeks we will be learning about the following: Week 5: Monday 4th November 2019 – Melbourne Cup Holiday Tuesday 5th November 2010 – Melbourne Cup Holiday Wednesday 6th November 2019 – Cultural Morning (Mandarin) Thursday 7th November 2019 – Cana Sports Carnival Friday 8th November 2019 – Cana Mini Fair

SCHOOL FOCUS/WELLBEING:

• Whole-school focus: Being a Risk Taker. • Class focus: Recognise – Rules, rights and responsibilities.

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION: The Rosary: • To develop a deeper reverence in Prayer through The Rosary.

The Ten Commandments: • To know that the Ten Commandments were given to us from God.

MATHEMATICS: Number: Money:

• To calculate change to the nearest 5 cents.

Measurement & Geometry: Location (Grids):

• Creating and interpreting simple grid maps to show position and pathways.

ENGLISH: Comprehension:

• Use the comprehension strategy of ‘quetiioning’ to understand text in detail.

Writing: Information Text:

• Plan, compose, edit and publish information texts relating to Inquiry topic (small creatures).

Spelling: : Week 5 – No Spelling Homework Week 6 – The graph ‘o’ making the sound /u/ as in ‘glove.’ Handwriting:

• Learn how to correctly join letters when writing.

Author Study: • Continue to read and view books by the author Roald Dahl.

INQUIRY UNIT: Stop Bugging Me! Learning Intentions:

• Creatures have special features which suit their habitats • Creatures change and develop over time (Life Cycles).

Small Creature Project (Homework):

• Students to continue working on their small creatures project.