Grade 4
Classroom Teachers for 2021
4B - Jess Ballard
4D/O - Britt Daffy / Karly O'Toole
4L - Mel Lowther
4B - Jess Ballard
4D/O - Britt Daffy / Karly O'Toole
4L - Mel Lowther
Term One, 2021
Reading - Students will be receiving individual learning goals and conversing regularly with the teacher regarding their reading journey. In class, we will be covering Reading Behaviours (how to give yourself the best chance to read well), Accuracy (reading the words correctly), Fluency (reading smoothly with expression) and Expanding Vocabulary (expanding our knowledge of words).
Writing - In class, students will be studying Personal Recounts (retelling a story of past personal experience) and Narratives (telling a fictional story). We are also focusing on handwriting, beginning with cursive, non-joined letters.
Soundwaves - In class, we cover one or two phonemes each week and the graphemes that make it. Students are given a spelling list, based on their results from testing. Each week students will be tested on their words and areas of concern will be targeted in small groups.
Maths - In Maths, we will be covering place value, shapes, measuring length, fractions and decimals up to 1, representing and interpreting data and number patterns.
Wellbeing - Following the RRRR (Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships) Program, we will cover identifying emotions in ourselves and others. We will also develop interpersonal skills through Wilson McCaskill games and challenges.
Topic Studies - Inquiry unit—What is healthy?
Focus questions: Why do we need to be healthy? How can we be healthy?
Writing - In class, students will be studying Personal Recounts (retelling a story of past personal experience) and Narratives (telling a fictional story). We are also focusing on handwriting, beginning with cursive, non-joined letters.
Soundwaves - In class, we cover one or two phonemes each week and the graphemes that make it. Students are given a spelling list, based on their results from testing. Each week students will be tested on their words and areas of concern will be targeted in small groups.
Maths - In Maths, we will be covering place value, shapes, measuring length, fractions and decimals up to 1, representing and interpreting data and number patterns.
Wellbeing - Following the RRRR (Resilience, Rights and Respectful Relationships) Program, we will cover identifying emotions in ourselves and others. We will also develop interpersonal skills through Wilson McCaskill games and challenges.
Topic Studies - Inquiry unit—What is healthy?
Focus questions: Why do we need to be healthy? How can we be healthy?