Year 3 students participate in a range of engaging and challenging learning activities.
In Reading, students explore different comprehension strategies, such as identifying information directly stated in text. They build upon their understanding of inferring meaning, using prior knowledge as well as clues from the text, characters, setting and events. Students also working on identifying the main idea, summarising and finding the author’s purpose. They use a variety of fiction and non-fiction text types, including narratives, expositions, and poetry.
In Writing, students plann and write expositions, procedural texts and narratives, as well as information reports. They look closely at the structure and language of all text types, as well as practising editing skills, recognising and using a range of punctuation and grammar. They further develop their skills in descriptive writing (settings and characters), as well as writing to a time limit as they prepare for NAPLAN.
In Mathematics, students work towards building on a range of Number, Measurement, Geometry, Statistics and Probability skills. These include number – recognising, modelling, representing and ordering numbers to at least 10 000, fractions – identifying fractions of a whole and of a collection, time – read time to the minute and solve simple elapsed time problems, money- adding collections of coins and notes and calculating simple transactions, mapping- read, interpret and create maps, shapes – identify, describe and compare 2D and 3D shapes as well as their features, angles – compare angles and classify them as equal to, greater than or less than a right angle, measurement – to measure, order and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass, capacity and area, operations – revise addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and apply them in mathematical problem solving situations, statistics – collect data, organise into categories and create displays using lists, tables, picture graphs and simple column graphs, with and without the use of digital technologies.
In Year 3, students will also participate in the following programs:
