Mathematics / Year 3 Achievement standard
By the
end of Year 3, students recognise the connection between addition and
subtraction and solve problems using efficient strategies for multiplication.
They model and represent unit fractions.
They represent money values in various
ways. Students identify symmetry in the environment.
They match positions on
maps with given information.
Students recognise angles in real situations.
They
interpret and compare data displays.
Students
count to and from 10 000.
They classify numbers as either odd or even.
They
recall addition and multiplication facts for single digit numbers. Students
correctly count out change from financial transactions.
They continue number
patterns involving addition and subtraction. Students use metric units for
length, mass and capacity.
They tell time to the nearest minute.
Students make
models of three-dimensional objects. Students conduct chance experiments and
list possible outcomes.
They carry out simple data investigations for
categorical variables.
Supporting Products
- Gillian Miles Cool Times table exercises – for years 2-5, grouped by the number of the times table, e.g. exercises for 2’s, 3’s etc .A nice thick book that will last! $9.95
- Gillian Miles times tables poster – wipe clean with exercises on the reverse - $9.95- also available in placemats
- Math gear fast facts – a fun way to check maths – available in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division- this small wheel shaped book allows the child to turn the wheel to match up numbers and see the answer to simple maths problems - $12.95
- Gillian Miles tell the time poster - $9.95 – wipe clean poster which helps with numerical and analogue time, as well as 24 hour clock
- Doowell tell the time chart – learn time digitally, with words, or numbers – also gives activities structure to help children understand what happens when e.g. bedtime! $34.95
- Number Ninja’s – Board Game - $44.95 age 7 plus. 30 mins, 2-4 players. 2 different levels of play to help your children actually enjoy maths. Related to things that happen in their world that they’ll understand – very up to date! Read an independent review here…….http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/11/number-ninjas/
English
Receptive
modes (listening, reading and viewing)
By the end of Year
3, students understand how content can be organised using different text
structures depending on the purpose of the text.
They understand how language
features, images and vocabulary choices are used for different effects.
They read texts
that contain varied sentence structures, a range of punctuation conventions,
and images that provide additional information.
They identify literal and
implied meaning connecting ideas in different parts of a text.
They select
information, ideas and events in texts that relate to their own lives and to
other texts.
They listen to others’ views and respond appropriately.
Productive
modes (speaking, writing and creating)
Students
understand how language features are used to link and sequence ideas.
They
understand how language can be used to express feelings and opinions on topics.
Their texts include writing and images to express and develop in some detail
experiences, events, information, ideas and characters.
Students create a
range of texts for familiar and unfamiliar audiences.
They contribute actively
to class and group discussions, asking questions, providing useful feedback and
making presentations.
They demonstrate understanding of grammar and choose
vocabulary and punctuation appropriate to the purpose and context of their
writing.
They use knowledge of sounds and high frequency words to spell words
accurately, checking their work for meaning.
They write using joined letters
that are accurately formed and consistent in size.
Supporting products available
- Usborne Tricky words to spell - $13.95 – age 7 plus – wide selection of wipe clean cards that helps the child look, cover, write check, then start over. Great for building vocabulary too!
- Doowell Magnetic words – 7 plus – 114 words with a wipe clean board – great for vocabulary and spelling $17.95
- Usborne Improve your spelling ($12.95), and Improve your punctuation ($15.95) – ages 7-14 – fantastic resource for building knowledge with your child – great for consolidating and then extending their knowledge
- That’s my story - $14.95 – card game. Excellent new product designed by Brisbane mum. Cards show pictorially or with words suggested beginnings, middles and ends to stories and your child develops a story around those cards. Great for learning how to structure stories – relevant for ages up to grade 4.
- Engaging books. Finding it hard to interest your child in reading? Here are some of our top sellers from last year:
Boys – Roald Dahl’s The Twits, James and the Giant Peach; Boy vs. Beast, Horrible Histories (check out the TV series!)
Science
/ Year 3 Achievement standard
By the end of Year
3, students use their understanding of the movement of the Earth, materials and
the behaviour of heat to suggest explanations for everyday observations they
describe features common to living things.
They describe how they can use
science investigations to respond to questions and identify where people use
science knowledge in their lives.
Students
use their experiences to pose questions and predict the outcomes of
investigations.
They make formal measurements and follow procedures to collect
and present observations in a way that helps to answer the investigation
questions.
Students suggest possible reasons for their findings.
They describe
how safety and fairness were considered in their investigations.
They use
diagrams and other representations to communicate
their ideas.
History
/ Year 3 Achievement standard
By the end of Year
3, students explain how communities changed in the past. They describe the
experiences of an individual or group.
They identify events and aspects of the
past that have significance in the present.
Students sequence
events and people (their lifetime) in chronological order, with reference to key
dates.
They pose questions about the past and locate information from sources
(written, physical, visual, oral) to answer these questions.
Students develop
texts, including narratives, using terms denoting time.
Supporting products available
- Usborne Quiz Cards – general knowledge/history. Each card of the 80 cards is vibrantly illustrated, and features questions ranging from Velociraptors to Vikings, and atoms to outer space. $19.95
