Year 3 Newsletter
August 16, 2010
Unit One Curriculum Outline
„Who We Are‟
Dear Parents,
We are starting our first unit
under the transdisciplinary theme
of ‘Who We Are’. The central
idea for the unit is:
“Personal Well-being can
be achieved through a
balanced, healthy life-
style”.
Within this unit the students will
be learning about various dimen-
sions that make up balanced,
healthy lifestyle. They will be
exploring the central idea through
the concepts of …
Connection - Students will be
looking into the connection be-
tween balance and wellbeing.
Responsibility –Students will
Other Curriculum News
The following is a Mathematics and Language outline.
Individual teachers may need to alter or change this outline according to the needs of his/her class.
MATHEMATICS
NUMBER
Understanding and counting
numbers to 100
Hundred Board to 120
Basic Facts
MEASUREMENT
Body measurements
MATHLETICS: on-going
think of their responsibility for
their own well-being and the
choices they are making every
day.
Reflection— Students reflect on
their choices and see how they
can lead a balanced, healthy life.
This unit will give us a great op-
portunity to look into our life-
style choices and recognize areas
where we could be more bal-
anced. It will allow the students
be more informed of their
choices and feel more responsible
for their own actions. We will
learn more about what kind of
learners we all are and what are
our passions in life. We will also
look into the Learner Profile and
discover the ways it encourages
us to be more balanced.
LANGUAGE
Reading
Writer’s Workshop
Word Study
Handwriting
Listening appreciatively and re-
sponsively
Oral communication
Unit 1
Important Dates for
Year 3
Back to School Tue
Night August
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During this unit the students
will be exploring the concepts Year 3 Assembly Fri
of Connection, Responsibility August
and reflection also during PE. 27
They will keep a lifestyle diary
to recognize the opportunities
for making choices for a bal-
anced life. During Drama they
get to explore yet another
possible passion of theirs and
learn more drama skills and
ways to express themselves
.
The counselor will also have a
chance to come and visit the
year 3 rooms and talk about
the social dimension of well
being and how to live the
Learner Profile not just in
school but also at home. I hope
all the parents are familiar with
it in order to enforce the values
we promote here at school.
If you have any personal con-
nection with the Central Idea,
we are always open for new Reminders:
information, visitors and ex- Please make sure your
perts in the area of the unit. child remembers to bring
We also encourage discussion
a hat to school. Also
and reflection at home on
inside P.E. shoes are
healthy, balanced lifestyle.
needed and can be kept
at school in the P.E. area.
Thank you:
Thank you to all the par-
ents of year 3 for the
smooth start of the new
school year. It is going to
LANGUAGE FOCUS be a very exciting year, first
Writing Strategies: Pre-writing in the old secondary build-
TransdisciplinaryWriting: Re- ing with our temporary
count classrooms and eventually
in the new elementary
Reading: Setting up reading building with brand new
facilities. Thank you for
routine in the classes
your flexibility and support
with all the new arrange-
Word Study: Spelling inventory
ments!