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Reading
Groups #1


LSCWC & STAR


Writing




Reading
Groups #3
LSCWC & STAR


Reading
Groups #4
STAR

Partner test

Writing

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Differentiated WTW
spelling program

Reading
Groups #2

PE Writing
Reading
Groups #5
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Recess Recess Recess Recess Recess
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Homework
explain and give
examples
Choose Spelling
Words
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Library
LSCWC & STAR

Writing

Art
IPADS
IBL #2
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MUSIC
Computers
IBL

Numeracy #2


Numeracy #3

Numeracy#4
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Eat Lunch Eat Lunch Eat Lunch Eat Lunch Eat Lunch
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COMPUTERS
MATHLETICS
PLUS 3 x teacher
focus groups



Numeracy #1
CLASS
MEETING
alternating with
grade three
sport


Wellbeing /
VOF


Class Meeting

Assembly /
Buddies


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Numeracy
See numeracy sequence of session planner

Literacy
Common Tasks
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
New spelling words
Homework
STAR reading
Diff. Spelling groups
LSCWC
STAR reading
LSCWC
STAR reading
Speed sort game
LSCWC
STAR reading

Partner Test
Serial Reading Book:

Writing
Whole school focus: Theme-based Literature
Terms Genre Focus: Report
Spelling focus: Whole Class
Prefixes
Individual activities to be completed during Eating Time
MONDAY: Words Their Way Groups and L.S.C.W.Ch selected students
(Jazz and Zara personalised spelling program)
TUESDAY: Sounds activity
WEDNESDAY: Visual activity
THURSDAY: Meaning activity
FRIDAY: Partner Test
Personalised Words
Reading Focus: Visualising (Comprehension)
We are learning to create mental images of the text.
Identify the audience and purpose of procedural texts. ACELY1678
Immersion in a range of procedural texts.
List the language features used in procedural texts being read in class writers notebook.
Students determine the purpose and audience of procedural texts given to them by their
teacher.
EXTENSION
Learning Intention: We are learning to interpret texts at a deeper level.
Students achieving above expected level are using reading journals to evaluate and
reflect on texts they are reading independently and as a class.
Speaking and Listening Students participate in a Caf Conference to monitor or create new goals. Students who have
already chosen their CAF goal to read and focus on their new CAF goal.
Grammar focus: Parts of Speech
We are learning to correctly use parts of speech in sentences.
Revision
Text Type Focus
Procedure
1. Teacher immerses students in different types of procedures.
2. Teacher discusses appropriate vocabulary for different procedures. Students categorise this
in class or individual writers note books.
3. Teacher Models using a graphic organiser to plan a procedure.
4. Students use the graphic organiser to plan their own procedure.

Whole Class Daily Writing Focus
Individual Writing Tasks
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WTW & New
words
Students choose their spelling words for this week. Words are
chosen from WTW sort, Have a go books and own writing. These
are recorded in Spelling Journal and Homework book.

Teacher Focus group:
Focus on Spelling:
Zara and Jazz
Assist with using their new
journals
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Text Type
Procedure
writing
Teacher discusses appropriate vocabulary for different procedures.
Students categorise this in class or individual writers note books.

Students to reflect on their procedures from last week and ask
students to give examples of how they could improve their
procedure Eg. If the student wrote you need: lots of wood and nails,
the student could change this to a specified amount.
Students to re-write their procedures into their writing books
Teacher Focus group:
Low ability: Zara
High ability: Tayla, Hayden W,
Anela,

Extension:
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Text Type
Procedure
writing
Students will get into 3 groups and a students will use other students procedures and carry them out
eg. Make a paper jet and origami plane and third procedure will be the teachers procedure.

Students will write a reflection about each of the tasks on whether it was easy or challenging to
understand and if their end product was what it was meant to look like
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The teacher will read out some interesting facts and information about the country that their parents
are from.

Students will use a country or religion from their mind map Eg. A country their parents were born and
research interesting facts on the computer about that country or religion and present this to the
class. Facts need to be about customs, dress code, language, celebrations to do with that country or
religion. (Complete in writing books).
*Continue onto next week*
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Grammar Parts of speech worksheet
L.I. We are learning to identify a noun, verb, adverb and adjective
within sentences
Extension: Students will write
a short story and then use
different coloured pencils to
underline grammar groups eg.
Verbs, adjectives, nouns,
plurals, adjectives, adverbs,
pronouns, proper nouns,

Spelling Groups
Words Their Way Groups
Teacher Names
Libby-
Letter Name
Alphabetic
Amaan, Leiam, Liam, Alex, Mackenzie, Zainab, Oliver, Jaime, Mason, Mali, Charlie,
Tayler L, Tayla P, Amber, Hayley, Aili, Tyler, Paris, Zac, Hayden W, Felicity Terry,
Charlotte Nash, Jack Kruger, Keeley Finegan, Max Chambers, Rame Tamrat, Melad
Rezai, James Vincent, Sam Thomas, Serena Wythe, Chiara Whibley
Aimee-
Within Word
Pattern
Sadina, Zara, Jasmine J, Marcos Solly, Roya Ahmadi, Tyler Jacobi, Taleisha Reker, Joshua Cohn

Lisa-
Syllables and
Affixes/Derivational
Relationships
SYLLABLES AND AFFIXES
Caitlin, Tahlia, Humari, Chloe, Josh, Schae, Hayden D, Dulain, Jun Yu, Anela, Jasmine S,
Ryan Bean, Shaneeka Desilva , Tamika Gilpin
DERIVATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Anaelle Micciche, Violet Hearne
SYLLABLES AND AFFIXES Upper level
Emma Wang, Justin Lang, Akil Raj

Speaking and Listening Focus
We are learning to use interaction skills, including active listening behaviours and communicate in a clear and
coherent manner. ACELY1792
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WELLBEING
Wellbeing Class meeting Wednesday:
Students to reflect on progression towards the class goal. Write a reflection in
their wellbeing books.
Create class agenda and have a class meeting.
Play a game of find a friend bingo so that new student gets to know others in
the class and others can find things they have in common with other students
or new things about others
Value of the
fortnight
Thursday
Patience

Inquiry Based Learning:

Essential
Question:
How and why do we celebrate?

Tuesday Session 1. Friday Session 2.
The teacher will talk about the issue of changing the
national anthem and the flag of Australia.

Discuss in partners and conduct a Positive, Minus,
Interesting (PMI) about the issue of changing the
national anthem and the flag of Australia. (Students can
rule up three columns in their IBL books)

Students will design their own new Australian flag and
write about why they have chosen those particular
colours, themes, animals, etc.

Students will finish off their Australian National Days of
importance posters

Extension: Early finishers can research another Australian
National Day of Importance and make a poster for this.

Investigating multiculturalism and immigration
exploring the affect this had on the food in
Melbourne and availability of new and
interesting vegetables/fruits/styles of cooking.

The teacher will write a definition of
multiculturism and immigration on the Wonder
Wall:
Multiculturalism: The co-exsistence of diverse
cultures including races, religion, cultural
groups, values, behaviours, patterns of thinking
and communicative styles.

Immigration: The act of coming to live
permanently in a foreign country (When
someone from another country legally is
allowed to live in Australia).

Students to sort the fruits and vegetables into
either Australian or Other and identify what
other country the fruit or vegetable comes
from. Students can use the iPads to help them.
Students then create a list of foods that are
Australian and that come from elsewhere
around the world.

Extension:
Students will research and write in their IBL
books about what immigration is, why it is
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important to have laws about immigration and
what are the positives/negatives about having
immigration laws.












Reading
Group/Day
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
W
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f
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Introduce new
activities for the
week.
Continue reading
class book and
ask students to
write in their
reading journals
what the most
important point
within the text
Continue reading
class book and
ask students to
visualise and
draw into their
reading journals
one picture that
describes what I
have read
Remind students
of parts of speech
definitions and
ask students to
give examples eg.
Noun, pronoun,
adjective etc.
Continue reading
class book and
ask students to
visualise and
draw into their
reading journals
one picture that
describes what I
have read

Students to
identify prefixes
and add to an
anchor chart to
refresh their
memories
Group/Day
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Lions

Sadina
Zara
Amber
Teacher
Focus Group
Guided Reading
Title:
Focus:
Accuracy/Fluenc
R/W/R:
Pick 5 storybook
characters that
you would invite
to a birthday
party and write
why you would
Spelling /
Grammar
Spelling/Gra
mmar
contract
Handwriting
Copy the
handwriting
focusing on
correct size,
slope and
spacing of
letters.
Comprehension
L.I. We are
learning to
organise the
steps of the
procedure so
they are in the
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y invite each one Differentiated right order

Tigers
Jasmine
Paris
Hayley
Chiara

R/W/R:
Pick 5 storybook
characters that
you would invite
to a birthday
party and write
why you would
invite each one
Spelling /
Grammar
Spelling/Gra
mmar
contract
Handwriting
Copy the
handwriting
focusing on
correct size,
slope and
spacing of
letters.
Differentiated
Comprehension
L.I. We are
learning to
organise the
steps of the
procedure so
they are in the
right order

Teacher
Focus Group
Guided Reading
Title:
Focus:
Comprehension
Zebras

Dulain
Tyler
Akil
Schae

Comprehension
L.I. We are
learning to
organise the
steps of the
procedure so
they are in the
right order

Teacher
Focus Group
Reciprocal
Reading
Title:
Focus:
Comprehension
R/W/R:
Pick 5 storybook
characters that
you would invite
to a birthday
party and write
why you would
invite each one
Spelling /
Grammar
Spelling/Gra
mmar
contract
Handwriting
Copy the
handwriting
focusing on
correct size,
slope and
spacing of
letters.
Differentiated
Monkeys

Jas.S
Tayler
Lachlan
Jun Yu
Zac
Handwriting
Copy the
handwriting
focusing on
correct size,
slope and
spacing of
letters.
Differentiated
Comprehension
L.I. We are
learning to
organise the
steps of the
procedure so
they are in the
right order
Teacher
Focus Group
Literature circles
Title:
Focus:
Comprehension/
Fluency

R/W/R:
Pick 5 storybook
characters that
you would invite
to a birthday
party and write
why you would
invite each one
Spelling /
Grammar
Spelling/Gra
mmar
contract
Turtles

Hayden.D
Jack
Tayla
Anela
Hayden.W
Harsheen

Spelling /
Grammar
Parts of
speech
worksheet
L.I. We are
learning to
identify a
noun, verb,
adverb and
adjective
Handwriting
Copy the
handwriting
focusing on
correct size,
slope and
spacing of
letters.
Differentiated
Comprehension
L.I. We are
learning to
organise the
steps of the
procedure so
they are in the
right order
Teacher
Focus Group
Literature circles
Title:
Focus: Expand
vocab/Compreh
ension

R/W/R:
Pick 5 storybook
characters that
you would invite
to a birthday
party and write
why you would
invite each one
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within
sentences