What’s Happening in Grade 1 in Term 4 2024

14 October 2024

In Literacy students will be:

understanding the structure of a recount.
creating simple recounts.
understanding the structure of a procedural text.
creating a procedural text.
identifying sentence types as statements, questions, commands and exclamations.
expanding simple sentences using an adverb to modify a verb e.g. ‘The little girl crept carefully’.
using conjunctions to combine two sentences. (e.g. and, but, so, because).
learning to use boundary punction correctly when forming sentences.
participating in daily formal handwriting sessions learning how to form letters correctly and how to correctly hold a pencil.
engaging in daily activities that involve manipulating sounds and forming words.
learning to use their letter sound knowledge to blend the sounds together to read words and sentences.
building reading fluency by reading decodable passages connected to the sounds we have learnt.
developing their abilities to comprehend different types of Fiction and Non-Fiction texts.

In Mathematics students will be:

counting small collections of Australian money.
identifying Australian coins and notes.
exploring division by sharing a collection into a given number of groups.
following and giving directions to move from one place to another using directional language.
describing the path from one location to another using directional language.
interpreting data represented in a picture graph.
creating a picture graph to represent data.
identifying halves, quarters and eighths of a shape or collection.
practising automatic recall of Number Knowledge up to 10. (combinations, numbers before and after and how many more to 10?)
representing numbers to 100 using base ten blocks.
adding and subtracting numbers up to 100 using a variety of strategies. (e.g. number bonds, partitioning and bridging.)
using a number line to recognise, order, and represent numbers to 100.
counting forwards and backwards by 1’s and skip counting by 2’s, 5’s and 10’s starting at 0.
using number lines to count on and back.
representing times tables equations using concrete materials and skip counting to find the total.

In Inquiry students will be:

Student will engage in the following units through a play-based approach, investigations and crafts;

Wellbeing

We will be using the Respectful Relationships program to focus on positive coping, gender identity and positive gender relations.

Students will engage in lessons looking at:

Extending their vocabulary through which to recognise and describe emotions and when, how and with whom it is appropriate to share emotions.
How being prepared to try new things can help identify strategies when faced with unfamiliar or challenging situations.
Ways of making and keeping friends, including how actions and words can help or hurt others, and the effects of modifying their behaviour.
Listen to others’ ideas and recognise that others may see things differently.

We will continue use the Smiling Mind program to promote mindfulness and wellbeing in the classroom setting.

There will be a continued focus on our SWPBS Expectations as outlined in our whole school matrix.