Term Four Evaluation ~ Monster

English:

Reading:

Read Aloud Books:

Picture Books -
** See list of picture books read to Monkey as Monster listens to all or most of them**

Chapter Books - 

** See HSIE and/or PDHPE for list of chapter books read aloud**

Independent Reading:

see written list ~ 

Other Reading Activities:

Reading Eggs online program

30 - 60 minutes of silent reading daily

Writing:

Not proud to admit it but we really dropped the ball with writing term 4

Handwriting:

Foundation Handwriting Year 3 (completed the book)

Spelling:

daily oral review of weekly lists as sourced from year 4 lists on the internet

(20 words per list)
written test taken every Friday

Maths:

Maths Plus Year 4 Textbook

Units 28 - 35 covering the following topics:

5-digit addition, commutative property, data investigation, kilograms and grams, division, temperature, most likely/least likely, square numbers, equivalent tenths and hundredths, recording data, calendars, contracted multiplication, ordering and rounding decimals, nets and cross-sections, decimal notation - length, number patterns, fraction and decimal patterns, data investigation, the square metre, associative property, describing paths, litres and millilitres, adding and subtracting decimals, contracted multiplication, isometric drawing, displacement experiments, number relationships, estimating and checking, mapping-scale, and timelines

Diagnostic Review 4

Maths Plus Year 5 Textbook

Units 28 - 35 covering the following topics:

4-digit multiplication, calculator memory, street directories, shapes (translate, rotate, reflect), three digits multiplied by two digits, adding and subtracting decimals, chance, nets, 6-digit subtraction, spreadsheet data, choosing length units, mean scores (average), financial plan/budget, sequences of fractions and decimals, circles, square kilometres, multiplication methods, rounding for estimation, making a map, elapsed time, division with fractional remainders, highest common factor (HCF), collecting data/questionnaires, cubic centimetres and cubic metres, calculator problems, mobile phone plans, cross sections, dot plot graphs, inverse operations, decimal remainders, enlargements and reductions, and time zones

Diagnostic Review 4

Scripture and Character Building:

Bible Read Aloud:
Leviticus 24 ~ Numbers 19

HSIE:

Geography/History - 
All books read below were read aloud as part of our Australian History Unit Study
"Meet Nellie"

"Nellie and the Secret Letter"

"Nellie's Quest"

"Nellie's Greatest Wish"

"Meet Alice"

"Alice and the Apple Blossom Fair"

"Alice of Peppermint Grove"

"Peacetime For Alice"

"Meet Ruby"

"Ruby and the Country Cousins"

"School Days For Ruby"

Science and Technology:

Continued his personal blog

Learned how to edit photographs using Gimp program

Started independently composing and typing content of blog

Edited each entry with assistance from mum

Continued keeping a daily weather log ~ tracking high/low temps, humidity, and rainfall using Bureau of Meteorology website and other weather websites as necessary.  Writing collected data down in a weather notebook.

Read Alouds on Various Science Topics:
Redback Spider - Greg Pyers

Finding Out About Tiger Snakes - Greg Pyers

Spiders and Other Arachnids - Ron Thomas

The Usborne Big Book of Bugs

Alligators and Crocodiles

Bugs - DK

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Velociraptor

Up Close T Rex

PDHPE:

walk to and from the library

walk to and from the shops

walk to and from various parks

free play at various parks

riding scooter

Creative Arts:

Music:

Continued to play the recorder

Drama:

Attended best friend's drama production

Dance:

Attended best friend's dance performance of The Nutcracker

Socialization:

Weekly attendance of church and Sunday School

Numerous play dates with friends of multiple ages

Other Activities:

Played a variety of board and card games

• Rummy-O
• Mancala
• Snakes and Ladders
• Skip-Bo
• Phase 10
• Chess
• Memory
• Blokus
• Blink

Imaginative (self created) Lego games with his younger brother

Pokemon card game battles with his brother

Term School Holiday Events:

January:

Library ~ Bingo

Library ~ Games Day

ANSTO ~ Water Rockets