PARENTS’ INFORMATION
Grade 3
Academic Year 2022/23
Grade 3 Teachers
Ms Jill
3D
Ms Niamh
3B
Mr. Matt
3C
Mr. Ger
3A
About Us
The Grade 3 teachers teach the following subjects: English, Maths, Science, RWI (Read, Write, Inc.) Music/Art (M.A.) and Art.
Welcome message
Welcome to Grade 3!
We are looking forward to working with you and getting to know your child throughout this school year. We are here to help them succeed in their academic learning and overall school experience.
WIS was set up in 2016 to provide a high-quality education for children in the local area. We deliver the English National Curriculum within a UAE context.
At WIS we always strive to provide a warm and welcoming environment. We see parents as partners in their child’s learning and we look forward to working closely with you all this year. If at any time you have any questions or concerns please contact us.
Please check Class Dojo on a regular basis for important updates and homework assignments.
We are thrilled to be on this year’s learning journey with your children in Grade 3!
Curriculum Overview
Our Big Ideas for Grade 3 this year are:
The curriculum guide is on the following slides.
Curriculum overview
T4W: The Gruffalo Story Focus: Overcoming bullies Narrative Writing Newspaper reports Grammar: adjectives for descriptive writing, nouns, verbs and adverbs, conjunctions. Comprehension and guided reading | T4W: �Non-fiction: Fossils, Endangered Animals Non-fiction texts: features and researching endangered animals and animals from the UAE. Letter focusing on endangered animals Non-chronological Reports Grammar: sentence types, past tense of regular and irregular verbs, Comprehension and guided reading | T4W: Kassim and the Greedy Pirates Treasure Story Focus: Adventure and defeating group of bullies Persuasive Writing -Come help find the treasure/ Advertising,formal letter of complaint/Formal debating/ Conjunctions Verb tense Descriptive techniques Explaining the Water Cycle Comprehension and guided reading. Using dialogue within narrative writing. | T4W: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Narrative Writing Diary entries/Recounts Comprehension and guided reading Reviewing direct and indirect speech Expanded noun phrases/pronouns/Fronted adverbials Paragraphs
| Poetry: The Camel, Twinkle Twinkle. Instructional Writing: How to build a miniature traffic light. Poetry: Sound poems using onomatopoeia Grammar: Prepositions, suffixes and prefixes, fronted adverbials. | T4W: Romulus and Remus Recounts and Newspaper reports. Reviewing past tense verbs. Reviewing tense when writing. Time connectives | |
Maths | Week 1+2 - Place Value Week 3+4 - Addition and Subtraction Week 5+6 - Position and Direction | Week 7+8 - Multiplication and Division Week 9+10 - Fractions Week 11+12 - Measurement (Revise Length, Perimeter and Estimating) | Week 1 - Addition and Subtraction Week 2+3 - Multiplication and Division Week 4 - Shape Week 5 - Decimals Week 6 - Measurement-Estimate, Compare and Calculate different units of measure | Week 7+8 - Fractions - Money Week 9 - Measurement Converting units of measurement Week 10 - Time Week 11+12 - Stats | Week 1 - Addition and Subtraction Week 2+3 - Decimals Week 4 - Money Week 5+6 - Time | Week 7+8 - Multiplication and Division Week 9 Measurement- Area Week 10+11 - Shape Week 12 - Stats |
Teeth and The Digestive System | Food Chains and Habitats | States of Matter | Electricity | Scientists and Inventors | Sound | |
Humanities | Ancient Egypt (Hi2/2.3c) | The Hemispheres, Climate Zones, Time Zones and Night & Day (Ge2/1.1c) & (Ge2/1.3a) | Anglo Saxon Invasions and Settlements (Hi2/1.3c) | Early settlements and land use. (Ge2/1.3b) (Ge2/1.1b)-compare land use to that in the UAE | Hunter Gatherers & Early Farmers (Hi2/1.1a) | The Highlands, Alps and Hajar Mountains (Ge2/1.2) |
عالم الأحلام . الدروس: 1-قصة عندما فقد الملك أحلامه. 2-النص المعلوماتي هل تحلم الحيوانات. 3-النحو والكتابة (الجملة الإسمية والفعلية). 4-النشيد(زقزق العصفور). | الوحدة الثانية : أثق بنفسي . الدروس: 1-قصة الأقدام الطائرة 2-النص المعلوماتي:كرة القدم 3-النحو والكتابة (أسلوب النداء). النشيد (أحب الرياضة). الوحدة الثالثة : كيف نعيش سعداء . الدروس: 1-قصة غابة العجائب 2-النص المعلوماتي(أين نجد السعادة) 3-النحو والكتابة (أسلوب التعجب) 4-النشيد (وتبقى نبضة الحب. | الوحدة الرابعة : القلب الكبير الدروس: 1-قصة الوحش ذو الأقدام الكبيرة 2-النص المعلوماتي: شجاعة الإعتذار 3-النشيد صباح الخير يا جاري. الوحدة الخامسة : وجدت طريقي الدروس: 1-قصة حلا تجعل حياتها أحلى 2-النص المعلوماتي:فكر فى حياتك 3-النحو والكتابة(أسلوب العطف) 4-النشيد(هيا نعمل) | الوحدة السادسة : سر السعادة . الدروس: 1-مصباح وبندق وتل الدببة الأخضر السعيد 2-النص المعلوماتي(هيا الى السيرك). 3-النحو والكتابة (أسلوب الإستفهام) 4-النشيد(زمن الطفولة). الوحدة السابعة ذ: ابدأ الخطوة الأولى . الدروس: 1-مالك النسر الذهبى 2-النص المعلوماتي(لست خائفا أنا شجاع) 3-النشيد (أحب الشجاع). | الوحدة الثامنة : أرض الحكايات . الدروس: 1- قصة(بائع الحكايات) 2-النص المعلوماتي(الخبز حول العالم). 3-النحو والكتابة(جملة كان) 4-النشيد(درب التفاؤل). | الوحدة التاسعة : أحلام وفصول . الدروس: 1-شواطئنا نظيفة 2-الفصول الأربعة 3-النحو والكتابة (جملة إن) 4-النشيد(الفصول الأربعة). الوحدة العاشرة : أهم أمثالكم ؟ الدروس: 1-قصة مساومة الثعلب 2-النص المعلوماتي(أروغ من ثعلب). 3-النشيد(الحيوان خلق). | |
Arabic non arab | الوحدة الأولى(جسمي الصغير) *درس جسمي *درس حواسي الخمسة *درس طعامك الصحي *درس ملابسي | الوحدة الثانية (عالمي الصغير) *درس أنا وعائلتي *مدرستي *بيتي | الوحدة الثالثة (الوقت) * الساعة والتاريخ *درس الأيام *درس الشهور | الوحدة الرابعة(في المدرسة) *درس في غرفة الموسيقى *درس في الساحة *درس في الحافلة | الوحدة الخامسة *درس متفقون مختلفون *درس لقاء وفراق | الوحدة السادسة *لقاءات أسرية *درس عيد ميلاد بلادي |
Islamic | الوحدة الأولى : ديني يعلمني .
| الوحدة الثانية : أنا مسلم عابد .
| الوحدة الثالثة : العبادة تهديني
| الوحدة الرابعة : أنا مسلم صادق
| الوحدة الخامسة : المؤمنون أخوة
| الوحدة السادسة : بيئتنا مسؤوليتنا
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الوحدة الأولى : بيئتي الإماراتي الدرس الأول : النظام البيئي في كوكب الأرض الدرس الثالث : فخر الإمارات الشيخ محمد بن زايد حفظه الله | الوحدة الثانية : إماراتي وأفتخر الدرس الأول : يوم غير التاريخ الدرس الثاني : حدث وذكرى الدرس الثالث : الباني المؤسس الشيخ زايد بن سلطان رحمه الله | الوحدة الثالثة : الجهات وطرائق استخدامها الدرس الأول : الجهات الأصلية وطرق تحديدها | الوحدة الرابعة : هويتي و مسؤولياتي الدرس الأول : واجباتي تجاه بلادي | الوحدة الخامسة : المناخ والخدمات في بلادي الدرس الأول : مناخ بلادي الدرس الثاني : التكنولوجيا في بلادي | الوحدة السادسة : وطني والقيادة الدرس الأول : أحب أن أكون في وطني الدرس الثالث : قيادة بلادي | |
SSE NON ARAB | Innovation and technology,continents,oceans,landforms,bodies of water and MIDTERM REVIEW | Reading a map,reading maps(latitude and longitude),different kinds of maps and final review | Farming and irrigation,inventions of writing,number system,developments in medicine and MIDTERM REVIEW. | Using electricity ,Powered engines,developments in transportation,new inventions and FINAL REVIEW. | Natural resources(land and water),other natural resources,capital and human resources,(reuse,reduce and recycle) and MIDTERM REVIEW. | New ideas for resources,resources and trade,UAE national industries, improving your school project and FINAL REVIEW. |
PE | Games | Ball Skills - Hand/Eye coordination | Athletics Swimming | Ball Skills - Foot/Eye coordination Swimming | Dance OAA Swimming | Racket Skills Swimming |
Computing | Word Processing Skills | Online Safety | Programming Turtle Logo | Scratch 3.0 | Animation | Using and Applying |
French | All Around Town | On The Move | Going Shopping | Where in the World | What is the Time? | Hobbies |
Example Timetable
Homework
Each Term there will be a new Homework Menu set for Grade 3, which will be posted on Class Dojo. Please refer to the Term 1 Homework Menu sent out on class story from your class teacher. All homework tasks are to be submitted by taking a picture and posting it to your child’s Class Dojo portfolio. This way the class teacher can provide feedback directly to students.
Please ensure your child is practicing the weekly spelling words and times tables on a regular basis.
Lessons and extra homework will be uploaded on to your child’s google classroom regularly, please ensure your child is connected and is accessing it.
Online Platform Logins:
Students should log in to the online learning platforms such as Bug Club (reading), Literacy Planet (spelling) and Times Table Rockstars (times tables) at home. If you have any problems with these online platforms please let your class teacher know.
Bug Club:
School code: jrrl
Online platforms and helpful websites
We are using 4 main applications for online learning
You can message your class teacher for the login information.
Trips and Visits this year
This term we are planning a trip to Pizza Express. Children can spend a lively morning with learning about good food, tasting fresh ingredients, and of course, making authentic, Italian pizza. Afterwards they can complete procedural writing about how to make a pizza. Links with the digestive system also in Science and measuring ingredients and amounts in Maths.
We will hopefully go on some more trips later in the year to places such as Xtremezone and the Louvre Museum.
Extra Curricular Activities
At Wales International School we are proud to offer a wide range of activities to enhance the children's experiences at school. From arts and crafts, to sports clubs, quiz club and Qu’ran club, the children can choose an activity that inspires and ignites their imagination.
We also have a number of children who are regularly taking part in activities in the community and we would love to share in their successes with them.
Absence and lateness
Children need to be in school by 7:45 am so that they do not miss assembly and the National Anthem at the start of the day. Please ensure that your child arrives at school ontime.
School finishes at 2:30pm
If your child is unwell and is unable to come to school, please message your child’s teacher on dojo or contact Miss Nessma or Mr Mostafa. Children should bring a signed sick note into school when they are well enough to return.
Some of our learning so far!
Some of our learning so far!
Social Media
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Other relevant information
GL Assessments:
All Grade 3 children will complete a GL assessment in English, Maths and Science in Term 3.
These assessments are completed on computers and cover all we have learnt throughout the year.