Grade 3

Parent Information Evening

Thursday 26th August 2021
 Welcome to Grade 3
Homeroom teacher Learning Assistant
Ms. Sophie Ms. Su
 Information
• Literacy
• Units of Inquiry
• Maths
• Approaches to Learning, Learner Profiles
• Grade 3 Overview

• Parental Expectations

• Questions
 Literacy
The Daily 5 6 Traits
Reading Ideas, Voice, Organisation
Read to self Word Choice, Sentence
Read to someone Fluency, Conventions
Listen to reading
Word work
Words Their Way
Work on writing
Writing Genre
Writing Process
Work with teacher
Inquiry-based
 Programme of Inquiry
Who We Are: Our experiences shape who we are
Beliefs and values, rights and responsibilities, what it means to be human

How We Organise Ourselves: Government systems influence the lives of citizens

The interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities, the structure and
function of organisations and societal decision-making

Sharing the Planet: Accessibility to the Earth’s resources provides challenges for the
global community
Rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and
with other living things
How We Express Ourselves:
The way we communicate perspectives can impact our influence on others
The ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values and the
ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity.

Where we are in Place and Time: Explorations lead to discoveries, opportunities and new
understandings
Orientation in place and time, the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind

How the World Works:

The Earth is part of a vast universe much of which is still unknown
The natural world and its laws; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles, the impact
of scientific and technological advances on society and the environment
 Mathematics

• Number
• Pattern and Function
• Data Handling
• Shape and Space
• Measurement
• Math Assessment
• Math Investigations Resource
• Mathletics
A curriculum overview will be available on our
blogs
Approaches to Learning
Learner Profiles
 Learning Accelerator
Programme
● Personalised Learning and Goal
Setting
● Student Agency
● Parent Involvement
 Homework
•15 minutes of reading daily
•20 minutes of other tasks:
•1 reading related, 2 maths (mathletics + practice
sheet), ad hoc UOI related tasks
•Homework must be returned each Monday.
 Other information

•ISA- February

•Academic Calendar- can be found on the Grade 3 blog and

is subject to change due to COVID-19 restrictions
 Action As Service

● Singapore Food Bank - Free Dress Friday

● Reducing single use plastic - bring own
container and cutlery
 Home-School
Communication
● Managebac
● Emails - individual basis
● School Website
● Blogs http://iss-3-1.weebly.com/
● Twitter #isspride
● Facebook
● Instagram
 Parental Expectations
• Access Managebac
• Communication- email
scrawshaw@iss.edu.sg

• Homework organisation
• Field Trips/Camp (currently suspended)
• Guest Speaker (virtual)
• Class Parent- WhatsApp group, help with events
Integrators
PE, Mandarin, Visual
Arts, Performing
Arts, Learning
Support and ESL
Questions