English is the Key Learning Area where students develop knowledge, skills and understandings about English language and literature. The students will be actively engaged in the development of skills through:

This term in English, Year 3 will be covering:

• Reading & Writing: Persuade Me! 

• To encourage students to acknowledge the opinions of themselves and others in a respectful way
• To demonstrate that we create texts for a specific purpose-to persuade, inform, entertain...
• To develop critical thinking and justify their opinions
• To compose a rich text that follows a particular structure 

• Spelling & Phonemic Awareness: Letters and Sounds
• Grammar, Punctuation & Vocabulary: Developing good persuasive sentences to express an opinion or point of view using topic specific vocabulary, capital letters, end marks, nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs. 
• Reading: Modelled - Explicit teaching of new concepts, Guided - small group instruction to reinforce comprehension and taught concepts, Independent - Students have the opportunity to independently practice taught concepts.
• Serial Reader: David Walliams
• Naplan preparation - exposing children to format of questioning
• Speaking and Listening: Topic Talks - Year 3 will be assessed on a 2-3 minute speech in approx week 7. 

The topic will be communicated to parents in advance. There is no weekly talk time in Year 3 - speaking and listening is integrated throughout all KLA’s.