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Year level 6 Term 2 Year 6 2008 Overview of Expected Outcomes IronsideStateSchool
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English
Focus Areas
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Reading and Viewing
· Focus on historical fiction
· Reading will include literal, inferential and applied comprehension.
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Writing
- Focus: Historical Fiction
- Daily writing tasks (eg Newspaper reports, recounts, narrative)
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Speaking and Listening
· Students will present interview questions on video
· Listening to guest speakers.
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Spelling
· Learn and use words from lists of Integrated Unit words, core lists.
· Extension words for more able students.
· Revision of high frequency word list for students having difficulty.
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Handwriting
· Revision of print script for mapping and diagrams.
· Revision of entries, exits, joins, slopes and size of letters.
· Revision of spacing between words.
· Cursive script to be used for most writing.
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English -Assessment
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- Standardised reading test
- Reading comprehension test (fiction)
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Students historical texts will be assessed according to the following criteria:
- structuring of text
- targeting their intended audience
- using specialised vocabulary
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Students will orally present interview questions (video).
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Weekly spelling (pre-test, test).
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Ongoing, informal assessment of handwriting.
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Maths
Focus areas
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Number
· Factors and multiples
· Decimal fractions
· Equivalent fractions
· Problem solving
· Algorithms (focus on division and double-digit multiplication)
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Patterns and Algebra
· Revise function machines.
· Rules for order of operations (BOMDAS)
· Number patterns/sequences
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Measurement
· Introduce formula for area
· Units of measurement (mm, cm, m, km, ml, L, gm, kg)
· Timelines and timetables
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Chance and Data
· Language of chance & frequency tables
· Data collection
· Interpretation & use of pie graphs
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Space
· 3D shapes, including platonic solids.
· Lines and angles
· Sum of internal angles (triangles, squares)
· Mapping (scale, compass points and coordinates)
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Maths Assessment
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Tiered Maths Test: Decimals
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Tiered Maths Test: Patterns
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Tiered Maths Test: Area
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Tiered Maths Test: Pie Graphs
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Tiered Maths Test: Angles
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Science
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Science Assessment
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SOSE
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SOSE Assessment
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Technology
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Technology Assessment
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Primary Connections (It’s Electrifying – Energy and Change): Hands-on activities that explore the role of electrons in transferring energy in electric circuits.
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Electricity inquiry:
Formulate investigation questions
Construct circuit and test question
Observe, record and share results
Discuss materials that conduct electrical energy
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Historical Australian events:
- Macarthur’s wool
- White Australia Policy
- South Sea Islander labour trade (sugar cane industry)
- Federation
- Rum rebellion
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Knowledge: Students will answer cause and effect questions of key pre-federation events.
Process: Historical background research for writing historical fiction using retrieval charts.
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Students will use media techniques to process information to enhance the quality of digital presentation.
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Interview questions digitally recorded: Students will adopt role of historical figure or fictitious character and present pre-prepared responses.
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