Year 3 Magazine - "What's Buzzing?" (Issue 1) Task Cards

  Australian Curriculum alignment

• ACELA1481

  Understand that a clause is a unit of grammar usually containing a subject and a verb and that these need to be in agreementElaborationsknowing that a clause is basically a group of words that contains a verb (Skills: Literacy, Critical and Creative ...

  In EnglishYear 3LanguageExpressing and developing ideas
• ACELT1594

  Discuss texts in which characters, events and settings are portrayed in different ways, and speculate on the authors’ reasonsElaborationsreading texts in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children/young people are the central character...

  In EnglishYear 3LiteratureLiterature and context
• ACELT1596

  Draw connections between personal experiences and the worlds of texts, and share responses with othersElaborationsdiscussing relevant prior knowledge and past experiences to make meaningful connections to the people, places, events, issues and ideas ...

  In EnglishYear 3LiteratureResponding to literature
• ACELT1599

  Discuss how language is used to describe the settings in texts, and explore how the settings shape the events and influence the mood of the narrativeElaborationsidentifying and discussing the use of descriptive adjectives (‘in the middle of a va...

  In EnglishYear 3LiteratureExamining literature
• ACELT1601

  Create imaginative texts based on characters, settings and events from students’ own and other cultures using visual features, for example perspective, distance and angleElaborationsdrawing on literary texts read, viewed and listened to for insp...

  In EnglishYear 3LiteratureCreating literature
• ACELY1675

  Identify the point of view in a text and suggest alternative points of viewElaborationsdiscussing how a text presents the point of view of the main character, and speculating on what other characters might think or feel (Skills: Literacy, Critical an...

  In EnglishYear 3LiteracyTexts in context
• ACELY1676

  Listen to and contribute to conversations and discussions to share information and ideas and negotiate in collaborative situationsElaborationsparticipating in collaborative discussions, building on and connecting ideas and opinions expressed by other...

  In EnglishYear 3LiteracyInteracting with others
• ACPPS036

  Identify and practise strategies to promote health, safety and wellbeing

  In Health and Physical EducationYears 3 and 4Personal, Social and Community HealthBeing healthy, safe and active
• ACELA1482

  Understand that verbs represent different processes, for example doing, thinking, saying, and relating and that these processes are anchored in time through tenseElaborationsidentifying different types of verbs and the way they add meaning to a ...

  In EnglishYear 3LanguageExpressing and developing ideas
• ACELT1600

  Discuss the nature and effects of some language devices used to enhance meaning and shape the reader’s reaction, including rhythm and onomatopoeia in poetry and proseElaborationsidentifying the effect of imagery in texts, for example the use of ...

  In EnglishYear 3LiteratureExamining literature
• ACELY1679

  Read an increasing range of different types of texts by combining contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge, using text processing strategies, for example monitoring, predicting, confirming, rereading, reading on and self-correctingElabo...

  In EnglishYear 3LiteracyInterpreting, analysing, evaluating
• ACPPS035

  Describe and apply strategies that can be used in situations that make them feel uncomfortable or unsafe

  In Health and Physical EducationYears 3 and 4Personal, Social and Community HealthBeing healthy, safe and active
• ACELA1483

  Identify the effect on audiences of techniques, for example shot size, vertical camera angle and layout in picture books, advertisements and film segmentsElaborationsnoting how the relationship between characters can be depicted in illustrations thro...

  In EnglishYear 3LanguageExpressing and developing ideas
• ACPPS040

  Describe strategies to make the classroom and playground healthy, safe and active spaces

  In Health and Physical EducationYears 3 and 4Personal, Social and Community HealthContributing to healthy and active communities
• ACPPS037

  Describe how respect, empathy and valuing diversity can positively influence relationships

  In Health and Physical EducationYears 3 and 4Personal, Social and Community HealthCommunicating and interacting for health and wellbeing
• ACELA1484

  Learn extended and technical vocabulary and ways of expressing opinion including modal verbs and adverbsElaborationsexploring examples of language which demonstrate a range of feelings and positions, and building a vocabulary to express judgments abo...

  In EnglishYear 3LanguageExpressing and developing ideas