Week 6 - Literacy
Hello parents and carers of Grade 4! In the classroom currently, we are learning about Geography. As an introduction to the topic of the links between Literacy and Geography we read a book called Australia: Illustrated by Tania McCartney. This book helps to familiarise students with the many terms and concepts going into this unit. The book discusses the many different types of landscapes we have within Australia such as deserts, bush-land and beaches. As a class, we then went on to discuss further the different landscapes we have in Tasmania and then narrowing it down to our local area. Adapted from "Mallee Bushland" by CSIRO, 1989. ( https://www.scienceimage.csiro.au/tag/tree/i/5911/mallee-bushland ). Copyright (1989) by Willem Van Aken. Students wrote a short reflective piece of their favourite landscape: this included why it was their favourite, if it had any special meaning to them and what made it important in relation to our ecosystem. ...