Year 3 Home Learning 14.1.22

Spellings:

Our spelling strategy this week is to use S.U.S:

Study the word.

Underling the difficult part.

Say the word carefully focusing on each syllable.

Our spelling this week are based around adding -ation to the end of a word. Remember the rule that if the verb ends in ‘e’ we must drop the ‘e’ before adding ‘ation’.

  1. limit - limitation

  2. sense - sensation

  3. adore - adoration

  4. prepare - preparation

  5. admire - admiration

  6. explore - exploration

  7. inform - information

  8. observe - observation

Ongoing Maths:

Please continue with the IXL strands: E1- E8 under addition one digit

During our Maths lessons it is clear that some children need extra work and practice with their number bonds to 10. Children should see that the pairs of numbers make 10 instantly and need consistent practice at this. Please could you practice these at home and can be done any time said out loud, maybe quick fire as you are travelling to and from school, while you are brushing your teeth, anywhere! There is also this great website which some children will be practicing on in the mornings- they even do an app for this game for tablets and phones:

Follow the link below, click on ‘number bonds’ and then ‘make 10’. children should be encouraged to stay on this game and try and beat their score against the clock every time.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

PE

During PE we have started our striking and fielding unit of work. We started our first lesson this week, focusing on the underarm throw. We need more practice to make sure that we are passing the ball effectively and accurately in to the persons hands. Please get outside (where the weather allows) and get throwing different size balls underarm, furthering the distance of these passes as they get more confident.

There is also many different games you can play to develop accuracy , control and power when throwing this way, why not try them:

  • Throwing balls in to different size containers

  • Throwing the ball against a target on the wall

  • put a ball on top of a bucket and try to knock it off with a smaller ball

  • rolled up socks are good to use if the weather is bad, throwing them in to different sized containers.

Have fun with it, make it in to a competition!

We need to remember the following points when throwing underarm:

  • stand in the direction of the throw

  • one foot in front of the other

  • bring arm straight back

  • swing arm forward and release the ball

  • fingers point at the target


Year 3 Home learning 7.1.22

Spellings:

Our spelling strategy this week is to look for smaller words inside the word you are learning to spell.

Our spellings this week will test your long term memory, they are all spellings you have already been given and include one of the spelling rules that we have covered last term:

  1. centre

  2. incomplete

  3. disappear

  4. impatient

  5. although

  6. hazardous

  7. suddenly

  8. mixture

Ongoing Maths

These IXL strands can be completed over the next few weeks and can be done as and when you want to complete each strand:

E1- E8 under addition one digit

Geography

On Purple Mash, following the 2Do that has been sent to you, imagine that you are on holiday in the Arctic and send a postcard back to our class describing what it is like there and what you have seen on your travels.

Year 3 - Home Learning 10.12.21

Spellings:

This week’s strategy is called ‘Pyramid words’. 

First, you need to draw a triangle.

Next, write the word a letter at a time inside the shape. This means the children repeat practicing the spelling, a letter at a time.

This week we are looking at words ending in - ture.

  1. nature

  2. creature

  3. picture

  4. capture

  5. adventure

  6. mixture

  7. future

  8. departure

Maths

Please have a go at Z.10 Parallel and perpendicular lines

RE

This week we have been gaining a greater understanding of the special prayer, the Hail Mary.

Please find your 2Do on Purple Mash. Similarly to our class discussion, I want you to choose two lines from the Hail Mary. Think about, and write what these lines mean. Draw illustrations to show the meaning of both these parts of the prayer

Year 3 Home Learning 3.12.21

Spellings:

This week’s strategy is called ‘Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check’. 

 

This is probably the most common strategy used to learn spellings. 

Look – First look at the whole word carefully and if there is one part of the word that is difficult, look at that part in more detail. 

Say – Say the word as you look at it, using different ways of pronouncing it if that will make it more memorable. 

Cover – Cover the word.

Write –Write the word from memory, saying the word as you do so. 

Check – Have you got it right? If yes, try writing it again and again! If not, start again – look, say, cover, write, check.

This week we are adding the suffix - ly.

  1. serious - seriously

  2. final - finally

  3. sudden - suddenly

  4. quick - quickly

  5. careful - carefully

  6. immediate - immediately

  7. horrible - horribly

  8. gentle - gently

Songs for Christmas:

The Angel Song:

Away in a Manger:


English:

This week we have learnt the whole of our ‘Manchester Ridge-back’ report. Here is the story map (excuse the drawings) … please could children practice and see if they can perform it for you, ready for our innovation next week. Particularly the final two paragraphs that have not been as practiced at the others.





Year 3 Home Learning 26.11.21

Spellings:

This week's strategy is called ‘Quick write’. The aim is to write the word as many times as possible in one minute. Your child may look at the word to begin with but should be encouraged to memorise it towards the end of the one minute or as soon as they feel confident. 

Even though children are writing quickly they should still be encouraged to present work to a high standard. 

If you would like to extend the homework you may want your child to think, say and write one or more sentences with one or more of the words in. 

 Our spelling focus this week is adding the suffix -ous. When adding this suffix we sometimes need to change the root word and sometimes the root word remains the same. Remember, “Is there a letter I need to swap? Is there a letter to double or drop?”

  1. dangerous

  2. poisonous

  3. hazardous

  4. nervous

  5. generous

  6. ridiculous

  7. tremendous

  8. venomous

Maths IXL:

Please complete B.6 - ‘Greatest and least word problems’

English:


This week we have started to look at main clauses and how these can be used as either a simple sentence or joined together using a coordinating conjunction. To help us remember the coordinating conjunctions, we use the term FANBOYS (please see below).

For your homework, see if you can spot any of these compound sentences when you are reading your books together and discuss where the main clauses are and the meaning of the conjunction within the sentence.

Then could you please have a go at the following strands on IXL:

IXL English- W.1. - ‘Use conjunctions’

Year 3 Home Learning 19.11.21

Spellings:

This week’s strategy is called ‘Rainbow Writing’ …

Write the word in a different colours several times. 

(Use sharp coloured pencil crayons rather than felt tips if you can)

Our spellings this week are from our Year 3 focus words:

  1. busy

  2. address

  3. breathe

  4. breath

  5. believe

  6. actually

  7. although

  8. answer

Maths IXL:

Please complete B.2 - ‘comparing numbers up to 1,000’

English:

This week we have started our exciting English topic based around dragons. We have been reading all about them and even met one that lives within our classroom, but what we want to know is… what image do you have in your head when you think of a dragon? Can you design, draw and describe your own dragon. You will find the following sheet in your homework books to help you.

Please can you draw, label and write a short description of your very own dragon.

Year 3 Home Learning 12.11.21

Spellings:

 This week’s strategy is Drawing around the word to show the shape.

Draw around the words making a clear distinction in size where there are ascenders and descenders. Children need to look carefully at the shape of the word and the letters in each box. Then try to write the word making sure that you get the same shape.  

This weeks spelling rule: Adding ‘im’ to root words beginning with m or p to make their opposites:

  1. polite

  2. impolite

  3. mobile

  4. immobile

  5. mature

  6. immature

  7. impatient

  8. impossible

I will be interested to find out how you found this strategy!

Maths IXL:

Please complete A.12 ‘counting forward’ and A.13 ‘counting patterns’

History:

This week you decide on which homework you want to complete, choosing one (or more if you are really a Bobby Bee) of the following ideas from below. We would love to see what you have done, whether this is through a photograph sent by email, in your books or if you have carried your work out on a piece of paper (we could even display this). We can’t wait to see what you choose to do …

Year 3 Home Learning 5.11.21

Spellings:

This week we are looking at adding the prefix ‘dis’ and ‘in’ at the start of words. Please talk about the means and how adding the prefix to the start of a word changes the meaning.

Here are this weeks spellings:

  1. like - dislike

  2. action - inaction

  3. obey - disobey

  4. visible - invisible

  5. appear - disappear

  6. capable - incapable

  7. approve - disapprove

  8. complete - incomplete

Please also remember to practise this half terms spellings. You will find these in the front of your homework book.

Maths IXL:

Please complete Z.7 and Z.8: angles; acute, obtuse or right angles.

Science:

This week we have started to look at the digestive system in humans. Please have a go at the To Do: ‘Digestive system’ on purple mash. Can you remember the name of each part of our body that is used?

RE:

This week we have been thinking about how we feel when somebody trusts us to do a job. All the children said that they felt special when they were given a job. Maybe this week you could think of a job that you could take ownership of at home. You could then use your homework book to reflect on how you felt carrying out the job throughout the week and how you made your family feel too.

This half term our new virtues are: Faith-filled and hopeful

Here is a prayer that we would really like for you to incorporate into your evening routines….

A Prayer for Faith Adrian Porter SJ
Father,
I pray today for your gift of faith:
Faith in myself,
because you created me with great love;
Faith in my family,
because in their care I grow day by day;
faith in my friends and community,
because each one is your daily gift to me;
faith in you,
because you are my Lord and my God.
Through Christ our Lord.

Amen


Year 3 Home Learning 15.10.21

For this homework you will have much longer to complete, as you will also have over half term. Homework will need to be handed in on Thursday 4th November. Please make sure you keep all of your learning ticking over throughout the holidays. Keep up with the reading, as you are all doing so well and make sure you are going on TT Rockstars!

Reading

You are doing so well with your reading, keep reading and quizzing over the holidays- will you reach your target?

Spelling

This week we are looking at adding the suffix ‘ing’ to the end of words. Some words don’t need to change before adding ‘ing’ but some do.

If a verb ends in a short vowel sound (a, e, i, o, u) plus a consonant. We have to double the consonant before adding ‘ing’

“double the consonant before adding ‘ing’”

Here are this weeks spellings:

  1. put - putting

  2. stop - stopping

  3. jog - jogging

  4. step - stepping

  5. chat - chatting

  6. begin - beginning

  7. slip - slipping

  8. shop - shopping

Please also remember to practise this half terms spellings. You will find these in the front of your homework book.

Maths:

Please complete the IXL strands A8- Number Lines up to 100 and A11- Number Line up to 1000.

Keep going with your TT Rockstars!

History:

Before half term we will have looked at Stonehenge and thoughts about when and why this was built during the Stone Age. You may want to complete this piece once we have looked in to it further next week. Please complete the Purple Mash information sheet on the ‘stone circles’, writing about what they are, when they were built and why you think it was built. Would be great to get these up on display once we are back in school. You may want to use the following websites to help you:

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/general-history/stonehenge-facts/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z82hsbk/articles/zg8q2hv

Can you also have a go at the quiz on the Stone Age- it is a little tricky so do not worry if you make mistakes it is all part of the process. We will be discussing the answers and doing a little memory game on the questions when we get back to school.

Year 3 Home Learning 8.10.21

Spellings:

This week we are looking at adding the suffix ‘ed’ to the end of words.

“Swap the ‘y’ for an ‘i’ before adding ‘ed’”

Here are this weeks spellings:

  1. try - tried

  2. reply - replied

  3. copy - copied

  4. study - studied

  5. hurry - hurried

  6. fry - fried

  7. scurry - scurried

  8. multiply - multiplied

Please also remember to practise this half terms spellings. You will find these in the front of your homework book.

Maths:

Please complete Z.2 - Selecting the shape_

RE:

This week we have looked at the first sacrament we make as Christians, Baptism. I would really like it if the children could; bring in a photograph, write a special memory or draw a picture of their baptisms to share with the class on THURSDAY.

Science:

This week we have started to look at teeth. We have learnt that we have 4 different types of teeth: Incisors, canines, premolars and molars.

On purple mash I have set you a To do, please add the 4 different types of teeth that we have looked at (leave the last two boxes blank) and write the function of that type of tooth. A few of you may have already completed this as remote learning, for you this is optional, although, if you would like to complete it again, this time focusing on just the focus of the 4 types of teeth listed above, you will find the ‘to do’ set.

Optional History:

Some of you were interested in having a go at the hunter gatherer’s diary we discussed in our lessons. If you would like to have a go, please do and I will have a look at it, and maybe even share some of them in class. If you are interested, then a 2Do has been set up for you on Purple Mash, if not, then please ignore the 2do!

Year 3 Home Learning 1.10.21

Spellings:

This week we are looking at the spelling focus: the ‘kn’ and ‘gn’ spelling for the sound ‘n’.

Here are this weeks spellings:

  1. knock

  2. knight

  3. knees

  4. know

  5. knew

  6. kneel

  7. knuckle

  8. knife

Can you spot any homophones? Write both these words and their meanings in your homework books.

Maths:

We have been thinking about angles, and this week we have looked at right angles. Please find your to do on purple mash called, ‘Professor angle - right angles’.

Please also complete Z.1 on IXL (remember to go into Year 3 work)

RE:

To prepare us for our learning next week we would like you to think about our church. In your homework books you will find a picture of Our Lady’s church, please think about:

How do you behave in church? Why do you go to church? How does it feel being in church?

Around the picture please write your thoughts to these questions.

Year 3 Home Learning 24.09.21

English

  1. Next week we are starting to plan our own fables. Please can the children choose two animals that are totally different like ‘the tortoise and the Hare’ or my example of ‘cheetah and the elephant’ and create a fact file on Purple Mash for them. Please do not choose the same animals as these- let’s be creative! I have set a 2Do for this, so just click on it and you will see the first page is modelled for you to copy the structure. Can this please be handed in ready for our lesson on Wednesday?

  2. This week we have started to look at adverbs, focusing on how they can describe how we move. Please have a go at the ’ Adverbs quiz’ under your 2Do’s in Purple Mash. Watch this fun song that we will be looking in class first to help you … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enZr3N0bRgE&t=2s

Spellings of the week …

Don’t forget to keep practising your half termly spellings, there is only 4 weeks left!

This week our spelling focus has been that often when words start with w, wh and qu followed by an ‘a’ - the ‘a’ makes an ‘o’ sound. We have learnt the rhyme: “Spell ‘o’ with an ‘a’ after ‘w’ as in wash. Spell ‘o’ with an ‘a’ after ‘qu’ as in squash.

Our spellings this week are:

  1. was

  2. what

  3. want

  4. watch

  5. wander

  6. wallet

  7. quality

  8. quarrel

Maths

Please complete the IXL strands A6 Skip-Counting Sequences and A9 Counting Patterns

Year 3 Home Learning 17.09.21

Home learning is set every Friday and is to be completed by the following Thursday - apart from this week!

Thank you for all of your wonderfully decorated books!

English

  1. Please listen to the fable ‘The Hare on the Tortoise’ on the BBC website and discuss with an adult at home what you think the moral of the fable is. Can you write it in your homework books please.

  2. Please complete IXL Year 3 English strand O1 ‘Use the correct Article’ (determiners).

READ, READ, READ

Children are doing really well with their reading, please keep reading at home and encourage them to read every night.

Spellings of the week …

This week our spelling focus has been adding the suffix - ly. We have found that with most words we don’t need to double, drop or swap any letters. However words that end with ‘y’ are different and we need to change the ‘y’ to ‘i’ before adding ‘ly’.

Please practise these spelling ready for our spelling quiz next Friday:

  1. quick - quickly

  2. glad - gladly

  3. quiet - quietly

  4. brave - bravely

  5. speedy - speedily

  6. happy - happily

Maths

Please go to purple Mash where is a 2Do to complete ‘Place Value in 3 digit numbers’.

Year 3 Home Learning 10.09.21

Welcome to the Year Three Weekly Home Learning Page.

On this page you will find details of learning for your child to complete as independently as possible or with a little bit of help at home , to consolidate the learning they have done in class. Home Learning will be a combination of online and in their home learning books, depending on the nature of the learning I would like them to practise.

Home learning is set every Friday and is to be completed by the following Thursday - apart from this week!

Please decorate your Home Learning Books…

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Please could you decorate your books that show your interests and likes. As these books are to be taken to and from school all year, we kindly ask that you cover them in a material that will keep them strong. Children have used sticky back plastic or wrapping paper, to do this in the past.

Class Councilor (optional)

Do you want to be our councilor this year? Have you never done it before? Is this your year?

Prepare a short speech and maybe poster to the class ready for next Tuesday. You can be as creative as you want. Why should we vote for you to be our next councilor?

READ, READ, READ

Now that we have got our reading books in place, please could the children make sure that they read every night. Although they are now in the juniors and we encourage them to read independently, they should also read alongside an adult every day where possible. This may also include, you sharing a book together, where they are listening to an adult reading to them. At this point, they are learning HOW stories should be read, how punctuation helps to show us how a story should be ready and how to develop their fluency and expression. Modelling reading stories is a crucial part to their learning journey.

With their reading books children will also have received their own bookmark with all of their passwords for IXL, Purple Mash and other tools we use for their home learning. Like with their book, please make sure it comes to and from school everyday, as they will need their books for class reading.

Spellings

Spellings of the half term …

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At the front of the children’s Home Learning books you will find a table of spellings that children across Year 3 and 4 use frequently within their writing, therefore are encouraged to practise and learn to spell. Every half term we will take a column to focus on in class, where we have them on display, we will practise them in our handwriting lessons and we will use them within our writing as much as possible. At the end of the half term, we will quiz the children on the spellings to see which ones we have mastered and which need a little more practice. It would be great if at home you could also play about and practise these spellings over the coming weeks to better reinforce. You will find some ideas below of how you can practise these at home and the first column of spellings.

Spellings of the week …

Children will have spellings sessions every week and to help reinforce the spelling rules, they will also be given 6 spellings to practise at home. This week our rule is “drop the ‘e’ before adding the ‘y’” Therefore this weeks spellings :

1. shine

2. wave

3. breeze

4. simple

5. craze

6. curve

Please practise spelling these words with the suffix ‘y’ ready for our spelling quiz next week. Don’t forget the spelling rule!

These spellings will all have the same spelling rules, so be great if you could discuss this rule and maybe even collect others words that have the same sounds or rule. Again, the ideas below will help you keep their learning fun and engaging. Be great if you could send pictures also, if you have any new and exciting ways of learning their spellings!