Great Wood Home Learning Recommendations

Year 3 April 27th – May 1st 2020

Hello again 3H and 3HR – Here is your new set of learning recommendations for the coming week. We hope you are continuing to stay safe and

we can see that you have been really busy this week with loads of different activities. Thank you to all those who have emailed us their work - it

really brightens our day to see what you have been doing and we unfortunately don’t have space to mention you all! Thank you to Leyton, Oliver,

Connie and Lucas in 3HR for your fantastic vocabulary work. We particularly enjoyed reading the Twits top trump cards you made. Thank you

also to Ava and Amelia in 3HR for your brilliant drawings and descriptive language you used to describe Mr and Mrs Twit. In 3H, thank you to

Charlotte, Georgia and Callum for your lovely vocab work. Well done Jessica V and Oliver S for sending in some terrific writing on the Twits.

We have been so impressed with the work that has been going on in science. You are all becoming terrific young scientists, especially Jacob F in

3HR who made some excellent observations on shadows and Layton K and Amy R in 3H who created incredibly realistic shadow puppets and

silhouettes.

Just a little reminder for 3HR - please email your work to 3rh@greatwood.lancs.sch.uk. Please note, this is for 3HR only. If you are in Mr

Hudson’s class, please send work to stephen.hudson@greatwood.lancs.sch.uk. Thank you.

Below is a suggested timetable for your home learning this week. Don’t worry if you don’t stick to it or don’t get everything done; they are just

recommendations for things you could do. Look at your daily pages below for more details about the activities each day.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

English Dr Seuss – Green Eggs and ham Rhyming words

Sentence work Vocabulary Instructions – Write a recipe

Persuasive writing

Maths IXL Addition skills & Number of the Week

IXL Addition Skills Problem solving involving addition

Sum Sense game Problem solving involving addition

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling

Verbs and regular past tense verbs

Verbs and regular past tense verbs

Irregular past tense verbs

Irregular past tense

verbs

Past, present and future tense verbs

Science/Topic Light – Shadows experiment

Art – Shadow sculpture

Light – UV light Music French – song

PE

Maths – This week’s congratulations go to Alfie L, Callum and Amy (3H) and Gabby, George Ho and Amelia (3HR) for being the most active

pupils from each class on TT Rockstars during the past week and also a huge well done to our current Studio Speed class leaders on their

second week at the top – Archie (3H) and George Ho (3HR). There are lots of children hot on their tails so keep practising those times tables and

try setting a new personal Studio Speed record this week. A few minutes of tables practice each day is really useful and this can be done in

many different ways - check your home learning pack for some other ideas.

Our focus for Maths this week is Addition. Each day we will have a suggested activity or activities on IXL and may have an additional activity

linked to addition. Think about the different addition strategies we have learnt in school and decide which strategy might work best for the

calculation, activity or problem you are doing. Remember our Great Wood Maths Mantra and, for each question, ask yourself:

1) Do I know the answer?

2) Can I work it out in my head?

3) Do I need to do a jotting?

4) Do I need to use a written method?

Remember to start at 1) and work down to find the most appropriate way to solve the calculation. Can you spot any patterns or links that might

help you, e.g. number bonds or related facts? What kind of jotting or written method will you use? Does the answer match the problem?

On your IXL homepage, you may have noticed a ‘Diagnostic’ tab at the top as well as a

‘Recommendations’ section when you first log in (this is different from the ‘skills suggested by your

teachers’ link). We will be starting to use these sections more over the coming weeks, so you could

start to explore these areas of IXL this week by answering a few of the questions and ‘stepping into

the arena’! Please see the attached information sheet for a guide on how to use them.

English – This week is all about eggs! Eggs-plore some stories, recipes, songs and poems. We think you will really enjoy this week's work and

we are egg-cited to see what you create!

Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling – Our focus is on verbs this week. Remember, verbs are actions or “doing” words. Your Top Tip this

week is to read the sentence out loud to identify the verb.

Each day there will be suggested activities on IXL. We also recommend that you continue to look at the Year 3 spelling list we sent home in the

learning packs and continue to practise these at home using the suggested strategies.

Science – We are continuing our work on light this week. We have been very impressed by your light posters and all the information you have

found.

Music – This week’s music lesson is based around journeys and the song ‘The Little Train of Caipira’. Visit the BBC Ten Pieces website for more

details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/watch-this-do-this-weekly-activities/zjy3382

Ukulele Club - If you are in Ukulele club, visit https://www.greatwood.lancs.sch.uk/ukulele-club/ for your log in details to Charanga Music World.

This will provide you with some songs to practice and is the same website we used when we were in school.

Please don’t log in as anyone else and get in touch if you need help.

Get in touch

This week, we would really like to see everyone send a picture of their recipe and even better if you make it! You can also send us pictures or

information about anything else you have been working on too if you like. Ask your parents to help or do it by yourself. Remember, for 3HR,

please send your email to 3rh@greatwood.lancs.sch.uk. This is only for 3HR. Anyone in Mr Hudson’s class should send work to

stephen.hudson@greatwood.lancs.sch.uk.

Great Wood is providing you with options and choices to promote learning but does not wish to put undue pressure on children and families at this time. What is

recommended will consolidate areas that the children have already covered and when we return to school teachers will make sure all gaps in learning are filled. Please

contact your child’s teacher by email if you have questions.

Dojo Points and Star of the Week

We will be using ClassDojo to award Dojo points to celebrate success in your home learning. You can earn Dojo points for a variety of things,

such as accessing IXL and TT Rockstars, reading, sending examples of work to us, or emailing to tell us what you’ve been doing. You can also

earn extra points depending on how much you do on IXL and TT Rockstars. We will also be awarding a ‘Star of the Week’ from each class with 5

Dojo points each week.

Congratulations to our Stars of the Week this week!

Gabby (3HR) has been working really hard this week and sent us some fabulous

pictures of his work, including stories, grammar work and some amazing sewing.

Sofia T (3H) Has been super creative this week and sent us pictures of tie-dye

clothes, her rock bag and some brilliant hand-writing information leaflets about

whales and the musical ‘Cats’.

Here are the Dojo points awarded this week to the children in 3HR and 3H. 3HR collected 209 points and 3H collected 178 points. Let’s see

which class can collect the most next week!

3HR: 3H:

Day English SPaG Maths Science Other M

on

Listen to, and enjoy, this story together: Dr Seuss Green Eggs and Ham https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KRkR8HaR9c Another version of the story is available here. Read along together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItPdeUnu5UI Discuss what happened and what you liked about the story together. These are some of the rhyming words in the story: Sam ham here there anywhere house mouse box fox car are see tree While watching the story, write down the rhyming words which you hear. Write sentences using some of the rhyming words found in the story. Use the sentences heard in the clip to help them create their own, e.g. I do not like a house or a mouse. I would not like green eggs and ham in a box or with a fox. Check the sentences together for spelling and punctuation.

Verbs: Log in to your IXL account at https://uk.ixl.com/signin/greatwood . Go to the ’Recommendations’ page and click on the ‘Skills suggested by your teacher’ link.

Warm up by completing the task:

N.1 “use action verbs”.

Now move onto:

N.7 - Which sentence is in the

regular past tense?

N.8 - Identify verbs in the regular

past tense

These are past tense verb

activities.

Top Tip: Remember, past tense

means something that has

already happened.

Regular past tense verbs end in

“ed”. E.g. danced.

Access the Number of the Week document at http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/primarymaths/download/file/Number%20of%20the%20Week%20Y3%20Wk1.pdf NB: You will need to copy and paste this link to your browser. Have a go at answering the questions around this week’s number. You could do them all today or just do a few each day over the week. Answers can be found at http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/primarymaths/download/file/Number%20of%20the%20Week%20Y3%20Wk1%20Answers.pdf

NB: You will need to copy and paste this link to your browser.

Log in to your IXL account at https://uk.ixl.com/signin/greatwood . Go to the ’Recommendations’ page and click on the ‘Skills suggested by your teacher’ link. Have a go at the activities that have been set for you today relating to addition. Try and get your ‘SmartScore’ as high as possible for each activity. Can you get to 80, or even reach 100 and earn your Gold medal?

Top Tip

Begin this experiment in the

morning so you can observe the

shadows throughout the day.

Shadow drawings experiment

Choose some small toys, go

outside and place them on a

sheet on paper. Using a pencil

or felt tip draw around the

outline of the shadow on the

paper. Why are the toys

creating a shadow? (they are

blocking the light)

Throughout the day put the

toys back and observe the

shadows. Do the shadows stay

the same? How do they

change? Are the shadows

larger, the same size or smaller

than the toys? When you rotate

the toys, what happens to the

shadows?

Write a paragraph about what

you have found out. You could

write this on the same page as

your shadow drawings to make

a poster.

Tues

Watch this song about eggs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyKOsBmYSt8 Discuss together which type of eggs you like to eat? Write a few sentences about each type of egg and say why you like/don’t like them, e.g. I adore scrambled eggs because… I don’t like fried eggs because… I love boiled eggs because ... I’m not keen on poached eggs because… Check each sentence for spelling and punctuation together. Watch the clip of Matilda making pancakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0ab3213sYY Write sentences around what you like to eat on your pancakes e.g. syrup, lemon, sugar, orange etc. Check each sentence for spelling and punctuation together. You could make some pancakes

or eggs for lunch after this with

supervision!

Log in to your IXL account at https://uk.ixl.com/signin/greatwood . Go to the ’Recommendations’ page and click on the ‘Skills suggested by your teacher’ link.

Warm up by completing the task:

N.2 “Identify action verbs”.

Now complete

N.9 “Form and use regular past tense verbs”.

Top Tip: Regular past tense verbs end in ‘ed’. Rule 1: Just add ‘ed’ (play -> played) Rule 2: If a verb ends in e, Take it off and add ‘ed’ (dance -> danced) Rule 3: If a verb ends in a short bouncy vowel and one consonant, the double the consonant and add ‘ed’. (e.g. trip -> tripped) Rule 4: if a verb has more than one syllable and ends in a y, change the y to an i and add ‘ed’. (marry -> married)

Extra Activity Can you think of examples of verbs for each rule? Write them down.

Log in to your IXL account at https://uk.ixl.com/signin/greatwood . Go to the ’Recommendations’ page and click on the ‘Skills suggested by your teacher’ link. Have a go at the activities that have been set for you today relating to addition. Try and get your ‘SmartScore’ as high as possible for each activity. Can you get to 80, or even reach 100 and earn your Gold medal?

Art – Make a shadow sculpture

Using tin foil make a man or an object. Stick it onto the end of a piece of paper. Using a black felt tip, black paint or black card make a shadow of the object. Think about your experiment from yesterday, this will help you. Please email us your shadow sculptures, we are eager to see what you have created.

Wed

Listen to, and enjoy, this story together: The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/english-ks1--ks2-aesops-fables-the-goose-that-laid-the-golden-eggs/zf94382

Look at the written version of the story http://teach.files.bbci.co.uk/schoolradio/24_goose_golden_eggs.pdf Spot the vocabulary below in the story. – acorns – bale – prosperous – possessions – glorious – horror – plenty (Alternatively, if you have a printer, print off the story and highlight the vocabulary above in the story). Now try and find some more interesting vocabulary in the text and highlight/write it down. Discuss the meaning of these words using the context of the story to help. Top Tip: Encourage them to read the word in the sentence to decipher the meaning. Write some sentences for the new words which you have found in the story. Check the sentences together for spelling and punctuation.

Log in to your IXL account at https://uk.ixl.com/signin/greatwood . Go to the ’Recommendations’ page and click on the ‘Skills suggested by your teacher’ link. These are irregular past tense

verb activities.

N.11 Identify the irregular past

tense verb 1

N.13 Form and use the irregular

past tense verb: set 1

N.14 Form and use the irregular

past tense verb: set 2

Top Tip: Remember irregular past tense verbs don’t end in ‘ed’. e.g. I like to draw pictures I drew a picture. Say them out loud to check they sound right. Extra Activity Why not try and write some sentences with using some irregular verbs? Remember your punctuation and spelling.

Log in to your IXL account at https://uk.ixl.com/signin/greatwood . Go to the ’Recommendations’ page and click on the ‘Skills suggested by your teacher’ link. Have a go at the activity that has been set for you today relating to addition. Try and get your ‘SmartScore’ as high as possible for each activity. Can you get to 80, or even reach 100 and earn your Gold medal? Go to https://nrich.maths.org/91 and access the Maze 100 activity. Read the ‘Problem’ page and use your addition skills to help you work through it. You can click on the ‘Getting Started’ link to help with ideas of how to begin solving the problem and then click the ‘Solution’ link to find out how you did. These are both found in the top left corner of the page.

NB: There is a printable sheet with copies of the maze on which can be used to support and record when solving the problem. This is found on the ‘Getting Started’ page.

Go through the PowerPoint on sun safety. We can see in many windows around school you have drawn some fantastic rainbows. We would like to draw another rainbow using felt tips or coloured card. Cover a section of the rainbow with black card (this could be a cereal box). Don’t glue it as it is to be removed later, you could use blue tac or staples. Stick your poster in the window which gets the most light. After a week or so remove the card from a section of your rainbow. What has happened to the colour of your rainbow? What has happened to the colour which has been covered? Can you see the effects of UV light?

Thu

rs Explore this website together.

Find new Information https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/food-facts Read the recipes below together. They all include Eggs! https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/scrambled-eggs-on-mushrooms-with-grilled-peppers https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/potato-and-poached-egg-hash https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/flippin-tasty-tomato-pancakes https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes/pancakes-with-caramelised-apples Design your own recipe using eggs, with ingredients you have at home. Write your new recipe. Check each sentence for spelling and punctuation together. You could make some lunch with one of the recipes. Please email us some pictures of your meal!

Log in to your IXL account at https://uk.ixl.com/signin/greatwood . Go to the ’Recommendations’ page and click on the ‘Skills suggested by your teacher’ link. Like yesterday, these are

irregular past tense verb

activities.

N.12 Identify the irregular past

tense verb II

N.15 Form and use the irregular

past tense verb: set 3

N.16 Form and use the irregular

past tense verb: set 4

Extra Activity Why not write a little comic strip with some regular and irregular past tense verbs in the captions?

Log in to your IXL account at https://uk.ixl.com/signin/greatwood . Go to the ’Recommendations’ page and click on the ‘Skills suggested by your teacher’ link. Have a go at the activity that has been set for you today relating to addition. Try and get your ‘SmartScore’ as high as possible for each activity. Can you get to 80, or even reach 100 and earn your Gold medal? Go to https://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/sumsense/sumadd.html and have a go at playing the Sum Sense addition game.

Place the digit cards in the correct place so that the number sentence is correct. Remember the cards are digits, not numbers. You will need 2 cards for a two-digit number (one in the 10s column and one in the 1s column), e.g. 1 and 5 for 15

Begin by trying to complete 10 questions in 5 minutes. When you can do this, challenge yourself by either increasing the amount of questions or decreasing the amount of time.

This week’s music lesson is based around journeys. It revolves around the song The Little Train of the Caipira; a piece of music written by Heitor Villa Lobos and a poem by Simon Mole. Listen to the music and the poem on the clip below: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/watch-this-do-this-weekly-activities/zjy3382

Why not have a go at writing your own poem inspired by the music?

You might want to have a try at uploading it to the Ten Pieces uploader. Get in touch with your teacher if you have any difficulty doing this and we can help.

Fri Watch and enjoy how giant

chocolate eggs are made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_FlGH1hv8Y Now make a list of all the chocolate eggs you have eaten or know about. Which is your favourite? Say why and write reasons, e.g. My favourite chocolate egg is… because… Another egg I like is… because… My least favourite chocolate egg is…because… Create a chocolate egg and make a poster persuading people to buy your egg! Top Tip: Remember your persuasive writing you did for the ‘Bic-four colour pen’ Everybody knows... It’s true... As you can see... Undoubtedly... Check each sentence for spelling and punctuation

together.

Email us your posters to see if

we are persuaded to buy your

new eggs-iting product!

Log in to your IXL account at https://uk.ixl.com/signin/greatwood . Go to the ’Recommendations’ page and click on the ‘Skills suggested by your teacher’ link. Today’s activities are all about the past, present and future tenses. Top Tip: Past – something that has already happened Present – Something that is happening right now Future- Something that is going to happen but hasn’t happened yet Watch this video to help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2Nf5xuC8PE Now have a go at the activities: N.18 - Match the ‘ed’ and ‘ing’ sentences to the pictures N.23 - Place sentences with irregular verbs on a timeline N.24 - Is the sentence in the past, present or future tense? Extra Activity You could write a to do list or diary with three sections: Yesterday, Now, Tomorrow. Write a list of things you have done, are doing now, or will do. Why not spice it up by adding a couple of fantastical, fabulous fibs in there?

Log in to your IXL account at https://uk.ixl.com/signin/greatwood . Go to the ’Recommendations’ page and click on the ‘Skills suggested by your teacher’ link. Have a go at the activity that has been set for you today relating to addition. Try and get your ‘SmartScore’ as high as possible for each activity. Can you get to 80, or even reach 100 and earn your Gold medal? Go to https://nrich.maths.org/7506 and access the Fifteen Cards activity. Read the ‘Problem’ page and use your addition skills to help you work through it. You can click on the ‘Getting Started’ link to help with ideas of how to begin solving the problem and then click the ‘Solution’ link to find out how you did. These are both found in the top left corner of the page.

NB: There is a printable sheet with a set of cards numbered 1-15 which can be used to support when solving the problem. This is found on the ‘Getting Started’ page. You could also make your own set.

French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUoICMTrRLw&feature=youtu.be You will recognise this video from your French lessons. Can you perform this to someone in your house? PE If you have a garden or a safe place to run, you could try doing the daily run like we do at school. Run continuously for 15 minutes at a steady pace. Art As our English work this week has been based around eggs. Why not have a go at creating something out of an egg box. Remember our recycling project in school, when we made sea animal from egg boxes?