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Year 3 Home Learning Week beginning 22nd February

Hello Year 3, I hope you have all had a lovely half term last week and you are feeling refreshed! Our class Zoom meeting this week will be on Thursday 25th February at 1.30pm. I will send out the Zoom links to you all on Tuesday. Please work through the tasks below using the resources in the packs or on Seesaw, you can also access the links and extra learning activities on Seesaw. If you decide to do the paper copy of the work then it is essential that you take a photo and send it to me on Seesaw. Take care and keep smiling,

Mrs Pullen 😊

W5 Reading English Maths Topic Mon Read the

guided reading text in your pack for Week 1 (Castle Facts or Types of Rocks). Underline new/unfamiliar vocabulary and use a dictionary or word hippo to find out what they mean.

Complete spelling task 1 in your pack. L.O. To read 2 chapters

of Fantastic Mr Fox and

discuss the characters.

Read chapter 1 and

chapter 2 of Fantastic Mr

Fox (see pack) and

underline any adjectives

that describe any of the

characters.

Label the set of character

images provided using

word and phrases used by

Roald Dahl.

TT Rockstars L.O. To make a tally chart. Watch the video (Seesaw or click the link below) and complete the worksheet on Seesaw/in your pack. Spr2.5.2 - Make Tally Charts on Vimeo

P.E. – Complete Kidz Bop dance routines. Invite your family to join in with you. This is healthy exercise for your body and mind. Remember we have to do all we can to take care of our body and mind. Take a picture and send it to me on Seesaw. 34 Minutes of KIDZ BOP Dance Along Videos - YouTube

Tue Reread through the text. Complete the Retrieval Focus questions about the text. These are in the ‘add response’ section on today’s Seesaw lesson.

Complete spelling task 2 in your pack. L.O. To revise and practise past tense and present perfect form. Read the learning reminder about verbs – present perfect form. Read chapter 16 and find some past tense verbs

TT Rockstars L.O. To draw pictograms. Watch the video (Seesaw or click the link below) and complete the worksheet on Seesaw/in your pack.

French – To learn how to name some animals in French. Practise the song below and learn how to say some animals in French. Learn french animals song - basic words in French - Lion & tigers & Jingle Jeff - YouTube

(hint – look for doing words with –ed endings). Practise changing them into the present perfect form by adding has or have. Complete the present perfect forms activities. Start with activity one, challenge yourself to see if you can do all three! (find these in your pack or on Seesaw).

Spr3.5.5 - Draw pictograms on Vimeo

Spr2.5.3 - Draw Pictograms (1-1) activity on Vimeo

Wed Reread through the text. Complete Viper questions. These are in the ‘add response’ section on today’s Seesaw lesson.

Complete spelling task 3 in your pack. L.O. To plan a story using a story curve and plan own story in the same style. Read the summary of events for the story. Look at the story curve for Fantastic Mr Fox. Use these prompts to support your story writing of a story similar to Fantastic Mr Fox based on an animal family and their enemies.

TT Rockstars L.O. To interpret pictograms. Watch the video (Seesaw or click the link below) and complete the worksheet on Seesaw/in your pack. Spr3.6.1 - Interpret pictograms on Vimeo

Spr2.5.5 Interpret pictograms (1-1) on Vimeo

Science – What are forces?

Use the links below to investigate the question ‘what are forces?’

Draw and label things that can be pushed and pulled on the forces sheet attached. What is a force? - BBC Bitesize What are the different forces? - BBC Bitesize

Thu Reread through the text. Select an activity from the attached Year 3 reading tasks.

Complete spelling task 4 in your pack. L.O. To revise and use prepositions and understand how these help us to answer questions about when, where and how. Read through the learning reminder for prepositions. Complete the Purple is Best extracts and complete the tasks on prepositions.

TT Rockstars L.O. To draw pictograms/To interpret pictograms Watch the video (Seesaw or click the link below) and complete the worksheet on Seesaw/in your pack. Spr2.6.2 - Draw Pictograms (2, 5 & 10) on Vimeo

Science – To look for forces in my local environment. Click on the link below and watch the video about forces on an adventure playground. Have a walk to a park and take photos/videos of different forces you can see and use on the park. Forces in the playground - KS1 Science - BBC Bitesize

Fri Enjoy some of the books on Bugclub.

Complete spelling task 5 in your pack. L.O. To understand how prepositions can be

TT Rockstars L.O. To read bar charts/To interpret pictograms.

Geography - What are volcanoes and what happens when they erupt?

Don’t forget to answer the comprehension questions when you see a ’bug’ on the page.

used and create a set of sequenced instructions. Read through yesterday’s learning reminders for prepositions. Look at the two pages of Cabbage Cards. Together they make up a set of instructions for making cabbage dye but the main sentences and prepositions have become separated and muddled. Cut out the cards and match the main sentences with the correct prepositional phrases. Order the instructions correctly and stick them on a piece of paper.

Watch the video (Seesaw or click the link below) and complete the worksheet on Seesaw/in your pack. Spr3.6.3 - Bar charts on Vimeo

Click on the link below and investigate volcanoes and find out what happens when they erupt. Write/draw a fact file about volcanoes. Remember to include headings, subheadings, key information and fascinating facts. Volcanoes: Disasters explained | ShelterBox

Reading Review Choose your favourite text from the week and write a review about it. What did you like? What did you dislike? How many stars (out of 5) does the text get?

Character profile Draw a character from the text and write about their appearance and their personality. Use your inference skills- what do you know about them through their actions and words?

Short summary Can you summarise the text in 100 words or less?

Make a setting Think about the setting of the text and see if you can create it. Use junk modelling, playdough, lego or paper.

Make a prediction What will happen next? Write your prediction.

Interview questions Write 5 questions you would like to ask a character from the story.

Design a front cover What do you think the front cover of the book should look like? Draw an eye catching title and design.

Write a diary Imagine you are a character in the text and write about what happened from your point of view.

Language spotter Choose some of the great words from the text and write a sentence of your own using them.

Create a character Choose a character and get crafty. Can you make the character from junk modelling, playdough, lego or paper.

Acrostic poem Write an acrostic poem about something from the text. Twisting high towards the sky Roots embedded in the ground Eerie sounds as the wind blows Every branch tells a story.

Write a play Imagine the story was a play and write it. Maybe someone could act it out with you.

Year 3 Reading Tasks

Character Images

Learning Reminder Verbs – Present Perfect Form

Summary of events in Fantastic Mr Fox

Meeting the farmers

Meeting Mr Fox

Mr Fox’s tail is shot off

The farmers start to dig with shovels. Mr

Fox digs further down

The farmers bring in diggers

The diggers dig and the foxes dig

The farmers set up camp to try and starve

Mr Fox out

The farmers have the hill surrounded and the foxes begin to

starve

Mr Fox suggests that he has an idea and so the foxes keep digging

The foxes dig under Boggis' chicken house

and steal some chickens

Mrs Fox begins to feel better at the sight of

food and Mr Fox invites Badger to his

feast

The foxes dig under Bunce's storehouse to

get more food

Next, they move on to Bean's cider cellar.

Mr Fox, the Smallest Fox and Badger

almost get caught in the cellar.

They take all the food home and have a

great feast with all their friends.

The story ends with Boggis, Bunce and

Bean still waiting for Mr Fox to come out...

Story Curve for Fantastic Mr Fox

Meet the characters - The farmers are

nasty and mean, the Fox family seem

nice but do lots of stealing.

Farmers dig down – trying to catch Mr Fox

Caught out,

trapped – the

family begin

to starve

Make a plan… a

fantastic plan! Escape.

A big feast… a toast

to Mr Fox.

Learning Reminder Prepositions

Purple is Best: extracts

Underline the prepositions in these sentences.

(Tip: use the list of prepositions on the learning reminder cards to help you)

1. A group of plants called Indigofera were used across Asia.

2. The blue dye has to be extracted from the plant leaves.

3. The leaves must be picked in the first year.

4. Due to their similar results, it is not always easy to say whether indigo or woad

were used.

5. You need to reduce the wood and soak it, for the right colour.

6. Imperial Purple was an immensely valuable dye in the ancient world.

7. Imperial Purple was obtained from a small shellfish.

8. The colour gets deeper and more colourful after a long time.

Now write five sentences of your own about Purple is Best using prepositions, can

you use each type (time, place, cause) at least once?

Cabbage Cards (prepositional phrases)

Chop the cabbage the liquid will be colourful.

Put the chopped cabbage Place the cabbage liquid

Add baking soda Leave your cloth

Hang your cloth rinse any surplus dye.

Boil the cabbage pieces Place your chosen material

Use disposable gloves Add vinegar

Cabbage Cards (prepositional phrases)

After 4-8 hours of boiling, in the dye.

for a pink dye. in a large pot.

for at least 24 hours. for 4-8 hours.

from a washing line. After 24 hours,

for a blue dye. on a chopping board.

due to the strong pigment. in a sieve.

Science - Forces

Pushed Pulled

Volcano Fact File