Monday 4th May – Home Learning
May the 4th be with you…Happy Monday, everybody!
With regards to the learning today, do as much as you can and, remember, if there’s a piece of your child’s learning you would like to share, please feel free to send me a picture or video at t.prior@southill.dorset.sch.uk. I will be making a ‘home learning’ blog post at the end of the week so the more the merrier. You have until 12:00pm to get your photographs/videos in! It would be great if we could see as many Year Three faces as possible!
Final reminder- Remember, it is essential to ‘check-in’ during the week so please email me to let me know that you are ok. See it as us simply taking the register.
Apart from that, have an amazing day.
Mr. Prior ?
Spellings
5 spellings, 5 days…best of luck!
business
calendar
caught
centre
century
Challenge- find out what the spellings mean using a dictionary and try to use the words in your own brilliant sentence.
Reading
Please ensure your children reads daily for at least fifteen minutes. A combination of them reading independently, out loud to an adult and letting them listen to the story being told by the adult is advisable. Simply record any reading in your child’s reading record book. Remember to also quiz your books.
IMPORTANT REMINDER- we are still monitoring book quizzes on Star Reader so please ensure your child is still doing them. Children are more likely to do well on quizzes if they are able to quiz the book straight after reading it. Parents- you are also more than welcome to read the question out loud for your child if it helps them.
Challenge- As you have already written a film review, why not have a go at a book review as well? Think about how you are going to introduce your review and how you are going to structure it using subtitles.
Writing Task- Stig of the Dump
Read the first chapter of Steve King’s ‘Stig of the Dump’ below:
Write a synopsis (a summary) of the story, describing both the main character and the setting. Think carefully about your word choices and how you can start your sentences. Below are a few sentence starters and words you may wish to include in your synopsis.
Sentence openers impressive vocabulary
In the beginning, dangerous
Astonishingly, foolish
Suddenly, humungous
In the blink of an eye, crashing
Out of nowhere, trembling
In the darkness, wreckage
His heart racing, towering
Top tip- note down the key information in the chapter in bullet point form then write this up into a paragraph. Perhaps write your paragraph on a scrap piece of paper before writing it into your book. That way, you can proof-read your work and ensure that you produce your neatest handwriting.
Arithmetic Task- TT Rockstars
People who keep practising their times tables ROCK! Simply log on and learn. 🙂
Remember, we are in a local competition with other schools so the more questions you answer correctly, the higher up the table we go!
Maths No Problem Task- Picture and Bar Graphs
First of all, here are the answers to the questions from yesterday (pages 73-76)…
In focus task (page 108)- Take a careful look at the graph being presented in the book. We did a lot of work on reading scales when looking at volume and mass. We had to read the scale of both beakers and scales. Graphs are no different. Take a look at the graph and, particularly, the y axis. Can the children figure out what each small increment is going up in?
This may call for trial and error. Is it going up in 1’s…no. Is it going up in 2’s…YES! Once they have understood the scale, they can then work out whose statements are correct.
Encourage children to draw a faint dotted line with a pencil going towards the scale to ensure they are accurate. A good idea would be to note down the number of pupils who like each sport.
Let’s Learn (page 109-110)- Read through the ‘Let’s learn’ pages in order to see whether the statements were in fact correct or not.
Guided Practice (page 112)- Children to have a go at the questions based on the bar graph on this page. Again, the bar graph is presented horizontally, but that shouldn’t put them off as they have seen this before. Again, ask the children what the scale, on the x axis this time, is going up in. They should notice that each marking (increment) also stands for 2.
Personally, I would encourage the children to work out what each bar stands for first before trying to answer the questions. This will particularly help the children with questions c and d.
Workbook (pages 77-80)- Let the children have a go at the questions independently to begin with. Encourage them to move on to the next question if they are stuck. Once they feel they have finished, go through the questions they may have got wrong and the ones they found tricky to answer together.
I will post the answers to these problems tomorrow.
Topic-based task – Making a house a home!
Historians believe that the Stone Age actually lasted for over 3 million years! During that time, a lot of things developed and changed. Houses in particular really developed over this period. Early on in the Stone Age, which we call the Palaeolithic period, humankind lived in caves and only ventured out to hunt and gather supplies.
This week, we are going to focus on the homes of those who lived during the Stone Age. Using the internet, I would like you to find out how houses developed during the three periods of the Stone Age. We call these three periods: Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic.
Now, we know during the Palaeolithic period, humankind used to live in caves, but how did humans adapt and develop over time? To present your findings, either use the template provided below or dedicate a page to each period in your exercise book. Simply write the title, then sketch a picture of what houses looked like during that time. Finally, find some information about the home. Again,
Twinkl have a great PowerPoint presentation which takes children through the history of homes during the Stone Age- https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-h-4102-stone-age-homes-lesson-teaching-pack
Twinkl is currently free for everybody so, if you haven’t already got one, simply create a login and download the information.
Remember, present your work neatly. Beautiful sketches, neatest handwriting and punctuation the right places. You have until Thursday to complete this so take your time!
Other Fun Ideas and Activities
Keen to do more? Not ready to call it a day? Then why not give some of the activities below a go (who knows, you might enjoy it)…
Science Experiments- Rummage around in the cupboards and you may like to have a go at some of these wicked science experiments! Make a massive marshmallow, create a bouncing egg, make pepper swim (link to the importance of washing hands) create a tornado in a glass, create dragon eggs, make your own slime, make a hovercraft balloon or even a skittles rainbow.
Get the children making predictions as to what may happen, draw labelled diagrams and then carry out the experiment. What did you learn from the experiment? Write a little conclusion to show what you have found out.
Want to know how to do these experiments? Visit some of the websites listed below…
https://www.dayoutwiththekids.co.uk/blog/easy-cool-science-experiments-for-kids
https://sciencekids.co.nz/experiments.html
https://mashable.com/article/science-experiments-for-kids/?europe=true
JOKE BOOK- Did you enjoy video last week? If you haven’t seen Jester Prior delivering his all-time favourite jokes yet, then visit the Year 3 news page. Why not create your very own joke book? You could create a title page and note down some of the funniest jokes you can think of. I’m sure your parents could do with a laugh! ?
Audible- a great app which you can download and contains many free books (great to listen to before bedtime).
Prior’s Top Audible Picks – Kid Normal by Radio DJ Greg James and Chris Smith.
-Diary of a Wimpy Kid – Wrecking Ball by Jeff Kinney
-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by JK Rowling
-The Gift of Dark Hollow (the sequel to Podkin One-Ear) by Kieran Larwood
– Slime by David Walliams
Alternatively, if you’re a real keen Walliams fan, he is currently releasing a lot of chapters of his books for free! This includes an audio story from The World’s Worst Children every day for the next 30 days! Check out this link- https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses-catch-up/
Sumdog- Online maths and literacy questions delivered through entertaining games. Simply create a login totally free of charge, create an avatar and let your children explore and play. Mr Prior’s favourite game…JUNK PILE! It’s addictive- be warned. Parents- you can also set certain questions on there for your children to focus on. Any questions, please email me.
Maths Factor- KEEN FOR EVEN MORE MATHS? Carol Vordeman has made her website free during this strange time…feel free to login and check out some of the activities- https://www.themathsfactor.com/
ICT- Fancy becoming quicker at typing and brushing up on your fine motor skills? Why not have a go at BBC Dance Mat Typing…Dancing for your fingertips…you know the drill…follow the link- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2f9j6/articles/z3c6tfr
French- Bonjour! Can you find out the names of different animals in French? Give it a go!
Lego Construction- Can you create Stone Henge or even a cave out of Lego?
Lexia- If you have a Lexia account, please feel free to login and try to do it for at least 15 minutes.
The Daily Mile- If you have a garden big enough (or a quiet field nearby) why not head out for the Daily Mile? 15 minutes…how many laps can you do?
PE- As it’s Monday 4th May, here are some Star Wars themed physical activities.