Home Learning Daily Activities: 6.7.20 Year 3 Maths

English Spellings Topic Suggested online ‘link

of the day’

Monday

Thinking back to the pages of

Mouse Bird Snake Wolf you

read last week (see below),

think about Little Ben and Sue’s

creations.

How can we describe the

animals? Write a character

description for the Mouse and

Bird. Use the illustrations from

the text to help you.

Try to include:

- prepositional phrases

- adverbs

- a range of conjunctions

- similes

You might want to draw your

own picture of each animal

too!

Practise: Possessive

apostrophe with plural

words girls’, boys’, babies’

men’s, women’s, mice’s

*Can you write 3

sentences using 3 of these

spellings?

This week we are going to be

learning about the muscles in the

human body.

Write some questions (at least 3) that

you would like to find out about

muscles.

Here are some example questions to

get you started

What are muscles?

How many muscles are in the human

body?

What is the largest muscle?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/

supermovers

Tuesday

If you were Harry, what

creature would you add to the

world and why?

Write a paragraph to explain

the reasons behind your

choice.

Practise: Homophones

and near homophones

Weather/whether,

whose/who’s,

scene/seen, peace/piece

*Can you write 3

sentences using 3 of these

spellings?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips

/zj2kjxs Watch this video about

muscles.

Make notes on the information you

find out.

Carry out some research on

voluntary and involuntary muscles

and write some notes on your

findings.

https://stories.audible.com/disc

overy/enterprise-discovery-

21122356011

Wednesda

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Draw a picture of the animal

you thought of yesterday. You

might want to draw it inside the

outline of a head, like the

illustrations in the text.

Think of words and phrases to

describe your creation in terms

of looks, actions and

behaviours.

Practise: Common

Exception Words

knowledge, learn, length,

library, material, medicine

Can you write 3

sentences using 3 of these

spellings?

Carry out some research to answer

the questions you generated on

Monday.

Present the information however you

wish.

https://www.youtube.com/cha

nnel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rY

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Thursday

Write a character description to

describe the creature you

thought of yesterday.

Think about:

What it looks like?

What it does?

How it behaves?

What it brings to the world?

Try to include:

- prepositional phrases

- adverbs

- simple, compound and

complex sentences

Practise: Homophones

and near homophones

missed/mist, knot/not,

plain/plane, rain/reign,

rein

*Can you write 3

sentences using 3 of these

spellings?

Using all the information you have

collected this week, create an

information leaflet about muscles.

Try to include lots of information

about muscles, fun facts and

pictures.

Make sure your leaflet is neat and

colourful to grab the reader’s

attention.

Live drawing every Tuesday

and Thursday at 10am with Rob

Biddulph.

http://www.robbiddulph.com/

draw-with-rob

Friday

Write a persuasive letter to the

Gods explaining why your

creature is a good addition to

the world.

Try to include:

- persuasive openers

- a range of conjunctions

- similes

Practise: Common

Exception Words

mention, minute, natural,

naughty, notice

*Can you write 3

sentences using 3 of these

spellings?

How do muscles help us to move?

Carry out a range of exercises

(jumping, running, throwing, lifting,

smiling etc.) and think about how

your muscles are allowing you to

move.

Can you explain what your muscles

are doing?

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/m

aths-games/hit-the-button

English (Monday)