Year 3 and 4 Home Learning Pack 2

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Week 3

Monday Reading – All About Spring

Grammar – Weekly spelling list

Maths – Time YR3Money YR4

Science – Dandelion Flight

Tuesday Reading – The Train Mouse

Writing – Letter to a pen pal

Maths – Partitioning YR3Angles YR4

Wellbeing – Kindness poem

Wednesday Reading – Garden Birds

Grammar – Spelling confusion

Maths – Reading scales YR3Area YR4

Jigsaw – All a boot you!

Thursday Reading – St George’s Day

Grammar – Direct Speech

Maths – Ordering YR3Capacity YR4

Art &Design- Supermarket van designs

Friday Reading – A teacher’s day in bedRead for pleasure

Writing – Poetry writing

Maths – Angles YR3Shape YR4

Well being – I Spy

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Reading – Week 3 Monday – All About Spring

Grammar – Week 3 Monday – Weekly Spellings

Maths – Week 3 Monday – Time and money

Science – Week 3 Monday – Dandelion Flight

Reading – Week 3 Tuesday – The Train Mouse

The Train Mouse Author – Uwe Timm

Task – read the extract and then answer the questions – if you can use evidence from the text to support your answers.

‘Where did you go for all that time?’ ‘Did you really go to Paris?’ ‘Where did you hide on the train?’ I get asked the same questions every day, and then I have to tell everyone about my adventures all over again. I’m even receiving letters now, asking me the easiest way to travel to Paris. So, to save having to keep explaining it all, I’ve decided to write my story down. I’m an ordinary house mouse and my name’s Stefan. But everyone calls me Nibbles. How did I end up with such a funny nickname? Well, when I was very young, I had a habit of gnawing tree trunks, just like a beaver. My parents were puzzled. Sometimes my father wondered if I was even a proper mouse at all. But then, as I got older, all the gnawing suddenly stopped. I must have realised that my little mouse-teeth could never fell a tree. I was born in the city of Munich in Germany, on Paradise Street. In case you were thinking I made that name up, you can have a look at a map of Munich and then you’ll see: Paradise Street. It’s a real street. But, sadly, the house I was born in is no longer there. It was such a beautiful old house, surrounded by new, and very tall, buildings. Behind our house there was a little courtyard and, in the yard, there were two elderberry bushes. We, the mouse family, lived in the cellar of the house: my mother, my father, my grandfather and my brothers and sister. My brothers are called Big Tooth, Short Tail and White Paw, and my little sister is Lilyfey. Above us lived an old man whose name was Mr Ehlers, and he had a cat named Carlo. Sometimes you could hear a dreadful screeching and barking in the yard.That meant that Isengrim had come down and was chasing Carlo. Isengrim was a poodle and he lived in the attic with an artist called Mr Kringel. Mr Kringel painted pictures and liked to eat cheese and white bread. That made him very popular with us mice. Isengrim used to be in a circus and he’d seen a lot of the world. He could walk on two legs and sometimes, if we mice-children asked him, he’d do a somersault for us. He was very friendly to us mice and got on well with all kinds of creatures – except cats. He hated cats. And that wasn’t just because he was a dog. There was another reason for that. You see, Isengrim had spent two years performing in the circus with a cat. The cat lay in a pram wearing a baby’s bonnet and Isengrim, who was wearing a little white dress, had to push her around the ring. Although the cat would always hiss nasty remarks at him, no fur was allowed to fly: he just had to keep on pushing her around in a circle in front of the whole audience. Then, one evening, he could contain himself no longer. She’d whispered: ‘My goodness, Isengrim, you look so silly in that short dress with your crooked legs.’

Questions:1) Who is the narrator of the story and how do you know?

2) ‘I must have realised that my little mouse-teeth could never fell a tree.’ What is the meaning of the word fell?

3) ‘But then, as I got older, all the gnawing suddenly stopped.’ Use a dictionary to find the meaning of the word gnawing – try and use it in a sentence of your own.

4) ‘My brothers are called Big Tooth, Short Tail and White Paw.’ Why do you think Nibbles brothers were given these names?

5) What do you think is going to happen in the next part of the story?

Challenge: Can you find Munich on a map? Find 2 facts out about Munich.

Writing – Week 3 Tuesday – Letter to a pen palSince we are not able to go and visit our friends at present, it doesn’t mean that we cannot let them know we care, miss them and we can keep them up to date with what’s going on in our lives! Choose a friend who you would like to write to and let them know everything you have been up to since you last saw them. __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ __________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Maths – Week 3 Tuesday- Partitioning and Angles

Wellbeing – Week 3 Tuesday – Kindness Poem It’s always important to remember that little acts of kindness mean a big lot to people! Think about what kindness looks and feels like when you experience it for yourself. Perhaps you can draw a picture under your poem to show your ideas too!

Reading – Week 3 Wednesday –Garden Birds

Grammar – Week 3 Wednesday –Spelling confusions

These are words that we often use but regularly use the wrong spellings of them! They sound the same BUT the spelling is different and have different meanings. So let’s practice using them in the correct sentence contexts.

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Maths – Week 3 Wednesday- Reading scales and area

Jigsaw – Week 3 Wednesday – All a boot you!They say you have to walk in someone else’s shoes to truly know them…Well we want to walk in yours! So get designing a pair of boots that reflect who you are.

Reading – Week 3 Thursday –St George’s Day

Grammar – Week 3 Thursday –Direct Speech

Maths – Week 3 Thursday – Ordering and Capacity

Topic – Week 3 Thursday – Art &DesignCan you design a supermarket delivery van that would show how important our key workers delivering our food to us are and that we appreciate them?

Reading – Week 3 Friday – Reading for pleasure

Writing – Week 3 Friday- PoetryUsing the poem from your reading session today, can you write a poem listing all the animals that could take over if your teacher had a day in bed? Think carefully why you would choose the animal (it must be good at the specific job you are giving it).

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Maths – Week 3 Friday – Angles and shape

Wellbeing – Week 3 Friday- I spyCan you find an object/person/plant/animal in your house or garden for each letter of the alphabet? If you can challenge yourself to find a second one.

Week 4

Monday Reading – Opossums

Grammar – Weekly spellings list

Maths – Place Value YR3Adding 10, 100, 1000 YR4

Science – Mummifying tomatoes

Tuesday Reading – Habitats

Writing – Book Review

Maths – Place Value YR3 Subtracting 10, 100, 1000 YR4

Wellbeing – NHS airplane

Wednesday Reading – The dragon who ate our school

Grammar – Expanded noun phrases

Maths –Place value YR 3 & YR4

Jigsaw – Refugee camps

Thursday Reading – The Twits

Writing – Newspaper report

Maths – Money YR3Place Value YR4

Art &Design- Stained glass windows

Friday Reading – The human dustbin

Grammar – Fronted Adverbials

Maths – Money YR3Place Value YR4

Wellbeing- Hope clouds

Reading – Week 4 Monday – Opossums

OPOSSUMS There are several dozen different species of opossum, which are often called possums in North America. The most notable is the Virginia opossum or common opossum—the only marsupial (pouched mammal) found in North America.

ReproductionA female opossum gives birth to helpless young as tiny as honeybees. Babies immediately crawl into the mother's pouch, where they continue to develop. As they get larger, they will go in and out of the pouch and sometimes ride on the mother's back as she hunts for food. Opossums may give birth to as many as 20 babies in a litter, but fewer than half of them survive. Some never even make it as far as the pouch.

Scavenger BehaviourOpossums are scavengers, and they often visit human homes or settlements to raid garbage cans, dumpsters, and other containers. They are attracted to carrion and can often be spotted near roadkill. Opossums also eat grass, nuts, and fruit. They will hunt mice, birds, insects, worms, snakes, and even chickens. Opossums are omnivores and will eat almost anything they can find.

“Playing Possum”These animals are most famous for “playing possum.” When threatened by dogs, foxes, or bobcats, opossums sometimes flop onto their sides and lie on the ground with their eyes closed or staring fixedly into space. They extend their tongues and generally appear to be dead. This ploy may put a predator off its guard and allow the opossum an opportunity to make its escape.

Tree ClimbingOpossums are excellent tree climbers and spend much of their time aloft. They are aided in this by sharp claws, which dig into bark, and by a long prehensile (gripping) tail that can be used as an extra limb. Opossums nest in tree holes or in dens made by other animals.

Life at NightOpossums are nocturnal and spend the day safely hidden in hollow trees or holes in the ground. They have a suite of super senses that makes them perfectly adapted to life at night. They find food by smell rather than sight, aided by long, tactile whiskers to feel their way in the dark. Their hearing protects them from predators, particularly when they leave the safety of trees to forage on the ground.

1. Copy a subheading from the text.____________________________________________________________

2. Copy the title or main heading from the text. ____________________________________________________________

3. Copy a phrase from the text that tells the reader there are many different types of possum.

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4. In paragraph 1, Why did the writer write (pouched mammal)?Tick the best answer.He wanted to make it look interesting ___He wanted to tell the reader what marsupial means ___He wanted to use the word mammal ___He wanted to make the sentence longer ___

5. In paragraph 3, which word could be used to replace ‘carrion’? plants cooked meat fruit flesh

6. Why do Opossums sometimes ‘appear to be dead’?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. What does the paragraph ‘Tree Climbing’ tell us about Opossums? Tick two answers.Opossums can build tree houses ___Opossums are excellent tree climbers ___Opossums find their food in the trees ___Opossums build nests in the trees ___Opossums have sharp claws ___

8. How are Opossums adapted for life at night?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________‘aided by long, tactile whiskers to feel their way in the dark.’

9. What does the word ‘tactile’ mean?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. What word could be used instead of ‘tactile’? strong thin tangible old ugly

Grammar – Week 4 Monday –Weekly Spellings List

Maths –Week 4 Monday–Place Value and Adding 10, 100, 1000

Science – Week 4 Monday –Mummifying Tomatoes

Reading – Week 4 Tuesday- Habitiats

Habitats – questions

1) What does the right habitat provide?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2) Two habitats have similarities as birds nest in trees and bushes. What is different about where birds nest in garden and parks compared to towns and cities?

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3) Where do the wild birds live? What are the advantages?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4) Why are Woods a rich habitat? Give 2 reasons__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5) True or False – mark the statements with ‘T’ if you think they’re true or ‘F’ if you think they’re false.

If there’s lots of water, you’ll find lots of birds.All birds will make their nests on islands.Birds who live near the seaside only eat fish.Birds can follow the pattern of the tide.Moorland birds can easily hide amongst their surroundings.The landscape for mountain birds is very crowded.

7)Match the habitat to the correct information

Trees, sheds and roofs can be popular sites for building nests.

It can be difficult to see the different birds.

It can be flat and muddy by the estuary.

Seaside

Gardens and Parks

Moorlands

Writing – Week 4 Tuesday – Book Review

Maths – Week 4 Tuesday – Place Value and subtracting 10, 100, 1000

Wellbeing – Week 4 Tuesday – NHS Airplane

Create your very own airplane to send the message of thanks to all the NHS staff working hard to support Britain.

Reading – Week 4 Wednesday –

The Dragon who ate our school

The day the dragon came to call,she ate the gate, the playground walland, slate by slate, the roof and all,

the staffroom, gym and entrance hall,and every classroom, big or small.

So…she’s undeniably great.She’s absolutely cool,the dragon who ate,the dragon who ate,

the dragon who ate our school.

Pupils panicked. Teachers ran.She flew at them with wide wingspan.

She slew a few and then beganto chew through the lollipop mantwo parked cars and a transit van.

Wow…!she’s undeniably great.She’s absolutely cool,the dragon who ate,the dragon who ate,

the dragon who ate our school.

She bit off the head of the head.She said she was sad he was dead.He bled and he bled and he bled.And as she fed, her chin went red

and then she swallowed the cycle shed.

Oh…she’s undeniably great.She’s absolutely cool,the dragon who ate,the dragon who ate,

the dragon who ate our school.

It’s thanks to her that we’ve been freed.We needn’t write. We needn’t read.

Me and my mates are all agreed,we’re very pleased with her indeed.

So clear the way, let her proceed

Cos…she’s undeniably great.She’s absolutely cool,the dragon who ate,the dragon who ate,

the dragon who ate our school.

There was some stuff she couldn’t eat.A monster forced to face defeat,She spat it out along the street – The dinner ladies’ veg and meat

And that pink muck they serve for sweet

But…she’s undeniably great.She’s absolutely cool,the dragon who ate,the dragon who ate,

the dragon who ate our school.

Dragon who ate our school questions

1. Find the word that tells you the children were afraid of the dragon. _______________________________________________________________________________________

2. What happened to the head teacher? _______________________________________________________________________________________

3. List 5 things the dragon ate. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. How did the teachers respond to the dragon turning up?_______________________________________________________________________________________

5. At what point did the dragon show any emotion?_______________________________________________________________________________________

6. What couldn’t the dragon eat?_______________________________________________________________________________________

7. Find 2 words that describe the children’s admiration for the dragon._______________________________________________________________________________________

8. What 2 things did the children not have to do now the dragon was here?

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Grammar – Week 4 Wednesday – Expanded noun phrasesWe can develop our sentence structures to become more complex by using prepositions in them. The sentences below have been made using adjectives to help describe the object/person to the reader, we can now add in a preposition to further describe.

E.G. She ate the colourful, striped gates next to the car park. She ate the terrified teacher under the tree.

Make a new sentence using a preposition for each of the ones in the box. Then make some sentences up of your own. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Maths – Week 4 Wednesday –Place value

Jigsaw – Week 4 Wednesday –Refugee campWhat does someone being a refugee mean? What does it mean for someone to seek asylum?How does this photograph makes you feel?What do you think it is like to live in a refugee camp?Can you describe this photograph in your own words?

Reading – Week 4 Thursday –The Twits

Complete a roll on the wall about what you infer about the character Mr. Twit from the introduction given in the text.

Writing – Week 4 Thursday – Newspaper Report

A giant squid has been spotted in the River Humber and is causing chaos! Write a newspaper report all about the events that have been happening.

Maths – Week 4 Thursday –Money and place value

Art & Design – Week 4 Thursday –Stained glass windows

Lots of people have been putting up colourful rainbow pictures in their windows to put a smile on people’s faces as they pass by on their walks. We can make our windows look even more cheerful by making some stained glass windows and hanging them up. We can use geometric design patterns to achieve a stained glass window effect. All you need is coloured card or paper, scissors, glue and tissue paper and of course, some string to hang them up!

Reading – Week 4 Friday –The human dustbin

Grammar – Week 4 Friday – Fronted adverbials

Maths – Week 4 Friday- Money and Place Value

Wellbeing – Week 4 Friday – Hope cloudCan you use the cloud to write in it all your hopes and wishes about the excitement of coming back to school? E.G what are you most looking forward to when we all come

back? Is there a school trip that you wish we could go on? What lessons are you excited to have again? What games will you play with your friends?