Learning at home

Hello year 3,We’re sad not to see you at school today but we are looking forward to seeing you soon! We know you will be using your gem powers just like you do at school. When you come back, let us know what gem powers you used and how!Here are some learning tasks for you to complete at home so you can keep up with what we are doing in school!

Unit

1. Have a go at handwriting some of these words. You will learn about time conjunctions and imperative verbs in some of the reading tasks. If you are unsure what any other words mean, use a dictionary or google to find a definition!

fireworkgunpowderinstructionstime conjunctionsimperative verbsmethodformula2. What the video below. Read to learn the facts they give you and write to learn

about how fireworks work. You can make it a poser or a decorative notes page, whatever you like!

Remember, reading to learn is reading new facts to learn them. Writing to learn is writing new facts down so they stick in your memory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1ajCMxMrG4

3. Create something out of building blocks, Lego, Duplo, anything you like. Now, without them seeing it, give an adult or sibling instructions on how to make your exact same creation. Your instructions must be clear and in the right order!

4. Make a mind map of loads of magical, random and fun things that could be ingredients for a magical firework of your own. Make it colourful, stick in pictures from magazines or books, bubble writing, drawings, anything you like!

Here are some ideas to get your creative mind going:Glitter, fairy dust, feathers, berries, paint

5. Read the instructions below and have a look for the following features of instructions:

Title, What you need section, Picture, Introduction, Imperative verbs and Time conjunctions.

6. Have a go at

writing your own instructions on how to make a magical firework. Use the ingredients you mind mapped to help you be creative! Don’t forget to think about your layout and what instructions need to include.

7. Remember, each instruction needs a time conjunction and an imperative verb!

Reading

1. Complete the DERIC to learn about time conjunctions.

Now have a look in a recipe

book, cookbook or recipes online. Can you find any time conjunctions?

2. Complete the DERIC to learn about imperative verbs.

Now have a look in a

recipe book, cookbook or recipes online. Can you find any imperative verbs?

Don’t forget that it is really important to practise your reading at home regularly. You can use Bug Club to access reading booksonline. Each child has a unique homepage and can log into it by following these steps. They will need the username and password which has been sent home on a bookmark:

1. Go to www.activelearnprimary.co.uk 2. Enter the login details.3. Your child’s homepage will appear.

If you haven’t been in school to receive your login, please email us and we will be happy to provide those details.

Oxford Owl

Oxford Owl has a huge library of e-books you can read. You can search by book level, age range or book type!

Maths

This week we would like you to recall your number bonds to 10 knowledge and use this to help you with number bonds to 20.

Complete the number bonds to 20 sheet using your number bonds to 10 knowledge.Can you see any patterns?

Find the missing numbers in the equations. Remember to use your number bonds to help you!

22 + ____ = 30 54 + _____ = 6078 + ______ = 80 12 + 8 = ______45 + 5 = ______ 61 + ______ = 7097 + ______ = 100 33 + 7 = _______