Year 3 W.B 20th April
Subject |
Minimum expectation of time spent |
Work set |
Details of work set |
How should this be completed? |
Maths
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1 hour per day |
Busy Ants
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Children to answer questions relating to the challenge they usually work on in class. If they have completed their challenge, they can progress onto the next challenge.
If children complete the main task in less than one hour, they should choose one or more of this week’s extension activity sheets to complete. |
Exercise book or printed copies of the extension sheets. |
English |
1 hour per day |
Lesson 1 Comprehension |
Read and/or listen to the book “The Penguin Who Wanted to Find Out”.
Answer the questions about Chapters 1 and 2.
Extension: Start a mindmap about each of the characters based on what we know so far. |
In your exercise books. |
Lesson 2 Punctuation and Grammar – |
Present perfect tense
Watch the clip and then complete the activities on the sheet. You can choose to start on Challenge 1 or 2, depending on how confident you feel. |
In exercise books or directly onto the sheet. |
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Lesson 3 Spoken Language
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Listen to and follow Chapters 3-5 of The Penguin Who Wanted to Find Out.
With a grown up, discuss what has happened in the story so far and what makes the story sound effective when listened to as an audiobook.
Make notes or a plan that outlines key features of the story so far.
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In exercise books. |
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Lesson 4 Writing – Draft |
Retell the story of The Penguin Who Wanted to Find Out so far. Focus on the use of present perfect tense to be included in the writing. |
In exercise books or on draft paper provided. |
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Lesson 5 Writing – Final version |
Children to write the final version of their re-telling of story so far. |
On the template provided. |
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Foundation |
2 hour per day |
ART
You will be learning about the American artist Georgia O’Keefe. You will find out more about her life, explore and copy some of her artwork and create your own piece of artwork inspired by her work.
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On plain pages in your home learning book or other larger pieces of paper of your choice. |
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SCIENCE We would like you to identify and find out about the functions of the different parts of flowering plants. Can you create a fact file to share what you know and have learned.
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In Exercise Books | |||
Story time |
1x per week |
3A – Kaspar Prince of Cats by Michael Morpurgo |
Find a comfortable place to sit; you can choose to read along or just listen. |
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3F – The Witches by Roald Dahl |
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3M – The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
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3P – Rumblestar by Abi Elphinstone |