St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 3 Home Learning Wednesday 24th February 2021
Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 3:34pm
Good morning Year 3. I hope you had a good Tuesday. The work you sent me on Seesaw was amazing, I really enjoyed reading your news reports about Perseverance Rover and seeing your science investigations. The whole classroom smells like cocoa powder now! Today I would like you to send me your writing.
Wednesday 24th February 2021
Reading
Please read out loud to somebody for 20 minutes.
Predict what you think is going to happen next in the story.
Don’t forget to change your reading book with the school office when you have finished.
Spelling
Here are your spellings for this week. They are words with apostrophes for contractions. This means a letter or letters have been taken out and two words have been joined together. The apostrophe goes in place of the missing letter or letters.
can’t, didn’t, hasn’t, couldn’t, it’s, wasn’t, doesn’t, mustn’t, I’ll, she’d
Write the long date: Wednesday 24th February 2021
Write the title: Spellings with contractions
Write your spelling words down the side of your page.
For an extra challenge, next to each spelling, write the two words that have been joined. I will put the answers in tomorrow's blog.
Here are some examples:
can’t = can not
didn’t = did not
Writing:
Listen to this story read by a real life astronaut. https://storytimefromspace.com/curiosity-the-story-of-a-mars-rover/
Over the next two days and next week we are going to write a similar story, but about your own made up rover visiting a planet of your choice or a made-up planet.
You will write your story as if you are the rover.
Re-watch and pause the video as many times as you need – this will help with ideas and sentence structures.
Write the long date: Wednesday 24th February 2021
Write the title: Can I use exciting vocabulary?
Try to use some of these exciting words:
explore, dangerous, wondered, universe, scientists, discoveries, mysteries, secrets.
Today’s writing:
Paragraph 1 (in the style of page 1 in the book):
Write a sentence to say where in the universe you are. Explain what you are and what you were built for. Write 2 questions about your mission. End the paragraph with - This is my story.
Paragraph 2 (In the style of the next page of writing in the book):
Write about humans and scientists and why they want to explore the universe. End your paragraph with - One question intrigues humans above all others…
Paragraph 3 (In the style of the next page of writing in the book):
Write your question in big writing, the question humans and scientists most want to know.
Write a sentence to explain where scientists have decided is the best place to find the answer to the question.
Remember:
Perfect spelling
Capital letters and full stops
Beautiful handwriting
Make it even better by:
Using commas
Adding an exclamation mark
Times tables
Play on Hit the Button three times.
Practise division facts for ÷ 3
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Sumdog
Go on Sumdog and complete the following challenges:
Number Challenge: 22nd February – 28th February
Shape Challenge: 22nd February – 28th February
Counting
Count out loud in 1s.
From 299 to 324.
From 991 to 1011.
Back from 102 to 80.
Number Facts
Write down or tell somebody all the pairs of numbers which make 8.
E.g. 2 + 6 = 8
Maths
Today you are going to be looking at centimetres (cm) and metres (m).
Remember 100cm = 1m
Watch the video, pause where you need to.
Complete the sheet attached to this blog and then use the answer sheet to check your answers.
Music
Follow the link and complete the music lesson. We will be continuing with Oak Academy but starting a new unit.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/body-percussion-basics-69j30t?activity=video&step=1
Fairtrade Fortnight
It is Fairtrade Fortnight.
For two weeks each year at the end of February and start of March, people across the UK share the stories of the people who grow our food and drinks, mine our gold and who grow the cotton in our clothes, people who are often exploited and underpaid.
This Fairtrade Fortnight we are thinking about what we want the world to be and the ways in which we can make choices to shape the world.
Watch this video about Fairtrade.
https://schools.fairtrade.org.uk/teaching-resources/change-the-world-through-your-choices/
Attached is a grid of activities to choose from. Please choose and complete one.
In school, we will be completing ‘share your vision of the world you want.’
We will be doing a poem where each line starts with:
I want to live in a world …
Reminders
Please keep sending me your work on Seesaw – I am so proud of you for the work I have seen so far. Today I would like you to send me a photo of your writing.
Don’t forget to go on Sumdog.
Have a day that is out of the world J