Year 3
Staff
Teacher: Miss Dunkley
Teaching Assistant: Mrs Stringer and Mrs Martland
Year 3 Home Learning
Week Commencing 11th January
Hello Year 3,
Miss Platt and I are helping you with your learning again this week. We were very impressed with all the work we received last week and are looking forward to seeing more from all of you this week. As well as the activities below, please also look at the Mental Health Matters sheet and complete as many activities as you can over the next few weeks.
All the work will be uploaded daily onto Seesaw. You will see these in the new Seesaw Class under activities. You have all been emailed your new Seesaw Class log on to your Seesaw School log on. We are confident that this will be much more user friendly.
If you have any problems at all with the work please contact us on Seesaw or call me at school and we will help.
Keep smiling
Mrs Roberts and Miss Platt
Here are all the documents you will need.
There will be further information on Seesaw daily.
Summary of Home Learning W/C 11th January
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Wednesday 6th January 2021
For Literacy this week we will be focusing on ‘The Twits by Roald Dahl’.
(You can access the story here https://silo.pub/the-twits.html)
Lesson 1:
Read or listen to and enjoy the following chapters from The Twits by Roald Dahl
Hairy Faces
Mr Twit
Dirty Beards
Mrs Twit
(https://epdf.pub/the-twits.html)
Audiobook of The Twits (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgppUh8ukZ8)
This could be by reading the text to your child or by reading a paragraph, or page, to each other. Look at the vocabulary in these chapters. Find exciting words and new words from the text and write them down e.g. tufts, matted, wise etc. Discuss meanings of these words together.
Look up some of the new words you have found in a dictionary or by using Word Hippo. (https://www.wordhippo.com/)
Look in a thesaurus or Word Hippo to find synonyms and write these as a word bank. Ask your child to write the new words they have found in a sentence. Create and write ten sentences. Check spelling and punctuation in each sentence together.
Numeracy:
This week we will be focusing on multiplication and division. We will be consolidating our 2,4 and 8 times tables and comparing different statements/calculations.
Lesson 1 – Consolidating our 2, 4 and 8 Times tables
Watch the following short video clip https://vimeo.com/485432791.
Complete the following worksheet. Remember to use the video to help you!
Reading:
Following on from Monday’s guided reading lesson, can you write your prediction?
Spellings/ Phonics:
Mrs Stringers Phase 3 Phonics Group – ‘ch’
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/buried-treasure
Miss Dunkley’s Spelling Group:
Symbol, mystery, typical, pyramid and gym – Use WordHippo to find the definitions for your spellings this week. Can you write your spellings into wow sentences?
PE
Just Dance – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vilYfYq3LPU
Choose more videos to dance along to. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh IjW4BWKLqpojTrS_tX0mg
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Thursday 7th January 2021
Literacy – Lesson 2
Re-read the chapters together about Mr Twit and Dirty Beards (https://epdf.pub/the-twits.html)
Print this if you can so your child can use a highlighter pen. Highlight all the information you read about Mr Twit. Now create a fact file, poster or Top Trumps card about Mr Twit using the information you have read.
Check spelling and punctuation in each sentence together.
Numeracy – Comparing Statements
Watch the following video clip: https://vimeo.com/485433674
Complete the following worksheet. Remember to use the video to help you!
Reading
What lurks beneath the surface?
Spellings/ Phonics:
Mrs Stringers Phase 3 Phonics Group – ‘sh’
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/buried-treasure
Miss Dunkley’s Spelling group – Create your own word search with this week’s spellings.
Computing – Purplemash
Coding Vocabulary Quiz – Set as a 2Do on Purplemash
Fun with fish – Can you move the fish around the screen?
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Friday 8th January 2021
Literacy – Lesson 3
Re-read the chapter together about Mrs Twit (https://epdf.pub/the-twits.html)
Print this if you can so your child can use a highlighter pen. Highlight all the information you read about Mrs Twit. Now create a fact file, poster or Top Trumps card about Mrs Twit using the information you have read.
Check spelling and punctuation in each sentence together.
Numeracy – Related Calculations
Watch the following video clip: https://vimeo.com/486330232
Complete the following worksheet. Remember to use the video to help you!
Reading – What lurks beneath the surface?
Following on from yesterday, can you predict what is going to happen next?
Spellings/ Phonics:
Mrs Stringers Phase 3 Phonics Group – ‘th’
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/buried-treasure
Miss Dunkley’s Spelling group – Ask an adult to test you on your spellings this week.
Year 3 Spelling games - https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/games-12890.htm
Science – Human Skeleton
Watch the short clip from BBC Bitesize: Skeletons https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/ztfnvcw
Can you piece back together the human skeleton? Use the video to help you label the bones correctly. Here are some keywords to help you – Skull, spine, ribcage, pelvis, femur, shoulder blades, collarbone, foot bone, hand bone, jaw bone
Welcome to the final week of Year 3!
I just wanted to say that I am incredibly proud of each and every one of you and although it hasn't been the year that we expected, I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know you and teaching you this year. I hope that in this final week, you reflect on our time in Year 3 and remember how hard you have worked and how much fun we have had. I have set some reflection tasks and would like to hear from you via PurpleMash to say goodbye :)
I hope that you have a fantastic summer and I look forward to seeing you all in September when you return for Year 4!
Lots of love, Miss Kay xXx
Week 7 13.07.20
Literacy
Complete the summer SPAG booklet below
t2-e-3707-year-3-summer-english-activity-booklet_ver_16.zip
Numeracy
Complete the summer maths booklet below
t2-m-1633-year-3-summer-maths-activity-mats_ver_2.zip
Activities
Reflect on the year using the sheet below.
end-of-the-year-writing-activity-sheet_ver_4.pdf
Draw a picture, write a note or record a video telling my your favourite memory from this year.
Send an email via PurpleMash to say goodbye to myself, Miss Yeates or a friend.
Make a game for your family to play during the summer holidays.
Don't forget to take photographs or videos to show your creations.
Week 6 06.07.20
Focus theme: Fun in the Forest!
Spend a week exploring and films set in different forests. You have stories to read, characters to meet, poems to write, facts to find and songs to sing!
When following links online, parents should monitor that children are remaining on that page only and are keeping safe online.
Literacy
Monday –
View and enjoy the story of Into the Forest by Anthony Browne: http://www.youtuve.com/watch?v=qigugbdwvMY
Discuss the story and create ideas for your own new story about a walk through a forest.
Who might you meet? Are the characters from other traditional tales or nursery rhymes?
Discuss ones you know such as The Gingerbread Man, Humpty Dumpty, the Three Little Pigs, Jack – from Jack and the Beanstalk, etc.
Explore other traditional tales and nursery rhymes for character ideas. You can find some here or you may have some traditional tales in your house: http://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/storyteller-videos/storyteller-videos-traditional-tales/
http://www.worldoftales.com/fairy_tales.html
(Adult supervision required)
Create a story plan for your new story by drawing pictures of each character you will meet, and labelling them.
Tuesday –
Return to the story plan created yesterday. Discuss the plan with an adult and add any new ideas or vocabulary which you want to include in your story.
Write your new story using these sentence starters to help:
Early one morning/one day/on a cold but bright sunny day...
First of all I met, ...
Not long after, I saw ...
Just then, ...
It wasn’t long before I spotted, ...
Reluctantly, I knocked on the door and ...
Check all sentences and punctuation together. Read your story aloud to an audience.
Remember to use lots of expression to make your story as exciting as possible for your listeners! Perhaps you could even send your story to your teacher!
Wednesday –
With an adult, explore this website from The National Trust and the 50 things to do together:
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/50-things-to-do-before-youre-11--activity-list
Discuss which activities you have already done and those you would like to do in the future.
Make a list of the activities you have done already.
Then select a few to write about, recounting the events, e.g.
Paddling
I went paddling in the sea in Blackpool with my Dad. The sea water felt icy but didn’t mind. When I walked in the water, I stood on a stone and it hurt my foot! After that, my Dad bought me an ice cream with a chocolate flake and some strawberry sauce. It was a great day!
Now make a list of the activities you would like to do:
1.
2.
3.
Check all sentences and punctuation together.
Thursday –
Do you know the story of Robin Hood? Watch this film clip which summarises the story of Robin Hood: https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/robin-hood
Now watch The Legend of Robin Hood and have a go at the quiz on the website underneath the clip: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zx339j6/articles/zcxmb82
What do you know about Robin Hood after watching the film clips?
Read the following story about one of the adventures of Robin Hood: https://www.storiestogrowby.org/story/robin-hood-and-the-golden-arrow-story-legend-stories-for-kids/
(Note: text may contain some American spellings).
Think about all you have found out about Robin Hood. Create a poem about him.
Choose either an acrostic poem or a shape poem. Below are some examples of each to help you.
Shape poems
https://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-shape-poems.html
You could use the shape of an arrow or Robin Hood’s hat or something different relating to Robin Hood.
Acrostic poems
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39/articles/ztdvw6f
You could use the words ROBIN HOOD or SHERWOOD FOREST or any other words that you think are suitable about Robin Hood.
Friday –
Watch and enjoy this clip about Trees:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=517u5FMQxHA
Discuss what you know about trees now.
Read this information about trees together:
https://www.ducksters.com/science/trees.php
(Note: text may contain some American spellings)
Discuss what else you have found out together.
Now create a fact file/poster about the importance of trees, e.g.
Trees are useful because ...
They give us ...
Trees also provide ...
We need to plant more trees so ...
Using the information found out, make a quiz for your family!
See this quiz here for ideas:
https://www.ducksters.com/science/quiz/trees_questions.php
Consider the following:
Are you going to provide choices for your answers? (multiple choice)
Are you going to use true/false questions?
Hold the quiz with family members in your household or via an online video platform. It could be a weekend quiz!
Numeracy
Complete the activity mats using the skills that you have learned this year
Activities
Build a bug hotel
Encourage insects to your garden by building them their very own residence using planks of wood or old pallets or crates piled up with bricks between the layers.
Your child can fill the gaps between the layers with things to make their visitors at home, such as cardboard tubes, shredded paper, feathers and pebbles, and keep checking every day to see who has moved in.
Flower crowns
This is a lovely activity for creative kids, and gives them opportunities to role-play being fairies, woodland nymphs or royalty.
Go for a walk and collect flowers, leaves and grasses along the way, which your child can then weave into a nature-inspired crown. They could make a classic daisy chain garland or knot grasses to create a wreath.
As an add-on learning activity, buy a flower identification guidebook or borrow one from the library so your child can identify the blooms and blossom they’ve gathered.
Build a den
Building a den is a brilliant back-to-nature challenge that will awaken your child’s inner caveman, and it’s a great project to get stuck into with a friend or sibling.
Find some thick, long sticks and challenge your child to create their own shelter, either by leaning them up against a tree, or by lashing them together with string at the top for a tipi-style den.
You could take an old sheet out with you to give their den-building more scope.
This is a good test of problem-solving skills that involves your child working out how to balance the sticks and make them stay standing, as well as providing an opportunity to be physically active.
Giant bubbles
This hands-on science activity is much more fun than blowing bubbles from a tiny pot.
Combine six cups of water, one cup of washing-up liquid, and half a tablespoon of glycerine (the magic ingredient, available from chemists).
Tie a piece of string of any length into a circle, dip it into the bubble mix and waft it around to make giant bubbles.
Your child can experiment with how much to mix the solution to make the best bubbles, and see which weather conditions are the best for bubble-blowing.
Have a go at the ancient art of Hapa Zome (also known as leaf bashing or printing).
For this you will need:
- Some white cloth (like a bit of old sheet or a tea towel) or some thick paper
- A hammer, mallet, smooth stone, thick stick or rolling pin
- A selection of leaves and/or petals
Design and run your own treasure hunt.
- Treasure hunts are great way to get everyone moving about and exploring the house and/or garden!
- Watch our video for four fantastic ideas - a picture trail, a symbol trail a cryptic trail and a treasure map
Week 5 29.06.20
Focus Theme: Monster Mayhem!
Spend a week with monsters – stories, film clips, poems and more. Create your own monster and even make some monster food for your family!
When following links, parents should monitor that children are remaining on that page only and are keeping safe online.
Literacy
Monday –
The Monster Crisp Guzzler
Watch and enjoy the story of The Monster Crisp-Guzzler by Malorie Blackman: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011t3y9
Watch up to 10:02 mins. Make sure you stop at this point!
Discuss these questions together: What do you think is going to happen? Will someone save Mira? Who might that be? What do you think will happen at the end of the story?
Write the next part of the story with your version of what you think happens. Remember to write as if you are Mira and in the past tense.
Now watch the ending and compare to your ending! The Monster Crisp Guzzler by Malorie Blackman: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p011t3y9
Which ending do you prefer and why?
Tuesday –
Hotel Transylvania
Watch and enjoy this clip from Hotel Transylvania – Welcome to Hotel Transylvania scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7niKPYr0upQ
Discuss: Which is your favourite monster in the scene and why? Write a short paragraph explaining this.
Now read and enjoy this extract from Stitch Head by Guy Bass: https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/6854/Stitch-Head-by-Guy-Bass.html
(You will need to register with LoveReading4Kids to view the extract. Membership is free). Investigate some of the vocabulary that is unfamiliar,
e.g. trundled, toiling, creation, peculiar, administering, rafters, behold, witnessed.
Discuss the meaning of these words with an adult, or use a dictionary to help you understand them. Discuss these questions together.
Then write down the questions and your responses. How does Stitch Head feel about the professor creating all these new monsters? How does the professor feel about creating all the new monsters?
Wednesday –
Marshmallows
Watch and enjoy this clip, Marshmallows short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwXFVqKuH-w
Discuss these questions together: How was the boy feeling when the monster appeared behind him? What made the boy change his feelings towards the monster?
You are now going to retell the story from the boy’s point of view (as if you were the boy). Remember to write your story as if you are the boy. Write in the past tense. As you write, try to include how you are feeling throughout.
Look at this structure to help with your writing.
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You were happily toasting marshmallows on your campfire. |
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A monster sneaked up behind you from out of the lake. |
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You were terrified! Monster saw a marshmallow and began to drool. |
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You offered the marshmallow to the monster. |
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Monster wanted more so you happily gave him more until you ran out of marshmallows! |
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Monster turned angry and chased you. You saw your pillow and grabbed it to hide behind. |
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Monster mistook pillow for a big marshmallow so you took your chance to run off! |
As you write, try to include some Year 3 sentence types.
Use adverbs – suddenly, silently, soon, next, eventually, etc.
Use prepositions for where – above, below, beneath, within, outside, beyond, etc.
Thursday –
Create your own Monster
Think about all the different types of monster that you have looked at so far this week.
Can you design your own monster? What will it look like? What colour is it? Is it large or small? Can it do something strange like twist off its legs or remove its head? Is it furry, scaly, slimy, soft or spiky? How many eyes/ ears/ noses/mouths has it got? What does it like to eat?
Draw/colour/ and label your monster with the ideas above. You could also make your monster with any craft materials you have available.
Create a fact file for your monster. You could do this in the style of a Top Trumps card as in previous units. Include information such as:
Name:
Age:
Height:
Habitat:
Diet (Food):
Likes/Dislikes:
Special features:
Scare factor:
You could also include a short paragraph to describe your monster.
Friday –
Poetry
Read this poem The Monster Sale by Brian Moses: https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/8711/The-Monster-Sale-by-Brian-Moses.html
(You will need to register with LoveReading4Kids to view the extract. Membership is free). Now read There’s a Monster in My School Bag by David Windle: http://www.primarypoems.com/2012/07/20/theres-a-monster-in-my-schoolbag/
Write a poem about your monster that you created yesterday. What does your monster like to do? Does it live in a particular place? Does it eat certain things? Use your fact file from yesterday to help you.
As you write, keep reading your poem aloud to check you are happy with it. When you have finished, perform your poem to your household!
Numeracy
This week we are looking at angles, vertical and horizontal lines and parallel and perpendicular lines.
Monday – Right angles
Tuesday – Compare angles
Wednesday – Horizontal and vertical lines
Thursday – Parallel and perpendicular lines
Friday – Properties of shapes
Activities –
Watch the following clips, before having a go at making your own monster creations!
Please note all these activities require adult supervision.
- How to Make Monster Cookies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYacfX8NnoY
- Quick and Easy Monster Cupcakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI0nq9HL3iw
- Monster Halloween Marshmallow Pops https://recipesfromapantry.com/halloween-marshmallow-pops-monster/
Floam monsters https://pagingfunmums.com/2013/11/14/floam-monsters-gooey-sensory-fun/
There are lots of brilliant science experiments on http://www.monstersciences.com/
Magnetic monsters https://www.icanteachmychild.com/magnetic-monsters/
Monster slime https://www.pbs.org/parents/crafts-and-experiments/diy-monster-slime
You may enjoy listening to The Thing in the Basement by Michaela Morgan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7pQ-18LFYQ
If you enjoy monsters, you might like watching some Scooby Doo clips (Scooby Doo and the Loch Ness Monster): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYFBRGFxvJg&list=PLPGQ-AmCAGchdmUu2qzJTUjmHFFylucmC
Make your own monster art work. You can find some ideas below.
Week 4 22.06.20
Focus Theme: Up, Up and Away! (Part 2)
This is the second part of a two-week unit defying gravity! Explore poems, stories and movies themed around the air and flying. Find facts and delve into the history of flight. You might possibly end up being blown away!
When following links, parents should monitor that children are remaining on that page only and are keeping safe online.
(Note: You will need to register with LoveReading4Kids to view the extracts. Membership is free).
Literacy
Monday –
Kites
Listen/watch the clip below from Mary Poppins Let’s Go Fly A Kite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA-g8YYPKVo
Now watch this clip from the 2017 Wildwood Kite Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQafzKr7ugg
Take a look at a kite festival in Lytham. Enjoy browsing through the photographs: http://www.discoverfylde.co.uk/kitefestival2020/
Which was your favourite kite? Why did you like that one?
If you could design a kite, what would it look like? What shape would it be? What colours would it be.
Design your own kite and write a short description of it underneath.
Tuesday –
Kites
Today you are going to write a set of instructions for how to make a kite. First you need to have a look at how to write a set of instructions. Watch this clip on how to make a simple cake. BBC Teach Class Clips: English KS1 / KS2: How to write clear instructions
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1-ks2-how-to-write-instructions/zrvtscw
Now have a look at some of these examples written by children. Click on a few different examples to see how to write instructions. https://www.literacywagoll.com/instructions.html
(Note: as these are written by children, some may contain spelling and grammatical inaccuracies).
Think about how you make a kite. If you haven’t made a kite before you can use the clip below. How To Make A Simple Kite for Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dismSOx3q0g
You could base your instructions on the Flat Stanley kite that you made in an earlier unit.
Features that you might want to include:
− What You Need/ Apparatus section at the start
− bullet points/ numbers to sequence the steps
− imperative (bossy) verbs, e.g. place, stick
− some adverbs, e.g. carefully, gently, firmly
− a diagram/illustration to help.
Wednesday –
Hot air balloons
How does a hot air balloon work? Watch the clip and read the information on the web page below: What is a Hot Air Balloon? https://mocomi.com/hot-air-balloon/
Explore any vocabulary that is unfamiliar, e.g. suspended, altitude, resistant, navigate. Use a dictionary to find the definitions of these words. www.wordhippo.com
Read through The History of The Hot Air Balloon section from this website: https://www.scienceforkidsclub.com/hot-air-balloons.html
Write down five facts that you have found out.
Now enjoy watching some real hot air balloons on the clips below: Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascent – Balloon Festival Barnstorf 2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjOC1CSPBW0 (Up to 3:30 mins)
Colourful Time-Lapse of Hot Air Balloons in New Mexico – Short Film Showcase (spelt colorful in this American video). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGAMTlI6XxY
Thursday –
Wing it!
Watch this clip: WING IT - The Animation School https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARHVR9BkOWU
Now watch this scene from the film ‘Up’ Up Pixar Flying House Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBqE6KdqJ20
Your task today is to design/create your own flying machine. What will it look like? How will it fly? Will it fly like a kite? A hot air balloon? An aeroplane? How will it steer?
Draw and label your flying machine. Use everything that you have learnt over the last two weeks about flying to help you with your design.
Friday –
Using your design from yesterday, today you are going to write a short story based on your design.
Think of your short story in three main parts.
Beginning – Character makes flying machine. He/she tests it but it doesn’t quite work. Maybe it crashes!
Middle – Character finds some inspiration and makes alterations to the flying machine.
End – Flying machine works or doesn’t work!
Write some ideas/notes for each part.
Now write your short story. Remember to include some Year 3 sentence types/skills that you have learnt,
e.g.
− use different conjunctions in your writing (e.g. when, although, since, before, after, until)
− use adverbs in your writing (e.g. carefully, happily, soon, silently, next)
− use inverted commas (speech marks) to show a character is speaking
− use prepositions (e.g. above, below, beneath, beyond, within, outside)
Decide if you are writing in first person (I) or third person (he/she). Make sure you keep it the same throughout the story. Keep re-reading your story as you write to check it makes sense and you are happy with it. Check for spelling and punctuation too!
Numeracy
Complete the number and place value workbook
You also have some 'To Do's' on Purplemash
Activities –
Continue to carry out activities from last week if not already completed.
You have been set 'To Do's' on Purplemash
With an adult, follow the instructions to make your own hot air balloon: https://www.firstpalette.com/craft/hot-air-balloon.html
With an adult, have a go at following the instructions you viewed earlier to make the cake: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1ks2-how-to-write-instructions/zrvtscw
Have a go at making your own paper aeroplane (spelt airplane in this American video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KPaxKUDj6I
Week 3 15.06.20
Literacy
Focus theme: Up, Up and Away! (Part one)
This is the first of a two week unit defying gravity! Explore poems, stories and movies themed around the air and flying. Find facts and delve into the history of flight. You might possibly end up being blown away!
When following links, parents should monitor that children are remaining on that page only and are keeping safe online. (Note: You will need to register with LoveReading4Kids to view the extracts. Membership is free).
Monday –
Watch and enjoy the short film, Fantastic Flying Books of Morris Lessmore: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONHuLal2OxM
Watch again up to 4:33 mins.
Think about verbs that could describe how the man is moving/flying in the storm and how the books are flying later on, e.g. twirling, swirling, tumbling.
Use a thesaurus to find synonyms (words with a similar meaning) for your words. https://www.wordhipp o.com/ Write these synonyms down.
Create an ‘ing’ poem about flying using some of the verbs you have explored.
Start off by describing what happened to Mr Lessmore at the start of the clip, e.g. how he was flying, not through choice and in a dangerous way. Next, move on to describing the books flying in the air, e.g. they are purposeful and elegant. Here is an example for you.
Whisked away by the gusts of wind, Falling, gliding, tumbling, diving. Trying to catch a hold, Bumping, reaching, grabbing, plunging.
The elegant books soaring through the sky. Gliding, drifting, hovering, fluttering. Waiting for the right person to come along, Coasting, skimming, floating, cruising.
Write your poem out neatly and decorate it with pictures of flying books around it.
Tuesday –
Watch and enjoy this clip from Peter Pan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YYXgEr0758
Imagine that you are Wendy. You are writing a letter to you best friend to tell them all about your first experience of flying. (See the example below).
Think about the events that happened to you, how you were sprinkled with dust and then how you could fly. What did you see as you were flying? How did you feel as you were flying?
Try to include some of the new words that you found for flying yesterday.
Could you also include some prepositions (describing position or direction) in your description? E.g. above, below, beneath, within, outside, beyond.
Example Letter
Dear …,
You won’t believe what happened to me today!
I have been flying! Peter, from Neverland, sprinkled some magic fairy dust on me and I could fly! We all soared up into the sky and glided past the tallest of buildings. At one point we were right next to Big Ben! (Etc.)
Remember to read back through your work to check that it makes sense. Check that you have punctuated your work correctly.
Wednesday –
Read these poems about flight. As you read, jot down any interesting words or phrases about flight.
If I Could Fly https://www.pitara.com/fiction-for-kids/poems-for-kids/if-i-could-fly/
The Leaf’s Lament https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/poem/the-leafs-lament/
Flight of the Wild Bird https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEqjJtwgGzk
One Small Bird – various poems about birds, some of which focus on flight – all written by school children http://www.onesmallbird.uk/poems/
Discuss: What would you do if you could fly? Where would you go?
What would you see? Would you visit a special place?
Write you own poem about flight. You may wish to use the title If I Could Fly, If I Had Wings, or create your own title. Try to use some of the interesting vocabulary you’ve collected from the poems you’ve read. You could also use a thesaurus to find synonyms for your words. www.wordhippo.com
Don’t worry about making your poem rhyme – it doesn’t need to! Your poem can just be a series of sentences about what you would do if you could fly.
Write your poem out neatly, illustrate it and share it with members of your household.
Thursday –
Today we are going to find out about the Wright brothers who, it is thought, invented the first flying machine.
First of all, you are going to explore some vocabulary that you will come across. Have a go at thinking about what you think each word below might mean and then look up the definition in a dictionary. www.wordhippo.com aerodynamic, pioneer, glider, efficient, navigate, warped. You could use a chart like the one below to record the words.
Now watch the clip below. Remember to listen out for the words you have explored. The Wright Brothers: First Successful Aeroplane 1903 (spelt Airplane in this American video).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDlk4Ky_ahs
Find out some more information here: Ducksters – Wright Brothers
https://www.ducksters.com/biography/wright_brothers.php
Note down any words that are unfamiliar to you in your chart and find out the meaning of these words.
At the bottom of the webpage is a quiz. Click on the link to test your knowledge by completing the ten question quiz!
Friday -
Using the information from yesterday and any of your own research, create a mind map to show all that you have learnt about the Wright brothers.
Include all the key information that you have found out and add some pictures/drawings too. Can you include any of the new vocabulary that you explored yesterday?
Below is an example of what a mind map might look like.
Numeracy
Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M32I2eoHsRI to see how we use base 10 for column addition.
Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkcUtPIwgMU to see how we carry tens when using base 10 for column addition.
Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T1wiDDpUyg to see how we use base 10 for column subtraction.
Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so3ugpGK5mc to see how we exchange tens when using base 10 for column subtraction.
Work your way through the addition and subtraction booklet.
Activities –
You have some ‘To Do’s’ on Purple Mash
Read the PowerPoint All about gravity.
Complete the force of gravity worksheet.
Create your own rocket using these instructions - https://recipes.sainsburys.co.uk/articles/fun-stuff/transform-a-bottle-into-a-rocket-in-6-easy-steps
Science experiments for gravity - https://www.science-sparks.com/gravity-experiments-for-kids-galileo/
Make a pendulum using the instruction sheet.
Make and play the gravitation game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1BI6k3Gv8w
Gravity Painting for Kids
Materials
- Washable Paint
- Water
- Pipet(medicine dropper) or Spoon
- White Foam Board(or cardboard)
- Tissue Paper
- Glue (mixed with a little water)
- Paint Brush
- Permanent Marker
How to Do Gravity Painting
Step 1: Prep Your Work Surface
Prep your work space with a drop cloth and an easel or support to hold your foam board.
Step 2: Water Down the Paint
Mix your paint with a splash of water. You want to water down the paint so it can flow easily down the paper.
Step 3: Drip the Paint
Drip the paint on the paper with a pipet (medicine dropper) or spoon.
Watch gravity do it’s work. Your artist may wish to manipulate the drips by turning the board as the drips run down.
Step 4: Use the Drips as a Creative Prompt
Once your paper has dried, ask your child “what you can turn the drips into?”. You may wish to turn your painting upside down or on its side to spark an idea. Use your imagination to think creatively about what you see in the drips.
Step 5: Add Collage Elements
Add colour and creativity to turn your drips of paint into a work of art.
You could use collage techniques by painting with glue over tissue paper. You could also paint or add colour with markers instead of creating a tissue paper collage.
Examples -
Ask your child questions along the way to stretch their creative and critical thinking skills. The great thing about process art is there is no wrong way to do it. Let your child lead the project with their imagination.
Week 2 08.06.20
Literacy
Focus theme: Characters, characters!
This week is all about exploring characters from different stories and finding new vocabulary.
At the end of the week, decide which character is your favourite!
When following links online, parents should monitor that children are remaining on that page only and are keeping safe online.
Monday -
Read and enjoy Chapter One of Mister Cleghorn’s Seal by Judith Kerr: https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/book/16117/Mister-Cleghorns-Seal-by-Judith-Kerr.html
(You will need to register with LoveReading4Kids to view the extract. Membership is free).
After reading, discuss new and interesting vocabulary which you have read, e.g. edition, rearranging, newfangled, sum, stir, janitor, retreated.
Write down the new vocabulary and use www.wordhippo.com to explore similar words (synonyms) to help you understand them.
Create a character chart about Mister Cleghorn. Write down all the things you have found
