This week’s Learning Log:
This week in Maths we will be focusing our learning on our 2,3,4 and 5 multiplication facts. In English we are going to get in touch with our senses and our vocabulary
bank when reading, writing and performing free verse poetry. We will be writing free verse poems relating to our Topic for our Big Write on Friday May 6th. As our
topic is Ancient China focusing on farming and settlements. We will be looking at key symbols in ancient China (such as dragons) their importance and their meaning. In
Science for this term, we will be learning about nutrition! This week we will be looking at sorting food into food groups and understanding how they are needed for our
growth, active life and for keeping healthy.
English
This week we will continue reading all sorts of different
free verse poems, and really focus on the different
descriptive language used. We will also continue building
up our vocabulary with new and interesting words to
describe objects, settings and experiences. We will
practice forming our own free verse poems with hopes
of adding actions when performing them in front of
each other.
You could:
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With your child, practice their spelling words
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Pick an object or experience – then help develop a
word bank of different ways to explain that object
or experience. (feeling?)
Begin to form a list of descriptive words under each.
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Dictate (say out loud) a sentence that needs
punctuation (such as: inverted commas or question
marks). Have your child write down the sentence
using the proper grammar and punctuation.
Maths
This week in Maths we will be looking at how to use our
2,3,4 and 5 multiplication facts in a variety of ways! We
will be practicing the inverse operation (division) and be
using height and weight as units of measurement. Later on
in the week we will practice multiplying 2,3,4, 5 and 8 by
Next Week Beginning:
01/05/17
Year 3 Homework  Due
every Wednesday.
Homework Club is available
every Tues and Wed
lunchtime for children
needing help or extra time.
Use a thesaurus to find alternative words for your
list of descriptive words.
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Year 3
P.E- What is needed?
Tuesday Mornings:
Outdoor P.E clothes (tshirt, long sleeve shirt,
bottoms, socks + trainers)
multiples of 10 and a variety of other 2-digit numbers.
You could:
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Keep practicing your times tables up to 12!
(especially 6,7 and 8)
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Practice spelling numbers in words
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Practice counting in 10’s.
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Chat about what is different or similar to multiplying by
1 digit numbers and multiples of 10.
e.g. 3 x 4 = 12
3 x 40 =120
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Take turns forming word problems using
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Try baking something sweet or go shopping for bulk
food and explore different units of measurement
around height and weight.
e.g. mm, cm, m, ml, liters, grams, kilograms