Milton Mount Primary School
Grattons Drive, Pound Hill, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 3AG
Tel: 01293 537158 Fax: 01293 528782
Email: [email protected]
Wednesday 10th January 2017
Dear Parents and Carers,
Year 3 Homework - Week 2, Spring 1
Maths
This term the children will be focussing on the 8 times tables. Please remember to sign your child's maths
journal to acknowlege the work done.
Suggested Activities: 8's learning
1) Practice the 8 times tables using the 100 square?. See reverse of letter.
2) Go to the following web address and play this game with the 8 times table.
http://www.ictgames.com/spitfireufo.html
3) Use this poem to help you learn the 8 times table - can you make one up of your own?
One spider on a plate. One times eight equals eight
Two spiders on a trampoline. Two times eight is sixteen.
Three spiders on the door. Three times eight is twenty-four.
Four spiders in my shoe. Four times eight is thirty-two.
Five spiders being naughty. Five times eight equals forty.
Six spiders on the gate. Six times eight is forty-eight.
Seven spiders collecting sticks. Seven times eight is fifty-six.
Eight spiders running across the floor. Eight times eight is sixty-four.
Nine spiders standing in a queue. Nine times eight is seventy-two.
Ten spiders scaring Katie. Ten times eight equals eighty.
Reading
Please ensure that you comment and sign in these each time your child reads to you, at least 5 times per
week for a minimum of 10 minutes as per our homework policy.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact your child’s class teacher.
Many thanks,
The Year 3 Team