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Spellings for week 5
The spellings this week are as follows:
neighbour
although
therefore
surprise
strange
regular
experiment
disappear
increase
describe
As always, please also practise your times tables on ttrockstars.com.
Thanks,
The Year 3 team
Spellings for week 3
The spellings for this week are:
Plain
Plane
Rain
Rein
Reign
Vein
Main
Mane
Weather
Whether
We are continuing with homophones for another week. Most of the errors made in the spelling tests this week were down to mixing up the different homophones. Please make sure you are learning the meanings along with the spellings 🙂
Please practise your times tables using ttrockstars – in Year 3 we focus on 3s, 4s and 8s.
Performance Poetry
In English, we have been looking at performance poetry so that we can create our own in the coming weeks! We started off by creating actions to the poem ‘Gran, can you rap?’ Can you remember them?
In today’s lesson, we looked at two poems and compared them based on how much we liked them and the poetic features they included. These were ‘Once’ by Michael Rosen and ‘Talking Turkeys’ by Benjamin Zephaniah. Most of Jet class preferred Zephaniah’s poem because of its fun content and funky rhythm. We rewrote the first 4 lines of the poem based on the pets we have or would like to have at home.
Can you remember the different rhyme schemes we have been looking at this week? Comment below with the ones you remember!
Homework
Spelling tests are every Thursday afternoon. The spellings we are learning for 13.06.19 are all homophones and are listed below.
allowed
aloud
sight
site
meddle
medal
peace
piece
missed
mist
We would also like children to practise their times tables at home so that they are secure in their 3s, 4s and 8s by the end of Year 3. Each child has a username and password to login to https://www.ttrockstars.com at home. If you do not have these details, please ask your class teacher.
Children should also be reading at home every day and writing a comment in their reading diaries. These comments are evidence of reading, however the main reason we ask for this is to develop comprehension skills and ensure the children have a good understanding of what they have read. Please remind your children to use the bookmarks stapled in their diaries for their comments.
Proud To Be Me
Hi all,
The theme for this half term is Proud To Be Me and Year 3 will be celebrating/learning about the following things over the next few weeks.
Anti-Bullying
During story time and reflection time at the end of the day. Teachers will use the books below to support discussions on the following themes:
- Different families
- It’s good to be me
Teachers will present a lesson on anti-bullying using the Anti-Bullying presentation written by Rachel Evans, Deputy Headteacher. Teachers will introduce the class ‘worry box’.
Children will take part in the school bullying survey
Reading
Reading, and comprehension activities, linked to the following books:
All You Need is Love: Celebrating families of All shapes and sizes by Shanni Collins
The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams
The Van Gogh Café by Cynthia Rylant
Heather Has Two Mummies by Leslea Newman and Laura Cornell
A House for Everyone by Jo Hirst
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Writing
Children will explore various forms of poetry, including performance poetry, from various authors and will identify key features which make poems engaging and meaningful. They will use this knowledge to create their own poems which will then be rehearsed, so that they can be performed at the end of term.
Spoken Language/ Drama/ Debate
Children to learn about and write their own performance poetry about how their family is unique and special, which they will then perform to parents at the end of term. They will learn about rhythm, movement and intonation as devises to engage the audience during their performances.
Art & Design
Children will explore the work of artist Hannah Hoch and unpick the techniques she used to create her art. They will then create collages from images and text from magazines and newspapers (inspired by her work), celebrating uniqueness, diversity and equality.
History
Children will learn about changes in society during the 20th and 21st centuries which have impacted on equality in society.
Music
Children will learn and perform the following songs:
This is Me from The Greatest Showman
True Colours by Cindy Lauper
Shake it Off by Taylor Swift
Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae
Titanium by David Guetta featuring Sia
Summer Term Learning
Our whole school theme this half term is “Proud to be me”. Here’s what we will be learning for the remainder of this academic year…
YEAR 3
Anti-Bullying
During story time and reflection time at the end of the day. Teachers will use the books below to support discussions on the following themes:
- Different families
- It’s good to be me
Teachers will present a lesson on anti-bullying using the Anti-Bullying presentation written by Rachel Evans, Deputy Headteacher. Teachers will introduce the class ‘worry box’.
Children will take part in the school bullying survey
Reading
Reading, and comprehension activities, linked to the following books:
All You Need is Love: Celebrating families of All shapes and sizes by Shanni Collins
The Boy in the Dress by David Walliams
The Van Gogh Café by Cynthia Rylant
Heather Has Two Mummies by Leslea Newman and Laura Cornell
A House for Everyone by Jo Hirst
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Writing
Children will explore various forms of poetry, including performance poetry, from various authors and will identify key features which make poems engaging and meaningful. They will use this knowledge to create their own poems which will then be rehearsed, so that they can be performed at the end of term.
Spoken Language/ Drama/ Debate
Children to learn about and write their own performance poetry about how their family is unique and special, which they will then perform to parents at the end of term. They will learn about rhythm, movement and intonation as devises to engage the audience during their performances.
Art & Design
Children will explore the work of artist Hannah Hoch and unpick the techniques she used tp create her art. They will then create collages from images and text from magazines and newspapers (inspired by her work), celebrating uniqueness, diversity and equality.
History
Children will learn about changes in society during the 20th and 21st centuries which have impacted on equality in society.
Music
Children will learn and perform the following songs:
This is Me from The Greatest Showman
True Colours by Cindy Lauper
Shake it Off by Taylor Swift
Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae
Titanium by David Guetta featuring Sia
Homework
Spelling Focus:Words with a/sh/ sound spelt ’ch’
| Words | practise | practise | practise | practise |
| chef | ||||
| chalet | ||||
| machine | ||||
| brochure | ||||
| crochet | ||||
| ricochet | ||||
| parachute | ||||
| moustache | ||||
| champagne | ||||
| chute |
In your homework book:
1. Write a sentence using each wordfrom your spelling list.(Make sure that all of your sentences are interesting. Include adjectives, powerful verbs, connectives, similes and so on)
2. Remember to read every dayand make sure that your reading records are Signed by an adult, to earn extra merits.
3. Practise all of your times tables, go on www.hitthebuttonand Times Tables Rockstars every day. Remember you need to know all of your times tables by the end of year 4.
Homework
| chemist |
| character |
| chemical |
| chaos |
| chorus |
| anchor |
| scheme |
| echo |
| mechanic |
| stomach |
1. Write a sentence using each wordfrom your spelling list.(Make sure that all of your sentences are interesting. Include adjectives, powerful verbs, connectives, similes and so on)
2. Remember to read every day and make sure that your reading records are Signed by an adult, to earn extra merits.
3. Practise all of your times tables, go on www.hitthebuttonevery day.
Remember you need to know all of your times tables by the end of year 4.
What a performance!
Jet class wrote a great scene for the book Gorilla. In English, we read the story Gorilla, wrote a play script for the different scenes in the book and then we acted out or scenes to other classes. They also acted out their scenes for us.
