Year 3
Friday 1st May
English activity
Listen to the story of The Smartest Giant in Town.
What did you like about the story? Did you like the ending?
Can you come up with a different ending?
Play The Smartest Giant in Town pairs game on Purple Mash.
Maths activity - Subtracting fractions with the same denominator
(click to open as PDFs)
In your jotters complete the subtraction number sentences.
Geography activity
Would Coldean be a good place for a giant to visit? Remember that giants are a lot bigger than us. Where would be a good place for a giant to sleep?
You could: Draw the area where the giant would sleep.
Thursday 30th April
English activity - Adjectives
Let’s recap on adjectives today! Click here to find a video and activities.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (the name of a thing or a place).
For example: He was a tall giant.
The word 'terrible' is an adjective. It tells us what the book (the noun) was like.
Adjectives can come before or after a noun.
- The giant sitting on the hill was tall
- The tall giant was sitting on the hill
Try putting adjectives in different places in your sentences to make your writing more interesting.
If you want to describe a noun in detail, you can use more than one adjective.
For example: The tall, towering giant looked down at the children.
You use a comma to separate interchangeable adjectives.
You could:
Use the image of the giant and describe him using interchangeable adjectives.
Maths activity - More fractions
Login to your MyMaths account.
Watch and join in with the MyMaths lesson on More Fractions.
Now complete the online homework here.
Also: Complete any other outstanding MyMaths homework you have left!
w some fractions in your jotter and write down some facts you have learned about them.
PE activity
Create a home workout. Try including a range of movements. Then, find some music to go along with your workout. Finally, get an adult to do the workout with you!
Wednesday 29th April
Art activity
These are all inspired by me watching the BBC series Primates- all about monkeys
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=primates
Have a look at these websites to see if you can make your own monkey art
http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob
Anthony Browne shows you how to draw Willy the Wimp
http://www.anthonybrownebooks.com/draw-you-own-willy-the-wimp
Save your work so we can share it when we are all back together again….
Keep on drawing and doodling!
If you would like to send in photos of the artwork you have been creating then please email them to office@coldean.brighton-hove.sch.uk and we will add them to our new gallery area (coming soon). Please put subject: "Year 3 Artwork"
Just the image please, no faces! We will caption your name if you include it in the email.
Computing activity
We are continuing to learn about branching databases. Are you ready with your YES/NO questions??
Click here to open a PDF of the lesson.
Remember to have Purple Mash open on a different tab to help you switch between the slideshow and some of the activities.
Music activity
Tuesday 28th April
English reading - Pronouns
Watch the following video here to identify pronouns and then complete the activities.
Pronouns replace nouns. If we didn't have pronouns, we'd have to keep repeating our nouns and that would make our sentences awkward and repetitive.
For example:
Miss Swayne carefully opened the biscuit tin, ate three biscuits and then closed the biscuit tin. Then, Miss Swayne opened the fridge door and Miss Swayne ate some more food. Miss Swayne was still very hungry.
or
Miss Swayne carefully opened the biscuit tin, ate three biscuits and then closed the it. Then, she opened the fridge door and she ate some more food. Miss Swayne was still very hungry.
Pronouns are short words like it, she, he, you, we, they, us and them.
They are used to describe either individuals or groups of people, rather than using their name or names.
You could:
- Use the image of the giant from yesterday and write some sentences using pronouns.
- You could write about his likes and dislikes.
- You could underline the pronouns.
Maths activity - Fractions
Adding fractions with the same denominator (click to open as PDFs)
In your jotters complete the addition number sentences.
Well-being activity
Let’s grow some calming breathing skills
Whale breathing:
Sitting criss-cross, sit up tall and take a deep breath in, hold it while you count to 5 with your fingers then tilt head up to blow it out of blowhole. You can also put your hands up on top of head to create the blow hole to “blow” out.
Bumble bee breathing: Breathe in and pretend you are smelling a flower. As you breathe out, make humming bee sound. Try different ways of making the sound - longer or shorter, high or low sounds.
Or Try joining in with Bee breath on Go Noodle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WnJbdEoKhE
English activity - Nouns
Watch the video links here to help you to identify common and proper nouns and then have a go at the activities.
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You could:
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Maths activity
Times table practice on Times Table Rockstars
Who will be the champions of Year 3? After 4 weeks of Gold class winning Sunstone have recorded their first victory! Can they win again?
This weeks new competition begins on Monday morning and runs for the week. Please aim to spend at least 45 minutes on it today to help your class to be the best!
PARENTS PLEASE NOTE YOUR CHILD SHOULD USE THE 'GARAGE' SETTING TO PLAY GAMES AS THIS HAS TIMES TABLES SET AT THE RIGHT LEVEL FOR YOUR CHILD.
Science activity
This term we would have been beginning the topic Up the Beanstalk. This topic is all about plants and giant plants, stories about giants and giants visiting our local area.
This week while completing your daily exercise, see how many flowering plants you can spot. Can you spot a daisy, dandelion or buttercup? What other flowering plants can you spot?
You could:
- Draw a picture of a flowering plant. Which parts can you name/ label?
Last week's learning
Look at how we got on with last week's learning.
