Year 3

Burns Night

Tonight (25th January) is a special night in Scotland! They celebrate Burns Night. Normally they will get together with their family and friends and have a special meal and finish the night with dancing. Unfortunately they won't be able to get together due to lockdown but they will still be celebrating and dancing in their homes.

Watch the video to find out more!

Why don't you research Scottish danicng? Maybe you could have a go! Make a video of you and send to the Year 3 email address so we can all see!

Happy Burns Night!

Miss Delaney's Maths Lesson 1 - Adding 3 digit and 1 digit numbers (not crossing 10)

Hello Year 3!

Here is your daily Maths lesson. This week we are learning how to add 3 digit and 1 digit numbers (not crossing 10).

Follow along with the lesson and write your answers in your home learning book. You have a copy of the questions in your pack aswell.

Don't forget to email me your work - I can't wait to see it.

Miss Delaney

Miss Delaney's Reading Lesson 1- The Nothing to see Here Hotel Chapters 1 and 2

Hello Year 3!

Our story for this half term is: The Nothing to see Here Hotel by Steven |Butler

I am going to upload the chapters every week for you to listen to and you will also get a copy in your pack for you to read at home.

Here are the questions for Chapters 1 and 2. They follow our VIPERS format we use in class. Please record the answers in your home learning book.

Chapter 1 and 2
Vocabulary	What sort of physical stature does ‘dumpling’ suggest? Find examples of onomatopoeia in Chapter One. What word tells you that the narrator was pleased to get his granny being a troll off his chest? What do you think slobberchopsy means?
Infer	What is the big bad wolf that the author is referring to? Why do you think Frankie assures that reader that the rest of the story is not lovey dovey? Why does no one go into the nothing to see here hotel? Why is dad proud of the zero-star rating?
Predict	Predict how things might get interesting.
Explain	What is your first impression of Granny and why?
Retrieve	What is the narrators Granny? Who is the narrator? What did Grandad Abraham used to collect? Why is Frankie a quarterling? What is the first sign of having troll blood? Where is the nothing to see here hotel? How many steps are there to Granny Regutgita’s room?
Summarise	Summarise your first impression of the nothing to see here hotel by writing a trip advisor review about it, using no more than 200 words.

Please email me your work, I would love to see it.

Miss Delaney

The World's Worst Children - Dribbling Drew

Today and over the next few days I am going to read you some short stories about the World's Worst Children which are written by David Walliams!

The first story I am going to read is called Dribbling Drew!

Can you answer these questions?

What did Drew like to do?
How would Drew like to travel to school?
Where did Drew go on his school trip?
Tell me 3 things that Drew had on his list
How long did it take Drew to put the diplodocus back together?

I love David Walliams books! Have you read any of them? I think my favourite is Gangsta Granny! What is your favourite? Let me know in the comments below!

Spelling 11 - Dots

Todays strategy is called dots. In this strategy you will write your words in dots rather than letters. Maybe you could use different colours too! Watch the video to learn more!

Try using dots to make these words:

at
I
if
be
do
had
in
no
the
it's
actually
business
eighth
forwards
guide
opposite
regular
reign
February
increase
knowledge
minute
ordinary

Let me know if this strategy helps in the comments below! 👇

Keep calm and read a book

Turning on the TV at the moment can be a little worrying! Reading can help you relax! Why don't you find a little corner in your house this week, get a book out and snuggle up and read. This will help take your mind off all the worries in the World!

11 Times Tables

This weeks focus is the elevens!

Here is Percy Parker singing the 11 times table song!

Can you answer my questions?

2x11=
4x11=
6x11=
8x11=
10x11=