Year 3 - Mrs Hickey and Mr Bennett
English Easter Holidays (10/4/20~19/4/20)
The pack of work that has been sent home, is for children who would like to do more than the daily piece of work that is uploaded on the school website.
Reading
Date: Thursday 9th April
Book Title: Pugs of the Frozen North
Read the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Thursday 9th April
LC: Spelling, Phonics and Vocabulary Assessment (2)
This week we will revisit some of the things we have covered whilst working at home.
7) Spelling strategies
8) Phonemes
Complete activities 7 and 8 in your literacy book.
Remember to use your neat handwriting,
Reading
Date: Wednesday 8th April
Book Title: You're a Bad Man, Mr Gum!
Read the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Wednesday 8th April
LC: Spelling, Phonics and Vocabulary Assessment (1)
This week we will revisit some of the things we have covered whilst working at home.
5) Prefixes
6) Syllables
Complete activities 5 and 6 in your literacy book.
Remember to use your neat handwriting,
Reading
Date: Tuesday 7th April
Book Title: The Twits
Read chapters three and four of the extract from The Twits (scroll down to yesterday's work to find it) and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Tuesday 7th April
LC: Grammar and Punctuation Assessment (2)
This week we will revisit some of the things we have covered whilst working at home.
3) Writing sentences that make sense
4) Capital letters, full stops and question marks
Complete activities 3 and 4 in your literacy book.
Remember to use your neat handwriting,
Reading
Date: Monday 6th April
Book Title: The Twits
Read the first two chapters of the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book. We'll read the next two tomorrow.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Monday 6th April
LC: Grammar and Punctuation Assessment (1)
This week we will revisit some of the things we have covered whilst working at home.
1) Ways of introducing dialogue
2) Using verb tenses correctly
Complete activities 1 and 2 in your literacy book.
Remember to use your neat handwriting,
Reading
Date: Friday 3rd April
Book Title: Oliver and the Seawigs
Read the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Friday 3rd April
LC: Continue a story
Read the story opening below.
Write the rest of the story The Noise in the Night in your literacy book.
Remember to write in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Reading
Date: Thursday 2nd April
Book Title: The Velveteen Rabbit
Read the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Thursday 2nd April
Title: The Noise in the Night
Read the text and complete the Text, Sentence and Word activities in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Reading
Date: Wednesday 1st April
Book Title: Ballerina Dreams
Read the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Wednesday 1st April
Title: Going Shopping
Read the text and complete the Text, Sentence and Word activities in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Reading
Date: Tuesday 31st March
Book Title: The Great Chocoplot
Read the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Tuesday 31st March
LC: Write a play script
Look back at yesterday's text Nail Soup. Notice the features of a play script (character names in the margin, stage directions in brackets, no speech marks, etc.)
Reread The Sandcastle from last Monday (scroll down to the bottom of this page).
Rewrite The Sandcastle, as a play script, in your literacy book.
Remember to use neat handwriting,
Reading
Date: Monday 30th March
Book Title: The Nothing To See Here Hotel
Read the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Monday 30th March
Title: Nail Soup
Read the play script and complete the Text, Sentence and Word activities in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Reading
Date: Friday 27th March
Book Title: Matilda
Read the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Friday 27th March
LC: Write a shape poem
Look back at the shape poems from yesterday then write one of your own about a hedgehog, spider or butterfly in your literacy book.
Remember to draft it first on paper then write it up using neat handwriting.
Reading
Date: Thursday 26th March
Book Title: Fantastic Mr Fox
Read the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Thursday 26th March
Title: Shape poems
Read the shape poems and complete the Text, Sentence and Word activities in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Reading
Date: Wednesday 25th March
Book Title: Flat Stanley
Read the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Wednesday 25th March
Title: Weather poem
Read the text and complete the Text, Sentence and Word activities in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Reading
Date: Tuesday 24th March
Book Title: Horrid Henry's Dance Class
Read the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Tuesday 24th March
LC: Write a story ending
Write an ending to the story The Sandcastle in your literacy book.
Remember to write in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Reading
Date: Monday 23rd March
Book Title: The Legend of Spud Murphy
Read the extract and answer the VIPERS questions in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
Literacy
Date: Monday 23rd March
Title: The Sandcastle
Read the text and complete the Text, Sentence and Word activities in your literacy book.
Remember to answer in full sentences and use neat handwriting.
