Harrow Lodge Primary School

Week 11: 22.6.2020 Year 3 School Closure Work Schedule

Day of the Week Maths English Reading Weekly

Curriculum Project

Monday

Maths topicLines and shapes

Making 3 Dimensional Shapes

Monday worksheets(lesson 6 of the topic)

This week’s focus is descriptionSpellingRecognise and make word familiesComplete English worksheet 1 – add prefixes and suffixes to root words to create word families

Complete the BBC bitesize lesson Slime by David Walliamshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zmyxxyc/year-3-and-p4-lessons(see english lesson 19th June)

Our topic focus this week is an art project on fossils1. DrawingLook at the pictures of ammonite fossils (see resources)

Use pen and ink/fine line pens/pencils to make a series of small scale drawings to show the ammonite’s features (use cross hatching/hatching/shading to show texture and shape

2. Pattern, form and shapeUse the Fibonacci picture cards to create a series of thumbnail drawings to capture the patterns.Choose one drawing and create a simple motif (see ideas in resources)

3. Ammonite SculptureLook at images of ammonite sculptures.Your challenge is to create a 3-D sculpture using air drying clay (or plasticene/play dough/any other modelling material)Experiment with techniques such as rolling and coiling.Use tools to create texture.You might like to paint your sculpture when it is dry

Tuesday

Mathletics x10 minsMaking 3 Dimensional

Shapes

Tuesday worksheets(lesson 7 of the topic)

Grammar:Similes and metaphorsComplete the bbc bitesize lesson to learn about similes and metaphorshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmmpscw(the worksheets for the lesson are also saved in this weeks resources

Choose a character from one of your bug club books.Create a character fact file which includes as much information about the character as you can find in the story. Include words and phrases from the book used to describe them.

Wednesday

TT Rockstars x10 mins

Describing 3D shapesWednesday worksheets(lesson 8 of the topic)

DescriptionListen to an extract from The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullmanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD45Et8JhqkComplete lesson 3 worksheet – identifying descriptive phrases from the text

Read a non fiction book of your own choice.(use Bug Club if you don’t have non fiction book at home)Write five amazing facts which you learnt from reading the book.

Thursday

Sum Dog x10 mins

Mind workoutThursday worksheets

Plan a characterListen to chapter 5 where Lila meets Razvani, the Fire Demon, for the first timehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jSpWvhdSDEJot down any interesting words of phrases used to describe him.Use lesson 4 worksheet to plan your own fire demon

Complete one of your allocated books on bug club

Friday Hit the button x 10 minshttps://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Lines and Shapes topic review

Friday worksheet

Describe a characterImagine you have just entered the heart of a volcano and come face to face with the fire demon that lives there. Describe what you see and hear as well as how you feel. Remember to include powerful descriptive phrases, similes and metaphors. (use the writing template for lesson 5 if you wish – or present your work in a different format (maybe you could word process your writing)

Why not email us your finished description?

Complete the reading comprehensionThe Same or Different? (see resources)(The work can be checked using the answer sheet also in resources)

Harrow Lodge Primary School

We’d love to read it!

PHSE

LO: to understand how exercise affects my body and know why my heart and lungs are such important organs and to set myself a fitness challenge

Look at the PHSE resources to help you to plan and record your own fitness challenges.

Next week it is Youth Sports WeekLog on and register with Youth Sports Trust this week to get resources ready for National School Sports Week At Home 20 th

June – 26th Junehttps://www.youthsporttrust.org/national-school-sport-week-home

Daily activities:Please keep up with bug club, mathletics and Sumdog

Listen to David Walliams reading on his websitePE with Joe Wickes

Also feel free to search reading activities on Twinkl or year 3 arithmetic tests. They are free to use during this period. Please see https://www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/how-to-utilise-twinkl-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown-a-guide-for-parents for

more details.