Year 3 Home Learning Activities · 1. What did the Mayan people leave as gifts? 2. What did they use to sweeten and spice up the chocolate? 3. What did Kukulkán want to give the

Year 3 Home Learning Activities - English

Monday 22nd June – Friday 26th June 2020

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Any log in details will be in your child’s homework diary.

This is an example timetable for you to follow. Feel free to adapt if you wish.

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Well-Being Friday

Joe Wicks Challenge

Joe Wicks Challenge

Joe Wicks Challenge

Joe Wicks Challenge

Joe Wicks Challenge

English English English English English

Maths Maths Maths Maths Maths

Science Topic Art PE Well-BeingActivity

Reading Reading Reading Reading Reading

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

http://www.gonoodle.com/

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

http://www.mathletics.com/

https://ttrockstars.com/

https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/

http://www.twinkl.co.uk/

https://www.spellingshed.com/

Monday – English

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LO: To answer comprehension questions.

This week, we are going to look at chapter 3 of ‘The Chocolate Tree’.

To listen to the story being read, go to https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17rKAVg38302yNvRlElWd-SYquN_DNrMB and click on Chapter 3.

You can also read the chapter on the next slide or if you have your own copy, read the story yourself.

We are going to focus on three different skills:

Retrieve – you can find the answer in the text

Interpret – you need to use the text to decide on a main idea

Choice – you need to think about why the author has chosen to use a particular device

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17rKAVg38302yNvRlElWd-SYquN_DNrMB

Monday – English

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Dawn came. Kukulkán woke to the singing sound of his people’s voices. Heaps of fruit sat at his doorstep. Bundles of vegetables sat next to the fruit. Clay pots and woven baskets held the food. These were gifts from the hardworking Mayan people. I want the Mayans to have something special, he thought. Kukulkán knew he must return to paradise for this special gift. The task would not be easy. He knew Night Jaguar would not be happy. Kukulkán would have to sneak off while his brother was sleeping. When the sun was high in the sky, he spread his mighty wings. Off he flew to paradise.

He arrived just in time for a fancy dinner. Music played. Banana trees swayed in the breeze. Kukulkán strolled past the butterflies and through the gardens. Nearly all of his family sat at the table. They welcomed him. More than one hundred gods had come to the dinner. On his right was the goddess of the moon. To his left was the god Chac. Chac ruled the rain. The gods feasted on papayas, mangoes and melons. There were tall stacks of corn tortillas. They poured cup after cup of foamy chocolate, called chocolatl. The gods had honey to sweeten the chocolate. They used chillies to spice it up.

Kukulkán finally decided to speak. “The Maya are good people and they deserve a special gift,” he said. “I want to bring them…” Suddenly all the gods became silent. Everyone stopped eating. They sat down their jade goblets. They listened. “I want to bring them…a chocolate tree,” said Kukulkán boldly. Instantly, there was uproar. Gods began shouting. Goddesses argued. “He wants to share our finest treasure with the Maya?” asked one. “Then the Maya will have everything we gods have,” said Chac. “I think it’s only fair,” said another.

Monday – English

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Kukulkán stood and left the table. He went into the garden, away from the noise. He sat beneath a cacao tree to think. Chocolate will bring the people happiness, he thought. My people will grow wise and create a paradise on Earth. Yet was it right to share this treasure of the gods? Kukulkán pondered the question. Hundreds of cacao trees grew in paradise. Every tree had many pods. Every pod had nearly 60 seeds inside. Why not share the wealth? he decided.

The gods shuffled off to bed, grumbling. Some agreed with Kukulkán. Some thought it was a terrible idea. But Kukulkán had made up his mind. He waited until everyone was sleeping. Then he found a small cacao tree. It was loaded with red pods. He snatched the tree up, roots and all. He looked around to be sure no one was watching. Then he raced through the garden, past the waterfalls. He flew up a rainbow. He jumped onto the morning star. WHOOSH! The star sped him back to Earth.

Monday – English

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Meet It1. What did the Mayan people

leave as gifts?2. What did they use to sweeten

and spice up the chocolate?3. What did Kukulkán want to give

the Mayan people?4. Where did Kukulkán go to

think? 5. How did Kukulkán get back to

earth?

Beat It1. What time of day did Kukulkán

set off back to paradise and why?

2. What makes paradise sound like a nice place to visit?

3. How do you know the gods felt shocked by what Kukulkán said?

4. Did Kukulkán find the decision easy? How do you know?

5. How do you think Kukulkán felt as he travelled back to earth?

Smash It 1. What time of day did Kukulkán

set off back to paradise and why?

2. How does the author make paradise sound like a nice place to visit?

3. Why does the author use … when Kukulkán is speaking?

4. Why does the author write some lines in italics?

5. How do you think Kukulkán felt as he travelled back to earth?

Monday – English (Answers)

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Meet It1. They gave heaps of fruit,

bundles of vegetables, clay pots and woven baskets.

2. They used honey to sweeten the chocolate and chillies to spice it up.

3. He wanted to give them a chocolate tree.

4. He went into the garden beneath a cacao tree.

5. He travelled on a morning star.

Beat It1. He set off at midday, when the sun

was high in the sky, because he knew his brother was sleeping.

2. There are butterflies, gardens and a banana tree swaying in the breeze. There is a feast of fruit, tortillas and chocolatl.

3. They were silent, they stopped eating and they put down their goblets.

4. He didn’t find it easy. He needed time to think and thought about the positives and negatives.

5. He might have felt excited to give the Mayan people the chocolate tree but anxious in case anyone found out.

Smash It 1. He set off at midday, when the

sun was high in the sky, because he knew his brother was sleeping.

2. There are butterflies, gardens and a banana tree swaying in the breeze. There is a feast of fruit, tortillas and chocolatl.

3. The … shows that there is suspense in the paragraph. The gods can’t wait to hear what Kukulkán is going to say.

4. The lines in italics show Kukulkán’s thoughts.

5. He might have felt excited to give the Mayan people the chocolate tree but anxious in case anyone found out.

Tuesday – English

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LO: To consider what a character might be saying.

Yesterday, we read chapter 3 and answered questions about what had happened next in the story.

Today, we are going to think about what the characters might be saying to each other at the table. What questions might they be asking? What arguments might they be having?

Tuesday – English

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Imagine you are one of the gods at the table. If there is someone else in your household who can help you, they could be another god at the table. Can you act out a conversation that you might be having? What kinds of things might you say?

I think the Mayan people really do deserve chocolate.

How dare you! It’s one of our most precious resources!

Tuesday – English

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Your task:

In your book, draw 6 speech bubbles. Come up with different ideas for what six different characters in the story could say.

Challenge: add notes next to your speech bubbles to explain how the characters are speaking and what the characters are doing at the same time.e.g. loudly whilst pouring cups of foamy chocolatl

Wednesday – English

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LO: To use speech punctuation.

What is speech punctuation?

These are inverted commas or speech marks.

This punctuation goes around the part of the sentence that is being said, the part in a speech bubble!

When we write a sentence of speech, we also need to say who said it.

Let’s watch the video to find out more about how to use speech marks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-YFmLctwDY


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“I’m really proud of our year 3 children!” exclaimed Mrs Ward.

I’m so proud of our Year 3

children!

Have a look at this example to see how to use speech marks.

They are superstars!

Now try this one yourself!


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We can improve our speech sentence by explaining how a character is speaking and what they are doing at the same time.

We use adverbs to explain how somebody is speaking.

We use whilst or while to explain what action they are doing at the same time.

The Year 3s have sent in

such wonderful

work!

“The Year 3s have sent in such wonderful work!’ exclaimed Mrs Ward enthusiastically whilst clapping her hands.


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Meet It Beat It

Choose a challenge to solve in your workbook.


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LO: To practise using speech punctuation.

Smash It

Correctly punctuate these sentences and then extend them using adverbs and actions.

Extra challenge:Try this speech marks quiz!https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks1/english/speech-marks/

https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks1/english/speech-marks/

Wednesday – English (Answers)

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Meet It Beat It

Wednesday – English (Answers)

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LO: To practise using speech punctuation.

Smash It

The answers show the correct punctuation, but you will have your own ideas in the empty spaces.

Thursday – English

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LO: To use speech marks accurately.

Today, we are going to change the speech bubbles you created in Tuesday’s lesson into passages of speech, correctly punctuated.

Let’s watch the video about how to turn a speech bubble into a sentence.



https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zvftsbk


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Here is a checklist to help us make sure we include all the features we need in our sentence.

I think the Mayan people

really do deserve

chocolate.

How dare you! It’s one of our most

precious resources!

“I think the Mayan people really do deserve chocolate,” mentioned Kukulkan.


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We can make our speech sentences even more exciting by including how the character has spoken, using adverbs.

We can add what action our characters are doing at the same time.

“I think the Mayan people really do deserve chocolate,” mentioned Kukulkanconfidently whilst eating a plate of juicy mangoes.




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Your task:

Turn your speech bubbles from yesterday’s lesson into speech sentences. Use the checklist to make sure you have included everything. There is a word bank to help you to think of other words for said and adverbs.

We’d love to see your speech mark work. If you have

permission, send it to

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

A Week of Wishes!

Ask an adult at home if you can watch the trailer for ‘4 Children and It’ based on the book by Jacqueline Wilson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH2qKK52E3k

In the book, the children discover a creature called the Psammead (a sand fairy) which has the power to grant wishes.

Imagine that you have stumbled across a Psammead whilst out walking in your garden or local park. The Psammead grants you 7 wishes (one for each day of the week).

What 7 wishes would you choose and why?

Write your wishes in your homeschool book and give reasons for your choices. Have a look at the examples on the next slide to help you.

Remember the psammead’s advice though!....some wishes have consequences!

Well-Being Friday English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH2qKK52E3k

A Week of Wishes!

Examples:-

Monday- I would choose to be able to fly! I would love to feel the freedom of being able to go wherever I wanted to and be able to see some amazing sites all over the world.

Tuesday- For my second wish, I would like to be able to speak any language in the world. That way, I could easily communicate with anyone I wanted to without having to learn their language first!

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