Settings

This week we have been revisiting stories of mystery and suspense. In the story 'Staying Out', the author shows the characters moving from one setting to another.
Your task is to look carefully at the picture below and write about travelling to that setting and what it was like when you got there. Think carefully about;

• where you would have been beforehand

• how you would have travelled there

• why you were going there

• what it was like when you got there.

Remember to use short sentences and lots of description!

Write your descriptions in the comment box below. Please remember to write your name on your comments. 

I'm really looking forward to reading them!

Miss Tracey

Christmas Play

We have been practising our Christmas play this week and we have noticed that some of you are not very confident with your lines. Please remember to practise your lines for the Christmas play every day. These parts are very important and we want the play to be fantastic! We will be practising lots over the next two weeks and we will expect everyone to know their lines off by heart.

Book Reviews

This week your task is to write a book review. It should be about a paragraph long and include:

·       Some adverbs (these describe verbs e.g. jumped quickly)

·       Title and author

·       What the book was about

·       What you thought of the book

·       What ages/types of people you think should read it

·       If you would recommend it to a friend

 

Write your book review in the comments section below.

Times tables

This week everyone will be learning all the times tables from 1 to 6. You have been learning these since September so you should all be super confident with them by now. We will have a times tables test on Friday.

There are some great games on this website to help you practise; http://www.maths-games.org/times-tables-games.html

Headlines

This week we have been learning about the features of newspaper articles.

Here are some examples of headlines;

New Rules Keep Fishermen in Plaice

Sleepless Knights at Haunted Castle

"Sew What?" ask Clothes Manufacturers

Witch Halloween Costume Is For You?

Bakers Have Flour Power

A Horse's Mane Problem

These headlines are effective because they use puns and wordplay to make people want to read the article.

I would like you to come up with your own headline for the picture below. Try to include a pun or alliteration to make your headline stand out.

Year Three Homework

7th November 2014

All homework is due on Thursday 13th November. The spellings and times tables check will take place on this day.

Maths:

This week we have been looking at graphs and data. Please complete the Mathletics activities on graphs and data.

Times Tables:

This week everyone will be concentrating on their 3 and 4 times tables. We would like you to learn these so that you can recall the multiplication facts really quickly. You will then be able to progress onto the next times table after successfully achieving two 100% scores for that times table.

Science:

We are continuing with the topic “Helping plants grow well”.

Spellings:

When learning your spellings, think about when you would use the words.  When you are tested, you will put the words into a sentence.

The words for each spelling group can be found on the 'Spellings' page.

Home Reading:

Please remember to read for 10-15 minutes per day and fill in your reading record. As well as your guided reading books, you can read other story books. Parents should aim to sign the reading record at least once a week.

Remember – there are spaces in your reading record for you to write down any tricky words or words you don’t understand for me to have a look at in school.