Year 3/4

Week 5 - Monday 18^th May 2020

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Well done everyone for working very hard at home!!!

Please don’t forget to share any work you have done.

REMEMBER: KEEP YOURSELF SAFE ONLINE

Please note, next week is half term and there will be no new work on the website.

If you would like to share your work please send it to shareyear3.4@swbschool.net

This week’s learning activities

Literacy

1- Journal Writing - How did you find the first chapter of ‘Blast to the Past’? Before you read chapter 2, write a few sentences on your first impressions of this new story. Explain what you like or don’t like about it. Describe how you think the story might develop over the next few chapters.

Your targets

- Use capital letters and full stops

- Use at least 2 adjectives

- Use at least 2 connectives

- Use joined handwriting

Blast to the past_Chp 2 .pdf

2- Reading – This week we are reading chapter 2 of ‘Blast to the Past,’ by Tommy Donbavand. You can print or read it from your screen. Thereafter, complete this quiz.

· To see the answers to last week’s quiz click on this link.

If you require extra reading, this link will take you to an online book store where you can borrow books. (Don’t forget to ask an adult to help you sign in!).

3. Spellings – Ask someone to read them and test you on them.

4. Reading comprehension – This activity has been differentiated. If you are in year 3 click here and here if you are in year 4.

5 Cloze exercise – Click the link for this week’s activity.

6. Rising Stars – Click the link for your test. Remember to start by numbering all the lines.

English KS2: Suffixes - part 2 of 4A fun, animated guide to the rules for adding the suffixes 'ment' and 'ly'. This short film is relevant to teaching English at KS2 level in England and Northern Ireland and Second Level in Scotland.

7. SPAG : Suffixes Part 2 - Start by watching this useful short clip.

Then in your SPAG books complete the activities on pages 76 ,77, 80 and 81, if you are in year 3 and pages 80 and 81 if you are in year 4.

May I please ask the year 4s to complete the activities in both books(that is year 3 and 4 books).

If you don’t know where your books are, please find the activities below.

SPAG_Year 3.pdf

SPAG_Year 4.pdf

Mathematics

· Timetables - Remember you have 4 minutes to complete 60 questions.

· Our focus this week is on fractions. Please follow the timetable below. I am aware of the content of all the videos, so please year 4s you will greatly benefit from looking at the videos and completing the various exercises.

The Maths lessons always start with a quiz. After you have completed the quiz and seen your results, click on 'next activity' to start viewing the lesson.

Monday

Comparing fractions with the same denominator

Comparing fractions with the same denominator | Primary | MathsIn this lesson, we will start to use pictorial representations to help identify and compare the size of fractions with the same denominator. We will then apply this learning to think more abstractly about what procedure is used to compare fractions with the same denominator.

Tuesday

Compare and order unit fractions

Compare and order unit fractions | Primary | MathsIn this lesson, we will explore the size of different unit fractions. We will compare and order these fractions, focusing on their denominators before we apply this knowledge to compare unit fractions of the same quantity.

Wednesday

Fractions: Finding equivalent fractions 1

Fractions: Finding equivalent fractions | Primary | MathsIn this lesson, we will explore fractions with differing denominators and numerators that are equal to each other.

Thursday

Fractions: Finding equivalent fractions 2

Fractions: Finding equivalent fractions | Primary | MathsIn this lesson, we will continue to explore fractions with differing denominators and numerators that are equal to each other, focusing on thirds and sixths.

Friday

Fractions: Subtracting fractions with the same denominator

Fractions: Subtracting fractions with the same denominator | Primary | MathsIn this lesson, we will be using your knowledge of subtraction to take-away fractions with the same denominator. We will use lots of different pictures of fractions, as well as the part/whole model to help us.

Afterwards, go to Accelerated Maths. In Home and Home 1 Groups you will find more exercises, practises and tests to keep you busy.

Please remember that you will always have work on Mathletics and MathsFacts.

Science

After watching the videos below, complete your activity on Education city. Go to homework in order to complete your work.

What are the states of matter?Solid, liquid and gas are the three states of matter. Find out more about the states in this Bitesize Primary KS2 Science guide.

IPC

Our topic this term is: Scavengers and Settlers - Early Man to the Iron Age.

This week we turn our attention to Iron Age.

Start by watching this beautiful animation: Iron Age Britain.

History KS2: Iron Age Britain (animation)Life in Iron Age Britain shown through the eyes of a typical family as they deal with a raid by another tribe. Suitable for Key Stage 2, Early First and Second Level

Next, visit the webpage below to learn:

· What was life like in an Iron Age hill fort

· And about the largest Iron Age Hill fort in Britain

How did Iron Age people live?What was life like in the Iron Age? Learn about everyday life, technology and culture in the Iron Age in this BBC Bitesize KS2 History guide.

Finally watch to following three short videos.

History KS2: Iron Age daily lifeArchaeologist Raksha Dave explores Maiden Castle – the biggest Iron Age Hill Fort in Britain.

History KS2: Discovering iron in Iron Age BritainA 2,000 year old bucket, used on special occasions, or what remains of it, gives us a clue to the nature of the Iron Age, although most of the bucket was still made from wood and bronze.

History KS2: Iron Age forts and tribesArchaeologist Raksha Dave explores Maiden Castle – the biggest Iron Age Hill Fort in Britain.

For further information about Iron Age, read and complete the activities below.

Introduction-to-the-Iron-Age-PowerPoint.ppt

My Iron research map.pdf

iron-age-fact-cards_ver_3.pdf

French

In our French lesson this week we are learning about ‘food’. In our video, Ben and his friends are in the supermarket buying ingredients.

French KS2: Shopping for foodBen links up online again with his friends in France who are in a supermarket buying ingredients to make pizzas for a 'Pizza Party'. A clip from a series teaching the basics of French.

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Key vocabulary

o J’aime

o Je n’aime pas

o J’adore

o C’est délicieux

o C’est dégoûtant

Activity: To help you practice the key vocabulary and other words, use this worksheet.

Art

What did you think of your first lesson? I thoroughly enjoyed watching Pete Mckee last week. We’re now moving on to our second lesson.

Can you guess which one belongs to Samuel?

PE

To help you all stay active, why not try Joe Wicks’ lesson.

PE With Joe (and Rosie) | 4th May | | P.E.PE With Joe (and Rosie) | Monday 4th May Once you've finished, please use the buttons below to find your next subject or schedule.

Extra:

The Week magazine - read last week’s if you haven’t yet, there are some good articles about coping during lockdown and how little acts of kindness can help others.

In this week's there are clever instructions on how to make a bird feeder...

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