Y3 Learning pack – Week 6 (18/5/20) Summer term

Hello Year 3!

It is nearly half term! Can you believe you have spent a whole half term learning from

home? That is 6 weeks!! We think your parents are doing a super job in home schooling

you. It is a lot of new learning from them too. We wonder if you have had to teach your

parents anything whilst you’ve been off?!

Here is your next home learning pack to keep you busy. As before, you have five maths

activities, three English activities, three reading activities and a creative task. You can print

off this booklet or just complete the work on paper. This is your pack so you can use it

however you like. Remember some of our grown-ups are still busy working, so why not see

if you can have a go at some of these tasks independently. Your grown-ups will be super

impressed if you do!

This week we are going to go back to Greek mythology. During reading, you will be looking

at the Greek myth “The Wooden Horse” (I bet you can guess what it will be about). In

English, we have lots of new mythical creatures for you to look at because we know you

enjoyed learning about the Minotaur.

It makes us smile every day when you tweet you us your work. We miss you guys lots and it makes us feel very proud when we see you work so please keep on tweeting us. It makes our day!

Stay safe and happy!

Love Miss Pillar, Mrs Barrett and

Miss Steele

P.S. If you have forgotten your Times

Tables Rockstars login, ask your

grown up to either email or ring

school to get it.

Reading task 1 – The Wooden Horse

1. Find and copy the phrase which people said about Helen.

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2. On page 4, King Menelaus wanted Helen to stay by his side forever. How do you think

Helen felt about this? Explain your answer (look at the picture too).

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3. Which word gives you the impression that Paris was desperate for Helen to go back

to Troy with him?

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4. Based on what you have read so far, can you make a prediction about what you think

you will happen next?

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Reading task 2 – ‘The Wooden Horse

1. On page 11, it says “Troy was well defended”. What does defended mean?

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2. How long did the war last?

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3. Why do you think King Menelaus bought over more soldiers? What does this tell you

about his character?

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4. Write the numbers 1-5 in the boxes to show the correct order of the story so far:

All the Kings of Greece agreed to help bring Helen home.

Paris, King of Troy, and Helen fell madly in love.

Odysseus had a plan.

Paris, the King of Troy, came to King Menelaus’ palace.

Time and time again the Greeks attacked the city of Troy.

Reading task 3 – The Wooden Horse

1. Which two words are used to describe the wooden horse?

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2. What was the first stage of Odysseus’ plan?

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3. How do you think Odysseus felt when he saw his plan come to life?

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4. What do you think is going to happen next? Is his plan going to work?

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If you want to read the rest of the story, it will

be added onto the end of this booklet!

Writing task 1 – Mythical Creatures

This week we are going to look at mythical creatures – we have already seen one of these in

the Greek myth Theseus and the Minotaur.

There are lots of different mythical creatures created by the Greeks. There are a few listed

below. You could always research your own mythical creature if you wanted.

Your task is to create a word bank of descriptive words or phrases to describe three of the

mythical creatures.

Medusa

Cerberus

Hydra

Cyclops

Pegasus

fierce

dangerous

sharp teeth

strong legs

Writing task 2 – Kenning Poetry

Using one of your mythical creatures from yesterday you are going to be writing a kenning

poem.

You might want to do some extra research about your chosen mythical creature if you wish.

Here is an example… can you guess which mythical creature it is?

Bone cruncher

Man eater

Prey snapper

Fierce hunter

Hungry monster

Labyrinth living

Gather your ideas (nouns and verbs to describe the create) before you start thinking about

the clues.

A kenning describes what a person, idea or object is or does. They work like a riddle – you have to guess

what it’s all about!

Each line is a simple phrase of either a; noun + a noun e.g. tail wagger

OR a noun + a verb e.g. cat chasing

Writing task 3 – SPaG

Task One – tenses (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/z3dbg82)

Sort the verbs into the past, present and future

laugh, built, eat, ate, done, caught, will build, will laugh, build, laughed, will

do, will eat, catch, do, will catch

Past Present Future

Change these sentences from the past tense into the present or future tense;

1. I listened to the rain.

2. I knew I would get a bike for my birthday.

3. I drove home last night.

4. I kicked the ball over the fence.

5. I cried when I fell over.

Task Two – subordination (https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zqk37p3)

Can you identify which sentences below use subordination?

Sentence

Contains a

subordinate

clause

Doesn’t contain

a subordinate

clause

Josh put the plates on the table.

You can have a sticker if you would like one.

Lily gave her baby sister a cuddle.

When you have finished, please tell me.

We went inside because it was raining.

Year 3 and 4 Statutory Spelling List

Whilst we are not sending spelling activities home, we thought it would be useful to attach

a list of the spellings that the children focus on throughout year 3 and 4.

There are many fun ways to practice spellings, each week we will give you a couple of

suggestions to try at home.

This week to practice your spellings you could:

Bouncy Words

Bounce a ball as you spell each word – 1 bounce for each letter

Finger spelling

Use your finger and trace each word in a try filled with sand, salt, flour, sugar, shaving

cream or what every you can put in the tray (box lid, cookie sheet etc.).

Maths tasks

Here you will find a range of maths activities. The activities are from the White Rose Maths

which we use at school and have videos alongside them. You can use this link to find videos

to support each activity if you wish https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/

(The following lessons are from Week 4 on the Year 3 home learning page).

Maths task 1 – Add fractions Week 4 Lesson 1

https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/homelearning/year-3/Lesson-5-

Y3-Summer-Block-1-WO6-Add-fractions-2020.pdf

Maths task 2 – Subtract fractions Week 4 Lesson 2 https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/homelearning/year-3/Lesson-2-

Y3-Summer-Block-1-WO7-Subtract-fractions-2020.pdf

Maths task 3 – Problem solving Week 4 Lesson 3

https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/homelearning/year-3/Lesson-3-

Problem-Solving.pdf

Maths task 4 – Problem solving Week 4 Lesson 4

https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/homelearning/year-3/Lesson-4-

Problem-Solving.pdf

Maths task 5 – Friday challenge Week 4 Lesson 5

https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Family-Challenge-Friday-

1st.pdf

Please also keep using Times Table Rocks Stars; this will help you to keep improving your

times table knowledge and to get even quicker as answering multiplication questions.

If you’re using social media to keep in touch with your friends, maybe you could set each

other times table quizzes to answer.

Creative task – Light (shadows)

Our science topic for this half term would have been light. Light is all around us, watch this

video to learn more - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbssgk7/articles/z2s4xfr .

This week we are going to focus on shadows. We can’t have shadows without light. Can you go on a shadow hunt and see how many shadows you can find? When you’re looking, try and figure out where the sun or source of light needs to be to create the shadow? Does the object block the light or is the light in front of the object?

Here are some more videos for you to watch: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z6fnvcw

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z8vfb9q

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z87jmp3

This week we like you have to a go at creating your own shadows – see how many different ways you can make them.

Answers

Reading task 1

1. She was the most beautiful woman in the world. 2. I don’t think Helen was very happy about this because she looks sad in the picture. 3. Begged 4. Children to make an independent and appropriate prediction

Reading task 2

1. Defended means it was protected. 2. Over ten years 3. I think he bought over more soldiers to try and break down the walls. It tells me that he was very

determined. 4. Order the sentences 1-5:

3 - All the Kings of Greece agreed to help bring Helen home 2 - Paris, King of Troy, and Helen fell madly in love 5 - Odysseus had a plan 1 - Paris, the King of Troy, came the King Menelaus’ palace 4 - Time and time again the Greeks attacked the city of Troy

Reading task 3

1. Mighty and magnificent 2. To cut down lots of trees 3. I think he felt excited and pleased when he saw the wooden horse. 4. Children to make an independent and appropriate prediction

Writing task 3 – SpaG

Task one - tenses

Past Present Future

built

ate

caught

done

laughed

build

eat

catch

do

laugh

will build

will eat

will catch

will do

will laugh

1. I am listening to the rain (present). I will listen to the rain (future). 2. I know I am getting a bike (present). I know I will get a bike (future). 3. I am driving home (present). I will drive home (future). 4. I am kicking the ball over the fence (present). I will kick the ball over the fence (future). 5. I am crying because I fell over (present). I will cry if I fall over (future).

Sentence Contains a

subordinate clause

Doesn’t contain a subordinate

clause

Josh put the plates on the table. ✓

You can have a sticker if you would like one. ✓

Lily gave her baby sister a cuddle. ✓

When you have finished, please tell me. ✓

We went inside because it was raining. ✓

Maths

Maths task 1 – Add fractions

https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/homelearning/year-3/Lesson-5-Y3-Summer-Block-1-WO6-Add-fractions-2020.pdf

Maths task 2 – Subtract fractions

https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/homelearning/year-3/Lesson-2-Y3-Summer-Block-1-ANS7-Subtract-fractions-2020.pdf

Maths task 3 – Problem solving

https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/homelearning/year-3/Lesson-3-Answers-Problem-Solving.pdf

Maths task 4 – Problem solving

https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/homelearning/year-3/Lesson-4-Answers-Problem-Solving.pdf

Maths task 5 – Friday challenge

https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Answers-Week-2.pdf