Maths Homework

The following Maths homework is to be completed by Thursday 12th April 2018.

Arthur's Quest!

We have been making some of the possessions we think Arthur might need to succeed in his quest.
We made them last week out of salt dough and then yesterday we got to paint them!

Learning Log

What a final week we have had! It's been full of celebrations, Easter craft and Sports Relief activities.

In literacy this week we have looked at using a thesaurus to find and improve dramatic verbs for the action section of Arthur's journey across the sea. We then used these to write detailed, dramatic and action packed action sequences making sure that we also used varied sentence openers. Additionally, we wrote a Viking style poem called a Kenning. We had to come up with some great descriptions for the characters we were describing in our poem.

Our maths focus for this week has continued to be on fractions. We have looked at finding unit fractions and recognising the numerator and denominator. We have been finding unit fractions of numbers by using the bar method splitting it into the equal parts and then sharing it out. We discovered that it is similar to division.

Reading:

We have had another great improvement with reading this week and found our top three readers for the term. A huge well done to Poppy, Abigail and Ethan for their amazing effort! Remember, after the Easter Holidays everyone will start back at zero and anyone can be in with the chance to be the top readers for summer. Let's have a big push for the summer term and see if we can be the best class for reading across the school!

Have a wonderful Spring break, let's hope that the weather starts getting better!

Spellings

The following spellings will be tested on Friday 13th April 2018.

myth

gym

mystery

Egypt

system

oxygen

gypsy

crystal

physical

pyramid

The letter 'y' in these words makes the short 'i' sound.

Eggciting Crafternoon

We had our amazing Easter Craft Afternoon today and made some eggcellent displays!

Here are our finished designs:

Dojo Award - Toy Afternoon

As part of our Dojo prizes for the whole class one of the top awards is a toy afternoon and this half term the children have been working so hard that they have managed to achieve their toy afternoon!

It was lovely to have a break from learning and enjoy playing together with the different toys that we brought in.

Attendance

Our attendance percentage for last week was:

94.3%

This is an improvement on last week but we are still below the target of 96%. Let's keep going up!

Learning Log

It has been another fantastic week in 3ST and we have all been working very hard.

In literacy this week we have been using speech bubbles for what the grumpy townsfolk said to Arthur and then turning these into written dialogue using inverted commas. We then wrote a diary entry in the role of Arthur to explain what had happened and how he was feeling after the big events of the day - there were some fantastic responses! One of the big questions from the text is whether Arthur should go on the adventure to the land of the Viking Gods or not. We held a class debate to say our points about why he should or shouldn't go and then used these ideas to write a letter to Arthur telling him why we thought he should go on the adventure or why he shouldn't go. We came up with some great ideas. Arthur decided to go on the journey so we created a list of things that he might take with him and why he should take those important items and finally predicted what would happen next on his journey to the land of the Viking Gods! Phew!

Our focus in maths this week has been on fractions. Lots of us looked fearful when we heard fractions at the beginning of the week but we have worked hard and are really beginning to show a good understanding. We recapped on what we learned last year and then focused on the numerator and denominator and how they link with the whole. We also looked at how to create whole fractions and counting in tenths. Finally, we began to look at recognise tenths as decimals and how these could be written.

Reading:

There was a HUGE improvement in reading this week and most of the children have been trying hard - Poppy even read seven times in the week! However, there are still some children who either aren't reading at all or are only reading once or twice. Reading is still extremely important for children who are confident readers at this age as it exposes them to a variety of stories and helps to improve their vocabulary, both understanding and allowing them to use it in their own writing. Let's keep up the great effort!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Spellings

The following spellings will be tested on Friday 23rd March 2018.

Maths Homework

The following maths homework is to be completed by Thursday 22nd March 2018.
The work can be completed in your child's math's homework book.

Salt Dough Fun!

3ST have had a fun afternoon creating objects for Arthur to take on his quest!
We thought really hard about what objects would be the most useful.
Can you tell what what they are?