Year 3 Week 8 Authors PDF File

Year 3 Home Learning Authors Writing tasks Reading tasks Complete an author fact file about either Roald Dahl You could share a story together. This could be a or an author of your choosing. Below is a template if chapter book where you read and discuss a chapter a you’d like to use it. day or a shorter book. In the BFG they have dream jars. Create your own Read a book on Epic. Discuss what you enjoyed with dream jar, an example is below or you can make a someone in your family. ‘real’ one by following the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjZjKA7mE48 We’ve sent you an electronic copy of Matilda, try and read it either independently or with an adult. Do you If you were Willy Wonka what chocolate bar would you like it? What is your favourite part? make? What flavours would yours be? Would you add anything to it – fruit/sweets/nuts etc? Make a poster to advertise your chocolate bar! Maths Online maths Can you complete the Roald Dahl maths challenges Mathletics – Complete the challenges set by your below? They involve addition, subtraction, teacher and try to get a new certificate! multiplication and division and some are two part questions. If you would like any more sent to you, TT Rockstars – try to have a go every day for at please ask. least ten minutes and ensure you practise Soundcheck. If we were in school, Year 3 would have been learning about telling them time on a 12-hour digital clock. Do Problem of the day you have any clocks that show the digital time? http://whiterosemaths.com/resources/classroom- Practice reading the time throughout the week. resources/problems/ Complete the sheet below. Art Quentin Blake is an illustrator who worked with Roald Create a word search about 2D shapes – how many of Dahl. Have a look at the free activities on his website these shapes can you include? below. square, triangle, rectangle, circle, pentagon, hexagon, https://www.quentinblake.com/fun-free octagon, kite, rhombus, trapezium and parallelogram. Can you remember what each shape is? Quentin uses a black pen to outline all of his work. Can you draw your favourite characters’ outline in black pen? This link takes you to a square by square approach of how to draw Matidla. https://youtu.be/AHnPJHiUQGU Spelling tasks Science Complete the activities set for you on Spelling Shed https://www.science-sparks.com/roald-dahl-activity- (3 times a week) ideas/ If you can’t access Spelling Shed practise these There are lots of fun science activities on the above common exception words: website. We suggest trying the chocolate covered imagine, special, experiment, disappear and medicine. strawberries, making giant sweets, the skittles experiment and potion making! Practise spelling the words above or picking 5 from the common exception words list and make your own silly sentences. Music History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0tRDhEmdO4 History of chocolate! Listen to ‘When I grow up’ from Matilda the musical. What do the children want to do when they grow up? What can you find out about the history of What are you looking forward to doing when your chocolate? This could include where did chocolate older? first come from, how was it made or Cadbury’s chocolate bars throughout time! Make a poster or booklet to share your facts. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zngsqp3 Geography Discussion In James and the Giant Peach, James and the giant Discuss with a family member what their favourite bugs go on an adventure around the world! If you book is when they were a child. Do they like similar could go on an adventure in the Giant Peach, where books now? would you go? Draw a map and don’t forget to include some obstacles for James to overcome, for example a pirate ship or a volcano! Maths .

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