Prepositions
This week in writing, we’re learning about prepositions, which are words that describe where something is in relation to something else.
We looked at a mouse which found itself in the middle of some interesting situations. (One situation may have landed him inside a cat’s stomach.)
We had fun moving our pens around the room and describing where it was. For example, “The pen is balancing on my head!”
Help at home by spotting as many prepositions as you can that are hidden in this post!
Impressive adverbs
This week, to improve our writing, we’ve practised using adverbs.
Check out this list we collated as a class.
An adverb gives us more information about a verb such as how or when. Help at home by looking out for adverbs when you read together. First, look for what is being done, then you can spot how.
Which city state was the best?
In our second topic lesson this week, we had a debate about which city state was better: Athens or Sparta.
First, we wrote down some facts about the city state we thought was best based on its economy, education, government and how they treated both boys and girls.
When it was time to debate, we had to use persuasive language and clear, loud voices.
We also made sure to focus on the speaker, have silent voices and show positive body language.
Help at home by asking your child which city state they preferred (which is a word from this week’s spellings!).
Super spellers
This week, we’ve been looking at our core spelling rules.
- drop the ‘e’ for ‘ing’ eg making
- double up for a short vowel sound eg hopped
- drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’ eg cities
Today, we used three strategies to make learning spellings more fun: rainbow words, jumping spelling and spelling tennis.
Help at home by looking out for these spelling rules when you’re reading together.
Autumn term after school clubs
Nouns and verbs
This week, in writing, we’ve been identifying and using nouns and verbs.
A noun is a person, place or thing.
A verb is a doing or being word.
In today’s lesson, Year 3 enjoyed a free write about a picture of their choice. Take a look at their wonderful writing below.
Help at home by playing I Spy to look for nouns or Charades to practise verbs.
Bridging through ten
Today, we’ve been practising how to add two addends which bridge through ten. For example 7+5. First, we partition 5 into 3 and 2. Next we add 3 to 7 to make 10 and then add the 2 to make 12.
We used ten frames and cubes (plus a partner) to help us if we needed it.
Help at home by practising these core number fluency facts within 10 and 20.
Leeds Rhinos ticket offer
Here’s an offer for tickets for the final Leeds Rhinos home match of the season against Hull FC on Friday 11th September.
Junior tickets can be purchased for just £5 in all standing areas of the stadium. Up to two £5 junior tickets can be purchased per adult.
Living and Learning: rules
Year 3 have made a magnificent start to the school year by being respectful, ready and safe. Everybody has done a great job at following the school rules.
You might notice some changes to what 3, 2, 1 stop means. It now stands for these three things:
- silent voices
- positive body language
- focus on the speaker
There’s also a Year-Three-specific GOLDEN RULE which the children have already been acing:
“I don’t know that yet. Can I pass it on?”
It’s ok not to know things or get things wrong – you either win or you learn.
We’re off to a flying start
This week, in PE, we’ve been playing team building games as part of our Outdoor Adventurous Activities unit.
We needed to communicate effectively, be creative and think about everyone in the team. This learning really liked to our school rule of being respectful.
Help at home by talking about this rule and the other two rules (we’re ready and we’re safe) and what they might look, sound and feel like at home and at school.
We had a lot of fun. I was also very impressed with how many versions of tig we could come up with! Y3 are clearly an imaginative bunch!