Year 3 Homework – Term 2 – (Week 1-5)

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1 / Write three sentences using modal verbs and modal adverbs.
*each sentence must have a modal verb and modal adverb. / Consonants and vowels
Circle the consonants blue and the vowels red / Complete the number pattern
a)  3330, 3340, __, __, __,
b)  __, 1245, 1246, __, __,
c)  2020, 3020, 4020, __, __, __,
d)  4765, 4763, __, __, __, __, / List the features of the sky you can see when it’s day time.
List the features of the sky you can see when it’s night time.
2 / Write three sentence using evaluative language. / Rhyming words
Write a word that rhymes with each spelling word. / Order these numbers from the largest to the smallest.
543, 578, 154, 305, 785,
3 / Find three compound sentences from a book that you have at home. Record the sentences in your homework book. / Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
Follow the five steps for each spelling word. / Complete these number sums.
a)  10 X 3 =
b)  4 X 10 =
c)  2 X 9 =
d)  5 X 10 =
e)  8 X 2 = / Why do we have day and night? Why does it keep repeating?
4 / Find two new or interesting words from a book at home. Create a sentence of your own using those two words. / Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check
Follow the five steps for each spelling word. / What are the rules for the following patterns.
a)  4, 8, 12, 16…
b)  13, 26, 39, 52…
c)  43, 41, 39, 37…
d)  32, 28, 24, 20…
5 / Write two sentences using a question mark.
Write two sentences using an exclamation mark. / ABC Order
Write all of your words in alphabetical order. / Complete these number sums using the jump strategy.
a)  35 + 25 =
b)  71 + 23 =
c)  38 + 62 =
d)  52 + 19 =
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Year 3 Unit 3 Spelling overview
Lesson concepts / Week / Focus
Spelling knowledge —
Visual (V), Phonological (P), Morphemic (M), Etymological (E) / Suggested spelling words
CORE WORDS / Weekly overview / Resources
Spelling —Sound-letter relationships, spelling rules, compound words, less common letter combinations
Spelling — High–frequency sight words / 1 / Long vowel patterns
ā — ‘ei’, ‘eigh’, ‘ey’, ‘aigh’
ē — ‘ei’, ‘eo’, ‘ey’, ‘ie’
VP / vein
weigh
sleigh eighth
freight / eighteen
they
grey
prey
straight / receive
either
people
honey
trolley / piece
chief
brief
believe
movie / ·  pre-test
·  letter tiles – build a word
·  word hunts
·  post-test / Website — C2C Spelling Curriculum into the classroom (C2C) — Spelling P–10
Supporting learning resource — Strategies to support the four spelling knowledges
Text — Bear, Donald. R; Invernizzi, Marcia; Templeton, Shane; Johnstone, Francine, 2012, Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction, 5th edn, Pearson, Boston
Text — Hornsby, D; Wilson, L, 2011, Teaching phonics in context, Pearson, Australia
Text — Hill, Susan, 2012, Developing early literacy: Assessment and teaching, 2nd edn, Eleanor Curtain Publishing, Australia
2 / Long vowel patterns
ē — ‘i’, ‘ee’, ‘ea’
ī — ‘ie’, ‘uy’, ‘iCC’*, ‘i_e’ (*‘i Consonant Consonant’)
VP / ski
taxi
screen
freeze
sheep / please
clean
breathe
scream
pie / lie
guy
buy
kind
sign / blind
climb
smile
twice
quite / ·  pre-test
·  letter tiles – build a word
·  word hunt
·  post-test
3 / Long vowel patterns
ō – ‘o’, ‘o_e’, ‘oa’, ‘ough’
ū – ‘u’, ‘ue’, ‘ew’
VP / open
ocean
notice
phone
close / coast
coach
throat
though
dough / unit
music
human
student
uniform / statue
rescue knew
stew nephew / ·  pre-test
·  concentration/memory
·  word hunt
·  post-test
4 / Beginning complex consonant patterns
‘str‘, ‘thr‘, ‘scr’, ‘squ’
VP / strain
straight
strange
strawberry
stressful / three
thrill threat
thrive
through / script
scrunch
scratch
scribble
scramble / squash
squirt squawk
squirrel
squeeze / ·  pre-test
·  word sort
·  dictionary definitions
·  post-test
5 / Consonant patterns — ‘ch’, ‘tch’
VP / much teach
beach
coach
speech / lunch
attach
which approach
sandwich / catch
pitch
fetch
match
watch / sketch
stitch
scratch
kitchen
butcher / ·  pre-test
·  word sort
·  word frames
·  post-test