Year 3 Homework – Term 1 – (Week 1-5)
Remember to READ EVERY NIGHT!Practice your reading goalDon’t forget to fill in your Read It! Home Reading Log
Have you reached the 100, 150 and 200 club?
Reading Eggs -
Week / English / Spelling / Mathematics / Science
1 / Contractions
Using contractions, change the following words from positive to negative words:
would; could; should;
can; did / Consonants and vowels
For each word, write the C or V above each letter / Draw a clock face to represent the following (mark each 5 minutes on the clock):-
- quarter to five
-ten past one o’clock
- half past three
- quarter past four / Observe in your back yard living things, group them according to what you can see them doing.
(eg: flying – birds, butterflies; crawling – bugs, gecko’s)
2 / Give definitions for
- evaluate
- persuade
What tools could be used to persuade someone to your point of view? / Sounds in Words
Write a number under each sound (not letter) you hear in your words
Eg:
I n - s i n- c er e
1 2 1 23 1 1 / Complete the following:
- .... minutes in an hour
- 24 hours in a .....
- .... months in a year
- 7 days in a .....
3 / What is evaluative language? / Definitions
Choose 5 words and look them up in the dictionary. Write down the definition / Complete the following sequence for the missing numbers.
54, .., 60, 63, ..., 70, ..., ..., 79 / How would you describe something that is ‘living’, what are it’s features?
4 / What is a paragraph and what is the purpose of using paragraphs when writing? / Sentences
Write 5 sentences. Use one spelling word in each sentence. Make sure your sentence includes who, what and where. / Using partitioning, break the following numbers into parts (eg. 45 = 30 + 15, or 40 + 5)
123, 56, 329, 83
5 / Write a paragraph trying to persuade mum and dad to give you more pocket money. Remember your “topic sentence” and “supporting sentences” / Alphabetical Order
Write your spelling words in alphabetical order. / Using ‘Jump’ Strategy, solve the following problems, showing your workings:
- 242 + 346
- 425 + 633
- 256 + 253
Online Learning / Spelling City
/ Study Ladder
Year 3 Unit 1 Spelling overview
Lesson concepts / Week / Focus
Spelling knowledge – Visual (V), Phonological (P), Morphemic (M), Etymological (E) / Suggested spelling words
CORE WORDS OPTIONAL WORDS / Weekly overview / Resources
Spelling —Sound-letter relationships, spelling rules, compound words, less common letter combinations
Spelling — High frequency sight words / 1 / Diagnostic assessment
V P M E / N/A /
- school-based diagnostic spelling assessment
- word sort introduction
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, 2ndedn, Eleanor Curtain Publishing, Australia
SLR — Strategies to support the four spelling knowledges
2 / Plurals – words ending in ‘s’, ‘sh’, ‘ss’, ‘x’, ‘ch’ and ‘z’ adding es
M / buses
gases
wishes
dishes / classes
crosses
kisses
boxes / waxes
matches
beaches
churches / lunches
waltzes
quizzes*
(*double last consonant) /
- pre-test
- word sort
- singular/plural match
- post-test
3 / Comparatives and superlatives
M / close
closer
closest
far / further
furthest
rough
rougher / roughest
healthy
healthier
healthiest / calm
calmer
calmest /
- pre-test
- word sort
- concentration/memory match
- post-test
4 / ‘r’ influenced vowel patterns — ‘or’, ‘our’, ‘oar’ and ‘ur’
P / sport
short
fortnight
explore / support
export
flora
sour / flour
course board
soar / turn
burn
nurse /
- pre-test
- word sort
- Look Say Cover Write Check
- post-test
5 / Homophones
M / or
oar
male
mail / whole
hole
weather
whether / our
hour
break
brake / ate
eight
there
their /
- pre-test
- word sort
- concentration/memory match
- pictograms
- post-test