Year 3 Activities - Week Beginning 18th MayNumeracy Literacy World Around Us Other Life Skills

-Learn the Story of 16 add. Write out these number bonds. Practise quick recall of number facts on Topmarks, Hit the button.-Read and solve problem sums on the worksheet below.Remember when adding two numbers, you don’t always need to carry over a ten.Remember your answers need a label, except for numbers 6 and 7.- Google BBC Bitesize, go to All Bitesize, NI KS1, Maths, Capacity.-Find three containers, predict which holds the most and the least. Check by filling and emptying.-Capacity worksheets 1- 4.-Use coins to make these amounts: 10p, 20p, 30p, 40p,50p,60p,70p,80p,90p.Try to use the least amount of coins possible and record in your book.E.g. 20p= 10p + 10p Talk about other ways to make these amounts.Challenge: Make 40p five different ways and record.

Money challenge: See below.

-Spellings and spelling activity.-Google: Letter writing for kids and watch a video on You tubeWrite a letter to someone you haven’t seen recently and that you miss, e.g. your grandparents, aunt, friend etc-Read the story about The Zoo Vet and answer the questions. Select from Bears, Tigers and Monkeys.-Add ing and ed to the end of verbs (doing words).Complete:Verb +ing + edplaywalkpulljumpmixknocksplashwashliftplantkick

When you add ing to a verb, this is the present tense, the action is happening now.Choose 6 verbs from above and write sentences.E.g. I am washing my face.

Continue to use Spelling Frame, Year 1, work through Spelling Rules.

Google: www.wildernesskids.net/activities/make a twig raftMake your own raft and see if it floats.

You could also try to make a boat using junk materials. Have fun!

-Use a Bible to read the story of Naaman and find out how he was healed of leprosy. Watch the story on You Tube.

Draw a picture and write a sentence about Naaman.

Search on You Tube for hope for youth ministries to find Colin Tinsley’s assemblies.

-Set the table for a meal.Practise using your knife and fork.Help to clear the table.-Play a board or card game with your family.-Join Joe Wicks or CORE NI online each day for a family workout.

Remember to: Read for at least 15 minutes each day, 5 minutes aloud and 10 minutes silently.

Exercise for 60 minutes each day – could you do a daily mile? Record your activities in your new school books. E-mail a photo of your best work to your teacher/teachers.

Money challenge.Explain that every letter of the alphabet is worth money:a=1p, b=2p, and so on to z=26p.This can be displayed on paper for reference. Then write a shopping list and work out the cost of each item by adding together the values of the letters. For example: bread costs 2p+18p+5p+1p+4p=30p. eggs cost 5p + 7p + 7p + 19p = 38pThis is a good opportunity to discuss strategies for adding mentally or you could use a calculator if appropriate. What is the cheapest item they can find? What is the most expensive?