framework for teaching year 3 week 3 term 3

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Framework for teaching Year 3 Week 3 Term 3

You will not need access to a digital device to complete the following activities. You will need help from a parent/carer and the resource

pack / attachments from your teacher. Please make sure that all of your work is completed in one folder or exercise book

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Morning English

Spelling: (see list below)

Choose words from the spelling list and complete Monday's grammar and punctuation activities attached at the end of

this document.

Grammar: see Monday’s activities below

Reading: Read attached comprehension sheet titled ‘The Raccoon and the Golden Nugget’ and answer the

English


LCWC your spelling words and complete Tuesday's grammar and punctuation activities attached at the end of this document.

Grammar: see Tuesday’s activities below

Reading: Choose one advertisement that you have access to at home. This may be from a magazine or on

English


LCWC your spelling words and complete Wednesday's grammar and punctuation activities attached at the end of this document.

Grammar: see Wednesday’s activities below

Reading: Read attached comprehension sheet titled ‘Staying at Home’ and answer the accompanying

English


LCWC your spelling words and complete Thursday's grammar and punctuation activities attached at the end of this document.

Grammar: see Thursday’s activities below

Speaking and Listening: Listen to an appropriate song of your choice. Respond to the following questions in your folder

English

Spelling:

Look over your spelling words. Get an adult or sibling to give you your Friday spelling test.

Reading: Read attached comprehension sheet titled ‘Making Inferences’ and answer the accompanying questions. You will be making inferences and drawing conclusions

from this text.

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accompanying questions. You will be exploring the author’s purpose in this text.

Writing: compose a persuasive text in your workbook outlining your opinion about the following topic - ‘All Students should learn a Musical Instrument at School’. Your text should include at least 5 paragraphs: an introduction, at least 3 arguments and a

conclusion.

television etc. Find some words or images from the text that are persuasive and write these in your workbook.

Create/replicate your own advertisement for the same product.

Journal writing – write and draw how you’re feeling today.

Behind The News

Choose a story to watch. You will need to take notes as you are watching.

https://www.abc.net.au/btn/

Respond to the following prompts and write responses in your workbook:

Summarise: key points of the news item

Respond: explain to

questions. You will be comparing and contrasting this text.

Writing – Interview a family member or someone at home about when they went to school. Write out your questions now before interviewing your family member. (minimum 5 questions) They should be open ended (not a yes/no response). E.g. mostly beginning with

‘how’ or ‘why’.

Write down your family members responses.

Punctuation:

Find a printed text at home or on the net to identify different

elements of punctuation.

or workbook (you may need to listen to the song multiple times)

1. What is the purpose of the song?

2. Who is the target audience? Why do you think this?

3. How does it make you feel?

4. How do you connect to this song?

Writing – Write a detailed description of your favourite item in your home. Remember to describe the elements that make it so appealing to you, as well as it’s physical appearance. E.g. it may be engaging, sentimental or expensive. Draw the item after you have

Writing - Write an imaginative journal entry from the perspective of one of these children, describing their journey to school. You may use the following story starter if you wish:

6AM: I left the house on my own, wrapped up in my warmest coat (which I wear every day) to make the 3km trip. I met up with other children from my village, and we huddled together beneath the mountain to keep warm, waiting for the last couple of stragglers to arrive. As soon as we were all together, two of the dads put their sledges and emergency packs on their backs, and we set off for school…



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someone the main points. Explain the purpose of the article/news item.

Compose: using the news article/item, investigate the meaning of words you don’t know and demonstrate the meaning of each word in a sentence.

-Underline the full stops

-Circle the quotation marks

-Highlight the exclamation marks

-Put a star above the commas

Write your own paragraph containing at least two examples of each of the above types of punctuation.

described it.

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Middle Mathematics

Number of the Day: our number for today is 89. In your workbook/folder complete the following questions about 89:

1. Write in words

2. 10 more

3. 10 less

4. Subtract 11

5. Round to the nearest

Mathematics

Write out your 8 times tables. Write the inverse operation. E.g.

4 x 8 = 32; 8 x 4 = 32; 32÷ 8 = 4; 32 ÷4=8

Maths Task

1. Record over a 12 hour period what activities you participated in and the time each activity took. For example-

Mathematics

Number of the Day: our number for today is 136.

Complete the following

questions:

1. Write in words

2. 40 more

3. 20 less

4. Subtract 70

5. Round to the nearest hundred

Mathematics

Times tables:

Write out your 3 x and 4 x times tables. Write the

inverse operation.

E.g.

3 x 9 = 27; 9 x 3 = 27 27÷ 9 = 3; 27÷3=9

Have a partner quiz you on these or time how fast you can say them out loud without looking

Mathematics

Problem solving

1. Billy read 2 books. He read the first one in 2 days and read 25 pages every day. He read the second book in 10 days reading 20 pages every day. What is the total number of pages that Billy read?

2. 24 school girls are to



ten.

6. Next odd number

7. Complete the pattern (add 10): 89, __, __, __

8. List some factors

9. Is it divisible by 2?

10. Double it.

Maths Task

1. You participated in a survey that required you to collect data from your friends on their favourite movies. The results are

as follow:

Frozen - 18 Lego Movie - 24 Shrek -12 Toy Story- 30

Record the following information in a table using tally marks and

draw a column graph.

E.g.

eating breakfast 10

minutes

For each activity draw an analog clock showing times and write the

digital time.

2. Ask a family member for a shopping docket they have recently

purchased items.

-Select 2 items. Find the total.

-If you needed to purchase 2 of each item, what would be the cost? How did you work this out?

3. Solve the following problem. Show your working out in your workbook.

i) John had $50 to buy drinks and sandwiches for his birthday party. He bought 5 small boxes of drinks at $4 each box How much money was left after the shopping?

6. Next even number

7. Complete the pattern (subtract 10): 136, __, __, __

8. Times 10

9. Is it divisible by 2?

10. Double it.

Maths Task

1. Within a 12 hour time frame select 5 events that have taken place within the day.

In your workbook:

- draw 5 analog clocks showing these times

-Write the digital time underneath.

If you can time how long these activities took.

2.Coin Toss

Toss a Coin 20 times Record your results in; tally form whether you

at them. Complete the same with the inverse operations.

Maths Task

Which container has the greatest volume?

Find 3 containers from your kitchen cupboards. Estimate the volume of water that each container would hold using millilitres and/or litres. Write these in your workbook. Now fill with water and measure. Order smallest to largest in volume. Draw this in

your book.

-Were your predictions close or very different? Give reasons.

NB: Use a measuring device that displays millimetres. or a standard item (e.g. measuring cup) to find the volume. If you do not

be transported in small vans to the athletics carnival. Each van can carry 6 girls. How many vans will be needed to

transport the girls?

3. A factory produced 500 toys. If the workers at this factory worked 4 days a week and made the same number of toys each, how many toys are produced each day?

4. Joshua runs 6 kilometres every day from Monday to Friday. He also runs 12 kilometres a day on Saturday and Sunday. How many kilometres does Joshua run in a week?

5. A farm has an equal number of chickens and

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Remember to include the title, sub headings on both the vertical and horizontal axis, numbers evenly spaced (increments) and clearly marked information.

ii) Tom and Bob are brothers and they each had the same amount of money which they put together to buy a toy. The cost of the toy was $22. How much did each boy have to put towards the toy?

Online (optional)

i) You need to organise dinner for your family. Select a menu from a restaurant (you can find menus on line or you may have some at home) work out the total cost of the dinner.

ii) Compare 2 items of the same product at Coles and Woolworths. If you add all the products together, which store would you receive the best deal? How

much did you save?

toss heads or tails. Repeat. Did you find the same results? Give reasons for your answer.

3. Mystery location

Describe the location of an object in your house or backyard. e.g. ‘My picture is fifth from the left and it’s in the second row on the back wall’. Write a description of the object using positional clues. Read the descriptions and ask a family member to locate

the object.

have access to a measuring device, use an informal unit of measurement such as a cup.

Answer the following questions in your workbook:

14+5+6=

127 + 20 + 10=

33 + 20 + 1 =

287 – 24 =

456 – 23 =

Write the following numbers in expanded notation:

E.g.

1422 = 1000 + 400 + 20 + 2

1528

6348

9012

9263

What is the value of the digit 3 in the number

sheep. The total number of legs (chickens and sheep) is equal to 30. How many chickens and how many rabbits are

there?

6. There are 123 boxes of sweets in a store. There are 10 sweets in each box. How many sweets are in the store?

7. Tom, Julia, Mike and Fran have 100 cards to use in a certain game. They decided to share them equally. How many cards will each person have?



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Afternoon PDHPE

Create an informative poster explaining how children and teenagers can take care of their mental health (e.g. talking with friends, getting enough sleep, exercise and diet).

Science & Technology

Earth and Space:

An exercise ball has a diameter of 1m (approx). A pea has a diameter of 9mm (approx). Which of the objects above best represent the Sun and the Earth?

The Sun and Earth are all spheres, but, did you know that for a long time, the Earth was thought to be flat? Do some online research to find out why people thought this? Write your

findings in your book.

History

What do the words celebration and

commemoration mean?

Complete the ‘Write it, Draw it, Example’ activity in your

workbook.

We use symbols to represent (stand for) an action or a thing. When we see them, we think of it.

Symbols can also hold special meanings. This means they can represent ideas as well as the thing or action.

Complete the ‘What do these symbols represent?’ table. Worksheet attached.

CAPA

Using your chosen song from the morning session, choose one of the following activities:

1. Dance: Create and perform a movement piece / dance to all or part of your song.

2. Visual Arts:

Draw a portrait of a family member that represents their personality (e.g colours, shapes, items). The examples below may help for ideas.

PDHPE

Make a time capsule that includes information about your life today. Which people are most important to you? What are you most grateful for? What are your favourite things? What goals do you have for the future? Keep this somewhere safe and open it in the future. Don’t forget where you put it!

Catch-up

Finish any unfinished tasks from this week.

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Year 3 Week 3 Spelling words

Choose between 12- 15 words from the lists below. Copy them into a column so you can do ‘Look, Cover, Write, Check’ everyday. Make sure you

challenge yourself!

Rule of the week: When a word ends in y, change to i before adding ies. E.g. duty / duties

Base List Harder Words Extension

whale wharf while

question queasy quickly

couldn’t ready

watched

duties applies

circuit

circulate

swaddled sweltered

quirky

extravagant impatient

respiration continent

families aunties

semicircle

whet

wharves quivered

questionable

immigrant stomach presence

parties countries

circumference circumnavigate

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