Year 3/4 Weekly Plan

Monday

Approx. Timing

Suggested Activity

Activity Plan

10 mins

Mindfulness

This could be a colouring activity, a breathing exercise or a quiet handwriting exercise. Something that gets your child ready for a day of learning.

30 mins

PE with Joe Wicks /

Eat breakfast with family

This is where your child will have their bagels (if in school) it is a good time to do Joe Wicks PE if you are at home or you could use this time to sit as a family and eat breakfast together. It is important to teach children how to hold a conversation or have good table manners.

30-40 mins

Reading Activity

Wash hands

Guided reading- The Witches

Today you will understand how writers use figurative and expressive language to create images and atmosphere

Read together and highlight words/phrases that you do not understand of know how to read.

You will then clarify meanings of potentially tricky words.

Now that you have read the text and highlighted all the tricky words. Your task is to

match the word to the sentence it is in, and then match it to the definition

15-20 mins

Break Time

10 mins

Times tables Practice

You should practise times tables every day.

Year 3: 3s, 4s, 8s

Year 4,5,6: All timetables up to 12x12.

30-40 mins

Maths Activity

Add and subtract multiples of 100

Using our number bonds to ten, we know the following.

This then helps us with bigger multiples. Have a look at both. Can you see a pattern?

Add and subtract multiples of 100

Using our number bonds to ten, we know the following.

This then helps us with bigger multiples. Have a look at both. Can you see a pattern?

Therefore, if I were to ask you what is 3 + 4 you would be able to tell me that the answer is 7. This means that you would be able to tell me the answer to 30 + 40 is 70.

We can use bar models to help us represent this:

7

3

4

3 + 4= 7 30 + 40 = 70

4 + 3 = 7 40 + 30 = 70

7- 4 = 3 70 – 40 = 30

7- 3 = 4 70 – 30 = 40

A – Colour the number sentences that match. Then work out the answers.

5 + 3 =

4 + 2 =

4000 + 2000=

50 + 30 =

10 + 50 =

300 + 800 =

400 + 200 =

100 + 500 =

500 + 300 =

3 + 8 =

30 + 80 =

40 + 20 =

1 + 5 =

3000 + 8000 =

5000 + 3000 =

1000 + 5000 =

I –

How many number sentences can you write for this bar model?

M – Remember you can use your number sentences to show this amount.

Miss Higgins doesn’t understand how to write the number 800. How many ways can you represent the number to help her?

30-40 mins

Lunch time

30-40 mins

Topic/English Activity

GPS – Writing and punctuating sentences

If you can have a look at this video to remind yourself when you are meant to use capital letters in your sentences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9yBApgc2Vg

We know that a sentence is a set of words that makes a complete thought. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark. Usually a sentence contains a subject and always contains a verb.

Sentences can have different functions which have been included below with colour coded examples:

Statements are sentences that express a fact, idea or opinion.

An exclamation is a more forceful version of a statement that uses an exclamation mark to convey excitement or emotion.

A question is a type of sentence that we ask or write to gain further information.

A command is a type of sentence which instructs or orders an action to take place.

For example:

Terry went to the shop to buy some sweets.

I hate it when my feet get wet at the beach!

Who do you think will win the competition?

Please go and sit on your chair.

A – Correct the punctuation in the piece of writing below:

i went to see my friend bobby the other day and we decided to play in the garden while we were in the Garden we saw a hedgehog hiding in a huge Pile of leaves i told bobby that we shouldn’t touch it because it was sleeping the hedgehog looked nice and cosy

I – Match the sentence to its correct sentence type.

M – Using the picture in the middle, write a statement, command, question and exclamation. Make sure to punctuate your sentence correctly.

10 mins

Golden Mile/Physical Activity

30-40 mins

PSHE/Topic

Science- Sun Safety

This week in Science, you will be looking at ways to keep safe from the sun. You will be researching on how to protect your eyes from harmful light from the sun.

Today you will be exploring the benefits and dangers of the sun.

Have you ever been told not to look at the sun? Why do you think somebody might have said this to you?

Is the sun good or bad?

The statement below are all things that the sun does.

Write each statement out either in a book or on a piece of paper. Next to each statement, write ‘hero’ or ‘villain’ to describe the sun. If you are unsure as to what the terms hero and villain mean, use a dictionary to find the definition before you start your activity.

Remember these are in your opinion.

Share your answers with an adult. Compare your results.

Choose three statements and explain why you have chosen it to be either a ‘hero’ or a ‘villain’ statement.

10-20 mins

Story time/Read a text or your favourite story

Tuesday

Approx. Timing

Suggested Activity

Activity Plan

10 mins

Mindfulness

This could be a colouring activity, a breathing exercise or a quiet handwriting exercise. Something that gets your child ready for a day of learning.

30 mins

PE with Joe Wicks /

Eat breakfast with family

This is where your child will have their bagels (if in school) it is a good time to do Joe Wicks PE if you are at home or you could use this time to sit as a family and eat breakfast together. It is important to teach children how to hold a conversation or have good table manners.

30-40 mins

Reading Activity

Wash hands

Guided reading- Summary

Today you will Identify the main ideas from more than one paragraph.

Summarise each paragraphs in a sentence. If you really want to challenge yourself then only use 5 words.

Re-read the text for fluency

Today you will use facts within the text to design a warning poster

15-20 mins

Break Time

10 mins

Times tables Practice

You should practise times tables every day.

Year 3: 3s, 4s, 8s

Year 4,5,6: All timetables up to 12x12.

30-40 mins

Maths Activity

Adding without crossing boundaries

Using strategies that you have learnt, have a go at these sums. Remember you could use place value grids and draw base ten, counting on, column method or number lines.

A - Write the answers to the calculations:

1) 294 + 1

2) 466 + 1

3) 198 + 1

4) 487 + 1

5) 348 + 1

6) 482 + 1

I – Write the answers to the calculations:

1)237 + 2

2)462 + 5

3)236 + 3

4)987 + 2

5)471 + 7

6)765 + 4

M -

1) There are 876 people in a stadium. 3 more people enter. How many people are in the stadium altogether?

2) 274 pencils are in a box. 5 more are added. How many are there altogether?

3) 871 animals live in Essex. 7 more move to Essex. How many animals live in Essex now?

30-40 mins

Lunch time

30-40 mins

Topic/English Activity

Verbs

If you can, watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caxLA9HWQ5M

A verb is a word used to describe an action, state or occurrence.

Verbs can be used to describe an action, that’s doing something. For example, like the word ‘jumping’ in this sentence:

The rabbit was jumping in the field.

They can also be used to describe a state of being, that’s feeling something. For example, the word ‘likes’ here:

The monster likes rollercoasters.

Or a verb can be used to describe an occurrence, that’s something happening. For example, the word ‘became’ in this sentence:

The caterpillar became a butterfly.

When writing, make sure every sentence includes a verb.

10 mins

Golden Mile/Physical Activity

30-40 mins

PSHE/Topic

Science- Sun safety

Today you will be exploring what UV lights mean. You will be explaining what UV lights is and its dangers.

The sun emits (gives out) rays of light.

We can’t see all the types of light that come from the sun.

The visible spectrum is the name for the light that we can see and is made up of the colours of the rainbow.

Quick task: Draw a rainbow. Try and get all the colours correct and in order.

What is UV light?

Today you will be creating a fact file about UV lights. You will be researching and finding different facts about what UV light is and the effects of it.

Use the template below help you to organise your research. I have started some for you to help you plan your findings.

Here is a useful link you might want to use:

https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/light.html

What is UV light?

What UV light can cause?

1. Some UV rays are blocked by the ozone layer, but most of the UV light from the sun reaches us on earth.

The amount of UV light that reaches us depends on different things.

1. It can cause sun burn

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10-20 mins

Story time/Read a text or continue reading your favourite book or story

Wednesday

Approx. Timing

Suggested Activity

Activity Plan

10 mins

Mindfulness

This could be a colouring activity, a breathing exercise or a quiet handwriting exercise. Something that gets your child ready for a day of learning.

30 mins

PE with Joe Wicks /

Eat breakfast with family

This is where your child will have their bagels (if in school) it is a good time to do Joe Wicks PE if you are at home or you could use this time to sit as a family and eat breakfast together. It is important to teach children how to hold a conversation or have good table manners.

30-40 mins

Reading Activity

Wash hands

· Guided reading- prediction

Today you will make predictions based on what is stated and implied

Re-read the text if you need to

Today you will need to complete the prediction sentence stems. You will be making predictions based on what you have read so far. Think about what might happen in the text? What might happen to the main characters?

15-20 mins

Break Time

10 mins

Times tables Practice

You should practise times tables every day.

Year 3: 3s, 4s, 8s

Year 4,5,6: All timetables up to 12x12.

30-40 mins

Maths Activity

Adding with crossing boundaries

Using strategies that you have learnt, have a go at these sums. With these numbers you will have to regroup numbers from the ones column to then tens column. Remember you could use place value grids and draw base ten, counting on, column method or number lines.

A-

1) 287 + 2

2) 382 + 7

3) 375 + 3

4) 876 + 1

5) 283 + 6

I-

1) 873 + 8

2) 258 + 7

3) 363 + 9

4) 267 + 6

5) 376 + 5

M-

Miss Higgins is doing a stationary order. She has 332 Pencils. She needs another 9. How many does she need in total?

Miss Hall is counting her paperclips, she has 287 in total. She finds 6 more paperclips in her pocket. How many does she have altogether?

 

30-40 mins

Lunch time

30-40 mins

Topic/English Activity

Adverbs

If you can watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfenLGAYDeg

An adverb is simply a word that describes a verb (an action or a doing word).

• He ate his breakfast quickly.

The word 'quickly' is an adverb as it tells us how he ate (the verb) his breakfast.

Adverbs can come before or after a verb.

• He 'quickly' ate his lunch.

• He ate his lunch 'quickly'.

Now have a go at writing some sentences of your own using some interesting adverbs. I have included an adverb word mat to help you.

10 mins

Golden Mile/Physical Activity

Art- Learning how to shade drawings

Today you will learn two new techniques to shading called scribbling and stippling.

ScribblingScribbling is an excellent technique to use when drawing specific subjects like trees or hair because it not only creates values, but also transmits a sense of

PSHE/Topic

Science- Sun safety

Seeing ‘UV’ light

The eye is made to let light in; this is how we see.

Look at the person opposite to you or if you have a mirror in front of you look in the mirror. Can you identify your pupil? It looks like a black circle.

The pupil grows bigger in the dark to allow more light to enter the eye. This helps us to see when it is dark. The pupil gets smaller in bright light to allow less light to enter the eye. This stops the eye from being damaged by too much light.

NOTE: if you do not have black card, you can use any black paper or colour in paper using black colouring pencil.

10-20 mins

Story time/Read a text or continue reading your favourite book. Talk about what you have enjoyed about the book with an adult.

Thursday

Approx. Timing

Suggested Activity

Activity Plan

10 mins

Mindfulness

This could be a colouring activity, a breathing exercise or a quiet handwriting exercise. Something that gets your child ready for a day of learning.

30 mins

PE with Joe Wicks /

Eat breakfast with family

This is where your child will have their bagels (if in school) it is a good time to do Joe Wicks PE if you are at home or you could use this time to sit as a family and eat breakfast together. It is important to teach children how to hold a conversation or have good table manners.

30-40 mins

Reading Activity

Wash hands

Guided reading-Questions

Today you will be asking questions to improve understanding

Look at the text again. Skim read it.

Today you will be composing your own questions using this grid. Your task is to think of questions about the text and fill out the grid. You can even get an adult to have a go at this task.

Extension A: You can have a go at answering your own questions

Extension B: Answer each other’s questions

15-20 mins

Break Time

10 mins

Times tables Practice

You should practise times tables every day.

Year 3: 3s, 4s, 8s

Year 4,5,6: All timetables up to 12x12.

30-40 mins

Maths Activity

Subtracting

Using strategies that you have learnt, have a go at these sums. With these numbers you may need to regroup numbers. Remember you could use place value grids and draw base ten, column method or number lines.

A-

1) 486 – 3

2) 374 – 2

3) 498 – 6

4) 585 – 4

5) 987 - 5

I-

1) 287 – 8

2) 473 – 5

3) 244 – 7

4) 361 – 3

5) 394 – 6

M -

Complete the bar models for these questions:

387 - 9

873 – 7

284 – 8

30-40 mins

Lunch time

30-40 mins

Topic/English Activity

Inverted Commas

If you can, watch the video about inverted commas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHyHMfjh1us

We use inverted commas to show direct speech in writing. Inverted commas are placed around the speech and only contain the words that are being spoken including the punctuation. There should be either a comma, full stop, question mark or exclamation mark before the closing inverted comma. However, if the speech comes after the reported clause a comma should be used to separate it.

For example:

“Don’t go in there,” she whispered.

Mary shouted, “give me my coat back!”

A – Have a go at writing these speech bubbles as direct speech.

I – Have a go at being the teacher. Your job is to correct the mistakes people have made when writing direct speech and rewrite it correctly below.

M - Using the picture, write a conversation that these two people are having using direct speech. Remember each time a new person talks you need to start a new line.

10 mins

Golden Mile/Physical Activity

30-40 mins

PSHE/Topic

Science: Sun safety

Protecting your eyes

To protect your skin from UV rays, you can cover up or wear sun cream.

What can you do to protect your eyes?

Create a mind map of various different ways you can protect your eyes from the UV light.

I have started you off with an idea:

How to protect your eyes?

Make sure you have regular eye tests

to check your eyes.

Share your ideas with an adult, see if you can magpie one of their ideas and include it in your mind map.

Design your own!

Think of a catchy name for your products!

Draw a picture of your snazzy designs either in a book or on a piece of paper. Explain why we need to buy your products. Why is it the best product in the market? The cost of it? Where will you sell your products?

10-20 mins

Story time/Read a text

Friday

Approx. Timing

Suggested Activity

Activity Plan

10 mins

Mindfulness

This could be a colouring activity, a breathing exercise or a quiet handwriting exercise. Something that gets your child ready for a day of learning.

30 mins

PE with Joe Wicks /

Eat breakfast with family

This is where your child will have their bagels (if in school) it is a good time to do Joe Wicks PE if you are at home or you could use this time to sit as a family and eat breakfast together. It is important to teach children how to hold a conversation or have good table manners.

30-40 mins

Reading Activity

Wash hands

Guided reading- Question

Today you will begin to understand what the writer is implying in a text

Re-read the text for fluency

Your task today is to sort `truth or rumour` cards – explaining their thinking with evidence from the text

Truth or Rumour?

Sort the statements into what you think is true and what could be just a rumour.

15-20 mins

Break Time

10 mins

Times tables Practice

You should practise times tables every day.

Year 3: 3s, 4s, 8s

Year 4,5,6: All timetables up to 12x12.

30-40 mins

Maths Activity

Worded problems

Using your adding and subtracting methods you have been using this week, have a go at these worded problems. Remember to read the questions carefully so you understand what they are asking you to do.

A -

1) If John has 154 toy cars and Tom gives him 5 more toy cars, how many toy cars do they have altogether?

2) A grocer sold 121 bags of sweets on Monday. He also took 5 for his family. How many bags of sweets were sold in total?

3) A man bought a pack of 198 balloons. He accidentally let 6 go. How many balloons were left?

I-

1) There are 545 ants marching in a line. 8 ants leave the line. How many ants are marching in total?

2) An orchard contains 235 apples. 7 fall off. How many apples are left on the tree?

3) A car travelled 832 miles on Saturday. It travelled 5 less on Sunday. How many miles did the car travel on Sunday?

4) Louise collected 1581 stickers. Louise’s dad gives takes away 9. How many does she have now?

M –

1) Seb counts 2732 people at a football match. He forgets to count 5 others in the home team and 6 others in the away team. How any people are at the stadium altogether?

2) Alix has 4682 friends. She also has 9 friends she missed when counting. She also has 7 dogs. How many friends does she have?

3) There are 2534 children in a school 8 of them are off poorly. 34 are packed lunches. How many children are in school?

4) Mrs Khan marks 8481 books a week. Miss Hall marks 7 more books than Mrs Khan. Miss Higgins marks 8417 books. How many books does Miss Hall mark?

5) 2984 dogs live in Essex. 9 less cats live in Essex. 1223 rabbits live in Essex. How many cats live in Essex?

30-40 mins

Lunch time

30-40 mins

Topic/English Activity

Sentence Types – Simple, Compound, Complex

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loxepvEYkx8

Sentences can be structured in different ways.

A simple sentence has a subject and only one verb. E.g. The girl sprinted after the tiger.

A compound sentence is formed when you join two main clauses (which would make sense on their own) with a connective. In a compound sentence the clauses are linked by co-ordinating conjunction (and, but, so, or). E.g. I like bananas and I like grapes.

A complex sentence is formed when you join a main clause and a subordinate clause with a connective. A subordinate clause is one that relies on a main clause to make sense. E.g. I love roast potatoes, although my mum prefers them mashed.

A– Write a simple sentence for each of these pictures.

I –

10 mins

Golden Mile/Physical Activity

30-40 mins

PSHE/Topic

Science, PSHE and Art: Staying safe in the sun

Now that you have understood the importance of staying safe in the sun. You should be able to explain to another person the ways to protect yourself.

Today you will be designing and creating a poster on the measures you should take to protect yourself from the sun. Before you start this, finish the work from yesterday.

Think about all the things you discussed and researched about protection.

Include:

· pictures- colourful

· title- make it bold and catchy

· facts about the sun, UV lights and protecting your eyes

· different ways to stay safe

· tips

· advice

Here are some examples you can use to help you

10-20 mins

Story time- read and think about your favourite part of the story so far.