Monday 23rd March

Welcome to this week's blog spot.

HOMEWORK

It was sad to see the final week of the islands homework as the children have really enjoyed doing it. Homework will change for the next few weeks before we start the next project. The new homework this week will be talking. It has been proved that talking about a topic can really improve the children's writing too. Please make sure that you put a comment in their diaries so that they have proof that they have done it. On Monday the children should bring home a sheet with the talking homework on.

Talking homework sheet:
Your homework this week is a talking homework. Talking can really help with writing. You need to speak to an adult and then get a message in your diary to say that you have done this. The topics this week are:
How a DVD player works....... or
How a Wii works.........

The children will still get spellings to learn and Numeracy from their Math's teacher.

GOLDEN TIME

Golden time on Thursday will now centre around bringing in drawing equipment, board games or book/magazines to read. Please do not send toys as some are getting lost.


LITERACY

In Literacy this week we are continuing to learn about EXPLANATIONS. The children are quite familiar with the layout and organisation of an explanation text and so this week we will be looking at more examples and in particular how paragraphs can make a piece of information clear.

Alongside this the children will also be learning about compound words. This means that when words are made up of separate words. Below are some different games to try:

http://www.quia.com/mc/87086.html

http://www.quia.com/cc/87086.html

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=compound%20words

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/crazy_comp_words/eng/Introduction/default.htm - try working through the lesson.

NUMERACY

We are all still very busy working our way through our Tables Awards so here are some more games to keep you going:

http://www.coolmath-games.com/Timernator/Timernator-multiplication.html

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/tabletrees.html

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/testtest.html - even more - you'll all be experts if you work your way through this lot!

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/division.htm - now you've got your times tables sorted can you work out the divisions in these games?

In Mrs Harding's group this week we will be reviewing quite a few topics such as number equations, inverse operations, using brackets in numbers and reflective/rotational symmetry. The children have been enjoying their lap top time using Mathletics and Tutpup too.

To find out more and get a head start see below for sites:


http://www.innovationslearning.co.uk/subjects/maths/activities/year3/symmetry/shape_game.asp

http://www.sums.co.uk/playground/c5a/playground.htm

http://www.mathletics.co.uk/?gclid=COmvsOq6tJkCFdMWzAod0CTX7A The children can use the same code they had for World Math's Day.

http://www.numeracysoftware.com/rotational%20symmetry.pps

Miss Robinson's Group are moving on to investigate 3D SHAPE. We will be learning the names and the properties of different 3D shape, including knowing about vertices, faces and edges.

http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks2/maths/3d/index.htm

http://www.interactivestuff.org/match/maker.phtml?featured=1&id=15

http://www.mathsyear2000.org/museum/floor4/gallery10/shapes/index.html

http://www.ngfl-cymru.org.uk/vtc/castle_shapes/eng/Introduction/default.htm - follow the lesson through the different activities - it works on nets, sorting shapes and lots of other important objectives.

Check out the SHAPE section on http://www.mathszone.co.uk/ too. Lots of games to play to practise your skills and understanding of co-ordinates and direction!

As well as this we will be continuing to practice our skills in answering written questions. We will be doing an assessment on Monday and then spending time going through problem areas.

Mrs Bethell’s Group this week are continuing with our measurement work and focusing on weight, at the start of the week. We are concentrating on reading scale and balancing objects.
Please remember to learn : 1,000g = 1 kilogram
500g = ½ kilogram
250g = ¼ kilogram
750g = ¾ kilogram
We will also be multiplying numbers by 10 and 100 and adding 2 numbers together using the column method of addition.

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/simplescales2.swf

http://www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/sudoku/9x9money.html - Sudoku pattern game

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/assets/resources/flash.php?&file=neardoubles – puzzle

http://fwt.txdnl.com/4-10/w/e/weddell/mw/tables_backwards/tables%20speed%202510.swf
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/numberbond.html

Have a good week.

Best wishes from the 3 and 4 team.