1. YEAR 3 HOMEWORK 16.9.2014

2. HOMEWORK TIMETABLE MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday Spellings Times tables The Big Talk Due Thursday Literacy Maths Due Wednesday Reading Times tables: What should they know and by when? By the end of Year 3: 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10 By the end of Year 4: All times tables up to 12

3. LITERACY & MATHS HANDED OUT EVERY FRIDAY AND DUE BACK THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY LITERACY: GRAMMAR / VOCABULARY /WRITING WILL ALWAYS RELATE TO SKILLS AND TOPICS BEING STUDIED WITHIN THE CLASSROOM MATHS: TIMES TABLES REINFORCING CLASSROOM LEARNING TESTING APPLICATION OF SKILLS EACH PIECE OF HOMEWORK SHOULD TAKE 20-30 MINUTES Back

4. THE BIG TALK EVERY THURSDAY THE WHOLE SCHOOL TAKES PART IN THE BIG WRITE THIS IS TO HELP RAISE ATTAINMENT LEVEL IN SPEAKING, LISTENING AND WRITING. THE BIG TALK IS PREPARATION FOR THE BIG WRITE IF A CHILD CAN’T SAY IT A CHILD CAN’T WRITE IT. A FUN WRITING SESSION THAT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CHILDREN TO: EXPERIMENT WRITING DIFFERENT GENRES HAVE THE TIME AND THE FREEDOM TO WRITE IMPROVE CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION DEVELOP AND EXPERIMENT USING NEW VOCABULARY AND PHRASES IMPROVE GRAMMAR SKILLS Back Sithee! If kid c’nt say’t kid c’nt reet’t! Us reets as us spiks an’ us spiks as us eers … Wot cums owt o’t pen is wot’d cum owt o’t mowt. Us c’nst ownli reet wi’t langwage

5. THE BIG TALK WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO? HELP YOUR CHILD EXPLORE IDEAS AND TALK THROUGH POSSIBLE SCENARIOS TALK ABOUT SIMILAR STORIES / FILMS / DAYS OUT /EXPERIENCES THEY CAN USE AS STIMULUS ASK YOUR CHILDREN QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR IDEAS TO HELP THEM DEVELOP THEIR IDEAS ABOUT THEIR PLOT, SETTINGS AND CHARACTERS CHILDREN BRING BRIEF NOTES IN TO SCHOOL TO HELP THEM REMEMBER IDEAS OR KEY WORDS / PHRASES THEY WANT TO USE Back

6. READING AIM TO READ TOGETHER 4 TIMES PER WEEK READ LOTS OF DIFFERENT BOOKS AND AUTHORS TO ENRICH THEIR IMAGINATION ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE READING: DO YOU AGREE / DISAGREE WITH THE CHARACTERS ACTIONS? WHY? WHAT OTHER STORY HAVE YOU READ THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS ONE? WHY? WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO HAPPEN? FIND NEW WORDS AND DESCRIPTIVE PHRASES TO INCREASE YOUR CHILD’S VOCABULARY CAN THEY EXPLAIN THE MEANING? Back