The Friday Challenge on the WhiteRose materials is available on the link we have been using all week. This is the same for year 3 and year 4.

Friday Maths Challenge

However, some of you may prefer to use a worksheet (or two or three) to practise the learning you have begun on fractions and decimals this week. Pick which part of fractions you want to practise.

The links for these are given in your year group below. There are three sheets per topic (so 9 for each year group) – don’t try to do all of them! If you have found the maths learning this week tricky, I suggest you try the “developing sheets” . There are also secure sheets and ones for greater depth. (I’d only use the last one if you have been super confident all week.)

Year 3

Year-3-EXT-Equivalent-Fractions 2

Year-3-EXT-Compare-Fractions

Year-3-Order-Fractions

Year 4

Year-4-EXT-Make-a-Whole

Year-4-EXT-Compare-Decimals

Year-4-EXT-Order-Decimals

What do plants need to grow?

Whilst the weather remains so lovely, I thought I’d put some more plant based science on here. Lots of you have been telling me about your planting, gardening and even your chickens and ducks, so I know you are getting hands on science experiences.

Lesson Presentation What Do Plants Need to Grow Well

Lesson Video What do plants need to grow?

Animation

Activity Sheet Investigation Planner

Activity Sheet Recording Results

Do plants need light to grow – pupil sheet

Do plants need soil to grow – pupil sheet

How fast does a root grow – pupil sheet

You might prefer these Espresso investigation sheets:

Espresso plant investigation

You don’t need to investigate all of these things, but it would be good if you have the plants or seeds available to investigate one or two for yourself.

If you don’t have these, don’t worry – the videos and animations will let you see what happens and how to investigate.

Roald Dahl brings his characters to life with vivid descriptions using lots interesting adjectives and expanded noun phrases.

Now it is your turn to write. Choose a character from Fantastic Mr Fox. Write a really good quality description.

Remember we need to know what they look like, how they behave, maybe even how they smell or sound. Your reader needs to have a really clear picture of them their head when they have read your description.

These sheets have some useful adjectives that you might like to use:Description-writing-frames-for characters-from-Fantastic-Mr-Fox-

Think about how you write your sentences. You should aim to use:

• adjectives
• expanded noun phrases  Espresso video and quizz      ks2-spag-knowledge-organiser-expanded-noun-phrases
• subordinating conjunctions (I SAW A WABUB)  BBC Bitesize video
• relative pronouns (who, which etc)  relative-pronouns-display-poster

If we were doing this together in class, we would spend time gathering our ideas.

So, plan some adjectives, phrases, sentences. How could you use all the things in the list above to make your writing wonderful? Rehearse them aloud. Writers draft their ideas. If you have time you can always choose another character to practise your descriptive writing about.

We are continuing with our WhiteRose Maths today

Year 3

Summer Term Week 1 Lesson 4 – order fractions

Video     Order fractions

Lesson-4-Y3-Summer-Block-1-WO5-Order-fractions-2020

Answers: Lesson-4-Y3-Summer-Block-1-ANS5-Order-fractions-2020

Year 4

Summer Term Week 1 Lesson 4

Video and resources  Order Decimals

Lesson-4-Y3-Summer-Block-1-WO5-Order-fractions-2020

Answers: Lesson-4-Y3-Summer-Block-1-ANS5-Order-fractions-2020

I hope you are continuing to be as enthusiastic about reading as you were when we were doing our Claverley Book Fest. Keep reading to yourself for pleasure, sharing books with your family and listening to stories.

We have Fantastic Mr Fox to focus us this week, I have been trying to upload some videos of it being read, so that you can see the text as well as listen to the story if you don’t have a copy at home. I’ll keep trying….

This text from Twinkl links to our History topic ( the Stone Age). The online version is accessible to all reading levels as it is read out. This should enable both year 3 and 4 to focus on the questions being asked.

Twinkl home learning hub  go to the Age 7-9. The Book starts on Monday. The guided reading is at the bottom of the day’s timetable. I have uploaded copy of the text here:

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T2-H-4475-The-Stone-Age-History-ebook_ver_6

Next week, there will be some comprehensions to print for each guided reading group.

Plants

Lesson 1

1. What are the different parts of a flowering plant called?                            Activity Sheet Roll and Draw Plant Game    This is a bit like a beetle drive…                                                     Activity Sheet Parts of a Plant Labelling                                                                Activity Sheet Parts of Plant Pairs Cards                                                         Activity Sheet Parts of a Plant Folding Leaflet Colour                                              Lesson Presentation Parts of Plants                                        You don’t need to do all of these activities, but you might want to – some of them are games.