Year 3 Moorhill Miners 2018 Week Literacy Maths Topic breakdown Summer 1 1 The Perfect Pet Mon- Grammar Tues- Describe favourite pet Wed- Write questions Thurs- Speech Fri- Use exaggeration and alliteration Fractions (3 weeks) Recognise and use fractions as numbers: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators. Recognise, find and write fractions of a discrete set of objects: unit fractions and non-unit fractions with small denominators. Count up and down in tenths. Recognise that tenths arise from dividing an object into 10 equal parts and in dividing one-digit numbers or quantities by 10. Recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with small denominators. Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator within one whole [ for example, 5 7 + 1 7 = 6 7 ]. Compare and order unit fractions, and fractions with the same denominators. History - Lesson 1/2 Explore what changed in the Industrial Revolution. Write a diary entry. Lesson 3- Coal mining and the industrial revolution. Write a report to the Queen about the dangers of mining. Music: The Dragon Song Listen and Appraise Practise- Sing and play instruments Perform
2 The Perfect Pet Mon-Use role play Tues-Plan story Wed- Write story in sections Thurs- Write story in sections Fri- Edit story Solve problems that involve all of the above. Fractions (See above) History- Children in the mines Lesson 1/2- What jobs did they do? Write a job profile for one of the jobs. Lesson 3- Examine health of children. Create a bar chart using height and ages. Explain data and why it was collected. 3 The Black Dog Mon-Bank holiday Tues-Describe a character Wed- Describe a setting Thurs- Plan an ending to a story Fri- Write an ending to a story 4 Newspapers- mining disaster Huskar Write a newspaper report. Mon- Creative writing Tues- Features of a newspaper report Wed- Research disaster Fractions (See above) Angles and Shape (3 weeks) Recognise angles as a property of shape or a description of a turn. Identify right angles, recognise that two right angles make a half- Music: The Dragon Song Listen and Appraise Practise- Sing and play instruments Perform Lesson 1- Research Chilean mining disaster Lesson 2- Plan a diary entry Lesson 3 - Writing a diary entry Music: The Dragon Song Listen and Appraise Practise- Sing and play instruments Perform Science - Science Rocks and minerals Music: Bringing us altogether Listen and Appraise
Thurs- Plan report Fri- Write report 5 Mon- Past tense verbs- using ed, ly, ing Tues- Trip Wed- Plan recount of Black Country Museum Thurs- Write recount Fri- Edit and up level 6 Mon- Write a description Tues-Adverbs and adverbials Wed, Thurs and Fri- Assessment turn, three make three quarters of a turn and four a complete turn; identify whether angles are greater than or less than a right angle. Identify horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines. Draw 2-D shapes and make 3-D shapes using modelling materials. Recognise 3-D shapes in different orientations and describe them. Measure the perimeter of simple 2- D shapes. Angles and Shape (3 weeks) Angles and Shape (3 weeks) Practise- Sing and play instruments Perform Art Henry Moore Sketching figures; using charcoal Compare Moore with Lowry Music: Bringing us altogether Listen and Appraise Practise- Sing and play instruments Perform D&T Investigate foods that can be taken down the mines. Market research on fillings. Make pasties (and possibly Packaging) Instructions Music: Bringing us altogether Listen and Appraise Practise- Sing and play instruments
SUMMER 2 1 The Lone Robot - The Literacy Shed Monday- Prepositions Tuesday- Write a letter Wednesday- Create a character profile Thursday- Write a description Friday- Write a description of contrasting settings 2 The Lone Robot Monday- Grammar Tues- storyboard key events of a story Wed- Write an imaginative story from a silent animation Thurs- Edit and up level Fri- Use speech Measures (3 weeks) Measure, compare, add and subtract: lengths (m/cm/mm); mass (kg/g); volume/capacity (l/ml). Solve problems, including missing number problems, using number facts, place value, and more complex addition and subtraction. Continue to measure using the appropriate tools and units, progressing to using a wider range of measures, including comparing and using mixed units (for example, 1 kg and 200g) and simple equivalents of mixed units (for example, 5m = 500cm). Measures (See above) Perform (Geography) Lesson 1-Locate minefields Lesson 2- Compass work locate a minefield. Map work Country then local. Maths link Coordinates Combine text and graphics, Science- Light and shadow Combine text and graphics,
3 The Perfect Present Mon- Role Play Tues- Plan story Wed-Write adventure story Thurs- Write story and develop events section. Fri-Edit and up level 4 Play scripts Mon- Understand the layout of a play script. Tues- Identify the features of a play script. Wed- Plan a play script. Thurs- Write a play script Measures (See above) Securing multiplication and division (1 week) Write and calculate mathematical statements for multiplication and division using the multiplication tables that they know, including for two-digit numbers times one-digit Science- Light and shadow Combine text and graphics, A day in the life of a miner Mining Home life- What life was like for the miner s wife and children? Combine text and graphics,
Fri- Finish and role play numbers, using mental and progressing to formal written methods. Recall and use multiplication and division facts for the 8 multiplication tables. Count from zero in multiples of 8. 5 Diary of a Lively Labrador. Mon- Predicting the end of a story Tues- Write a detailed character profile in the first person Wed- Planning a diary recount Thurs- Write an animal s imaginary diary Fri- Finishing their diaries Exploring calculation strategies and place value (2 weeks) Add and subtract numbers mentally. Find 1000 more or less than a given number; recognise the place value of each digit in a four-digit number (thousands, hundreds, tens, and ones) (Y4). Order and compare numbers beyond 1000 (Y4). Round any number to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000 (Y4). Letters Research what happened to all the miners? Plan and write a formal letter Combine text and graphics,
6 Assessment Plan what is required Exploring calculation strategies and place value (See above) To add Combine text and graphics, 7 Assessment Plan what is required Revision To add Combine text and graphics,