Year Three Hme Learning Grid Autumn Term 1: Ancient Egypt During the half term, cmplete ne task frm a clumn each week. Try t cmplete ne activity a week frm the maths grid t. Each week chse an activity t cmplete and bring it int schl n Mnday. 1. English 2. Mathematics 3.Science-Light 4. DT 5. Histry Write an Egyptian Stry Research and write yur wn versin f an Egyptian stry. Try t be adventurus with yur vcabulary and rewrite the stry in yur wn wrds. Remember t try t use paragraphs and rganise yur writing carefully. The fllwing websites culd help yu: http://egypt.mrdnn.rg/st ries.html http://www.unc.edu/~rwilk ers/resurce-egypt.htm http://myths.e2bn.rg/myt hsandlegends/userstry8 081-the-ancient-egyptianstry.html Cunt like an Egyptian Use the attached Egyptian numbers wrksheet t practise sme f the Maths skills we will cver this half term. The skills include: Cunting Ordering numbers Srting diagrams Odd/even numbers Please see attached sheets t help yu t set up yur very wn investigatin. Yu will be able t answer the fllwing questins: What des the wrd reflect mean? What des the wrd absrb mean? Which materials reflect light? Yu ll prbably think f ther questins that this investigatin culd answer give it a g! Have a g at making yur wn Egyptian bread and bring it in t schl t shw us. Ingredients fr Ancient Egyptian Bread Recipe 1) 245g whle wheat flur. 2) 200ml water. 3) 1/2 tsp. salt. 4) 7g Dry Yeast. Bake Like an Egyptian 1) Put flur and salt in an versized bwl. 2) Mix Dry Yeast with the water. 3) Slwly add water. 4) Take turns kneading the dugh. 5) Spread flur n a clean, flat surface. 6) Rll dugh int small balls. 7) Frm balls int flat rund shapes r triangles. 8) Cver with a clth fr ne t tw hurs. After ne t tw hurs: Bake bread n a greased sheet fr 30 minutes at 180 degree heat. Tutankhamen Research and find ut abut the famus Egyptian Pharah Tutankhamen and his missing tmb. Yu may wish t use the fllwing questins t help yu in yur research: When and where was Tutankhamen brn? At what age did Tutankhamen becme a Pharah? Why is Tutankhamen s famus? When was Tutankhamen s tmb discvered? Wh was Hward Carter? Hw did Hward Carter knw where t lk? Where was Tutankhamen buried? What did they find inside the Tmb? When did Tutankhamen die? What did Tutankhamen die frm? What is the Mummy's Curse? Create a reprt abut Tutankhamen and try t include any key dates r histrical vcabulary. Yu may wish t make yur wn death mask. _ Signed (parent/ guardian) Date: Date: Date:
OR OR OR OR OR 1. English 2. Mathematics 3. Science- Shadws 4. PE 5. Family Week Ordering 3 digit Shadw Fun Use this pprtunity t explre numbers smething as a family. Inventing stries (see separate sheet) Making up yur wn stry is really easy! Just remember t plan yur stry with a clear beginning, middle and end. Yu culd use a stry map like the ne belw. Why nt use the character and setting spinners included, t help yu. Yu culd end up with sme really creative cmbinatins! Write yur stry in yur bk ready t share in class. (Use sheet attached) Have a g at using number cards t make 3 digit numbers. Place them in the crrect place n the number line. Then have a g at the game Make 1000 (see attached sheet) Make 1000 is a game fr tw players and is a bit like the card game pntn. The aim is t make 1000. If yu g ver 1000, yu lse. Have yu ever made shadw pictures with yur hands? Yu might have played games like this with yur friends and family. It s really easy all yu need is a light surce and a plain wall. See attached sheet fr sme mre ideas. Give them a g and make up sme new nes yu culd draw them t! Changing Games Many games have changed and evlved ver time t make them as enjyable as pssible. Chse a game that yu knw well. Hw culd yu adapt the rules t make yur wn versin? Write up the new rules in easy t fllw steps and share them with smene else t try ut yur game. Perhaps yu might like t bring yur instructins int schl t try at playtime? Think abut the space that yu wuld need t play the game, the time that it will take, hw t keep the scre and any equipment yu will yu will need. Once yu have tried it, are there any imprvements yu can make? Yu might like t recrd and share what it is yu d this week r yu might like t chse t spend this week being busy with yur family. It culd be: A walk in the wds. A husehld chre. Eating a meal tgether. Just a busy weekend as a family. It s up t yu!
Year 3 Maths Hme-Learning Grid Cmplete ne f these activities a week. Write the shrt date and highlight when yu cmplete a task. Chant yur dubles and halves t 20 e.g. 1 and 1 is 2, 2 and 2 is 4, 3 and 3 is 6, 10 and 10 is 20 etc. Can yu get t 30? 50? 100? Practise yur 2, 5 and 10 times tables r 3, 4 and 6 times tables. Make cards with the questin n ne side and the answer n the ther. Use them t practise with. Write ut yur full name in capital letters. Which letters in yur name are symmetrical? Hw many letters in the alphabet are symmetrical? Hw many different ways can yu make 24 frm these numbers? 8 6 4 2 What ther numbers can yu make? Tables in ur class seat 6 children. If there were 60 children in year 3, hw many tables will be needed? Draw yur wrking ut if it helps. Hw else culd yu slve the prblem? Practise yur mental additin strategies. Pick a number f yur chice. Hw many different ways can yu create yur number using additin? Share yur answers with an adult. Yu leave fr yur hliday at 9 am and yu arrive at yur destinatin at 8pm. Hw much time has elapsed? Hw many mre time prblems can yu think f and slve? I have 8 friends and I want t give them all a drink f range juice. Each f their drink bttles hld ½ a litre. Hw many 2 litre bttles d I need t buy? I decide t make a fruit drink. I use 250ml f apple juice, 250ml f pineapple juice and 200 ml f grapefruit juice. Hw much juice did I make?
Inventing Stries Stick the spinners n card and cut them ut. Carefully pierce a hle in the centre (ask an adult t help yu) and put in a pencil Spin them t select a character and setting. Need mre characters r a new setting? Spin again!
Shadw Fun Which animals d yu think the shadws represent? Try them ut and then make up sme f yur wn. Yu can draw and label them in yur Hme Learning bk.
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