Primary 3 Homework – Week from 24th October
I hope you all enjoyed the holiday week. The Buchans had a good time getting settled with baby Alice.
In numeracy we are moving on to multiplication. Our new big topic will be beginning soon, so watch this space!
Best wishes,
Mr Buchan
Numeracy
The 10 x table has already been in our “Learnits”, and now we are going to include the 5 x table too. Flashcards for this will come home to add into your sets for regular practice.
Hit the Button is a great online game for revising times tables and building up speed. Speed matters because our aim in P3 is to work towards instant recall of these basic number facts.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Under “Times Tables” you can choose 2, 5 or 10 and then play either “Hit the Answer” or “Hit the Question”.
Reading
Pages to be read from class reading books will be written down in the grids as usual. If you can hear some of these out loud that is excellent practice. It is also great to ask questions as you listen, helping the children to engage with the stories and also checking that they understand any trickier words. (You may well do this already!)
Literacy
In our writing lessons we talk about “VCOP”. This stands for vocabulary, connectives, openers and punctuation. By building up our skills in these four areas we can make our writing more interesting.
At home this week, try to find examples of exciting and interesting vocabulary. This could be from a newspaper or magazine, something online, or a book you’ve been reading for fun. Copy the words into your homework jotter and use them in a sentence. Can you find at least three good ones?
We especially like finding new ways of saying ordinary things. For example, instead of saying that the man walked down the street, we might say that he crept, stomped or ambled.
Spelling
Spelling words to practice this week are:
chin chat
much march
pinch chip
they where
use there
Please could everyone do the usual look, say cover, write and check (twice through the list) and then write sentences using as many of the words as possible.
