Primary 3 Homework – Week from 14th November
On Mondays with Mrs Wallace the class has been learning about shapes. Please could you send in any cardboard that would flatten out to make the ‘net’ of a shape? For example, empty cereal boxes or Toblerone packaging would be perfect.
P3 have made a great start to our Ancient Egypt topic. So far we have learned how to read and write in hieroglyphics. This week we will be investigating tombs, mummies and archaeology.
Linking to this topic I am going to challenge the children to make a model of an Ancient Egyptian burial chamber at home. Full details of this will come out later in the week, but if you wanted to rescue any shoe boxes etc. from the recycling then that might be useful preparation.
A number of parents have asked for a list of the online maths games we use to boost counting and addition / subtraction. I will put a list of links up on the website, tagged for P3.
Best wishes,
Mr Buchan
Numeracy
This week we are focussing on working out change. This will be the hardest maths work we have done. We will start by working within £1, but build up to within £5 or even £10.
Two online games to help practise this would be:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/game/ma09subt-game-change-no-timer
In class we compare the price of the item and the amount paid, and we ask how much we need to add to the price to “make it match”. This is best done is steps, up to the tens number and then up to the pound. For example, if I use a £1 coin to buy a toy for 47p, to “make it match” I would need to add 3p to make 50p, and then add 50p more to bring it up to £1.
This is tricky, so practice with support will go a long way.
Reading
Pages from class books will be written down in the grids. From Thursday we will all be writing our own non-fiction books about Ancient Egypt, with a contents page and glossary.
Spelling
Spelling words to practice this week are:
bike five
nine like
time wife
prize meet
Egypt Nile
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.
