Week beginning 22nd April

It has been great to see everyone again in class after the Easter break. 

On Tuesday, we started our new text for the term- Krindlekrax. We have met a few characters already and have been working hard to use expanded noun phrases to describe some of them. We've made lots of predictions and we can't wait to see if they are correct as we read more of the book this term. 

In Maths this week, we have started a new unit on fractions. It's been good to see that most children have remembered lots from our work on fractions before Easter and can now build on this well to add, subtract and partition fractions. 

Our history topic for the term will be the Romans. 

Our PE days are Tuesdays and Thursdays so please make sure your child has a PE kit in school all week. 

A typical week in Devon 3: 

Home Learning

Times Tables Rockstars! 

To keep practising the multiplication taught in class, and challenging yourself to keep the ones you already know fresh, don’t forget to log into your Times Tables Rockstars account. 

https://play.ttrockstars.com/

Challenge yourself to beat your score and build your knowledge as you become a Rockstar!

Please ask your class teacher if you need replacement log in details.

Reading

Children should bring their Accelerated Reading Book to and from school each day. When they have finished reading, children are asked to complete a quiz before changing their book. 

https://global-zone61.renaissance-go.com/welcomeportal/6704864

We recommend children in Year 3 read for at least 20 minutes a day.  Parents please log your child's reading on the BOOM reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/mobile no more than once a week.

boomreader.co.uk/parents

Spelling

Spellings will be checked on Wednesdays. 

Blue group (Mrs Nash, Miss Owen & Mrs Charlwood)

prefix- super 

supersonic

superstar

superhero

superhuman

superstar

supermarket

superpower

supersize

supermodel

superglue

Red group (Mrs Whitmore) 

dislike

disagree

dishonest

incorrect

invisible

incomplete 

Purple group (Mrs Smith)

baking

riding

making

shining

racing

Below is a list of the 100 most common words that your child is expected to know how to spell by the end of Year 4 (please see attachment).

The spelling strategies document below shows what strategies are used in class, and can be used at home to aid learning new words: