Hello Year 3,
It’s the world book day today! We are looking forward to seeing you all dressed up in costumes and sharing your favourite book on our zoom call at 10:20 am.
Here is your learning for today! We will go through it on our Zoom call and can answer any questions you have. Answers will be posted later today, so you can check your work.
World Book day!
Reading for pleasure:
Why not find somewhere new or interesting to read your book? You can share your book with a family member inside your home or out in the garden! Remember to upload the pictures on Seesaw!
Writing:
Augustus Gloop and Charlie Bucket two characters from our book, Charlie and the chocolate factory.
We have attached their picture below, along with some of the descriptive words and phrases (adjectives) that describe them. Pick one to write a character description. Use the adjectives provided. Make sure you:
- write in full sentences
- use capital letters and full stops
- make sure your sentences make sense
You can make your character description more interesting by using ambitious adjectives and similes!
Reading:
Charlie and the chocolate factory, chapter 8, pages 36-37
That evening, Mr Bucket’s newspaper announced the finding of not only the third Golden Ticket but the fourth as well.
“All right,” said Grandpa Joe, when the whole family was gathered in the old people’s room after supper, “let’s hear who found them.”
The third ticket was found by a Miss Violet Beauregarde. There was great excitement in the Beauregarde household when a reporter arrived to interview the young lady. The famous girl was standing on a chair in the living room waving the Golden Ticket madly. She was talking very fast and very loudly to everyone, but it was not easy to hear all that she said because she was chewing so ferociously upon a piece of gum at the same time.
“I’m a gum chewer, normally,” she shouted, “but when I heard about the Golden Tickets, I gave up gum and started on chocolate bars in the hope of striking lucky. Now, of course, I’m back on gum. I just adore gum. I can’t do without it. I munch it all day long except for a few minutes at mealtimes when I take it out and stick it behind my ear for safekeeping. My mother says it’s not ladylike and it looks ugly to see a girl’s jaw going up and down like mine do all the time, but I don’t agree.”
1. How many more Golden tickets were found that evening?
2. Where did the whole family gather after their supper?
3. Who won the third ticket?
4. Why has the author used the adjective, ‘famous’ for Violet Beauregarde?
5. How has the author described her way of talking?
6. Why was it not easy to understand what she said?
7. Find and copy a word from the text that means ‘to love deeply’.
8. What would Violet do with the gum during her mealtimes?
Click on the following link for chapter 8 of the book, Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
Maths:
Times table starter:
Today in maths, we are going to learn to measure perimeter. Watch the video carefully by clicking on the link below and then have a go at answering the questions underneath on paper.
History: Life in the Iron Age
Today, in history, we will focus on life in the Iron Age.
Around 800 BC people in Britain learned how to use iron. This discovery had a dramatic impact on everyday life. Iron tools made farming much easier than before and settlements grew in size.
Iron Age Britain was a violent place. People lived in clans that belonged to tribes led by warrior kings. Rival tribes fought with deadly iron weapons. Many people lived in hill forts to keep safe from attacks.
During the Iron Age, the Celtic people spread out across Europe and many settled in Britain. The ancient Britons followed a Celtic way of life. They produced fine metalwork and enjoyed feasting, music and poetry.
What was life like in an Iron Age hill fort?
By the end of the Iron Age many people lived in hill forts. The forts were surrounded by walls and ditches and warriors defended their people from enemy attacks.
Inside the hill forts, families lived in round houses. These were simple one-roomed homes with a pointed thatched roof and walls made from wattle and daub (a mixture of mud and twigs).
In the centre of a round house was a fire where meals were cooked in a cauldron. Around the walls were jars for storing food and beds made from straw covered with animal skins.
Iron Age farmers grew crops and vegetables. They kept geese, goats and pigs and had large herds of cows and flocks of sheep. Some people worked as potters, carpenters and metalworkers. Men and boys trained as warriors. They had to be prepared to fight at any time.
Click on the following link for more information:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-iron-age-britain-animation/z42d7nb
Activity: Answer the following questions after reading the information given above.
Design a book token
Click here for design template and details:
Don’t forget to post your learning on Seesaw from today. We look forward to seeing all your work!
Mrs Dubey and Mrs Phelps
