Term 3, Week 7 - Monday 21st May - Friday 25th May

Spellings

1. walk
2. two
3. before
4. or
5. eat
6. again
7. who
8. been
9. may
10. play
11. tomorrow
12. because
13. beautiful

Thematic Words: bio-diversity, Wesak, founder, Gaelic Athletic Association, The Swallow, area, Roy Keane

English:

• Monday - Sentences: Put eight dolch words into sentences
• Tuesday - Contractions
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read the legend King Arthur and complete the questions based on it
• Thursday - Spelling: Write the spelling words in alphabetical order

Reading -  Read the passages Moo Moo (Monday) and Strange but True (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Mental Maths
• Tables Champion pg 28, +1, -1

Term 3, Week 6 - Monday 14th May - Friday 18th May

Spellings

1. grub
2. slug
3. eight
4. eighteen
5. eighty
6. weigh
7. reindeer
8. neighbour
9. child
10. children

Thematic Words: import, export, fairtrade, cocoa pods, cocoa beans, inappropriate, Roy Keane

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Write 'eigh' words in the reindeer(b)Choose a word to complete each sentence (c) Complete each sentence with a preposition
• Tuesday - Find the meaning of the homophones
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read the report The Ant and the Dove and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)
• Thursday - Spelling: Find the value of each spelling word

Reading -  Read the passages Submarine (Monday) and Things on Sticks (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Mental Maths
• Tables Champion pg 27, Check-up

Term 3, Week 5 - Tuesday 8th May - Thursday 11th May

Spellings

1. nation
2. station
3. relation
4. action
5. occasion
6. division
7. revision
8. fraction
9. minute
10. second

Thematic Words: biodegradable, decompose, durable, landfill site, obstacle, effort, Katie Taylor

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Write 'ti' words in the dictionary (b) Choose a word from the list to fit each sentence (c) Apostrophe
• Tuesday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Write 'si' words in the television (b) Choose a word from the list to fit each sentence (c) Contractions + apostrophe
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read the science fiction story A DVD Dimension and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)

Reading -  Read the passages Seagull (Monday) and Volcanoes (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Mental Maths (1 page)
• Tables Champion pg 26 -9 and -10

Term 3, Week 3 - Monday 23rd April - Friday 27th April

Spellings

1. film
2. kept
3. hare
4. care
5. share
6. scare
7. square
8. nightmare
9. millilitre
10. litre

Thematic Words: Wangari Maathai, environmentalist, Green Belt Movement, Earth Day,  monk, temple, incense, lectern

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Write 'are' words in the crescent moon(b)Choose a word to complete each sentence (c) Proofread the story
• Tuesday - Prefixes (one or more syllables added at the beginning of a word to change its meaning)
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read the report The Polar Bear and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)
• Thursday - Spelling: Write each spelling word in fancy lettering

Reading -  Read the passages The Three Wishes (Monday) and The Little Match Girl (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Mental Maths
• Tables Champion pg 24, - 5 and - 6

Term 3, Week 2 - Monday 16th April - Friday 20th April

Spellings

1. land
2. quiz
3. scene
4. scent
5. muscle
6. science
7. scissors
8. crescent
9. gram
10. kilogram

Thematic Words: rotate, angle, right angle, persistence, monk, temple, incense, lectern

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Write silent c words in the crescent moon(b)Choose a word to complete each sentence (c) Write words similar in meaning to the words in the center of each web
• Tuesday - Proofreading: Correct spelling mistakes and add punctuation and capital letters to the story
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read the story Stranded and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)
• Thursday - Spelling: Write each spelling word going across and then down

Reading -  Read the passages The Salmon of Knowledge (Monday) and Ten things you need to know about bears (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Mental Maths
• Tables Champion pg 23, - 3 and - 4

Term 3, Week 1 - Monday 9th April - Friday 13th April

Spellings

1. belt
2. farm
3. hour
4. ghost
5. rhyme
6. rhythm
7. rhubarb
8. rhinoceros
9. centimetre
10. metre

Thematic Words: conserve, waste, digital clock, analogue clock, Buddhism, Buddha, karma, persistence

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Choose a word to complete each sentence (b) Write the plural for each noun and draw a picture
• Tuesday - Word Web: Write words similar in meaning to the words in the center of each web
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read the fairytale The Princess and the Pea and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)
• Thursday - Spelling: Use this weeks spelling list to create a word search (your partner will try to solve your word search on Friday :))

Reading -  Read the passages Big Fat Dinosaur (Monday) and Dinosaur Fact Page (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Mental Maths
• Tables Champion pg 22, - 1 and - 2

Term 2, Week 9 - Monday 12th March - Friday 16th March

Spellings

1. join
2. spoil
3. royal
4. found
5. crowd
6. fifty
7. sixty
8. pork
9. form
10. talk

Thematic Words: weight, balance, heavier, lighter, transparent, opaque, erupt, ancient

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Choose a word to complete each sentence (b) Look through the dictionary and find 2 words you didn't knoe before, write the word and its meaning
• Tuesday - Proof Reading Sentences: Correct any mistakes in the sentences
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read the myth The Honeybee's Sting and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)
• Thursday - Spelling: Write each spelling word in uppercase and in lowercase

Reading -  Read the passages Fast Food (Monday) and The Best Sausage Sandwich Ever (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Mental Maths
• Tables Champion pg 20 9+,10+

Term 2, Week 8 - Monday 5th March - Friday 9th March

Spellings

1. drip
2. plug
3. third
4. winter
5. bird
6. over
7. hurt
8. butterfly
9. thirty
10. forty

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Underline the spelling you think is correct (b) Choose a word from the list to fit each sentence (c) Write the past tense of each verb
• Tuesday - Past Tense: (a) Write the past tense of each verb (b) Re-write the sentences in the past tense (c) Match the verb to it's past tense form
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Study the map Captain Fishhook and the Buried Treasure and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)
• Thursday - Spelling: Write each spelling word backwards

Reading -  Read the passages Flying Fish (Monday) and Cross the Road Safely (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Mental Maths

Term 2, Week 7 - Monday 26th February - Friday 2nd March

Spellings

1. hook
2. fork
3. back
4. brick
5. deck
6. flock
7. struck
8. rucksack
9. nineteen
10. twenty

Thematic Words: length, artificial, natural, froglet, tadpole, metre, Christianity, Crucifixion

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Underline the spelling you think is correct (b) Underline the verb in each sentence and re-write the sentence in the past tense
• Tuesday - Past Tense: (a) Match the present tense verb to it's past tense (b) Re-write the sentences in the past tense
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Study the map A Girl Called Bree and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)
• Thursday - Spelling: Find the 'value' of each spelling word!!

Reading -  Read the passages Feeling Awful (Monday) and Jelly (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Operations - addition word problems with regrouping
• Tables Champion Page 19  7+, 8+

Term 2, Week 6 - Monday 19th February - Friday 23rd February

Spellings

1. sunk
2. book
3. huge
4. fuse
5. rescue
6. queue
7. ewe
8. useful
9. seventeen
10. eighteen

Thematic Words: capacity, estimate, energy, reflection, contract, Word Wizard, Super Summariser, Artful Artist

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Underline the spelling you think is correct (b) Choose the correct word from the list to complete each sentence (c) Write out the verb 'to be' (e.g. I am, you are, he/she/it is, we are etc. ). Draw a bee around the verb 'to be' in each sentence
• Tuesday - Adverbs: Circle the adverbs and underline the adjectives. 
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Study the map O'Leary's Leprechaun and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)
• Thursday - Spelling: Write each of the spelling words in the correct section to show how many syllables it has

Reading -  Read the passages London (Monday) and Believing is Seeing (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Operations - addition with and without regrouping
• Tables Champion Page 18  5+, 6+

Term 2, Week 5 - Monday 5th February - Friday 9th February

Spellings

1. such
2. luck
3. home
4. froze
5. foal
6. stone
7. toast
8. snowball
9. fifteen
10. sixteen

Thematic Words: friendship, games, bullying, calm, force, discussion director, passage predictor, function

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Underline the spelling you think is correct (b) Choose the correct word from the list to complete each sentence (c) Underline the verbs in red, write a adverb for each sentence and underline it in orange
• Tuesday - Adverbs: Circle the adverbs and underline the verbs. Write your own sentence with a verb and an adverb - underline the verb and circle the adverb
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Study the map Monkey Business at the Zoo and complete the questions based on it (page 3 is optional)
• Thursday - Spelling: Write each of the spelling, circle the consonants in blue and the vowels in red

Reading -  Read the passages Hiccups (Monday) and Go Fish (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Fractions - 
• Tables Champion Page 17  3+, 4+

History: Carry out an interview with a parent or grandparent about games they used to play in the past. Please have completed by Friday :)

Term 2, Week 4 - Monday 29th January - Friday 2nd February

Spellings

1. slug
2. flex
3. flying
4. sight
5. side
6. dies
7. bright
8. sunshine
9. thirteen
10. fourteen

Thematic Words: fraction, half, quarter, whole, equal, adverb, greenhouse gases, affects

English:

• Tuesday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Underline the spelling you think is correct (b) Choose the correct word from the list to complete each sentence (c) Underline the verbs in the sentences
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read Wiley Wolf and complete the questions based on it
• Thursday - Adverbs: Complete each sentence with an adverb (a word that describes a verb)

Reading -  Read the passages Conkers and nuts (apologies about the printed quality of this page), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• 2 digit addition and subtraction with some regrouping
• Fractions 
• Tables Champion page 16, 1+ and 2+

Term 2, Week 3 - Monday 22nd January - Friday 26th January

Spellings

1. November
2. December
3. seen
4. three
5. seat
6. cream
7. please
8. teenager
9. eleven
10. twelve

Thematic Words: international, landmark, currency, population, research, Capital, kimchi, hanbok

Homework this week is based on researching South Korea as part of International Week. For this the children will need access to the internet at home. As a class, we have gone through what needs to be researched but if there are any problems please let me know.

Looking forward to seeing all the great work done at the end of the week :)

Maths:
Tables Champions Page 15 - Check Up A, B, C, D

Week 12 Monday 8th January - Friday 12th January

Spellings

1. thin
2. thick
3. touch
4. young
5. double
6. trouble
7. country
8. nourish
9. July
10. August

Thematic Words: weather, symbol, hail, sleet, snow, Christina Noble. rights activist, resilience

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar: (a) Choose the correct word from the list to complete each sentence (b) Write an adjective in each space
• Tuesday - Verbs - (a) Underline the verbs (b) Complete each sentence, make sure to use a verb (c) Write the correct verb
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read the folktalr A Vist From Planet Zog and complete the questions based on it. 
• Thursday - Spelling: Show how many syllables in each spelling word

Reading -  Read the passages Pet Monster For Sale (Monday) and Isaac Newton (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• 2 digit addition and subtraction with some regrouping
• Word Problem
• Tables Champion 9+

Monday 4th December

There will be no homework until after the Christmas holidays 😃

Week 12 Monday 27th November - Friday 1st December

Spellings

1. fancy
2. prince
3. notice
4. giraffe
5. stage
6. bridge
7. wallet
8. sway
9. February
10. friend

Thematic Words: castle, parlour, pantry, eco home, homelessness, effort, Imam

English:

• Monday - Phonics and Grammar revision
• Tuesday - Adjectives - circle the adjectives and underline the nouns
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read the folktalr Johnny Appleseed and complete the questions based on it. 
• Thursday - Spelling: Make a word search using this weeks spelling

Reading -  Read the passages A knock-Knock Joke (Monday) and Lost and Found (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• 2 digit addition and subtraction with some regrouping
• Word Problem
• Tables Champion 8+

Week 11 Monday 20th November - Friday 14th November
Apologies for not updating the blog last week

Spellings - (wa)

1. duck
2. click
3. was
4. wash
5. wasp
6. swan
7. watch
8. swallow
9. May 
10. June

Thematic Words: castle, parlour, pantry, homestead, chalet, longhouse, Imam, love

English:

• Monday - Phonics: wa - (a) write some 'wa' words in the swan (b) complete each sentence with a 'wa' word (c) give each proper noun a capital letter
• Tuesday - Adjectives (a describing word) - Use an adjective to describe the head, body and feet of your alien
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read the story The Camping Trip and complete the questions based on it. 
• Thursday - Spelling: Write this weeks spelling in a fancy way

Reading -  Read the passages Greenhouses (Monday) and Sun Showers (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• 2 digit addition and subtraction with some regrouping
• Word Problem
• Tables Champion 7+

Week 9 Monday 6th November - Friday 10th November

Spellings - (ea)

1. mill
2. tell
3. ice
4. dance
5. city
6. circle
7. police
8. cylinder
9. January
10. February

Thematic Words: home, insulate, solar panel, conversion, attic, extension, organisation, symbol

English:

• Monday - Phonics: soft c - word play and sentences
• Tuesday - Alphabetical order: Section B - arrange the words in alphabetical order
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read the story Cat Alarm and complete the questions based on it. 
• Thursday - Spelling: Alphabetical order

Reading -  Read the passages The Big Top (Monday) and Christopher Columbus (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• 2 digit addition and subtraction with some regrouping
• Tables Champion 5+

Week 8 Monday 23rd October - Friday 27th October

Spellings - (ea)

1. plum
2. glad
3. read
4. head
5. bread
6. weather
7. treasure
8. breakfast
9. cousin
10. friend

Thematic Words: Halloween, Samhain, autumn, migration, swallow, grateful, mosque, Mecca

English:

• Monday - Phonics: ea - A. Ring all the ea words and match each story to the correct picture. B. Choose the correct word for each sentence
• Tuesday - Punctuation: Add a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark to each sentence.
• Wednesday - Comprehension:  - Read the procedure Fruity Snacks and complete the activities based on it. 
• Thursday - Spelling: Code the letters and find the value

Reading -  Read the passages Haunted House (Monday) and Hallowe'en (Wednesday), re-tell in your own words and orally answer the questions at the bottom of the page.

Maths:

• Rounding - Rounding to the nearest 10, rounding and addition.
• Tables Champion - Week 4 Monday - Thursday

Week 7 Wednesday 18th October - Friday 20th October

No Spellings this week

English:

•  Comprehension:  - Read the Rhyme Lost and complete the activities based on it. 

Maths:

• Tables Champion - Week 3 Monday - Thursday