Homework – Thursday 8th June
Pioneer day – Tuesday 20th June This week’s homework is to get ready for pioneer day. Spend some time thinking about what you could wear and what you will put in your lunch. I know that it can be tricky to locate clothes for costumes, however it really does make the day special if all the children are in role (I will be getting in the spirit and have borrowed a suitable outfit from a colleague!). If you have any questions or concerns about the costume please don’t hesitate to contact me. Pioneer lunch ideas: Pioneers would have brought their lunch in a pail, tin or wrapped up in a cloth. Remember they wouldn’t have had plastic containers or tin foil to wrap things in! Their lunch might have included: bread (+ butter or maybe jam), cheese, cornbread, apple, biscuits, scones, berries, carrots, hardboiled egg, boiled potato. A treat would have been a sandwich with meat in. If in doubt a google search brings up lots of ideas! TIMES TABLE SONGS!
Grade 3 also need to know:
And some challenge tables to learn!
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Nightly readingDon't forget to pick up a book and read every night!
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How to further support your child with their learning
With after school activities, lessons, dinner, family time and bedtime routines, it can be very hard to squeeze homework into your busy schedule. I believe that it is important to give children time to play and rest after a long day at school. However, I also know that as parents you want your child to excel and help reinforce lessons taught at school.
With this in mind the weekly homework task should take no longer than 30 minutes and may involve writing, reading, math, creating, research or discussion. If you find the task is unmanageable then please do let me know.
If you would like more ideas of how to support your child with their learning at home then read on!
With this in mind the weekly homework task should take no longer than 30 minutes and may involve writing, reading, math, creating, research or discussion. If you find the task is unmanageable then please do let me know.
If you would like more ideas of how to support your child with their learning at home then read on!
EXPLORE NUMBERS TOGETHER
Numbers are all around you! When walking down the street look at the house numbers. This is a great activity for spotting patterns and ordering.
For example you can ask:
Money
Money is a great way to get children involved in real life maths. Encourage your child to pay for small items using coins. Work with them to add up totals. Ask them which items they can afford. Your child should be able to recognise the value of all coins easily.
Time
It is never too early to start telling the time with your child! When they ask you the time, model to them how you tell the time from the clock. Can they tell you where the hour hand is pointing? Tell them they can have a treat at a certain time - this is a sure way to motivate them!
Counting
Count steps, grapes, sweets anything! As well as counting in 1's, try counting forward and backwards in 2's, 5's and 10's. Can they start counting from any number?
Number bonds to 10 (pairs to 10)
1+ 9 = 10 2+ 8 = 10 3 + 7 = 10 4 + 6 = 10 5 + 5 = 10
Your child should know their bonds to 10. These key facts are the building blocks of mathematical understanding.
Numbers are all around you! When walking down the street look at the house numbers. This is a great activity for spotting patterns and ordering.
For example you can ask:
- What number will be next?
- What number will the 3rd house along be? How do you know?
- Where are all the even numbers?
Money
Money is a great way to get children involved in real life maths. Encourage your child to pay for small items using coins. Work with them to add up totals. Ask them which items they can afford. Your child should be able to recognise the value of all coins easily.
Time
It is never too early to start telling the time with your child! When they ask you the time, model to them how you tell the time from the clock. Can they tell you where the hour hand is pointing? Tell them they can have a treat at a certain time - this is a sure way to motivate them!
Counting
Count steps, grapes, sweets anything! As well as counting in 1's, try counting forward and backwards in 2's, 5's and 10's. Can they start counting from any number?
Number bonds to 10 (pairs to 10)
1+ 9 = 10 2+ 8 = 10 3 + 7 = 10 4 + 6 = 10 5 + 5 = 10
Your child should know their bonds to 10. These key facts are the building blocks of mathematical understanding.
WRITE TOGETHER
Have a day in your home that you set aside to write with your child, e.g. 'Writing Wednesdays'. Take 20 minutes on this day to write something meaningful or relevant with your child. Do they have a hobby or interest they could make a fact book about? Do they have a relative that would adore some 'snail mail', or an e-mail? Is there a shopping list that needs to be written? Would your child like to write their own story or play? Would having a special diary to write in motivate them? Spelling - help you child to break down words into the sounds (phonemes) when spelling a word. Support them in learning tricky words by making up rhymes or saying the word in a funny way. e.g. because - Big Elephants Can Always Understand Small Elephants. |
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EXPERIMENT TOGETHER
Science is a great way to get children thinking, questioning and learning. If they are curious about the world around them let them investigate. For example, in winter your child might ask "Why do they put salt on the paths?" You could then set up an experiment with ice cubes, putting salt on one cube and not another to investigate which melts quickest! Have a look at this website for more ideas: |
TALK TOGETHER
If you sign up for our class 'Remind' notifications, I will try to send you "Ask me about..." prompts that will help your child talk about specific activities we did in class that day. For example, "Ask me about what happened to the chocolate in science today." Hopefully, this will enable you to reinforce important learning that we have done in class and at the same time avoid the "How was your day at school?"....."Good." dialogue you might otherwise get! |
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PLAY AND CREATE TOGETHER
Have fun developing gross motor skills with your child by playing together outside, there is so much to explore in Ottawa. Encourage fine motor skills and creative thinking with Lego, origami, beading, drawing and other art projects. Listen to music together and talk about what you like about the songs. Play card games and board games to develop maths and language skills. |