Home Revision Block 3
Literacy Activity 1
Writing – Narrative text
Use the Narrative text examples about, “The duck with a broken wing” to help you as you plan and write your Narrative text.
- Create your own character. Label your character with adjectives to describe what they look like and their personality.
- Now draw the setting ( where the story takes place ). Label your drawing with adjectives.
- Write a plan about what the problem is.
- Then write about the solution to the problem. ( How is the problem resolved? )
You should follow the Narrative text structure –
- Title – this should tell us what the story is about.
- Orientation – who the characters are, where the events took place and when the events happened.
- Complication – tells us about a problem in the correct sequence.
- Resolution – how the problem is solved.
Some storyline suggestions eg fishermen out at sea on a boat and there is a storm, hillwalkers who get lost, an animal escapes from the zoo.
Literacy activity 2
Grammar – plurals
Read the following sentences and change all of the underlined words from singular into plural. Remember to change the verb so that your new sentence makes sense.
Here is an example to help you:
The cat sat on the mat. The cats were sitting on the mats.
Finally, the summer had arrived.
The river that flowed around town was full of fish and the
blossom tree was heavy with a sweet-smelling flower.
Just thinking about the long summer holiday made Jessie feel dizzy
with excitement! It would be a summer with an adventure! Jessie
felt warm and happy as she dangled her toe in the river and dreamt.
Just then she heard a fox scuttling around by the old oak
tree. Aha, the secret signal! She quickly put on the magic glasses
and squeezed her eye shut tight. She stamped her sparkly red
shoe on the damp grass and started making a wish …..
On the coach there were fifteen girl and twenty boy.
Mrs Green had two tree and five bush in her garden.
Tom likes apple, orange, pear and peach.
Have you seen my pencil and my ruler?
The old ship was in the river.
It had a mast and a torn sail.
In one side there was a big hole and the water was flooding in.
Literacy activity 3 – Spelling
The high frequency words for Primary 3 are :
after, because, blue, don’t, give, going, how, know live, more, Mr., Mrs. ,now, right, these, they, want, who, which, when, first, from, her, has, like, little
Practice spelling the words above and then use them in a sentence. Try and extend your sentence by using a conjunction eg and, but, so, because, however.
Numeracy –Subtraction
Practice Mental Agility using Topmarks Daily Ten. Choose level 1, subtraction, up to 20 and up to 100. Choose level 2, subtraction , up to 100 ( 10 less ) and 2 digit numbers.
Watch the following subtraction video
This will help you to do decomposition sums. Now try some examples of your own.
Problem Solving – strategy draw a picture
- Use the clues to find out who lives on each floor. Write their names where they belong.
Max lives 1 floor above the 2nd floor
Sally lives 2 floors above Max.
Kim lives 3 floors below Sally.
Dev lives 2 floors below Max.
Sinita lives 1 floor below Sally.
2. Everyone swaps flats.
Draw a picture to show where they live now.
Max lives 2 floors above the 3rd floor.
Sally lives 2 floors below Max.
Kim lives 1 floor above Sally.
Dev lives 4 floors below Max.
Sinita lives 1 floor above Dev.
Health and Wellbeing – Respect yourself
There’s no one quite like me. It’s good to be me.
What makes you you? ( talents and skills I am good at …) Personal qualities ( I am liked because……) My achievements ( I have achieved….) and My best qualities ( My best qualities are….)
Create a poster with the title. It’s great to be me! Have fun adding drawings, photographs and text to your poster.
Home Revision Block 2
Literacy Activity 1
Writing – Recount Text
Choose an event to retell. For example.
- make your favourite sandwich?
- going to your football/rugby/Brownies/swimming club
- attending a party
- weekend event
Retell the event by using the Recount Text Structure. Remember this has already happened and you should write in the past tense e.g. I went to the park. I ate an apple. You can write this or you can record yourself orally retelling the event.
Title: what is the text about?
Orientation: Provide information about Who? Where? and When?
Sequence of Events: What happened? First… Then…. Next…. After…. Finally
Personal Comment: How did you feel about the event?
Below is an example to help you.
Literacy Activity 2
Practice your spelling patterns using the fun website Spellingcity.
To find your letter pattern follow these instructions:
- web address: https://www.spellingcity.com/
- You will need to continually close the ‘pop up’ advert
- Search schools and enter Kingsland Primary School
- Click on Kingsland Primary School, Rosetta Road, Peebles
- Find ‘Registered Teachers’: Elizabeth Scott
- Click on any of the P3 long vowel lists
- Click on Games
- Choose any of the free games to practise the spelling pattern
Literacy Activity 3
Looking at Books
Follow the instructions on the text.
- Copy and complete the sentences by choosing words from the box to fill each gap.
- Look at the book covers and answer the questions.
- Now Try These; match the type of book to the title
- Book Review: state who is in your book, where the story takes places, when it happens and what happens in the story. You can add extra details by drawing a picture of your favourite part.
Numeracy
Practice Mental Agility using Topmarks Daily Ten. Choose level 1, addition, Bonds to Make 10 and Bonds to Make 20. Choose level 2, addition, Bonds to Make 100 (tens) and Bonds to Make 100.
Also use Topmarks Hit the Button, Number Bonds – Make 10, Make 20, Make 100.
Complete the Home Activity Numeracy Sheets 6 and 7 on addition.
Health and Wellbeing
Keep Connected
- create your own team t-shirt by drawing or adding photos of the special people in your life (who is in your back-up team) on the blank outline of the t-shirt.
Home Revision Block 1
Literacy Activity 1
Writing – Descriptive Text
Choose a relative or friend and draw a detailed picture.
Label your drawing using adjectives (eg short, brown hair) to describe what your person looks like.
Think about what things your friend/relative likes to do and make some notes on the back.
Then write your description using your labelled plan. Remember to use the following structure:
- Title (to identify who the text is about)
- Introduction (who it is)
- Characteristics (what does the person look like and what can the person do)
- Personal Comment (evaluation – how do you feel about this person)
Below are a couple of examples to help you.
Literacy Activity 2
Practice your spelling patterns using the fun website Spellingcity.
To find your letter pattern follow these instructions:
- web address: https://www.spellingcity.com/
- You will need to continually close the ‘pop up’ advert
- search schools and enter Kingsland Primary School
- Click on Kingsland Primary School, Rosetta Road, Peebles
- Find ‘Registered Teachers’: Elizabeth Scott
- Click on any of the P3 short vowel lists
- Click on Games
- Choose any of the free games to practise the spelling pattern
Literacy Activity 3
Looking at Books
Follow the instructions on the text.
- Copy and complete the sentences by choosing words from the box to fill each gap.
- Look at the book covers and answer the questions.
- Now Try These; match the type of book to the title
- Book Review: state who is in your book, where the story takes places, when it happens and what happens in the story. You can add extra details by drawing a picture of your favourite part.
Numeracy
Play the following video to practice number sequences and patterns to 1000.
Complete the linked worksheets.
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Health and Wellbeing – Resilience
In class we have discussed what strategies and things we do to cope when things go wrong.
Draw or write about some of the strategies that have helped you eg take a breath, talk it over. Decorate a box or jar labelled ‘My Resilience Toolkit’ and put your pictures/drawings in it.
