Subject English Year Group 3 Week Commencing 18520

Subject: English Year Group: 3 Week Commencing: 18/5/20 For subject information, games and activities to support this planning, please also look on the ‘Help your child with English’ document saved on the class page.

Date: 18/5/20 Lesson Objective: ‘vent’. How to spell root words - ‘press’ and Activity: Spellings Test spelling words for Wk 5 – based on root words ‘scope’ and ‘spect’. Learn spelling words for Wk 6 – root words ‘press’ and ‘vent’. View the spelling rule Power. Point on the website page. Have fun with the wordsearch. Choose interesting activities from the ‘challenge’ to help learn your spellings: Make up a wordsearch; write the words in rainbow; write your spellings into a layer of sand or flour; use a ball or balloon to throw and say each letter in turn, write spellings in a pyramid. You could also take the opportunity to practise your best handwriting by creating sentences that include your spellings. scope

Spelling support. Can you find this week’s spellings in the wordsearch? Try making your own wordsearch up using the spellings. See if someone in your house can complete it.

Date: 19/5/20 Lesson Objective: How to write a reply to an animal problem page. I expect you are wanting to share your brilliantly written and illustrated letters with your teachers so please feel free to e mail your beautiful pages to us. We may even choose the neatest pages to go on our school website! Ask your adults to give permission if they have not already done so. Task: Today, you are ready to write the Dr Fisher reply. Don’t forget to look at the book if you need inspiration. Your reply letter will need: • The correct letter layout which uses the anonymous name of the creature. • Reassuring ideas and explanations of why it’s perfectly natural to be experiencing these things. • A sign off, written in the correct place at the bottom. Of course, you will also have checked your spellings and kept your presentation neat and tidy.

Let’s take a closer look at some of the features we must include in our Dr Fisher letter… Use the creature’s anonymous name. Reassure the creature by saying something kind. Explain to the worried animal that what they are experiencing is completely normal for their species. Sign off using new lines.

The three creatures that we have researched so far have all had different problems. The baby elephant was sunburnt and needed advice about how to stay out of the sun. The flamingo might be self-conscious about its long thin legs or its strange, curved beak. The meerkat was wondering why his friends kept leaving him to stand up on his back legs for hours on end. How might Dr Fisher reassure and offer advice to these creatures? Remember what you learnt in the film clips. What would he tell the baby elephant to do? What would he say to the flamingo about his silly long legs? What might he say about its beak? Would he tell the meerkat why he needs to stand up on his hind legs and keep watch all day?

Dear ‘Left High and Dry, ’ Don’t worry – you are perfectly normal and your ‘gang’ (or ‘mob’) are not making fun of you. In fact, they must regard you very highly, as it is a special duty that you are performing, in order to protect everyone else. Now you are getting a bit older, you are being used as a ‘babysitter’, to protect the younger ones from other groups of meerkats that might attack. Take a look at some of the ways the sentences start. Here a few other starters that might help you when you write your reply. It’s perfectly fine to feel …. . When you… As you…. Don’t worry about…. Because you ……. . Now you…… Because you live in deserts and grasslands, it is easy to keep an eye out for any predators approaching, so that’s why they told you to stand tall and look out. It’s perfectly normal to…… You will soon……. . Furthermore, you won’t be the only one with this role, you will all take it in turns. Be bold and brave and enjoy your special job! Dr K Fisher Creatures who live in…… My advice would be to…… Animals like you……. .

Now, you are ready to write your Dr Fisher reply. Your reply letter will need: • The correct letter layout which uses the anonymous name of the creature. • Reassuring ideas and explanations of why it’s perfectly natural to be experiencing these things. • A sign off, written in the correct place at the bottom.

Date: 20/5/20 Lesson Objective: To research the life of an animal. Your work this week fits in brilliantly with our topic, ‘Our Wonderful World’. You are now going to write your own agony aunt or uncle letter from a creature that you found in your garden or on your walks. Next time you are out and about, either in your garden, on a walk or a cycle, see if you can spot some creatures. Perhaps you could take a photo of them if you aren’t sure what they are. When you get back home, do some research and see if you can find some interesting information about its lifestyle. Find some child friendly video clips or books and take some notes as you watch or read; just like you did with the elephant clips.

Date: 21/5/20 Lesson Objective: To write a letter in the style of the Dr Fisher book. Well done! You are doing very well. Task: Today, you will write a letter from the creature that you have found and researched. Use all the examples that you have been given to help you. This is your opportunity to make up your own letter but don’t forget to re-read the book if you get stuck and need some ideas. Think about the problem that your new creature might think it has. Talk your ideas through with someone in your house and then write your letter. Challenge: Why not use an IT publishing program such as Canva or Publisher to make a Dr Fisher style page for your letter.

Date: 22/5/20 Lesson Objective: To write a fact file page in the style of the Dr Fisher book. Task: You can choose the creature from your letter or another of your choice. Design and write a fact page about the creature in the style of the Dr Fisher book. Choose an aspect of their life to write about. It could be about their life cycle, it could be about their habitat or it could be about where they live. What information could you include? Do some research to add really interesting facts. Think carefully about how to design your page and take some inspiration from the Dr Fisher book.

What should you include on your page? • A heading – Dr Fisher’s guide to……… • An introduction to briefly explain the topic. • Some drawings and diagrams with labels. • Some captions under the pictures to explain what they are about. • Bullet point with facts. Write your facts as though Dr Fisher is explaining them. If you get stuck – take a look at the book pages for inspiration.

Well done! You have worked very hard this week so you can be proud of yourself! Don’t forget to ask an adult at home to take some photos of your work and activities and e mail it to your teachers – they love to see what you’ve been doing!