Year 3 Reading Week beginning 23 3 20

Year 3 Reading Week beginning 23. 3. 20

Monday rd 23 March A New Pet Tom was six. He lived in a flat with his Mum. The flat was on the top floor. It was very high up! One day, Tom said to his Mum, “Mum, can I have a dog? ” But Mum shook her head and said, “No Tom, you can’t have a dog. There are no dogs allowed in a flat. ” Tom wanted to cry. Then he said, “Mum, can I have a cat? ” But Mum shook her head and said “No Tom, you can’t have a cat. There are no cats allowed in a flat. ” Now Tom did start to cry, “I want my own pet!” he shouted. Mum patted Tom on the back and gave him a kiss, “Don’t cry Tom, I will see what I can do. ” The next day, when Tom got home from school, there was a small cage on the table. Tom was excited! He ran to look in the cage. In the cage was an orange hamster! Mum put the hamster in Tom’s hands. Tom smiled and said, “I will call it Rusty. Thank you, Mum!”

Answer the questions below about the text. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. How old is Tom? Where does Tom live? Which pets did Tom want? How does Tom feel when Mum says no? How do you know this? How does Mum try to make Tom feel better? Why does Tom get excited when he sees the cage? Why did Tom call his pet Rusty? Do you have a pet? What type is it? Which pet would you like?

Tuesday th 24 March Read the extract from James and the Giant Peach ‘Good gracious me!’ Aunt Spiker said, ‘What’s that awful noise? ’ Both women swing round to look. The noise, of course, had been caused by the peach crashing through the fence that surrounded it, and now, gathering speed every second, it came rolling across the garden towards the place where Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker were standing. The gaped. They screamed. They started to run. They panicked. They both got in each other’s way. They began pushing and jostling and each one of them was thinking only about saving herself. Aunt Sponge, the fat one, tripped over a box that she’d brought along to keep the money in and fell flat on her face.

Answer the questions below about the text. 1. 2. 3. What did the peach crash through? What was the peach rolling towards? Name 3 things that the Aunts did when they saw the peach rolling. 4. Which Aunt tripped over a box? Can you predict what will happen next in the story? Write the next paragraph yourself.

Wednesday th 25 March

Answer the questions below about the text. 1. Find and copy an adverb from the text which means the same as ‘quickly’. 2. How long had Dale had Patch? 3. Can you predict what Dale and Patch did next? 4. How does the author show the reader that Patch is not really bothered about the thunderstorm? Can you draw a picture of Dale and Patch in the thunderstorm?

Thursday th 26 March

Read the text persuading people to come to the Roman Baths. 1. What sorts of words does the author use to persuade the reader to visit the baths? 2. Give two reasons in the texts why people should visit the baths. 3. Where can the guests use perfumed oils? 4. Does this advert make you want to visit the Roman Baths? 5. Write another sentence persuading people to come to the Roman Baths.

Friday th 27 March

Answer the questions about the text. 1. 2. 3. Which two objects did the cat give to the girl? Find and copy two adjectives that describe the Witch's’ woods. Make a word bank of 10 words that you could use to describe the woods. 4. What do you think the girl did next?