Back to School Year 3 Planning Literacy plus Maths R.E. History P.E. Geography

Spread out over the three terms, some nice lesson planning, worksheets, powerpoints.

It concentrates on Literacy but there is far more.

Numeracy, linked to the Abacus system, is useful even if you do noit have abacus. Just condense and adapt them

You get a chunk of

Science
RE
PE
Soda activities
Geography

I’ve also included some nice year 2 stuff that you can use.

The zip file has the lot. I’ve included a few examples in the ordinary download.

Sample :

Introduction
Recap idea of creating atmosphere in setting: happy, calm, peaceful, angry, afraid, busy etc.
Read ‘Mousehole Cat’ extract.
S&L
Children discuss with response partner first impressions about the setting and the atmosphere. Which senses have been used in the description?
Activity
Create list of settings the children are most familiar with in their own lives:home, school, playground, seaside, countryside, park etc.

Teacher model writing powerful descriptive sentence. Make changes, improve, edit etc.

Word/Sentence Activities
(see groups)Use IWB store ideas.
Can children classify word types: nouns, adjectives, adverbs etc.

YEAR 3 LITERACY LESSON PLAN TUESDAY

Whole Class Shared Learning
Introduction
Read opening extract ‘The Mousehole Cat’. Ask the children if they think the atmosphere is calm, threatening, angry or peaceful. Display the text and highlight the words and phrases that give a) a threatening feeling and b) a calm feeling, using different colours.
Activity
Children work with a partner and plan a short mime of this scene from The Mousehole Cat. One child takes the role of The Great Storm Cat and the other the role of Mowzer. Show characters’ feelings through mime.

Explain going to change atmosphere to a calm one. How?
The Great Storm Cat is a metaphor for the wind.
Explain term and revise simile also.
Model own sentence, discuss effect and technique.

Word/Sentence Activities

Challenge children to find words for the Dustbin and Wow areas from the text.
Guided and Independent Activities
Work with a partner and discuss an event. It might be something Charlie sees happening, or does himself.
Independent Group to start
After Activity
Decide on a problem for Charlie to solve, and write it down.
Work with a partner and discuss an event. It might be something Charlie sees happening, or does himself.
Teacher to start
After Activity
Decide on a problem for Charlie to solve, and write it down.

Work with group and discuss an event. It might be something Charlie sees happening, or does himself.

AR (TA) Support Group
After Activity
As a group decide on a problem for Charlie to solve, and write it down.