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I am a Primary School teacher, currently working in Year 3 and about to complete my NQT year (which has flown by and been absolutely brilliant!) following completion of my PGCE at the University of Cambridge. As this is my first year of teaching, the majority of my resources are aimed at Year 3 students though I have a number of children with SEN so activities are differentiated many ways. Usually they follow a 'mild, medium, spicy' format with further differentiation for additional needs.

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I am a Primary School teacher, currently working in Year 3 and about to complete my NQT year (which has flown by and been absolutely brilliant!) following completion of my PGCE at the University of Cambridge. As this is my first year of teaching, the majority of my resources are aimed at Year 3 students though I have a number of children with SEN so activities are differentiated many ways. Usually they follow a 'mild, medium, spicy' format with further differentiation for additional needs.
Dienes Place Value treasure hunt with Stone Age theme
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Dienes Place Value treasure hunt with Stone Age theme

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Cut up the squares with the dienes pictures and letters in. Place these around the classroom. Give each child a recording grid. When they find a card, they must count the dienes and write the number in the box with the same letter on their grid. Answers included to help self-marking!
Money: calculating change using a number line and adding up.
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Money: calculating change using a number line and adding up.

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Ancient Egyptian themed. The Nile Stores sells lots of items - prices are differentiated 3 ways. Print out and cut up lots of copies of the medium and spicy numberlines. Children choose mild, medium or spicy and take a copy of the price list and some numberline challenges. At the left, they write the price of the item, at the right they write how much money they have (stated on the challenge card). They then counting up to the number and work out their change by figuring the size of the jumps. Model this carefully. The children really enjoyed this activity and found the new method for working out change accessible.
Photo of the day discussion - wellie adventure themed
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Photo of the day discussion - wellie adventure themed

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I show my students a photo of the day (taken from google) linked to our topic which is about going on wellie adventures/being outdoors/nature. There are 3 levels of questioning they work through and discuss with their partners progressing from what can I literally see, to what questions I want to ask and then what can I infer from the picture.
There, they're and their homophone buster lesson
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There, they're and their homophone buster lesson

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Designed for a quick-fire 15 minute 'spell time' to combat frequent misuse of there, they're and their. The notebook explains the difference between them, gives an example of each and a few handy tips and tricks to help the children remember! There are additional worksheets differentiated two ways and a spicy challenge for high ability children.
Explanation text: How mummies are made
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Explanation text: How mummies are made

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An explanation text explaning the process of making a mummy to support Ancient Egypt topic. Included are various activities relating to the one text: cloze procedure, identifying key features, putting it in the right area, a text with no causal conjunctions. Some sheets are differentiated mild and medium.
Aladdin Reading Comprehension
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Aladdin Reading Comprehension

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6 week reading comprehension unit based on Philip Pullman’s Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp. Aimed at year 3 reading skills. Supporting notebook with colour coded slides to fit with each session.
Year 3 Equivalent fractions with shapes and numbers
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Year 3 Equivalent fractions with shapes and numbers

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Designed for Year 3 - a series of activities and a notebook looking at the progression of equivalent fractions with links to a fractions song and games. Also includes resources for an Nrich activity using a fraction wall. The different backgrounds on the notebook indicate different teaching days and the relevant worksheets are also attached. Differentiated three ways (mild, medium and spicy).
Tennis Unit - Year 3
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Tennis Unit - Year 3

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A medium term plan for a 6 week unit of tennis, aimed at year 3. Each week looks at a different focus: reactions, grip, returns, under-arm serves, aim and game application. Differentiation is provided (extending in green, supporting in blue). Designed without reliance on another supporting adult but can easily be adapted to add a supporting adult in with focus groups/assessments. Each lesson has a focus, a warm up, skill development, skill application and assessment section.
Year 3 adding fractions
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Year 3 adding fractions

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An introduction to adding fractions using physical apparatus and pictoral representations. There are worksheets differentiated 3 ways (mild, medium and spicy) and a notebook to guide you through the initial lesson. It includes discussion points, key questions and visual aids. Loop cards for adding AND subtracting fractions with the same denominator. Cut along the red and the blue lines. Enough for 1 card each in a class of 30. Fractions board game, themed around star wars. Roll the dice, move on that number, the star you land on you have to say what you would need to reach one whole e.g. if you land on three quarters, say one quarter. If you get it wrong you miss a turn next time.
Year 3 Science: Diet and Nutrition
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Year 3 Science: Diet and Nutrition

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Covers national curriculum strands about understanding nutrition and diet. Looks at the different food groups with meal planning activities, making a healthy plate and sorting foods. This was really practical and engaging. We had some deep discussions about food types and the children were confident taking healthy eating beyond 'healthy and unhealthy' into carbohydrates, fats, proteins, sugars etc.
Stone Age Word Mats
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Stone Age Word Mats

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5 eye-catching word mats, with visuals, for the stone age, each with a different theme: general, animals, people, tools, lifestyle.
PE Agility Skills MTP
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PE Agility Skills MTP

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7 weeks worth of PE lessons looking at speed, agility, footwork, power and reactions. Learning intentions, warm ups, skill development, skill application, assessment and resource list for each lesson. Blue represents support. Green represents extension.
DT sewing puppets lesson
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DT sewing puppets lesson

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Making puppets lessons inspired by Where the Wild Things Are. The resources revolve around the key processes of DT: analysing products already out there, designing and making and evaluating your own product. Activities are differentiated three ways with mild, medium and spicy challenges. There's a 'sewing tips' poster/mat for the tables.
Under the water themed poetry unit
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Under the water themed poetry unit

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Resources for writing riddle 'What am I?' poetry for sea animals. Includes pictures to mindmap adjectives, cloze procedure for the poem that will have been learnt as a whole class, examples of 'what am I' poetry in different styles written by myself, planning frames for writing their own poem, a brief outline of daily activities for the unit of work, an activity relating to the poem for a child with SEN and some extension questions to reflect on the poem they have written.
Homophone helpsheets with fun tricks for remembering!
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Homophone helpsheets with fun tricks for remembering!

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Learning to spell homophones is not just about knowing when to use which word, it is about being able to use the letters in the word to help you choose which word it should be. I have made simple, but clear and consistent, posters/help sheets which provide fun ways to help you remember homophones (written in black). For each one I have also given a sentence using that homophone correctly (written in red). 26 Homophones included: all the ones mentioned on Year 3/4 curriculum. Plus a few additional ones e.g. four and for. 6 near homophones included: any from the 3/4 curriculum and others that I found needed teaching due to regional accents e.g. are and our, won and one! I hope you find these useful.
Aladdin reading comprehension 6 week unit
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Aladdin reading comprehension 6 week unit

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Based on Philip Pullman's Aladdin version, a series of 6 lessons looking at different extracts (in chronological order) and answering a series of comprehension questions focusing on clarification, inference, author's choice and providing evidence with answers. The lessons follow a structure (outlined in the document) that encourages more discussion around answers rather than just giving children a text and them answering questions independently. There is a document with suggested answers though you may be surprised some of the things the children come up with for 'what do you think' questions. Supporting notebook with coloured slides separating the different sessions. Hope this is of use to you!
Year 3/4 Spelling Rule flashcards
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Year 3/4 Spelling Rule flashcards

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Clearly structured cards that explain spelling rules including suffixes, prefixes, exceptions and curriculum spellings. Covers a large range of spelling rules such as ed, ing, er/est, y as I, ou as an u, ly, able or ible. Though a comprehensive set, more will come over the year as we cover more rules. They are great to chop up and laminate and have on the tables for children to check and correct their spellings against.