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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.
Written multiplication Year 3
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Written multiplication Year 3

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Notebook progression of skills of written multiplication revisiting partitioning skills then using grid method and long multiplication. The notebook includes a dice game which can be presented either in their books or on a sheet of blank grids (also provided). For grid method, we did lots of practical examples using dienes and whiteboards and then moved on to pre-drawn grids which they drew the dienes in the right boxes. There are two maths investigations included for extending and deepening understanding.
Introduction to arrays for multiplication
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Introduction to arrays for multiplication

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A notebook with clear progression from multiplication as repeated addition to arrays with an activity at the end (poster making) which the children completed in pairs and stuck up around the classroom. A document full of pictoral arrays - I printed loads of these out, spread them on the tables and children picked one up, stuck it in and wrote the array that matched.
Adding the suffix '-ly' to make adverbs
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Adding the suffix '-ly' to make adverbs

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Notebook of progression of spelling rules. Lesson starter sorting words in to root word + ly and just words that end in ly. Worksheets are differentiated 3 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.
Light module aimed at Year 3
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Light module aimed at Year 3

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Lessons plans and resources for: what is light? reflections, shadows and sunlight. Differentiated three ways: mild, medium and spicy. Includes experiment write up sheets as this was a very practical topic!
Forces experiment Year 3
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Forces experiment Year 3

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Resources (including Scaffolded experiment write-up sheet) for experiment lesson looking at objects moving over different surfaces. Lesson plan and notebook included plus a link to a useful video.
Antonyms
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Antonyms

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Cut and match antonym words for group task or individual work.
Sentence types
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Sentence types

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Looking at questions, commands, exclamations and statements - notebook of progression and activity.
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.
Place Value Year 3
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Place Value Year 3

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Various activities looking at +/- 10 and 100, numberlines and missing values with some activities from the White Rose Maths Hub documents. Notebook includes a link to primary games.
Duration Lesson 1 Year 3
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Duration Lesson 1 Year 3

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Lesson starter > matching the activity to the length of time A practical experiment using stopwatches to measure and record a series of events. Plenary > putting lengths of times in the right order (could be used as a starter for second lesson)
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.
Introduction to word families Year 3
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Introduction to word families Year 3

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Investigating words that are linked through a root word and the addition of suffixes and prefixes. A series of activities to be delivered over a few days in short 10-15 minute sessions (Teach, Practice, Apply - coloured backgrounds on the notebook). There is also a word bank of prefixes and suffixes pupils should know by the end of year 4
Guess the 3-digit number problem solving
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Guess the 3-digit number problem solving

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Great for mastery of place value and problem solving skills. Differentiated three ways - mild, medium and spicy Use the clues to crack the code and discover what the number is. The children really enjoyed writing their own too!
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.
Column Subtraction
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Column Subtraction

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Sea-side themed (fish bubbles, turtle snap, harbour wall bar models) activities and work sheets to support developing of column subtraction starting with subtracting using a place value grid to spotting which number sentences can/can't be done. Activities follow a mild, medium, spicy structure of difficulty displayed by chilli pepper clipart. Also included: a notebook for the progression of skills.
4-step task planner for children with SEN
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4-step task planner for children with SEN

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I print these out and laminate them and have them on the child's desk for me to write simple steps for them to complete the task as independently as possible. I also have a large version of it across the bottom of my whiteboard because generally the whole class benefits from it being broken in to manageable steps and it stops them coming up and asking what to do next!