HOMEWORK: Year 3

TERM 2 WEEK 1

Welcome back to school for Term 2. I hope you had a good holiday.

Signed ____________

******

Make sure you have all the things you need for this term - lead pencils, red pen, coloured pencils,
glue sticks, a ruler, small pencil cases, chair bags, library bag, scissors etc.
READING: Do some Home Reading each night. Practise a page of reading then read it aloud to
someone in your family. Try to read without lots of stops and use some expression. Record it in the
back of your Homework book.
SPELLING: Fairy Tale Characters
LEVEL 1

big
help
time
ago
nice
wish
story
good
ring
dragon

LEVEL 2

fairy
fairies
frog
tale
key
poor
once
leave
strange
wicked

EXTENSION

GROUP

giant
dwarf
elf
witch
wizard
prince
princess
character
tower
make-believe

-ant
ant
giant
grant
plant
slant

RULE

DICTATON
Level 1: The story of a time

Read the rule then

form the pluralsday

delay .
key

toy

valley .
monkey ..

PERSONALS:

ACTIVITIES
1. Learn your own
word lists +
long ago was very good. A
personals. Do a
big dragon named Alex
L.L.C.W.C.
helped a nice girl find the
2. Have someone
ring she wished for .
test your words.
Level 2: Jonathon liked the
fairy tale about a poor frog who 3. Write your list
and mark the
had once lost his key. The
syllables in each
wicked fairies would leave him
word.
in a strange place.
4. Learn the rule
Extension: Shannen wrote a
fairy tale about make-believe
and complete
characters. There was a giant,
the activity.
a dwarf, an elf as well as a
5. Practise your
witch and a wizard in the story.
dictation ready
The prince had to climb the
for a test on
tower to get the princess.
Friday.

RULE: Plurals - To form the plural of words ending in -ay, -ey and -oy just add -s.

WRITING:
Last term we learnt how to write a RECOUNT. A recount has a special form-

OrientationSeries of eventsConclusion

This sets the scene and introduces the event or the characters or the people in the story.
This is a number of events or activities told in the sequence in which they happened.
Each new event or activity will have a new paragraph.
A general statement about the activities or events.

Task: Recount due: Friday, Week 2

On the paper I have given you, write a RECOUNT of your holidays. Write about at least three
events. (Things that you did during the holidays.)
Write your draft copy first in your Homework Book and edit it. Show it to mum or dad and
they will help you edit your work.
Then write your final copy on the paper. (You may wish to type it on the computer.)
Make sure that your final copy is the best work you can do. ( Presentation PERFECT)
Make your presentation copy neat and tidy with all spelling correct.
Dont forget to do an illustration.

NUMBER: Make sure you know your 2X, X3, 4X and 5X tables from last term. Say them to someone at home.
Try these

2 x 6 =
18 = 2 x
4 x 5=
40 = 4 x
3 x6 =

__
__
__
__
__

8 x 2=
20 = 4 x
8 x 4=
6=2x
3x 8 =

__
__
__
__
__

2 x 11 =
4=2 x
10 x 4 =
24 = 4 x
3 x 12 =

__
__
__
__
__

12 x 2 = __
14 = 2 x __
4 x 3 = __
20 = 10 x __
3 x 0 = __

5 x 2=
22 = 2 x
4 x 6 =
28 = 4 x
3 x 5 =

__
__
__
__
__

2 x 9 =
16 = 4 x
9 x 4=
8=4x
3 x 10 =

__
__
__
__
__

4 x 2 =
24 = 2 x
12 x 4 =
44 = 4 x
3 x 2 =

__
__
__
__
__

21= 3 x

__ 12 = 3 x __

30 = 3 x __ 9 = 3 x __

27 = 3 x __

HOMEWORK: Year 3

6 = 3 x __ 33 = 3 x __
Term 2

Week 2
Signed

________________________

READING: Make sure you do some reading each night. Record what you have read in the back of your book.
SPELLING: Engines
LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 EXTENSION GROUP
RULE
DICTATION
Activities
Level 1: When Brandon turns the
1.
turn
engine
machines
whRead the rule then
key
the
oil
will
speed
to
the
Learn
your
own
form the pluralkey
wheel
bulldozers
what
gearbox. Have you put some
word lists +
oil
motor
ignition
wheat
petrol and water in the car?
personals. Do a
library
petrol
push
aeroplanes
wheel
L.L.C.W.C.
army
Level 2: Joshua could not control
2.
gears
brake
accelerate
when
the wheel of the overheated
body

Have
a
test
of
gearbox
clutch
exhaust
where
motor car. The engine needed to
your words.
city

push
body
mechanic
which
be repaired but the brakes and
3.
country clutch were fine.
pull
repair
ambulance
why
Write your list in
cry

speed
control
collision
letter ordertry
. Extension: Summa-Lee knows
(least to greatest)
water
overheat
automatic
all about automatic machines.
4.
Personals:
She wants to be a mechanic on
Rule: Plural - Words that have a consonant followed by -y, form the plural by
changing the -y to i and adding -es.

an aeroplane, a bulldozer or an
ambulance. Do you know about
exhausts, ignitions and collisions?

Learn the rule

and complete
the activity.
5. Practise your
dictation ready
for a test on
Friday.

HOW ARE YOU GOING WITH YOUR RECOUNT?

*Have you completed your draft copy in your Homework Book?

*Have you written the final copy on your paper (or used a computer).

*Have you made it the very best quality work that you can do? (Neat
writing, no

mistakes, clear paragraphs, Presentation PERFECT )

*Have you illustrated your Recount?
*On Friday hand in your draft copy (in your book) and your final copy (on paper).

*Im looking forward to reading them.

LANGUAGE: SAID is an overused word. Write down four words that you could use instead of
said when you are writing a story.
_____________________ , ____________________ , ____________________ ,
_______________
NUMBER: Learn the 2X, 3X, 4X and 5X tables for a test this week.
Try these. Watch the sign! Start with the units first.
H T U
3 7
+ 5 1
______
H T U
4 5
+ 5 2
______
H T U

H T U
5 9
- 2 6
_____
H T U
2 5 1
+ 4 8
________
H T U

H T U
2 5
+ 7 2
______

H T U
4 7 6
- 1 3 4
_________

H T U
6 8 6
- 5 7 6
_________

H T U
7 3 4
+1 4 4
________

H T U
4 8 0
+ 1 0 8
_________

H T U
3 0 1
3 9
+
3 5 6
__________

H T U

H T U

H T U

5 4
2 1
+ 1 0
______

3 6 9
- 1 1 4
_________

1 2 4
+
4 3
_________

4 2 7
- 1 0 3
________

5 6 8
- 2 3 4
____________

Research: TIME - Find some pictures of clocks or watches showing a digital and an analog face.
(Look in magazines and shop brochures.) Glue the pictures into your book.
Label the type of clock. Find out about three other types of clocks and write a sentence about
how they work.

HOMEWORK: Year 3

Term 2

Week3

Signed _____________________

READING: Make sure you do some reading each night. Record your reading in your Homework Book.
SPELLING: The Party
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
EXTENSION GROUP
RULE
DICTATION
Activities
Read
the
rule
then
Level
1:
Everyone
watched
1.
Learn
your own
watch
ready
birthday
-ew
say
these
words
and
as
Rylie
stood
up
and
began
word
lists
+
near
whisper
invitation
blew
copy them.
to move her head down near
personals. Do a
stood
taught
friendliness
dew
the cake. She blew and the
L.L.C.W.C.
down
straight
balloons
few
flames went away.
tunic .
2. Have someone test
Level 2: Kyah thought she
comic .
move
strongest
decorate
flew
your words.
was ready to go straight to
magic
..
3.
Write your list and
head
closest
whistles
knew
the party. Did you bring that
topic
..
draw
the shape of
began
movement excitement
new
amazing present?
the words.
music ..
whispered her closest friend. 4. Learn the rule and
away
amaze
surprise
picnic ..
Extension: There was great
blew
thought
presents
complete the
mimic .. excitement when invitations
activity.
chew
party
traffic .
for a surprise birthday party
5.
Practise
your
present
were given to Emilys friends. dictation ready for a
Mum will decorate the room
Personals:
test on Friday.
with balloons and whistles
but there will be no presents.

Rule: When a two syllable word has a k sound at the end, just write c.
LANGUAGE: Antonyms- Write a word with the opposite meaning. (HINT: Look in the spelling
lists)

far, __________________

ended, ___________________

yell, ___________

curved,_________________

enemy, ___________________

up, ____________

SENTENCES: Use each of your personal words in a separate sentence.

_________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________
PARTS OF SPEECH: From the book that you are reading at home, find four proper nouns and four
common nouns.
Proper Nouns _______________, ________________, _______________ , __________________
Common Nouns _____________ , ________________ , _______________, __________________

NUMBER: Write out and learn the 6X table.

Try these tricky ones.
**** Remember, brackets ( ) mean, do whatever is in the brackets first. Write the answer above the
( ) then go back and do the whole algorism from the start.
3 + 8 = ______

11 7 = _____

8 _ 5 = ______

3 X 4 = _____

18 10 = ______

Double 5 = _____
3 + (6 + 2) = ____

15 - 3 = _____
(10 5) + 6 = ___

8 less than 14 =___ 5 more than 8 = ___10 = 3 + ______

(5x6) - 10 = _______
(1x5) + (2x5) 5 + 10 = _______

2D SHAPES
Use a ruler to draw and then label a - pentagon, hexagon, quadrilateral, triangle and an octagon.
(HINT: Use a dictionary if you are not sure what the words mean or how many sides they need.)

HOMEWORK: Year 3

Term 2 Week 4

Signed ________________
READING:This week you will need to read a book (or chapter) and then retell the story in your own words. (About a page)
Do not copy the story from the book, just tell the main parts of the story, (beginning, middle and end), in your own words.
You will also need to mention the name of the book, the author and illustrator.
SPELLING : Birds
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2 EXTENSION GROUP
RULE
DICTATION
Activities
Level
1:
Friendly
Aliza
1. Learn your own
bird
feather
feathers
-ly
Read the rule then
saw the bird as it flew from
word lists +
write new words by
nest
branches
beaks
closely
the branch. There was
personals. Do a
adding ing.
chicken
beak
claws
early
only one soft, baby chick
L.L.C.W.C.
flew
close
habitat
friendly
left in the nest.
busy .
Level 2: Tiarne was
branch
swan
sparrow
greatly
2. Test your words.
hurrying closer to the
carry

cage
warm
budgerigar
lovely
young magpie that had
copy
3. Write your list in
baby
hurry
parrot
only
fallen from a branch and
fly

A.O.
hurt its beak. Its feathers
soft
carry
kookaburra
quickly
hurry
.
were warm and she was
only
magpie
emu
worry
carrying it with great care. 4. Learn the rule
quickly
young
cockatoo
and complete
Extension: It is worrying
the activity.
friendly
greatly
plumage
to Nick that many of our
parrots, budgerigars and
Personals:
Rule: Do not change -y to I when adding ing even though -y is preceded by a
consonant.

cockatoos are losing their 5. 5. Practise your

dictation ready
habitat. The plumage,
for a test on
claws and beak of the
Friday.
kookaburra and emu are
interesting.

LANGUAGE: Circle the correct word. (If you are not sure which word to use, consult a dictionary .)
1. My bike doesnt have a (break, brake).
2. Please hold up your (right, write) hand.
3. The (which, witch) cast a spell on Reginald.
4. (Here, Hear) is where I live.
5. That is (their, there) cat.
6. This is the (site, sight) for our new Library building.
7. Collect the (too, two, to) books from the table.

DRAW A BIRD
1.

Select a bird from the

Spelling Lists.
2.
Draw the bird and colour it
showing its different plumage.
3.
Label your bird.
4.
Do you know any
interesting facts about this
bird?
Take a new page in your book.

GRAMMAR:
The word wave could be a verb (a doing or action word)
or it could be a noun (a name of a thing).
Write two sentences with wave as a noun and then as a verb.

____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
NUMBER: Write out and learn your 5X and 6X tables for a test this week.
1.
2.
28

equals

12

Which word belongs here?

Which sign belongs here?

Circle the correct word.

Circle the correct sign.

plus
3.

minus
24

times

36

divided by
equals

60

4.

Which word belongs here?

Circle the word needed.
add

divide by

60

eight

four

equals

thirty two

Which sign belongs here?

Circle the sign needed.
subtract

multiply

HOMEWORK Year 3

Term 2 Week 5
Signed __________________________

READING: Do some Home Reading and record what you have read in the back of your book.
SPELLING: The Sea
LEVEL 1
seaside
sail
ship
boats
ships
towards
beach
seaweed
sand
all
ball
small

LEVEL 2
police
coast
ocean
wild
marine
captain
missing
fisherman
surfboard
island
small
tallest

EXTENSION
ocean - liner
currents
sharks
yachts
passengers
crew
trawlers
anchor
speedboat
fishermen
tides

GROUP
smsmall
smart
smash
smell
smoke
smooth

RULE

DICTATION

Activities

Read the rule

then add ing
to these words.

Level 1: Jake loves to go to

the seaside to watch all the
big ships sail away. Towards
the beach there is sand,
seaweed and small boats.
Level 2: Lochie went with
the marine, police captain
from the small island. They
were looking along the coast
for a fisherman and a
surfboard rider who were
missing in the wild ocean.
Extension: All the crew and
passengers on the oceanliner could see the fishermen
in the trawlers catching
sharks in the strong tidal
currents. Matthews
speedboat passed the
anchored yachts.

1. Learn your own

word lists +
personals. Do a

spy
cry
dry
pry
try
fry
buy
worry

Personals:
Rule: Do not change -y to i when adding -ing, even though -y is
preceded by a consonant.

L.L.C.W.C.

2. Ask someone to
test your words.
3. Write your list
and circle any
compound words
.
4. Learn the rule
and complete the
activity.
5. Practise your
dictation ready for
a test on Friday.

GRAMMAR: Use words from the box to match the name to its definition and then give three examples.
common noun
verb
proper noun
collective noun
adjective
1. The name of a special person, place or thing that starts with a capital letter is a
e.g.____________________

________________________

______________________

2. A doing or action word is a

e.g._______________________

______________________

__________________________

3. The name of a person, place or thing is a ..

e.g._______________________

______________________

______________________

4. A group word for people, places or things is a .

e.g.________________________

_______________________

______________________

5. A word that describes or tells more about a noun is an

e.g._________________________ ____________________
____________________________

SENTENCES: Write a sentence using happy and its antonym (opposite) in the same sentence.
Use a joining word (conjunction) to join your opposite ideas so that they make sense.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
NUMBER:
Write, say and learn your 7X tables.
Try these10 x 6 = ___
5 x 6 = ___
6 x 11 = ____
7 x 6 = ___
3 x 6 = ___
8 x 6 = ____

******
******
****** ****

6 x 6 = ___
6 x 4 = ___

0 x 6 = ____
12 x 6 = ____

3 groups of _____

++++ ++++ ++++

5 groups of ____

and ______ left over.

++++ ++++ +++

and ______ left over.

HOMEWORK - YEAR 3

Term 2 Week 6
Signed ___________________

READING: Do some home reading each night. Record what you have read in the back of your Homework Book.

Read aloud to someone in your family. Try to read smoothly and use some expression.
REVISION
Revise the words in lists from Weeks 1-5 of this term. Especially check spelling rules and forming plurals.
Practise your lists in your Homework Book.
SPELLING:

LANGUAGE: Write a sentence for each of the different types of sentences. (Watch the punctuation!)
A question- ______________________________________________________________________________
An exclamation _______________________________________________________________________________
A command __________________________________________________________________________________
A statement - ___________________________________________________________________________________

****NOW - - - In each of the sentences you wrote underline the nouns and

circle any verbs

with a coloured pencil.

MATHEMATICS: Colour the 0 in front of the correct answer.

1. There were 60 people on the bus.
2. Ana Josefa Martinez is 14.
Twelve got off.
Her sister Maria Estela is 9.
How many people were left on the bus?

What is the difference between their ages?

0 48

0 23 years
0 9 years
0 6 years
0 5 years
0 4 years
0 15 years
4.There were 18 people at the caf tables.
Six people left.

0 52

0 50

0 72

3. How long do the children have for lunch and

games each day at school?
0
0
0
0

2 hours
2 hours
9 hours
12 hours

SCHOOL TIMETABLE

8:30 Start
12:00 Lunch and Games
2:30 Start again
5:00 Finish

5. One bunch of flowers cost 70 cents.

How much do five bunches cost?
0 35 cents

0 70 cents

0 75 cents

0 350 cents

7. Here is Australias score in the cricket match.

AUSTRALIA

407

How many people were at the tables then?

0 6

0 12

0 18

6. Vanda bought three cakes.

The total cost was $3.30.
How much was each cake?
0 11 cents
0 $1.10
0 30 cents

0 24

0 $3.27

8. In the basketball game, how many points did

Newcastle win by?
Newcastle

Brisbane

96

79

0
17
The score is
0 forty seven
0 four hundred

0 four hundred and seven

0 four hundred and seventy

9. Gary is counting by tens from seventy nine:

the seventy nine, eighty nine, ninety nine, ......

0 23
0 27
0 37
10. At the football game, every tenth person who entered
gate got a free cap.

The next number he should say is

0 one hundred
0 one hundred and nine
0 one hundred and ninety nine
0 two hundred and nine

115 people went through the gate.

How many free caps were given out?
0 15
0 11
0 12

HOMEWORK - YEAR 3

0 10

Term 2 Week 7
Signed ___________________________

READING : Do some home reading each night. Record what you have read in the back of your Homework Book. Ask an
adult to sign your book.
SPELLING: Hospital
LEVEL 1

LEVEL 2

well
wasnt
hurt
bone
sick
nurse
doctor
better
quick
queen

illness
hospital
doctor
nurse
break
enjoy
treat
finish
crutches
quiet
quickly
quite
Personals:

EXTENSION

patient
operation
theatre
bandages
crutches
sick
illness
hospital
ambulance
medical
quiet

GROUP

ququeer
quick
quiet
quite
queen
quack

RULE
Read the rule then
add ing to these
words.
delay .
enjoy
lay ..
play
stay

quite

Rule: When adding ing to words that end in a y, leave the y and
just add ing.

STORY WRITING: Write a short story or poem about

DICTATION

Activities

Level 1: Jayden wasnt well!

His bones hurt and he felt
sick. The doctor and nurse
worked quickly to make him
feel better.
Level 2: At the hospital
Chloe had to be treated for
quite a strange illness and a
break to her bone. When
they were finished the doctor
and nurse said that she
would enjoy using the
crutches.
Extension: Maddi would
like to work in an ambulance
or a hospital. She would
help the sick patients with
their illnesses, put on
bandages, give out crutches
and even work in the quiet
operating theatre.

1. Learn your own

word lists +
personals. Do a
L.L.C.W.C.

2. Ask someone to
test your words.
3. Write your list
and underline
words that have
more than 2
vowels.
4. Learn the rule
and complete the
activity.
5. Practise your
dictation ready for
a test on Friday.

WINTER.

Use a new page in your Homework Book (or on the computer). Dont forget to illustrate
your writing.
You will probably want to mention- when it occurs, what changes occur in the environment, changes in our clothing,
sports, foods and the colours of the season.
Winter looks like
A Y chart might help you think of some useful words.

Winter smells
like

NUMBER: Write out and learn your 7X table.

TIME
1. Write in digital time
8 oclock ___ : ___ half past six ___ : ___
20 past 3 ___ : ___ 10 past 5 ___ : ___
10 past 2 ___ : ___ half past 11 ___ : ___
2. Name 5 places in your house where a digital
clock or watch is used.

3. Find or draw a picture of a digital and an analog

clock or watch and label them.

Winter feels
like

HOMEWORK: YEAR 3

Term 2 Week 8
Signed ___________________________

READING: Do some home reading each night. Record what you have read in the back of your Homework Book. Ask an
adult to sign your book.
SPELLING: Revision
List 1
List 2
Extension
Group Words
Rule
Dictation
Activities
All
Groups:
1.
Write
out your
need
weather
daisy
through
Read the rule then
lists
of
words.
The
small
boy
was
write these words
grow
body
poppy
rough
Use
LLCWC.
crying. He hurt his leg
as a pluralcold
less
rose
though
when he fell from the
potato
2. Check all your
tallest branch. At the
heat
warm
daffodil
thought
lists and
hospital the doctors and
tomato .
practise any
fats
plenty
tulip
leather
nurses fixed his broken
errors or tricky
echo
green
fruit
patient
feather
bone and gave him some
words.

crutches to use. Now he

wicked
work
cargo
would not be able to go
3. Read the rule
machines
word
mosquito to the dance party. He
and then do the
invitation
world
activity.
had to stay home and
piano
watch
the
television.
marine
worm
Mum said he would need 4. Learn the
radio
mechanical
such
dictation.
to be more careful in the
anchor
much
banjo
future.
Rule: Some common words ending in o add es to
soprano
form a plural
LANGUAGE:
HOMONYMS are words that sound the same but are spelt differently and have
different meanings. Eg. red , read - blue, blew sight, site.
Look at the words below and write a homonym for each word.

giving
foods
help
drink

too
tomato
welcome
salad
without

too ________________

need _________________

wear _________________

weather _____________

through ______________

by ___________________

ANTONYMS are words with opposite meanings. (HINT- a dictionary might help you.)
By adding a prefix (before) to the word (eg. un, dis, in, im) form an antonym.
like ______________

happy __________________

armed ___________________

healthy ___________

proper __________________

trust _____________________

Complete the table.

ANIMAL

SOUND

MOVEMENT

cats
cows
lambs
horses

whinny, gallop, meow, steal, fly

bleat, frisk, low, wander, crow

NUMBER: Learn your 6X and 7X tables for a test.

3D Shapes Draw these shapes on a new page.

1. Draw a shape that is a Prism.

Name the type of prism. ____________________
How many faces? ______
How many corners? _____

How many edges? ______

2. Draw a shape that is a Cylinder.

How many flat faces? _______ How many edges? ______

Riddles for the 3G Riddle Book

Write out two riddles that we can put into a
class book. Dont forget to write the answers
too. (No rude or bad taste riddles please.)
Have you got an answer for these?
Where do tough chickens come from?
What is a hot and noisy duck called?
How can you make your money grow larger?
Which is the shortest month?
What can you never make right?
What made the chicken sick?

How many curved faces? _____How many corners? _____