Year 3 Maths Week Beginning 29th June
Date: 22nd Jun 2020 @ 2:50pm
Hello everybody!
This week we are going to be looking at capacity and mass. Included on a Monday and Wednesday will be 2 powerpoints that you should view and try to complete any associated questions as you go along. It may be useful to have a piece of paper and a pencil with you to jot down your answers.
As ever, it is great to make maths practical and hands-on. If you have any measuring jugs they would be a great tool for the capacity and volume lessons and a weighing scales would be great for the mass lessons.
Monday
If you have some measuring jugs spend some time filling them up with different volumes of water. Find out if you child knows how to tell the capacity of a measuring jug and what the different intervals mean. Don’t worry if they don’t, they will see this on the PPT! You will be measuring in millilitres.
Capacity = how much liquid a jug can hold.
Volume = how much of a liquid is in the jug.
Next view the PPT. Make sure you have a pencil and paper to record any answers you have.
TASK 1: There is a choice of sheet: * Is the least challenging and *** is the most. Have a go at answering the questions on your sheet. The answers are on the final sheet of each.
When you have finished the above task, have a go at the challenge!
CHALLENGE: You have 3 reasoning and problem solving questions to tackle!
Tuesday
Following on from yesterday’s work you will be comparing capacities. Task 1: Complete your answers to the sheet, these questions get progressively harder and will involve some reasoning and problem solving.
CHALLENGE: Following on from last week’s work can you complete this sheet about addition and subtraction?
Wednesday
Today we are going to be looking at mass. If you have a weighing scales at home it would be really useful to allow your child to look at it and measure the mass of different objects. If you don’t have a scales, don’t worry, the first powerpoint displays lots of examples.
To get your child using some mass related language here are some ideas:
Play a prediction game where he/she needs to say which object will be heavier or lighter.
Ask where the arrow is pointing to on the scale and what does this tell you? What is the mass of each object you place on the scale?
How do we know what each division (or interval) is worth?
If it is a digital scale ask what unit (grams / kilograms) is it in?
View the powerpoint and complete the activities as you go through.
TASK 1: There is a choice of sheet: * Is the least challenging and *** is the most. Have a go at answering the questions on your sheet. This will give you a chance to show your understanding of scales and your ability to measure mass in grams. The answers are on the final sheet of each.
TASK 2: Complete your answers to this sheet. They can be written on a piece of paper to save on printing.
CHALLENGE: There are now 3 reasoning and problem solving questions related to mass for you. The answers are listed separately.
Thursday Today you will be comparing masses to consolidate yesterday’s learning.
TASK 1: Complete your answers to the sheet, these questions get progressively harder and will involve some reasoning and problem solving.
CHALLENGE: This sheet will build on the last two weeks’ work with addition and subtraction. Can you add and subtract mass?
Friday: Please complete the mental arithmetic paper for further practice. Answers can be recorded on paper to save on printing.
Best wishes,
Mrs Scammell :)