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Week 35
Word Endings: Verbs Ending with Y
Word Endings: Verbs Ending with Y
Help your child see the connection between plural Y endings and present tense endings for verbs ending in Y. In both cases, if a consonant precedes the Y, you simply add an S. If a vowel precedes the Y, you drop the Y and add "ies."
Help students see the connection between plural Y endings and present tense endings for verbs ending in Y. In both cases, if a consonant precedes the Y, you simply add an S. If a vowel precedes the Y, you drop the Y and add "ies."
Present Tense Challenge
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Present Tense Challenge
Have your students mastered present tense verb endings, or could they use a bit more practise? Use this mix of regular verbs and verbs ending in Y to challenge your students with third person singular present tense.
Year 3
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Present Tense Verbs: Final Letter Clues
Worksheet
Present Tense Verbs: Final Letter Clues
Present tense verb endings can be tricky, but not if you know where to look for clues! Help your student sleuths make connections between present tense verb endings and final letters with this fun practise worksheet!
Year 3
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Changing the Future to the Present: Present Tense Verbs Ending in Y
Worksheet
Changing the Future to the Present: Present Tense Verbs Ending in Y
Changing verbs from future to present tense can be tricky for young learners! Give your students a grammar boost with this useful worksheet that puts skill practise in context.
Year 3
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Composite Shapes
Composite Shapes
Try playing with tangrams at home to help your child get familiar with composite shapes.
Support English language learners by providing sentence frames to help them describe the shapes they observe and create when talking with a partner. These sentence frames could include a statement like "I see ... parallelograms because I see a ...."
Tangram Tree
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Tangram Tree
This tangram tree is a festive way to put your child's maths and reasoning skills to the test. Make a tangram tree with your child this Christmas season.
Year 4
Maths
Worksheet
Tangram Fish
Worksheet
Tangram Fish
Get into geometry the fun way, with a challenging tangram puzzle! Your child will use all seven tangram shapes to re-create this picture.
Year 4
Maths
Worksheet
Tangram Candle
Worksheet
Tangram Candle
Get ready for a tangram challenge! Build maths and reasoning skills by using all tangram shapes to re-create the picture on this page.
Year 4
Maths
Worksheet
Examining an Author's Craft
Examining an Author's Craft
Encourage your child to reread the parts of their books that contain vivid descriptions — this helps them visualize what is happening in the text.
Encourage students to reread parts of books that contain vivid descriptions. This can help them better visualize what is taking place. A fun way to mark these sections is by having students make a frame out of a sticky note to stick on top of the text.
Scene Illustration
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Scene Illustration
Help your students to visually interpret a scene from their book with this illustration worksheet! After students read, they’ll make the picture in their minds come to life by drawing their favorite scene and quoting a passage from the text.
Year 3
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Visualize and Summarize
Worksheet
Visualize and Summarize
Do your students have difficulty making mental pictures or writing summaries? Help them practise both skills with this reading comprehension worksheet in which students choose a scene from their book to illustrate and summarize.
Year 3
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Make a Mental Picture
Worksheet
Make a Mental Picture
Bring fiction to life by having your little readers choose a scene from their book to illustrate and caption! Students will work on visualizing a quoted passage from a book with this creative illustration exercise.
Year 3
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Opinion Writing: Adding Evidence to Support Your Claim
Opinion Writing: Adding Evidence to Support Your Claim
This is a good opportunity to teach helpful linking words ("for example," "one reason," "because," "also").
This is a good opportunity to teach helpful linking words ("for example," "one reason," "because," "also"). Discuss with the class how linking words can help the reader understand your different pieces of evidence.
Supporting Details: Who is Your Best Friend?
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Supporting Details: Who is Your Best Friend?
In writing, supporting the main idea with details is a skill your child should learn early on. Your second grader will fill in the details about a best friend!
Year 3
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Explain Your Opinion
Worksheet
Explain Your Opinion
Have your students practise fleshing out their opinions with this writing exercise. Students will love sharing their opinions about their favorite game, least favorite food, and favorite season.
Year 3
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Linking Words
Worksheet
Linking Words
Use this graphic organizer to help your students learn how to write a fully formed opinion. This helpful worksheet breaks down opinion writing into three easy steps that will have your kids conquering persuasive writing in no time!
Year 3
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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