HOMEWORK Year 3
TERM 4 Week 1
Signed ____________________________
Welcome back to school for Term 4. I hope you had a great holiday and you are now ready for some
hard work in Term 4. Make sure you have all the things you are going to need for this term e.g. pencils,
ruler, scissors, glue stick, a red pen or pencil, coloured pencils, textas etc.
READING: Do some Home Reading each night. Record what you have read in your Homework Book.
SPELLING: Writing Materials
List 1 List 2 Extension
pen
paper
cursive
pencil
lesson
writing
draw
print
script
news
careful biro
send
touch
computer
crayon care
receive
open
work
invitation
letter
reply
legible
colours type
beautiful
write
lead
graphite
Personals:
Group
prpram
present
pretty
print
prize
Rule
Dictation
Look at the rule and then
add the suffix to make a
new word.
care + full ……………
fear + full ………………
forget + full ……………
plenty + full ……………
hurt + full………………
Rule: When full is used as a suffix, one “l” is dropped.
Activ.
List 1: Will you write a
letter with a pen and tell
me all your news? You
can also send a drawing
using your coloured
pencils or crayons.
List 2: When you do
the lead printing lesson,
be careful not to touch
the paper. Take care
with your work and type
your reply.
Extension: I received
a beautiful invitation that
was written with a biro
in a legible, cursive,
script. It was much
prettier than on the
computer.
1. Do a L.L.C.W.C of
your list words +
Personal Words.
2. Have a test of your
words.
3. Learn the rule and
complete the
activity.
4. Practise your
dictation ready for a
test on Friday
LANGUAGE: Tense is used to tell when something happens. It can be in the – past, present or future.
Write two words in each column that could be used to show tense.
Past
last week
Present
today
Future
soon
Write three past tense sentences telling about three different things you did in the holidays. Don’t forget
to use lots of describing adjectives, verbs, common and proper nouns.
1. _________________________________________________________________________________
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2. _________________________________________________________________________________
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3. _________________________________________________________________________________
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NUMBER: Write and learn 5X table.
Roman Numerals – Sometimes you will see Roman Numerals used to represent numbers. For example on
clock faces, chapters in books, on old buildings, ……………………… , ……………………………
Here are some Roman Numerals –
1 11 111 1V V V1 V11 V111 1X X XX XXX
1 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 20
30
15 = ……….. ,
25 = …………….. , 16 = ……………. ,
8 = ………… ,
28 = ……………..., 39 = …………… ,
21 = XXI
12 = XII
31 = …………. ,
23 = ………….. ,
****** SPEECHES THIS WEEK****** Are you ready?
35 = XXXV
27 = …………
34 = …………
HOMEWORK Year 3
TERM 4 Week 2
Signed ______________________________
READING: Do some reading and record it in your Homework Book.
SPELLING: Wetlands Word Bank
Add your own words
swan
pond
plants
creeks
rivers
lakes
water
frogs
fish
birds
snails
nesting
swamp
egret
wetlands
jetty
dip netting
animals
streams
tadpoles
turtles
worms
shelter
ducks
Dictation
Activities
All groups
habitat
environment
migrate
excursion
seasonal
insects
larvae
predator
ecosystem
diversity
dragonfly
flock
This week the Year 3 children
went to the Shortland
Wetlands for an excursion.
We saw many animals, birds
and plants in their natural
habitat.
It was fun dip netting in the
pond from the jetty.
1. Look at all the
words in the
Wetlands Word
Bank.
2. Add at least five of
your own words.
3. Practise the dictation
ready for a test on
Friday
EDITING: Each sentence has two words spelled incorrectly. Circle them and write them correctly.
Yuse a magnifying glass to wach animals. _________________________
_______________________
Mini-beasts can bee found everywere.
_________________________
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Earthworms lov eating buried leeves.
_________________________
_______________________
Ants seem two work hard al day.
_________________________
_______________________
Spibers catch insects at nite.
_________________________
_______________________
Most beetles lick to fly into lightes.
_________________________
______________________
EXCURSION RESEARCH: This week Year 3 visited the Shortland Wetlands. We looked at the Display
Area, went dip netting, had activities in the classroom and went for a walk to look for nesting egrets.
Write a sentence telling me something you learnt from each of the areas you visited.
1__________________________________________________________________________________
2__________________________________________________________________________________
3__________________________________________________________________________________
4__________________________________________________________________________________
On the next page in your book draw a picture of some of the interesting things you saw at the
Shortland Wetlands. Label your pictures.
NUMBER: Write and learn the 6X table.
1
1
11
2
111 1V
3
4
V
5
V1 V11 V111 1X
6
7
8
9
Write the Roman Numerals for7 ……….
4 ………
13 ………….
200 ……… 55 ………
57 ………….
X
10
XX XXX
20
30
L
50
C
100
16 ………….. 33 ………….. 29 ………
15 ……
120 ………… 230 …………. 59 …………… 150 …
HOMEWORK Year 3
TERM 4 Week 3
Signed ______________________________
READING: Do some home reading each night and record what you read in your Homework Book.
SPELLING: Farm Animals
Level 1
Level 2
Extension
cow
know
bull
farm
lamb
geese
hen
field
sow
chicken dozen
piglet
ran
useful
ewe
walk
hour
foal
horse
everywhere stallion
calf
honey
fowls
spring
winter
season
summer autumn
surrounded
Personals:
Group
spring
summer
autumn
winter
season
seasonal
Rule
Read the rule and then
add the suffix to form a
new word.
cheer+ full …….…..
shame+full …………
spite+full ……….……
truth+full ……………
use+full ……………
Rule:
When full is used as a suffix, one l is dropped.
Dictation
Activities
List 1: In spring or
1. Do a
L.L.C.W.C of
your list words
+ Personal
Words.
summer it is good to walk
on a farm and see the
cows, hens, horses and
chickens. A calf ran to
Jayden.
List 2: Last autumn a
dozen lambs were
everywhere in the field.
Do you know that honey
is useful for winter colds if
taken every hour?
Extension: The animals
surrounding the farm
need to be cared for in all
seasons. Feeding the
geese, foal, fowls,
stallion, ewe, piglet and
sow is fun but take care
with the bull!
2. Have a test
of your words.
3. Learn the
rule and
complete the
activity.
4. Practise
your dictation
ready for a
test on Friday
LANGUAGE: A Procedure.
Arrange these steps in making a healthy salad sandwich. Show the correct order by numbering the boxes 1 to 10.
(1= the first thing you would do, 10 = the last thing you would do.)
Order
1 - 10
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
Draw the ingredients you have used to make your
sandwich.
Cut the sandwich in half
Wash your hands
Cut up some lettuce and tomato.
Butter the bread.
Place the sandwich on a plate.
If you wish, grate a carrot and add it.
Put lettuce and tomato onto the bread.
Take two slices of bread.
Add celery, cucumber, onion and beetroot.
Enjoy your lunch.
NUMBER: Write and learn the 5X and 6X tables.
Algorisms – Try these and remember to check the sign and think about whether or not
you will need to do some trading.
H T U
6 8
6
H T U
6 5
- 3 2
H T U
4 9
- 1 1
H T U
1 8 5
- 8 0
H T U
4 7
- 2 6
H T U
8 9
-5 7
H T U
7 4
- 3 2
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________
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_______
_______
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HOMEWORK Year 3
TERM 4 Week 4
Signed ______________________________
READING: Do some home reading each night and record what you read in your Homework Book.
SPELLING: Pets
Level 1
Level 2
kitten
love
mouse
own
box
dance
cage
comb
dog
puppy
frog
money
little
real
open
button
inside
babies
black
blew
blue
blind
Personals:
Extension
caring
puppies
litter
feline
rabbit
parrot
aviary
grooming
vaccinate
veterinarian
expensive
Group
blblack
blue
blew
blade
blind
Rule
Dictation
Read the rule.
Say each word.
Listen for the long
vowel sound.
List 1: Emily opened the
āpe
ēmu
īce
ōpen
ūse
Rule: A long vowel sound has the same sound as its full name.
Activities
cage and saw a blue
mouse inside. Her black
dog and her little kitten ran
after a frog.
List 2: The blind puppy

loved to dance on his own
when the wind blew. The
babies got real money
when they did up the 
buttons and combed their
hair.
Extension: Caring for a
litter of puppies, a rabbit
and a parrot in an aviary
can be very expensive.
They must be groomed,
vaccinated and taken to a
veterinarian.
1. Do a L.L.C.W.C
of your list words +
Personal Words.
2. Have a test of
your words.
3. Learn the rule
and complete
the activity.
4. Practise your
dictation ready for
a test on Friday
LANGUAGE: Look at the sentence in the box. From the sentence find the parts of speech indicated.
At the Shortland Wetlands Centre we saw many interesting displays showing the different animals living
happily in their natural habitat.
2 common nouns
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1 proper noun
_____________________________________________
2 verbs
___________________________
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2 adjectives
___________________________
_____________________
1 pronoun
___________________________
1 adverb
___________________________
NUMBER:
_____________________
Write out and learn the 10X table.
Algorisms – Try these and remember to check the sign. (Show ALL your working.)
H T U
H T U
1 2 0
6 7
+ 1 2
-
8
6
H T U
H T U
5 7
4 4
4 6
4 6 2
-1 2 0
6
2
+
________
______
_________
H T U
7
3 0
1 4
+ 2
3
9
1
2
_______
________
H T U
-
5
2
0
4
_______
H T U
x
9
6
_______
HOMEWORK Year 3
TERM 4 Week 5
Signed ______________________________
READING: Do some home reading each night. This week try to read some texts that are in different
forms – e.g. newspapers, magazines, TV timetables, calendars, weather maps, letters, instructions,
recipes etc.
Record two things that you have read this week –
1. …………………………………..………..………… 2. …………………………………………………….
SPELLING: This is a REVISION week.
 Revise the spelling lists we have done so far this term.
 Revise the RULES from each week.
 Learn the Year 3 Core Words
LANGUAGE:
Grammar: Adjectives are words that describe or tell us more about a noun. Choose two
adjectives that could be used to tell us more about these nouns.
A ……………………… , ………………….. bridge.
A …………….………… , ……………….……. house.
The …………………… , …………….………. man.
The ……………………. , ……….………………. cat.
Gender: Write the word that is opposite in gender (male or female).
man ………………..…………
queen ………………………..
lion ………………………………..
princess ………………………
duke …………………………...
cow ……………………………….
niece ………………………..
actor ……………………………
his ………………………………..
RESEARCH: In a newspaper you will find articles dealing with local, national and international events.
Look at a newspaper and find a local, national and international article. Glue each one into your book
and label it.
NUMBER:
 Tables - Write out and learn the 11X table.

Division - Division algorisms can be written in different forms e.g. 20 ÷ 2
or
_____
2 ) 20
Try these division algorisms –
______
_____
______
3)30
5)25
4)28
70 ÷ 10 = ……
100 ÷ 10 = ……
_____
3)27
30 ÷ 10 = ……..
______
2 ) 14
120 ÷ 10 = ………
______
5)50
80 ÷ 10 = …
HOMEWORK Year 3
TERM 4
Week 6
Signed ___________________________
READING: Do some Home Reading each night. Read aloud to someone in your family. Write down
what you have read in the back of your book.
SPELLING: - Library
Level 1
Level 2
Extension
shelf
library
librarian
read
pictures
fiction
find
shelves
catalogue
story
code
illustrations
once
borrow
scanner
upon
search
browse
facts
stories
locate
new
author
reference
able
handle
purchase
apple
people
research
Personals:
Group
-le
able
apple
handle
people
sale
table
tale
Rule
Read the rule.
Say each word.
Listen for the short
vowel sound.
ă
ĕ
ĭ
ŏ
ǔ
apple
egg
it
on
upon
Rule: A short vowel does not make the same sound as its full
name.
Dictation
Activities
List 1: Once upon a time
I read a new story about
apple facts. Are you able
to find the book on the
top shelf?

List 2: The shelves of the
library can handle lots of
books with many stories

by great authors. People
can search for borrow
picture books too if they
know the code.
Extension: The librarian
can use the scanner to
locate fictional and
reference books in the
catalogue. Browsing
books with illustrations
can be good research.
1. Do a L.L.C.W.C
of your list words +
Personal Words.
2. Have a test of
your words.
3. Learn the rule
and complete the
activity.
4. Practise your
dictation ready for
a test on Friday
LANGUAGE: Proper Nouns Match the Proper Nouns in the box with the descriptions.
Australia, Tasmania, Jessica, July, Sydney, Matthew
A city ……………………………………..
A state ……………………….. A boy ……………………..
A girl ………………………………………
A month ………………………. A country ………………..
NUMBER: Write out and learn the 10X and 11X tables.
Symmetry - Complete the image of the robot by making
it symmetrical.
Measurement- Write the correct “time” unit.
SECONDS, MINUTES, HOURS, DAYS, WEEKS,
MONTHS
1. Fill a cup of water ……………………………….
2. Brush your teeth ………………………………
3. Build a house ……………………………………
4. A test cricket match ……………………………
5. An afternoon at the movies …………………….
6. School holidays …………………………………
7. Time at school ……………………………………
8. Fastest man to run 100m ……………………...
9. Properly clean your shoes ……………………..
10. Eat an orange …………………………………..
11. Until your next birthday ………………………
HOMEWORK Year 3
TERM 4 Week 7
Signed _____________________________
READING: Do some Home Reading each night and record your reading in the back of your Homework
Book.
SPELLING: - The Forest
Level 1
Level 2
Extension
Group
Rule
Dictation
Activities
like
stop
look
kind
along
thing
were
trees
something
someone
babies
ground
hunter
wolf
animals
wife
forest
ferns
sometimes
somebody
gloomy
wolves
tracking
distant
habitat
rainforest
undergrowth
canopy
filter
somewhere
some someone
something
somebody
sometimes
somewhere
Read the rule then
add –ed to these
words.
bat ………………
dot ………………..
hop ……………….
map ………………
stop……………….
Personals:
Rule: Words that have a short vowel followed by a single consonant,
double the last letter before adding -ed and –ing.
List 1: Something I like to
do, is walk along a path
and stop to look at the
trees. Were you the kind
someone who gave me
this thing?
List 2: The hunter, his

wife and babies
sometimes see animals in
the forest. Somebody saw

a wolf on the ground near
the ferns.
Extension: The
rainforest canopy is a
habitat for many species.
Distant light filters down to
the undergrowth to
somewhere on the gloomy
forest floor. Tracking the
wolves can be dangerous.
1. Do a
L.L.C.W.C of
your list words
+ Personal
Words.
2. Have a test
of your words.
3. Learn the
rule and
complete the
activity.
4. Practise
your dictation
ready for a
test on Friday
LANGUAGE: Antonyms are words that are …………………………………………. .
Match these words with an antonym from the box.
hot………………………………
early ………………………………
deep ……………………………
slow ………………………………
kind ………………………….…
rough ……………………………
shallow, cruel, full, sad,
black ……………………………
start ………………………………
stop, smooth, white, fast,
small ……………………………
happy …………………………….
empty ……………………………
friend ……………………………..
high ………………………………
cheap …………………………….
dear, large, late, cold,
foe, low
NUMBER:
Money – List the least number of coins you
would need to make these amounts.
70c = 50c , 20c
$1. 15 = ……….……
90c = ……………….…..
$1. 75 = ……………
85c = ……………………
$2. 50 = …………..…
$3. 25 = …………………
$ 5 . 50 =…………….
Tables- Fill in the missing numbers.
 x 9 = 36

5 x  = 25
 x 7 = 21
 = 28
 x 4 = 20
6 x  = 30
 x 2 = 20
3x =9
 x 4 = 16
7x
x 6 = 18
HOMEWORK Year 3
TERM 4 Week 8
Signed ___________________________
READING: Do some Home Reading each night. Don’t forget to read different types of texts. Try reading
a facts (non fiction) book, a magazine, newspaper, atlas, junior encyclopaedia, newsletters etc. Write
down what you have read in the back of your book.
SPELLING: Country
Level
Level 2
Extension
Group
Rule
Dictation
Activities
1
Months of Read the rule
List 1: Last June I
1. Do a L.L.C.W.C
farm
farmer
paddocks
of your list words
the
Year
stayed
on
a
milking
then
add
–ing
to
snake
country
equipment
+ Personal Words.
farm.
I
saw
a
snake
these words.
under
cream
enough
January
resting under a log near
log
earth
animals
February hug …………… the tap.

2. Have a test of
your words.
tap
wheat
flood
March
tap …………… List 2: All country
wheat farmers are busy
are
busy
drought
April
slap …………… in March and April. 
3. Learn the rule
milk
store
plough
May
They fence the earth
and complete the
rest
fence
harvest
June
trip ……………
and send the cream to
activity.
the store.
May
March
January
trot ……………
Extension: Country
4. Practise your
June
April
February
farmers use equipment dictation ready for
wag …………….
Personals:
Rule: Words that have a short vowel followed by a single
consonant, double the last letter before adding -ed and -ing
to plough the paddocks
and harvest the crops.
In both January
droughts and February
floods the animals must
have enough food.
a test on Friday
LANGUAGE: Grammar – Circle the appropriate word.
Media Studies
1. The boy ran with his dog every day. (Find the verb)

Answer these questions on the
next page in your book.
2. The pot was hot. (Find the noun)
What is your favourite TV
show?
3. I live in a white house. (Find the adjective)

What day or days is it on?
4. We live in Newcastle. (Find the proper noun)

At what time is it shown?
5. Lisa couldn’t find her book. (Find the contraction)

Is it based on fiction or fact?
6. The calves were in the barn. (Find the plural)

Who is your favourite
7. The knife is very sharp. (Find the antonym to “blunt”)
character?

8. The tree was big and shady. (Find the synonym to “tall”)
character?
9. Everyone has to wear their uniform. (Find the homonym for “where”)
10. I like to read every day. (Find an anagram of “dear”)
NUMBER: Complete the table
3 4
5
6
X 2
2
4
3
5
6
Why do you like this

Briefly state what the show
is about.
7
8
9
10
Magic Square – Add
to
get the same answer - 18
3
7
6
9
HOMEWORK Year 3
TERM 4 Week 9
Signed ___________________________
READING: Read a Christmas story. Record the name of the book.
SPELLING: – CHRISTMAS WORD BANK
merry
holly
presents
stocking
decoration
ornament
angel
tinsel
garland
reindeer
Santa Claus
turkey
Jesus
nativity
shepherds
stable
giving
receiving
donkey
journey
Christian
birth
carols
celebrate
Add your own Christmas words to the Word Bank.
What can Santa bring?
Santa is having trouble thinking of a good gift for the members of your family.
Can you help him?
 Write down the names of six members of your family - (mum, dad, sisters,
brothers, grandparents, aunties, uncles etc).
 Write down the perfect gift for each person.
Name
Gift
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Draw the one thing that you would most like to get for Christmas.