English: Spellings and Talk Time

08/06/20

Look Back

This is a revision week, no more new spellings in third class - congratulations!

Spellings

Group A - picture 18

• Monday: Revise the first list in the picture
• Tuesday: Revise the second list
• Wednesday: Revise the third list
• Thursday: Revise the fourth list
• Friday: Ask a family member to choose 20 spellings for a quick test (written or oral)

Group B - picture 19

• Monday: Revise the first list in the picture
• Tuesday: Revise the second list
• Wednesday: Revise the third list
• Thursday: Revise the fourth list
• Friday: Ask a family member to choose 20 spellings for a quick test (written or oral)

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Talk Time

You have finished your Talk Time words for 3rd Class - congratulations!

If you want to continue to work on your words, do some revision. You could: say the word, clap the word, act the word, or put the word into a sentence. If there are any words that you find tricky, click lHERE for a link to a kid-friendly dictionary to remind you what they mean. There is also a picture of our Talk Time wall below.

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Invite/Invitation

1. to ask in a polite way.Dora's friend invited her to spend the night.
2. to welcome.The farmer invited questions from the children about the animals on his farm.
3. to bring about by doing or saying.He invited an accident by talking on the phone while driving on the busy highway.
4. the act of inviting.I said, "Yes!" to her invitation to come for dinner.

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Tangled

1. to mix or twist into a confused mass. The cat tangled the yarn.
2. to involve in a complicated or confused situation. Don't tangle me in your problems.
3. to be in a confused mass. My hair tangled in the wind.

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Pastime

1. an activity that makes the time pass in a pleasant way Drawing is my favourite pastime. We have needed lots of indoor pastimes during the lockdown.

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Prefer

1. to choose above all others as the best liked or most wanted He prefers carrots to all other vegetables. I cannot decide which crisps I would prefer. Pineapple is my preferred pizza topping.

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Require

1. to need Babies require a lot of attention.
2. to order or demand The swimming pool requires that its customers wear a swimming hat.
3. to make (someone) do something because of a rule, law, or policy Dog owners are required to clean up after their pets.

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Receive

1. to get or take He received many gifts while he was in the hospital. She received a serious injury in the car accident.
2. to find out about We received the good news yesterday.

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Consider

1. to think carefully about She is considering moving to a new home
2. to think of as I consider Roald Dahl to be a great writer.
3. to keep in mind; take into account My teacher considers tests, homework, and class participation when she writes reports.

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Perhaps: maybe; possibly

Perhaps I will see you tomorrow.

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Continue: to keep happening or being; to last for a long time.

It snowed all morning and in the evening, the snow continued to fall.

The New Year's party started at 8 o'clock and continued until late.

"Continue with your handwriting while I speak to the principal", said the teacher.

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Several: being more than two but fewer than many; a small number of things or people; some.

The shopping centre is several kilometres away, so we'd need a car to get there.

Several children were chosen to join the team.

I have several t-shirts but the blue one is my favourite.