Wednesday
Science
Wednesday 19th March 2025
LC: To identify what soils are made from.
Quick Questions!
What does density mean?
What does durability mean?
What is permeable and impermeable?
Key Vocabulary
Organic matter - a small but vital part of soil. It's made up of: living organisms, such as bacteria, fungi, plant roots and tiny animals. decomposing plant or animal tissue.
Weathered - a natural process that slowly breaks apart or changes rock.
3B - Spring 2 - Science - Soils
Talk Partners
Spend five minutes with your talk partner looking at the slides above.
Can you identify two things that soils are made from?
Activity 1
Label the layers of soil.
Key Words
| Humus (organic material) | Parent Material | Topsoil | Subsoil | Bedrock |
Activity 2
What are soils made from?
Soils are made from...
What might you find in soil?
You might find...
Maths
19.03.25
LC: To be able to tell and write the time from 12-hour and 24-hour clocks.
English
Wednesday 19th March 2025
Grammar
LC: Use the comma to separate clauses in sentences where the subordinate clause comes first.
After the Iron Man had fallen off the Cliff, he broke apart.
Now complete the sentences independently ...
Because the Iron Man was broken,
Despite falling off the Cliff,
Whilst Hogarth fished,
LC: To generate questions from an extract to deepen understanding.
Let's take a look at some real diary extracts. As we read the extracts, use the question prompts to generate questions. You are going to be working with your table groups.
Let's ask some questions together:
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
How?
Can you help me to create some question to add to our learning wall?
Who?
What?
Where?
When?
How?
Reading
RIC
R - Why is the girl bending down low?
I - What do you think will be ahead?
C- What is the girl wanting to find?
Wednesday 19th March 2025
LC: To listen to and discuss a wider range of non-fiction.
Yesterday we had a look at one of the genres of non-fiction texts. Can you remember what it was?
Today, we are going to have a look at another genre which is 'Explanation'.
Using your knowledge about seeds and how they grow in to plants, write 4 steps about how seeds grow.
Remember to use:
- A Title - How seeds grow
- An Introduction
- Chronological order - First, next, after, finally
