Year 3

Y3 W7T2 2020
squint	pour	court		source
Verb: If you squint at  something, you look at it with your eyes partly closed. Noun: If someone has a squint, their eyes look in different directions from each other.	Pour means to make a substance flow from one container into another container. When something flows quickly and in large amounts, like pouring rain.	A court is a place where matters of the law are decided by a judge, jury or a  magistrate. A court is an area where you play a game such as tennis, basketball, squash, or netball.		The source is a place something comes from or starts at. It can also be  someone or something that supplies  information.
Sentence: I had to squint  in the sun to see him.	Sentence: I will pour the sugar into the cake mix.	Sentence: We watched the students play basketball on the basketball courts.		Sentence: Africa is a source of many diamonds in the world.
Fill in the missing word: We are learning a new game called ‘pickle ball’ on the tennis …….			Each sentence is missing a word. You will have to say one of the new words that fit into the sentence. Either squint, pour, court or source will fit in the blank.
We went to visit the Mundaring Weir because it is the …….. of water for many people.
I went to the optometrist because I have a …..
I …… some milk into the pancake batter.

Y3 W6T2 2020
threaten	through	sore		ignore
Threaten means someone says they will do something mean to you or will harm you. If something is likely to happen, it means it is threatening to happen, as in ‘it’s threatening to rain.’	To go through means: moving in one side of an opening, and out of the other side. To cut through  something means to cut it in two pieces or to make a hole in it.	Noun: A painful place on the body. Adjective: Describing a painful place on the body, e.g., a sore throat. Synonyms: Adjective: painful, injured. Noun: wound, graze, cut.		To ignore means not pay attention to. To refuse to notice something or someone.
Sentence: The bridge threatened to fall down because it was old wood.	Sentence: I could see the rabbit through the window.	Sentence: We were sore all over from rolling down the hill.		Sentence: The people ignored the warning to stay away from the deep water.
Word Associations (Variation 3): His arm was painful because he caught it in the gate.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
We paid no attention to the screeching seagulls.
We went in to the front of the cat display and came out the back door.
My brother was mean to me because he said he would ride off without me, if I didn’t hurry.

Y3 W5T2 2020
shrugged	shrub	shriek		dawdled
To raise (one's shoulders) slightly and quickly to mean you don’t know, or don’t care.	A bush, a small plant with lots of woody stems, that is smaller than a tree.	A scream. A high-pitched sound.		To waste time, be slow.
Sentence: I asked him if he wanted to play and he shrugged his shoulders.	Sentence: We planted some shrubs in front of the fence to keep the dog away. .	Sentence: There were shrieks of laughter from the girls in the pool.		Sentence: Tom dawdled back through the park.
Word Associations (Variation 3): There were screams coming from the playground.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
When I asked what he would like to eat, he raised his shoulders quickly up and down.
We were slow coming home from school.
There were plants with lots of bushy branches in the front garden.

Y3 W4T2 2020
strap	strain	struggle		pearl
A strip of leather, cloth or flexible material used to fasten or carry something.  (Like a seat belt).	To force a part of your body or yourself to make a big effort.	To make a great effort to do something.		1. A hard shiny ball formed within a pearl oyster. A highly prized gem. 2. A person or thing that is loved.
Sentence:  He pulled the straps through the buckles of his suitcase.	Sentence: I stopped and listened, straining my ears for any sound. .	Sentence:  He struggled along the rough road holding his son.		Sentence:  He gave her a beautiful pearl for her birthday.
Word Associations (Variation 3):			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.

Y3 W3T2 2020
any	spruce	quarter		many
Used to refer to one or some, of a thing.	Noun: A spruce is a type of evergreen tree with leaves shaped like needles. Adjective: to look clean and tidy. Phrasal verb: To spruce up.	Noun: One of four equal parts of something.		Means a large number of something.
Sentence: Is there any of that lemon cake left?	Sentence: He looked clean and spruce in a lovely white shirt. We spruced up the house for our visitors.	Sentence: We each had a quarter of the lollies.		Sentence: There were many students at home due to the corona virus.
Word Associations (Variation 3): We bought a special tree for Christmas that smelt beautiful.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
We had lots of mandarins on our tree.
We didn’t see flowers on our walk.
We cut the oranges into four parts.

Y3 W7T1 2020
unclear	gear	bearer		soaring
‘Unclear’ can mean, not easy to see, hear, or understand.	1). A gear is a device often made with connecting wheels with teeth. 2). ‘Gear’ is also the equipment or clothes you need for an activity.	1) A bearer is a person or thing that carries or holds something. 2) A bearer is someone who brings a message.		1) Soaring means  flying or rising high in the air.
Sentence: The cause of the fire was unclear.	Sentence: We remembered to pack our fishing gear for camping.	Sentence: We had our faction leaders to be bearers of the flags.		Sentence: I went soaring into the air on the circus ride.
Word Associations (Variation 3): An electrician has to wear safety clothes.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
The instructions were confusing.
The bird was flying high into the sky.
My family carried lanterns to the festival of lights.

Y3 W6T1 2020
ocean	combing	lotion		anyone
1)The word ocean means a large area of salt water. An ocean is deeper than a sea. 2).  If you say that there is an ocean of something, you are meaning  that there is a very large amount of it.	1) A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth which you use to tidy your hair. 2)  If you comb a place, you search everywhere  in order to find someone or something. The verb ‘combing’ means to be tidying your hair with a comb. It also means to be searching everywhere for something or someone.	A lotion is a liquid that you use to clean, improve, or protect your eyes, skin or hair.		Anyone is a pronoun meaning ‘any person at all’.
Sentence: I cried an ocean of tears when my dog died.	Sentence: The police were combing the area for the lost bag.	Sentence: It is very hard to put sun screen lotion on your back.		Sentence: He was very confident at talking to anyone.
Word Associations (Variation 3): The shops sell special liquid for head lice.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
On a hot day, we swam in the ocean.
We were looking through the book so we could find the information.
My brother can make friends, family and strangers laugh.

Y3 W5T1 2020
bridge	chance	sentences		gaze
1)  A bridge is a structure carrying a road, path, railway, etc. across a river, road, or other obstacle. 2) The bridge is the place on a ship from which it is steered.	1) A chance means a possibility of something happening. ‘I wanted to see you but I never got the chance.’ 2) An amount of time when something can be done. ‘I go to the beach every chance I get.’	1)  A sentence is a group of words that expresses a statement, question, command, or wish. Sentences usually contain a subject and verb. 2) A sentence when written down, starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark.		If you gaze at someone or something, you look steadily at them for a long time, because you find them attractive or interesting, or because you are thinking about something else. Staring.
Sentence: He broke the bridge of his glasses.	Sentence: There’s a chance that we’ll finish on time today.	Sentence: Can you tell me a maths sentence about the number of children in your group?		Sentence: He gazed out the window at the snow.
Word Associations (Variation 3): We found the game that I wanted by pure luck.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
Can you make a statement about what food you like?
From where the Captain steered the ship, he could see a huge whale.
The women sitting opposite us were looking admiringly at baby Joe.

Y3 W4T1 2020
market	binoculars	repaired		fairground
A place or occasion where people meet to buy and sell  things.	Binoculars are a special type of glasses made of two small telescopes joined side by side. You look through them to see things that are far away.	Repaired means you have fixed something or mended it.		A fair is an event where there may be things to buy and animals, rides, games, and competitions. A fairground is an open space where a fair is held.
Sentence: We put our house on the market to we could buy one in Wattle Grove. We bought some fruit at the market.	Sentence: We used binoculars to watch some birds in a nest.	Sentence: Mum drove the car to the garage to be repaired.		Sentence: We rode on the horses at the fairground.
Word Associations (Variation 3): Dad took his watch to the jeweller to be mended.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
We took our old books to sell at a stall.
On the weekend we had fun riding on the carousel and buying hot dogs.
We needed special glasses to see the singers at the concert.

Y3 W2T4 2019
dwarves	towards	layer		numerous
Noun: 1) The word used in stories from long ago to describe a small man with magical powers. 2) Now it is used to describe a small person with a medical condition who is very short. They prefer to be called ‘little people’, not dwarves. Verb: Dwarf: To make something seem small. Adjective: dwarf lemon tree.	Preposition: meaning ‘to move closer to someone or something’ or ‘in the direction of’.	Noun: A thin sheet or quantity of something covering a surface. For example: the ozone layer; put a layer of cheese on the lasagne; we put two layers of paint on the wall. Verb: To arrange something in layers. Layer the vegetables in the pan.		Adjective: many.
The new shopping centre will dwarf all the other shops.	When asked what she would like to eat, Carly looked towards the cupcakes.	We made a layer cake filled with chocolate cream.		The book contains many drawings.
Word Associations (Variation 3): We had many questions to ask about the animals at the zoo.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
We bought a very small peach tree.
We put some cheese then some breadcrumbs on the pie before it went into the oven.
The farmer moved slowly in the direction of the scared cow.

Y3 W1T4 2019
parallel	reluctant	worthy		gist
Parallel lines are lines that are always the same distance apart from each other. (Think of equal signs). Adjective: To happen at the same time as something else.	Adjective. Reluctant means: not willing to do something and then slow to do it.	Adjective: If something is worthy it deserves respect, admiration or support.		Noun: Gist means  the main idea or ideas of a talk or a text.
St John Road and Hale Road run parallel to each other. Parallel fires are occurring in Canada and Australia.	I was having such a good time, I was reluctant to leave.	Gemma was worthy of the ‘student representative badge’. I gave some money to the Wildlife Fund because it was a worthy cause.		We did not get the gist of what the teacher was saying.
Word Associations (Variation 3): The new student soon understood what the teacher was saying about our homework routine.			Which new word goes with each of these sentences? Say the sentence again adding the new word.
The cake was a green colour and so I didn’t want to try it.
The train tracks run alongside each other all the way from Perth to Kalgoorlie.
The story Rihaan wrote deserved a place on the pinup board.

Week 9 Term 2 radiant	distraught	taught	shattered
Adjective. ​Radiant means very happy, or very beautiful.	Adjective. Distraught means very worried and upset.	Verb. Taught, is the past tense of the verb: to teach. ‘To teach’, means to pass on knowledge. We use the word taught when the knowledge has   already been passed on.	Verb. 1. Shatter can mean to break suddenly and violently into pieces. 2. Or to upset someone greatly.
He gave a radiant smile when he heard he had won the competition.	The lady was distraught when her dog couldn’t be found.	I teach spelling. Yesterday, I taught spelling. He taught the class a new song.	The glass shattered into a thousand tiny pieces.  We were shattered by the news that they had   cut down the 100 year old tree.
Choices: Which would be radiant: your mum’s face when you eat all your lunch or when she hears the family has won a million dollars? Why? Context: Can you remember a time when you, or someone you know, had a radiant smile?	Choices: Which would make your mum more distraught: losing her keys or not finding your reading book? Why? Context: Can you remember seeing a friend or someone you know, distraught over something?	Choices: Who has taught you to be kind to people: Mum, dad, friend or teacher? (Could also use: to read a lot/ how to speak nicely to others/ etc.) Why? Context: What is something great that someone has taught you?	Choices:  If I dropped my drink bottle, would it shatter? Why not? Context: What do you think would shatter if it was dropped?

 Week 8 Term 2

scent	dark	scientific	fascination
Noun: Usually a pleasant smell.	1. Noun: When something is dark there is not much light to see. Nightfall. 2. Adjective: Dark colours have little or no white in them. 3. It can also mean very sad.	Adjective: If you do something in a scientific way, you do it carefully and thoroughly, using experimentsor tests.	Noun: To have a fascination for something means you are highly interested in it.
Our roses have a lovely scent. The dog followed the robbers’ scent.	1. We followed the path into the dark. 2. I used dark green in my rainforest painting. 3. The days seemed dark without her little dog to keep her company.	The study of how long sea turtles live is part of a scientific researchprogramme.	Many children have a fascination for dinosaurs.
Choices: Do you like the scent of lemons or roses best? Context: What things have a lovely scent to you?	Choices: Do you like to look out the window when it’s dark or sunny? Context: What dark colours do you like?	Choices: What would be more scientific: 1). comparing the growth of two seeds over 2 weeks; one in a cupboard and one in the sun or 2).asking people where they would grow seeds? Why? Context: Which scientific   experiment did you like during our Super Scientist competition?	Choices: Which would be more of a fascination for you; collecting things or watching a special television programme? Why? Context: Do you know someone who has a fascination for something?

 Week 2 Term 2

fortunately	quench	dutiful	bared
Adverb: Happening because of good luck. Synonym: happily, luckily.	1. Verb: to drink liquid so that you stop being thirsty. 2. Verb:  to use water to put out a fire. Synonym: to put out/ to extinguish.	Adjective: To do everything you are expected to do. Synonyms obedient, respectful.	Verb: To uncover a part of the body. Synonym: to reveal, uncover.
Yesterday I lost my pencil, but fortunately today, the teacher gave me a new one.	This water quenches my thirst.	We were asked to keep off the grass and, like dutiful students, we kept off the grass.	The dog growled and bared its’  teeth at the man.

Week 1 Term 2

unclear Adjective: Not easy to see, hear, or understand. Synonym: vague, confusing. The directions were unclear and so the man was lost.	approached Verb: To come nearer to someone or something. It could be in distance or time. Synonyms: to close in. I could see the city lights as we approached the airport.
fossil Noun: Fossils are traces of plants or animals that lived long ago. They are usually found in dirt that was once under water. They are usually made from hard parts like shells and bones. Fossils of a giant crocodile have been discovered in northern Africa.	prey Noun: An animal that is hunted and killed by another for food. Synonym: quarry. Homophone: pray: To talk to your God. Crocodiles attack prey that comes too close to the water’s edge such as birds and wallabies.

Week 10.Term 1

jetty A walkway built out into the sea where boats stop to let people get on or off. The captain didn’t see any passengers waiting for the ferry so he sailed past the jetty.	ramp A ramp is a sloping surface joining two levels. We drove off the freeway onto the ramp to Hale Road.
rip 1.A rip is a strong pull of the water at the beach and it flows away from the shore. 2. To tear something. 3. To use a programme to copy something on a computer. If you get caught in a rip, call for help and float, until the water releases you.	current 1. A current is a movement of water, air, or electricity in a particular direction. 2. Happening now. The current of water pushed the swimmer along the river.

Week 9 Term 1

gnaw (verb) To keep biting hard or chewing on something. The dog gnawed his bone.	gnarl (verb) A twisted, rough and knotted part of a tree trunk or branch. The tree has gnarled red branches and deep green leaves.
cutlery (uncountable noun) Cutlery is knives, forks and spoons. We keep our cutlery in a drawer.	haven (noun) A haven is a place of safety and peace.  In the middle of the busy city, the garden is a haven.

Week 8.Term 1

Gears: 1. Wheels with teeth that control how much power goes to a machine. 2. The clothes you wear for a certain activity. To go backwards, you must put the car into reverse gear.	Benefit: To do well or put to good use. I feel that I have benefited from my mothers’ kind words.
Graded: 1. To make the ground level, usually with a grader. 2. To give a score. 3. To sort into groups. The ground was hilly so we graded it to make the path level.	Steep: 1. A slope which rises or falls sharply. 2. Too expensive. 3. To soak something like a plant in water. The car had to climb the steep mountain.

Week 6 and 7.Term 1

Species: A set of animals or plants which have similar  characteristics to each other. There are approximately 8,000 species of ants.	Nourish: To give a person, animal, or plant  the food and care that they  need to live, grow, and be healthy. We eat lots of vegetables to nourish our bodies.
Climate: Climate is the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area. Polar bears live in a cold climate.	Proboscis: A proboscis is a tube-like sucking mouth: for example, an elephant’s trunk or an insect’s long, sucking mouth. Just about every butterfly and moth has a proboscis.

Week 5 Term 1

Dazed: Unable to think properly. The student was dazed after the ball hit him in the head.	Grudge: Not to forgive. To still feel hurt. Tom held a grudge against his friend after he took Tom’s book.
Trudge: To walk slowly with heavy steps. The girl had to trudge through the deep mud.	Mislead: To give someone the wrong information. The men mislead us by giving the driver the wrong directions.

Week 4 Term 1

Rooms 16, 19, 20 and  14: Words of the week:

Yard: ‘A yard’ is some land next to a building or a group of buildings. It may be fenced or not. (The word comes from the same group as the word ‘garden’ and has many of the same meanings).

 Lair:   ‘A lair’ is a place where a wild animal lives, often a cave or a hole in the ground.

Inched: ‘Inched’ means to move along slowly and carefully.

A god:  ‘A god’ is thought of as a supreme being, a creator of people, animals and nature.

Granting: ‘Granting’ means to agree to give or allow something that’s been requested. Synonym: allow, permit.

Marigold: Marigolds are plants that have rich yellow, cream, lemon, gold, orange or reddish-brown flowers.