Grade 3

Term 2

A little help while

I’m at home.
 23 x 2 = 46
Multiply: 20 x 2 = 40
3x2= 6

1. 32 x 3 = 2. 15 x 2 =

3. 23 x 4 = 4. 31 x 5 =

5. 46 x 2 = 6. 28 x 3 =

Number names:
243 
156 
237 
198 

Odd or even:
234  147 
125  298 
Round off: Jump to the closest ten.

57  31 
92  65 

Objects:
Object: Name: Object: Name:

Word sum:
I bought a packet of red and green sweets. There are 124
red sweets and 241 green sweets in the packet. How
many sweets are there altogether?
Phonics:
Read and write the following list of phonics words:
-ow- Write it: -ou- Write it:
how ___________ house ___________
clown ___________ scout ___________
ground ___________
brown ___________ hour ___________
howl ___________ count ___________
crowd ___________ cloud ___________
shout ___________
flower ___________ mouth ___________
town ___________ around ___________
gown ___________ found ___________

Phonics sentences:
Write sentences using the following words:
1. clown, mouth

2. found, brown
3. town, count

4. flower, hour

Nouns:
Nouns are words that name people, places or things.
Anything you can see, touch or feel is a noun.
Circle the words that are nouns:

table swim sleep house

orange boy eat play

Plurals:
A plural is a word that shows that there is more than one
person, animal, place or thing. With most nouns, you
simply add an -s.
Example: 1 cat  2 cats

1 book  2 1 house  2
1 apple  2 1 dog  2
1 bag  2 1 chair  2
Past tense:
Rewrite these sentences in the past tense:
1. The cat sits on the chair in the kitchen.

2. Vuyo walks to the shop every Saturday.

3. My mother buys bread every day.

4. My brother plays with his truck.

Handwriting:
Copy the following letters:




 124 + 231 = 355 354 - 213 = 141
100 + 200 = 300 300 - 200 = 100
Calculate: 20 + 30 = 50 50 - 10 = 40
4+ 1 = 5 4- 3 = 1
1. 162 + 325 = 2. 436 - 214 =

3. 324 + 152 = 4. 387 - 245 =

5. 246 + 232 = 6. 245 - 123 =

Place value: Is the underlined digit

a hundred, ten or unit?

159  258 
456  367 

Value: How much is the

underlined digit worth?

356  158 
267  315 
3 More:
156  453 
267  219 

Measurement: Use your ruler to

measure these lines.
= cm
= cm
= cm
= cm

Money:
R4 + R2 + R1 + 50c + 20c =
R9 - R4 - R3 - R1 - 50c =

Word sum:
I have R20 to use at the tuck shop. If I buy a packet of
chips for R5 and a juice for R6, how much money will I
spend and how much will I have left?
Klanke:
Lees en skryf die volgende woorde:
Woord: Skryf: Engels:

sien ____________ see

mier ____________ ant

vier ____________ four

nies ____________ sneeze

dier ____________ animal

Waar is die
bal? die ____________ the

bier ____________ beer

nier ____________ kidney

Klankesinne:
Skryf sinne met die volgende woorde:
1. sien

2. vier
Verlede tyd:
Verlede tyd is past tense in Afrikaans. Look at the following example to see how
to change the sentences into the past tense correctly.
Example:
Die hond sit.  Die hond het gesit.
1. Die man loop.

2. Die kinders sing.

3. Die vrou kook kos.

Handwriting:
Copy the following letters:




 234  468
200  400
Double: 30  60
4 8
1. 213  2. 142 

3. 164  4. 248 

482  241
400  200
Halve: 80  40
2 1
1. 264  2. 428 

3. 126  4. 642 

Break up:
327 = + + 146 = + +
573 = + + 289 = + +
Big to small:
231, 312, 123, 213, 321, 132.
, , , , , .
87, 45, 97, 32, 12, 178.
, , , , , .

Fractions: What are these fractions showing?

halves, thirds, quarters, fifths, sixths or eighths

Word sum:
Our class collected 136 teddy bears for a children’s home.
If we collect twice as many next term, how many would
we need to collect?
Graph:
10
9
Amount of stationery:

8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

marker eraser sharpener glue scissors

Look at the graph and answer the following questions:

1. Which item of stationery is there the most of?

2. Which item of stationery is there the least of?

3. How many markers and scissors are there altogether?

4. How many items of stationery were counted?

5. What is the difference between the amount of

sharpeners and the amount of glue sticks?
Phonics:
Read and write the following list of phonics words:
-a- Write it: -au- Write it:
ball ___________ autumn ___________
fall ___________ haul ___________
call ___________ August ___________
recall ___________ haunt ___________
stall ___________ taught ___________
hall ___________ caught ___________
wall ___________ saucer ___________
mall ___________ daughter ___________

Phonics sentences:
Write sentences using the following words:
1. caught, ball

2. call, daughter
3. August, hall

4. taught, wall

Proper Nouns:
Proper nouns are special names given to people, places or
things. They are always spelt with a capital letter.
Circle the words that are proper nouns:

John jump Monday girl

read Toyota school Cape Town

Plurals:
A plural is a word that shows that there is more than one
person, animal, place or thing. If the word ends in s, ch,
sh, x or z then add -es.
Example: 1 bus  2 buses

1 match  2 1 bush  2
1 wish  2 1 box  2
1 fox  2 1 bunch  2
Present tense:
Rewrite these sentences in the present tense:
1. I ate a strawberry ice-cream.

2. She wrote a letter to her friend.

3. We cleaned our room.

4. My dad mowed the lawn on Saturday.

Handwriting:
Copy the following letters:




Comprehension:
Read the following text and answer the questions that
follow.

Staying healthy is so important.

We keep our bodies healthy by
eating healthy foods, drinking
water and being active.

Fruits and vegetables give us vitamins and minerals.

These vitamins and minerals protect us from getting ill.
Meat, nuts and beans give us protein. Protein helps us
build strong muscles. Dairy products give us calcium.
Calcium keeps our teeth and bones strong.

We must also keep our bodies active by doing enough

exercise. Going to the park, jogging, running and playing
are all types of exercise.

1. What do we get from fruits and vegetables?

2. Meat, nuts and beans give us .

3. What should we eat to have strong teeth and bones?

4. Name 3 types of exercise:

Counting:
245, 250, 255, , , , , .
362, 364, 366, , , , , .
123, 126, 129, , , , , .
284, 288, 292, , , , , .
135, 145, 155, , , , , .
300, 350, 400, , , , , .

Train sums:
25 + 5  + 10  -3 +5=
98 - 8  + 10  - 20  +5=

5 Less:
235  362 
148  210 
12 ÷ 3 = 4
Divide: Yummy, yummy. The
answer is in my tummy. 4 + 4 + 4 = 12

1. 15 ÷ 3 = 2. 24 ÷ 2 =
Time:
Match the analogue clocks to the digital clocks.
Analogue clock: Digital clock:

Word sum:
There are 12 cars in the parking lot. If each car has 4
wheels and a spare wheel, how many wheels are there
altogether?
Patterns:
Complete the following patterns:

, , , , , .
, , , , , .
Quick sums:
Do these sums as quickly as you can:

1. 15 + 5 = 6. 28 - 14 =
2. 24 + 3 = 7. 16 - 3 =
3. 10 + 18 = 8. 27 - 15 =
4. 9 + 15 = 9. 11 - 2 =
5. 21 + 6 = 10. 23 - 16 =

1. 10 + 30 = 6. 90 - 30 =
2. 20 + 40 = 7. 70 - 50 =
3. 50 + 20 = 8. 100 - 10 =
4. 40 + 60 = 9. 40 - 20 =
5. 80 + 10 = 10. 60 - 40 =
Klanke:
Lees en skryf die volgende woorde:
Woord: Skryf: Engels:
boet ____________ brother
boek ____________ book
good or
goed ____________ things
voet ____________ foot
hoed ____________ hat
loer ____________ peep
voel ____________ feel
hoes ____________ cough

Klankesinne:
Skryf sinne met die volgende woorde:
1. boek

2. hoed
Verlede tyd:
Example:
Oom Piet lees die boek.  Oom Piet het die boek gelees.
1. Fred loop in die straat.

2. Pappa praat met mamma.

3. Zack gooi die bal.

Handwriting:
Copy the following letters:




Healthy or unhealthy?

Healthy Unhealthy
Multiply:
1. 43 x 3 = 2. 25 x 2 =

3. 16 x 4 = 4. 52 x 5 =

5. 38 x 2 = 6. 34 x 3 =

Number names:
365 
258 
196 
347 

Odd or even:
153  358 
236  192 
Round off:
132  167 
256  349 

Objects:
Match the object to the faces it has:
Object: Faces:

Word sum:
I have 24 biscuits to put into 3 bags. I have to share them
equally. How many biscuits will be in each bag?
Phonics:
Read and write the following list of phonics words:
-aw- Write it: -ie- Write it:
paw ___________ tie ___________
claw ___________ die ___________
law ___________
replied ___________
draw ___________
yawn ___________ cried ___________
flaw ___________ pie ___________
jaw ___________
lie ___________
crawl ___________
dawn ___________ fried ___________
straw ___________ tried ___________

Phonics sentences:
Write sentences using the following words:
1. cried, paw

2. tried, straw
3. lie, law

4. jaw, yawn

Alphabetical order:
Put the words in alphabetical order:

strawberry, orange, apple, watermelon, pear, banana

Plurals:
A plural is a word that shows that there is more than one
person, animal, place or thing. If the word ends in a vowel
+ o then add -s. If it ends in a consonant + o then add -es.
Example: 1 zoo  2 zoos
1 hero  2 heroes
1 radio  2 1 echo  2
1 stereo  2 1 tomato 2
1 video  2 1 potato 2
Homophones:
Homophones are words that sounds the same but are
spelt differently and mean different things.
flower – flour pear – pair
Write a sentence for each of these homophones:
flower 

flour 

Prepositions:
Prepositions are words that tell you where something is.
They are words like:
in, out, under, above, below, in front, behind, next to.
Can you think of more?

Handwriting:
Copy the following letters:



Calculate:
1. 432 + 125 = 2. 293 - 241 =

3. 263 + 216 = 4. 275 - 142 =

5. 352 + 134 = 6. 368 - 253 =

Place value:
347  325 
562  426 

Value:
528  456 
175  231 
2 More:
349  235 
182  451 

Measurement:
= cm
= cm
= cm
= cm

Money:
R6 + R5 + R2 + 10c + 50c =
R10 - R5 - R2 - R2 - 20c =

Word sum:
Mom loves baking cakes. She starts baking at 2 o’clock
and finishes at half past 3. How long did it take her to
bake the cake?
Klanke:
Lees en skryf die volgende woorde:
Woord: Skryf: Engels:
vleis ____________ meat
trein ____________ train
klei ____________ clay
reis ____________ travel
eina ____________ ouch
weier ____________ refuse
klein ____________ small
brein ____________ brain

Klankesinne:
Skryf sinne met die volgende woorde:
1. eina

2. klein
Voorsetsels:
Voorsetsels are prepositions.
Write the Afrikaans words under the English ones.

between inside next to

behind in front under

on above below

langs tussen voor op onder

bokant agter onderkant in
Match the picture to the Afrikaans word.
Insekte
sprinkaan

mier

by

skoenlapper

Handwriting:
Copy the following letters:




Double:
1. 174  2. 263 

3. 325  4. 187 

Halve:
1. 652  2. 276 

3. 438  4. 194 

Break up:
196 = + + 475 = + +
358 = + + 264 = + +
Small to big:
95, 63, 78, 54, 127, 5.
, , , , , .
423, 234, 324, 432, 243, 342.
, , , , , .

Fractions:
Colour the fractions correctly:
4 2
6 3
1 4
2 5
5 3
8 4

Word sum:
There are 264 bees in a bee hive. If half of them leave the
hive, how many will be left?
Graph:
10
9
8
7
6
Pets:

5
4
3
2
1

cat dog fish rabbit tortoise

Look at the graph and answer the following questions:

1. How many people have dogs?

2. Which pet is the most popular?

3. How many pets have 4 legs?

4. Which pets don’t have fur?

5. How many pets are shown on this graph altogether?

Phonics:
Read and write the following list of phonics words:
-ie- Write it: -igh Write it:
cries ___________ high ___________
dries ___________
fries ___________ sigh ___________
spies ___________ thigh ___________
tries ___________
cried ___________ flight ___________
dried ___________
fried ___________ night ___________
spied ___________
tried ___________ light ___________

Phonics sentences:
Write sentences using the following words:
1. cries, night

2. spied, high
3. tries, light

4. tried, flight

Nouns:
Nouns are naming words. You can see, touch and feel
them.
Circle the nouns:

1. My desk is neat.
2. This banana is delicious.
3. That puppy is so fluffy.
4. I love eating vegetables.

Verbs:
Verbs are doing words. They are actions that you can do.
Circle the verbs:

1. I ran in the race.

2. My grandfather sleeps a lot.
3. I make my own lunch.
4. Eating healthy foods is good.
Plurals:
A plural is a word that shows that there is more than one
person, animal, place or thing. If the word ends in a vowel
+ y then add -s. If it ends in a consonant + y then the -y
changes to -ies.
Example: 1 day  2 days
1 city  2 cities
1 key 2 1 baby  2
1 boy 2 1 story 2
1 guy 2 1 party  2

Prepositions:
Circle the prepositions:
1. The pencil is on the desk.
2. She stands behind him.

Handwriting:
Copy the following letters:



Story time:
Read the following story and then write your own ending.
The bug hunt
I went on a bug hunt this morning. The
sun was shining and I could hear birds
singing. I walked through the garden
and saw a few butterflies and bees.
I had to get down on my hands and knees to see if I could
find the tiny creepy crawlies. I pulled the blades of grass
aside and saw some ants. They were very busy and
moving very quickly. I wondered where they were going
and why they were in such a hurry…
Counting:
365, 375, 385, , , , , .
280, 278, 276, , , , , .
300, 297, 294, , , , , .
128, 124, 120, , , , , .
575, 570, 565, , , , , .
850, 800, 750, , , , , .

Times tables:
2x3= 3x5= 4x2=
5x4= 4x3= 6x5=
3x2= 6x4= 5x3=
4x5= 5x2= 3x4=

10 Less:
145  278 
362  183 

Divide: Yummy, yummy. The answer is in my tummy.

1. 28 ÷ 4 = 2. 27 ÷ 3 =
Time:
Match the digital clocks to the time in words.
Digital clock: Time in words:

12 o’clock

Quarter past 9

Half past 3

Quarter to 11

Word sum:
I have 254 stickers and my friend has 233. How many
stickers do we have altogether?
Patterns:
Complete the following patterns:

, , , , , .
,, , , , , , .
Quick sums:
Do these sums as quickly as you can:

1. 26 + 3 = 6. 15 - 6 =
2. 15 + 10 = 7. 28 - 13 =
3. 8 + 12 = 8. 13 - 7 =
4. 7+9= 9. 25 - 22 =
5. 13 + 15 = 10. 14 - 11 =

1. 20 + 40 = 6. 80 - 40 =
2. 30 + 50 = 7. 60 - 30 =
3. 60 + 30 = 8. 90 - 20 =
4. 50 + 20 = 9. 30 - 10 =
5. 90 + 10 = 10. 50 - 40 =
Klanke:
Lees en skryf die volgende woorde:
Woord: Skryf: Engels:
deur ____________ door
reus ____________ giant
neus ____________ nose
Dit is my
beurt. beurt ____________ turn
seun ____________ boy
beursie ____________ purse
neut ____________ nut
kleur ____________ colour

Klankesinne:
Skryf sinne met die volgende woorde:
1. deur

2. seun
Voorsetsels:
Circle the voorsetsels:
1. Die hond is op die mat.
2. Ek loop agter my ma.
3. My bene is onder die tafel.
4. My vriend sit langs my.

Skryf jou eie sinne:

voor

tussen

Handwriting:
Write 1 line of each of the following words (in cursive):
cat, boy, sit, bus




Use the Shapes and Objects pictures at the back of the
book to cut, sort, paste and colour.
2-D Shapes 3-D Objects
Divide:
1. 21 ÷ 3 = 2. 36 ÷ 3 =

3. 16 ÷ 4 = 4. 24 ÷ 4 =

5. 35 ÷ 5 = 6. 55 ÷ 5 =

Number names:
249 
187 
386 
192 

Odd or even:
268  293 
347  159 
Round off:
362  289 
147  351 

Objects:
Match the object to the faces it has:
Object: Faces:

Word sum:
Our garden has 8 rows of flowers. There are 5 flowers in
each row. How many flowers are in the garden
altogether?
Phonics:
Read and write the following list of phonics words:
-ew Write it: -ue- Write it:
stew ___________ Tuesday ___________
few ___________ due ___________
pew ___________
barbeque ___________
threw ___________
new ___________ avenue ___________
dew ___________ clue ___________
blew ___________
rescue ___________
crew ___________
chew ___________ blue ___________
drew ___________ cruel ___________

Phonics sentences:
Write sentences using the following words:
1. stew, Tuesday

2. new, blue
3. chew, barbeque

4. threw, rescue

Nouns:
List 4 of your own:
1. 2.
3. 4.

Proper Nouns:
List 4 of your own:
1. 2.
3. 4.

Verbs:
List 4 of your own:
1. 2.
3. 4.
Plurals:
If the word ends in f or fe, change the f or fe to -ves.
Example: 1 leaf  2 leaves
1 life  2 lives
1 wolf  2 1 knife  2
1 scarf  2 1 wife  2

Prepositions:
Use these prepositions in sentences:
over
next to

Handwriting:
Write 1 line of each of the following words (in cursive):
rat, top, pig, hug
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Calculate:
1. 352 + 127 = 2. 536 - 324 =

3. 261 + 235 = 4. 384 - 283 =

5. 436 + 132 = 6. 479 - 357 =

Place value:
463  257 
356  139 

Value:
485  253 
328  165 
4 More:
258  461 
362  246 

Measurement:
1000 g = 1 kg

2000 g = kg 3 kg = g
500 g = kg 5 kg = g

Money: Change from rands to cents and cents to rands.

R 4,00 = 400c 300c = R 3,00

R 5,50 = c 620c = R
R 8,20 = c 260c = R

Word sum:
I have 84 marbles to put into 4 bags. There has to be an
equal amount in each bag. How many marbles will be in
each bag?
Klanke:
Lees en skryf die volgende woorde:
Woord: Skryf: Engels:
huis ____________ house
kruip ____________ crawl
muis ____________ mouse
vuis ____________ fist
uil ____________ owl
kruis ____________ cross
vuil ____________ dirty
suis ____________ buzz

Klankesinne:
Skryf sinne met die volgende woorde:
1. muis

2. huis
Verlede tyd:
1. My ouma sit.

2. Die vrou loop.

3. Die baba huil.

4. Die bakker bak brood.

Handwriting:
Write 1 line of each of the following words (in cursive):
fan, pot, fit, mud
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Double:
1. 256  2. 184 

3. 162  4. 324 

Halve:
1. 346  2. 182 

3. 256  4. 564 

Break up:
234 = + + 356 = + +
176 = + + 482 = + +
Big to small:
85, 32, 76, 13, 69, 92.
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154, 541, 415, 145, 514, 451.
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Fractions:
Write the correct fractions:

Word sum:
If I go to bed at 8 o’clock and I wake up at 6 o’clock. How
long will I have slept for?
Graph:

bee grasshopper dragonfly ant butterfly

Look at the scatter graph and answer the following
questions:
1. How many types of insects are shown?

2. Which insect is there the most of?

3. How many butterflies are there?

4. How many bees are there?

5. How many insects are in the block altogether?

Phonics:
Read and write the following list of phonics words:
-ph- Write it: -gh Write it:
telephone ___________ laugh ___________
elephant ___________ enough
___________
alphabet ___________
tough ___________
photograph ___________
orphan ___________ cough ___________
dolphin ___________ rough
___________
phonics ___________
homophone ___________

Phonics sentences:
Write sentences using the following words:
1. telephone. laugh

2. elephant, tough
3. enough, phonics

4. rough, dolphin

Adjectives:
Adjectives are words that tell you more about a noun.
They describe the noun.
Example: The red apple is in the tree.
Red tells you more about the apple.
Circle the adjectives:
1. The butterfly is on the big flower.
2. My neighbour is an old man.

Adverbs:
Adverbs are words that tell you more about a verb. They
say how, when or where something happens.
Example: He walked slowly.
How did he walk? Slowly.
Circle the adverbs:
1. He ran to the shop quickly.
2. I worked neatly.
Plurals:
Plurals are words that show more than 1 thing. Some
plurals change completely.
Can you complete these?
1 man  2 1 foot  2
1 child  2 1 tooth  2
1 mouse  2 1 sheep  2
1 person  2 1 fish  2

Handwriting:
Write 1 line of each of the following words (in cursive):
pan, son, tip, fun
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Story Time:
If you could change one thing in the world, what would it
be and why?
Counting:
532, 534, 536, , , , , .
369, 366, 363, , , , , .
465, 470, 475, , , , , .
625, 615, 605, , , , , .
455, 505, 555, , , , , .
204, 208, 212, , , , , .

Times tables:
7x2= 9x2= 5x2=
4x3= 8x3= 2x3=
5x4= 3x4= 7x4=
3x5= 5x5= 10 x 5 =

5 Less:
210  369
427  142 

Divide:
1. 48 ÷ 4 = 2. 63 ÷ 3 =
Time:
Write the time in words for each of the clocks.

Word sum:
My brother has 65 toys and I have 52 toys. How many
more toys does my brother have compared to me?
Patterns:
Complete the following patterns:

, , , , , , , .
,, , , , , , .
Quick sums:
Do these sums as quickly as you can:

1. 15 + 13 = 6. 24 - 12 =
2. 24 + 9 = 7. 17 - 8 =
3. 17 + 21 = 8. 26 - 13 =
4. 15 + 12 = 9. 13 - 5 =
5. 22 + 18 = 10. 28 - 11 =

1. 30 + 50 = 6. 90 - 50 =
2. 40 + 60 = 7. 70 - 40 =
3. 70 + 10 = 8. 100 - 30 =
4. 60 + 30 = 9. 40 - 20 =
5. 10 + 80 = 10. 60 - 50 =
Klanke:
Lees en skryf die volgende woorde:
Woord: Skryf: Engels:
vrou ____________ woman
koud ____________ cold
hout ____________ wood
sout ____________ salt
trou ____________ marry
buttocks or
boud ____________ leg of meat
lou ____________ lukewarm
mou ____________ sleeve

Klankesinne:
Skryf sinne met die volgende woorde:
1. vrou

2. hout
Negetiewe vorm:
We use negative form by using the words “nie”.
Example: I am writing.  I am not writing.
Ek skryf.  Ek skryf nie.
1. Pappa lees ‘n boek.
Pappa lees nie ‘n boek nie.
2. Die hond blaf.

3. Die boom is groot.

Handwriting:
Write the following sentences (in cursive):
Insects have six legs. Some insects have wings. All insects
have 3 body parts.
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My garden:
Healthy or unhealthy:
Cut these pictures out and paste them in the correct
columns on the Healthy/Unhealthy page.
2-D Shapes or 3-D Objects:
Cut these pictures out and paste them in the correct
columns on the Shapes/Objects page.
Use these pictures to
create your own garden.