Download Topic words - Egyptians

Year 3 Spelling Homework
Friday 6th November 2015
This week’s spelling focus is Topic words.
We will be revisiting it in a variety of contexts during Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday’s English sessions, ready for a spelling test
and dictation on Thursday.
Please use the weekend to start:
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learning your group’s ten words
You will be learning the same group spellings as this week (if you learnt
Group 2 spellings last term, you need to learn Group 2 spellings for
next week) so please make sure you learn your group’s words!
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discussing their meaning

using them in different contexts
My Spellings
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
1. Nile
1. tomb
1. pyramids
2. river
2. coffin
2. mummification
3. tomb
3. pyramids
3. sickle
4. mummy
4. Egypt
4. hieroglyphics
5. coffin
5. ancient
5. Tutankhamen
6. there
6. temple
6. canopic jars
7. called
7. Nile
7. sphinx
8. about
8. desert
8. pharaoh
9. could
9. Egyptians
9. Egyptians
10.
10.
10.
some
artefact
papyrus
What have you learnt in class today that will help you?
Challenge your child to explain the rule/pattern/strategy to you.
Can you demonstrate your understanding in the context of a sentence?
Complete the following sentences by adding the correct word from your list
of ten spellings.
Group 1
1. There was a famous king c___________ Tutankhamen.
2. The Egyptians built their houses on the River ____________.
3. S__________ Egyptians were fishermen.
4. In Egypt, t_________ are royal tombs called pyramids.
5. The Nile is the longest r_________ in the world.
6. A_________ 95% of Egyptians lived on the River Nile.
7. The Egyptians believed that you c________ preserve your organs
for the afterlife by putting them in canopic jars.
8. A m__________ is a dead body that has been preserved and
wrapped in bandages.
9. Egyptians were placed in a decorated c__________ after they had
died.
10. A t_________ is an underground place where the dead were
buried.
Group 2
1. Egyptians were placed in a decorated c__________ after they had
died.
2. A t_________ is an underground place where the dead were
buried.
3. In Egypt, there are royal tombs called p____________.
4. E__________ is a country in Africa.
5. Egyptians believed that a t___________ was the home of a God
or Goddess.
6. A d____________ is a sandy region, often with very little
rainfall.
7. The Egyptians built their houses on the River ____________.
8. We have been able to find out the history of the Ancient
Egyptians through looking at different a_________________.
9. People who lived thousands of years ago in Ancient Egypt
were called E_____________.
10.
Something that existed a long time ago, could be
described as a_____________.
Group 3
1. P____________ is a weed that grew wildly along the banks of the
river Nile. It was used to make books.
2. The most famous pharaoh during Egyptian times was called
T__________________.
3. The Egyptians used to write in pictures and symbols. They
called this h__________________.
4. A s_____________ was used for harvesting crops.
5. M____________________ is the process in which a dead body is
preserved using embalming oil and cloth.
6. A mythical beast with the body of a lion and the head of a
God is called a s___________.
7. People who lived thousands of years ago in Ancient Egypt
were called E_____________.
8. In Egypt, there are royal tombs called p____________.
9. A p_____________ was a king who was seen as a God.
10.
C___________ ________ were used to preserve organs such as
the intestine, liver, lungs and stomach.
Extension
Make up some sentences of your own using your spelling words.
Class Spelling Wall
Don’t forget to add any other words you come across in your
reading that are related to our topic to our class’s spelling area on
our working wall.