Don’t miss our latest newsletter!

We share all the exciting events that took place last term and give you a sneak peek of what’s coming up.

Log in
Log in

Year 3 Reading Challenge Spring 1

Miss Redhead

We learnt about information texts last term, can you apply your knowledge to answer the questions below about this information text?

Read this information text and then complete the challenges. Answer in full sentences.

Bronze: What was the Roman Empire? Which two materials can a toga be made from? Describe what a Roman woman would wear?

Silver: Write 3 sentences about the Roman Empire using subordinating conjunctions.

Gold: Improve one of the sections by adding more adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions.

Platinum: Make a poster showing the information you have learnt from this text. Summarise your learning.

117 responses to “Year 3 Reading Challenge Spring 1”

  1. Rayan M.

    Bronze
    What was the Roman Empire?
    The Roman Empire is the name used to group the land that were controlled by the romans.
    Which two materials can a toga be made from?
    A toga could be made from white wool or linen
    Describe what a Roman woman would wear?
    They wore a stool dress over their tunic which were made from expensive silk.

    Silver:
    Write 3 sentences about the Roman Empire using subordinating conjunctions.
    1.Since the romans had covered so much land it is called the Roman Empire.
    2.When the romans created the empire the romans ruled the people inside it.
    3. While the romans ruled the empire the people were enslaved.

    Gold:
    Improve one of the sections by adding more adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions.

    Men wore a lengthy knee – length, short- sleeved tunic with a cloak over it which was carefully wrapped around their body. Very Important Roman men would wear a large robe called a toga made from white, soft wool and linen.

    1. Mrs Begum

      Well done Rayan. What was the difference between the robe that important Roman men would wear to the normal mens robe?

  2. Havin A.

    Togas are made out of linen and wool
    2 Romans wore togas men worefjs

  3. Havin A.

    English reading challenge

    The Roman Empire is the capital city of Italy it was the city at the center of the roman empire. The Roman empire is the name used to group the lands of that were controlled by the romans

  4. Aiza B.

    Bronze
    The Roman Empire is used to be a group name
    Toga is made out of white wool and linene
    Roman woman would wear a long tunic and a jewellery such as brooches
    Silver
    The Roman Empire is used to a group the lands that were controlled by the Romans
    The Roman Empire is the boss
    The Roman Empire is very strict
    Gold
    rome is a city in Italy but they are so many wars and so many people have got injuries.
    The Roman Empire only lasted for 5000 years so

    1. Mrs Begum

      Well done good try remember to use your capital letters correctly. Try and have a go to improve your silver challenge by adding subordinating conjunctions.

  5. Aiza B.

    Bronze
    The Roman Empire is used to be a group name

  6. Ilyas K.

    Bronze:
    Rome is the city at the centre of the Roman Empire. The Roman Empire was the name given to a group of lands that were controlled by the Romans.

    Roman men would wear a long robe called a toga.
    The two materials a toga can be made from are linen and wool.

    Roman women wore a long tunic up to their ankles. They would wear a dress over their tunics called a stola. They liked jewellery and brooches too.

    1. Mrs Begum

      Well done Illyas . Can you add some subordinating conjunctions for the silver challenge to improve your sentences?

      1. Ilyas K.

        The two materials a toga can be made from are linen and wool because they are comfortable.

        Roman men wore a short tunic while the women wore longer tunics up to their ankles.

  7. Ameena I.

    Bronze
    1.The Roman empire is one of the largest empire’s in Rome and it includes parts of Europe, North Africa and Middle East.
    2.womens wore a tunic that went to there ankle it was made of silk.
    Silver
    1. The Romans would have baths together .
    2.it is known as the Eternal city.
    3.There are more than 280 fountains and 900 churches in Rome.
    Gold
    In Rome has more fountains and churches than any city.

  8. Emil D.

    Silver
    The Roman Empire was strong,brave and undefeated.
    The Roman Empire was beautiful,pretty and magnificent.
    The Roman Empire lasted 500 centuries
    (500 years).

  9. Emil D.

    Bronze
    1.Land that Rome controlled.
    2.white wool or linen.
    3.Stola and brooches.

    1. Mrs A Patel

      Well done Emil!

  10. Isaiah W.

    What was the Roman Empire
    The Roman Empire is the leader of the country

    1. Mrs A Patel

      Please complete all your challenges Isaiah.

  11. Sumaya O.

    Silver challenge
    The Roman Empire is one of the largest empires in the sandy ancient world.
    While men wore toges all kind of woman wore stolas but the fine woman wore stolas with jewellery.
    Toga was made with white wool and lien.

    1. Mrs Begum

      Well done Sumaya. What is a brooch?
      What did the important Roman men wear?

  12. Simeongeya W.

    1. The roman empire is the name used to group the land the lands that were controlled by the Roman Empire.
    2. A toga can be made from wool and linen.
    3.Women wore a longer tunic, they would wear a dress called a stola over their tunic. They also wore lots of jewellery, such as brooches.
    Silver
    Men wore a knee-length short sleeved tunic but Women wore a longer tunic.
    Rome was very powerful City in Europe.
    Roman called their dinner Cena.

    Gold
    Rich Roman women would wear beautiful long tunic made from very expensive silk.

  13. Eva T.

    The Roman Empires are some land .
    It is made from wool or linen.
    A Roman woman would wear a tunic up to her ankles.

  14. Adrian O.

    1.the roman empire

    1. Adrian O.

      Sorry .
      1. The Roman empire is a group of land controlled by the Romans and togas can be made from white wool or linen.

      Silver:
      Roman men wore knee length tunics although Roman women wore ankle length tunics.
      Roman men wear knee length tunics so women wear ankle length tunics.
      Romans were a group of people so they are named after their capital city.

      Gold:
      Romans were a group of people so they were named after their amazing, beautiful and magnificent capital city.

      1. Adrian O.

        I will do platinum.

  15. Shemaiah W.

    Bronze: What was the Roman Empire?
    The Roman Empire is the leader of the Contry.
    Which two materials can a toga be made from?
    It can be made of metal and leather.
    Describe what a Roman women would wear?
    Roman woman would were a tunic with lots of jewellery.

    Silver
    The Roman Empire started 2000 years ago and ended 5000 years.
    The Roman’s fight in the colosseum.

    Gold: Improve one of the sections by adding more using subordinating conjunctions.
    The Empire lasted for just 5000 year’s.

    1. Mrs Begum

      Good try Shermaiah. Have a go and redo silver adding subordinating conjunctions to your sentences.

  16. Faris B.

    Bronze
    1. The Roman Empire is the name of the group of lands that were controlled by the Romans. They include parts of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.
    2. A toga can be made from white wool or linen.
    3. Women would wear a long tunic down to their ankles and a dress over it called a stola. Rich women would wear long tunics made from expensive silk and wear lots of jewellery like brooches.

    1. Mrs A Patel

      Good boy Faris, please complete all your challenges.

  17. Safaa Y.

    Bronze:
    The Roman Empire was a name used to group the lands that were controlled by the romans.

    Toga can be made from white wool or linen

    A Roman man wore a short sleeve tunic with a cloak over it and a Roman woman wore a long tunic and a dress called a stola.

    1. Mrs Begum

      Well done Safaa. Now can you please have a go to complete silver using subordinating conjunctions.

  18. Javishan R.

    Bronze;
    1] The Roman Empire was a big group of land owned and controlled by the Romans.
    2] Togas were made from white wool or linen.
    3] Roman women would wear a dress called a stola.

    Silver;
    1]The Roman were a group of people who were named after this important city.
    2]Roman people call dinner cena but we call it dinner.
    3] Roman women wore lots of jewellery such as brooches.

    Gold
    Roman men wore a knee lenth short sleeved tunic with a cloak over,however Roman women wore a longer tunic than men which went down to their ankles.

    1. Mrs Begum

      Well done Javishaan.
      Do you know what a brooch is?
      What did the important Roman men wear?

  19. Zainullah S.

    Bronze
    1. The Roman empire is the name of the group of land that the Romans owned.

    2. Toga was made from white wool and linen.

    3. Women wore a long tunic. They wore a long dress called a stola.
    Silver
    Romans were important and dangerous people. The Romans owned parts of Europe and the Middle East. Roman soldiers did not come from Rome but other parts of world.

    1. Simeongeya W.

      1. The roman empire is the name used to group the land the lands that were controlled by the Roman Empire.
      2. A toga can be made from wool and linen.
      3.Women wore a longer tunic, they would wear a dress called a stola over their tunic. They also wore lots of jewellery, such as brooches.
      Silver
      Men wore a knee-length short sleeved tunic but Women wore a longer tunic.
      Rome was very powerful City in Europe.
      Roman called their dinner Cena.

      Gold
      Rich Roman women would wear beautiful long tunic made from very expensive silk.

    2. Mrs Begum

      Well done Zainullah👍
      Can you use the subordinating conjunction although in a sentence?

  20. Ebeid M.

    Bronze
    1. The Roman Empire is the name used to group the lands that were controlled by the Romans,
    2.The materials that can be used to make a toga are white wool and linen.
    3.A Roman women would wear a stola and brooches.

    Silver
    The roman empire was the largest empire of the ancient world.
    The Empire started in 27 BC when Octavian became the emperor Augustus.
    It fell in 476 AD.

    Gold
    The Romans were a massive group of people who were named after this very important city however many soldiers fighting in the Roman army did not come from Rome itself. Instead they originally came from one of the many countries which formed part of the roman Empire.

    1. Mrs Begum

      Well done Ebeid 👍
      Can you write a sentence for silver using the conjunction while?

  21. Siyam A.

    A toga is made from white material like linen.

    Roman men wore white long tunics and the women wore stolas.

  22. abdelrahman

    Bronze:
    The Roman Empire is the name used to group the lands that were controlled by Romans.A toga can be made from white wool and linen.A Roman women would were a tunic to there ankles and a dress called a stola,they also wore lots of jewellery such as brooches.
    Silver:
    If one of a Roman person disobeyed the rules they would get punished badly.
    They had to walk 20 miles everyday because if another country came to fight they would be ready straight away.
    The Romans were a group of people who were named after this important city.
    Gold:
    If one of a strong Roman person does something bad they would get punished and if they done something extremely wrong then they will get thrown of a cliff.

    1. Mrs Begum

      Good effort👍.
      Remember to read the questions carefully with silver and gold. Can you improve your gold challenge by adding some more adjectives adverbs and conjunctions please?

  23. Rexford A.

    The roman empire is named after the people of rome.Roman men wore a toga and it was made out of white wool or linen
    Roman women would wear beautiful tunis made from silk as the would wear lots of jewelry on top of the tunic.The roman empire was named after the important people of rome as it was made up for pieces of different country’s.People that were soldiers had to stay for 25 years until they retired but some did survive.Soldiers that were on the lookout could not fall asleep because they would get beaten if they did.Non roman men wore a beautiful knee length Short sleeved tunic which probably felt uncoftable and stiff but Roman men wore a toga made out of white but clen wool and linen.
    Rexford

  24. Hamida K.

    Bronze:
    The Roman Empire is the name used to group the lands that were controlled by Romans.A toga can be made from white wool and linen.A Roman women would were a tunic to there ankles and a dress called a stola,they also wore lots of jewellery such as brooches.
    Silver:
    If one of a Roman person disobeyed the rules they would get punished badly.
    They had to walk 20 miles everyday because if another country came to fight they would be ready straight away.
    The Romans were a group of people who were named after this important city.
    Gold:
    If one of a strong Roman person does something bad they would get punished and if they done something extremely wrong then they will get thrown of a cliff.

  25. Sidrah S.

    Bronze
    1. The Roman empire is a group of people who ruled over many lands.
    2. White wool and linen.
    3. The Roman woman would wear a long tunic and a stoma over there tunic.

    1. Mrs Begum

      Well done . No please have a go to complete the silver challenge.

  26. Gift O.

    1. Toga can be made from white wool or linen Roman women would wear a long tunic and a dress called a Stola over their tunic.
    2. Women wore Stola while men wore tunic.
    The Romans were named after the important city.
    Roman men didn”t wear them while women did
    3. Women wore a long tunic that was as long as an elephant trunk and they had lots of jewellery.

    1. Mrs A Patel

      Well done Gift!

  27. Sumayyah A.

    Bronze
    1.The Roman empire was parts of land that the Romans ruled for an example Europe , North Africa and Middle East.
    2.The toga was made from white wool.
    3.A woman wore a stoga longer then the boys. It went to their ankles .Rich woman wore a long stoga and jewellery.

    Silver
    1.People who were rich had a stick to beat workers if they were out of line since they were leaders.
    2.Romans had gladiators because they would fight.
    3.Romans worshiped gods and goddesses because it was their thought.

    Gold
    Rich people had rigid , painful sticks .

    1. Mrs Begum

      Great effort. Have another go for gold. Improve one of the sections by adding more adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions.

  28. Jebrin Y.

    Bronze:
    1) The Roman Empire was a big group of land owned and controlled by the Romans.
    2) Togas were made from white wool or linen.
    3) Roman women would wear a dress called a stola.
    __________________________________________________________
    Silver:
    1) Togas were made from wool or linen rather then polyester.
    2) While men wore togas women wore stolas.
    3) The Romans ruled most of Europe until their reign ended.
    __________________________________________________________
    Gold:
    1) The clothing options for men were handsome pure white togas. However, for women it was beautiful decorated stolas.

    1. Mrs Begum

      Well done Jebrin. Can you add a few more sentences for gold like describe what kind of jewellery the women would wear?

  29. Musa B.

    Bronze
    Rome is the capita city of moder day Italy and it was the city at the center of the roman empire
    Wo.en were a longer tunic than men it whent down to ther ankles
    Hey would were a dress cold stola over the tunice wich fastened ther shoulder.
    Silver
    1. The roman empire is the name used to group
    2.The Romans where named after the important city
    3. However the people fighting did not come from Rome itself
    Gold
    From their global origins to ther really strange sutitiwation the read on to find way mor about the mighty civilisation known as the Romans.

    1. Mrs A Patel

      Well done Musa!

  30. Dean-Junior L.

    Bronze:
    1. The Roman Empire was named to group up the lands that were controlled by roman.
    2. A toga could be made from wool or linen.
    3. A woman could were stola , jewellery and Brooches.
    Silver:
    1. Roman clothing was different for men and women because men wore tunics but women wore stolas.
    2.

    1. Dean-Junior L.

      2. You knew if a man was important because they would were a toga made from wool or linen.
      3. You knew that women were important because they wore lots of jewellery such as brooches.

      1. Mrs A Patel

        Well done DJ!

1 2 3
Newer Comments

Leave a Reply