Year 3

Year 3 English

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• Check Understanding Of Textreading comprehension check understanding year 3
• Identify Text Meaninghow to work out the meaning of new words in a text
• Listen To And Discuss Textsdiscussing and understanding poems and stories year 3
• Use Dictionaries And Alphabetical Orderuse alphabetical order to find words in a dictionary
• Use Exception Wordsyear 3 common exception words spelling list
• Assess Grammar And Vocabularyyear 3 grammar and punctuation (SPaG) practice
• Plan And Write Fables, Sentences And Viewpointsplan and write fables alliterative sentences and different viewpoints
• Sentence Structure And Effective Verbsessential sentence words and effective verbs in dialogue
• Vocabulary Awarenessimproving vocabulary choices in writing year 3
• Write Non Fictionwriting non-fiction texts like instructions and reports year 3
• Use A Dictionary To Check Spellingsusing a dictionary to check spellings
• Extend Sentence Compositionjoining sentences with because so and while
• Noun And Pronoun Awarenesscommon proper and collective nouns and pronouns year 3
• Tense Awarenessusing verb tenses consistently year 3
• Use And Punctuate Speechusing inverted commas to punctuate speech
• Recognise Forms Of Poetryrhyming and acrostic poems year 3
• Create Fictionwriting a story with dialogue year 3
• Understand Structure And Purposeunderstanding instructions recipes and playscripts
• Organise Paragraphsorganising writing into paragraphs year 3
• Retrieve And Record Informationfinding and noting key information from a text
• Increase Range Of Textsreading traditional stories from other cultures
• Root Word Awarenessroot words prefixes and suffixes year 3
• Discuss Words And Phrasesdiscussing the meaning of words in a text
• Draw Inferences About Textsmaking inferences from a story year 3
• Predict Story Developmentpredicting what happens next in a story
• Identify And Summarise Main Ideassummarising the main ideas of a story or text
• Use Prefixes And Suffixesprefixes and suffixes year 3 spelling rules
• Homophone Awarenesscommon homophones year 3 spelling
• Spelling Awarenesscommonly misspelt words year 3
• Assess And Improve Structureusing headings and subheadings to structure writing
• Use Conjunctions Adverbs And Prepositionsconjunctions adverbs and prepositions year 3
• Use Fronted Adverbialsfronted adverbials year 3 examples
• Grammar Awarenessformal and informal writing year 3