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Year 3 · Your subject space

English

Explore reading, writing and spoken language.

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How to learn in Year 3 English

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Reading words

  1. Find the familiar part Free preview
  2. Find a word efficiently Free preview

Reading stories

  1. Point to the answer Full course
  2. Use a clue, then explain Full course
  3. What might happen next? Full course
  4. Keep the main events Full course

Reading for information

  1. Choose where to look Full course

Stories and performance

  1. What idea runs through a story? Full course
  2. Listen to a poem's choices Full course
  3. Read the part, not the label Full course

Spelling workshop

  1. Change meaning at the beginning Full course
  2. Listen to the stressed syllable Full course
  3. Build words ending in -ly Full course
  4. Same sound, different jobs Full course
  5. Notice the difficult part Full course

Handwriting

  1. Make your writing easy to read Full course

Grammar

  1. Listen to the next sound Full course
  2. Join ideas with a reason or time Full course
  3. Tell us when and where Full course
  4. Link a past action to now Full course
  5. Show the exact spoken words Full course

Writing

  1. Give a character a problem Full course
  2. Keep related ideas together Full course
  3. Help someone follow your instructions Full course
  4. Improve meaning, then check details Full course

Spelling

  1. Hear i, remember y Full course
  2. Turn an action into an ation noun Full course
  3. Use prefixes to unlock a word Full course

Spelling word studies

  1. Word study: accident to arrive Full course
  2. Word study: believe to calendar Full course
  3. Word study: caught to continue Full course
  4. Word study: decide to eight Full course
  5. Word study: eighth to favourite Full course
  6. Word study: February to guide Full course
  7. Word study: heard to interest Full course

Check your learning

  1. Year 3 English — course check Full course