English
By the beginning of year 3, pupils should be able to read books written at an age-appropriate interest level. They should be able to read them accurately and at a speed that is sufficient for them to focus on understanding what they read rather than on decoding individual words. They should be able to decode most new words outside their spoken vocabulary, making a good approximation to the word’s pronunciation. As their decoding skills become increasingly secure, teaching should be directed more towards developing their vocabulary and the breadth and depth of their reading, making sure that they become independent, fluent and enthusiastic readers who read widely and frequently. They should be developing their understanding and enjoyment of stories, poetry, plays and non-fiction, and learning to read silently. They should also be developing their knowledge and skills in reading non-fiction about a wide range of subjects. They should be learning to justify their views about what they have read: with support at the start of year 3 and increasingly independently by the end of year 4.
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Applying Reading Comprehension Strategies Worksheets
A collection of worksheets to enable students to apply reading comprehension strategies.
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Rules for Plurals - s, es, ies, ves
A useful poster for explaining some of the different rules for plurals.
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Rhetorical Questions Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate students' understanding of rhetorical questions.
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Low and High Modality Words – Worksheet
A sorting activity for low and high modality words.
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Narrative Writing Bump It Up Wall – Year 4
A visual display for your classroom to help students ‘bump up’ their narrative writing.
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Colour by Parts of Speech - Nouns, Verbs & Adjectives - Whale
Review parts of speech by colouring nouns, verbs and adjectives on the whale.
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Compare and Contrast - Venn Diagram Template
A template to use when teaching students how to compare and contrast.
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Emotive Language Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate students' understanding of emotive language.
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Narrative Writing Planning Template
A template for students to use when planning a narrative text.
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Persuasive Text Structure Posters
Posters to help introduce the basic structure of persuasive writing.
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Modality Word Wall with Information
A set of 56 vocabulary words based on the degrees of modality in persuasive writing.
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Rio de Janeiro - Comprehension Task
A comprehension task that encourages students to apply a range of comprehension skills when finding out interesting fun facts about Rio.
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Explanation Texts Writing Scaffold
A scaffolding sheet that can be used to write an explanation text.
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Writing a Simile Poem Worksheet
A 2 page worksheet for students to use when learning how to write a simile poem.
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Sentence Conjunctions Posters – Lower Primary
A set of 8 educational posters for sentence connectives and conjunctions.
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Making Inferences - Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to draw conclusions and make inferences when reading.
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Pre- Prefixes Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate students' understanding of the prefix pre-.
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Introduction to Persuasive Devices PowerPoint
A 14 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when introducing your students to persuasive devices.
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Colour by Parts of Speech - Nouns, Adverbs, Verbs, Interjections - Owl
Consolidate parts of speech by colouring nouns, adverbs, verbs and interjections on the owl.
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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences PowerPoint
A 23 slide editable PowerPoint template which introduces the attributes of simple, compound and complex sentences.
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Nouns, Proper Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs and Conjunctions Posters
Enhance student understanding of the 8 parts of speech with these colourful, informative and easily-referenced grammar wall posters.
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Figurative Language Posters – Onomatopoeia
Help young readers and writers recognise onomatopoeias with a set of onomatopoeia classroom posters.
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Is It True? Listening Activity
Practise your students' listening skills with this listening activity.
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Homophone Matching Cards
A set of homophone cards to use for display or literacy activities.
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Similes Poster
A poster providing a definition and examples of similies.
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Reading Groups Book Cover - Version 1
A Reading Groups book cover to use on your students’ workbooks.
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Writing Ninjas Bump it Up Data Wall Display
A ninja themed Bump It Up Wall for writing to display in your classroom.
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Hyperbole Poster
A poster providing a definition and examples of hyperbole.
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Onomatopoeia Poster
A poster providing a definition and examples of onomatopoeia.
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Persuasive Writing Display Banner
A classroom display banner to use on your 'Persuasive Writing' display board.
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Narrative Writing Checklist - Structure, Language and Features
A checklist for students to use when proofreading and editing their narrative writing.
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Modality Words Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate students’ understanding of high modality and low modality words.