Reading Teaching Resources for Year 3
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10 Fascinating Facts About Beaches – Comprehension Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a magazine article about beaches.
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Home Reading Challenge #1 – Years 3-6
A set of reading activities that parents can use to educate children remotely or that teachers can send to students working at home when schools are closed.
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Novel Study Worksheet Pack
Download this set of novel study worksheets that can be used with any text to support your students in exploring characters and events in literature.
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Stand Up For Your Homophone – Whole-Class Game
Help your students learn the different homophones and their meanings with an interactive, whole-class game.
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Before, During and After Reading Non-Fiction Questions - Dice
5 different versions of dice to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Guided Reading Groups - Retelling a Text Template
Use this template during a guided reading session for a scaffold to help your students retell a text.
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction - Question Prompts
Question prompts and a worksheet to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Before, During and After Reading Fiction Questions - Dice
5 different versions of dice to use when asking questions before, during and after reading.
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Story Sequencing - Template
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to sequence important events when reading.
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Activating Prior Knowledge Teaching Slides
Teach the reading comprehension skill of activating prior knowledge with this ready-to-use, age-appropriate teaching presentation for Year 3 and 4 students.
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Thoughts in Verse: A Collection of Poems for Children
A beautifully designed collection of poems, written especially for children.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Task Cards
A set of 12 task cards to help students activate their prior knowledge before reading.
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Activating Prior Knowledge - Comprehension Strategy Poster
A poster explaining how to activate prior knowledge before reading.
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Note Taking Graphic Organiser
A graphic organiser for students to use when recording research notes.
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Comprehension Keys Board Game
A fun comprehension strategy board game for students to play during literacy rotations.
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Multiplication and Division Facts Flashcards - Complete Set
Build multiplication and division confidence with this set of times tables flashcards, featuring fact families for the 1-12 times tables to support maths fact fluency and automatic recall.
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Word of the Week (or Day) – Graphic Organiser
Boost your students' vocabulary with this engaging Word of the Week/Word of the Day graphic organiser!
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Book Wish List
Nurture your students' interest in books and reading with this book wish list.
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Expert Observers - Scientists Reading Passage Pack
Boost reading skills and introduce your students to a world of expert observers with a set of printable Expert Observers Reading Comprehension Worksheets.
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Classroom Movie Grid - Story Element Review Choice Board
Turn a movie day into a learning experience with our Classroom Movie Grid Story Element Review Choice Board.
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Story Settings Booklet
Explore common story settings in literature with this engaging 8-page mini book that helps students analyse settings from their own reading.
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'Book an Adventure' Colouring In Sheet
Celebrate National Book Week and brighten up your classroom space with a printable ‘Book an Adventure’ Colouring In Activity Sheet.
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Book an Adventure Craft - Suitcase Book Review
Boost reading comprehension skills with a Book an Adventure Craft to engage young readers during Children’s Book Week.
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Book an Adventure - Book Week Reading Challenge Tracker
Challenge your students to read up to 25 books during Book Week with a printable Book Week Reading Challenge Tracker.
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Earth’s Resources Worksheet - Natural Resources & Fossil Fuels (3-4)
Explore what's buried in rocks underground with a printable Earth’s Resources Worksheet for Year 3.
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Children’s Word of the Day - Tier 2 Vocab Warmup Slides
Boost academic vocabulary skills and provide your students with daily tier 2 vocabulary review using our Children’s Word of the Day Warmup Slides for Year 2.
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Direct and Indirect Characterisation Anchor Chart
Reference a direct and indirect characterisation anchor chart to teach your students the difference between types of characterisation.
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Free Author’s Purpose Handout
Use this Author’s Purpose Handout in the form of a brochure to explore the different reasons authors write.
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Monitoring Comprehension Strategies Text Annotations Poster
Help students monitor their comprehension with this Monitoring Comprehension Reading Strategy using text annotations.
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Monitoring Comprehension Anchor Charts
Display these Monitoring Comprehension Anchor Charts to help students with sentence starters and ways to monitor their comprehension while reading.
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Vocabulary Fast Finisher Tasks - Middle Primary
Use fast finisher tasks to improve your middle primary students' vocabulary during classroom downtime.
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Free Click or Clunk Worksheet
Support students in monitoring their reading comprehension with this Click and Clunk Reading Strategy Recording Sheet!