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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Which One? Listening Comprehension Exercise
An Interactive PowerPoint where students choose an image to match an aural description.
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Rhetorical Questions Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate students' understanding of rhetorical questions.
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Exploring Poetry Workbook
A workbook to help students become more familiar with the genre of poetry.
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Low and High Modality Words – Worksheet
A sorting activity for low and high modality words.
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Story Ideas Sentence Starter Pack
Use this story ideas kit to help your students choose a topic to write about.
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Persuasive Devices Sorting Activity
A hands-on sorting activity to use when introducing persuasive devices.
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Editing Passages PowerPoint - Year 3
A 42 slide editable PowerPoint template containing editing passages with answers.
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Goals - Writing (Key Stage 2 - Lower)
Thirty-seven writing goal cards for key stage 2 - lower.
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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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Contractions PowerPoint
A 24-slide editable PowerPoint template about contractions.
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Dolch Words Card Game – Classroom Game
A card game for dolch sight words.
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COPS Writing and Editing Poster and Checklist
A C.O.P.S writing and editing poster with accompanying checklist.
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Persuade Me: Persuasive Writing Assessment Activities
A set of 4 persuasive writing assessment activities.
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Personification Poster
A poster providing a definition and examples of personification.
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Spelling Task Cards
A set of 57 spelling task cards.
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Reading Fluency – Zebras (Year 3)
A nonfiction text to use when assessing students’ fluency.
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Angry Outbursts – Worksheet
A comprehension worksheet for a comic from the Year 3 magazine (Issue 3).
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Inference Comics - Worksheet
A series of comic cell worksheets to use when teaching your students how to infer information from everyday situations.
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Hyperbole Poster
A poster providing a definition and examples of hyperbole.
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5 Narrative Writing Stimulus Sheets
Writing stimulus sheets with a narrative focus.
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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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Real Or Make-Believe - Animal Picture Sorting Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students the difference between real and make-believe.
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Prefixes and Suffixes PowerPoint
A 24 slide teaching presentation to use when introducing prefixes and suffixes.
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'For' and 'Against' Sorting Activity - Fish Make The Best Pets
A hands-on sorting activity to use when introducing students to the persuasive text type.
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Persuasive Text Structure Posters
Posters to help introduce the basic structure of persuasive writing.
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Persuasive Texts Writing Task - Movies Are More Enjoyable Than Books
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned persuasive text.
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Improving Persuasive Texts Worksheets
3 pieces of text for students to rewrite in order to make them more persuasive.
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Developing Persuasive Writing Skills PowerPoint - Year 3 and Year 4
A 24 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the structure and language features of persuasive texts.
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Dictation Passages PowerPoint - Year 3
A 22 slide editable PowerPoint Template which can be used for a range of dictation activities.
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Goal Labels - Writing (Key Stage 2 - Lower)
Thirty-seven writing goal labels for middle primary.
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Explanation Texts Writing Scaffold
A scaffolding sheet that can be used to write an explanation text.