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Please find below the year 3 objectives for your own information and some suggested activities to support home learning.
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Use further prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add them
Spell further homophones
Spell words that are often misspelt
Place the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular plurals and in words with irregular plurals
Use the first 2 or 3 letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary
Write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher, that include words and punctuation taught so far.
Use the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters and understand which letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjoined.
Spring term 2 spelling and handwriting activities:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1dOa72XMlVaewOOnm366UEKiVf_u-3j_J
Plan their writing by:
Draft and write by:
Evaluate and edit by:
Proofread for spelling and punctuation errors
Read their own writing aloud, to a group or the whole class, using appropriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear.
Website to support homelearning writing activities :
https://www.theschoolrun.com/year-3-english
Indicate grammatical and other features by:
Website to support home learning of grammar and punctuation:
https://www.theschoolrun.com/subject/worksheets/grammar/year-3
Reading
Year 3 reading objectives
Apply their growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes, both to read aloud and to understand the meaning of new words they meet.
Read further exception words, noting the unusual correspondences between spelling and sound, and where these occur in the word.
Develop positive attitudes to reading, and an understanding of what they read, by:
Understand what they read, in books they can read independently, by
Retrieve and record information from non-fiction
Participate in discussion about both books that are read to them and those they can read for themselves, taking turns and listening to what others say.
All children have a home reading book in addition to this they have access to Bug Club where they have been set age appropriate books.
There are many websites available with free reading resources for children:
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
https://www.storylineonline.net/
On the website below, you will find some children's classics to read or listen to for free.
https://www.researchify.co.uk/audiobooks.html