Spelling Words for Year 3: 2,000 Words Every Child Should Know (KS2 English Ages 7-8) (2,000 Spelling Words (UK Editions))

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These resources are great for home learning, even if you have no prior experience in teaching or home educating. At Twinkl, all of our resources are designed and approved by qualified teachers so that you can still use them at home in confidence knowing that not only do they have simple instructions and beautiful illustrations, but they are also all aligned with curriculum guidelines and expectations. For more information on the literacy skills that your year 3 child should know, as well as useful tips for home learning, take a look at our A Parent Guide to Year 3 English here. Spelling Activities for Year 3 Listen to your child read as often as possible. Try to read their school reading book as well as other books they have chosen for themselves. Occasionally, without slowing the story too much, point out conjunctions or adverbs, and the punctuation for speech. When reading non-fiction, ask your child to point out headings, captions and key words. These Word Search Printable Sheets can be used as part of a lesson, homework or to fill up time for those who finish early. Some of the words in this statutory spellings word mat are “accident,” “disappear,” “forwards,” “occasionally,” and “therefore.” There are over a hundred words on the sheet.

Having mastered the Year 1 and 2 spelling lists, 7-year-olds entering Year 3 will find they have a whole new mountain to climb! There's nothing to worry about, though - you can support them every step of the way. You can find the full list of Year 3 spelling words in this Statutory Spelling Years 3 and 4 Word Mat but, for now, here are a few examples: Create writing opportunities, such as mini non-fiction books, chapter books or a graphic novel. Encourage your child to write the story of a favourite film or television series. Our Spelling activities and worksheets are lovingly designed for parents teaching their year 3 (ages 7 - 8) children at home. Spelling in Year 3

Use over-pronunciation. So for Wednesday, encourage children to say Wed-nes-day as they write. There are lots of words which feature sounds that aren’t always pronounced clearly (such as words ending in -ed), and over-emphasising these while spelling them out can help fix the spelling in your child’s memory. You can even use this word mat when you're testing your children on these spellings. Simply read out each word and challenge your pupils to spell them correctly. Soon, your pupils will be able to spell the year 4 and year 3 spelling words from the national curriculum with no trouble at all.

using the possessive apostrophe with regular and irregular plurals, for example, the children’s lunch, the girls’ shoes We offer tutoring and mentoring for students in Years K-12 in a variety of subjects, with personalised lessons conducted one-on-one in your home in Bondi Junction or anywhere else all across Sydney. We can also meet you at our state of the art campuses in Hornsby or the Hills! Keep words on display: Make a bright, engaging and informative display in the classroom. Words that are in a child’s environment will be received as passive input, which over time will transfer to active knowledge. Children should also develop their knowledge of common exception words in year 3 and 4 - words that don't follow regular spelling rules. Use this Year 3 and 4 Common Exception Words Word Mat to support children learning them. The words are presented alphabetically in a clear and easy-to-understand way.Prefixes, suffixes, homophones are just some of the word types your child will be exposed to when working through our sheets. Sometimes, things don’t always go to plan. The day might be unfolding rather smoothly until you notice the sky slowly clouding over just before break time.

If your child is struggling with a spelling list they have been asked to learn, here are a few ideas to help: Fantastic word search printable sheets to challenge your children on their knowledge of the words they should recognise in Year 3 and Year 4.

This handy high frequency words sheet features 100 different high frequency words, it's perfect for your English lessons. Use the present perfect form of verbs, for example, ‘Bella has lost her keys’ or ‘I have lived in London for fifteen years’ to talk about events that started in the past and are still happening Encourage your child to read as much as possible – seeing words in print really helps children to absorb correct spelling and grammar and punctuation. Talk about the books your child reads. Have they liked them? What might happen next?

For spelling in year 3 and 4, the national curriculum says that pupils should 'pay special attention to the rules for adding suffixes'. Learners should begin to understand the rules for adding prefixes and suffixes to root words. They'll learn a variety of prefixes and suffixes, including the suffixes -ation, -ly and -tion.

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If you find this resource useful, you may also like our Year 5 and 6 Statutory Spellings Word Mat, Statutory Spelling List Assessment Grid Year 3, 4, and our New Curriculum Spellings Year 1 and 2 Word Mat . Encourage your child to talk to you. Gently correct any grammar mistakes, and help them to extend what they say with conjunctions such as because, after, where and to choose a or an correctly. Challenge them to use new vocabulary and to retell stories to you or tell you anecdotes about their life.