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Year 3     

Term 1

   
Word Level 9 to investigate and learn to use the spelling pattern le as in little, muddle, bottle, scramble, cradle; MyWorld Activity

Sentence Level 3 the function of verbs in sentences through:
· noticing that sentences cannot make sense without them;
· collecting and classifying examples of verbs from reading and own knowledge, e.g. run, chase, sprint; eat, consume, gobble; said, whispered, shrieked;
· experimenting with changing simple verbs in sentences and discussing their impact on meaning; Word Activity

Text Level 7 to distinguish between rhyming and non-rhyming poetry and comment on the impact of layout; Word Activity

Term 2

  Word Level 10 to investigate, spell and read words with silent letters, e.g. knee, gnat, wrinkle;Word Activity

Word Level 13 to recognise and spell common suffixes and how these influence word meanings, e.g. -ly, -ful, -less; MyWorld Activity
Word Level 15 to use the apostrophe to spell shortened forms of words, e.g. don't, can't; Word Activity

Term 3 
Word Level 8 identify short words within longer words as an aid to spelling;
Word Activity
Word Level 9 and 10 to recognise and spell the prefixes mis-, non-, ex-, co-, anti-;
to use their knowledge of these prefixes to generate new words from root words, e.g. lead/mislead, sense/nonsense, and to understand how they give clues to meaning, e.g. extend, export, explode; mislead, mistake, misplace;
MyWorld Activity
Word Level 13 to collect synonyms which will be useful in writing dialogue, e.g. shouted, cried, yelled, squealed, exploring the effects on meaning, e.g. through substituting these synonyms in sentences; Word Activity
Sentence Level 3 to ensure grammatical agreement in speech and writing of pronouns and verbs, e.g. I am, we are, in standard English; MyWorld Activity
Sentence Level 5 how sentences can be joined in more complex ways through using a widening range of conjunctions in addition to 'and' and 'then', e.g.: if, so, while, though, since, when; Word Activity
Sentence Level 6 to investigate through reading and writing how words and phrases can signal time sequences, e.g. first, then, after, meanwhile, from, where; Word Activity
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