YEAR 3 HOMEWORK

Reading

We expect children to be reading at home every day. It can be reading with an adult, or reading independently as they become more confident.

In Year 3, we ask that you help your child with their comprehension - what is actually happening in the story? Can they recall facts they have just read? We find that for some children, they become stuck on just decoding the phonics, but with little thought into what they are actually reading. We therefore encourage them to read texts that they are interested in. It is sometimes better to read a text your child finds easier to decode, so that they can focus more upon comprehension. Phonetic books are also available for Year 3s who need support.

Record your reading on a Reading Record sheet, and bring them back to class. Your child will get a token, go up the Reading Tree display, and will get a book prize if they complete 10.

Spelling

Each week, we will set some important words to practice spelling. They may be a group of related words with a similar spelling rule, a group of words with a similar job, or words with unusual phonemes from the Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum Tricky Word List.

Your child can play Spelling Games we have learnt in class, such as Pyramid Write, Rainbow Vowels, and Look Cover Write Check.

Autumn Half-term 2 2022

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7

Prepositions ('where?' words)

Homophones (words with the same sound but different spellings and meanings)

re- and mis- words Year 3 & 4 Tricky Phoneme words list. Choose 6 to practice! Year 3 & 4 Tricky Phoneme words list. Choose 6 to practice! Verbs in the past tense with -ed Words with a 'y' grapheme that makes a short 'i' sound.

beneath

behind

between

beside

through

opposite

to two too

new knew

ate eight

blue blew

there their they're

brake break

grate great

weight wait

son sun 

recycle

rewrite

return

repeat

mistake

misunderstand

misspell

mistreat

Year 5&6: mischievous!

often

busy

special

strange

therefore

fruit

caught

build

early

learn

 centre

opposite

circle

through

notice

although

probably

different

often

busy

special

strange

therefore

fruit

caught

build

early

learn

 centre

opposite

circle

through

notice

although

probably

different

that sound like ‘t’:

look looked        jump jumped

laugh laughed     help helped

fix fixed          watch watched

dance danced      kiss kissed

that have a split digraph:

use used    hope hoped     poke poked

tape taped   line lined       like liked

wave waved   bake baked   smile smiled

complete completed     amaze amazed

that double the consonant:

hop hopped  pat patted   fit fitted

tip tipped    bat batted   grab grabbed

rub rubbed  chat chatted beg begged

thud thudded   hug hugged

gym

myth

symbol

typical

Egypt

pyramid

sphynx

cygnet

rhythm

nymph

 

Spring Half-term 1 2023

Week 1

Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
-ness and -ful suffixes sub- prefixes  tele- prefix contractions graphemes which make 'sh' Adverbs -fully -lessly

fairness fitness kindness foolishness

happy happiness lovely loveliness nasty nastiness

gentleness

wishful successful forgetful painful

pity pitiful beauty beautiful

hateful hopeful

subject   submarine   submit   subtract

subcontinent    subtitle    subscribe

 

television    telephone 

 teleport  telescope

 

I’ll is short for I will.
you’ll is short for you will
he’ll he will 
she’ll she will 
we’ll we will 
they’ll they will 
it’s it is
wouldn’t would not 
couldn’t could not 
shouldn’t is should not 
haven’t is have not 
you’d is you would

shop     shocking shoe shopping sheep shine seashore shells fashion

chef      parachute  brochure

          pistachio

sure   unsure   treasure sugar

 mission  passion

special   suspicion  suspicious

          species vicious

station   preposition  Playstation

opposition variation  option

happily

firstly

finally

nervously

carefully

patiently

excitedly

eventually

astonishingly

helpfully helplessly

hopefully hopelessly

carefully  carelessly

truthfully

thoughtfully thoughtlessly

wonderfully

 

plentifully

beautifully

dutifully

mercifully mercilessly

Spring Half-term 2

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

 

super- and auto- prefixes

Revising homophones

 Common homophones

Year 3 & 4 Tricky Phoneme words list. Choose 6 to practice!

Year 3 & 4 Tricky Phoneme words list. Choose 6 to practice!

Year 3 & 4 Tricky Phoneme words list. Choose 6 to practice! 

 

super = above, beyond, or more than

superstar

supervise

supermarket

supersonic

superhero

superpowers

auto = by itself

automatic

automated

autograph

autopilot

autocorrect

autofocus

 

there their they're

to too two

We have included posters with visual clues about their meanings in the links!

bear = animal

bare = no fur, empty

night = dark time

knight = a soldier in armour

be = the verb to be

bee = an insect

so = like therefore

sew = use needle and thread

of = part of something

off = to turn it off

threw = to throw in the past

through = go through the middle

our = it belongs to us

are = we are

here = here it is

hear = to hear a sound

 

Choose 6 words from this poster of the Year 3 & 4 words to practice:

Year 3 & 4 Tricky Grapheme Words List

Choose 6 words from this poster of the Year 3 & 4 words to practice:

Year 3 & 4 Tricky Grapheme Words List

Choose 6 words from this poster of the Year 3 & 4 words to practice:

Year 3 & 4 Tricky Grapheme Words List

Summer Half-term 1 2023

Week 1

Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6

The grapheme 'ch' with a 'k' sound

Plural nouns with es

Plural nouns with ies

Adverbs with -ly, -ily, and -ically Contraction words Year 3 & 4 Tricky Phoneme words list. Choose 6 to practice! Words with a y grapheme that make a short i sound.

echo

chaos

choir

stomach

ache

character

school

scheme

orchestra

technology

chemistry

buses     faces

princesses     kisses

boxes    foxes

torches   brushes

 

baby babies

lolly lollies

country countries

penny pennies

bully bullies

story stories

really  actually

eventually   accidentally

 

happy    happily

funny    funnily 

 

terrible terribly  horrible horribly

gentle gently

 

magical magically  basically

 

she's he's it's

 

she'll he'll they'll we'll you'll

 

we're you're they're

 

isn't wasn't didn't

 

 

Choose 6 words from this poster of the Year 3 & 4 words to practice:

Year 3 & 4 Tricky Grapheme Words List

 

myth

mythical

mystery

mysterious

 

gym (balances)

gymnastics

 

symbol (a sign)

cymbal (an instrument!)

 

system

syrup

 

crypt (a tomb!)

Summer Half-term 2 2023

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7

Long vowel graphemes

oa o o-e oe ow

Words with a short /u/ sound made with the grapheme 'ou' Homophones Year 3 & 4 Common Exception Words List

boat goat toast roast

toe hoe

rainbow blow slowly owner

bone stone alone

broke awoke

explode  episode

telescope envelope

 

young

tough rough enough

cousin

double trouble

country courage

touch 

 

 

fair fare

whether weather

berry bury

heel heal

grown groan

brake break

great grate

 

there their they're

 

ordinary

peculiar

perhaps

promise

breathe

accident

disappear

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Maths

In Year 3, we want children to focus upon practicing their fundamental mental maths skills. These include knowing number bonds to 10, 20 and all other number in between by heart. Children should also practice their 2, 5 and 10 x tables, and learn their 3 and 4 x tables.

Use everyday life to help your child use number facts, e.g. counting items of shopping, using coins, measuring things for cooking.

Autumn Half-term 2 2022
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7
x2 table and x10 table x5 table x 3 table x 4 table x 4 table x 8 table x 8 table

Number bonds to 10 and 20

(e.g. 2 + 8 = 10,

5 + 15 = 20)

Adding and subtracting 10 to any number up to 200

(e.g. 51 - 10 = 41,

92 + 10 = 102)

Number bonds to 

3, 4, 5,6,7,8, and 9

(e.g. 3 + 4 = 7,

6 + 1 = 7)

Number bonds to 

11,12,13,14,15

(e.g. 8 + 4 = 12,

9 + 3 = 12)

Doubles and halves to 20

(e.g. 6 + 6 = 12,

16 ÷ 2 = 8)

Near doubles to 20

(e.g. 8 + 9 = 17,

4 + 5 = 9)

Number bonds to 16,17,18,19

Spring Half-term 1 2023

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

 Week 7

x 2 and x 5 tables

x 3 table

x 4 and x8 tables

x 3 and x 6 tables

x 4 and x 8 tables

x 3 and x 6 tables 

 x 4 and x 8 tables

Making numbers x10 bigger

(e.g. 4 to 40, 25 to 250) 

 halves to 20

 doubles to 20

 Near doubles to 20

 Near doubles to 20

 Near Doubles to 20

Counting money to 100p, £1, £2 

Spring Half-term 2 2023

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

x 3 and x 6 tables

x 4 and x 8 tables

 x 3 and x 6 tables

 x 3 table practice

x 4 table practice 

x 3 x4 and x 8 table practice 

Bridging over the next whole 10

(adding or subtracting two number which will make more than another whole 10, e.g.

7 + 5 = 12

16 + 8 = 24

42 + 9 = 51

13 - 5 = 8

15 - 6 = 9

Bridging over the next whole 10

(adding or subtracting two number which will make more than another whole 10, e.g.

7 + 5 = 12

16 + 8 = 24

42 + 9 = 51

13 - 5 = 8

15 - 6 = 9

Adding and subtracting 9 from any number.

Some strategies are:

to add 10 and subtract 1.

to subtract 10 and add 1.

 

Adding and subtracting 9 from any number.

Some strategies are:

to add 10 and subtract 1.

to subtract 10 and add 1.

Counting on and back in 10 from any number.

Counting on and back in 100s from any number. 

Measuring in real life using mm, cm and m

Finding half and quarter of things and amounts 

Summer Half-Term 1 2023

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6

 

x 3 table

Counting in 50s

 

x 4 table

Counting in 50s

 

x 8 table

Counting in 100s

 

x 3 table

Counting in halves

 x 4 Table

Counting in Quarters

x 8 table

Counting on and back in 10s, 2s and 1s from any number

 

Near doubles to 20

(e.g. 8 + 9 = 17,

4 + 5 = 9)

 

Near doubles to 20

(e.g. 7 + 8 = 15,

9 + 10 = 19)

 Fractions of objects,

e.g. group some biscuits into 4 quarters. Group some grapes into 6 sixths.

Fractions of objects,

e.g. group some biscuits into 4 quarters. Group some grapes into 6 sixths.

Bridging over 10 (adding and subtracting through a whole ten boundary)

e.g. 7 + 4 = 11

9 + 6 = 15

17 - 9 = 8

Adding and subtracting 10 from any number

Summer Half-Term 2 2023

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6 Week 7

x 3 table

Counting forwards and back in 5s

x 4 table

Counting in 5s to half past

Counting back in 5s to o'clock.

x 8 table

Counting past o'clock and to the next hour on a clock face, using 5s and then 1s.

x 3 table

Counting past o'clock and to the next hour on a clock face, using 5s and then 1s.

 

Practice telling the time

on a clock face

to the nearest 5 minutes

for 'past' times.

Practice telling the time

on a clock face

to the nearest 5 minutes

for 'past' and 'to' times.

Practice telling the time

on a clock face

to the nearest minute.

 Practice telling the time in the am and the pm, using a clock face and digital time.

Practice telling the time in the am and the pm.

Practice telling the time using the 24-hour clock.

 

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Topic Project

This term, make a project of your own about something interesting about life in the Stone Age, Bronze Age or Iron Age! We will have a Year 3 Museum Day later in the term! 

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