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.
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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. |
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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
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| -ness and -ful suffixes | sub- prefixes | tele- prefix | contractions | graphemes which make 'sh' | Adverbs | -fully -lessly |
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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
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television telephone teleport telescope
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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 |
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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! |
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super = above, beyond, or more than superstar supervise supermarket supersonic superhero superpowers auto = by itself automatic automated autograph autopilot autocorrect autofocus
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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: |
Choose 6 words from this poster of the Year 3 & 4 words to practice: |
Choose 6 words from this poster of the Year 3 & 4 words to practice: |
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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. | |
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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
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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
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Choose 6 words from this poster of the Year 3 & 4 words to practice: |
myth mythical mystery mysterious
gym (balances) gymnastics
symbol (a sign) cymbal (an instrument!)
system syrup
crypt (a tomb!) |
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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.
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| x2 table and x10 table | x5 table | x 3 table | x 4 table | x 4 table | x 8 table | x 8 table |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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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!