Spellings for year 3

If you’re teaching English in year 3, Spellings for year 3 could be just what you need.

This spelling pack is divided into six terms of six weeks. Each week focuses on a different spelling rule from the National Curriculum statutory spelling list for year 3/4 learners and features two differentiated spelling lists, a worksheet and a challenge. Activities include wordsearches, crossword puzzles and matching tasks. The packs also include ideas for spelling games and useful templates.

The pack has been designed to ensure all the planning and thinking is done for you - you can simply photocopy and go!

What's included?

• Units divided into six terms of six weeks, each focusing on a different spelling rule
• Weekly differentiated spelling lists and worksheets
• Spelling templates and suggestions for games

What's inside?

Introduction (page 4)

Term 1, week 1 – words ending with -el/-il/-al (pages 5-8)

Term 1, week 2 – adding suffixes beginning with vowels to words of more than one syllable (part 1) (pages 9-13)

Term 1, week 3 – adding suffixes beginning with vowels to words of more than one syllable (part 2) (pages 14-17)

Term 1, week 4 – words that contain y as a vowel (pages 18-20)

Term 1, week 5 – homophones (pages 21-24)

Term 1, week 6 – common exception words from year 2 (pages 25-27)Term 2, week 1 — words containing -dg/-dge (revision from year 2) (pages 28-31)

Term 2, week 2 — words containing -ou (pages 32-35)

Term 2, week 3 — words beginning with dis- (pages 36-39)

Term 2, week 4 — words ending in -ation (pages 40-43)

Term 2, week 5 — word families (pages 44-46)

Term 2, week 6 — year 3/4 word list 1 (pages 47-49)

Term 3, week 1 — words beginning with gn-/kn- (revision from year 2) (pages 50-52)

Term 3, week 2 — words beginning with in- (pages 53-56)

Term 3, week 3 — words ending in -ly (part 1) (pages 57-60)

Term 3, week 4 — words ending in -sion (pages 61-63)

Term 3, week 5 — homophones (pages 64-66)

Term 3, week 6 — year 3/4 word list 2 (pages 67-70)

Term 4, week 1 — words ending in -ness/-ment (revision from year 2) (pages 71-74)

Term 4, week 2 — words beginning with il- and ir- (pages 75-79)

Term 4, week 3 — words ending with -sure/-ture (pages 80-82)

Term 4, week 4 — words ending in -ous (pages 83-87)

Term 4, week 5 — word families (pages 88-91)

Term 4, week 6 — year 3/4 word list 3 (pages 92-96)

Term 5, week 1 — compound words (revision from year 2)(pages 97-101)

Term 5, week 2 — words ending in -ly (part 2) (pages 102-106)

Term 5, week 3 — words beginning with im- (pages 107-109)

Term 5, week 4 — words containing ch that sound like hard c (pages 110-112)

Term 5, week 5 — words that are homophones (pages 113-116)

Term 5, week 6 — year 3/4 word list 4 (pages 117-120)

Term 6, week 1 — words ending in -less/-ful (revision from year 2) (pages 121-124)

Term 6, week 2 — words beginning with re- (pages 125-127)

Term 6, week 3 — words containing sc that sound like s (pages 128-132)

Term 6, week 4 — words containing eigh that rhyme with ay (pages 133-135)

Term 6, week 5 — word families (pages 138-140)

Term 6, week 6 — year 3/4 word list 5 (pages 141-143)

Spelling games (pages 144-146)

Look/Say/Cover/Write/Check template (page 147)

Word of the week template (page 148)

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