Year 3 Spelling

14 December 2018

Posted on Friday 14 December 2018 by

This week, spelling homework contains words that have the /I/ sound but are spelt with a Y.

These words will be tested on Friday 21 December.

gym
myth
pyramid
cygnet
Egypt
mystery

We are learning our 4 times tables.

07 November 2018

Posted on Friday 07 December 2018 by

Spellings

This week’s spelling list is formed using our Must Do homophones for Year 3. Children should practise listening to a sentence read to them out loud and writing the correct homophone. For example:

They’re going to a party this weekend.”

Can you think of any fun ways to remember which word is right? Can you write some silly sentences? Can you show your words creatively?

  • your/you’re
  • its/it’s
  • of/off
  • they’re/their/there
  • which/witch

Children should learn these in preparation for a spelling test on Friday 13 December.

We are learning our 4 times tables.

Friday 30 November

Posted on Friday 30 November 2018 by

Spellings homework

This word search contains the spellings you will be tested on next week (Friday 07 December). Find the words in the list below. Make sure you understand the meanings of the words and how the prefix changes the meaning of the root word.

You can also go online to practise this word search:

https://thewordsearch.com/puzzle/469918/mis-and-re-prefix-wordsearch/.

23 November 2018

Posted on Friday 23 November 2018 by

This week’s spelling features words with the  ‘–mis’ or the ‘–re’ prefix.

We created the list based on words the children came up in class.

Your homework is to write a short story using all of the words on our list.  Make sure that you check that you understand the meanings of the words!

These will be tested on Friday 07 December.

misplace / misunderstand / mishear / react / misread / replay / reuse/ review/

We are learning our 8 times tables.

16 November 2018

Posted on Friday 16 November 2018 by

This week’s spelling homework is the prefix ‘-dis‘ which has a negative or reversing effect. This will be tested on Friday 23 November.

Below is a list of words with the ‘-dis‘ prefix to learn. It may be useful to look at the root word to understand how the prefix changes its meaning.

Practise your spellings using the suggestions stuck into the back of your homework book. Can you practise in a creative way?

  • disobey
  • disagree
  • distrust
  • disappear
  • disqualify
  • disconnect
  • dislike
  • discomfort
  • disown
  • dishonest

We are learning our 8 times tables.

09 November 2018

Posted on Friday 09 November 2018 by

Next week, we will be looking at spellings that have the long vowel ‘a’ phoneme in, spelt with the graphemes ‘ei’, ‘aigh’ or ‘ey. These spellings will be tested on Friday 16 November.

Below are a list of words for you to learn. Write the words out, underline which grapheme is making the long ‘a’ vowel sound. Then write a sentence using each word. Check for sense!

  • eight
  • vein
  • straight
  • reign
  • they
  • grey
  • obey
  • survey

We are learning our 8 times tables.

12 October 2018

Posted on Friday 12 October 2018 by

This week, spelling will continue to focus on one of our must dos: apostrophes for contractions. This is due in on Thursday 18 October. There will be a test on contractions on Friday 13 October.

Practise contractions by completing the expanded/contracted table below. Don’t forget to use the apostrophe where letters have been omitted!

Challenge: write a sentence for each contracted word.

Expanded form Contraction
I will I’ll
she has
they are
didn’t
wasn’t
couldn’t
will not
he has
you are
do not
they’ve
isn’t

We are learning the 3 times tables.

05 October 2018

Posted on Friday 05 October 2018 by

This week, spelling will focus on one of our must dos: apostrophes for contractions. This is due in on Thursday 11 October.

Practise contractions by re-writing these sentences into your books, changing the underlined words for its contraction.  Don’t forget to use the apostrophe in the right place. Use the list at the bottom of the page to find the spellings of the contractions you need.

  1. I am having an amazing day today.
  2. I do not want to play that game.
  3. I will help you.
  4. She did not like my cake.
  5. There is not any butter left.
  6. We can not find it anywhere!
  7. You should not go in there!
  8. I was not able to go to her party.
  9. You are too late.
  10. I could not help it!
  11. They have got a large house with a swimming pool
  12. If you leave, there will not be enough people to play.

can’t/won’t/wasn’t/I’ll/don’t/they’ve/isn’t/I’m/didn’t/shouldn’t/ couldn’t/you’re

We are learning our 3 times tables.

28 September 2018

Posted on Friday 28 September 2018 by

This week’s spelling list is formed with words that have the prefix un- or dis-. If you don’t know what any of the words mean, find out! Think about the root word and how the prefix changes the meaning.

  • Can you show your words in a creative way?
  • Can you write them in your own sentences?
appoint honest tie happy appear
own wrap able like comfort

We will share our sentences in class on Friday 05 October.

We are practising a tines table we already know: our 3 times tables.

21 September 2018

Posted on Monday 24 September 2018 by

21 September 2018

This week’s spellings are all words which need you to drop the ‘y’ for an ‘i’. Then, you add either ed or es to make the past tense or a plural noun. If you’re not sure what any of them mean, find out. Children may be asked to spell similar words which follow the same spelling pattern:

carry/ied fly/ies family/ies hurry/ied copy/ied
try/ied daisy/ies worry/ied puppy/ies story/ies

We are learning our 3 times tables.