Year 3 Spelling

11 December 2015

This week’s spellings link to measurements which will be our maths focus next week. Your child will need to know the spellings and the appropriate abbreviations.

It’s half-term…

…so there is no homework this week.

Please make sure your child spends some time most days reading – books, comics, newspapers… Why not visit the library or a book shop this week?

To support writing, your child should review their spellings from the last few weeks. You could test them on words from all the lists, and ask them to use the words in sentences or a story, or create a comic strip with a word used in each speech bubble.Perhaps you could set a challenge (for you as well as your child!) of using spelling words in everyday conversations! Practising handwriting by joining up is a useful activity, too.

In Maths, children in Key Stage 2 should definitely practise times tables – including the related division facts. Can your child respond within five seconds (not counting up to work it out) to questions like ‘What’s 7 times 8?’ and ‘What’s 42 divided by 6?’

Of course, make sure your child is happy and healthy over half-term, too! A walk and play at Roundhay Park, a bike ride, a conker challenge, a trip to the art gallery… Enjoy!

09 October 2015

This week’s spellings follow the rule drop the e for ing.

02 October 2015

This week’s spellings follow the “drop the e for an ing” rule. Your child will be tested on the words in bold.

1. centre centring
2. believe circling
3. continue continuing
4. increase increasing
5. minute minuting
6. pressure pressuring
7. promise promising
8. separate separating
9. suppose supposing
10. surprise surprising

25 September 2015

This week, our spellings will focus on a common spelling rule: double up for a short vowel sound.

1. different
2. difficult
3. disappear
4. grammar
5. happen
6. opposite
7. possess
8. possession
9. possible
10. suppose

Some of these words are included in the Year 3 and 4 spelling list in the National Curriculum. Therefore, it is key that your child knows these spellings but even more importantly, the rule that applies. When consonants are doubled up (accident), it forces the vowel in front to be a short sound (accident).

Feel free to pop in if you’d like some advice on helping your child to spell at home.

03 July 2015

This week, we’re practising spelling words which have a prefix – a series of letters which are at the beginning of a word.

• dishonest
• disagree
• disobey
• impossible
• impatient
• impolite
• rewrite
• recount
• refresh
• rethink

12 June 2015

This week’s spellings are nouns (singular to plural).

For some of the words, you have to drop the y and replace it with an ies in order to pluralise the word. Can you spot any other spelling patterns or rules in these words?

05 June 2015

This week’s spellings are common words that are often spelt incorrectly. A good way to practice these is to put them into sentences.

01 May 2015

The spellings this week are linked with our current science topic of magnets and forces. Also, in class, we’re looking closely at root words, prefixes and suffixes. Added to the end of the spelling list is an extra challenge. Using the root word ‘act’ the children need to build a word family. For example, actress, action, acting.

• repel
• attract
• magnet
• friction
• force
• iron
• copper
• pole
• materials
• gravity
• Extra challenge, use the root word ‘act’ to create a word family.

24th April 2015

This week’s spellings focus on prefixes and suffixes.

• untied
• unhappy
• dislike
• disagree
• dangerous
• comfortable
• impossible
• kindness
• decrease
• accidentally

Can your child identify the prefix or suffix in each word?