Year 3 Spelling

20 April 2012

Posted on Friday 20 April 2012 by Mr Wilks

This week’s spellings are all emotive words which we’ll be using in our persuasive writing next week. Children will be tested on eight out of the ten words.

The spellings will be tested on Friday 27 2012.

1. unfair
2. cruel
3. stunned
4. wicked
5. heartless
6. disgusting
7. delighted
8. overwhelmed
9. inhumane
10. astonished

30 March 2012

Posted on Wednesday 28 March 2012 by Mr Roundtree

It’s the Easter holidays and, in line with our Homework Policy, teachers do not set spellings or homework tasks. Instead, enjoy the sunny weather by getting active: a trip to the park, a game of football, a cycle ride or a long walk!

During the holidays, two of our teachers will visit Italy, one will be in Russia and one will be in…Barry Island!

23 March 2012

Posted on Friday 23 March 2012 by Mr Wilks

The spellings this week are all words which I’ve noticed a few of the children are spelling incorrectly. Children will be tested on eight of the words in the list on Friday 30 April.

1. when
2. does
3. among
4. which
5. like
6. coming
7. using
8. there
9. believe

16 March 2012

Posted on Friday 16 March 2012 by

This week’s spellings are connectives that can be used as openers for a sentence related to the previous sentence or paragraph. For example: “The acting in the Lion King was amazing. In addition, the singing was superb!” They have been separated into two groups:

  • adding connectives – add more information to the previous point
  • reason + result – gives a consequence to the previous point

 

LO: connective openers
adding connectives
In addition,
Furthermore,
Moreover,
Additionally,
reason + result connectives
Consequently,
As a result,
Therefore,
As a consequence,

 

These connectives will really help with the children’s writing next week as they are learning how to persuade someone to do something.

 

09 March 2012

Posted on Friday 09 March 2012 by Mr Wilks

The spellings this week are all words with silent letters, e.g. knee, gnat, wrinkle.

The children will be tested on eight out of the ten words on Friday 16 March.

1. knee
2. knock
3. knife
4. wrong
5. wreck
6. wretch
7. sword
8. when
9. whine
10. gnarled

02 March 2012

Posted on Thursday 01 March 2012 by Mr Wilks

This week’s spellings are more homophones (words which sound the same but have different meanings and/or spelling). Children need to know the correct spelling and meaning of each word.

1.

too

two

2.

for

four

3.

right

write

4.

our

are

5.

hole

whole

If there are any questions, please come and see me.

 

 

24 February 2012

Posted on Friday 24 February 2012 by Mr Wilks

This week’s spellings are slightly different. Instead of a list of words, I simply want your child to be able to distinguish between the two forms of ‘no’:

  • no – For example: No, I don’t want to play.
  • know – For example: I know my times tables.

We’ll be looking at this through the week, but if you could practise these activities at home it will ensure your child has a thorough understanding:

On piece of paper, write ‘no’ on one side and ‘know’ on the other. Read out a sentence and they have to show the correct ‘no’.

Have some sample sentences where they write the correct form of no. For example:

  • I know my spellings. (know)
  • There is no way through. (no)

If you’ve any questions, feel free to speak with me any time.

It’s the holidays…

Posted on Saturday 11 February 2012 by Mr Roundtree

…so there are no spellings or homework activities.

Instead, enjoy a winter walk, the marvellous Muppets movie, some cool culture at a gallery or museum… Enjoy the half-term break.

03 February 2012

Posted on Thursday 02 February 2012 by Mr Wilks

This week the spellings are words where you have to drop the y for an i  when adding ly. Children will be tested on eight out of the ten words in the right hand column.

1.

happy

happily

2.

angry

angrily

3.

pretty

prettily

4.

grumpy

grumpily

5.

messy

messily

6.

sneaky

sneakily

7.

cheeky

cheekily

8.

clumsy

clumsily

9.

hungry

hungrily

10.

lazy

lazily

27 January 2012

Posted on Friday 27 January 2012 by Mr Wilks

This week, the spellings are words where the e has to be dropped when adding ing.

1.

smile

smiling

2.

drive

driving

3.

shine

shining

4.

time

timing

5.

write

writing

6.

like

liking

7.

come

coming

8.

arrive

arriving

9.

believe

believing

10.

amaze

amazing

Children will be tested on the words in the ing column. They will be tested on eight out of the ten words on Friday 3 February.