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Year 3 Spelling Objectives
Pupils should be taught to:
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use further prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add
them
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spell further homophones
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spell words that are often misspelt (see Year 3 word list)
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use the first two or three letters of a word to check its spelling in a
dictionary
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write from memory simple sentences, dictated by the teacher,
that include words and punctuation taught so far.
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Year 3 word list
Commonly misspelt words to be taught at the end of every
spelling session, throughout the year
actual
enough
length
special
appear
exercise
material
straight
arrive
extreme
naughty
strength
bicycle
famous
notice
strange
breath
February
occasion
therefore
build
forward
perhaps
thought
circle
fruit
position
through
complete
group
probably
various
decide
heard
promise
weight
different
history
quarter
woman
disappear
imagine
question
women
early
important
recent
earth
learn
remember
Objective: to know how the spellings of verbs alter when ing is added.
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Objective: to recognise and spell common prefixes and know
how these influence word meanings e.g. un, de, dis, re
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Objective: to use your knowledge of prefixes to generate
antonyms from root words e.g. happy/unhappy
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Objective: to know how words change when er and est are added
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Objective: to know how words change when y is added
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Objective: to recognise and spell common suffixes and how these
influence word meanings e.g. ly, ful, less
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Objective: to use your knowledge of suffixes to generate new
words from root words e.g. proud/proudly, hope/
hopeful/hopeless
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Objective: to recognise and spell the prefixes mis, non, ex, co,
anti
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Objective: to use knowledge of prefixes to generate new words
from root words and understand how they give clues to meaning
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Objective: to spell regular verb endings s, ed, ing
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Objective: to spell two-syllable words containing double
consonants e.g. bubble, kettle, common
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Objective: to distinguish between the spelling and meanings of
common homophones e.g. to/two/too; they’re/their/ there;
piece/peace
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Objective: to distinguish between the two forms: its (possessive)
and it’s (contracted it is) and to use these accurately in my writing
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Objective: to collect and investigate the meanings and spellings of
words using the prefixes: auto, bi, trans, tele, circum
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