Grade 3 Term 2 SPELLING HOMEWORK
Each week you will need to make a list of eight words in your homework book that feature the weekly
phonogram. Then you will choose a spelling activity to complete that will help you practice the word
feature. Over the term you need to have completed each of the activities. Please ensure your work is
presented neatly and that your words are spelt correctly!
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Vowels and Consonants
Write each spelling
word using blue for the
consonants and red for
the vowels.
Draw a picture ~ draw
a picture for each of
your spelling words.
Make your words ~
make your words using
plasticine, play dough
or cut them out of paper.
Definitions ~ use a
dictionary to find a
definition for each of
your words. Write them
down in your
homework book.
Make a story ~ create
a short story that
includes all of your
spelling words. Inlcude
a picture.
Games ~ make two
copies of your list on
flashcards, use the
cards to play snap,
concentration or go
fish.
Syllables ~ break your
words into syllables
and write them down in
your homework book.
Numerical value ~
work out the numerical
value of each of your
spelling words. Eg.
A=1, B=2... Z=26.
Mnemonics
Write a hint that will
help you remember how
to spell each word.
Because- Big elephants
can add up sums.
Signed
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20th April 2015
Dear Parents/Guardians,
The Year Three team would like to inform you that there will be a few changes regarding the
operation of our spelling program. We will continue to provide an inquiry based and systematic
spelling program that allows students to see how spelling features and patterns operate.
We will continue the Words Their Way Spelling program but will now spend a fortnight instead of a
week on the particular spelling feature/pattern that is identified in the word sort. In the first week the
focus is hearing the word, sounding out and looking for spelling patterns. In the second week follow
up multi-sensory activities to reinforce the particular spelling feature(s) will take place.
In addition to the above program we will also implement our weekly whole school spelling and
grammar program.
Every fortnight the students will be tested on ten unseen words that feature the whole-school weekly
spelling focuses and the word sort feature(s) covered in those two weeks.
Home learning:
Each week students will need to generate their own word list that features the whole school spelling
(phonogram) focus for that week. They will then choose a spelling activity from their Spelling Menu
to work on.
The Homework book will need to be brought it on the Monday to be checked by the teacher. The
Home learning grid will be handed out to students every Monday.
The Maths home learning will take the form of Mathletics and other open-ended problem solving
tasks that reflect the learning intentions and strategies for that week.
Reading homework will consist of nightly reading that needs to be recorded in the Home reading log.
Thank-you,
The Year Three Team