These resources are great for home learning, even if you have no prior experience in teaching or home educating. At Twinkl, all of our resources are designed and approved by qualified teachers so that you can still use them at home in confidence knowing that not only do they have simple instructions and beautiful illustrations, but they are also all aligned with curriculum guidelines and expectations. For more information on the literacy skills that your year 3 child should know, as well as useful tips for home learning, take a look at our A Parent Guide to Year 3 English here. Spelling Activities for Year 3 For spelling in year 3 and 4, the national curriculum says that pupils should 'pay special attention to the rules for adding suffixes'. Learners should begin to understand the rules for adding prefixes and suffixes to root words. They'll learn a variety of prefixes and suffixes, including the suffixes -ation, -ly and -tion. We’ve supported over 8,000 students over the last 11 years, and on average our students score mark improvements of over 20%! Prefixes, suffixes, homophones are just some of the word types your child will be exposed to when working through our sheets.

If you’re feeling a little worried for your child, we’ve got plenty of info to share so that you know exactly what your child will be doing once they sit these assessments. using the possessive apostrophe with regular and irregular plurals, for example, the children’s lunch, the girls’ shoes words with unusual spelling such as ch for /k/, gue for /g/ and que for /k/, sc for /s/ and ei, eigh, and ey for /ay/ Use over-pronunciation. So for Wednesday, encourage children to say Wed-nes-day as they write. There are lots of words which feature sounds that aren’t always pronounced clearly (such as words ending in -ed), and over-emphasising these while spelling them out can help fix the spelling in your child’s memory. You could even print the cursive version of this spelling words list and use it with these blank handwriting sheets to help your class practise their cursive writing. Different versions of this spelling words list

We offer tutoring and mentoring for students in Years K-12 in a variety of subjects, with personalised lessons conducted one-on-one in your home in Bondi Junction or anywhere else all across Sydney. We can also meet you at our state of the art campuses in Hornsby or the Hills! Listen to your child read as often as possible. Try to read their school reading book as well as other books they have chosen for themselves. Occasionally, without slowing the story too much, point out conjunctions or adverbs, and the punctuation for speech. When reading non-fiction, ask your child to point out headings, captions and key words. This Suffix Word List can be a great help with this, further developing your children's spelling and vocabulary. When children know how to apply suffixes to root words, they expand their spelling knowledge greatly. Using all these resources as well as the year 3 national curriculum spelling words word mat, you can support children and help them to become confident and competent spellers. Spelling requirements for Year 3 and 4

Encourage your child to read as much as possible – seeing words in print really helps children to absorb correct spelling and grammar and punctuation. Talk about the books your child reads. Have they liked them? What might happen next? Sometimes, things don’t always go to plan. The day might be unfolding rather smoothly until you notice the sky slowly clouding over just before break time. Our Spelling activities and worksheets are lovingly designed for parents teaching their year 3 (ages 7 - 8) children at home. Spelling in Year 3 If you’d like to have a go at creating your own resources, Twinkl-style, head over Twinkl Create and make something special to aid your children’s learning!

Use adverbs to talk about time, place and cause, for example, ‘I’ll tidy my bedroom tomorrow’ (time), ‘The man waited outside’ (place), ‘The bus broke down therefore I was late’ (cause)

Learning to spell through spelling tests helps children to develop a connection between letters and their sounds. accept/except, affect/effect, ball/bawl, berry/bury, brake/break, fair/fare, grate/great, groan/grown, here/hear, heel/heal/he’ll, knot/not, mail/male, main/mane, meat/meet, medal/meddle, missed/mist, peace/piece, plain/plane, rain/rein/reign, scene/seen, weather/whether, whose/who’sHigh Frequency Word Mat. If the first 100 aren't enough for you, here's a word mat with 200 high frequency words!

This spelling words list is incredibly versatile and can be used as part of multiple tasks or topics. Use the present perfect form of verbs, for example, ‘Bella has lost her keys’ or ‘I have lived in London for fifteen years’ to talk about events that started in the past and are still happening

For more general support and guidance on year 3 spelling words in the national curriculum, try these LKS2 Spelling Rules Display Posters. Bright and colourful to engage children and liven up your classroom, the posters feature a variety of spelling rules, patterns, prefixes, vocabulary and more that'll be helpful to your year 3 and 4 learners. This simple word mat features key vocabulary for the new curriculum spelling lists for years 3 and 4. With all the year 4 and year 3 spelling words from the national curriculum at hand in one handy resource, your teaching is made much easier. Create writing opportunities, such as mini non-fiction books, chapter books or a graphic novel. Encourage your child to write the story of a favourite film or television series. Keep talking to your child and use interesting vocabulary when doing so. Try to use precise nouns, descriptive adjectives and adverbs. To find out more and get started with an inspirational English tutor and mentor, get in touch today or give us a ring on 1300 267 888!