Autumn - Core Subjects

In Year 3 all children will be given a staged reading book to bring home. We encourage the children to continue to read out loud at home. Each child is listened to read out loud at least once a week at school. 

Some children will continue with Read Write Inc in Year 3.

All children are encouraged to use the library to borrow books to read themselves alongside their staged reading book.

Below is a useful website for suggested reads in year 3:

https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-lists-for-ks2-school-pupils/reading-list-for-year-3-pupils-ks2-age-7-8/

We have a weekly guided reading session that focuses on reciprocal reading. The children each take on one of 4 roles in the session:

1. Predictor

2. Summeriser

3. Clarifier

4. Questioner

During this weekly session we use a range of engaging non fiction and fiction texts.

In the Autumn term we read a range of fiction and non fiction books during our literacy lessons to inspire the children's writing. 

During the first Autumn half term, the children will read and write:

• 'The Truth About my Unbelievable Summer' - Summer holiday recount

• 'The Tear Thief' - A persuasive letter

• 'The Pied Piper' - A traditional narrative 

During the second Autumn half term, the children will read and write:

• 'The First Drawing' - A historical narrative 

• 'Early Britain' - A non-chronological report

We assess the children's writing using the 'writing checklist' after each piece they complete.

In the Autumn term we recap the grammar from year 2:

• Capital letters and full stops

• Question marks and exclamation marks

• Apostrophes for missing letters 

• Adverbs

Some useful websites include:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zv48q6f

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

We complete a daily handwriting task when the children first arrive in the morning. We use continuous cursive handwriting. The daily handwriting aims to improve letter joins as well as legibility. 

Addition and subtraction

We aim to be adding and subtracting 3 digit and 2 digit numbers by half term. The children will become more confident at using the column method for addition and subtraction whilst using images, Base 10, place value counters and grids to aid their learning and encourage verbal explanations of their working out. 

Times Tables

The times tables test takes place on Tuesday. The children will need to achieve 12/12 for 3 tests before moving on to the next one. Our order of testing is based on guidance from the NCETM (National Centre of Excellence for Teaching Mathematics). The order is as follows:-

10x, 5x, 2x, 4x, 8x, 3x, 6x, 9x, 7x, 11x, 12x