Year 3

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  • uses short-term memory to recall sentences, anecdotes, poems, songs, rhymes etc.
  • identifies and manipulates sounds in the various positions within a word
  • relates a story in response to a set of pictures or in relation to an event which took place recently
  • uses language to express him/herself adequately to interact with others
  • understands the concept of ‘past actions’
  • reads, without hesitation, a further extended list of high frequency and irregular words
  • identifies and reads the more complex word patterns 
  • has developed awareness of teh silent words ‘b’, ‘k’, ‘h’
  • uses knowledge of the alphabet sequence for the different contexts eg. Dictionary, directory, class lists
  • appreciates that different kinds of information can be acquired through reading
  • understands the implications of comparative and superlative adjectives
  • forms confidently the plural of the different word endings and irregular words
  • reads and writes out verbs in the past tense and has awareness of the sounds ‘ed’ in its different environments
  • writes / responds to basic questions
  • transforms and extends simple sentences to complex and compound sentences
  • spells correctly core sets of more advanced irregular words, and knows how to tackle unfamiliar words
  • shows comprehension of paragraphs via short written answers
  • reads and comprehends basic rubrics and instructions
  • writes a short paragraph / short story
  • appreciates the role of punctuation both when reading sentences and paragraphs
  • identifies the ‘bits’ which have been added on to the root word
  • reads and understands unfamiliar reading books, of average class level, without making more than 5 errors
  • understands and elaborates on what has been read in books aimed at the average 7 year-old