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New Zealand Curriculum · Year 3 · English · Writing

17 curriculum codes

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English

Writing

NZ-Y3-ENG-W-TS-S-5 — opens in a new tab

add less-common suffixes (-er, -ly) and apply simple spelling conventions (e.g., taking away e from a split-vowel digraph before adding a vowel suffix (hope ➝ hoping)

6 resources

Affixes, Morphemes & Word Origins Years 2–6 Bundle

Fabulous Affixes Year 2

Foundation to Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

Year 2 Morphemes Unit

Year 2 Set 06 Decodable Readers - The prefixes dis-, mis-, pre- and the suffix -ment

NZ-Y3-ENG-W-TS-S-6 — opens in a new tab

spell contractions for two-word phrases ending with has, had, not, will (e.g., he’s, I’d, don’t, she’ll)

7 resources

Choose the Word, Check the Meaning - Year 3

Contractions Unit - Year 3

Dreaming Soldiers Book Study English Unit - Years 3-4

Exclamation Marks Year 3 Unit

Frequent Words, Careful Spelling - Year 3

Year 3 Comma Usage Unit

Year 3 Homophones Unit

NZ-Y3-ENG-W-TS-S-7 — opens in a new tab

spell words with r-controlled vowels represented by <ar>, <or>, <er>, <ir>, and <ur>

3 resources

Contractions Unit - Year 3

Exclamation Marks Year 3 Unit

Year 3 Comma Usage Unit

NZ-Y3-ENG-W-WC-WC-1 — opens in a new tab

select and use words and phrases, including adjectives and adverbs, that are increasingly precise in expressing the intended meaning

39 resources

Blueback Book Study – Years 3–6

Creating Information Texts – Year 2

Creating Persuasives Year 2 Unit

Excellent Editing — Year 3

Foundation–Year 2 Animal Story Book Studies | 14 English Units Bundle

Foundation–Year 2 B Year Literature Concepts | 6 English Units Bundle

Foundation–Year 2 Picture Book Studies | 24 English Units Bundle

Hairy Maclary Book Study Unit

Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Unit Plan

Informative Texts Writing Unit – Year 3

Knuffle Bunny Book Study English Unit – Foundation–Year 2

Leila and the Blue Fox & Migrants Unit Plan

Leila and the Blue Fox Literature Bundle | Years 3–6

Lost and Found Book Study F–2

Narrative Texts — Year 3 English Unit

Perspective and Argument Unit – Foundation–Year 2

Perspective and Argument Unit — Foundation to Year 2

Persuasive Texts Year 3

Persuasive Writing Progression Bundle | Years 1–6

Possum Magic Book Study Unit – Foundation to Year 2

Practising Paragraphs - Year 3

Procedural Texts Year 2 Unit

Recount Writing Unit – Year 2

Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

Rosie’s Walk Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English

Spoon Book Study – Foundation–Year 2

The Good Egg Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

The Great Rabbit Chase Book Study

The Shopping Basket Book Study

The Wall in the Middle Book Study

Three Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

Tilly Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

Wonder Characterisation Unit: Years 3–6

Wonder Theme Unit | Years 3–6

Yahoo Creek: Persuasive Writing

Year 2 Narrative Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 2 Poetry Unit

Year 3 Informative Texts Unit | Factual Recount, Autobiography & Explanation

Year 3 Procedural Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

NZ-Y3-ENG-W-WP-E-1 — opens in a new tab

make simple edits to draft sentences using known spelling patterns and punctuation.

26 resources

Creating Information Texts – Year 2

Creating Persuasives Year 2 Unit

Foundation–Year 2 Animal Story Book Studies | 14 English Units Bundle

Foundation–Year 2 B Year Literature Concepts | 6 English Units Bundle

Foundation–Year 2 Picture Book Studies | 24 English Units Bundle

Hairy Maclary Book Study Unit

Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Unit Plan

Knuffle Bunny Book Study English Unit – Foundation–Year 2

Lost and Found Book Study F–2

Perspective and Argument Unit – Foundation–Year 2

Perspective and Argument Unit — Foundation to Year 2

Persuasive Writing Progression Bundle | Years 1–6

Possum Magic Book Study Unit – Foundation to Year 2

Procedural Texts Year 2 Unit

Recount Writing Unit – Year 2

Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

Rosie’s Walk Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English

Spoon Book Study – Foundation–Year 2

The Good Egg Book Study | Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

The Great Rabbit Chase Book Study

The Shopping Basket Book Study

The Wall in the Middle Book Study

Three Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

Tilly Book Study Unit - Foundation to Year 2

Year 2 Narrative Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 2 Poetry Unit