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England National Curriculum · Year 3 · English · Reading

2 curriculum codes

English

Reading

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Pupils should be taught to:
develop positive attitudes to reading, and an understanding of what they read, by:
listening to and discussing a wide range of fiction, poetry, plays, non-fiction and reference books or textbooks
reading books that are structured in different ways and reading for a range of purposes
using dictionaries to check the meaning of words that they have read
increasing their familiarity with a wide range of books, including fairy stories, myths and legends, and retelling some of these orally
identifying themes and conventions in a wide range of books
preparing poems and play scripts to read aloud and to perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone, volume and action
discussing words and phrases that capture the reader’s interest and imagination
recognising some different forms of poetry [for example, free verse, narrative poetry]
understand what they read, in books they can read independently, by:
checking that the text makes sense to them, discussing their understanding, and explaining the meaning of words in context
asking questions to improve their understanding of a text
drawing inferences such as inferring characters’ feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions, and justifying inferences with evidence
predicting what might happen from details stated and implied
identifying main ideas drawn from more than 1 paragraph and summarising these
identifying how language, structure, and presentation contribute to meaning
retrieve and record information from non-fiction
participate in discussion about both books that are read to them and those they can read for themselves, taking turns and listening to what others say

130 resources

A Bag and a Bird Book Study – Foundation-Year 2

Adjectives & Adjective Groups Years 1–5 English Unit Bundle

Adjectives Year 3 Unit

Asking Questions Comprehension - Year 2

Blending and Segmenting Year 3

Blueback Book Study – Years 3–6

Book Week Primary Celebration Bundle | Foundation–Year 6

Book Week Unit – Foundation to Year 6

Build Ideas Together - Year 3

Celebrating Book Week Unit — Foundation to Year 2

Chants We Can Change - Year 2

Character Detectives — Foundation–Year 2

Character Development in Narratives - Year 3

Characters Belong in Places - Year 2 English Unit

Characters I Like and Why - Year 2

Characters in Words and Pictures - Year 3

Clear Headings and Helpful Links - Year 3

Compare Texts and Explain Your Choice - Year 2

Context Changes the Story - Year 3 English Unit

Context: Place, Time and Culture - Foundation-Year 2 English Unit

Creating Information Texts – Year 2

Creating Persuasives Year 2 Unit

Digger Book Study Unit | Years 1–2

Dreaming Soldiers Book Study English Unit - Years 3-4

Evaluative Language - Year 3

Excellent Editing — Year 3

Finding Facts in Print - Year 3

Foundation to Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

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

Genre: How Stories Work - Years 3-6

Hairy Maclary Book Study Unit

How Stories and Reports Are Built - Year 2

How to Catch a Star Book Study (F–2)

If the Setting Changed - Year 2 English Unit

Imagery, Symbol & Connotation Unit Plan

Images in Texts – Year 3

Inferencing Year 2 Unit

Informative Texts Writing Unit – Year 3

Instructions and Opinions That Work - Year 2

Instructions That Fit the Reader - Year 3

Julia Donaldson Author Study & Book Units | Foundation–Year 2 English Bundle

Julia Donaldson Author Study F–2

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

Leila and the Blue Fox: Hybrid Text Unit

Listen, Ask and Find Out - Year 3

Lost and Found Book Study F–2

Making Connections Year 2 Reading Comprehension Unit

Mem Fox Author Study F-2

Multisyllabic Words – Year 3

Narrative Storytelling Unit — Foundation-Year 2 English

Narrative Texts — Year 3 English Unit

Narrative Writing & Retelling F-2 Unit

Navigating Online Texts Unit

Our Reading Choices and Reasons - Year 3

Our Story-Place Gallery - Year 2

Perspective & Context 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

Picture Clues Tell the Story - Year 3

Picture It in Poetry and Prose - Year 3

Pictures Speak to the Reader - Year 3

Poems with Rhythm and Rhyme - Year 2

Possum Magic Book Study Unit – Foundation to Year 2

Practising Paragraphs - Year 3

Predicting Comprehension Foundation–Year 6 English Unit Bundle

Predicting Reading Comprehension Unit

Preparing Oral Presentations - Year 3

Procedural Texts Year 2 Unit

Reading Picture Clues - Year 2

Recount Writing Unit – Year 2

Representation: Foundation–Year 2 English Unit

Responding to Literature Year 3

Rhythm Makes Meaning - Year 3

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

Same Safety Message, Different Readers - Year 3

Say What You Like and Why - Year 2

Spoon Book Study – Foundation–Year 2

Stories Across Places and Times - Year 3

Story Clues and Context — Year 3 English Unit Plan

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

The Great Rabbit Chase Book Study

The Impact of Images in Texts — Year 2

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

Types of Texts — Year 2 English Unit Plan

Using Quotation Marks – Year 3

Visualising Comprehension Foundation–Year 6 English Unit Bundle

Visualising Comprehension Year 3

Visualising Reading Unit – Year 2

Wonder Characterisation Unit: Years 3–6

Wonder Theme Unit | Years 3–6

Yahoo Creek: Persuasive Writing

Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

Year 2 Comprehension Questioning Unit

Year 2 Creating Characters and Settings Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 2 Narrative Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 2 Navigating Screen Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 2 Poetry Unit

Year 2 Predicting Reading Unit

Year 2 Questioning Comprehension Variety Pack | 2 English Units

Year 2 Reading with Rhythm Fluency Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 2 Set 01 Decodable Readers - Year 2 launch review of the cumulative code

Year 2 Set 02 Decodable Readers - ph as f, ch as k or sh, and wh as h

Year 2 Set 03 Decodable Readers - kn, wr, gn, mb and selected silent l and w

Year 2 Set 04 Decodable Readers - Less common spellings for the ai and ee sounds

Year 2 Set 05 Decodable Readers - Less common vowel spellings, including oe, ou and ough

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

Year 2 Set 07 Decodable Readers - Sustained cumulative reading and fluency

Year 2 Set 08 Decodable Readers - Final transfer and targeted revision

Year 2 Summarising Unit | Reading Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 3 Adverbs Unit of Work

Year 3 Decoding Unknown Words Unit

Year 3 Inferencing Unit | Reading Worksheets, Games & Assessment

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

Year 3 Making Connections Unit Plan

Year 3 Onomatopoeia Unit

Year 3 Past Present Future Tense Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 3 Phonics, Spelling & Word Study Unit Bundle

Year 3 Procedural Texts Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 3 Questioning Unit | Reading Strategy Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 3 Summarising Unit | Reading Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 3 Vivid Verbs Unit | Worksheets, Activities & Assessment

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Pupils should be taught to:
apply their growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes (etymology and morphology) as listed in - see English appendix 1
, both to read aloud and to understand the meaning of new words they meet
read further exception words, noting the unusual correspondences between spelling and sound, and where these occur in the word

53 resources

A Bag and a Bird Book Study – Foundation-Year 2

Affixes, Morphemes & Word Origins Years 2–6 Bundle

Bases Keep Words Connected - Year 2

Blending and Segmenting Year 3

Blending and Segmenting — Year 2

Choose the Word, Check the Meaning - Year 3

Closed Compound Words Year 2 Unit

Dreaming Soldiers Book Study English Unit - Years 3-4

Every Sound in the Blend - Year 3

Fabulous Affixes Year 2

Foundation to Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

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

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

Frequent Words, Careful Spelling - Year 3

Hairy Maclary Book Study Unit

Knuffle Bunny Book Study English Unit – Foundation–Year 2

Long E Sound Unit - Year 2

Lost and Found Book Study F–2

Multisyllabic Words – Year 3

Perspective and Argument Unit — Foundation to Year 2

Possum Magic Book Study Unit – Foundation to Year 2

Prefixes and Suffixes Year 3

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

Short Vowels, Strong Endings - Year 3

Silent Letters Year 2 Unit

Spelling Changes with a Reason | Year 2

Spoon Book Study – Foundation–Year 2

Suffix Decisions that Work - Year 3

Syllables Unit - 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

Tricky Words in Word Families - Year 2

Unpack a Longer Word - Year 3

Vowel Digraphs Unit - Year 2

Word Families Across a Text - Year 3

Year 2 Complete Decodable Readers Collection

Year 2 Morphemes Unit

Year 2 Reading with Rhythm Fluency Unit | Worksheets, Games & Assessment

Year 2 Set 01 Decodable Readers - Year 2 launch review of the cumulative code

Year 2 Set 02 Decodable Readers - ph as f, ch as k or sh, and wh as h

Year 2 Set 03 Decodable Readers - kn, wr, gn, mb and selected silent l and w

Year 2 Set 04 Decodable Readers - Less common spellings for the ai and ee sounds

Year 2 Set 05 Decodable Readers - Less common vowel spellings, including oe, ou and ough

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

Year 2 Set 07 Decodable Readers - Sustained cumulative reading and fluency

Year 2 Set 08 Decodable Readers - Final transfer and targeted revision

Year 3 Decoding Unknown Words Unit

Year 3 Homophones Unit

Year 3 Phonics, Spelling & Word Study Unit Bundle