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Reading in Year 3 – Your child needs to know:
- apply their growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes to read aloud and understand the meaning of new words they meet
- read a range of fiction, poetry, plays and non-fiction texts
- re-tell stories orally
- perform poems and play scripts, showing understanding through intonation and action
- infer characters’ feelings though their actions, justifying their inference with evidence
- identify main ideas drawn and summarise these
Writing in Year 3 – Your child needs to know:
- understand how to spell words with a variety of prefixes and suffixes
- become more confident in joining their handwriting, increasing its legibility and quality
- use a wider range of connectives(when, before, after, while, so, because)
- start using inverted commas to punctuate speech
- create settings, characters and plot in narratives using a range of descriptive language
- use organisational devices such as bullet points and sub-headings
- assess and improve their writing