2016-17
Spelling Year 3 Term 1
Week 2 – HFW
Week 3 - Introduce double consonant after short vowel when adding –ing –ed er
Week 4 - Can you add the suffixes –ing ed erand s to these words? What happens to the spelling? Why?
Group 1: plan, clap, skip, trot. Can you remember the rule?
Add the same endings to these words. Why are they different?
Smile, bake, wave, cope.
Spelling list word: accident
Group 2: plan, clap, skip, trot, swim, run, pat. Can you remember the rule? You may not be able to add ed to all of them.
Add the same endings to these words. Why are they different?
Smile, bake, wave, cope, care.
Spelling list words: accident, actually
Group 3: plan, clap, skip, trot, swim, run, pat. Can you remember the rule? You may not be able to add ed to all of them.
Add the same endings to these words. Why are they different?
Smile, bake, wave, cope, care, arrive. (can you ad er to all of them?)
Spelling list words: accident, actually, address
Week 5 - Spelling rule – shoot the e: add –ing. Add the suffix –ing to these root words.
Group 1: Bike, like, shake, chase, flame, stroke, fume.
Group 2: Bike, flame, stroke, fume, decide, believe, exercise.
Group 3: Believe, decide, describe, excite, exercise, experience.
Week 6 – Spelling rule – Add-esto words ending in -ch, -s, -sh, -x, -z
Group 1: wash/washes, box/boxes, match/matches, witch/witches, buzz/buzzes
These words ending in o – add an e before the s
Do/does go/goes
Group 2: Wash/washes, box/boxes, match/matches, witch/witches splash/splashes buzz/buzzes fizz/fizzes
These words ending in o – add an e before the s
Do/does go/goes tomato/tomatoes
Group 3: Wash/washes, box/boxes, match/matches, witch/witches splash/splashes buzz/buzzes fizz/fizzes glass/glasses church/churches
These words ending in o – add an e before the s
Do/does go/goes tomato/tomatoes potato/potatoes
Week 7 - More high frequency words
Group 1: water, going, were,where, school, laughed,live, little, house.
Spelling list word: actually
Group 2: water, going, were,where, school, laughed,live, little, house, wanted, magic.
Spelling list words: address, answer
Group 3:water, going, were,where, school, laughed,live, little, house, wanted, magic, children.
Spelling list words:answer, appear, bicycle.