Year 3 Model Texts For Teaching
KS2 English

Use further prefixes and suffixes and understand how to add them

Spell words that are often misspelt

Use the first two or three letters of a word to check its spelling in a dictionary

Discussing writing similar to that which they are planning to write in order to understand and learn from its structure, vocabulary and grammar

Plan their writing by discussing and recording ideas

Draft and write by composing and rehearsing sentences orally (including dialogue), progressively building a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures

Draft and write by organising paragraphs around a theme

In narratives, creating settings, characters and plot

In non-narrative material, using simple organisational devices [for example, headings and sub-headings]

Evaluate and edit by assessing the effectiveness of their own and others’ writing and suggesting improvements

Evaluate and edit by proposing changes to grammar and vocabulary to improve consistency, including the accurate use of pronouns in sentences

Proof-read for spelling and punctuation errors

Read aloud their own writing, to a group or the whole class, using approapriate intonation and controlling the tone and volume so that the meaning is clear

Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including when, if, because, although

Using the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense

Using conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time and cause

Using and punctuating direct speech

Formation of nouns using a range of prefixes [for example super–, anti–, auto–]

Use of the forms a or an according to whether the next word begins with a consonant or a vowel [for example, a rock, an open box]

Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning [for example, solve, solution, solver, dissolve, insoluble]

Expressing time, place and cause using conjunctions [for example, when, before, after, while, so, because]

Expressing time, place and cause using prepositions [for example, before, after, during, in, because of]

Expressing time, place and cause using adverbs [for example, then, next, soon, therefore]