Download Spelling Year 3 Summer 1

Year 3 Spellings for Summer 1 11th April – 27th May 2016
Please help your child to learn these words. Try out some of the strategies on the back of this sheet
Go for Gold! Depending on your spelling ability you will have a target to achieve each week - however you are always welcome to try to exceed your
target. Everyone should learn all the Bronze words each week. Some of you will be expected to learn the Silver and the Gold words too. Have a go at
learning the words every night for a few minutes. Every Wednesday we will check your progress. REMEMBER: Use the Look, Say, Cover, Write
and Check Strategy!
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Test date:22 April
Test date: 29 April
Test date: 6 May
Test date: 13th May
Test date: 20th May Test date: 27th May
(Recapping)
The suffix ation is added to
verbs to form nouns.
BRONZE
must learn
Apply the rules for adding a
suffix to a word ending with a
vowel – there are exceptions.
our is changed to or before
ous is added. If there is an i
sound before the ous ending
then it is usually spelt with
the i but there are
exceptions.
BRONZE
must learn
To revise the spelling, meaning
and use of homophones.
To revise the spelling, meaning and
use of homophones.
To consolidate the recognition
and spelling of common
suffixes and understand how
they change word meanings –
ment and ness. Add the suffix
unless a word ends in y in
which case change to i if
necessary – this does not
always follow the rule.
BRONZE
must learn
BRONZE
must learn
BRONZE
must learn
Nation
Famous
There
Heal
Kindness
Station
Relation
Education
Creation
Population
SILVER
should learn
Celebration
Destination
Application
Dictation
Preparation
Limitation
GOLD
could learn
Serious
Jealous
Furious
Hideous
Hazardous
SILVER
should learn
Obvious
Previous
Enormous
Various
Dangerous
Glamorous
GOLD
could learn
They’re
Their
Two
Too
To
SILVER
should learn
Night
Knight
Bear
Bare
Quite
Quiet
GOLD
could learn
Heel
Hear
Here
Eight
Ate
SILVER
should learn
Meet
Meat
Peace
Piece
Main
Mane
GOLD
could learn
Fairness
Silliness
Fitness
Nastiness
Enjoyment
SILVER
should learn
Movement
Management
Loveliness
Childishness
Happiness
Tidiness
GOLD
could learn
Examination
Translation
Coordination
Admiration
Adoration
Alliteration
Tremendous
Poisonous
Courageous
Adventurous
Ambitious
Continuous
Break
Brake
Grate
Great
Fare
Fair
Accept
Except
Affect
Effect
Plain
plane
Environment
Experiment
Employment
Replacement
Government
Document
Testing throughout the
week a selection (x10
words that your child
hasn’t got highlighted)
of the words high and
medium frequency
words in the back of
the diary.
Year 3 Spellings for Summer 1 11th April – 27th May 2016
Please help your child to learn these words. Try out some of the strategies on the back of this sheet
Use your eyes
 Look at the word. Is it short?
Is it long? What else do you
notice when you look at it?
 Can you see any small words
inside your word?
 Take a picture of the word in
your mind. Shut your eyes.
Can you see it?
 Write the tricky part of the
word in a different colour.
Use your hand
 Write the word in the air.
 Write the word in your best
joined handwriting.
 Write the word again with
your eyes shut.
Use your brain
 What does this word mean?
Look it up in the dictionary if
you’re not sure.
 Put it in a sentence.
 Can you spell bits of this
word already?
 Can you write any words that
rhyme with this one?
 Do you know other words with
the same pattern?
Use your ears
 Say the word out loud. Spell
it out loud.
 Clap the syllables.
 Say the word in a silly or
exaggerated way
e.g. Wed-nes-day
Use your friend
 Show your word list to your
friend. Give some clues about
one word. Can they guess the
word?
 Ask your friend to ‘write’ one
of your words on your back
with their finger – can you
feel and imagine the letters?
 Sort your words e.g.
alphabetically or by length or
the number of syllables. Can
your friend see how you have
sorted them?
 Ask your friend to ‘test’ you
when you know all your words.
Year 3 Spellings for Summer 1 11th April – 27th May 2016
Please help your child to learn these words. Try out some of the strategies on the back of this sheet
REMEMBER: Use the Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check Strategy!