What is a Consonant? Year 3 Determiners Resource Pack

What is a Consonant? Year 3 Resources

Step 2: What is a Consonant? Year 3 Resources

What is a Consonant? Year 3 Resource Pack includes a teaching PowerPoint and differentiated varied fluency and application and reasoning resources. This pack is designed to work alongside our GPS Scheme of Work for Autumn Block 2.

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What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • What is a Consonant? Year 3 Teaching PowerPoint.
  • What is a Consonant? Year 3 Varied Fluency with answers.
  • What is a Consonant? Year 3 Application and Reasoning with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

English Year 2: (3G1.8) Use 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]

Terminology for pupils:

Differentiation:

Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support understanding and recognising consonants using 3 or 4 letter words including words from the Year 2 Spelling Appendix.
Expected Questions to support understanding and recognising consonants using 5 or 6 letter words including some words from the Year 2 or the Year 3 and 4 Spelling Appendix.
Greater Depth Questions to support understanding and recognising consonants using words from the Year 3 and 4 Spelling Appendix.

Application and Reasoning
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Application)
Developing Use the given consonant and investigate how many sounds it can make. Picture clues are given.
Expected Use the given consonant digraph and investigate how many sounds it can make. Picture clues are given.
Greater Depth Use the given consonant or consonant digraph and investigate how many sounds it can make. Multiple possibilities.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Application)
Developing Use the given letters to create 4 words with at least 2 consonants and 1 vowel. 6 letters given.
Expected Use the given letters to create 5 words with at least 3 consonants and 1 vowel. 9 letters given.
Greater Depth Use the given letters to create 6 words with at least 3 consonants and 2 vowels. 9 letters given.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Reasoning)
Developing Explain if the statement is correct when identifying consonants for 3 or 4 letter words. Words taken from the Year 2 Spelling Appendix.
Expected Explain if the statement is correct when identifying consonants for 5 or 6 letter words. Words taken from the Year 2 Spelling Appendix or the Year 3 and 4 Spelling Appendix.
Greater Depth Explain if the statement is correct when identifying consonants for words taken from the Year 3 and 4 Spelling Appendix.

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