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Identifying Word Families Year 3 Word Families Resource Pack

Identifying Word Families Year 3 Resource Pack

Step 2: Identifying Word Families Year 3 Resource Pack

Identifying Word Families 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 Summer Block 3.

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What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • Identifying Word Families Year 3 Teaching PowerPoint.
  • Identifying Word Families Year 3 Varied Fluency with answers.
  • Identifying Word Families Year 3 Application and Reasoning with answers.

National Curriculum Objectives

English Year 3: (3G6.4) Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning [for example, solve, solution, solver, dissolve, insoluble] Terminology for pupils:

Differentiation:

Varied Fluency
Developing Questions to support identifying word families. Words are taken primarily from KS1 spelling objectives.
Expected Questions to support identifying word families. Words included are taken from Y3/4 expectations.
Greater Depth Questions to support identifying word families. Language used may be unfamiliar and children may need to use a dictionary to check the meaning of some words.

Application and Reasoning
Questions 1, 4 and 7 (Application)
Developing Identify the root word from a word family where no change to the root word is required, and then use the root word correctly within a sentence.
Expected Identify the root word from a word family and then use the root word correctly within a sentence.
Greater Depth Choose a root word that combines with the prefixes and suffixes provided. Use each new word in a sentence.

Questions 2, 5 and 8 (Application)
Developing Spot the mistakes and correct them. Includes suffixes where no change to the root word is required.
Expected Spot the mistakes and correct them. Includes suffixes where changes to the spelling of root words are sometimes required.
Greater Depth Spot the mistakes and correct them. Includes suffixes and prefixes where changes to the spelling of root words are required.

Questions 3, 6 and 9 (Reasoning)
Developing Identify the error by spotting the word that doesn’t belong to a word family (words that share a root word but are spelled incorrectly).
Expected Identify the error by spotting the word that doesn’t belong to a word family (words that look similar but do not share a root word).
Greater Depth Identify the error by spotting the word that doesn’t belong to one of two word families (words that look similar but do not share a root word).

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