Y3 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
Past and Present 1 Lesson
This Year 3 Past and Present Tense 1 lesson covers the prior learning of using the simple past and present tense before moving onto the main skill of using the past and present progressive tense.
The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. If they need more practice, you can choose other resources for that step. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning with engaging reasoning and application tasks.
National Curriculum Objectives
English Year 2: (2G4.2) Learn how to use the present and past tenses correctly and consistently
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Lesson Slides
These lesson slides guide pupils through the prior learning of using the simple past and present tense before moving onto the main skill of using the past and present progressive tense. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.
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Modelling PowerPoint
This PowerPoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the varied fluency and application and reasoning worksheets as part of this lesson.
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Year 3 GPS Scheme of Work Autumn Block 1 – Ready to Write
Autumn Block 1 Guidance with Notes for Year 3 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling designed to be used in conjunction with your English curriculum and allows you to cover the Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation objectives from the Year 3 National Curriculum.
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Lesson Slides
These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.
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Video Tutorial
In this Simple Past and Present Tense Video Tutorial, Katie demonstrates the different verb forms used for the simple past and present tenses. She explains that some verbs are regular with -ed endings, whereas others change their form completely.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This prior learning activity recaps the prior learning of using the simple past and present tense before moving onto the main skill of the past and present progressive tenses.
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Interactive Activity
This activity comprises questions designed to test pupils’ understanding of simple past and present tenses.
2 Varied Fluency
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Varied Fluency
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.
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Interactive Activity
Year 3 Past and Present Tense 1 Game is designed to check pupils’ understanding of recognising the simple past and present tense.
2 Application
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Application and Reasoning
This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
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Mixed Activity
This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of past and present progressive tense.
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Application
This application task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the past and present progressive tense lesson.
2 Homework
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Worksheet
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.
