Y3 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling
The, a or an? Lesson
This Year 3 The, a or an? lesson covers the prior learning of the alphabet before moving onto the main skill of recognising consonants.
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 3: (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]
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2 Teaching Support
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Lesson Slides
These lesson slides guide pupils through the prior learning of the alphabet before moving onto the main skill of recognising consonants. 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 2 – Determiners
Autumn Block 2 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 Using ‘A’ or ‘An’ Video Tutorial, Vanessa shows pupils how to select the correct determiner.
1 Prior Learning
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Prior Learning Activity
This a or an? lesson covers Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of the alphabet before moving onto the main skill of recognising consonants.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 3 What is a Vowel? Game is designed to check pupils’ understanding of recognising the vowel letters.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 3 What is a Consonant? Game is designed to check your child’s understanding of recognising consonants.
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
This Year 3 Use A or An Game 1 allows pupils to practise using the determiners ‘a’ and ‘an’ before words and phrases and progress to identifying the correct use of each determiner in full sentences.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 3 Use A or An Game 2 allows pupils to practise using the determiners ‘a’ and ‘an’ before words and phrases and progress to identifying the correct use of each determiner in full sentences.
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Flash Cards
This Year 3 Use A or An Flash Cards allows pupils to practise using the determiners ‘a’ and ‘an’ before different words.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 3 The, A or An? Game is designed to check your pupils' understanding of recognising articles.
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 recognising consonants.
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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 recognising consonants 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.
