Y3 Grammar Punctuation and Spelling

Using Prepositions to Express Time Lesson

This Year 3 Using Prepositions to Express Time lesson covers the prior learning of What us a Preposition? before moving onto the main skill of using prepositions to express time within a sentence.

The lesson starts with a prior learning activity to check pupils’ understanding. 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: (3G1.7) Using prepositions to express time and cause

English Year 3: (3G1.7) Express time, place and cause using prepositions [for example, before, after, during, in, because of]

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2 Teaching Support

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Teaching PowerPoint

Teaching PowerPoint

This teaching PowerPoint guides pupils through the prior learning of What us a Preposition? before moving onto the main skill of using prepositions to express time within a sentence. There are some modelled varied fluency and application and reasoning questions included at the end.

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Modelling PowerPoint

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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Free Year 3 GPS Scheme of Work Spring Block 2 - Prepositions

Free Year 3 GPS Scheme of Work Spring Block 2 - Prepositions

This is a free scheme of work for Year 3 Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling. This resource is the second block in the teaching sequence and includes 6 small steps with guidance for teaching.

1 Prior Learning

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Prior Learning Activity

Prior Learning Activity

This Using Prepositions to Express Time Prior Learning Activity recaps the prior learning of What is a Preposition? before moving onto the main skill of using prepositions to express time.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 3 What is a Preposition? Game is designed to check pupils’ ability to recognise prepositions in sentences.

2 Varied Fluency

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Varied Fluency

Varied Fluency

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to support the teaching of this step.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 3 GPS Using Prepositions to Express Time and Place activity checks pupils’ understanding of identifying and using different types of prepositions.

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Interactive Activity

Interactive Activity

This Year 3 GPS Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases activity checks pupils’ understanding of using prepositions and prepositional phrases.

2 Application

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Application

Application

This application task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the Using Prepositions to Express Time lesson.

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Mixed Activity

Mixed Activity

This main activity includes varied fluency, reasoning and application questions for pupils to practise the main skill of using prepositions to express time.

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Application and Reasoning

Application and Reasoning

This differentiated worksheet includes application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.

2 Homework

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Worksheet

Worksheet

This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and application and reasoning questions to support the teaching of this step.