Year 3 End of Year GPS Assessment

Year 3 End of Year GPS Assessment

Year 3 End of Year GPS Assessment

This Year 3 End of Year GPS Assessment helps identify progress by assessing against each of the Year 3 National Curriculum Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling objectives. The Teacher Objectives Sheet allows you to identify progress as well as gaps in pupils' knowledge.

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What's included in the pack?

This pack includes:

  • Year 3 End of Year GPS Assessment. Answers included.
  • Tracking spreadsheet to help identify gaps in knowledge.

Year 3 National Curriculum Objectives:

Writing – Vocabulary, Grammar and Punctuation

Develop their understanding of the concepts set out in English appendix 2 by:

  1. (3G3.4) Extending the range of sentences with more than one clause by using a wider range of conjunctions, including: when, if, because, although
  2. (3G4.1b) Using the present perfect form of verbs in contrast to the past tense

4 & 10. (3G1.4) Using conjunctions to express time and cause

  1. (3G1.6) Using adverbs to express time and cause

4 & 9. (3G1.7) Using prepositions to express time and cause

(all questions) Learning the grammar for Year 3 in English Appendix 2

* Use and understand the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2 accurately and appropriately when discussing their writing and reading

* This objective is not covered in the end of year assessment

 

English Appendix 2 guidance:

1 & 11. (3G6.2) Formation of nouns using a range of prefixes [for example super–, anti–, auto–]

  1. (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]
  2. (3G6.4) Word families based on common words, showing how words are related in form and meaning [for example, solve, solution, solver, dissolve, insoluble]

4 & 10. (3G1.4) Express time, place and cause using conjunctions [for example, when, before, after, while, so, because]

  1. (3G1.6) Express time, place and cause using adverbs [for example, then, next, soon, therefore]

4 & 9. (3G1.7) Express time, place and cause using prepositions [for example, before, after, during, in, because of]

  1. Introduction to paragraphs as a way to group related material
  2. Headings and sub-headings to aid presentation
  3. (3G4.1b) Use of the present perfect form of verbs instead of the simple past [for example, He has gone out to play contrasted with He went out to play]

8, 14 & 16. (3G5.7) Introduction to inverted commas to punctuate direct speech

Terminology for pupils:

  1. (3G1.7) preposition
  2. (3G1.4) conjunction
  3. (3G6.4) word family
  4. (3G6.2) prefix
  5. (3G3.1) clause
  6. (3G3.4) subordinate clause
  7. (3G5.7) direct speech
  8. (3G1.8) consonant
  9. (3G1.8) consonant letter
  10. (3G1.8) vowel
  11. (3G1.8) vowel letter
  12. (3G5.7) inverted commas (or ‘speech marks’)

 

 

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