Write from memory
simple sentences
Join my
dictated by the
handwriting
teacher
Use the first 2 or 3
letters of a word to
check my spelling in
a dictionary
Organise my
writing by using
paragraphs
Add suffixes
and prefixes to
Spell the words
Discuss my ideas
root words
on my word list
to help inform
the structure of
my writing
Add exciting vocabulary
Use headings and
subheadings in my
non-fiction writing
to my sentences, saying
Write imaginative
them out loud before I
settings, characters
write
and plots
Key Terms for Y3: adverb, preposition, conjunction, word family, prefix, clause, subordinate clause,
direct speech, consonant, consonant letter, vowel, vowel letter, inverted commas (or speech marks)
Use prepositions
Read aloud own
Consider the effect
(before, after,
writing effectively
of my writing on the
during, in) to show
with understanding
reader (sentence
time, place or cause
structure & word
choices)
Use conjunctions (e.g.
Proof read my
writing for spelling
and punctuation
mistakes
when, before, while,
Use ‘a’ or ‘an’
because), adverbs
correctly before a
(then, next, soon,
noun
therefore) to show
time, place or cause
Use expanded
noun phrases
Use apostrophes
Use present
for possession
perfect form of
(singular and
verbs instead of
plural)
simple past
Use fronted
adverbials and
remember he
commas after them
Use inverted commas
and other punctuation
when writing speech