Year 3 Assessment (End of Year Fundamentals)
Reading
Decodes new words, testing out different pronunciations and corrects where needed, based
on own experience i.e. tetchnical -> technical.
Uses dictionaries to check the meaning of unfamiliar words & reads and explains the
meaning of words in context.
Reads exception words noting unusual correspondences.
Applies growing knowledge of root words, prefixes and suffixes to read aloud and
understand the meaning of new words (English Appendix 1)
Checks the text makes sense to them by discussing their understanding.
Asks questions to clarify.
Retrieves and records information from non-fiction texts.
Infers characters feelings, thoughts and motives from their actions.
Justifies their inferences with evidence from the text.
Demonstrates an understanding of figurative language.
Predicts what might happen from details stated and implied.
Identifies how language structure and presentation contribute to meaning.
Identifies and summarises main ideas drawn from text.
Reads for different purposes, engaging with books structured in different ways.
Read 90-120 words per minute
Identifies themes and conventions in a wide range of books, increasing familiarity with fairy
stories and myths and legends (retelling these orally).
Discusses words and phrases that capture their interest and imagination.
Participates in discussion about books taking turns and listening to others views.
Reads a range of texts including poems and play-scripts for performance with intonation,
tone, volume and action.
Recognises different forms of poetry (e.g. free verse, narrative poetry).
Writing
Spells >50/100 of the commonly misspelt words (Year 3/4 English Appendix 1).
Spell words ending –sion, -ure and ei (-eigh/-ey), words with ‘y’ within them & with ou (-uh).
Uses the diagonal and horizontal strokes that are needed to join letters & know which
letters, when adjacent to one another, are best left unjointed.
Places the possessive apostrophe accurately in words with regular and irregular plurals.
Adds suffixes (ing, er, en, ed) to words with >1 syllable & uses and understands the suffixes
–ation, -ly and –ous. Uses and understands prefixes un-, dis-, mis– and in-.
Uses articles a and an correctly.
"Expresses time, place and cause using
conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions. "
Extends sentences with more than one clause by using a wide range of conjunctions.
Uses present perfect form of verbs.
Uses inverted commas to punctuate direct speech.
Draws on shared models of writing when planning, discussing & recording ideas.
Identifies audience & purpose.
Composes & rehearses sentences orally.
Uses paragraphs to group related ideas (and headings/subheading for non fiction).
Creates characters, setting and plots in narrative writing.
Proof reads for errors.
"Makes/suggests ideas &
improvements to own and others’ writing."
Makes changes to pronouns and nouns to avoid repetition.
"Reads aloud own writing using intonation, tone and volume. "
Identifies grammatical concepts in their own writing and books they are reading.
Listens & responds using appropriate register, asks & answers questions, maintains
attention.
Articulates & justifies answers, arguments and opinions, speaking audibly and fluently.
Considers different viewpoints, attending to and building on contributions of others.
Gives well structured descriptions, explanations & narratives including expressing feelings
Develops understanding through speculating, hypothesising, imagining and exploring ideas.
Mathematics
Recognises the place value of each digit in a three digit number.
Reads, writes, compares & orders numbers to 1000 (numerals & words)
+ - 1s, 10s, 100s mentally to 3digit numbers.
+ - numbers up to 3 digits with regrouping using the column method.
Identifies factor pairs using 2, 3, 4, 5, 8 and 10 times tables. (deriving ÷ facts) X 2digit x 1
digit using short method for division and multiplication.
+ & - both unit and non unit fractions of amounts within a whole.
Counts in 10ths and recognises that 10ths arise by ÷ 1 digit numbers by 10.
Counts from 0 in multiples of 4, 8, 50 and 100.
+ - 10, 100 to any given number.
Measures and compares lengths (m,cm,mm), mass (kg,g) and volume/capacity (l,ml) and
calculates perimeter.
Adds and subtract amounts of money to give change and reads time to the nearest minute.
Identifies horizontal and vertical lines and pairs of perpendicular and parallel lines.
Identifies acute, obtuse and right angles and links turns to right angles i.e. 1/2 turn is 2 right
angle turns.
Interprets and presents data using scaled bar charts, pictograms and tables
Describes, convinces & justifies decisions following lines of enquiry & generalising.
"Works systematically & spots patterns by visualising & making conjectures."
Works efficiently and accurately.
Makes their mathematical thinking clear to themselves and others.
Uses own and suggested strategies to make corrections and improvement.