Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
Spelling
rule or
pattern
Suffix –ness:
A suffix is a syllable
that follows a base
word. It changes the
way a word is used in a
sentence from one part
of speech to another.
Suffix –ful:
A suffix is a syllable that
follows a base word. It
changes the way a word
is used in a sentence
from one part of speech
to another.
Suffix –less:
A suffix is a syllable that
follows a base word. It
changes the way a word
is used in a sentence from
one part of speech to
another.
Suffix-ly:
A suffix is a syllable that
follows a base word. It
changes the way a word
is used in a sentence from
one part of speech to
another.
Homophones:
-a homophone is a word that is pronounced
the same as another word, but differs in
meaning:brake/
break
If the suffix begins with
a consonant the final
‘e’ stays.
Eg. like + ness =
likeness
If the suffix begins with
a consonant the final ‘e’
stays.
Eg. care + ful = careful
If the suffix begins with a
consonant the final ‘e’
stays.
Eg. care + less = careless
When ‘ly’ is added to
adjectives it forms an
adverb.
Examples
of words
following
the rule
(useful
exception
s in
brackets)
likeness
forgiveness
darkness
illness
emptiness
freshness
awareness
greatness
careful
successful
useful
grateful
mindful
thankful
graceful
hopeful
careless
fearless
hopeless
helpless
useless
hairless
needless
endless
If the suffix begins with a
consonant the final ‘e’
stays.
Eg. Safe + ly = safely
gracefully
quickly
slowly
fiercely
safely
bravely
carefully
sneakily
Weekly
tricky
words
recent
forward
perhaps
address
guard
guide
material
fruit
their/there
hour/our
brake/break
pair/pear
here/hear
knot/not
meat/meet
missed/mist
sail/sale
peace/piece
address
material
forward
guard
Year 3 Term 3 Spelling objectives and tricky words
Dictations for spelling tests:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
The dancer moved gracefully and quickly across the stage as she danced. The music started slowly but the drummer was fiercely playing his beat. Sneakily but carefully I
crept in to help myself to some fruit. The fireman bravely climbed the ladder to safely help the cat down from the tree. The cat tore the material on the fireman’s coat as he
rushed down.
Week 6
Word
letters
/syllables
Strategy
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
gracefully
quickly
slowly
fiercely
safely
bravely
carefully
sneakily
material
fruit
LSCWC sheet Y3 Term 3 Week 1 White Group
1) Look at the word and count the number of letters and syllables.
2) Identify the part (s) of the word that is (are) tricky – circle, underline or highlight.
3) Devise a strategy to help learn the word: use a mnemonic (eg Dogs Often Eat Sausages – DOES), look at the word shape - is there a recognisable pattern of ascenders and decenders
like in the word elephant, look at the way the word is built up from prefixes, roots & suffixes ( un –comfort –able or trans – port - ed ) or use a visual cue e.g.
letter ‘i’ is a person and the ‘r’ is a signpost to over there.
4) Every day, look at the word, say it, then cover, write and check it.
5) Write each word in a complete sentence.
Here the