Year 3 English (WA)

• 4 terms in a year, 10 weeks in a term
• 1.5 hour lessons per week, during term
• Can be combined with Creative Writing (English + Creative Writing: 2 hour lessons per week)
• Can be combined with Maths & General Ability (English + Maths & General Ability: 3 hour lessons per week)
• Students attend lessons at their allocated time schedule
• Small class group based
• Experienced educators

Year 3 English

Term 1
Week 1 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Nouns, using adjectives & adverbs
Week 2 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, common nouns, homophones, maps
Week 3 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, proper nouns
Week 4 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, collective nouns, Anagrams, semantics
Week 5 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Singular & Plural nouns
Week 6 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Nouns, prefixs & suffixes
Week 7 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Articles
Week 8 — Term test, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Personal pronouns, diary entry
Week 9 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, personal pronouns – 2, “oi” as in coin, “el” as camel
Week 10 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Homophones, possessive pronouns, silent “W” as wrist

Term 2
Week 1 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Adjectives, Singular & Plural nouns
Week 2 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, more adjectives, compound words
Week 3 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, possessive adjectives, contractions, mononyms
Week 4 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, pointing adjectives, punctuation, collective nouns
Week 5 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, Comparing adjectives, Am/is/are, antonyms, homophone
Week 6 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, verbs, abstract noun, Antonyms
Week 7 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, saying & thinking verbs, Antonyms
Week 8 — Term test, Comprehension, Psst tense verbs, The magic square.
Week 9 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, fun with verbs, letters jumble, cloze comprehension
Week 10 — Comprehension, Vocabulary, “to do”, better word than “got”, hidden words, spelling

Term 3
Week 1 — Grammar skills, developing comprehension skills, expanding vocabulary, word scramble
Week 2 — Grammar skills-verbs, comprehension skills, vocabulary, word similarities
Week 3 — Contractions, comprehension – myths & legends, vocabulary, limericks
Week 4 — Contractions, comprehension – etiquette, vocabulary, past tense, adjectives
Week 5 — Contractions, comprehension-news articles, vocabulary, describing people, cloze activities
Week 6 — Adverbs, comprehension – poetry, vocabulary, compound words, Homophones
Week 7 — Adverbs-II, comprehension – narrative, vocabulary, Nouns, adjectives & verbs
Week 8 — Term test, Adverbs-III, comprehension – skimming& cloze, vocabulary, Antonyms
Week 9 — Prepositions, Comprehension – cloze, vocabulary, suffixes, Antonyms, Nouns
Week 10 — Prepositions, comprehension-multiple choice, vocabulary, degrees of comparison, conjunctions

Term 4
Week 1 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, Adverbial phrases, Plurals
Week 2 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, Adverbial Phrases – II
Week 3 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, circular words, clauses, spelling activities
Week 4 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, nose vs feet, simple sentences, direct speech
Week 5 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, animal quiz, four types of sentences, poetry
Week 6 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, compound words, four types of sentences – II
Week 7 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, Joining sentences, adverbs activity.
Week 8 — Term Test, Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, dividing sentences
Week 9 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, punctuating sentences, analogies
Week 10 — Comprehension, vocabulary, spelling test, words for weather, capital letters & commas