Topic 1 of 5
Word Reading and Vocabulary
How it’s taught in school
Year 3 students focus on expanding their vocabulary by learning new words and understanding word families, prefixes, and suffixes. They start identifying root words and related words to enhance comprehension and decoding.
Try it at home
- Play word family games by creating word webs that link words with common prefixes (e.g., 'un-' words like 'untie' and 'unhappy').
- Use a dictionary together to explore unfamiliar words and discuss their meanings, root words, and related terms.
- Practise breaking down words into parts (prefix, root, suffix) and discuss how each part adds to the word’s meaning.