Key Stage 2 Framework for languages

Learning objectives: Literacy - Year 3

L 3.3 Experiment with the writing of simple words   View this objective over 4 years >> Learning opportunities Write simple, familiar words using a model Write some single words from memory   Knowledge about language Appreciate that writing systems are different from one another   Language learning strategies Compare new words with known words in English or another language   Teaching activities Write well-known words, e.g. in the order of their preference or of size, etc. in order to make them think as they are writing. Write a simple message using a model. Label items. Trace letter shapes on a partner's hand to spell well-known words. Learn to spell key words. Play Spelling Games: the teacher calls out the spellings of familiar words, and children identify the word. Play Guess the word: the teacher starts to spell a word slowly, by writing down one letter at a time. After each letter, the class can have one guess at the word. All possible correct guesses score a point for the class. Use interactive whiteboards to experiment with writing Cross-curricular links View all Year 3 Literacy cross-curricular links >> NLS Y3 T1-3 W6: To use independent spelling strategies NC English KS1 Writing 4e: Spell common words NC English KS2 Writing 4d: Use knowledge of common letter strings, visual patterns and analogy