Homeschool → New Zealand → Year 3 → English
Year 3 english
In Year 2, children learn the different ways long vowel sounds can be spelled, which helps them read longer and less predictable words. They use adjectives to make their writing more descriptive and join ideas with conjunctions. Reading moves beyond finding facts on the page to working out what an author suggests but does not say directly. Children also explore how stories are built and enjoy the patterns and sounds of poetry.
Awaiting educator review. This material was drafted by our content team with AI assistance and is waiting for review by a qualified educator. Please check it suits your child before using it. Created 10 October 2026.
Language
Literature
- Story structure: beginning, middle and endTopic outlineIdentifying how a story introduces characters, builds to a problem and reaches a resolution, and planning a simple story with the same shape.
- Poems and patternsTopic outlineReading and performing poems, noticing rhyme, repetition and rhythm, and writing simple patterned poems.
Literacy
- Long vowel spelling patternsFull lesson · 30 minReading and spelling common ways to write long vowel sounds, such as ai, ay and a–e for long /a/, and ee and ea for long /e/.
- Making inferencesFull lesson · 30 minUsing clues in a text and what we already know to work out things the author does not say directly.
- Compound wordsTopic outlineReading and spelling words made by joining two smaller words, such as 'sunhat', 'backpack' and 'rainbow'.