Year 3 English

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IXL offers more than 100 year 3 English skills to explore and learn! Not sure where to start? Go to your personalised Recommendations wall and choose a skill that looks interesting!

Reading foundations Foundations

Reading strategies Reading

Writing strategies Writing

Vocabulary Vocab

Grammar and mechanics Grammar

Reading foundations

A. Syllables

B. Rhyming

C. Consonant blends and digraphs

D. Short vowels

E. Short and long vowels

F. Silent e

G. Vowel digraphs

H. Long vowels

I. Diphthongs: oi, oy, ou, ow

J. Variant vowels

K. Soft g and c

L. Two-syllable words

M. Consonant-l-e

N. Sight words

Reading strategies

O. Sequence

1
Order events in a story

P. Inference and analysis

Q. Theme

1
Determine the themes of myths, fables and folktales

R. Cause and effect

S. Compare and contrast

1
Compare and contrast in informational passages

T. Informational texts

1
Read and understand informational passages

Writing strategies

U. Organising writing

1
Put the sentences in order

V. Topic sentences

W. Linking words

X. Author's purpose

1
Choose the text that matches the writer's purpose

Y. Opinion writing

Z. Descriptive details

Vocabulary

AA. Prefixes and suffixes

BB. Compound words

CC. Categories

DD. Synonyms and antonyms

EE. Homophones

FF. Multiple-meaning words

1
Multiple-meaning words with pictures

GG. Shades of meaning

HH. Idioms

1
Choose the picture that matches the idiomatic expression

II. Context clues

1
Use context to identify the meaning of a word

JJ. Reference skills

Grammar and mechanics

KK. Sentences, fragments and run-ons

LL. Nouns

MM. Pronouns

NN. Verb types

OO. Subject-verb agreement

PP. Verb tense

QQ. Articles

RR. Adjectives and adverbs

SS. Prepositions

TT. Contractions

UU. Capitalisation