Year 3 – Reading Activity 1 – Prefixes - page 2 Activity 2 – Context clues – page 15 Activity 3 – Context clues - page 27 Activity 4 – word classes – page 39 Activity 5 – Compare - page 47 Activity 6 – Contrast - page 56 Activity 7 – Chapter 8, unknown words - page 63 Activity 8 – word fountains - page 68 Activity 9 – Vocabulary questions - page 73 Activity 10 – Summarise and Predict – page 78
Word of the day ajar
Word of the day ajar She made sure the door was ajar so that she could hear what was going on inside the room.
Word of the day ajar (of a door or other opening) slightly open
Word of the day ajar Write your own sentence using the word.
What are prefixes?
What are prefixes and suffixes? Prefixes can change the meaning of a root word. Prefixes come before the root word. unhappy We will look at some prefixes together
Prefix un- By adding the ‘ un- ’ prefix, the meaning of the base un- word changes to the opposite - unwell is the opposite of well.
Prefix dis- By adding the ‘ dis- ’ prefix, the meaning of the base word often changes to the opposite – disagree is the opposite of agree. dis-
Prefix mis- By adding the ‘ mis- ’ prefix, the meaning of the base word often changes to the opposite – misbehave is the opposite of behave. mis-
Prefix il- By adding this prefix, the meaning of the base word often changes to the opposite, or ‘ not ’ something – illegal is the opposite of legal. il- Use when base word begins with ‘l’.
Prefix in- By adding this prefix, the meaning of the base word often changes to the opposite, or ‘ not ’ something – in- inactive is the opposite of active.
Prefix ir- By adding this prefix, the meaning of the base word often changes to the opposite, or ‘ not ’ something – ir- irregular is the opposite of regular. Use when base word begins with ‘r’.
Use your learning to complete activity 1 (Reading tasks document page 1) Prefix un- By adding the ‘ un- ’ prefix, the meaning of the base word changes to the opposite - unwell is the opposite of well. Prefix dis- By adding the ‘ dis- ’ prefix, the meaning of the base word often changes to the opposite – disagree is the opposite of agree. Prefix mis- By adding the ‘ mis- ’ prefix, the meaning of the base word often changes to the opposite – misbehave is the opposite of behave. Prefix il- By adding this prefix, the meaning of the base word often changes to the opposite, or ‘ not ’ something – illegal is the opposite of legal. Prefix in- By adding this prefix, the meaning of the base word often changes to the opposite, or ‘ not ’ something – inactive is the opposite of active. Prefix ir- By adding this prefix, the meaning of the base word often changes to the opposite, or ‘ not ’ something – irregular is the opposite of regular.
Word of the day beseeched
Word of the day beseeched They beseeched him to stay.
Word of the day beseeched ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something;
Word of the day beseeched Spelling – create a word pyramid
You can use context clues to help you discover the meanings of new words. Today you are going to word backwards. I am going to remove a word from the sentence and I would like you to read around the word to work out what the missing word could be!
What could the missing word be?
I know it must be night because if you left a light on during the day it would make that much of a difference.
What could the missing word be?
I know it must be girls because of the word queen.
What could the missing word be?
I know it must be jump because if you lift your legs and body off the group you are jumping.
Use your learning to complete activity 2 (Reading tasks document page 2)
Word of the day coincidence
Word of the day coincidence It was a coincidence that she was wearing a jersey like Laura’s.
Word of the day coincidence a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.
Word of the day coincidence Use this word in a sentence
We are going to use our skills of reading around the word to discover the meaning of some words.
What does the underlined word mean? Discuss why you think that The farmer was pleased that after all his hard work, he had an abu bundan ant supply of crops for the season. Bright Large Short Slow- Yellow Amount Supply growing
What does the underlined word mean? Discuss why you think that She lived in a small, qua uaint, nt, stone cottage with a white picket fence and butterflies fluttering around. Run-down Charming Ruined Ordinary
What does the underlined word mean? Discuss why you think that On his vacation, Daniel chose to take a leisure urely ly stroll along the beach, searching for seashells and taking pictures of the waves. Late at Quick Expensive Relaxed night
What does the underlined word mean? Discuss why you think that The students worked for three years to raise funds for the immens ense cost of building a new gym. Extremely Compact Difficult Bright large
What does the underlined word mean? Discuss why you think that The singer’s performance was pheno nomenal menal, and won her first place in the talent contest. Slow Boring Awful Extraordinary
What does the underlined word mean? Discuss why you think that Shawn found that the most effe fect ctive ive way for him to complete his homework quickly was to work alone in his room with no TV or music as distractions. Compact Successful Dull Wasteful
Use your learning to complete activity 3 (Reading tasks document page 3)
Word of the day dilemma
Word of the day dilemma He faces the dilemma of disobeying his parents or missing out on the biggest football game of the year.
Word of the day dilemma a situation in which a difficult choice has to be made between two different things you could do
Word of the day dilemma Have you ever had a dilemma?
Identifying the word classes of new words can also help us to work out their meanings.
The energetic boy ran quickly. Nouns are naming words for things, animals, people, places and feelings. Verbs are words used to describe an action, occurrence or state. Adjectives are words which describe nouns. Adverbs are words which describe when, where or how an action is being carried out.
We can use our knowledge of word classes, context clues and prefixes to uncover the meaning of words. The prefixes mis- and dis- give the words a I think it is an adjective negative meaning so I to describe think he doesn’t like them the snozzcumber. Like repulsive? A snozzcumber is a noun. I know it must be something the BFGs eats because he says he will gobble snozzcumbers instead of humans
Roald Dahl loved playing around with words and inventing new ones. In the BFG he gave this strange language an even stranger name – gobblefunk! Use your skills to discover the meaning of some of these words in activity 4 (Reading Tasks Document page 4)
Word of the day flustered
Word of the day flustered If I look flustered it’s because I’m trying to do many things at once.
Word of the day flustered upset and confused
Word of the day flustered Think of some synonyms for flustered
Compare and Contrast Comparing and contrasting • things helps our brains to make important connections. When you learn a new word, identify synonyms yms for that word. When you learn a new word, identify antonyms nyms for that word. This activity will focus on synonyms
Synonyms Words that mean exactly the same or nearly the same as another word in the same language. Hey, you look like me… Hey, I look like you…
Think of THREE synonyms for: Excellent
Excellent – did you get any of these Superb Outstanding Splendid • Magnificent Fine Yeah…I • got Exceptional Supreme • those. Admirable First-rate • Marvellous Worthy • Ace • Wonderful Terrific • Perfect
Use your learning to complete activity 5 (Reading Tasks Document page 5)
Word of the day instinctively
Word of the day instinctively She knew instinctively that he was dangerous.
Word of the day instinctively in a way that is not thought about, planned, or developed by training
Word of the day instinctively Use this in a sentence
Compare and Contrast Comparing and contrasting • things helps our brains to make important connections. When you learn a new word, identify synonyms yms for that word. When you learn a new word, identify antonyms nyms for that word. This activity will focus on antonyms.
Think of 3 antonyms for these words Massive - Rainy - Upset - Use your knowledge to complete activity 6 (Reading tasks document page 6)
Word of the day scrutinise
Word of the day scrutinise He scrutinized the men’s faces closely, trying to work out who was lying.
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