This Year 3 reading collection contains six weeks of planning. Use the resources to complete three lessons over the course of each week.
The resource list sets out each week’s theme, and there’s a separate PowerPoint for each day’s lesson. The text is linked to or included as a PDF. There are some instances where you’ll need to source the text yourself.
Year 3 reading themes
Here are some of the themes covered in this Year 3 reading scheme:
- Songs – Count On Me by Bruno Mars; Rise Up by Andrea Day; Fight Song by Rachel Platten
- Spiders: The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt; Milton The Mighty by Emma Read
- Weather: Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs by Judi Barrett; Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head by BJ Thomas
Each lesson’s PowerPoint contains vocabulary guides, questions for talk partners and solo tasks.
Also covered in this pack are:
- Shang Dynasty
- Songs from musicals
- Towns, cities and villages
You can also download part 1, part 2 and part 3, containing lots more planning.
Read more about Ashley Booth’s approach to teaching reading. Browse similar resources for Year 4, Year 5 and Year 6.
Ashley Booth is a Year 6 teacher and phase, maths and reading lead. He is passionate about improving reading. Visit his website.
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