This Year 3 reading collection contains 11 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:
- Anne Fine – The Gingerbread Star; Bill’s New Frock
- Children’s classics – Stuart Little; The Magic Faraway Tree; The Reluctant Dragon; Winnie the Pooh; Stig of the Dump; Charlotte’s Web
- Colours – The Colour Monster; Lucy’s Blue Day; True Colours
- Dick King-Smith – The Hodgeheg; Henry Pond The Poet; Aristotle
- Different cultures – Same, Same But Different; Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet; Anisha: Accidental Detective
Each lesson’s PowerPoint contains vocabulary guides, questions for talk partners and solo tasks.
Also covered in this pack are:
- Disney songs
- Forces
- Greece
- Hearing impairment
- Internet safety
You can also download part 2, part 3 and part 4, 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.
