Step 3
Advancing Skills
Step 3 extends children’s phonics knowledge and develops their reading comprehension. Pupils continue practising alternative spellings, tricky words and more complex sentence structures. They also refine alphabet knowledge, practise digraphs and strengthen their independent writing. A stronger emphasis is placed on comprehension, vocabulary and fluency, ensuring pupils are ready to read widely and write more confidently.
Revising and extending alternative spellings (e.g. /air/, soft c and g)
Learning the final set of tricky words
Alphabet recitation and capital letter formation
Writing sentences from dictation and developing free writing
Strong focus on comprehension activities in Words and Sentences lessons
Decodable readers at higher levels (Blue and Purple)
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