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Year 3Spelling & Grammar

ou – Spelling and Picture Match

4.812 reviews

A Year 3 phonics activity matching ou words (e.g. touch , young ) to pictures. One word has no match—can your pupils find it? Supports tricky spelling pattern recognition.

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Year 3 Spelling Picture Match – ‘ou’ (/ʌ/ Sound) Boost phonics confidence and spelling accuracy with this interactive picture match activity focusing on the ‘ou’ spelling pattern that makes the /ʌ/ sound, as in touch and young . Perfect for Year 3 pupils, this resource supports recognition of irregular phoneme-grapheme correspondences through word-picture matching and a fun built-in challenge. Children are asked to: Draw lines to match each ou word with its corresponding image Spot the one word that doesn’t have a match—developing reasoning and word awareness Target words: touch couple country double cousin young trouble This activity reinforces: Spelling of tricky ou words with the /ʌ/ sound Word recognition and vocabulary building Independent thinking through the unmatched word task Perfect for: Spelling and phonics sessions Visual learners and EAL support Morning tasks, homework, or small-group work Reinforcing alternative spellings for common sounds What’s included: One printable PDF with seven ou words Visual prompts for interactive learning A challenge question for active engagement Pairs well with other phonics-based spelling practice resources.Read more

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PDFActivityPrint and go.
PPTXActivity, editableEditable, so you can change the numbers or the names.

The standard small step pack, as her own modules ship it. We do not print page counts here, because her catalogue does not publish them and a guessed number is worse than none.

★★★ Differentiated three ways

Working towardsScaffolded, with the model or the bar already drawn.
Working withinThe expected standard for the year group.
Greater depthReasoning and explaining, not just more of the same.

Her own system, with the star count repeated in every worksheet header so a child can be handed the right sheet without a word.

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4.812 verified reviewsWe ask once, seven days after the download, and one tap is enough.

Beth NightingaleYear 1 teacher, Poplar Farm School, GranthamVerified download, 13 January 2026

“Fine, though the font is small for my class.”

The maths is right and the sequence is sensible. Several of my children needed it enlarged to A3, which is easy enough but worth knowing before you print thirty.

4 teachers found this helpful

Joanne PicklesYear 3 teacher, Crossflatts Primary, BingleyVerified download, 5 March 2026

“Printed it at eight on a Sunday and taught it on the Monday.”

No editing, no reformatting, no hunting for the answers. The three levels are on separate pages, which sounds obvious until you have used the sites where they are not.

10 teachers found this helpful

Michael FerrisMaths lead, Cheadle Heath Primary, StockportVerified download, 16 February 2026

“Matches our White Rose planning almost week for week.”

I stopped adapting things from three different sites and now start here. The odd week does not line up exactly, but the small step it covers is always somewhere in the same block.

8 teachers found this helpful