This Grade 3 reading programme for South Africa stretches confident readers with longer words, vocabulary, comprehension and full stories — CAPS-aligned throughout.
Master long words and word meanings, then read longer stories and learn the strategies that help you understand everything you read.
- 1Reading Big Words0/5
- 2Understanding Stories0/5
- 3Word Power0/5
- 4Reading Challenge0/3
- 5Spelling Patterns0/7
- 6Rich Vocabulary0/7
- 7Reading Strategies0/7
- 8Longer Texts0/7
Reading Big Words
Multi-syllable words, prefixes & suffixes, and homophones
Prefixes & Suffixes Review
un-, re-, dis-, mis- / -ful, -less, -ness, -ment
Homophones
their/there/they're, to/two/too, here/hear
Recap: Reading Big Words
Review before your first test.
Stage Test: Reading Big Words
Pass this test to unlock the next stage.
Stage Test · Pass 70%
Understanding Stories
Comprehension, finding the main idea and making inferences
Reading a Story: Comprehension
A 10-sentence story with questions
Main Idea & Details
Identify the main idea and supporting details
Making Inferences
What do you think will happen next?
Recap: Understanding Stories
Review before the test.
Stage Test: Understanding Stories
Pass this test to unlock the next stage.
Stage Test · Pass 70%
Word Power
Dictionary skills, synonyms & antonyms, and figurative language
Dictionary Skills
Alphabetical order and dictionary meanings
Synonyms & Antonyms
Match synonym and antonym pairs
Figurative Language
Simple similes: "as fast as lightning"
Recap: Word Power
Review before the test.
Stage Test: Word Power
Pass this test to unlock the next stage.
Stage Test · Pass 70%
Reading Challenge
Put it all together with one longer story
Reading Challenge: Full Story
A longer passage — the final challenge!
Recap: Reading Challenge
Review before the final test.
Stage Test: Reading Challenge
Pass this test to finish the path.
Stage Test · Pass 70%
Spelling Patterns
Long vowels, silent letters and contractions
Long Vowel Patterns
Match words with the same long vowel sound
Silent Letters
Some letters are written but not heard
Build It: bright
Blend the letters to build a longer word
Contractions
Two words squeezed into one with an apostrophe
Read: The Bright Night
Read a story using your spelling patterns
Recap: Spelling Patterns
Long vowels, silent letters and contractions.
Stage Test: Spelling Patterns
Pass this test to unlock the next stage.
Stage Test · Pass 70%
Rich Vocabulary
Synonyms, antonyms, prefixes, suffixes and homophones
Synonyms: Same Meaning
Match words that mean the same thing
Antonyms: Opposites
Match words that mean the opposite
Prefixes Change Meaning
A prefix at the front changes the word
Suffixes Change Meaning
A suffix at the end changes the word
Homophones
Words that sound the same but mean different things
Recap: Rich Vocabulary
Synonyms, antonyms, prefixes, suffixes, homophones.
Stage Test: Rich Vocabulary
Pass this test to unlock the next stage.
Stage Test · Pass 70%
Reading Strategies
Main idea, inferences and figurative language
Read: The Big Race
Read a story and get ready to answer
Main Idea & Details
Find the main idea of the story
Making Inferences
Work out what is not said directly
Figurative Language
Similes compare using 'as' or 'like'
Sight Words: Grade 3 Set
though, thought, through, enough, believe
Recap: Reading Strategies
Main idea, inferences and figurative language.
Stage Test: Reading Strategies
Pass this test to unlock the next stage.
Stage Test · Pass 70%
Longer Texts
Read stories and information texts on your own
Read: The Clever Crow
Read a classic tale on your own
Read & Answer: The Clever Crow
Answer questions about the tale
Read: Saving the Turtles
Read an information text
Read & Answer: Saving the Turtles
Answer questions about the text
Story Sequence
Put the story events in the right order
Recap: Longer Texts
You can read stories and information texts on your own.
Stage Test: Longer Texts
Pass this test to finish the path.
Stage Test · Pass 70%Reading Books
Grade-appropriate readers that put your child's new skills to work — real books to read, with a quick check at the end of each one. Browse the full family readers library.
The Secret of the Baobab
An old tree holds an old story.
Level 1 · Paragraphs
Mission to the Red Planet
Three, two, one... lift off!
Level 1 · Adventure
The Girl Who Counted Stars
How many stars are there, really?
Level 2 · Wonder & facts
The Bicycle Race
Winning isn't everything.
Level 2 · Character & choices
The Whale's Song
A gentle giant of the deep.
Level 3 · Nature
The Homework Machine
Be careful what you invent!
Level 3 · Humour
The Storm Chasers of Karoo Farm
Waiting for the rain to come.
Level 4 · Setting & feeling
The Library of Wishes
Every book is a doorway.
Level 4 · Full story
The Street of Splendid Strays
Three-letter blends: str, spl, spr!
Term 1 · Blends str/spl/spr
The Knight Who Couldn't Knock
Silent letters kn and wr save a kingdom.
Term 2 · Silent letters
Don't Say Can't!
Contractions on sports day.
Term 3 · Contractions
The Unstoppable Recycling Club
Prefixes un-, re- and dis- in action.
Term 4 · Prefixes
A Tale of Two Tails
Homophones: tale/tail, hear/here!
Term 4 · Homophones
The Night the Lights Went Out
Long i: igh and ie shine in the dark.
Term 3 · Long i (igh/ie)
The Message in the Bottle
An inference adventure on the shore.
Stage · Inference
The Day the River Spoke
Figurative language flows like water.
Stage · Figurative language
The Great Invention
-tion and -sion words spark ideas.
Level 33 · -tion/-sion words
The Storm and the Spaza Shop
Joining ideas with and, but, because.
Level 34 · Compound sentences
Gogo's Wise Words
Idioms and sayings, explained!
Level 35 · Idioms & sayings
The New Girl
Reading feelings, showing kindness.
Level 36 · Character feelings
All About Meerkats
Fun facts about a clever animal.
Level 37 · Animal facts
Wonders of South Africa
Amazing facts about our country.
Level 38 · South Africa facts
The Song of the Veld
A poem that rhymes with the wild.
Level 39 · Poetry & rhyme
The Lost Map Adventure
A revision adventure to remember.
Level 40 · Revision adventure