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Year 3 · English

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Year 3 learners practise reading traditional stories from other cultures.

The activities include Read and Understand Stories From Other Cultures: 'Baboushka', Read and Understand Stories From Other Cultures: 'Baucis and Philemon', Read and Understand Stories from Other Cultures: 'The Merchants Purse', and related practice. The checked support below includes video, teaching, worksheet, lesson. Open a resource in its provider's website and choose the format that best helps the learner explain the idea independently.

Activities covered

  • Read and Understand Stories From Other Cultures: 'Baboushka'
  • Read and Understand Stories From Other Cultures: 'Baucis and Philemon'
  • Read and Understand Stories from Other Cultures: 'The Merchants Purse'
  • Read and Understand Traditional Stories: 'Dick Whittington'

Checked learning resources

  • Baucis and Philemon

    Zane Education · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Elementary literature video retells Baucis and Philemon and highlights generosity, hospitality and the gods’ reward.

  • The Purse of Gold - Storytelling for Children

    YouTube — shaheen aggarwal · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Transcript-checked child-friendly retelling of the same Jewish folktale: a beggar returns a purse containing 100 gold pieces, the merchant falsely claims it held 200, and the judge awards it to the honest finder. This shorter adaptation omits the activity text's names, children and synagogue detail, so it should be used alongside the exact text.

  • Dick Whittington

    British Council LearnEnglish Kids · Video · Opens on the provider website

    Child-facing British tale video tells the complete Dick Whittington story and models traditional tale comprehension through preparation and follow-up activities.

  • Stories from Other Cultures: Anansi

    Oak National Academy · Teaching · Opens on the provider website

    Year 3 reading sequence teaches how culture, setting and tradition shape stories from other cultures.

  • Babushka Story

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Browser-first illustrated story presents the Russian traditional tale Babushka/Baboushka and supports discussing its culture, events and characters.

  • Year 3 Reading Assessments Pack

    Twinkl · Worksheet · Account may be required

    Year 3 pack provides fiction, non-fiction and poetry comprehension texts, 36 questions, answers and mark schemes for retrieval, sequencing, summarising and mixed reading assessment practice.

  • Philemon and Baucis: Read and Listen

    Lit2Go · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Browser page provides a child-readable 699-word version, audio and student activity for the exact Baucis and Philemon story.

  • The Merchant’s Purse: School Reading and Questions

    De Nobili School via Google viewer · Worksheet · Opens on the provider website

    Browser viewer opens a school edition of the traditional tale The Merchant’s Purse with vocabulary and comprehension questions. It is a different retelling from the Buki version, so it supports comparison of the shared h