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Elementary English - Grade 3

1: Recognizing Words
  • Listening
    • Identify words with:
      • final consonant sounds.
      • initial and final consonant blends and clusters.
  • Speaking
    • Increase one's speaking vocabulary.
      • use words presented under auditory discrimination in sentences.
  • Reading
    • Recognize words using spelling patterns as clues e.g digraphs.
      • Cvc.
      • consonant clusters in initial and final position.
    • Recognize words through repeated exposure.
  • Writing
    • Write legibly and neatly observing correct letter form, capitalization, punctuation and spelling.
      • copying from a model.
      • letters of excuse, apology.
      • name and write the parts of a letter.
    • Write contractions correctly.
    • Write the correct spelling of words learned in listening, speaking and reading.
2: Reading Poems
  • Listening
    • Identify words that rhyme in poems heard.
  • Speaking
    • Recite short verses, 1-2 stanza poems with correct intonation and stress.
      • Recite poems with gestures.
      • Memorize short verses.
  • Reading
    • Read orally 1-2 stanza poems with correct pronunciation, stress and rhythm..
      • Read orally or commit to memory well liked lines in a poem/selection.
      • Use context clues to get meaning of unfamiliar words.
      • Use the glossary to get meaning of new words.
  • Writing
    • Write contractions correctly
3: Following Directions
  • Listening
    • Recognize the rising and falling intonation in questions and answer heard.
    • Follow two-step directions heard
  • Speaking
    • Use courteous expressions in appropriate situations e.g. inviting someone.
    • Give short commands/directions
      • three-step directions
  • Reading
    • Read orally conversations/dialogs observing proper intonation.
    • Follow simple two-step directions
      • two separate simple sentences
      • compound sentences
  • Writing
    • Write different kinds of sentences
      • Telling, asking, requesting and exclamatory sentences
    • Write one’s own address correctly
4: Getting the Main Idea
  • Listening
    • Give the main idea of a selection listened to.
  • Speaking
    • Ask and answer questions about oneself/others:.
      • Using pictures.
      • Using dialogues.
      • Using comic strips.
  • Reading
    • Get the main idea from a text.
      • distinguish big ideas from small ideas.
      • give appropriate title for a paragraph.
      • identify key sentence in a paragraph.
  • Writing
    • Copy paragraph with 4-5 sentences.
      • observe indention, capitalization and punctuation.
5: Noting Details
  • Listening
    • Note details in selections listened to (1-2 short paragraphs.
      • answer who, what, when, where questions
  • Speaking
    • Talk about oneself (things/events).
      • Use the singular form of nouns with verbs of being.
      • Use the plural from of nouns.
  • Reading
    • Note explicit and implied details from a story read.
      • answer how and why questions
    • Decode words using structural analysis.
      • prefixes.
      • compound words.
  • Writing
    • Write from dictation different kinds of sentences with correct punctuation marks –telling, asking etc.
    • Write the correct spelling of words learned in listening, speaking and reading.
6: Organizing Ideas
  • Speaking
    • Use possessive pronouns.
      • Use pronouns that agree in gender with its antecedent.
  • Reading
    • Organize ideas.
      • Classify related ideas/concept under proper headings.
      • Identify proper heading for related sentences.
      • Outline a 2-paragraph text with explicitly given main idea
    • Arrange words alphabetically based on the first and second letter.
  • Writing
    • Write simple letters for a given purpose.
      • letter of excuse
      • letter of apology
7: Sequencing Events
  • Listening
    • Sequence events in the story listened to through pictures/groups of sentences/guided questions.
  • Speaking
    • Use verbs.
      • Use the correct form of the verb that agrees with the subject in number.
      • Use the correct time expression to tell an action in the
        • present
        • past
        • future
      • Construct sentences with simple subject and predicate
  • Reading
    • Sequence events.
      • Arrange events as to
        • space order
        • time order
        • both space and time order
      • Number events in a story read.
      • Arrange words alphabetically based on the first and second letter.
  • Writing
    • Write utterances on a given situation/comic strip presented.
8: Cause-Effect Relationship
  • Listening
    • Retell best-liked parts of a story heard
  • Speaking
    • Use words that describe persons, places, animals, ideas, events (adjectives)
      • Use the positive, comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
  • Reading
    • Perceive relationship
      • Identify cause – effect relationship
      • Identify and use language clues that signify cause-effect relationship e.g. because, as a result
    • Predict outcomes
      • Give an appropriate ending to a given situation
  • Writing
    • Write a different story ending
    • Write sentences from a set of pictures to make a story
9: Making Inferences
  • Listening
    • Make inferences
      • Infer traits of characters based on what they do or say in a story listened to
  • Speaking
    • Use expressions to show location
  • Reading
    • Infer
      • what have happened before or after
      • insight from what is read or observed
    • Draw conclusion using picture-stimuli/passages
  • Writing
    • Write a different story ending
    • Fill out forms correctly
      • library form
      • Information Sheet
10: Evaluating Ideas
  • Listening
    • Distinguish between facts and fancy from stories heard
  • Speaking
    • Talk about topics of interest in 4-5 sentences
  • Reading
    • Evaluate ideas
      • Tell whether an action or event is a reality or fantasy
      • Identify irrelevant ideas in a passage
    • Read orally or commit to memory poems/verses
  • Writing
    • Write a short story from a given situation
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