Jamaica Primary Language Arts Book 3 NSC Edition
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Term 1 Unit 1
Chapter 1
Speaking and listening: Play a whispering game
Word builder: Recognise long vowel sounds in words; identify whether vowel sound is at beginning or middle of word; write a sentence including long vowel sound words
Let’s read: Interpret pictures and answer questions; differentiate between beginning, middle and end of story; use a graphic organiser to sequence a story; retell a story in your own words; identify the moral of the story
Grammar builder: Plural endings; inflectional endings; regular and irregular nouns
Let’s write: Read a story and create a story plan for it; use the story plan to tell the story in your own words
Chapter 2
Speaking and listening: Study a picture, discuss and answer questions; discuss rules as a group and make notes; feed back to whole class
Word builder: Identify words within words; complete sentences with missing word
Let’s read: Read an advertisement for a school; look up/discuss the meanings of any unknown words; compare the advertisement with own school; make notes; complete comparative table
Grammar builder: Use conjunctions to link parts of sentences; complete sentences with missing words and conjunctions
Let’s write: Write down your school rules; write two additional rules of your own
Chapter 3
Speaking and listening: Read a poem aloud; identify Jamaican Creole words and compare with Standard Jamaican English; identify verbs in sentences; retell the events in the poem in sequence; plan and present a performance of the poem in groups
Word builder: Use adjectives to describe personal response to poem; descriptive writing; identify and use proper nouns correctly
Let’s read: Read a non-fiction text about the Jamaican flag; use description, colour in the flag; identify adjectives and nouns in the text; answer true or false questions; relate to own experience
Grammar builder: More work on identifying and using adjectives
Let’s write: Plan and write a descriptive paragraph; use a graphic organiser to make notes; write complete sentences
Chapter 4
Speaking and listening: Learn vocabulary describing the body; group discussion
Word builder: Complete words with missing vowels; learn sounds pl, ck and ss
Let’s read: Prepositions; read a non-fiction text and answer questions
Grammar builder: Comparative adjectives; use correct form/spelling of comparative adjectives and superlatives; inflectional endings
Let’s write: Plan and write a short presentation on parts of the body; use prompts to structure presentation
Chapter 5
Speaking and listening: Read and listen to haiku; write a haiku poem and read it to your partner
Word builder: Vocabulary about healthy eating; practise spelling; syllabification; alphabetical order; add missing words to complete sentences; relate to own experience and write about it
Let’s read: Read a non-fiction text on healthy foodstuffs, and answer questions; relate to own experience and express a view
Grammar builder: Introduce demonstratives “this”, “that”, “these”, “those”; add correct demonstrative to complete sentences; write sentences using demonstrativess
Let’s write: Complete a food diary for a day; record answers to questions about the diary; in pairs or groups plan and write a well-balanced menu
Chapter 6
Speaking and listening: Review, discuss and evaluate the experience of making a presentation (Chapter 4); review and discuss the experience of listening to presentations
Word builder: Read words aloud and mime their meaning; complete sentences by adding missing word; sort words into nouns, verbs and adjectives; identify fl, gr and pr sounds in words
Let’s read: Read a non-fiction text and answer comprehension questions; compile a list of suitable adjectives
Grammar builder: Use the word “not” to write statements and opposites; prepositions
Let’s write: Prepare and write a short presentation on a theme of looking after your body; use prompts to plan the presentation; write and deliver the presentation
Term 1 Unit 1 Review and assessment
Term 1 Unit 2
Chapter 7
Speaking and listening: Discuss and make notes of news from different members of the class; draw and label a picture of one item of news and present it to the class
Word builder: Vocabulary relating to news; choose words to complete sentences; identify number of syllables in words; identify words within words
Let’s read: Pre-reading activities discussing different types of news report; derive information from photographs; summarise and evaluate information; describe pictures using nouns, adjectives and verbs; study pictures and written reports, match correct picture to written report
Grammar builder: Identify nouns and adjectives in news reports; re-write sentences using adjectives
Let’s write: Use a picture cue, write a news report; use a writing frame to structure a report; review and expand the report
Chapter 8
Speaking and listening: Talk about an item you own which is special to you; make notes to refer to while giving a talk; ask and answer questions
Word builder: Read words aloud; use a dictionary or online reference; choose words to complete sentences; write descriptive sentences; identify words with “pl”, “bl”, “fl”, “pr”, “br” or “cr” consonant blends
Let’s read: Read a simple story; describe characters in the story; discuss the story and share responses
Grammar builder: Select adjectives to describe pictures; write descriptive sentences and identify adjectives
Let’s write: Write descriptive sentences; read a description of an object and draw it from the description
Chapter 9
Speaking and listening: Read a paragraph and identify key points for a summary; talk to a partner and make notes to summarise what they tell you
Word builder: Read key sight words aloud to familiarise them; select words to complete sentences; spell words from memory
Let’s read: Take turns to read a story aloud; number pictures in correct order; write headings for the story sections; predict what happens next
Grammar builder: Learn about verbs and tenses; past tense; regular and irregular verb endings; complete past tense sentences by adding verbs
Let’s write: Write an account in the past tense about a special event; use a planner to make notes; write and check your story
Chapter 10
Speaking and listening: Match headlines to pictures; write a headline and draw a picture to accompany a news story; talk to a partner about your news story; listen to your partner’s news story; ask and answer questionss
Word builder: Read words aloud in style of news reader; select words to complete sentences; write a short news story based on a given headline; identify sk, dr, fr, gr, st and sl sounds in words; use a spelling pyramid to spell more difficult words
Let’s read: Read a newspaper article and answer comprehension questions; use a dictionary; write definitions of words
Grammar builder: Adverbs; use adverbs in sentences; write sentences using adverbs
Let’s write: Write a news article about an event; take turns to act as reporter and witness; conduct interviews; plan and write a report
Chapter 11
Speaking and listening: Listen to a story; follow a story by looking at pictures; use strategies to understand words; re-tell a story in the correct sequence; identify four key parts of the story
Word builder: Read words aloud and count syllables; identify iand esounds of letter “y”; list words according to number of syllables; identify vocabulary words in a text; use vocabulary words in own writing; add missing letters to complete words correctly
Let’s read: Read a title, discuss and predict; read a story; predict what characters in the story will do next; identify adverbs in the story
Grammar builder: Use pronouns; subject verb agreement; identify mistakes in sentences and re-write correctly; complete sentences by adding missing verb
Let’s write: Write a short story in the past tense; use a graphic organiser to plan writing; discuss story with partner; write story
Chapter 12
Speaking and listening: Take turns to read and follow instructions
Word builder: Vocabulary related to making things; read words aloud; identify missing word; use vocabulary words to complete sentences to make meaningful instructions; long vowel sound in r-controlled vowels
Let’s read: Read instructions for a computer game; describe and draw an avatar
Grammar builder: Identify pronouns, adjectives and adverbs in text; write a description using pronouns, adjectives and adverbs; write sentences in the past tense
Let’s write: Design a poster to promote a computer game; identify key facts to include
Term 1 Unit 2 Review and assessment
Term 2 Unit 1
Chapter 13
Speaking and listening: Read a speech aloud; plan and draft a speech using a graphic organiser and role play the speech
Word builder: Read words aloud, identifying the ar sound; use words containing “ar” to complete sentences; write your own sentences including “ar” words; use antonyms in sentences
Let’s read: Read a text about community; express a view; answer comprehension questions; make a list; write a descriptive sentence
Grammar builder: Use full stops and commas; add punctuation to sentences; insert correct adverb in sentences
Let’s write: Plan and write a paragraph about your community; write a first draft following a sequence plan; read and edit each other’s drafts; write a final draft
Chapter 14
Speaking and listening: Working in pairs, students take turns to describe a picture and to draw what is described
Word builder: Read selection of words aloud and identify the same sound in each; add words to complete sentences; write sentences using vocabulary words; use vocabulary words to describe a picture; write synonyms
Let’s read: Look at a picture and answer pre-reading questions; write synonyms; read a news report; complete missing words and phrases; make a summary
Grammar builder: Subject verb agreement; use pronouns; identify the verb and the subject n sentences; verb forms in the past tense
Let’s write: Plan and write notes for a speech agreeing or disagreeing with a statement; work in a team to share tasks; structure a speech in sections; deliver a speech; ask and answer questions
Chapter 15
Speaking and listening: Look at a picture and discuss with a partner; identify and discuss dangers; agree, write and read aloud safety rules
Word builder: Vocabulary about safety in the home; identify diphthongs in words; use vocabulary words to complete sentences; divide vocabulary words into syllables
Let’s read: Read a non-fiction text and answer comprehension questions; draw a picture and write a caption
Grammar builder: Past simple tense; regular and irregular verb endings; add correct form of past simple verb to complete sentences; write the past simple form of verbs; differentiate between final sound id, dor t
Let’s write: Use topic, supporting and concluding sentences in structuring a paragraph; write a report consisting of two paragraphs using sentence prompts; read and comment on each other’s reports before writing a final version
Chapter 16
Speaking and listening: Use pictures to talk about different jobs; discuss in small groups, sharing experiences and opinions; make notes of discussion and give a short speech
Word builder: Vocabulary around community safety; identify number of syllables in words; use vocabulary words to complete haiku; group synonyms under correct heading
Let’s read: Read a radio interview script and answer comprehension questions, citing evidence in text
Grammar builder: Plural and singular common and proper nouns; differentiate between masculine, feminine and gender neutral/neuter nouns; apostrophe of possession
Let’s write: Write an interview dialogue including questions and answers
Chapter 17
Speaking and listening: Discuss road safety rules and identify an action for each command; draw something to symbolise each command; discuss and write notes about road safety rules
Word builder: Vocabulary about staying safe; read words aloud and identify ur/or sound; select correct word to complete sentences; homonyms, homophones and homographs; complete sentences using correct homophone; use a dictionary to find different meanings for homographs; find homophones and write meanings
Let’s read: Read a non-fiction text and answer comprehension questions; identify signs and say where you would see them; write a sentence explaining what each sign means; discuss warning signs and write notes
Grammar builder: Use possessive apostrophe with single noun; make direction signs
Let’s write: Make notes about dangerous places; plan, design and label a warning sign; write a draft of a paragraph using topic, supporting and concluding sentences; check and write a neat draft
Chapter 18
Speaking and listening: Listen to a report about the weather and answer comprehension questions; take turns to read and discuss the report; share your thoughts with the class
Word builder: Vocabulary about aspects of safety; read aloud; use a dictionary; complete newspaper headlines with missing word; prefixes, root words and suffixes
Let’s read: Look at a picture and answer questions; read a non-fiction text and answer questions; in groups discuss questions about the subject
Grammar builder: Past participles; differentiate between present simple tense, past simple tense and past participle in regular and irregular verbs
Let’s write: Rewrite a news story in your own words, using “when, who, where, what” structure; write a paragraph using topic, supporting and concluding sentences
Term 2 Unit 1 Review and assessment
Term 2 Unit 2
Chapter 19
Speaking and listening: Listen to a biographical text and answer true or false questions; read text aloud, underlining key words/phrases; summarise text
Word builder: Vocabulary about jobs; read words aloud in different tones of voice; identify “er” and “or” word endings
Let’s read: Read about poetic devices; write sentences using alliteration; identify rhyming words; read a tongue twister
Grammar builder: Use apostrophe of possession; differentiate between plural sand possessive s
Let’s write: Write an informal letter using a template
Chapter 20
Speaking and listening: Look at pictures, discuss and answer questions; using a map, discuss crops which are grown in Jamaica
Word builder: Vocabulary about farming and agriculture; divide words into syllables; select words to complete sentences; identify and define homonyms
Let’s read: Read a bar graph and answer questions; research and write a report using an outline template
Grammar builder: Comparative and superlative adjectives with regular and irregular forms; complete sentences using the correct form of adjective; write the key information about comparative and superlative adjectivess
Let’s write: Choose one Jamaican crop to research; complete a mind map; draft and deliver a presentation
Chapter 21
Speaking and listening: Read advertisements aloud; differentiate between different advertisements; discuss who would find the advertisements appealing
Word builder: Vocabulary about advertising; use vocabulary in context; use a dictionary; identify oy and oi sound in words; use “oy” and “oi” words in sentences
Let’s read: Read advertisements and answer questions; select an advertisement and discuss/ explain your choice
Grammar builder: Use conjunctions “when”, “where”, “while”, “but”
Let’s write: Write an advertisement for a new invention; write a name for the invention; plan the advertisement using a mind map
Chapter 22
Speaking and listening: Discuss with a partner your food, clothes and objects around you; talk about importing and exporting; differentiate objects made in Jamaica
Word builder: Vocabulary about buying and selling; unscramble letters to spell words; use mnemonics to reinforce spelling
Let’s read: Read a non-fiction text about the Caribbean and answer comprehension questions including deduction
Grammar builder: Use question words “who”, “what”, “why”, “when”, “where”; read a short text and answer questions
Let’s write: Write an informal letter using letter template and prompt sentences
Chapter 23
Speaking and listening: Pre-speaking activity; read a poem aloud; identify alliteration and rhyming; discuss the message/meaning of the poem and share ideas and opinions
Word builder: Vocabulary relating to feelings; write sentences using vocabulary words; select correct comparative/superlative form to complete sentences
Let’s read: Read a poem and explore an imaginative response; make an interpretation of the poem in a drawing; talk about the message of the poem; identify antonyms
Grammar builder: Punctuate questions; apostrophes of contraction; identify words with contractions; write out the full form of the words
Let’s write: Write a poem following an outline structure; choose a theme; brainstorm vocabulary; write drafts; check spelling and punctuation
Chapter 24
Speaking and listening: Think about listening, play a listening game; ask and answer questions; talk descriptively
Term 2 Unit 2 Review and assessment
Word builder: Vocabulary relating to poetry, games and songs; use vocabulary words to complete sentences; devise mnemonics; complete sentences using synonyms and antonyms
Let’s read: Read a poem; identify verse structure; identify rhyming words; express a personal response to the poem, relating to own experience
Grammar builder: Change positive sentences to negative sentences using full form of words and contracted words
Let’s write: Write an acrostic poem about food
Term 3 Unit 1
Chapter 25
Speaking and listening: Sing rhymes and perform actions; discuss difference between living and non-living things
Word builder: Vocabulary relating to living and non-living things; differentiate between words describing living and non-living things; write a simple four-line rhyme; use a dictionary
Let’s read: Differentiate between fiction and non-fiction; read a non-fiction text including heading, sub-heading, picture, picture caption, table, bold type, and bar graph; answer comprehension questions; answer questions about the presentation of the text
Grammar builder: Identify statements, exclamations and questions; use correct punctuation in statements, exclamations and questions; differentiate fiction and non-fiction texts in past and present tense
Let’s write: Write a non-fiction text; write two paragraphs on a chosen topic; research the topic; make notes and use graphic organiser; write drafts, check and re-write; include a photograph and caption, and a table or bar graph
Chapter 26
Speaking and listening: Talk about games you play and explain the rules; ask and answer questions; draw and label a picture showing a game
Word builder: Vocabulary about games and sports; write complete sentences using vocabulary words; use a dictionary; understand words can have different meanings; write sentences showing the different meanings of words
Let’s read: Skim a text for information; read a non-fiction text; express and explain a point of view; answer comprehension questions; match words; self-evaluate reading skills
Grammar builder: Re-write present tense text in past tense; identify verbs and change tense
Let’s write: Read a book about a sport or sportsperson and write a book report
Chapter 27
Speaking and listening: Listen to short texts and answer true or false questions; take turns to read texts aloud; discuss questions, share ideas with class
Word builder: Vocabulary related to folktales; identify syllables in words; identify synonyms; sound out words with silent letters; add missing silent letters to complete words
Let’s read: List adjectives to describe fictional characters; read a folktale and retell the story in your own words; discuss the moral of the story
Grammar builder: Identify verbs in a text; re-write verbs from past tense to future; complete sentences with correct verb form
Let’s write: Work in a group to tell stories; plan and write a summary of your story including characters, beginning, middle, end and moral; read and discuss summaries in groups; discuss moral of stories and what can be learned from them
Chapter 28
Speaking and listening: Talk about proverbs in Jamaican Creole and Standard Jamaican English; research and write out proverbs; discuss the meanings of different proverbs; ask and answer questions
Word builder: Vocabulary related to sayings and proverbs; count syllables; use a dictionary; complete sentences with vocabulary words; inflectional ending “-ing”
Let’s read: Read information text on proverbs and answer comprehension questions
Grammar builder: Use speech marks; roleplay a telephone conversation; use exclamation marks; write a telephone dialogue with correct punctuation
Let’s write: Read a story and write a continuation of the story, using dialogue
Chapter 29
Speaking and listening: Discuss the different languages spoken in the Caribbean; identify proper nouns; work in groups to research another country in the Caribbean and present your results; ask and answer questions; choose which country you would like to live in and explain why
Word builder: Vocabulary about the Caribbean region; complete sentences with missing word; using context clues to understand unfamiliar words
Let’s read: Differentiate between fact and opinion; self-evaluate reading skills; differentiate between fiction and non-fiction
Grammar builder: Use full stops, question marks and exclamation marks; use the conjunction “but”
Let’s write: Read a book and write a book report
Chapter 30
Speaking and listening: Describe activities around you in the present continuous tense; look at a picture and describe it in the present continuous tense; think about what the picture might look like in the future and discuss your ideas
Word builder: Words containing the letter “x”; sound the words to hear the different sound which “x” makes; sound words and identify a silent letter
Let’s read: Read an article and answer questions; express and justify an opinion
Grammar builder: Use apostrophes of possession; use the future tense
Let’s write: Differentiate positive and negative sentences; complete sentences with correct form of contracted words and apostrophe of contraction
Term 3 Unit 1 Review and assessment
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