Year 3 English

The English curriculum is built around the three interrelated strands of language, literature and literacy. Teaching and learning programs should balance and integrate all three strands. Together, the strands focus on developing students’ knowledge, understanding …

Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Achievement Standard English Year 3

Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of Year 3, students understand how content can be organised using different text structures depending on the purpose of the text. They understand how language features, images and vocabulary …

Achievement Standard | Achievement Standards | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACELA1482

exploring the use of sensing verbs and how they allow readers to know what characters think and feel

Elaboration (2) | ACELA1482 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACELT1596

drawing on literature from Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander or Asian cultures, to explore commonalities of experience and ideas as well as recognising difference in lifestyle and world view

Elaboration (2) | ACELT1596 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACELY1675

speculating about what other characters might think or feel and retelling the story from other perspectives (for example ‘Cinderella’ from the view of the ‘Ugly Sisters’)

Elaboration (2) | ACELY1675 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACELY1792

learning the specific speaking or listening skills of different group roles, for example group leader, note taker and reporter

Elaboration (2) | ACELY1792 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACELY1679

reading text types from a student’s culture to enhance confidence in building reading strategies

Elaboration (2) | ACELY1679 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACELY1680

making predictions and asking and answering questions about the text drawing on knowledge of the topic, subject-specific vocabulary and experience of texts on the same topic

Elaboration (2) | ACELY1680 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACELY1682

using appropriate simple, compound and complex sentences to express and combine ideas

Elaboration (2) | ACELY1682 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELA1476

identifying roles and collaborative patterns in students’ own groups and pair work (for example initiating a topic, changing a topic through negotiation, affirming other speakers and building on their comments, asking relevant questions, providing useful …

Elaboration | ACELA1476 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum