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 ACELY1676

participating in collaborative discussions, building on and connecting ideas and opinions expressed by others, and checking students’ own understanding against group views

Elaboration | ACELY1676 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELY1683

using glossaries, print and digital dictionaries and spell check to edit spelling, realising that spell check accuracy depends on understanding the word function, for example there/their; rain/reign

Elaboration | ACELY1683 | Content Descriptions | Year 3 | English | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration ACELT1598

building a conscious understanding of preference regarding topics and genres of personal interest (for example humorous short stories, school and family stories, mysteries, fantasy and quest, series books)

Elaboration | ACELT1598 | 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