GRADE 3

ENGLISH
GRADE 3 LEARNING COMPETENCIES
Domains Retained Combined Eliminated
OL- Oral 1st Quarter
Language • Initiative • Express ideas • Recount
conversation in a specific/
s with peers conversational significant
in a variety of manner events
school • Express one’s • Connect
settings ideas by information
• Share presenting a heard to
relevant skit personal
information experience
• Synthesize
and restate
information
shared by
others

2nd Quarter
• Restate and • Give one-to- • Ask simple
retell three step questions
information directions • Retell familiar
• Recall and stories to other
share children
experiences,
film viewed
and story
read/listened
to as
springboard
for writing
LC- Listening 1st Quarter
Comprehensio • Listen to a • Give a simple • Activate prior
n variety of paraphrase knowledge
literary and based on the
expository stories to be
texts read
a. Note the
important
details
b. Sequence at
least 3 events
using signal
words
c. Retell some
parts of the
story
d. Differentiate
real from
make-believe
e. Infer feelings
and traits of
characters
f. Identify
cause and
effect
g. Draw
conclusions
• Listen to
poems and
a. Identify
the
rhyming
words

2nd Quarter
• Listen to a • Activate • Follow a set of
variety of knowledge verbal three-
literary and based on new step directions
expository knowledge with picture
texts formed cues
a. Note • Activate prior • Make simple
important knowledge inferences
details based on the about thoughts
b. Sequence stories to be and feelings
at least 3 read based from
events
 using texts viewed/
signal listened to
words
c. Retell
some
parts of
the story
d. Differenti
ate real
from
make-
believe
e. Infer
feelings
and traits
of
character
s
f. Identify
cause
and effect
g. Draw
conclusio
ns
• Sequence a
series of
events
viewed/
listened to
RC- Reading 1st Quarter
Comprehensio • Read simple • Make and
n sentences confirm
and levelled predictions
stories and about texts
a. Note
details
regarding
character
s
b. Sequence
at least 3
events
• Describe
literary
elements of
texts
including
characters,
setting and
plot

2nd Quarter
• Read simple • Note details in • Rereads,
sentences a given text monitors and
and levelled • Sequence a self-correct
stories and series of one’s
a. Note events in a comprehensio
details literary n
regarding selection • Make simple
character, prediction
setting
and plot
b. Sequence
3 events
WC- Writing/ 1st Quarter
Composition • Write • Another • Thank you
different ending of a letter
forms of story • A diary
simple • A short
composition paragraph, etc.
as a
response to
stories/
poems
listened to
a. Draw and
write
sentence
s about
one’s
drawing
b. A note of
advice
c. Descriptiv
e
paragrap
h

2nd Quarter
• Participate in • Write at least • Thank you
generating three letter
ideas through sentences • A diary
prewriting from various
activities familiar
a. sources
Brainstormin • Write different
g forms of simple
b. webbing composition as
c. drawing a response to
stories/poems
listened to
a. draw and
write
sentences
about one’s
drawing
b. a note of
advice
c. descriptive
paragraph
 d. another
ending of a
story
e. a short
paragraph,
etc

PWR- Phonics 1st Quarter

and Word • Recognize • Review • Read phrases,
Recognition more reading and sentences and
and Spelling common writing short e, short stories
sight words in a and I words consisting of
order to read in CVC pattern 2-syllable
simple • Read words words and the
phrases and with short o questions
sentences sounds in CVC about them
pattern and
phrases and
sentences
containing
these words
• Read words
with short u
sound in CVC
pattern
• Differentiate
words with
different
medial vowels
(e.g., cap-cop-
cup; fan-fin-
fun)
• Read 2-
syllable words
consisting of
short e to u
sound (basket,
hotdog,
sunset, etc.
2nd Quarter
• Read • Read words
phrases, with initial
sentences consonant
and short blends (l, r and
stories s blends)
consisting of
 words with • Followed by
initial short vowel
consonant sounds (e.g.,
blends black, frog,
• Read step)
phrases, • Read words
sentences with final
and short blends (-st, lt, -
stories nd, -nt, -ft..)
consisting of preceded by
words with shortby short
final e, a, i, o, and u
consonant words (belt,
blends and sand, raft)
other words • Read words
previously with initial and
studied and final consonant
the questions digraph ch
about them
F- Fluency 1st Quarter
• Read grade 3 • Read aloud
level texts short stories/
consisting of poems
2-syllable consisting of
words with short a, e, I and
short vowel o words with
sound with at speed,
least 95- accuracy and
100% proper
accuracy intonation
• Read aloud • Read with
from familiar accuracy,
prose and speed and
poetry proper
consisting of phrasing
long vowel sentences and
words with stories with u
fluency, words and
appropriate other words
rhythm, previously
pacing and studied
intonation • Read with
accuracy
appropriate
speed and
correct
intonation 2-
syllable words
consisting of
short e to u
words
2nd Quarter
• Read grade 3 • Read with • Read with
level texts accuracy, accuracy,
consisting of speed and speed and
2-syllable proper proper
words with phrasing phrasing
short vowel sentences and sentences and
sound with at stories with stories with
least 95- words words
100% beginning in consisting of
accuracy consonant initial and final
• Read aloud blends and ch and sh and
from familiar other words other words
prose and
 poetry previously previously
consisting of studied studied
long words • Read with • Read with
with fluency, accuracy, accuracy,
appropriate speed and speed and
rhythm, proper proper
pacing and phrasing phrasing
intonation sentences and sentences and
stories stories with
consisting of words
words with consisting of
ending ch and sh
consonant words and
blends and other words
other words previously
previously studied with
studied speed,
accuracy and
proper
phrasing
S- Spelling 2nd Quarter
• Spell one-to-
two syllable
words with
consonant
blends (e.g. pl,
tr)
• Spell words
with ending
consonant
blends
• Spell words
with consonant
digraphs cha
ns sh
• Spell words
with initial and
final consonant
blends and
consonant
digraphs
G- Grammar 1st Quarter
Sentences Sentences Sentences
• Construct simple • Use a • Distinguish
sentences declarative sentences
• Use proper sentence from non-
punctuation for • Differentiate sentences
declarative and a declarative
interrogative from an
sentences interrogative
• Use different sentence
kinds of • Use proper
sentences (e.g., punctuation
declarative, for
interrogative, declarative
exclamatory, and
imperative) interrogative
Sentences sentences
• Use appropriate • Construct
punctuation declarative
marks (e.g., and
period, comma, interrogative
question mark, sentences
exclamation • Identify an
point) exclamatory
Nouns sentence
• Use nouns (e.g., • Identify an
people, animals, imperative
places, things, sentence
events) in simple Nouns
sentences • Use plural
• Use common and form of
proper nouns regular
nouns by
adding /s/ or
/es/ (e.g.,
dog, dogs;
wish,
wishes)
• Use plural
from of
frequently
occurring
irregular
nouns (e.g.,
children,
feet, teeth)
 2nd Quarter
Verbs
• Identify and use • Use the be-
action words in verbs (am,
simple sentences was, is, are,
• Use verbs in were)
simple present correctly in
and past tense sentences
• Form and
use the past
tense of
frequently
occurring
regular
verbs (walk,
walked etc)
• Use verbs in
simple
present
tense

V- Vocabulary 1st Quarter

Development • Classify common • Show • Give the
words into understandi meaning of
conceptual ng of words used
categories (e.g., meaning of in stories
animals, foods, words with listened to
toys) final
consonant
blends
through
drawing,
actions and
using them
in sentences
• Show
understandi
ng of
meaning of
words with
consonant
digraph ch
through
drawing,
actions and
 using them
in sentences
• Show
understandi
ng of
meaning of
words with
consonant
digraph sh
through
drawing,
actions and
using them
in sentences

2nd Quarter
• Derive meaning
from repetitive
language
structures review

A-Attitude 1st Quarter

• Participate/
engage in a read-
along of texts
(e.g., poetry,
repetitive text)
 2nd Quarter
• Participate/ • Revisit
engage in a read- favorite
along of texts books,
(e.g., poetry, songs,
repetitive text) rhymes
• Identify
favorite
authors and
stories

SS- Study 1st Quarter

Strategy • Follow • Arrange
instructions given words with a
orally different first
letter in
alphabetical
order
• Monitor and
self- correct
one’s
comprehensi
on by
scanning and
skimming

2nd Quarter • Arrange

• Locate • Follow one- words with
information using to-three step the same first
print and non- directions letter but a
print sources • Use graphic different
organizers second letter
to show in
understandi alphabeticall
ng of texts y order