Unit 1 (Fun with Friends) opens with a picture story of a hen and her chicks crossing a stream on the backs of their friend the duck and her ducklings on the way to a village fair. Chapter 1, Colours, is a cheerful poem about two friends who have red, yellow, blue, green, purple and black crayons and share them so both can enjoy a full pack.
What Class 3 English Chapter 1 Covers
Picture Reading (The Hen and the Duck): Helping friends in need and matching animals with their young ones (chick, duckling, calf, puppy, kitten)
Poem ‘Colours’: Sharing crayons with friends to complete a full pack of colours
Vocabulary and Word Search: Finding colour names, action words and rhyming pairs (blue–too, black–pack)
Alphabetical Order: Arranging names of fruits and colours in A-to-Z dictionary order
Exercises in Chapter 1
- Let us think & Let us speak (Pages 5–6): Answer questions on how the friends share their crayons and speak about your favourite colours.
- Let us learn & Let us do (Pages 7–14): Find hidden colour words in the grid, arrange words in alphabetical order and make a paper folding puppet.
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FAQ
How do the children in the poem ‘Colours’ get a full pack of crayons?
One child needs red and the other needs black, so they share their crayons with each other to have a full pack.
How did the duck and ducklings help the hen and chicks?
Since the hen and her chicks could not swim, the duck and ducklings carried them across the stream on their backs.