PRIMARY THREE (3) - 2014 Edition - ENGLISH STUDIES PRIMARY 3 FIRST TERM

Sep 26, 2026

Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Primary Three (3) 2014 Edition provides a structured First Term English Studies scheme. It organizes weekly lessons into Listening/Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Grammatical Accuracy. The plan targets early literacy skills such as consonant and vowel sounds, consonant clusters, concept of print, capital letters and full stops, plural formation, and the introduction to verbs. It also includes handwriting guidance and punctuation practice.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryExam

FormatPDF

Pages145

Reading Time6 h 5 min

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ENGLISH STUDIES

Primary 3 First Term

Week 1

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Week 3

Week 4

FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA PRIMARY THREE (3) 2014 Edition Table of Contents |

Hausa Language------------------------------------Igbo Language---------------------------------------Yoruba Language-----------------------------------
Basic Science---------------------------------------Basic Technology----------------------------------Physical & Health Education-------------------
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Islamic Studies------------------------------------Christian Religious Studies--------------------Social Studies-------------------------------------Civic Education------------------------------------Security Education------------------------------- | | --- | --- | | | | | Computer Studies (ICT)_ ------------------------

Home Economics----------------------------------Agriculture-------------------------------------------Entrepreneurship---------------------------------- | | | --- | --- | ENGLISH STUDIES PRIMARY 3 FISRT TERM | WEEK | TOPIC | CONTENT | ACTIVITIES | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Resumption Test | Resumption Test | Resumption Test | | 2 | LISTENING/SPEAKING Pronunciation of consonants and
consonants clusters:/b/, /p/ /pl/, /pr/, /bl/ , /br/ using letter sounds | Production of the consonant sounds /b/, /p/ in isolation, in word and in sentence. Context, using letter sounds: Pp, Bb | Teacher writes the letters and sounds on the board, pronounce the alphabetsand produce their sounds, demonstrate correctly.
Pupils: pronounce letters and sound after the teacher. | | | READING
Aural discrimination (Skills: phonic vowel sound) | Aural discrimination of the sounds /aI/, /x/, /ᴧ/ in isolation, in words and in sentence. E.g. /æ/ -Aaam, man, fam using /a:/ -Aa – arm, calm, form etc. | Teacher writes and reads the sentences containing the sounds (from a text) to the class while the pupils listen.
Teacher re-reads the sounds and words and pupils read after him/her. | | | WRITING
Introduction to the use of capital letters and full stop. | The various uses of the capital letter of the alphabets during writing:
e.g. Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, etc.
[E.g. to](E.g. to) begin a sentence Iam a good child.
The full stop marks the end of a sentence. | Teacher writes sample of words and sentences using capital letters.
Read out the sentences or words and get the pupils to do the same. Pupils write the sentence on the board correctly. Enumerate the uses of capital letters and full stop.
Pupils write in their exercise books. | | | GRAMMATICAL ACCURACY Use of Regular and Irregular plural | Regular plurals ending with ‘s’and ‘es’ e.g.
i) . boy-boys, girl-girls ii) . Baby-babies, knifeknives.
Irregular plurals e.g. Man-men Woman-women Ox-oxen | Teacher writes words in the singular and plural for forms on the board and read them to the class. Pupils write in their exercise books and pronounce them after the teacher. | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 3 | LISTENING/SPEAKING Pronounciations of consonants and consonant clusters using letter sound F-/f/-fl, fr, V-/v/ | Production of consonants sounds and their letters /f/ -Ff
/v/ -Vv e.g.
This is letter ‘f’, it sounds /f/
This is letter ‘v’, it sounds /v/
/f/ - ‘F’ is for – fire, fat, father etc.
/v/ - ‘V’ is for verb, victory, van etc.
Make sentence with the words clusters of ‘f’ e.g. fl-flower, fly, flame etc. fr-fry, frame, frog etc. | Teacher writes letters and sounds and words on the board, pronounce them, form songs with them and sing along with the pupils.
Teacher guides pupils to pronounce the diagraphs correctly in their clusters and to pronounce the words 100. | | | READING
Concept of print: features of printed materials and types. | Recognition of the makeup of a printed material.
E.g. Title page, Title Recognition of reading materials e.g. storybooks, class textbook etc. | Teacher shows pupils title pages of different books, illustrate, margin, pictures, charts, graphs etc.
Pupils obse

FAQs

What language areas does the Primary 3 English Studies scheme cover in each week?

It covers Listening/Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Grammatical Accuracy, with tasks and activities for pupils to follow.

Which phonics skills are emphasized in Week 2?

Week 2 emphasizes pronunciation of consonants and consonant clusters using letter sounds, and includes aural discrimination of vowel and sound patterns in isolation, words, and sentences.

What writing conventions are introduced in the early weeks?

The scheme introduces the use of capital letters and full stops, handwriting formation, and punctuation marks such as commas, question marks, and exclamation marks.

Sep 26, 2026

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