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Aga Khan Schools, South
Second Term Syllabus, 2024-25
Grade III
English
Listening Comprehension • Speaking/Conversations based on topics
Section Multiple Choice like:
Questions • Talking about time and weather
• Listening for details • Asking for and giving directions
Listening • Listening to main ideas • Asking using Will
and • Listening for specific • Sharing knowledge
Speaking information (knowledge) • Asking for Permissions
• Giving Reasons
Note: Speaking topics of assessment will not be the
same as given in the books. Children must be able to
speak about different aspects of the same theme.
Oxford Discover Units: Reading comprehension exercises given in the above
units from textbook and workbook, read aloud,
Unit 7 and 8 – How do we prediction from titles, headings, and pictures, reciting
measure time? poems, expressing opinion, identifying story
Unit 9 and 10 - Where does characters, sharing likes/dislikes about
Reading
energy come from? story/characters, and word building exercises.
Unit 15 - Why do we need Assessment
plants? Unseen text for comprehension followed by Multiple
Choice Questions (MCQs) and Constructive Response
Questions (CRQs).
Write essays on a variety of topics:
• Expository/Informative Report Writing
• Narrative Writing
• Instructional Writing
Writing
Picture Description
Description of an unseen picture in a paragraph.
Note: Writing topics of assessment will not be the same as given in the books or
notebooks. Children must be able to write on different topics of the same genres.
• Nouns: A - Countable/Uncountable B – Common and Proper
• Future Tense: will and going to
• Contractions
• Prefix (re-) Suffixes (-er, -tion)
Grammar
• Quantifiers (all quantifiers from Student and Workbook)
Vocabulary
• Pronouns: Personal Pronouns and Possessive Pronouns
• Modal Verbs: May and Might
• Measure Words/Containers
• Articles: a, an, the
Capitalization of proper nouns, using periods at the end of sentences, use of comma,
Punctuations question mark, contraction, and apostrophe will be assessed throughout the test and will
be marked accordingly.
• Dictation, Speaking, and Read Aloud are part of the second-term exam.
Note
• Dictation Words (Vocab Champ List – 41-88)
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Mathematics
Theme Sub-topics Student Learning Outcomes
Mental Math Strategies
Addition Add numbers horizontally up to 2 digits with carrying using
‘Bridging through 10 strategy’.
Number Mental Math Strategies
Operation Subtraction Subtract numbers horizontally up to 2 digits with carrying using the
‘Bridging through 10 strategy’.
Multiplication and Apply mental math strategies to divide numbers up to a table of 10.
Division
Representation of Express the fractions in figures and vice versa.
Fractions Match the fractions with related figures.
Differentiate between proper, improper, and Mixed fractions
Proper and
through figures.
improper fractions
Write the fraction of the given quantity using pictures.
Fraction of quantity
Identify equivalent fractions from the given figures.
Fractions Equivalent
Write three equivalent fractions of a given fraction.
Fractions
Find equivalent fractions by using the fraction wall.
Comparing Compare like fractions through figures and numeral values, using
Fractions symbols <, > and =.
Add two fractions with the same denominators. (numerically)
Addition of Fraction
Represent the addition of fractions through figures.
Subtraction of Subtract fractions with the same denominators. (numerically)
Fraction Represent subtraction of fractions through figures.
Read the standard units of length (kilometre, meter, and centimetre)
including abbreviation.
Read the standard units of Mass (kilogram and gram) including
abbreviation.
Read the standard units of capacity (litre and millilitre) including
abbreviations.
Differentiate between volume and capacity.
Length, Measure and write standard units of length including abbreviation.
Measureme
Mass/Weight and Measure and write standard units of mass including abbreviation.
nts
Volume/Capacity Measure and write standard units of capacity including abbreviation.
Add measures of length, mass, and capacity in the same units with
and without carrying.
Subtract measures of length, mass, and capacity in the same units
with and without borrowing.
Solve real-life problems involving the same units of length, mass,
and capacity for addition and subtraction with and without carrying
or borrowing.
Time Use a.m. and p.m. to record the time.
Read and write time from analog and digital clocks, with five-minute
intervals including the concept of past and e.g. 8 :05-------5 minutes
past 8----- 7 : 55 ------5 minutes to 8
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Add and subtract units of time in hours.
Solve real-life problems involving units of time for addition and
subtraction in hours.(including after, before, later and earlier)
Calendar Read and write day and dates from the calendar.
Circle Identify and define a circle, its radius, centre, circumference, chord,
and diameter.
Identify diameter as the longest chord of the circle.
Define radius as half of the diameter and vice versa.
Calculate diameter when radius is given and vice versa. (Use even
numbers less than or equal to 50).
Information Read the bar graph.
Handling Interpret the bar graph.
General Knowledge
Topics Sub-topics
Direction • Four cardinal directions. Use of compass rose
• The sun rises in the east and sets in the west
• Name the places toward the north, south, east, and
west of the school/home
Past and Present (Tools in past and • Differences in the past and present things.
present ) • Communities have changed over time
• Changes in modes of transportation and
communication.
• The impact of inventions on our lives (on work and
play).
• Timeline, sequence the events in chronological
order.
• Tools from the past and their functions.
• Simple machines they see/use at home (scissors,
hammers, pliers) and their functions.
Economic Concepts: • Define with examples and Differentiate
• Goods, Services, Market, Buyers, and Sellers.
Producers and Consumers.
• Needs and wants
• Scarcity and economic choices
Kinds of Resources: • Define with examples and differentiate the kinds of
resources with examples
• Natural resources
• Human, resources
• Capital Resources
The Earth as a Living Planet Habitats • Characteristics of polar region habitats
• Characteristics of forest and water Habitats
• Describe the effects of human activity on these
habitats.
• Suggest ways to protect these habitats.
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اُردو
• یونٹ نمبر :۴پیشے اسباق اور نظم
پیشے )نظم(،میں بھی لوگوں کے کام آؤں گا،خالی
خالی خال کی باتیں
• یونٹ نمبر :۵ہمدردی
ہمارے قومی شاعر )تصویری کہانی(،ہمدردی)نظم(،رمضان اور عید الفطر
• یونٹ نمبر :۶یادیں
چھوٹی سی میری سائیکل)نظم(،جب عائشہ کا دانت ٹوٹا،پاکستان ایک نعمت)نظم(
عبارت پڑھ کر تفہیمی سواالت کے جوابات تحریر کر سکیں۔ •
عبارت پڑھ کر کثیراالنتخابی سواالت کے جوابات دے سکیں۔ • پڑھنےکی مہارت
میں (کتاب بلند خوانی •
گئے دئیے سے
بلند کی عنوانات
طور کے جانچ خوانی
جائیگی) کروائی پر
سواالت کے جوابات تحریر کرنا •
الفاظ کے جملے بنانا • لکھنے کی
مضمون نگاری • مہارت
واقعہ نگاری •
• کسی عنوان کو توجہ سے سن کر اپنے رد عمل کا ترتیب واراظہار کر سکیں۔ بولنے کی مہارت
• اپنے ذاتی ردعمل و خیاالت کے اظہار میں درست آواز اور تلفظ کو استعمال کر
سکیں۔
•
تصویری کہانی پر بھی گفتگو کر سکیں۔
• عبارت سن کر کثیراالنتخابی سواالت کے جوابات دے سکیں۔ سننے کی
• امال مہارت
1ـ میں بھی لوگوں کے کام آؤں گا صفحہ نمبر82 :
2ـ خالی خالی خال کی باتینصفحہ نمبر91 :
3ـ عائشہ کا دانت ٹوٹ گیاصفحہ نمبر124 :
• مترادف الفاظ قواعد
• الفاظ متضاد
• جملوں کی اقسام:استفہامی،اقراری ،انکاری،حکمیہ جملے
• کے اور کہ کا استعمال
• عالمت تفصیلیہ،عالمت سکتہ
اسالمیات
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اول (حفظ و ناظرہ)
باب ّ
• عربی حروف کی پہچان ،حرکات ،سورۃ النصر،چوتھا کلمہ ،درود شریف ناظرہ
باب اول (القرآن الکریم )
• سورۃ االفاتحہ،الفاظ معنی،ترجمہ اور بنیادی معلومات اسباق
باب دوم (ایمانیات و عبادات)
• قرآن مجید
• نماز اور طریقہ نماز
ت طیبہ ﷺ ) باب سوم (سیر ِ
• نبی کریم ؐکی مکی زندگی (معاملوں کی سمجھ سے سچائی کی تالش تک )
باب چہارم (اخالق و آداب )
• گفتگو کے آداب
• غیبت اور بہتان سے اجتناب
باب پنجم (ہدایت کے سر چشمے)
• حضرت ابو بکر صدیق �
باب دوم (ایمانیات و عبادات) پروجیکٹ
• قیامت
