English_(LD)_Year_3

Mr Rooster was happy.

Then, he started to cook.
They ate the porridge together.

Let’s eat together.

It is tasty.

It smells good.
What did you learn from the story?

(Adapted from a traditional children’s story, The Little Red Hen)
Guide the pupils to read and role-play. Ask the pupils
2.1.3 Teacher’s how they helped others in the past. Use the story as 45
Notes a drama project.

Let’s answer.

1 Who is Mr Rooster?
Mr Rooster is a __________________ .

2 Who cooked the porridge?
_________________ cooked the porridge.

3 What ingredients did Mr Rooster need?
He needed ___________ , ____________ , and
_____________ .

4 Name the three friends who helped Mr Rooster.
(a) ________________________
(b) ________________________
(c) ________________________

46 Teacher’s Guide the pupils to answer the questions in their exercise books. 2.1.2
Notes 3.1.1(v)(vi)

Let’s write.

Mr Rooster liked to _______________.

There were not enough ___________.

He asked from his _______________.
They ate the ___________________.

3.1.1(iv) Teacher’s Guide the pupils to write the correct answers in their exercise 47
2.1.3 Notes books.

Let’s make.
1 Boil water.

2 Add rice. Healthy Porridge

You need:

brown rice mushrooms

3 Add vegetables. onions carrots

4 Add salt. salt

5 Stir.

48 Teacher’s Dice the vegetables into small pieces. Get the pupils to listen 3.3.1(i)
Notes to the instructions and make the porridge. For enrichment, add 2.1.2
other condiments such as soy sauce or olive oil into the porridge.

Unit Our Traditional
9 Costumes

Let’s talk.
1 What are they wearing?
2 When do people wear traditional costumes?

1.4.2(i) Teacher’s Get the pupils to talk about the races in Malaysia 49
Notes and their traditional costumes.

Let’s listen and say.

I am wearing a cheongsam.
I wear it during Chinese New Year.

I am wearing baju kurung.
I wear it during Hari Raya.

This is the traditional Bidayuh I am wearing kurta and
costume. I wear it during the dhoti. I wear them during
Gawai Festival. Deepavali.

50 Teacher’s Get the pupils to role-play. Ask Wh-questions to elicit 1.2.1
Notes responses. Example: What other traditional costumes 1.4.2(i)(ii)
do you know?

Let’s read.

The Traditional Bidayuh Costume
It is Malaysia Day. Mujang wears a traditional
Bidayuh costume.
I am wearing a traditional Bidayuh costume.

headgear
(burang sumba)

vest
(bojuh langgi darik)

loincloth
(tawop)

Source: http://dbna.org.my/heritage/
bidayuh-traditional-costume/

2.1.3 Teacher’s Guide the pupils to point to and read the labels. 51
Notes

Let’s read.

baju kurung
a purple baju kurung
I am wearing a purple baju kurung.

cheongsam
a red cheongsam
I am wearing a red cheongsam.

kurta
a white kurta
I am wearing a white kurta.

vest
a black vest with red lines
I am wearing a black vest with red lines.

52 Teacher’s Guide the pupils to read. Focus on the words in bold. 2.1.3
Notes

Let’s write.

sigar

This is Mastili. garung
He is Mujang’s cousin. souvar
He lives in Sabah.
He celebrates Kaamatan Festival.
He wears a traditional Dusun costume.

Source: https://sites.google.com/site/1132702581v1/
traditional-costumes-of-different-races/
kadazandusun-1

Answer the questions.

1 Who is Mujang’s cousin?
Mujang’s cousin is __________________________.

2 Where does he live?
He lives in __________________________________.

3 What does Mastili wear during Kaamatan Festival?

He wears _______________, _________________,
and ____________________.

2.1.2 Teacher’s Get the pupils to read and answer the questions. 53
1.4.2(i)(ii) Notes

Let’s make. 2
1

Costume Collage

You need:

Cut. Paste.
4
pieces of 3
coloured papers

traditional
costume
template

manila
card

scissors glue Paste pieces of Label.
coloured papers.

54 Teacher’s Assist the pupils to make the collage. Get them to name and 3.3.1(ii)
Notes label the costume. For enrichment, the teacher may use other 3.1.1(iv)
traditional costume templates.

Unit Spencer the
10 Singing Seahorse

Let’s chant.

Flap, flap, flap,
Flap your fins,
Dive, dive, dive,
In the sea.

Dance, dance, dance,
Dance to the song,
Move, move, move,
Move your tails.

Sing, sing, sing,
While you swim,
Twist, twist, twist,
While you chant.

1.2.2(i) Teacher’s Chant with the pupils. Use suitable actions while chanting. 55
Notes

Let’s read.

Spencer the Singing Seahorse
Once, there lived a seahorse named Spencer.
He loved singing. One day, he lost his way.

?? He cried for help.
Nobody heard him.
?

Suddenly, a hermit crab, an octopus, and a clownfish

appeared. 1 Why are you crying?

2 I am lost.

56 3 Don’t cry. 4 We will help you.

They met Mr Stingray and Miss Dolphin.
1 Can you help Spencer? 2 I’m sorry. I don’t

know the way.

3 I will show you the way.
They followed Miss Dolphin. Spencer was happy to
be home. He sang and danced with his new friends.

2.1.3 Teacher’s Guide the pupils to read the story. Ask them to name 57
Notes other sea creatures.

Let’s read.
Parts of a Seahorse

eye
snout

Fun Facts!

Only a male seahorse
has brood pouch.

fin A female seahorse
deposits the eggs into
the male’s pouch.

pouch The male carries the
eggs until they hatch.

tail Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/
animals/fish/group/seahorses/

58 Teacher’s Guide the pupils to read the labels and spell out 2.1.1

Notes the words.

Let’s read.

Simple Present Simple Past
live lived
love loved

dance danced
ask asked
show showed

Action that takes place Action that has happened
now or every day. in the past.

Complete the table. Simple Past
Simple Present
They _______________
They ask Mr Stingray Mr Stingray for help.
for help.

Miss Dolphin __________ Miss Dolphin showed

them the way. them the way.

2.1.2 Teacher’s Explain the Simple Present Tense and the Simple Past Tense 59
3.2.1(i) Notes to the pupils. Guide them to complete the table in their
exercise books. For enrichment, prepare other word cards
in the Present Tense and Past Tense.

Let’s make.

Seabed Diorama

12 You need:

Add plastic seaweed. Add pebbles. pebbles
34

Paste. Add water. plastic
5 container

plastic
seaweed

stickers

Place the lid.

60 Teacher’s Get the pupils to make the diorama as a class project. 3.3.1(ii)

Notes Guide them to name the sea animals used in the diorama.

Unit Healthy Life,
11 Happy Us

Let’s sing.

Mohan, Mohan!
Yes, Teacher

“Mohan, Mohan!”
“Yes, teacher.”
“Eating apple?”
“Yes, teacher.”

“Drinking milk?”
“Yes, teacher.”

“Is it healthy?”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah!”

(To the tune of Johnny, Johnny! Yes, Papa)

1.2.2(ii) Teacher’s Sing the song with the pupils and substitute the 61
1.4.2(i) Notes
words in bold with other healthy food and drinks.
Ask Wh-questions to elicit responses. Example:
Why is it important to eat fruits and vegetables?

Let’s listen and say.

I brush my I have a bath
teeth. daily.

I wash my
hands.

HEALTHY HABITS,
HEALTHY LIFE

I eat healthy
food.

I sleep early. I exercise
regularly.

62 Teacher’s Read the sentences. Get the pupils to repeat. 1.2.1

Notes Discuss other healthy habits.

Let’s read.

Grains HEALTHY PLATE Vegetables

Example: Example:
rice, bread, tomato, carrot,

noodles broccoli

Protein Fruits

Example: Example:
fish, chicken, Source: http://nutrition.moh.gov.my/poster/ watermelon,
egg orange, apple

2.1.1 Teacher’s Explain the ‘Healthy Plate’ to the pupils. Guide them to 63
Notes read the labels. Discuss how to use the ‘Healthy Plate’
to promote healthy eating.

Let’s read.

Mei Ling likes to eat sweets.
She does not like to brush her teeth.

One day, Mei Ling has a Inside Mei Ling’s mouth…
toothache.

Ouch! I have a toothache.

We like dirty teeth.
Hahaha!

64

Mei Ling tells her mother.

I told you not to eat
too many sweets.

Her mother takes her to the dentist.

?

2.1.3 Teacher’s Guide the pupils to read the story. Discuss what 65
Notes the dentist would say in the last picture.

Let’s make. Healthy Plate Poster

1 Draw lines. 2 Apply glue to
the cut-outs.

3 Paste. 4 Apply glue to You need:
the plate.

drawing food
paper cut-outs

5 Paste. 6 Write. scissors paper
plate

coloured glue
pen

ruler marker
pen

66 Teacher’s Guide the pupils to do a poster. For enrichment, the pupils 3.3.1(ii)(iii)
Notes may prepare their own food cut-outs from old magazines
and newspapers. Talk about why they choose the foods.

Unit It’s Holiday!
12

Let’s sing.

Hooray, Hooray, Holiday!

There’s a place I know,
Where we should go,
Hey dee, hey dee ho...

On the train we ride,
We jump and clap,
Hey dee, hey dee ho...

Hooray! hooray!
It’s a holi-holiday,
What a time for fun,

For everyone,
Holi-holiday.

(To the tune of Boney M.’s Hooray, Hooray, It’s a Holiday)

1.2.2(ii) Teacher’s Sing with the pupils using suitable actions. 67
Notes

Let’s read.
Interesting Places in Malaysia

Movie Animation Turtle Conservation and
Park Studio (MAPS) Information Centre
Terengganu
Perak

Melaka Wonderland
Melaka

Legoland
Johor

68

Desa Cattle Dairy Farm Cultural Village
Sabah Sarawak

Map of Malaysia

2.1.1 Teacher’s Guide the pupils to read and talk about the places 69
1.4.2(i)(ii) Notes
of interest in Malaysia. Ask Wh-questions to elicit
responses. Example: Where would you like to visit?

Let’s read.
The pupils are talking about their holiday plans.

Do you have plans Yes, we are going
for the holiday? to Perak by train.

My family and I are We are going to have fun
going to Sarawak. in Legoland, _________.

70 Teacher’s Guide the pupils to read the dialogues and role-play. 2.1.3
Notes For enrichment, change the words in bold with other
states and places of interest.

Let’s read.
Malaysia has many places of interest. One of them
is Legoland, Johor. Help Mujang and his friends to
complete the bubble map.

Places of Interest Around Malaysia

Legoland
in Johor

Places of
Interest

2.1.3 Teacher’s Guide the pupils to read and complete the bubble map in 71
3.1.1(iv)(v) Notes their exercise books. For enrichment, assist them to write
other places of interest they know.

Let’s read.

Main Bazaar
The Main Bazaar is at Kuching
Waterfront. It has many shops.
The shops sell Sarawak pepper
and traditional costumes.
There are also bead necklaces,
vases, and wood crafts.

Source: http://sarawaktourism.com/attractions

72 Teacher’s Guide the pupils to read the passage. 2.1.3
Notes

Let’s read.

Sarawak pepper

Products of
Sarawak

traditional vases
costumes

wood crafts bead
necklaces

2.1.1 Teacher’s Guide the pupils to read the words and phrases. 73
1.2.1 Notes Discuss the products of Sarawak.

Let’s make.
1

Cut.

Bead Necklace 2

You need:

elastic thread Insert.
scissors
3

Tie.

beads

74 Teacher’s Get the pupils to make the necklace. For enrichment, 3.3.1(ii)

Notes discuss with the pupils how to sell their crafts.