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Grade 3 English Curriculum Alignment
Every Grade 3 English topic in EduModes follows India's National Curriculum (NCERT and NIPUN Bharat foundational targets) and is benchmarked against Common Core, the international standard — delivered through original interactive, voice-guided practice.
Short and long vowels
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Greek and Latin roots
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use
Blends
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Compound words
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use
Multisyllabic words
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Fluency
Categories
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use / Language
Diphthongs and r vowel patterns
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Phonological Awareness
Synonyms and antonyms
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use
Irregular words
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RF Reading: Foundational Skills -- Phonics & Word Recognition / Fluency
Homophones
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use
Main idea
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details (applies to both literary and informational text; shown here under Reading: Literature)
Multiple-meaning words
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use
Theme
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details (applies to both literary and informational text; shown here under Reading: Literature)
Shades of meaning
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use
Author's purpose
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details (applies to both literary and informational text; shown here under Reading: Literature)
Idioms
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use
Text structure
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details (applies to both literary and informational text; shown here under Reading: Literature)
Context clues
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use
Sensory details
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details (applies to both literary and informational text; shown here under Reading: Literature)
Reference skills
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RI Reading: Informational Text -- Craft & Structure (text features)
Literary devices
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details / Craft & Structure
Sentences, fragments and run-ons
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Point of view
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details / Craft & Structure
Nouns
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Inference
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details (applies to both literary and informational text; shown here under Reading: Literature)
Pronouns
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Story elements
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details / Craft & Structure
Verb types
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Visual elements
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RI Reading: Informational Text -- Craft & Structure (text features)
Subject-verb agreement
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Literary texts: level 1
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details / Craft & Structure
Verb tense
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Literary texts: level 2
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details / Craft & Structure
Articles
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Informational texts: level 1
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RI Reading: Informational Text -- Key Ideas & Details / Craft & Structure
Adjectives and adverbs
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Informational texts: level 2
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RI Reading: Informational Text -- Key Ideas & Details / Craft & Structure
Prepositions
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Organising writing
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.W Writing -- Text Types & Purposes / Production & Distribution / Research to Build & Present Knowledge
Conjunctions
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Topic sentences
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Contractions
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Writer's purpose
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.W Writing -- Text Types & Purposes / Production & Distribution / Research to Build & Present Knowledge
Commas
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Linking words
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.W Writing -- Text Types & Purposes / Production & Distribution / Research to Build & Present Knowledge
Capitalisation
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Opinion writing
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.W Writing -- Text Types & Purposes / Production & Distribution / Research to Build & Present Knowledge
Formatting
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Conventions of Standard English
Descriptive details
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.RL Reading: Literature -- Key Ideas & Details (applies to both literary and informational text; shown here under Reading: Literature)
Prefixes and suffixes
NIPUN Bharat -- Foundational Literacy, Class III (Age 8-9): converses with clarity in home/school language; reads at least 60 wpm with comprehension; answers 3/4 comprehension questions on unknown text; writes short grammatically correct paragraphs. | Reading context: Santoor, Class 3 (stories/poems build these skills implicitly; NCERT English is theme-based, not skill-indexed like this strand list)
3.L Language -- Vocabulary Acquisition & Use
National reference: NCERT textbooks and NIPUN Bharat / NCF Foundational Stage targets. International reference: Common Core State Standards (US).
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