A presentation showing the proposed curriculum for year 3 students learning English in public schools in Japan.

1. 小学校３年生外国語活動

2. Current Elementary School English Curriculum
Self Introduction Feelings Fruits Colours
Animals Numbers 1-10 Halloween Christmas
1st
Grade

3. Current Elementary School English Curriculum
Self Introduction Feelings Fruits Colours
Animals Numbers 1-10 Halloween Christmas
Action Verbs Weather Seasons Body Parts
Food Days of the week Numbers 1-20
1st
Grade
2nd
Grade

4. Current 1st & 2nd Grade
Curriculum
Self
Introduction
Feelings Fruits Colours
Animals Numbers 1-10 Halloween Christmas
Action Verbs Weather Seasons Body Parts
Food Days of the
week
Numbers 1-20
2020 3rd Grade
Curriculum
Self
Introduction
Feelings Numbers 1-20 I like/Do you
like
Aa
Colours Sports Food Alphabet
Shapes Vegetables Animals Body Parts
Adjectives Fruits

5. Proposed 3rd Grade English Curriculum for
Shimanto City
Self Introduction
& Daily Questions
Sports Food & Drink Vegetables
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Alphabet (3) Shapes Adjectives (2) Review Lesson
(Who are you?)
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6. 3rd Grade Daily Questions
• HRT/ALT should ask these questions to the class at the start of every 3rd grade
lesson
• Students should then ask these questions in pairs
• If time allows, some pairs can do a demonstration
Good morning/Good Afternoon
1. How are you? (Are you hot/cold/happy/sad/hungry/sleepy?)
2. How’s the weather today? (cloudy/sunny/rainy/snowy/windy)
3. What day is it today?
4. What’s this? (Can be anything)
5. How Many? (Can be anything)

7. L1: Self Introduction & Daily Questions
Aim: To be able to ask and answer the following questions.
Good morning/Good Afternoon
1. How are you? (hot/cold/happy/sad/hungry/sleepy)
2. How’s the weather today? (cloudy/sunny/rainy/snowy/windy)
3. What day is it today?
4. What’s this? (can be anything)
5. How Many? (can be anything)
These questions will be used at the start of every following lesson.
Students should get a chance to ask these questions in pairs at the start
of every lesson too.

8. L2: Sports
Aim: Be familiar with sports in English
Sports: badminton, baseball, basketball, dodgeball, softball, swimming,
table tennis, tennis, volleyball
Question:
• What Sport do you like? I like _________.
• Do you like _________? Yes I do/No I don’t.

9. L3: Food & Drink
Aim: Be familiar with food & drinks in English
Words: cake, candy, chocolate, cookie, doughnut, ice cream, cola, juice,
green tea, milk, curry and rice, french fries, fried chicken, hamburger,
hot dog, omlet, pizza, salad, sandwich, spaghetti
Question:
• What food/drink do you like? I like _________.
• Do you like _________? Yes I do/No I don’t.

10. L4: Vegetables
Aim: Be familiar with vegetables in English
Words: cabbage, corn, eggplant, green pepper, tomato, cauliflower,
celery, cucumber, lettuce, mushroom, carrot, onion, potato, pumpkin,
sweet potato.
Question:
• What vegetable do you like? I like _________.
• Do you like _________? Yes I do/No I don’t.

11. L5-7 Alphabet
Aim: Recognise the shapes and sound of capital letters.
Activities:
• Make name cards
• Students spell their name in English.
• Practice alphabet chant
• Create original alphabet chant
• Play alphabet matching game
• Play alphabet Karuta
• Alphabet board race
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12. L8: Shapes
Aim: Be familiar with shapes in English
Words: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, diamond, heart, star, zig zag,
oval, swirl
Question:
• What shape do you like? I like _________.
• Do you like _________? Yes I do/No I don’t.
Activity
• Students draw their favourite shape

13. L9-10: Adjectives
Aim: Be familiar with adjectives in English. Listen to the book ‘My Pet’.
Adjectives: fast/slow, heavy/light, tall/short
My Pet words: pet, dog, ostrich, lion, turtle, hippo, giraffe, eagle, flies,
scary
Activities
• HRT/ALT will give students a phrase, eg. ‘Heavy cat’ and they must
draw it.
• Book reading: My Pet
• Listen to ‘My Pet’ song

14. L11: Who are you? (Book Reading & Review)
Aim: Listen to story books in English
Activities:
• Students read simple story & picture books together with the HRT/ALT
• HRT/ALT asks students questions about the story books
• Students discuss in groups their favourite English book
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