UNIT 1 • FUN WITH FRIENDS

Colours

Chapter 1 • Pages 4–14

Class 3 • Santoor • Complete Learning Support

📖 Let us Recite

Read the poem aloud. Click any English word to learn it.

You have a few crayons,
Red, yellow and blue.
Green, purple and black,
I have some too.

I need the red
and you need the black.
If we share our crayons,
we have a full pack!

📚 Key Words

crayons red yellow blue green purple black share full pack friend draw colour colours

💭 Let us Think

A. Answer the questions.

1 How many children are there in the poem?

There are two children in the poem.

2 Why did the children want to share the crayons?

They wanted to share their crayons so that they could have a full pack.

3 How can the children in the poem have a full pack?

They can share their crayons with each other.

B. Think and Say

Do you share anything with your friends? What do you share?

Yes. I share my crayons, books and toys with my friends. Answers may vary.

You have only green, blue and red crayons. What would you want to draw?

I would draw a tree, sky and flowers.

You have blue, green, red, yellow, brown and orange crayons. What can you draw?

I can draw a colourful garden, a rainbow, trees and flowers.

🗣️ Let us Speak

A. Say Aloud — Beginning Sounds

green begins with gr.

crayon begins with cr.

Listen carefully and repeat each word.

gr — green gr — grey gr — grass gr — grapes cr — crayon cr — crab cr — crane cr — crow dr — draw dr — drum dr — dress dr — dragon pr — prince pr — princess pr — prize pr — pray

B. Have Fun — Read the COLOUR, Not the Word

Read the colour in which the word is written. Do not read the word itself.

🏃 Let us Learn — Action Words

Words used to show actions are called action words.

Tap the words that show an action.

laugh, dance, eat, cry, swim, sleep, play, dig, jump, run, write, smile, push

🔤 English Alphabet

There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. Tap a letter to hear its example word.

apple

bat

cabbage

dances

elephant

fish

guavas

helps

ice-cream

jumps

kittens

lemonade

mango

notebooks

oranges

pencil

quietly

ribbon

sparrows

teacher

umbrella

village

watchman

x-ray

Yana

zebras

🔠 Alphabetical Order

Arrange the colours alphabetically.

Click the colour words in the correct alphabetical order.

Example

APPLE → BANANA → CHERRY → GRAPES → ORANGE

Look at the first letter of each word and arrange the words according to the alphabet.

🔊 Letter Sounds

Focus on the initial sound of each word.

a — axe a — ant a — arm b — bag b — bee b — boy c — cart c — cap c — cat d — den d — door d — dog e — egg e — ear e — elephant

🤝 Word Friends

Words can join with other words to make a new word. Match the word friends and complete the new words.

rain + bow

blue + berry

news + paper

basket + ball

earth + worm

rainbow
blueberry
newspaper
basketball
earthworm

🎧 Let us Listen

Listen and Repeat

Tap a word and listen to its pronunciation.

🎨 Let us Draw

Draw with Colours

Use your colours to draw anything you like. You may draw flowers, a garden, a rainbow, fruits or your favourite picture.

🇬🇧 English Summary

The poem “Colours” is about two children and their crayons. They have different colours and decide to share them.

The poem teaches children the names of colours and the value of sharing with friends.

The chapter also gives practice in beginning sounds, colour words, action words, the English alphabet, alphabetical order and word friends.

🇮🇳 हिंदी सारांश

‘Colours’ कविता में दो बच्चे रंगीन क्रेयॉन के बारे में बात करते हैं। उनके पास अलग-अलग रंग हैं और वे अपने क्रेयॉन आपस में बाँटना चाहते हैं।

कविता बच्चों को विभिन्न रंगों के नाम सिखाती है और मित्रों के साथ चीजें साझा करने का संदेश देती है।

इस अध्याय में प्रारम्भिक ध्वनियों, रंगों के नाम, क्रिया-शब्दों, अंग्रेजी वर्णमाला, वर्णक्रम तथा शब्द-मित्रों का भी अभ्यास कराया गया है।

📖 Reading Assessment

Class 3 Passage 1 / 8 ⏱ 00:00

Assessment Ready — Start Reading

Read the passage aloud. During the assessment, click directly on any word the child reads incorrectly.

Words: 0

Wrong Words: 0

Class 3 unit 1 Chapter 1 COLOURS