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Primary Year 3 SK Scheme of Work
Typical lesson cycles

Each unit (units 1–10) of Get Smart plus 3 provides teachers with enough materials for 16 lessons, including three cycles of the four skills (Listening,
Speaking, Reading, Writing) plus Language Arts lessons, and one Language Awareness or Project-Based Learning lesson:

Lesson Lesson Skill/Focus Lesson Lesson Skill/Focus
1 Listening 11 Listening

2 Speaking 12 Speaking
3 Reading 13 Reading
4 Writing 14 Writing
5 Language Arts 15 Language Arts
6 Listening 16 Language Awareness / Project-based
Learning
7 Speaking
8 Reading
9 Writing
10 Language Arts

Teachers should note the following:

 Textbook-based lessons will utilise material from the textbook as well as other suggested activities or material to help prepare pupils for new
learning, to consolidate or extend learning.
 Pupils are expected to have their own copy of the Student’s Book and use it in every lesson, including in non-textbook-based lessons, which
sometimes ask them to refer to their Student’s Book.
 Teachers should be able to access the Teacher’s Book for every lesson, including non-textbook-based lessons, which sometimes ask them to
refer to the Student’s Book. If teachers do not have regular access to the Teacher’s Book they should prepare a few lessons in advance while they
have the Teacher’s Book. If access to the Teacher’s Book is very limited, teachers are advised to be proactive and collaborative by planning
together and consulting with the English Head or a senior English teacher at their school. The Teacher’s Book provides a lot of guidance and ideas
as well as the listening audio script. It would therefore be useful for all teachers to access it, even if only periodically.
 Teachers are expected to plan lessons based on the lesson outline. They may need to develop and produce worksheets, create flashcards (these
picture cards that can be printed or drawn by the teacher) and prepare other material and resources for most lessons. Some lessons have
suggested worksheets that teachers can use if they wish to.
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