Summary
Chapter 1 of the Class 3 English NCERT textbook (Santoor), "Colours", teaches children about colours through a short poem about sharing crayons, and builds English language skills through consonant blends, action words, the alphabet, and compound word activities.
- Poem on Sharing Crayons — The chapter opens with a poem where two children each have some crayons — red, yellow, blue, green, purple, and black — but neither has a full set. When they share, they together have a complete pack of colours.
- Consonant Blends — Children practise words that begin with consonant blends such as gr (green, grass, grapes), cr (crayon, crab, crow), dr (draw, drum, dress), and pr (prince, prize, present) by saying them aloud.
- Action Words — The chapter introduces action words (verbs) such as laugh, dance, eat, swim, sleep, play, jump, run, and write, and asks children to identify and circle them from a word list and find them in a word grid.
- Alphabet and Word Activities — Children revisit all 26 letters of the English alphabet through sentences for each letter, then practise arranging colour words in alphabetical order and form new compound words by matching word pairs like blue and bell or earth and worm.
Key points & formulas
- 01The chapter poem shows two children sharing their crayons to make a full pack of colours: red, yellow, blue, green, purple, and black.
- 02Children answer comprehension questions about why the children share and how many children appear in the poem.
- 03The chapter teaches consonant blends gr, cr, dr, and pr through colour and everyday words said aloud.
- 04A fun colour-reading activity asks children to read the colour of the ink, not the word written, to build attention and focus.
- 05Action words (verbs) are introduced; children circle them from a mixed list and locate them in a word-search grid.
- 06All 26 alphabet letters are practised through illustrated sentences with alliterative examples for each letter.
- 07Children arrange colour names in alphabetical order and build compound words by matching word pairs such as rain and bow to make rainbow.
Frequently asked questions
01What is the poem in Chapter 1 of Class 3 Santoor about?
The poem is about two children who each have some crayons but not a full set. One has red, yellow, and blue; the other has green, purple, and black. When they decide to share, they together have all the colours they need.
02How many children are there in the poem Colours?
There are two children in the poem. One child needs the red crayon and the other needs the black, so they share their crayons to get a complete pack.
03What colours are mentioned in the poem?
The poem mentions six colours: red, yellow, blue, green, purple, and black.
04What are consonant blends and which ones does this chapter teach?
Consonant blends are two consonants that appear together at the start of a word. This chapter teaches gr (green, grey, grass, grapes), cr (crayon, crab, crane, crow, cradle), dr (draw, drum, dress, drop, dragon), and pr (prince, princess, prize, pray, present).
05What are action words and which ones does Chapter 1 cover?
Action words are words that describe what someone does. This chapter includes action words like laugh, dance, eat, swim, sleep, play, dig, jump, run, write, smile, and push, which children identify from a list and find in a word grid.
06What is the colour-reading fun activity in this chapter?
In this activity, colour words like YELLOW, BLUE, and RED are each printed in a different colour ink. Children must say the colour of the ink rather than read the word, which is a fun challenge for the brain.
07What does the chapter teach about the alphabet?
The chapter lists all 26 letters of the English alphabet and gives a sentence for each letter where most words start with that letter, for example Anu eats an apple for A and Dinesh dances day and night for D.
08What is alphabetical order and how is it practised in this chapter?
Alphabetical order means arranging words by their first letter following the order of the alphabet from A to Z. The chapter first shows how to arrange fruit names in alphabetical order, then asks children to arrange five colour words: yellow, blue, purple, green, and red.
09What compound word activity is there in Chapter 1?
Children are asked to match words with their partner words to form new compound words, with picture clues to help. For example, news and paper make newspaper, blue and bell make bluebell, and earth and worm make earthworm.
10Why does the chapter talk about sharing?
Sharing is the main value in the poem and in the discussion activities. The children in the poem share crayons so both can have all the colours they need, and the chapter asks children to think about what they share with their own friends.
11What kind of questions does the Let us think section ask?
It asks factual questions about the poem, such as how many children are in the poem and why they want to share crayons, and also thinking questions like what children would draw if they had only certain colours of crayons.
12Is there a word puzzle in Chapter 1 of Santoor Class 3?
Yes, there is a letter-rearranging puzzle where children unscramble jumbled letters to find hidden colour names, such as LEBU for blue and LYLEWO for yellow.
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