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Kerala State Syllabus (SCERT) Class 3 syllabus

The Kerala State Syllabus (SCERT) Class 3 syllabus for 2026-27, subject by subject: 93 topics to work through. On SkillStar, Class 3 children also get 1 mock test marked instantly and sample papers to download.

Class
Class 3 (Grade 3)
Syllabus years
2026-27
Topics
93
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1
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Kerala State Syllabus (SCERT) Class 3 syllabus 2026-27

Malayalam

  • കാക്കിരി പൂക്കിരി: Read the poem about a mango tree and notice repeated sounds and words. Recite it with rhythm and describe the pictures suggested by its lines.
  • തിന്താരോ തക: Sing the folk rhyme with its repeating beat. Listen for rhyming sounds and add suitable lines while keeping the rhythm.
  • പഴഞ്ചൊൽപ്പെരുമ: Read the conversation about familiar sayings and explain their meaning in context. Use a suitable proverb in a short spoken or written response.
  • ഒരുമതനെ പെരുമ: Read the picture of ants working together and connect it with the saying about unity. Write a few connected sentences describing the scene.
  • ആനേം അണ്ണാറക്കണ്ണനും: Read the folk tale about the elephant and squirrel. Identify characters, follow the events and retell the story using simple dialogue.
  • ഒളിച്ചുകളി: Read the poem and find the words used to describe a cuckoo hidden among leaves. Practise expressive recitation and explain the images in simple language.
  • മാനത്തെ കാഴ്ചകൾ: Read the poem about the Moon, clouds and stars. Notice repeated sounds and write a short description of a night-sky scene.
  • കാനനോത്സവം: Read the account of a celebration in the forest and follow the sequence of events. Discuss the sounds and performances and practise describing a celebration.
  • നിറങ്ങളുടെ നൃത്തം: Observe the pictures of Kerala art forms and describe their colours, costumes and movements. Compare the pictures and write a short account of an art form seen nearby.
  • പടയുടെ കെടുതി: Read the thullal verse aloud with rhythm and identify its playful descriptions. Explain unfamiliar expressions with help from the context and illustration.
  • ഞാനല്ല: Read the poem about a child's repeated denial and recognise how repetition creates humour. Discuss the situations and compose a few similar lines.
  • മുന്തിരിങ്ങ: Read the story about grapes and distinguish what the characters say from what they actually do. Answer comprehension questions and retell the incident in order.
  • തോൽക്കില്ല ഞാൻ: Read the poem and discuss the child's determination expressed in its lines. Practise clear recitation and explain the meaning of its images.
  • പലഹാരക്കൊതിയന്മാർ: Read the story about two food-loving ants and follow their conversation and actions. Retell the events and write appropriate dialogue for the characters.
  • കാലവർഷത്തിന്റെ എഴുന്നള്ളത്ത്: Read the description of the monsoon's arrival. Identify words suggesting sound and movement and describe changes brought by rain.
  • മൈനയ്ക്കൊരു കത്ത്: Read the letter to a myna and identify its greeting, message and closing. Write a short friendly letter about a familiar experience.
  • ഓരോ വറ്റും പദ്ധതി ആരംഭിച്ചു: Read the newspaper-style report about avoiding food waste. Find its main facts and practise writing a short report with a suitable heading.
  • കുഞ്ഞനുറുമ്പും കുഞ്ഞേട്ട്യാളും: Read the poem about ants building their home together. Notice rhythm and repeated sounds and explain the value of shared effort.
  • വീടും കൂടും: Describe the illustrated homes and nests using clear sentences. Compare how living things make shelters and practise naming the actions shown.
  • തൊഴിലും ഭാഷയും: Read the village picture and the passage on words connected with work. Describe people's occupations and collect suitable action words from familiar jobs.
  • തടിപിടി: Recite the work song with its repeated beat. Discuss how a shared rhythm helps people work together and compose simple matching lines.
  • കുതിരകെട്ടിക്കളി: Read the account of making toy horses and playing together. Retell the experience and write a short description of a favourite game.
  • പയ്യേ... പയ്യേ...: Sing the cumulative folk rhyme about the cow, grass and rain. Follow how one request leads to another and add lines using the same pattern.
  • വേഴാമ്പൽ: Read the prose passage describing a hot, dry day and a hornbill waiting for rain. Identify descriptive words and write a short account of a summer scene.
  • വേനൽ: Read the poem and compare its picture of summer with the prose passage. Recite it with expression and explain the images of heat and waiting.
  • മഴ മഴ മഴയോടു മഴ: Read the connected descriptions of rain approaching, arriving and stopping. Notice sound words and write an observation of rainfall in sequence.
  • മുല്ല പൂത്തപ്പോൾ: Read the short poem about a jasmine plant flowering. Notice the linked stages of growth and describe a flowering plant in a few sentences.
  • മരുന്ന്: Read the story and follow its descriptions of the natural world and characters. Explain the events in order and practise writing a short response to the story.
  • മണ്ണെനമ്പി: Recite the folk song about the links between soil, trees, fruit and birds. Identify its repeating pattern and add suitable lines about things that depend on one another.
  • ഹലോ ഗയ്സ്...: Read the friendly home-tour introduction to Kerala Kalamandalam. Identify the details that help a listener imagine a place and prepare a short spoken tour of a familiar place.
  • ഭൂമിയിലെത്തിയ വിരുന്നുകാർ: Read the visitors' journey on Earth and follow their discoveries about transport. Retell the events and write simple descriptions of the vehicles and places in the story.
  • സവാരി: Read the humorous account of ants travelling under a papad. Explain the funny situation and retell the incident from a character's point of view.
  • കുട്ടമ്മാനും കൊട്ടാരവും: Read the conversation about visiting the palace and follow its repeated exchanges. Practise reading dialogue with expression and explaining the humour.
  • വേദന: Read the poem about pain and caring for another person. Discuss its feelings and practise expressive recitation and simple written responses.
  • ആശംസ: Read the poem wishing happiness and kindness for others. Explain its images and write a short message expressing a kind wish.
  • മറ്റുള്ളവരും നിങ്ങളോടൊപ്പം മന്ദഹസിക്കട്ടെ: Read the poster and related situation about including others in play. Describe the picture and prepare a short message encouraging participation.
  • റൊട്ടി: Read the poem about a child's hunger and compare different characters' responses. Express the child's feelings and discuss caring through simple spoken and written answers.
  • ചെടി നമ്മോടു പറയുന്നത്: Read the poem presented as a conversation with a plant. Recognise its question-and-answer pattern and write a few lines about caring for plants.
  • പൂമ്പാറ്റുമ്മ: Read the story about a butterfly and its search for companionship. Follow the conversations and retell the events with suitable expressions.
  • ഒത്തുപിടിച്ചോളിൻ: Recite the poem about growing, learning and acting together. Identify its repeated calls and explain its message in simple language.
  • വീട് വലുതാവുന്നു: Read the story beginning with a child's drawing of a home. Follow how the idea of home grows and write a few sentences about sharing the Earth.
  • വീട്ടിൽ പോണം: Read the story about a child who misses a familiar place after moving. Identify the feelings and events and retell the experience in sequence.
  • കുപ്പി പഴം വിഴുങ്ങണ കാണണോ?: Read the story about an apparently surprising trick. Separate observation from guesses and explain the sequence clearly in a short retelling.
  • മായാജാലം: Read the playful poem about a flower and an imagined magic trick. Identify its sound patterns and write a short imaginative description.

English

  • Tender Touch: Read Sasha's story about friendship and helping Kabitha join school. Practise understanding feelings, retelling events and using simple dialogue.
  • Let's Be Friends: Read and recite the friendship poem with rhythm. Notice rhyming words and talk or write about ways to make friends.
  • The Boy and the Bird: Read how Rinku helps a baby bird. Put the events in order and describe the boy's actions using simple sentences.
  • Festive Fun: Read Princess Julia's underwater birthday story. Follow the sea animals' conversations and discuss care, forgiveness and the problem of plastic waste.
  • Water: Recite the poem about water and its many uses. Identify rhyming words and compose simple lines about water in everyday life.
  • The Hungry Caterpillar: Read the caterpillar's story and follow its sequence of feeding and change. Retell the events using familiar food and time words.
  • In Harmony: Read Rocky the puppy's story and how he helps the crows during a storm. Practise describing events, feelings and acts of kindness.
  • Happiness: Read the poem about a seed growing into a plant. Notice the rhythm and explain the changes described in the lines.
  • Who Is Stronger?: Read the Sun and Wind's contest over a traveller's coat. Compare their actions and explain the ending in simple words.
  • Blooms and Breeze: Read Dorothy and Totto's journey after the wind carries their house away. Retell the events and describe the people and places they meet.
  • Nature Speaks to Me: Read the poem and identify the sights and sounds of nature. Recite it with expression and write a few lines about something observed outdoors.
  • The Bear and the Brave Girl: Read Daya's encounter with a bear. Follow the problem and solution and retell the story using suitable dialogue.
  • Honesty Pays: Read the honest farmer's story about a hidden coin and a king's offer. Explain the characters' choices and practise describing events in order.
  • So Many Jobs: Read the poem about different occupations. Match people with their work, notice rhyming words and compose simple lines about a job.
  • Hardwork Counts: Read the hen's cake-making story and the friends' responses. Identify the steps in the task and discuss helping others through a short retelling.

Mathematics

  • Let's Draw: Recognise and draw familiar shapes using straight and curved lines. Use a ruler for straight edges and create simple designs and repeating shape patterns.
  • Numbers Are Our Friends: Read, write and compare three-digit numbers using hundreds, tens and ones. Represent them with an abacus and money and complete number patterns.
  • Thousands and Thousands: Extend counting through one thousand and read and write four-digit numbers. Use place value to compare, order and represent numbers in different ways.
  • Let's Join Together: Add numbers using place value, number arrangements and regrouping where needed. Explain the steps and solve everyday joining-total problems.
  • Let's Measure: Compare and measure lengths using equal units and a ruler. Read centimetre markings and choose suitable methods to measure familiar objects.
  • Adding... and Adding Again: Understand equal groups and repeated addition as the beginning of multiplication. Use jumps, pictures and everyday groups to find totals.
  • Add or Subtract?: Choose addition or subtraction to solve total, difference and missing-part problems. Use place value and suitable written or mental methods and check the result.
  • Tick... Tick... Tick...: Read analogue clocks and describe familiar daily times. Work out simple elapsed times and use hours and minutes in practical situations.
  • Adding Again and Again: Build and use multiplication facts through equal groups and arrays. Apply known facts and simple strategies to solve repeated-group problems.
  • Let's Share: Share collections equally and make equal-sized groups. Connect division with multiplication and interpret any items left over in practical problems.
  • How Much in a Bottle?: Compare container capacities and measure liquids using litres and smaller measures introduced in the book. Solve practical problems about filling, combining and comparing quantities.
  • How Much in a Bag?: Compare masses using a balance and standard weights. Use kilograms and grams in simple shopping and measurement problems.
  • At a Glance: Collect and organise simple information in tables and picture displays. Read the displays to compare categories, find totals and answer questions.

Environmental Science

  • Green Earth: observing plants: Observe roots, stems, leaves, flowers and fruits in familiar plants. Compare plants using visible features and record findings in an observation diary.
  • Green Earth: plants in our lives: Identify useful plants around home and school and explain why they need care. Grow or observe a plant and record changes over time.
  • To the World of Animals: observing animals: Compare familiar animals using their body features, movement and surroundings. Record similarities and differences through pictures, tables and short descriptions.
  • To the World of Animals: care and dependence: Explore how people and animals depend on one another. Discuss caring for domestic animals and protecting animals in their surroundings.
  • Water: rain and water sources: Observe rain, recognise local water sources and make a simple rain gauge with adult help. Record rainfall and compare observations across days.
  • Water: use and conservation: Explain why living things need water and identify ways it is wasted. Explore simple filtering activities and understand that clearer-looking water is not necessarily safe to drink.
  • Soil: Compare soil samples, observe their grains and recognise air, water and living things in soil. Explore how soil forms and why its fertility needs protection.
  • The Power of Cleanliness: personal hygiene: Explain how daily cleanliness supports health. Practise appropriate handwashing and describe clean habits at home and school.
  • The Power of Cleanliness: surroundings and waste: Observe cleanliness in shared surroundings and identify ways to manage waste responsibly. Plan simple actions to keep the classroom, home and neighbourhood clean.
  • Food and Health: food diversity: Identify foods eaten locally and group them by their sources and uses in meals. Compare food habits and describe a varied everyday diet.
  • Food and Health: safe food habits: Discuss clean preparation, storage and eating habits using the textbook activities. Identify ways to avoid food waste and record healthy meal habits.
  • Living Safely: activity, rest and clothing: Explain the role of play, rest and everyday healthy habits. Compare fabrics and choose clothing suited to different weather conditions.
  • Living Safely: road safety: Recognise familiar traffic signs and signals and describe safe walking and travel habits. Apply the rules in a supervised classroom traffic game.
  • Living Safely: accidents and getting help: Identify common accident risks and the purpose of a first-aid box. Learn when to call a trusted adult or seek professional help rather than trying unsafe treatment.
  • Living Safely: personal safety: Recognise uncomfortable or unsafe situations and practise saying no and seeking help from a trusted adult. Discuss safe behaviour around strangers and respect for personal boundaries.
  • The World We Live In: Earth and the globe: Recognise Earth's round shape and use a globe as a small model of it. Distinguish land and water and compare a model with the real object.
  • The World We Live In: Sun, Moon and stars: Observe familiar sky objects and recognise that the Moon reflects sunlight. Use simple models and observations to explore light, apparent size and day and night.
  • The World We Live In: India: Locate India on a globe or map and recognise its flag and national symbols. Practise describing these symbols using pictures and simple questions.
  • The World We Live In: Kerala: Locate Kerala and identify its districts, neighbouring states and Kerala Piravi. Compare highlands, midlands and coastal areas and relate familiar occupations to these regions.
  • Home and Nest: animal shelters: Observe different nests and other animal shelters. Compare their materials and locations and explain how shelters help living things.
  • Home and Nest: human homes: Compare houses made from different materials in different surroundings. Describe the features of a safe, clean home and the need to care for shared living spaces.

About the Kerala State Syllabus (SCERT) exam

How the exam works

This category follows Kerala's SCERT school curriculum. School assessments and public examinations are separate: Pareeksha Bhavan conducts SSLC, and DHSE administers Higher Secondary examinations. Follow the prescribed textbook and the assessment scheme for the student's class.

Official syllabus and textbooks

Read the official class textbooks and current examination notices.

When it happens

The next school assessment date must be confirmed with the school. The 2027 SSLC and Higher Secondary final timetables could not be verified on the official portals during this check. Use Pareeksha Bhavan for SSLC and DHSE for Plus One/Plus Two; do not substitute last year's dates. Status checked 1 November 2026.

Registration and exam-day information

Regular school candidates should confirm registration, subject entries, internal/practical assessments, exam fees, hall tickets and reporting instructions with their school. Exact dates and rules depend on the class and the current board notification.

Official textbook parts and study instructions

Use the revised SCERT Standard 3 books, checking both Part 1 and Part 2 wherever supplied. Malayalam readers and English-medium mathematics, science and social science books are linked against the corresponding subject. Other medium and language options are on the official SCERT indexes. Read a lesson, complete its activities and workbook tasks, and revise using the textbook's own questions. In Standards 1 and 2, environmental, arts and health activities are integrated in Kerala Padavali rather than supplied as separate EVS textbooks.

Using the lesson checklist

Work through both textbook parts in order. Malayalam stories, poems and reading activities are listed within the six textbook units; English includes the main readings, full poems and Read and Rejoice stories. Mathematics and Environmental Science use separate rows where a chapter contains distinct skills. Read the linked textbook pages, discuss the pictures and complete the activities with a teacher or parent. Keep an observation diary for Environmental Science and use everyday objects for mathematics practice.

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Kerala State Syllabus (SCERT) Class 3: questions parents ask

What is in the Kerala State Syllabus (SCERT) Class 3 syllabus for 2026-27?
93 topics in Malayalam, English, Mathematics and Environmental Science, laid out subject by subject on this page. On SkillStar your child can tick off each topic as they learn it.
Are there Kerala State Syllabus (SCERT) Class 3 mock tests on SkillStar?
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