THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
KENYA EARLY YEARS ASSESSMENT
GRADE 3 YEAR: 2023 INTEGRATED LEARNING ASSESSMENT

THEME: DEVELOPING AND NURTURING MORAL VALUES IN LEARNERS FOR AN ETHICAL SOCIETY

INSTRUCTIONS TO SCHOOLS

1. The task will be carried out within a duration of two months culminating in an exhibition day where Grade 3 learners will showcase activities that promote moral values.
2. The teacher will guide the learner to carry out every step of the task as required.
3. Core competencies and Core values embedded in the sub-tasks will be assessed.
4. Sub task 3(d) will assess Critical Thinking and Problem Solving.
5. Each learner is required to develop and maintain an assessment portfolio as evidence of achievement. The entries in the portfolio should reflect:
   i. Samples /evidence of the learner’s work on each of the sub-tasks.
   ii. Teacher’s scores, comments on the learner’s work.
   iii. Learner’s reflection on their work.
   iv. Date when each sub task was undertaken and assessed.
6. The assessment portfolio may be physical, electronic (e-portfolio) or both.
7. The teacher will use the assessment tools and scoring guides provided for each task to assess the learner’s work.
8. The teacher will assign a facility or a resource in the school to each group of learners as expounded in subtask. (b)
9. Learners should be guided to observe safety while undertaking the tasks.
10. Assessment of learners should be done prior to the Exhibition Day.

1.0 TARGETED GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR EARLY YEARS EDUCATION

By the end of early years’ education, the learner should be able to:
a) Demonstrate basic literacy and numeracy skills for learning.
b) Communicate appropriately using verbal and/or non-verbal modes in a variety of contexts.
c) Demonstrate appropriate etiquette in social relationships.
d) Apply creativity and critical thinking skills in problem solving.
e) Explore the immediate environment for learning and enjoyment.
f) Practice hygiene, nutrition, sanitation, safety skills to promote health and wellbeing.
g) Demonstrate the acquisition of emotional, physical, spiritual, aesthetic, and moral development for balanced living.
h) Demonstrate appreciation of the country’s rich and diverse cultural heritage for harmonious co-existence.
i) Apply digital literacy skills for learning and enjoyment.

THEME: DEVELOPING AND NURTURING MORAL VALUES IN LEARNERS FOR AN ETHICAL SOCIETY

2.0 STANDARDS
The learner can/mwanafunzi aweza:
a) Demonstrate responsible ways of taking care of facilities and resources in school.
b) Kufahamu hadithi aliyoisoma au aliyosomewa ili kupata mafunzo ya hadithi.
c) Use new words in a familiar tune for effective communication.
d) Observe rules when pushing and pulling for own and others safety.

3.0 PERFORMANCE TASK
3.1 With the guidance of teachers, parents/guardians/ learners will:

a) Observe photographs and use digital devices to watch selected video clips with messages that can help develop and nurture morals values among learners
(The teacher to provide photographs/video on activities that develop and nurture moral values among the learners.)
b) In groups of 10-15, identify various facilities or resources (classrooms, furniture, toilets, school bus, school playground, school garden, animals, laboratories, staffroom, library, stores, kitchen, dining hall, dormitories etc) found within a school environment.
c) Source for locally available tools /materials for use in maintaining the school facilities or resources. (Schools are discouraged from charging learners/ parents/ guardians towards the accomplishment of the ILA task.)
d) Demonstrate ways of taking care of one of the facilities or resources identified.

e) Wanafunzi wakiwa kwenye vikundi vya 10-15, wasomewe kifungu kifuatacho mara mbili kisha:
i) kila mwanafunzi aandike hoja tano kuhusu mafunzo aliyopata kutokana na kifungu.
ii) wajadiliane kwenye vikundi kuhusu mafunzo hayo.
iii) wawasilishe hoja darasani kupitia kwa kiongozi wa kikundi.
iv) mwalimu ahakikishe kila mwanafunzi anachangia kwenye kikundi.

Bi. Neema ni mwalimu wetu wa somo la Kiswahili. Jana wakati wa kipindi cha Kiswahili, alitusomea kifungu kuhusu kijiji cha Mulika. Watu wanaoishi katika kijiji hiki ni wenye bidii kama mchwa. Viongozi wa kijiji hiki wanashirikiana vizuri na wanakijiji. Kwa sababu hiyo, kijiji cha Mulika kina maendeleo mengi.
Ukitembelea kijiji hiki utajifunza mambo mengi. Barabara zake zimetunzwa vyema. Vilevile soko kuu lina mapipa ya kutupia taka. Kwa hivyo, soko ni safi sana. Wanaofanya kazi mbalimbali kijijini humo, wanawahudumia watu wote kwa heshima na upendo bila ubaguzi. Elimu inayotolewa katika shule za Mulika ni elimu bora. Wanafunzi wa shule zao nao ni wenye nidhamu.
Bi Neema alitukumbusha kuwa tunafaa kuiga mambo mazuri ya wanakijiji hicho. Tuishi kwa amani na umoja. Wanakijiji hao wamekuwa mfano mwema kwa vijiji vingine. Mwalimu alituomba tukitembelee kijiji cha Mulika ili tujifunze mambo mengi.

f) In groups of 10-15, learners will be guided by the teacher to:
i. Come up with words and phrases that portray moral values.
ii. Select an existing familiar tune and set the text in (i) above to it.
iii. Learn and prepare the song for presentation.
iv. Perform the song to communicate their messages on moral values.

g) Participate in a tug of war while observing rules of pulling and pushing. (The teacher to decide the number of learners on each side.)
h) Individually learners to keep a weekly log of the activities undertaken in the performance of the sub tasks.

3.2 The school to organize for an Exhibition Day where Grade 3 learners will:
i) Sing the Kenya National Anthem and the East African Anthem at the beginning of the Exhibition Day.
ii) Display posters, charts and patterns bearing messages that promote moral values in the society.
iii) Present the various songs to communicate their messages on moral values.
iv) Participate in the tug of war for entertainment
v) Showcase their assessment portfolios.

3.3 Targeted Learning Areas and References

3.4 Core Competencies Targeted
a) Communication and Collaboration as learners work in groups and participate in the pull and push games.
b) Creativity and Imagination as learners make posters, charts and patterns with messages that promote moral values in the society.
c) Critical Thinking and Problem Solving as the learners identify facilities in the school and as they devise appropriate tools and methods that would aid in the care of the facilities.
d) Digital literacy as learners search for video clips that help to promote moral values.
e) Self-efficacy as learners make various presentations.
f) Learning to learn as learners prepare and rehearse for the Exhibition Day activities.
g) Citizenship as learners demonstrate various ways that promote desirable moral values in the society.

3.5 Link to Values
a) Responsibility as learners observe safety measures as they undertake various activities.
b) Love and unity as learners assist one another as they work in groups.
c) Patriotism as learners take care of school facilities and resources.
d) Integrity as learners dutifully take up their respective roles.
e) Respect as learners take instructions from the teachers and accommodate each other’s opinions while undertaking the tasks.

3.6 Link to PCIs
a) Life Skills as learners make decisions and set goals on how perform tasks at hand as they acquire the desired moral values.
b) Health Education as they care for various facilities in their environment through cleaning and safe disposal of wastes.
c) Community Service Learning as learners apply the acquired competencies in the society.

THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
KENYA EARLY YEARS ASSESSMENT
GRADE 3 YEAR: 2023 INTEGRATED LEARNING ASSESSMENT

THEME: DEVELOPING AND NURTURING MORAL VALUES IN LEARNERS FOR AN ETHICAL SOCIETY

INSTRUCTIONS TO SCHOOLS

1. The task will be carried out within a duration of two months culminating in an exhibition day where Grade 3 learners will showcase activities that promote moral values.
2. The teacher will guide the learner to carry out every step of the task as required.
3. Core competencies and Core values embedded in the sub-tasks will be assessed.
4. Sub task 3(d) will assess Critical Thinking and Problem Solving.
5. Each learner is required to develop and maintain an assessment portfolio as evidence of achievement. The entries in the portfolio should reflect:
   i. Samples /evidence of the learner’s work on each of the sub-tasks.
   ii. Teacher’s scores, comments on the learner’s work.
   iii. Learner’s reflection on their work.
   iv. Date when each sub task was undertaken and assessed.
6. The assessment portfolio may be physical, electronic (e-portfolio) or both.
7. The teacher will use the assessment tools and scoring guides provided for each task to assess the learner’s work.
8. The teacher will assign a facility or a resource in the school to each group of learners as expounded in subtask. (b)
9. Learners should be guided to observe safety while undertaking the tasks.
10. Assessment of learners should be done prior to the Exhibition Day.

1.0 TARGETED GENERAL LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR EARLY YEARS EDUCATION

By the end of early years’ education, the learner should be able to:
a) Demonstrate basic literacy and numeracy skills for learning.
b) Communicate appropriately using verbal and/or non-verbal modes in a variety of contexts.
c) Demonstrate appropriate etiquette in social relationships.
d) Apply creativity and critical thinking skills in problem solving.
e) Explore the immediate environment for learning and enjoyment.
f) Practice hygiene, nutrition, sanitation, safety skills to promote health and wellbeing.
g) Demonstrate the acquisition of emotional, physical, spiritual, aesthetic, and moral development for balanced living.
h) Demonstrate appreciation of the country’s rich and diverse cultural heritage for harmonious co-existence.
i) Apply digital literacy skills for learning and enjoyment.

THEME: DEVELOPING AND NURTURING MORAL VALUES IN LEARNERS FOR AN ETHICAL SOCIETY

2.0 STANDARDS
The learner can/mwanafunzi aweza:
a) Demonstrate responsible ways of taking care of facilities and resources in school.
b) Kufahamu hadithi aliyoisoma au aliyosomewa ili kupata mafunzo ya hadithi.
c) Use new words in a familiar tune for effective communication.
d) Observe rules when pushing and pulling for own and others safety.

3.0 PERFORMANCE TASK
3.1 With the guidance of teachers, parents/guardians/ learners will:

a) Observe photographs and use digital devices to watch selected video clips with messages that can help develop and nurture morals values among learners
(The teacher to provide photographs/video on activities that develop and nurture moral values among the learners.)
b) In groups of 10-15, identify various facilities or resources (classrooms, furniture, toilets, school bus, school playground, school garden, animals, laboratories, staffroom, library, stores, kitchen, dining hall, dormitories etc) found within a school environment.
c) Source for locally available tools /materials for use in maintaining the school facilities or resources. (Schools are discouraged from charging learners/ parents/ guardians towards the accomplishment of the ILA task.)
d) Demonstrate ways of taking care of one of the facilities or resources identified.

e) Wanafunzi wakiwa kwenye vikundi vya 10-15, wasomewe kifungu kifuatacho mara mbili kisha:
i) kila mwanafunzi aandike hoja tano kuhusu mafunzo aliyopata kutokana na kifungu.
ii) wajadiliane kwenye vikundi kuhusu mafunzo hayo.
iii) wawasilishe hoja darasani kupitia kwa kiongozi wa kikundi.
iv) mwalimu ahakikishe kila mwanafunzi anachangia kwenye kikundi.

Bi. Neema ni mwalimu wetu wa somo la Kiswahili. Jana wakati wa kipindi cha Kiswahili, alitusomea kifungu kuhusu kijiji cha Mulika. Watu wanaoishi katika kijiji hiki ni wenye bidii kama mchwa. Viongozi wa kijiji hiki wanashirikiana vizuri na wanakijiji. Kwa sababu hiyo, kijiji cha Mulika kina maendeleo mengi.
Ukitembelea kijiji hiki utajifunza mambo mengi. Barabara zake zimetunzwa vyema. Vilevile soko kuu lina mapipa ya kutupia taka. Kwa hivyo, soko ni safi sana. Wanaofanya kazi mbalimbali kijijini humo, wanawahudumia watu wote kwa heshima na upendo bila ubaguzi. Elimu inayotolewa katika shule za Mulika ni elimu bora. Wanafunzi wa shule zao nao ni wenye nidhamu.
Bi Neema alitukumbusha kuwa tunafaa kuiga mambo mazuri ya wanakijiji hicho. Tuishi kwa amani na umoja. Wanakijiji hao wamekuwa mfano mwema kwa vijiji vingine. Mwalimu alituomba tukitembelee kijiji cha Mulika ili tujifunze mambo mengi.

f) In groups of 10-15, learners will be guided by the teacher to:
i. Come up with words and phrases that portray moral values.
ii. Select an existing familiar tune and set the text in (i) above to it.
iii. Learn and prepare the song for presentation.
iv. Perform the song to communicate their messages on moral values.

g) Participate in a tug of war while observing rules of pulling and pushing. (The teacher to decide the number of learners on each side.)
h) Individually learners to keep a weekly log of the activities undertaken in the performance of the sub tasks.

3.2 The school to organize for an Exhibition Day where Grade 3 learners will:
i) Sing the Kenya National Anthem and the East African Anthem at the beginning of the Exhibition Day.
ii) Display posters, charts and patterns bearing messages that promote moral values in the society.
iii) Present the various songs to communicate their messages on moral values.
iv) Participate in the tug of war for entertainment
v) Showcase their assessment portfolios.

3.3 Targeted Learning Areas and References

3.4 Core Competencies Targeted
a) Communication and Collaboration as learners work in groups and participate in the pull and push games.
b) Creativity and Imagination as learners make posters, charts and patterns with messages that promote moral values in the society.
c) Critical Thinking and Problem Solving as the learners identify facilities in the school and as they devise appropriate tools and methods that would aid in the care of the facilities.
d) Digital literacy as learners search for video clips that help to promote moral values.
e) Self-efficacy as learners make various presentations.
f) Learning to learn as learners prepare and rehearse for the Exhibition Day activities.
g) Citizenship as learners demonstrate various ways that promote desirable moral values in the society.

3.5 Link to Values
a) Responsibility as learners observe safety measures as they undertake various activities.
b) Love and unity as learners assist one another as they work in groups.
c) Patriotism as learners take care of school facilities and resources.
d) Integrity as learners dutifully take up their respective roles.
e) Respect as learners take instructions from the teachers and accommodate each other’s opinions while undertaking the tasks.

3.6 Link to PCIs
a) Life Skills as learners make decisions and set goals on how perform tasks at hand as they acquire the desired moral values.
b) Health Education as they care for various facilities in their environment through cleaning and safe disposal of wastes.
c) Community Service Learning as learners apply the acquired competencies in the society.