3rd Grade Teaching Resources
Explore free worksheets for 3rd graders, 3rd-grade math worksheets, spelling words, games and so much more! This collection of printable and digital teacher resources was created by elementary school teachers for teachers just like you.
You'll find thousands of 3rd-grade activities aligned with Common Core ELA and math standards, as well as state-level guidelines.
Best of all? Each resource in this collection has been rigorously reviewed by the expert educators on our team to ensure it's ready for your classroom, your lesson plans and your students!
Our 3rd Grade Teaching Resources
The third-grade worksheets, activities, games, instructional slide decks, and more have been created and designed to enable students to successfully transition into the middle years of their elementary school education. Each resource design features engaging layouts, grade-level appropriate text, appealing images, and interactive elements that captivate young minds.
You'll find printable worksheets, digital downloads, and more for the third-grade curriculum. Develop your students’ math skills like patterns and places value, number operations, problem-solving, and reasoning across 3 content strands. Explore English language arts with immersive resources for listening to, reading, and interpreting a diverse range of text types.
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What is Independence Day? - Comprehension Task
A comprehension task that encourages students to apply a range of reading strategies when discovering interesting facts about Independence Day.
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Adverb Grammar Card Game - Flip It!
Reinforce your students understanding of adverbs with this fun card game.
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Reading Strategies Checklist - Student Tracker
Track which reading strategies your students are using with this individual student template.
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Compare and Contrast - Comprehension Task
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
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Inference Car Classifieds - Worksheet
A series of car classifieds worksheets to use when teaching your students how to to make inferences when reading.
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Recalling Facts - Comprehension Task
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
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I Have, Who Has? Fact and Opinion Game
A whole class game to help students understand the difference between a fact and an opinion.
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Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion - Comprehension Task
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
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Writing Conference Form - Student Record
Use this writing conference form when discussing and observing students writing.
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Biography Sentence Starters
Give students a jumpstart on writing about people with 24 sentence starters.
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Exploring Poetry Worksheet - Onomatopoeia
A worksheet to help students understand onomatopoeia in poetry.
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Guided Reading Groups - Comprehension Strategy Tracker
Track which comprehension strategies your students are using during guided reading sessions with this template.
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Before, During, and After Reading Worksheet
A worksheet to use when asking questions before, during, and after reading.
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Successful Sentences – Sentence Construction Cards
Word cards for constructing complex sentences.
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Inference or Prediction? Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching your students the difference between an inference and a prediction.
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Developing Report Writing Skills Teaching Slides
Use this slide deck to teach your students about the purpose, structural elements and language features of informational texts.
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Journal Writing Prompt Cards
46 writer's notebook journal writing prompt cards.
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Reading Center Rotation Board
Set up a reading stations rotation chart for your students to reference with this display kit.
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Parts of Speech Card Game – Upper Grades Classroom Game - Set 2
A card game for nouns, verbs and adjectives.
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Discussion Text Type Poster With Annotations
A poster about discussions, including an annotated example.
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Collective Nouns Matchup Activity - Animals
A pack of 32 cards to use when learning about collective nouns.
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Color Me Carefully Game
Practice your students' listening and speaking skills with a fun coloring activity.
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Sequencing Activity - Homework is Unnecessary (Opinion Text)
A sequencing task using an opinion text.
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Developing Characters Poster Pack - Show, Don't Tell Feelings
Enhance story development and characterization in student writing with a set of 16 Show, Not Tell Posters.
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Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint - Informative Paragraphs
A Paragraph of the Week PowerPoint presentation to use when setting up this writing strategy in your classroom.
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Write a Shape Poem Worksheet
Set your students up for success when writing a concrete poem with this set of scaffolded, easy-to-follow worksheets.
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Recount Writing Planning Template
A template for students to use when planning a recount.
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Write an Acrostic Poem Worksheet
Set your students up for success when writing an acrostic poem with this set of scaffolded, easy-to-follow worksheets.
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Poetry Anchor Chart With Annotations
Use this poetry anchor chart to introduce your students to the structure and language features of poems through an annotated example.
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Types of Sentences Posters
A set of 7 posters outlining the structure of various types of sentences.
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Bloom's Taxonomy Fast Finisher Task Cards - Middle Years
44 Bloom's Taxonomy fast finisher activity cards.
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Bloom's Taxonomy Question/Sentence Starter Cards
A set of reading question and sentence starter cards aligned with Bloom's Taxonomy.