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.
Download these resources plus thousands of science, art, social studies, and more activities below!
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Figurative Language - SCOOT! Task Cards
Explore figurative language in multiple ways with the set of 24 task cards.
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Character Traits Graphic Organizer
Describe the most notable mental and moral qualities of a real or fictional person.
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Possessive Nouns Worksheet
A worksheet to practice writing possessive nouns correctly.
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This or That! PowerPoint Game - Possessive Nouns
An active PowerPoint game to practice working with possessive nouns.
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Design Your Own Book Cover Worksheet
Design a new book cover and summarise a book using this one-page, printable template.
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Hamburger Graphic Organizer
Use this blank hamburger graphic organizer to help students visually outline the key components of a good paragraph.
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Fishbone/Herringbone Diagram Graphic Organizer
A blank fishbone and herringbone diagram to use in any subject area.
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Ice Cream Topic Chart - Graphic Organizer
A blank ice cream topic chart to use when planning a writing piece in any subject area.
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Story Spine Porcupine – Narrative Writing Template
Print a narrative writing graphic organizer template designed to help students plan their narrative.
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The Egyptian Pyramids - Comprehension Task
A 2 page comprehension task for students to use in the classroom when learning about the Egyptian pyramids.
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Readers' Theater Script - Hansel and Gretel
A readers’ theater script that can be used for reading fluency and expressive reading.
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Antonyms Polygon Puzzle
Match antonym pairs with an engaging opposite words tarsia puzzle.
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Revise and Edit Anchor Chart
Use this revise and edit anchor chart to remind your students of the steps involved in revising and editing their writing.
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Editing Symbols Chart
Use this editing symbols chart to help simplify the proofreading process for your students.
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5 Narrative Writing Prompt Stimulus Sheets
A set of 5 writing prompt stimulus sheets with a narrative focus.
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Author's Purpose - Response Template
A teaching resource to help teach your students about the author's purpose for a piece of text.
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Cause and Effect - Scenario Worksheet
A worksheet and answer sheet to use when teaching students the about the cause and effect text structure.
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Simple Opinion Pieces - Writing Scaffold
A simple scaffolding worksheet to use when writing opinion pieces.
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Character Development – Fakebook Page Worksheet
Use research and creative writing skills to design a social media profile for fiction or nonfiction persons.
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Opinion Texts Writing Task - Zoos Are No Place for Animals
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
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Guided Writing Groups Organizer Template
Identify your guided writing groups and move students to different levels with this binder-size template.
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Vowel Digraphs Poster Pack
A poster showing words and pictures for various vowel blends.
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Narrative Criteria Checklist Pack
Use this narrative criteria checklist pack when teaching your students how to edit their narrative writing.
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Figurative Language Anchor Charts
Display the types of figurative language with a set of printable figurative language anchor chars.
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Sequencing Activity - Dogs Make the Best Pets (Opinion Text)
A sequencing task using an opinion text.
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Write a Cinquain Poem Worksheet
Set your students up for success when writing a cinquain poem with this set of scaffolded, easy-to-follow worksheets.
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Revising and Editing Checklist Pack
Download this revising and editing checklist pack to support your students when they edit and revise their written work.
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Plus-Minus-Interesting Chart
Use this Plus-Minus-Interesting Chart set in any subject area to get your students talking!
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Pronoun Task Cards
Get your students to practice using pronouns with this set of task cards perfect for reading centers.
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Poetry Cloze Passage Worksheets
Use these poetry cloze worksheets to introduce your students to various types of poetry in a fun and engaging way.
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Roll-a-Holiday Poem Dice Game
Get your students to write fun holiday poems with this engaging “Roll-a-Poem” dice game.
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Cut and Paste Matching Verb Tense Worksheet
Practice identifying past, present and future tense in verbs using this set of cut and paste worksheets.