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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Map Elements Worksheet
Apply knowledge of the components of a map to this map elements worksheet.
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Buoyancy Experiment – Sink or Swim
Use this practical buoyancy experiment when teaching your students about why some objects float in water while others sink.
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Multiplication and Division Worksheets – Mixed Facts
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of math facts.
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Morning Greetings Display
Greet each student at the door in style with this set of 4 greetings posters.
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3-2-1 Text Reflection Template
Quickly assess your students' comprehension after reading a fictional text with this 3-2-1 reflection activity.
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Multiplication and Division Worksheets – Facts of 6
A set of worksheets to help students develop fast and accurate recall of the facts of 6.
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Context Detectives Worksheet
A set of 3 worksheets for students to practice using context clues to identify the meaning of a word.
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New Year's Photo Booth Props
Make New Year’s memories that last with this set of 12 photo booth props and banner for your classroom or home party.
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Color Me Carefully – Geometric Animals
Hone in on your students' speaking and listening skills with this barrier activity.
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Alliteration Poem Poster and Templates
Use this alliteration poem example and accompanying worksheets to teach your students how to write an alliteration poem.
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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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Fill the Grid Active Game
An active game that allows students to practice their multiplication facts.
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Diversity Craft Templates
Prepare for your diversity-themed lessons and more with 3 versatile black and white craft templates.
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Find Someone Who Icebreaker
Build a classroom community and help your students get to know each other with a fun getting to know you activity.
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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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Reading Response Template – Summarizing
Practice summarizing a piece of text with this reading response template.
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Holiday Mini-Mystery – Who Broke the Candy Cane?
A fun, logic-based holiday activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.
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Holiday Mini-Mystery – Who Put Up Their Holiday Decorations Too Early?
Read clues to solve a mystery with this fun, logic-based Christmas-themed activity.
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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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Sample Behavior Goals
Use this list of 20 behavior goals to help when creating your students' behavior trackers.
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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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Mind Map Graphic Organizer
A blank mind map graphic organizer to use 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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Worry Jar – Cut and Assemble Kit
Create a worry jar for your students to help them recognise and cope with their worries.
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Add a Little Sunshine to Someone's Day - Bulletin Board Display
Brighten your classroom (and someone's day) with this sunflower-themed bulletin board set.
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Data Vocabulary Poster
A poster that explains the concept of data and lists associated vocabulary.
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Place Value Chart with Decimals
Display this place value anchor chart in your classroom to remind your students of place value from millions to millionths.
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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.