3rd Grade Activities
In third grade, learning gets kicked up a notch, and more complex concepts will land squarely on your child's plate. Want to help, but aren't sure how? From fun activities to learn about place value, to outdoor games that teach parts of speech, we've got the goods to keep your child on track all year long.
Make Sequence Strips to Stay Organized
Most third graders are not natural organizers. Try this concrete, hands-on system and you can count on more efficient, less stressful evenings this school year.
Make a Wish Box!
This holiday season, ask your child, and the rest of the family, to share their thoughts by writing one-sentence "Holiday Wishes". Your child will practice her sentence development, and may get a whole new appreciation of the holiday season!
Practice Capitalization with a Homemade Calendar
Making a calendar page with the name of the month, days of the week, and holidays is a fun way to see the month take shape. For third graders, it's a great way to identify those words that are always capitalized.
Play Sentence Scramble!
Third graders have learned to construct simple sentences, but they are still exploring ways to make their writing more interesting and effective. This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, a classic part of third grade curriculum.
Celebrate New Year's with a Time Capsule!
This New Year's, ask your third grader to reflect on the events of 2008, gather her cool stuff, and create a time capsule.
An Out of This World Solar System Project
The process of creating this scale model will stick with your child... into infinity!
Write a "My Trip" Book!
As any writer will tell you, writing isn't work when it's all about an event that is important to you. Share the secret with your third grader, and end up with a lovely keepsake book when you're done.
Make a Book Square!
If your third grader is having difficulty sequencing events in a story, try creating this book square. It's a fun way to highlight important story details and put them in a logical order. She can even use the Book Square as a bookmark, and add information to it as she reads!
Sweet Sorting: A Fun Activity to Practice Categorizing
Delay your child's sugar overload, and develop his critical thinking skills, by doing some "sweet sorting" of his Halloween treasures!
Take a Backyard Map Skills Expedition!
This game helps children learn directions in a fun way. The object of the game is to find a hidden prize by using only cardinal directions and coordinates.
