3rd Grade Writing 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.
Build Vocabulary with Prefixes and Suffixes
Learning prefixes and suffixes is a great way to boost vocabulary quickly. And these letter combos are best learned in the context of the words that they create. Here's an easy game to get your child thinking about these beginnings and endings, in between a lot of shouting and laughing.
Play Word Bags to Learn Parts of Speech
Parts of speech can be a difficult and dreary concept for many kids, but you can quickly turn that feeling around by creating this fun, easy learning game that your child will enjoy playing!
Race for Spelling Patterns!
In this high energy, interactive game, third graders are challenged to a race involving spelling patterns in words. This is one race your child will want to run again and again! And it will do wonders for her reading fluency.
The Zoo Stories: A Fun Writing Activity
Is your child a budding writer? Or does he hit a wall when starting a writing assignment? Here's a fun exercise that turns a Saturday trip to the local zoo into an all-out writing frenzy.
Morse Code Messaging
Kids and codes go together like dashes and dots. Teach your child Morse code, a little bit of history that she'll pick up in a flash!
Storyboarding: Using Pictures to Teach Words
Third graders have to develop whole ideas and write them down in a logical way. And you can help! Here's a technique called "storyboarding."
What's a Zipper? A Writing Game
A great way to teach children the power of a good explanation.
Go Fishing for Grammar!
Remember the classic card game, Go Fish? Here's a fun twist on it that will help your third grader learn her grammar terms in a fun way! She'll learn to recognize the different parts of grammar and speech in a fun game that can be played at home or school!
Step Inside the Story!
Help your young reader remember the important details from the last book he read. Let your child step into the man character's shoes as he keeps track of the setting, events, and names of characters in the story by keeping a journal. The next book report will be a breeze!
Create a Family How-to Guide
These days, pretty much all appliances have complicated directions. Help your child understand them by making a Family How-to guide! He'll figure out how to work that tricky DVR and practice his reading and writing skills!
