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Third graders benefit greatly from a well-rounded curriculum that builds upon the mastery of the basics, especially with the introduction of more complex mathematics such as fractions, decimals, and division. Give students a head start by constructing upon their strong foundation with the applicable complex skills that Education.com's third grade lesson plans provides!

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All About Nouns

All About Nouns

This lesson incorporates different learning styles to help students get a firm grasp of what a noun is and its function. It even highlights the important tie between grammar and writing.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Types Of Sentences

Types Of Sentences

Use this lesson to introduce your class to four kinds of sentences, and how understanding and using different types of sentences allows writers to control the tone of their sentences.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Main Idea: It's in the Bag!

Main Idea: It's in the Bag!

Help your class grasp the concept of "main idea" with this fun, hands-on lesson. Students will dive into mystery bags full of supportive detail clues to determine the main idea of each bag.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Repeated Addition and Multiplication

Repeated Addition and Multiplication

Teach your students how repeated addition relates to multiplication. This lesson builds number sense and supports a conceptual understanding of multiplication.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Making Predictions Lesson

Making Predictions Lesson

This lesson thoughtfully scaffolds the reading skill of predicting. Students are introduced to the concept and get to practice making predictions. They will apply what they have learned during a focused independent reading activity.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

The Solar System: Learning about Planets

The Solar System: Learning about Planets

Use this lesson to have your students research about a planet of their choice and present it to the class! This lesson will also give the creative students of your class an opportunity to make their own planets!

3rd grade

Science

Lesson plan

Pronoun Unit

Use this lesson to introduce, review, and teach pronouns! Your students will get to practice using these words and build their reading and language skills.

1st grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Narrative Writing: Adding Dialogue

Narrative Writing: Adding Dialogue

This lesson challenges young learners to add dialogue to their writing. Students will love using their creativity to write personal narratives.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Addition with Regrouping

Addition with Regrouping

In this lesson, students will add three-digit numbers using expanded form addition and standard algorithm addition. They'll explain their answers and highlight the steps for each of the strategies.

3rd grade

Math

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My Community and I

My Community and I

In this lesson, students will develop an understanding of communities and will learn how to locate their communities on a map.

2nd grade

Social studies

Lesson plan

Identifying Character Traits

Identifying Character Traits

What's your "it"? This lesson incorporates Tony Dungy's You Can Do It! into some hands-on activities that help students learn about different character traits.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Mindfulness: The Present Moment

Mindfulness 101! Students focus on the present moment using their senses to observe what is happening right now. They are introduced to the idea that mindfulness is about paying attention to the present.

Preschool

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Candy Multiplication

Candy Multiplication

Delicious multiplication! In this sweet lesson, your students will learn how to relate multiplication to repeated addition using candy counters.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

All About Landforms

All About Landforms

Through creative and engaging activities, your students will explore and learn about landforms. In this lesson, they will make their own mini dictionary of landforms.

2nd grade

Science

Lesson plan

Plural Noun Practice

Plural Noun Practice

This lesson gives young explorers a chance to find plural nouns around the classroom and use them to build sentences. It nourishes students' creative sides while helping them learn.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Antonyms are Opposites!

Antonyms are Opposites!

Opposites attract! In this lesson, your students will practice matching antonyms. They will expand their vocabulary by knowing more words to use!

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Perfect Prefixes!

Perfect Prefixes!

This lesson introduces young learners to prefixes. It also gives them hands-on experience with building words using prefix and root word cards.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Finding the Subject and Predicate

Finding the Subject and Predicate

Help your students avoid the dreaded sentence fragment with this lesson that gives young writers the building blocks they need to succeed in English class.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Constructing Crazy Halloween Sentences

Constructing Crazy Halloween Sentences

Your students will turn into crazy Halloween sentence making machines with this fun lesson on constructing complete sentences. Students will practice making and mixing subjects and predicates - and the results will have you all ROTFL.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Fiction Comprehension: Cause and Effect

Fiction Comprehension: Cause and Effect

Improve reading comprehension with a lesson on cause and effect! In this lesson, students will use a T-chart to identify examples of cause and effect in and by the end, you’ll all be singing along to the cause and effect song!

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson plan

Subtraction with Regrouping

Subtraction with Regrouping

Help your students subtract with confidence by sharing two different strategies. Use this lesson to build on students’ understanding of subtraction and to evaluate this key skill.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Rounding Whole Numbers

Rounding Whole Numbers

It's rounding time. Help young mathematicians learn to round to the nearest ten and hundred with this teacher-approved lesson.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Finding Perimeter

Finding Perimeter

In this lesson, students will find the perimeter of figures using cheese crackers. Next, they'll design a floor plan for their cheese cracker dream house, to help them practice and retain the formula for finding perimeter.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

3 Types Of Resources

3 Types Of Resources

Our community relies on different kinds of resources to operate successfully. In this lesson, your students will learn how capital, human, and natural resources are all important for the functioning of a productive society.

2nd grade

Social studies

Lesson plan

Division and Multiplication Relationship

Division and Multiplication Relationship

Let's better understand multiplication and division concepts! Use this lesson to help students understand inverse operations between multiplication and division.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

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