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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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Main ideas and Details

Main ideas and Details

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand main idea and supporting details. They'll analyze non-fiction word, sentence, and paragraph structures. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the In Search of Main Ideas lesson.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Suffixes

This introductory lesson on suffixes is sure to get your young scholars excited about root word modification. Students will work both independently and in pairs as they work on a bunch of fun worksheets.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Possessive Pronouns

Possessive Pronouns

Get your students excited about possessive pronouns with this fun lost-and-found inspired lesson. By talking about items that belong to themselves and their classmates, kids be gain a better understanding of denoting possession.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Heartbeats: Learning about the Heart

Heartbeats: Learning about the Heart

This lesson will make your students realize that even though they take their heart for granted, the heart is working hard to pump blood to different parts of the body to keep them healthy and running!

3rd grade

Science

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Compound Word Connections

Compound Word Connections

Help your students master compound words with compound words creations! Using an arts-integrated approach, this lesson incorporates diagrams and illustrations that can lead to understanding the fuller meanings of compound words.

2nd grade

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Array Models in Multiplication

Array Models in Multiplication

This lesson allows students to explore the concept of multiplication hands on. Kids will also come to understand why multiplication is important as well as how to solve multiplication problems using array models.

3rd grade

Math

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Narrative Writing: Transition Words

Narrative Writing: Transition Words

Help your students make powerful connections in their writing! This lesson will teach your learners about using the correct transition words when writing personal narratives.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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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

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Division Word Problems

Division Word Problems

Freshen up on your understanding of division word problems with long division and one-digit divisors! Use this lesson to help students identify key division terms and solve word problems.

3rd grade

Math

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Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

Mindfulness: Mindful Listening

Owls hear so well that they can hunt in the dark. Have your students try on their owl ears! In this lesson, students open up their ears to all the sounds around them, close and far away, and go on a sound hunt.

Preschool

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Narrative Writing: Seed Ideas

Narrative Writing: Seed Ideas

Give your students a chance to share some interesting anecdotes with this simple lesson. By brainstorming ideas about past experiences, young writers will learn to develop their own personal narratives.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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We’ve Got a Problem!

We’ve Got a Problem!

What’s the problem? Teach your students to identify the problem and solution in a piece of fiction.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Fill Your Bucket

Fill Your Bucket

Are you a bucket filler? Children with good social skills lift each other up with compliments and praise, instead of put downs and negative comments. Use this lesson to teach your students about bucket filling and how to compliment others.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Writing More Complex Sentences

Writing More Complex Sentences

Students will become sentence construction gurus as they learn to craft more sophisticated sentences. Specifically, young writers will use subordinating conjunctions to combine dependent and independent clauses to craft complex sentences.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits

It’s All in the Personality: Character Traits

In this lesson, students will use their creativity, a graphic organizer, and a fun story to learn about character analysis.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Skip Counting to Understand Multiplication

Skip Counting to Understand Multiplication

Teach your students to use skip counting as a strategy to multiply two single-digit factors.

3rd grade

Math

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Finding the Area of a Rectangle

Finding the Area of a Rectangle

Let your students learn how to find the area of rectangular objects by doing hands-on activities. Your students will love finding the area of various rectangular objects around the classroom!

3rd grade

Math

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Subject Pronoun Success

Subject Pronoun Success

Help your students experience success with subject pronouns! This pronoun lesson plan gives your students the opportunity to clarify noun and pronoun agreement as they work with a list of subject pronouns.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Boom, Clap! Patterns in the Multiplication Table

Boom, Clap! Patterns in the Multiplication Table

BOOM! Have a blast teaching your students how to find and use patterns within the multiplication table to increase fluency with multiplication and build number sense.

3rd grade

Math

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My Perfect Pet

In this lesson, your students will go through the writing process to write about their perfect pets and then make a 3-D version of this pet, mount the final draft, and display it.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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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

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Divide it Up!

Make division come to life with this hands-on, introductory lesson on the operation of division! Students will use authentic problems and manipulatives to experience division in action.

3rd grade

Math

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Introduction to Similes

Introduction to Similes

This lesson provides a concrete introduction to similes. Students will get a confidence boost after working together and completing some fun and colorful worksheets.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Juggling Verb Tense

Juggling Verb Tense

Verbs are the only kind of word that have tenses. Some of them are standard and easy to learn, while others are irregular and tricky. This lesson will review verb tense changes that follow the regular pattern and those oddballs that don't.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Fall Leaf Patterns

Fall Leaf Patterns

Get your students to enjoy the fall weather while making beautiful leaf patterns inspired by Andy Goldworthy.

2nd grade

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