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Third Grade English Learner (EL) Lesson Plans

Education.com's third grade English learner lesson plans include helpful suggestions to help teachers support their non-native students' learning. Using various techniques such as vocabulary instruction charts and group work, students will continuously build their English academic language so that they can learn about topics alongside their native speaking English peers for group and class discussions.

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Slap and Roll Timed Multiplication

Slap and Roll Timed Multiplication

Slap and Roll Timed Multiplication

Students will "roll" to this quick game and "slap out" multiplication facts to reinforce multiplication skills and beat their own scores!

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

You're On a Roll! Practicing Multiplication Facts

You're On a Roll! Practicing Multiplication Facts

You're On a Roll! Practicing Multiplication Facts

Are your students struggling to remember their times tables? We all know the only way to remembering math facts is to practice! This hands-on lesson is a fun way for your class get the practice they need to master multiplication facts.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Idiom Meanings and Context Clues

Idiom Meanings and Context Clues

Idiom Meanings and Context Clues

Idioms are a challenging piece of figurative language for students, but it can be an easier task with the help of context clues. Use this as a stand-alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for the *Capturing the Clues* lesson.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Putting a Play Together!

Putting a Play Together!

Putting a Play Together!

Let’s put it all together! In this lesson, students will explore the different parts of a drama or play. By the end of the lesson they will be able to define terminology related to plays and give examples of the unique genre features!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Parking Lot Multiplication

Parking Lot Multiplication

Parking Lot Multiplication

Help your students make sense of the commutative property of multiplication by relating it to arrangements of cars in parking lots.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Describe Character Actions in Order

Describe Character Actions in Order

Describe Character Actions in Order

Use this lesson to teach your students to describe the characters' actions using the basic sentence structure of subject + verb + object. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the *How Do You Solve a Problem?* lesson.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Fluently Subtracting within 1000

Fluently Subtracting within 1000

Fluently Subtracting within 1000

Start your students on subtracting three-digit numbers with this lesson that breaks the problems down by place values!

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Do You Know Your Math Facts?

Do You Know Your Math Facts?

Do You Know Your Math Facts?

In this lesson, your students will create their own math facts and practice them! They will understand that multiplication and division are opposites.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Area Strategies

Area Strategies

Area Strategies

Allow your students to explore the pros and cons of different strategies used to find the area of rectangles. Use this as a stand alone lesson or as a pre-lesson for the Multiplication and Area in the Community Garden lesson.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Similes That Describe ME!

Similes That Describe ME!

Similes That Describe ME!

Every student is unique. This lesson emphasizes that uniqueness by having young learners use similes to share some of the traits that make them special. It features Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood and a fantastic storyboard exercise.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

All About Area

All About Area

Use this vocabulary-focused lesson to teach your students about area. It can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for *Finding the Area of a Rectangle*.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

What Does the Graph Show?

What Does the Graph Show?

What Does the Graph Show?

Get your students familiar with talking about the data they see in bar graphs. This lesson can stand alone or be used alongside the *Organize Your Data* lesson.

3rd grade

Math

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Action! Students Create Reader's Theater

Action! Students Create Reader's Theater

Action! Students Create Reader's Theater

Students will have a blast turning a reading passage into a Reader's Theater skit. This lesson teaches them to use dialogue to help readers understand the experiences of different characters.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

What Does the Author Think?

What Does the Author Think?

What Does the Author Think?

Can you tell what the author thinks about this subject? What do *you* think about it? Use this resource to help your students recognize the author's point of view and establish their own.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Take a Walk with Idioms

Take a Walk with Idioms

Take a Walk with Idioms

Get your students moving! In this lesson, your students will walk around the classroom as they practice using and interpreting idioms.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Let's Talk About Multiplication Facts

Let's Talk About Multiplication Facts

Let's Talk About Multiplication Facts

It's not enough to just memorize the multiplication table! It helps students to know how to explain their strategy to find the product too. Teach this lesson on its own or use it as support for the lesson Slap and Roll Timed Multiplication.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Multiplication and Area in the Community Garden

Multiplication and Area in the Community Garden

Multiplication and Area in the Community Garden

Help your students get creative as they apply multiplication skills to find the area of a community garden of their own design! In this lesson, students will practice finding the area of a rectangle within a real-world context.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Verbs that Show Character Action

Verbs that Show Character Action

Verbs that Show Character Action

Use this lesson to teach your students how to identify character actions with verbs. This lesson can stand alone or be used as a pre-lesson for the *Look for the Clues* lesson.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Get Together to Regroup

Get Together to Regroup

Get Together to Regroup

Teach your students to confidently follow the steps of regrouping in subtraction problems. Use this as a stand alone lesson or alongside *Regrouping with Popsicle Sticks: Double-Digit Subtraction*.

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

An Elapsed Time Strategy

An Elapsed Time Strategy

An Elapsed Time Strategy

While there are many strategies out there to choose from, help your students focus on the number line strategy for solving elapsed time word problems. Use this lesson independently or alongside *Beyond Just Addition.*

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Real Life Perimeter

Real Life Perimeter

Real Life Perimeter

Get your students talking about how they can apply the concept of perimeter to real life. Use this lesson independently or alongside *Find the Perimeter: Real Life Objects.*

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Asking Deeper Questions

Asking Deeper Questions

Asking Deeper Questions

Use this lesson to help your ELs ask different types of questions as they read. Students will analyze a story and ask questions based on the text. This lesson could be used on its own or used as support to the Red Light, Green Light lesson.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Decomposing Numbers

Decomposing Numbers

Decomposing Numbers

Why make things harder on ourselves? Teach your students to decompose numbers to make math easier! Use this as a stand alone lesson or a pre-lesson for *Decompose to Multiply: 6, 7, 8, and 9.*

3rd grade

Math

Lesson plan

Strategies to Make Multiplication a Breeze

Strategies to Make Multiplication a Breeze

Strategies to Make Multiplication a Breeze

With this lesson, your students will see how the order of the factors does not affect the product in a multiplication expression. Use this on its own or alongside *You're On a Roll! Practicing Multiplication Facts.*

3rd grade

Lesson plan

Look for the Clues

Look for the Clues

Look for the Clues

What the character will do next? Designed to teach students the skill of predicting characters’ actions, this lesson guides students to use clues and evidence from the text to make their predictions. Let’s follow those clues!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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