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Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

Third Grade Independent Study Packet - Week 3

This third grade independent study packet offers Week 3 of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies activities.

3rd grade

Social studies

Workbook

Exercise

Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences

Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences will help students practice this key third grade skill. Try our free exercises to build knowledge and confidence.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Exercise

Parts of Speech

Parts of Speech

Knowing your parts of speech is an important part of learning good writing skills. Learn the ins and outs of words with this packet that covers the eight different parts of speech.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Workbook

Narrative Writing

Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences 1

Narrative Writing

Prepare for a world of writing with this packet of exercises, tools and tips. Students learn a few ways to spice up writing, like sensory words, action verbs, supporting details, and point of view.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Workbook

Exercise

Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences 1

Review simple, compound, and complex sentences with your students to help them succeed as they begin writing reports and essays.

2nd grade

Reading & Writing

Exercise

Great Grammar: Compound Sentences

Parts of Speech: Breaking Down Sentences

Great Grammar: Compound Sentences

This compound sentences worksheet will get your child to review the concept. Try this compound sentences worksheet to help your child build grammar skills.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Finding the Subject and Predicate

Parts of Speech: Breaking Down Sentences

Let your students find out that the sentences they speak so easily are formed of many different parts. Have them break down sentences to learn the various parts that form a sentence!

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan

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

Sentences 2

Guided Lesson

Sentences 2

Third grade writers will be tasked with writing longer and more complicated sentences. This guided lesson in understanding, constructing and punctuating sentences can support kids as they learn to build bigger and better sentences in their writing. Grammar instruction and practical examples were written by our curriculum experts, complete with a list of recommended building sentence worksheets for third graders.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Guided Lesson

Text Message Language

Work on Writing: Run-On Sentences

Text Message Language

Turn text messages full of abbreviated language and lacking punctuation into proper English.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Adjectives to Describe a Hero

Work on Writing: Run-On Sentences

Combat bad writing habits with this grammar worksheet. It teaches kids to identify run-on sentences and rewrite them correctly.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Compound Sentence Creations

Adjectives to Describe a Hero

This adjective exercise will prepare kids for writing and reading nonfiction stories about real-life heroes.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Sentence Combining Practice

Compound Sentence Creations

When it comes to writing, simple is boring! Use this lesson to teach your students how to take their sentences from simple to compound by using coordinating conjunctions.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Lesson Plan

Writing More Complex Sentences

Sentence Combining Practice

Can your child help Sarah make her writing less repetitive? This sentence combining exercise will help your child, too!

4th grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

American Heroes: Biography Writing

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

Lesson Plan

Formative Assessment: Speaking and Listening

American Heroes: Biography Writing

Everything a kid needs to read and write a biography. Learn about some inspirational Americans, try your hand at writing someone else's story, and consider what makes heroes so compelling.

3rd grade

Social studies

Workbook

Formative Assessment: Speaking and Listening

Use this worksheet to evaluate peer conversations when students are participating in collaborative conversations.

Kindergarten

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Plural Noun Practice

Compound Sentence 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

Under Sentence Construction

Compound Sentence Practice

What happens when you want to fit more than one idea into a sentence? Instead of writing two sentences, write a compound sentence. Ask your students to practice writing compound sentences with this worksheet.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Compound Sentences with Sentence Frames

Under Sentence Construction

Kids create complete sentences from fragments in this worksheet.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Compound Sentences with Sentence Frames

This exercise is designed to reinforce the concept of writing compound sentences to show relationships between two independent clauses. Your students will write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet

Beginning, Middle, End

Practicing Complex Sentences

Beginning, Middle, End

This three-part series of writing prompts will reinforce story structure and creativity in your child's writing.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

Worksheet