3rd grade Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Resources (Page 2)

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

Describe Character Actions with Subjects, Verbs, and Objects

Worksheet

Describe Character Actions with Subjects, Verbs, and Objects

Use this resource to give your students practice using a simple sentence structure to describe characters, setting, and events.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Commas in a Sentence

Worksheet

Commas in a Sentence

Get familiar with commas in this worksheet all about non-identifying clauses! Your kid will use commas to offset the non-identifying clauses on this worksheet.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Glossary: Describe Character Actions in Order

Worksheet

Glossary: Describe Character Actions in Order

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Describe Character Actions in Order.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Expanding Sentences with Coordinating Conjunctions

Worksheet

Expanding Sentences with Coordinating Conjunctions

This resource gives your students practice expanding sentences, which is an important skill for young writers.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Plural Noun Practice

Lesson plan

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

Conjunctions #3

Worksheet

Conjunctions #3

Conjunctions are words that join other words and phrases together! Help your beginning reader tackle conjunctions with this practice sheet.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Conjunctions #2

Worksheet

Conjunctions #2

Get to know your conjunctions with a parts of speech practice sheet! Your child will get to identify the different conjunctions in each sentence.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Describe Character Actions in Order

Worksheet

Vocabulary Cards: Describe Character Actions in Order

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Describe Character Actions in Order.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Conjunctions #1

Worksheet

Conjunctions #1

Conjunctions are words that link different parts of a sentence! Help your child learn to identify this part of speech in some sample sentences.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Conjunctions #5

Worksheet

Conjunctions #5

Do you know how conjunctions function? Help your child learn to identify conjunctions, which link words, phrases or sentences!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Writing More Complex Sentences

Lesson plan

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

Conjunctions #4

Worksheet

Conjunctions #4

If your child needs practice with parts of speech, here's a helpful way to get started learning and identifying conjunctions.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Non-Identifying Clause and Commas

Worksheet

Non-Identifying Clause and Commas

What's a non-identifying clause? It's just a part of a sentence that gives extra info. See where to put the commas with this punctuation worksheet!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Fix the Fragments!

Worksheet

Fix the Fragments!

Use this resource to reinforce the key components of a complete sentence.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Get Crafty! Combining Sentences

Lesson plan

Get Crafty! Combining Sentences

Give your class the "write" stuff! In this lesson, your students will learn to master combining sentences using sentences with the same subjects or predicates.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Once Upon a Question Mark

Lesson plan

Once Upon a Question Mark

What's the question? In this lesson about question marks, students will learn how to write and identify questions, generate their own questions, and read with punctuation marks in mind.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Describe Character Actions in Order

Lesson plan

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

The Period

Lesson plan

The Period

Familiarize your young scholars with declarative and imperative sentences using this simple English lesson. Students will love learning about periods through a series of sentence-writing exercises.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Play Sentence Scramble

Activity

Play Sentence Scramble

This hands-on family activity gives your child practice creating compound sentences, while teaching him skills that will help him become a better writer!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Activity

Write Santa Claus-Themed Alliteration

Activity

Write Santa Claus-Themed Alliteration

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Activity

3rd grade Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Resources