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This Week in Third Grade
Week 1
Sentences
Sentences
Start the year off with conversations about sentences! Discuss the different types of sentences we use, as well as how to create them. Give your child lots of practice with speaking and writing. Provide feedback to support them as they become strong sentence writers!
Start the year off with conversations about sentences! Teach your students about the different types of sentences we use, as well as how to create these sentences. Give them lots of practice and feedback to support them as they become strong sentence writers.
Get into Grammar: Types of Sentences
Worksheet
Get into Grammar: Types of Sentences
Learners are introduced to three different types of sentences, then practice writing their own in this creative grammar worksheet.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Sentence Scramble
Worksheet
Sentence Scramble
Looking for a worksheet to help your child with their sentence building skills? This printable will help them with sentence structure.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Under Sentence Construction
Worksheet
Under Sentence Construction
Kids create complete sentences from fragments in this worksheet.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Reviewing Addition & Subtraction
Reviewing Addition & Subtraction
Start off the school year by reviewing the basics of addition and subtraction to get your student back in the mathematics groove! Have them explain their thinking as they solve addition and subtraction problems.
Start off the school year by reviewing the basics of addition and subtraction with your incoming third graders to see what they know. Observe your students explaining their thinking to a partner as they solve the problems.
Addition Facts: Review
Worksheet
Addition Facts: Review
Children complete an addition chart, then fill in missing addends and sums in this useful practice worksheet.
3rd grade
Math
Worksheet
Mad Minute Math: Subtraction
Interactive Worksheet
Mad Minute Math: Subtraction
Give math skills a workout with this race against the clock! This mad minute math worksheet of subtraction problems should be worked on for just one minute.
2nd grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Pineapple Math: Two-Digit Addition
Interactive Worksheet
Pineapple Math: Two-Digit Addition
Kids solve addition problems with two-digit addends and no regrouping on this second grade math worksheet.
2nd grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Reading Skills and Strategies
Reading Skills and Strategies
Get your child back into the groove of reading for comprehension! Help them practice reading short passages and stopping to talk about what they've read so far.
Get your students back into the routine of reading for comprehension! Give them short passages and ask basic comprehension questions to gauge where your readers are. Have them stop periodically while reading to discuss what they've read so far.
Reading for Comprehension: Following Directions
Interactive Worksheet
Reading for Comprehension: Following Directions
Help your third grader practice following directions on how to build a tornado in a bottle, and build his reading comprehension skills in the process.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Interactive Worksheet
Reading for Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions
Worksheet
Reading for Comprehension: Drawing Conclusions
Children read six short passages and draw a conclusion about each one based on context clues.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Chapter Summary
Worksheet
Chapter Summary
Here's a chapter summary guide where your child can jot down the characters in a chapter, his favorite character and even predict what will happen next.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Fun with Creative Writing
Evaluating Student Writing
The next time you're at the store with your child, have them select a fun notebook to take home. Make this their creative writing notebook, in which they can write personal thoughts, fictional stories, or anything they'd like. Encourage them to spend 10 minutes per day writing something in the notebook. If they are stumped on what to write, offer a prompt or a topic.
It's great to do a prewrite at the very beginning of the year. Give your students a fun prompt or have them write about whatever they like! They can continue their writing each day. It's a great way to see what they can do on their own.
Creative Writing: Living Underwater
Worksheet
Creative Writing: Living Underwater
Ever wish you could breathe underwater? This creative writing prompt asks your child to imagine if humans could live underwater!
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Your Ideal Pet
Worksheet
Your Ideal Pet
Children are invited to dream up their ideal animal companion in this fun creative writing exercise.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Letter to Your Future Self
Worksheet
Letter to Your Future Self
In this fun worksheet template, children compose a letter with an extra-special destination: the future!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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