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Week 11
Compound Words
Compound Words
Challenge your child to identify compound words. Discuss the meaning of the separate word parts and see how meanings change when the compound word is formed.
It is important to teach students the two different types of compound words, open and closed. Be sure to explain the differences so your students use them correctly in their writing.
Identify & Use Compound Words
Worksheet
Identify & Use Compound Words
Learners will read six sentences to identify the compound word, then use that word in a sentence of their own.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Compound Words: Match, Meaning, and Draw
Worksheet
Compound Words: Match, Meaning, and Draw
Children will draw from a word bank to form five new compound words, then write and illustrate their meaning.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Compound Words in Context
Worksheet
Compound Words in Context
In this fill-in-the-blanks grammar worksheet, students will use context clues to complete 10 sentences with the correct compound word.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Properties of Multiplication
Properties of Multiplication
Understanding the different multiplication properties can be tricky for children, but it is important! Support your child by going over the properties and discussing similarities and differences. Challenge them to complete a single problem using each of the properties!
Use the different properties of multiplication to deepen students' understanding of the concept. Viewing one math process in different forms enhances overall conceptual understanding.
Properties of Multiplication: Commutative
Worksheet
Properties of Multiplication: Commutative
This worksheet introduces children to the commutative property, then uses a series of prompts to help them practice it.
3rd grade
Math
Worksheet
Properties of Multiplication: Distributive
Worksheet
Properties of Multiplication: Distributive
Give your third grader some extra practice with one of the key properties of multiplication: distributive property.
3rd grade
Math
Worksheet
Properties of Multiplication: Identity
Worksheet
Properties of Multiplication: Identity
This worksheet offers a variety of hands-on practice problems to help reinforce learners' understanding of the identity property.
3rd grade
Math
Worksheet
Main Idea and Supporting Details
Main Idea and Supporting Details
It can take children a while to get the hang of identifying the main idea and supporting details. Make sure to practice with your child by reading paragraphs and discussing what they are mostly about. Then, ask them what details helped them identify the main idea.
Identifying the main idea and supporting details is a reading skill that must be practiced again and again. It is a difficult one for students to grasp, so be sure to teach them a process to help them identify these important parts of any text!
Main Idea: Working Dogs
Worksheet
Main Idea: Working Dogs
Children will be inspired by the many ways dogs help their human companions in this nonfiction reading comprehension worksheet.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Main Idea: The Wright Brothers
Worksheet
Main Idea: The Wright Brothers
This exercise gives your students practice using a graphic organizer to record the main idea and supporting details of a short text.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Main Idea Multiple Choice
Worksheet
Main Idea Multiple Choice
Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Introduction to Opinion Writing
Introduction to Opinion Writing
Introduce your child to the wonderful world of persuasion! Discuss the different types of writing that they see in books, newspapers, and magazines. Talk to them about what makes a good opinion, and give them examples of how to back up their opinion with reasons and evidence.
Introduce your students to the wonderful world of opinion writing! Discuss the different types of writing that they see in books, newspapers, and magazines. Talk to them about what makes a good opinion, and give them examples of how to back up their opinion with reasons and evidence.
Opinion Graphic Organizer
Worksheet
Opinion Graphic Organizer
Looking for an opinion graphic organizer for your learner? Check out this worksheet template that helps your child list an opinion, reasons, and conclusion.
1st grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Writing an Opinion
Worksheet
Writing an Opinion
Challenge your outspoken learner to put their opinions down on paper, and practice writing persuasive text while they're at it.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Opinion Writing: A Persuasion for the Persuasive
Worksheet
Opinion Writing: A Persuasion for the Persuasive
Children tap into their natural abilities in this worksheet that invites them to make a persuasive written argument!
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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