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This Week in Third Grade
Week 22
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Vocabulary plays an important role in your child's life as a reader. Go over challenging vocabulary before independent reading. As your child comes across new and difficult words, create flash cards. These can be study tools that help build a strong vocabulary. Make it fun and see how fast your child can recall the definitions of the words. Then, challenge them to use the words in sentences.
Vocabulary is an integral part of your students' success as readers. Use different strategies to support your students as they add new words to their vocabularies. Continue your study of homophones, and teach your students to use flash cards to study definitions. Get your students fired up about learning new words by making it fun! Choose a few vocabulary words each week from relevant text or content for the whole class. Create flash cards, play games, and give your students mini-quizzes on the new words. Repetition is key when learning new vocabulary words.
Vocabulary Think & Seek
Worksheet
Vocabulary Think & Seek
Give your young readers some practice using context clues and dictionaries to expand their vocabulary with this reading activity. As students read, they will consider the meaning of tricky words, then write down their definitions using a dictionary.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Vocabulary Practice: Choose the Definition
Worksheet
Vocabulary Practice: Choose the Definition
Children practice using context clues to find the correct definition of 10 words in this engaging multiple-choice worksheet.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Vocabulary Practice: Alphabetizing, Synonyms, and More
Worksheet
Vocabulary Practice: Alphabetizing, Synonyms, and More
This well-rounded quiz covers a range of vocabulary topics, from alphabetical order and root words to synonyms and antonyms.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Multiplication and Area
Multiplication and Area
Area might be an overwhelming concept, but you can help your child build a strong foundational understanding. At the very basic level, your child will learn to count the unit squares inside a shape. Using graph paper provides a perfect visual before moving to the formula of Length x Width. Practice finding area on the graph paper to support your child, and be sure to make the connection between counting unit squares and using multiplication to find the area of shapes.
As your students become more fluent with geometry, it is important to build their foundational understanding of the concepts, such as area. Give your students the opportunity to grapple with finding area by covering the basics. Have your students count the unit squares before teaching the formula for area. As you make the connection between unit squares and the formula, give them the opportunity to find area in real-world contexts. When they feel confident in understanding the basics, area will be a fun geometry activity for them.
Finding Area with Unit Squares
Worksheet
Finding Area with Unit Squares
This resource will introduce the concept of square units and how they can be used to measure the area of a figure
3rd grade
Math
Worksheet
Area: Counting Unit Squares
Interactive Worksheet
Area: Counting Unit Squares
Use this exercise with your students to build a foundational understanding of geometry. They will determine the area of shapes by counting the unit squares.
3rd grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Units of Area
Worksheet
Units of Area
Build your students’ foundational understanding of geometry as they determine the area of shapes by counting the unit squares.
3rd grade
Math
Worksheet
Readers Theater: Fluency & Dramatizations
Readers Theater: Fluency & Dramatizations
Fluency practice can be a boring part of reading, but if you choose the right activities, your child will be engaged and excited. Reader's Theater scripts are a perfect way to practice improving rate, expression, and accuracy while reading aloud. Be sure to extend the activity by asking your reader a variety of reading comprehension questions to make sure they understand what they just read. Fluency and comprehension go hand-in-hand to become a well-rounded reader.
Practicing fluent reading can be a real bore for students, but Reader's Theater is the perfect way to engage all levels of readers. Use these fun activities to increase your students' rate, expression, and accuracy as they practice reading scripts in small groups. Then, assess their comprehension levels by asking a variety of questions. Fluency and comprehension go hand-in-hand to build strong readers.
Reader’s Theater: The Snowman’s Day to Play
Worksheet
Reader’s Theater: The Snowman’s Day to Play
Learners will practice analyzing a short script in this winter-themed reading comprehension worksheet.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Reader’s Theater: Camping in the Cold
Worksheet
Reader’s Theater: Camping in the Cold
In this Reader's Theater worksheet, students read a script, then answer the reading comprehension questions that follow.
4th grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Reader’s Theater: My Special Valentine
Worksheet
Reader’s Theater: My Special Valentine
Use this Valentine's Day reader's theater script to engage students as they practice reading fluently.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Sequencing
Sequencing
A key component of good writing is organization. An organized writer uses a sequence that makes it easy to follow the story or informative text. Guide your child on a journey to become a strong writer by providing activities that help master the skill of sequencing. Give your child graphic organizers to plan out a story before entering the draft stage of the writing process. Have your child make an informative picture book about how to do a chore or hobby. These tasks will challenge your child to use a solid sequence that makes the writing cohesive.
Sequence is a critical component of strong writing, regardless of genre. To support your students as they master the skill of writing with sequence, give them fun tasks. Have your students create informative picture books for the classroom, their families, or their book buddies in a younger grade. Offer your students graphic organizers to encourage the process of planning and getting organized before entering the next stage of the writing process.
Cut and Paste: Sequencing Story Events
Worksheet
Cut and Paste: Sequencing Story Events
Students practice sequencing story events with this worksheet. Cut out the sentences into strips and then build your story by arranging them in the best order.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Story Sequencing: Roller Skating
Interactive Worksheet
Story Sequencing: Roller Skating
In this worksheet, children read a story about two friends who like to roller skate together in their neighborhood.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Interactive Worksheet
Sequencing Events with Transition Words
Worksheet
Sequencing Events with Transition Words
Help your students practice using transition words to sequence events.
3rd grade
Worksheet
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