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This Week in Third Grade
Week 34
Final E Sound
Final E Sound
Teach your child about the many jobs of the final "e" sound. The most common of these — which your child will be familiar with — is that it makes the vowel "say" its name. Teach your child about its other jobs to further deepen their understanding of words and spelling patterns.
Teach your students about the many jobs of the final "e" sound. The most common of these — which students will be familiar with — is that it makes the vowel "say" its name. Teach students about its other jobs to further deepen their understanding of words and spelling patterns.
Final /e/: Vowel Sound Change
Worksheet
Final /e/: Vowel Sound Change
Use this exercise with your students to give them practice reading and spelling words that end with a final /e/.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Final /e/: Word Sort
Worksheet
Final /e/: Word Sort
Use this resource with your students to explore some of the different roles of a final /e/.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Final /e/: Word Sort 2
Worksheet
Final /e/: Word Sort 2
Use this resource with your students to explore words with a variety of endings that make the long /e/ sound.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Perimeter
Perimeter
As you teach your child how to calculate perimeter, be aware that area and perimeter are two concepts that are often confused. To help your child keep the two concepts clear, provide many examples of finding the perimeter of different shapes. Keep a visual for your child to reference as they practice calculating perimeter.
As you teach your students how to calculate perimeter, be aware that children often confuse area and perimeter. To help students keep the two concepts clear, offer many examples of finding the perimeter of different shapes. Keep a visual up in the classroom that students can reference as they practice calculating perimeter.
Geometry Basics: Perimeter
Interactive Worksheet
Geometry Basics: Perimeter
Children practice calculating the perimeter of a variety of polygons in this geometry basics worksheet.
3rd grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Geometry Basics: More Perimeters
Interactive Worksheet
Geometry Basics: More Perimeters
Children practice calculating the perimeter of a variety of polygons in this geometry worksheet.
3rd grade
Math
Interactive Worksheet
Finding the Perimeter
Worksheet
Finding the Perimeter
In this worksheet, children practice calculating the perimeter of a variety of polygons — including a baseball diamond!
4th grade
Worksheet
Asking and Answering Questions
Asking and Answering Questions
Asking questions is one of the most powerful reading comprehension tools around. Check in with your child by returning to the basic questions of who, what, when, where, why, and how. This can help you determine if your child needs more reading support. Provide short texts and ask fundamental comprehension questions. Can your young reader use text evidence to support their answers? You will know almost instantly if they have understood what they read.
Asking questions is one of the most powerful reading comprehension tools around. Return to the basic questions of who, what, when, where, why, and how as you check in with your students. This is especially useful with readers who may need extra support. Give students short texts and ask them to answer fundamental comprehension questions, using text evidence to support their answers. You will know almost instantly whether or not they understand what they have read.
Reading Comprehension: The Soccer Sprain
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: The Soccer Sprain
After your students finish reading this story about Leo and how he overcomes his soccer injury, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions about the text.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: A Family Reunion Trip
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: A Family Reunion Trip
Your third graders will read a story about Donny and his family as they attempt to get to their family reunion. After they finish reading, they will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how questions.
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: The Runaway Ball
Worksheet
Reading Comprehension: The Runaway Ball
Your third graders will love reading this story about Mike, his friends, the kickball game, and the runaway ball! Use this resource with your students as they answer basic comprehension questions about a fiction text.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Figurative language is a novel and fun concept for third graders. Help your child decipher various phrases they encounter, teaching them to use a story's context to interpret the meaning of similes, metaphors, and idioms. Avoid spending time at this point on teaching your child the names of the different types of figurative language; instead, focus on guiding your child as they determine the meaning of the expressions. Show them how figurative language spices up a text.
Figurative language is novel and fun for third graders! Help students decipher the phrases they encounter, teaching them to use a story's context to interpret the meaning of similes, metaphors, and idioms. Avoid spending time at this point on teaching your students the names of the different types of figurative language; instead, focus on guiding them as they determine the meaning of the expressions. Show them how figurative language spices up a text.
Simile or Metaphor
Worksheet
Simile or Metaphor
Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.
2nd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
What Is a Metaphor?
Worksheet
What Is a Metaphor?
In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying metaphors as they color in the logs that contain them.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
Figurative Language Practice
Worksheet
Figurative Language Practice
Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.
3rd grade
Reading & Writing
Worksheet
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