RL.3 Worksheets, Workbooks, Lesson Plans, and Games
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3
:"Literature"
These worksheets, workbooks, lesson plans, and teacher editions can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
Worksheets
The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey
Worksheet
The Man, the Boy, and the Donkey
Searching for a worksheet to help with your kid's reading skills? This printable uses a classic Aesop Fable.
English Language Arts
Worksheet
Make Predictions During Independent Reading
Worksheet
Make Predictions During Independent Reading
This template encourages thoughtful, engaged reading as children practice making predictions as they go.
3rd Grade
Worksheet
The Crab that Played with the Sea
Worksheet
The Crab that Played with the Sea
Introduce your little reader to some classic childhood literature, with Rudyard Kipling's charming story "The Crab That Played with the Sea."
4th Grade
Worksheet
The Korrigan
Worksheet
The Korrigan
Read this creepy story about a mythological creature called a korrigan, then answer the comprehension questions at the end.
3rd Grade
Worksheet
Reader’s Theater: Fall Festival
Worksheet
Reader’s Theater: Fall Festival
Use this fall-themed Reader’s Theater script to give your students practice reading fluently. Then, challenge them with reading comprehension questions about the characters and events.
English Language Arts
Worksheet
Text Dependent Questions for Independent Reading
Worksheet
Text Dependent Questions for Independent Reading
Text dependent questions are reading comprehension questions that can only be answered by referring to the text. Students have to read the text closely and use inferential thinking to determine the answer. Use this list of text dependent questions for you
3rd Grade
Worksheet
Lesson Plans
Close Reading: Introduction
Lesson plan
Close Reading: Introduction
Help your students absorb the details of a text and make inferences about what they read with the strategy of close reading. By reading closely, students will become better able to understand complex themes and nuances in a text.
Lesson plan
Character Traits
Lesson plan
Character Traits
What makes a character special? Their traits, of course. With help from The Wretched Stone by Chris Van Allsburg, students will enjoy completing character maps and learning about different character traits.
3rd Grade
Lesson plan
Figuring Out Figurative Language!
Lesson plan
Figuring Out Figurative Language!
Teaching figurative language is as easy as pie with this lesson. Give students a chance to explore different kinds of figurative language as they develop their own comic strip.
3rd Grade
Lesson plan
Figure of Speech Bubble Cartoons
Lesson plan
Figure of Speech Bubble Cartoons
Make idioms easy as pie with this lesson that has your students create their very own comic! Students will write idioms in speech bubbles for cartoon captions in this fun figurative language activity.
3rd Grade
Lesson plan
Picture Puzzlers
Lesson plan
Picture Puzzlers
Make your students into storytellers with this lesson where they will learn how to make complete stories of their own.
3rd Grade
Lesson plan
Keeping Good Character
Lesson plan
Keeping Good Character
This reading and writing lesson also helps students develop empathy. After paying attention to the main character's responses in Victoria and Elizabeth Kann's Purplelicious, students will relate her experiences to their own.
3rd Grade
Lesson plan
Workbooks
Pick a Peck of Poetry
Workbook
Pick a Peck of Poetry
What's a metaphor? How do you haiku? Kids will hone reading and writing skills with this book, from a simple syllable counting exercise to inventing rhymes and tangling with the Jabberwocky!
English Language Arts
Workbook
My Vacation
Workbook
My Vacation
In this three-part series, a child anticipates a family getaway. Practice summarizing works of fiction, identifying chronology, interpreting pictures, and identifying homophones and homographs through this series of reading and comprehension activities.
English Language Arts
Workbook
Games
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Exercises
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Teacher Editions
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 3: Ideas and Organization
Teacher Edition
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 3: Ideas and Organization
Third graders’ writing skills will blossom and bloom each week with this effective resource!
English Language Arts
Teacher Edition
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 3: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice
Teacher Edition
Daily 6-Trait Writing, Grade 3: Word Choice, Sentence Fluency, and Voice
Supercharge students’ skills with each new writing worksheet!
English Language Arts
Teacher Edition
