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3rd Grade Writing Prompts & Composition Worksheets

Kids will get a good balance of free writing and academic lessons in these third grade composition worksheets. They'll build writing skills as they learn about adjectives, personification, and main ideas, then put their knowledge into practice in creative and expository writing prompts.

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3rd grade

Writing Organization

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Put the Story Sequence in Order

Put the Story Sequence in Order

Story sequencing will allow third graders to improve their reading comprehension by putting the sequence of events in the correct order.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Favorite Food Opinion Writing

Favorite Food Opinion Writing

Let your students work up an appetite for writing with this opinion writing prompt. First students will consider their favorite food while they fill in the structured pre-writing planner, then they can use the second page to write their opinion essay.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Character Changes Order

Character Changes Order

Use this worksheet to practice sequencing a character’s feelings using transition words.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Story Sequencing: Roller Skating

Story Sequencing: Roller Skating

Story sequencing is a fun and easy way for third graders to practice reading comprehension by putting the sentences of the story in order.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Cut and Paste: Sequencing Story Events

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

Informational Writing Graphic Organizer

Informational Writing Graphic Organizer

Use this resource to help your students get organized. The labeled sections will guide them to follow the proper informative essay structure.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Hamburger Graphic Organizer

Hamburger Graphic Organizer

Work up an appetite for comprehension with this hamburger graphic organizer.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Identify Supporting Details

Identify Supporting Details

Every main idea needs good supporting details! Help your child learn to recognize paragraph and story organization with this exercise.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Letter Writing for Kids

Letter Writing for Kids

Using this great template to help with letter writing for kids, encourage your child to flex his imagination as he writes a letter to a friend.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Informational Writing: Linking Ideas

Informational Writing: Linking Ideas

Use this exercise with your students to practice linking ideas within their writing to make strong connections.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Important Supporting Details: Helen Keller

Important Supporting Details: Helen Keller

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea as they read about a famous historical figure.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Important Supporting Details: Cherokee

Important Supporting Details: Cherokee

Use this resource with your students to practice picking out the most important details to support a main idea. Students will read about an significant Native American tribe and determine the most important information in the text.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Opinion Paragraphs

Opinion Paragraphs

Let your voice be heard! Prepare students for essay writing with these fun prompts that encourage them to express their opinions.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Opinion Writing Check-Up

Opinion Writing Check-Up

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills when it comes to responding to opinion writing prompts.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Narrative Story Organizer

Narrative Story Organizer

Second graders love telling stories! Help them plan their own small moment stories using this handy graphic organizer.

2nd grade

Reading & writing

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Paragraph Structure

Paragraph Structure

This worksheet introduces kids to paragraph structure, and shows how to give a paragraph a beginning, middle and end.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Construct a Friendly Letter

Construct a Friendly Letter

With this worksheet, friendly letters will be under construction!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Topic Sentence

Learn more about to topic sentence and the important job it has to do in this worksheet.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Informational Writing Check-Up

Informational Writing Check-Up

Use this resource to assess your students’ writing skills in responding to an informational writing prompt.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Write a Descriptive Paragraph

Write a Descriptive Paragraph

Help your budding writer learn to "show, not tell" with this creative writing exercise.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Persuasive Paragraph

Persuasive Paragraph

Give your writing some structure with this persuasive paragraph worksheet.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Arranging a Letter

Arranging a Letter

Give your students the opportunity to put a friendly letter together!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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Ice Cream Graphic Organizer

Ice Cream Graphic Organizer

Get the scoop on your stories with this ice cream graphic organizer!

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Organizing My Opinion

Organizing My Opinion

Get kids thinking about their opinions! This worksheet will help you gain an understanding of how your students organize their ideas prior to crafting a new writing piece. This resource pairs well with the Household Chores writing prompt.

4th grade

Reading & writing

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Opinion Writing Learning Check

Opinion Writing Learning Check

Use this resource to assess your students’ opinion writing skills. They will respond to a prompt by formulating an opinion and supporting it with reasons and evidence from two nonfiction texts.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

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