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3rd Grade Activities

451 resources

3rd Grade Activities

451 resources

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Activity3rd GradeWhat's the Main Idea Activity

Using this What's the Main Idea Activity, students recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea to build their comprehension skills.

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Activity3rd GradePractice Makes Perfect Fluency Activity

Using the Practice Makes Perfect Fluency Activity, students read the passage with accuracy and fluency while you take notes on their reading.

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Activity3rd GradePenguins Multiplication Division Properties Activity

Using Penguins Multiplication Division Properties Activity, students explain why multiplication and division strategies work.

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Activity3rd GradeWater We Measuring Activity

In this Water We Measuring Activity, students measure and estimate masses of objects using grams, kilograms and liters in order to build measurement skills.

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Activity3rd GradeEnhancing My Presentation Activity

Using Enhancing My Presentation Activity, students add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations to enhance the development of main ideas.

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Activity3rd GradeIt's Raining Cats and Dogs Idioms Activity

Using It's Raining Cats and Dogs Figurative Language Activity, students match idioms and their meanings in order to use them in their own writing.

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Activity3rd GradeQuotient Quickies Division Activity

Using this Quotient Quickies Division Activity, students interpret whole numbers as the number of objects in each share.

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Activity3rd GradeAnimal Myth Busters Author's Purpose Activity

Using Animal Myth Busters Author's Purpose Activity, students read animal myths to explain how an author uses evidence to support points in a text.

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Activity3rd GradeFirsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity

Using Firsthand and Secondhand Accounts Activity, students read both firsthand and secondhand accounts of the same event to describe the differences in the information provided.

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Activity3rd GradeGet Ready to Write Activity

Using Get Ready to Write Activity, students write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of purposes, and audiences.

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Activity3rd GradeIdentifying Literary Elements Activity

Using Identifying Literary Elements Activity, students find examples of text features and story elements to build their reading comprehension.

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Activity3rd GradeLet's Publish My Writing Activity

Using Let's Publish My Writing Activity, students write about the topic or prompt until you have typed one page using computer skills.

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Activity3rd GradeWrite All About It Newspaper Writing Activity

Using Write All About It Newspaper Writing Activity, students write newspaper articles using the topic cards and the writing process.

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Activity3rd GradeBe the Baker Multiplication Activity

Using this Be the Baker Multiplication Activity, students interpret products of whole numbers into equal groups.

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Activity3rd GradeGeometric Measurement Estimate and Count Unit Squares Activity

Using this Geometric Measurement Estimate and Count Unit Squares Activity, studentsestimate how many tiles it will take to cover each plane figure.

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Activity3rd GradeWhat Do You Think Opinion Writing Activity

Using What Do You Think Opinion Writing Activity, students write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.

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Activity3rd GradeWhat Does This Word Mean Context Clues Activity

Using What Does This Word Mean Context Clues Activity, students determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text.

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Activity3rd GradeWho Does It Belong To Activity

Using this Who Does It Belong To Activity, students show possession of objects using correctly with apostrophes.

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Activity3rd GradeHow the Text is Organized Activity

Using How the Text is Organized Activity, studentsdescribe the logical connection between particular sentences and paragraphs in a text.

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Activity3rd GradeInformational Books Reading Log Activity

Using Informational Books Reading Log Activity, studentsread informational texts to build reading comprehension skills and their understanding of informational texts.