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3rd Grade English Activities

136 resources

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Activity3rd GradeSyllable Sort Activity

Using Syllable Sort Activity, students practice reading words and identifying the number of syllables.

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Activity3rd GradeDiscussion Guide for Preparation and Reflection

Using this Discussion Guide for Preparation and Reflection Activity, students prepare for and reflect on a classroom discussion by recording thoughts using the provided worksheet.

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Activity3rd GradeGreek Mythology Activity

Using Greek Mythology Activity, students determine the meaning of words and phrasesincluding those that allude to significant characters found in mythology.

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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 GradeFormal or Informal English Activity

Using the Formal or Informal English Activity, students determine contexts that call for formal or informal English language is to be used.

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Activity3rd GradeUsing Simple Verbs Past Present Future Activity

Using Using Simple Verbs Past Present Future Activity, students sort examples into Past, Present, and Future categories in order to be able to use verbs correctly in their writing.

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Activity3rd GradeGetting Down with Proper Nouns Activity

Using this Getting Down with Proper Nouns Activity, students match and using common and proper nouns pairs to build an understanding of the two types of nouns.

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Activity3rd GradeUsing New Words From Books Activity

This Using New Words From Books Activity helps studentsto use words and phrases acquired through conversations, reading and being read to, and responding to texts.

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Activity3rd GradeAsking and Answering Questions Activity

Using this Asking and Answering Questions Activity, students participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.

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Activity3rd GradeSanta's Compound Cookies Activity

Using Santa's Compound Cookies Activity, studentsput together his cookies to form compound words to figure out what Santa wants for Christmas.

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Activity3rd GradeUpwords Capitalizing Words Activity

Using Upwords Capitalizing Words Activity, students practice capitalizing days of the week, months of year, and names

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Activity3rd GradeBrick Breaker Consonant Blends Activity

Using the Brick Breaker Consonant Blends Activity, students identify the beginning consonants blends in common words using picture cards.

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Activity3rd GradeBeginning Consonant Blends Activity

Using the Beginning Consonant Blends Activity, students identify the beginning consonants blends in common words using picture cards.

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Activity3rd GradeCommon and Proper Nouns Activity

Using this Common and Proper Nouns Activity, students match the Common and Proper Noun Cards to the appropriate category.

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Activity3rd GradeOcean Hard Alphabetical Order Activity

This Ocean Hard Alphabetical Order Activity will teach your students how to put three sets of words about ocean vocabulary in alphabetical order.

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Activity3rd GradeSnowman Contractions Activity

Using Snowman Contractions Activity, students match two word phrase cards (I cannot) to contractions cards (I can't) in order to use contractions in their writing.

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Activity3rd GradeLet's Chat Discussion Starter Activity

Using this Let's Chat Discussion Starter Activity, students summarize the points a speaker makes and explains how each claim is supported by reasons and evidence through discussion starter cards.

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Activity3rd GradeContributions to the Text Activity

Using Contributions to the Text Activity, students explain howthe information contributes to an understanding of the text in which itappears.

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Activity3rd GradeLet's Talk About It Activity

Using this Let's Talk About It Activity, studentsengage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

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Activity3rd GradeRoot Word Treasure Hunt Using Latin Suffixes Activity

Using Root Word Treasure Hunt Using Latin Suffixes Activity, students decode words with common suffixes to build the vocabulary.