A comic-book cooking game where third grade kids read each order and pour the prefix pre, dis or mis into the pot to cook up words like preheat, dislike and misspell. Play online on any phone, tablet, Chromebook or computer.
This 3rd grade proofreading worksheet has students hunt for and fix eight misspelled words in a fun garden paragraph. Answer key included — perfect for quick, no-prep spelling and editing practice at home or school.
This Creating Complete Sentences Worksheet asks 3rd graders to spot complete sentences and fix fragments by adding a missing subject or predicate. Answer key included — perfect for quick, no-prep grammar practice at home or school.
This compound predicates sentences worksheet gives 3rd grade students three levels of practice: underline, combine, and write their own. An answer key is included, so it works for quick grammar review at school or at home.
This Adding Commas in a Series Worksheet gives 3rd graders practice separating list items with commas, spotting misplaced commas, and writing their own list sentence. Answer key included for quick, no-prep grammar practice.
Using the Science Songs (MP3 Album), students learn about different science concepts while listening to these upbeat and catchy songs.
This Parts of Speech Crossword Puzzle has 3rd grade students match grammar clues to nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more, then fill in the grid. Includes an answer key and a helpful word bank for no-prep practice.
Using this Who or What? Compound Subjects Worksheet, 3rd graders name the two subjects in a sentence, join sentence pairs, and write one of their own. Answer key included for quick, no-prep grammar practice.
These contractions flash cards help kindergarten to 4th grade students see how two words join to make a contraction, with 24 fold-over cards and a practice page. Answer key included.
These adjective flash cards help kindergarten through 4th grade children describe 18 bright pictures with fold-over word cards and model sentences. A practice page and answer key are included.
This Verb Adjective or Preposition Worksheet has 3rd graders choose the word each sentence needs, then name its part of speech. Answer key included, so grammar practice is ready in one print.
This Memorial Day Nouns Verbs Adjectives Worksheet has 3rd graders sort twelve holiday words, label bold words in sentences, and write two of their own. Answer key included for quick, no-prep grammar practice.
With this What Kind of Sentence? Worksheet, 3rd Grade students add the missing end mark and label each sentence as a statement, question, command, or exclamation. An answer key is included, so practice is quick to check.
This rewriting incomplete sentences worksheet helps 3rd graders sort complete and incomplete sentences, then rewrite the fragments into full thoughts. Includes an answer key for fast, no-prep grammar practice at home or school.
Using the Noun Song (Lyric Music Video), students will be able to define, give examples and use adjectives in their own writing using the catchy and memorable lyrics.
This punctuation review worksheet gives 3rd graders six sentences to mark and three to rewrite with commas, quotation marks, and end marks. An answer key is included, so students can check their own editing right away.
A 3rd grade subject predicate worksheet where kids underline the subject and predicate in eight sentences, then write their own. Includes a full answer key for quick, confident grammar practice.
These prefix flash cards help kindergarten to 4th grade students learn 24 common prefixes, their meanings and an example word for each. Fold-over cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.
This abbreviations fill in the blank worksheet gives 3rd Grade students two-way practice writing abbreviations, expanding them into full words, and rewriting sentences. Answer key included, so students build accuracy fast.
A noun, adjective, and verb activity for 1st to 3rd grade: sort 24 popcorn word cards into three buckets, then practice in sentences. Answer key included for easy checking.
Sentences that do more
Third grade grammar is about explaining how words work in a sentence. Kids learn what nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs actually do, and they use simple verb tenses: I walk, I walked, I will walk. They make subjects and verbs agree, form comparatives and superlatives (big, bigger, biggest), and join ideas with words like and, but, because and when. Sentences grow too: compound subjects ("Sam and Lia played") and compound predicates ("Sam ran and jumped"). Commas in a series and in addresses round it out. The click moment is when kids start combining choppy sentences on their own.
Third graders are ready to play with sentence structure. These moves make grammar feel like building.
Turn prefixes into a quick team game: call out "dis + like" and the first team to say "dislike" and its meaning gets the point. Three rounds a day for a week and pre, dis and mis become automatic.
Why it works: in a well-known study, a few short sessions of a simple number board game measurably boosted young children's number skills (Ramani and Siegler, 2008).
Try it withPrefixes Pre Dis Mis GameGamesOpen it →Write "The dog barked. The dog ran." on strips and have kids cut and glue them into one sentence with "and." Then they find two choppy sentences in their own writing and combine them. That's a compound predicate they built themselves.
Why it works: going from real objects to pictures to symbols is a core recommendation of the U.S. Department of Education's elementary math guide.
Try it withCompound Predicates Sentences WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Read a short paragraph aloud slowly, stopping when something sounds wrong. "Wait, they was? That doesn't sound right." Kids learn to trust their ears and catch agreement errors in their own work.
Why it works: showing first, practicing together, then letting kids try alone is the "gradual release" model teachers have relied on for decades (Pearson and Gallagher, 1983).
Try it withProofreading WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Grammar games that third graders actually ask for!
WorksheetsKids solve clues for nouns, verbs and adjectives in a crossword that feels like a puzzle, not a worksheet.
Open Parts of Speech Crossword Puzzle →
WorksheetsWrite a list of three favorite foods or animals in a sentence and add commas in the right spots. Silly lists encouraged.
Open Adding Commas in a Series Worksheet →
WorksheetsKids read each sentence in the right voice: telling, asking, exclaiming or commanding.
Open What Kind of Sentence? Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Prefixes Pre Dis Mis Game, Proofreading Worksheet and Creating Complete Sentences Worksheet.
Third graders learn the jobs of nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs, simple verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, comparatives and superlatives, and conjunctions. They also write compound and complex sentences and use commas in a series and in addresses.
A compound subject is two or more subjects sharing the same verb, joined by "and" or "or." In "Mia and Leo built a fort," Mia and Leo is the compound subject.
It means the verb matches the subject. One dog "runs," but two dogs "run." Third graders practice this in speaking and writing.
Read aloud together and point out interesting sentences. Play "make it longer" by adding details to a short sentence. When your child writes, ask them to read it aloud and listen for what sounds off.
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