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3rd Grade Parts of Speech Activities

22 3rd grade parts of speech activities. Teacher favorites: Noun, Adjective, and Verb Activity and Singular Plural Noun Go Fish Activity. How teachers use these

3rd Grade Parts of Speech Activities

22 3rd grade parts of speech activities. Teacher favorites: Noun, Adjective, and Verb Activity and Singular Plural Noun Go Fish Activity. How teachers use these

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Activity3rd GradeNoun, Adjective, and Verb Activity

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.

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Activity3rd GradeSingular Plural Noun Go Fish Activity

Play this singular plural noun go fish activity with 1st through 3rd grade students to match one and more than one with -s and -es. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradePlurals Activity

This plurals activity is a bee memory game where children match words that end in y to their ies plurals. Made for 2nd and 3rd grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradePast Present Future Tense Activity

This past present future tense activity lets 1st to 4th grade students sort twelve verb cards by tense and write verbs in the right form. Answer key included for easy checking.

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Activity3rd GradeDiving Deep Sorting Words Activity

This diving deep sorting words activity for 3rd to 5th grade has students sort 36 transition word cards by the job each word does. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeCommon and Proper Nouns Activity

This common and proper nouns activity has 1st to 3rd grade students sort snowflake word cards on a winter mat, with a practice page and answer key included for easy checking.

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Activity3rd GradeL.2.1 Common Core Activity

This L.2.1 Common Core activity has 1st-3rd grade students match picture cards for irregular plural nouns like mouse and mice, with a recording sheet, practice page and answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeRaking Leaves Verbs Activity

This raking leaves verbs activity has 1st to 3rd grade children match fall action pictures to verbs in a memory game, then complete sentences. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradePlurals S IES Activity

This plurals s ies activity helps 1st to 3rd Grade students sort picture word cards that end in y by the rule: add s, or change y to i and add es. Answer key included.

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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 GradeMuffin Tops Antonyms Activity

This Muffin Tops antonyms activity has 1st to 3rd Grade students match muffin tops and bottoms with opposite words, then record each pair. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeComparing Adjectives Comparatives and Superlatives Activity

This comparing adjectives comparatives and superlatives activity gives 2nd to 4th Grade students 12 picture clip cards for choosing -er and -est words. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeUsing Simple Verbs Past Present Future Activity

This using simple verbs past present future activity has 1st to 3rd graders sort 24 verb cards by tense and write verbs in all three tenses. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeEarth Day Contractions Activity

This Earth Day contractions activity gives 1st to 3rd Grade students a leaf and tree memory match game, a Match Log and a practice page, with an answer key included, to master common contractions.

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Activity3rd GradeCharades Verb Activity

This charades verb activity has 1st to 3rd grade students read action verb cards, act them out with no talking, and race their team to the finish. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeSnow Much Fun With Nouns Regular Irregular Nouns Activity

This Snow Much Fun With Nouns Regular Irregular Nouns Activity has 1st to 3rd Grade students sort snowball cards and pair singular and irregular plural nouns. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeApples to Apples Adjectives Activity

Describing Words Activity, Adjectives Activity, Parts of Speech, Descriptive Words

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Activity3rd GradeIrregular Plural Nouns Activity

This irregular plural nouns activity has 1st to 3rd grade children match picture cards like mouse and mice, play two games and write new plurals, with an answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeWhose Is It Apostrophe Activity

This whose is it apostrophe activity has 1st to 3rd Grade students match animals with the things they own and write each pair with an apostrophe, with a recording sheet, practice page and answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeOn the Road to Gold Prepositions Activity

This on the road to gold prepositions activity has 1st to 3rd grade students find prepositions on self-checking sports task cards and race to a gold medal. Answer key included.

From our teachers' playbook

Every word has a job to do!

What do 3rd graders learn about parts of speech?

In 3rd grade, kids learn that every word in a sentence has a job. Nouns name people, places and things, and kids learn both regular plurals like "cats" and irregular ones like "mice." Verbs show action, and kids use past, present and future tense, including irregular verbs like run, ran, will run. Adjectives describe nouns, adverbs describe verbs, and kids compare with words like "taller" and "tallest." They also use conjunctions like "and," "but" and "because" to build longer sentences. The click moment is when kids can look at any word and figure out its job from the sentence.

Our favorite ways to teach parts of speech

Parts of speech make sense when kids see words doing their jobs. These moves get them sorting, acting and playing.

Sort the plurals

Play a sorting game where kids decide whether a plural just adds -s, adds -es or changes completely, like "child" to "children." The irregular pile always sparks a laugh and a good discussion.

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).

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Act the verb

Flash an action verb card and have a volunteer act it out while the class guesses. Then have kids change the verb to past and future tense. Moving their bodies makes verbs memorable.

Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).

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Tense check every day

Give kids two or three sentences each morning and have them name the tense of each verb. Keep it short and keep it going for a few weeks. Regular practice makes tense automatic in their own writing.

Why it works: spreading practice out over days is one of the two most effective study methods in a major research review (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).

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Questions parents and teachers ask us

What parts of speech do 3rd graders learn?

Third graders learn nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and conjunctions. They also learn irregular plurals, verb tenses and comparative and superlative adjectives.

How do I teach parts of speech to 3rd graders?

Teach one part of speech at a time and connect it to its job. Nouns name, verbs act and adjectives describe. Have kids sort words, act out verbs and color-code sentences.

What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?

An adjective describes a noun, like "the fast dog." An adverb describes a verb, like "the dog ran quickly." Many adverbs end in -ly.

How can I practice parts of speech at home?

Play "noun, verb, adjective" in the car: one person names a word and the others call out its part of speech. Or pick a sentence from a favorite book and find every noun.