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3rd Grade Reading Activities

106 resources

3rd Grade Reading Activities

106 resources

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Activity3rd GradeIdentifying Theme Activity

This identifying theme activity helps 3rd to 5th grade students match short stories to their themes and back them up with text details. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeKey Details Activity

This key details activity gives K through 3rd grade readers 12 question cards to use with any book, plus a recording sheet and practice stories. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeDetermining Theme Activity

Students read 12 short fable cards in this determining theme activity for 3rd to 5th Grade, match each to a theme, and cite a detail. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeReading Between The Lines Inference Activity

This reading between the lines inference activity lets 1st to 3rd grade students use story clues to figure out how a character feels. An answer key is included for easy checking.

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Activity3rd GradeInference Chains Activity

This inference chains activity has 3rd to 5th grade students match each inference to two supporting clues and build paper chains. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeCompare and Contrast Across Cultures Activity

This compare and contrast across cultures activity helps 2nd-4th grade readers sort story details from two folk tales onto a Venn diagram. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeDictionary Dive Activity

This dictionary dive activity helps 2nd to 4th grade students look up multiple-meaning words and use context clues to pick the right meaning. A printed dictionary page and an answer key are included.

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Activity3rd GradeIn Your Own Words Paraphrase Activity

This in your own words paraphrase activity has 3rd to 5th grade students match texts to paraphrase cards and write their own. A practice page and an answer key are included.

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Activity3rd GradeWhat Does it Mean Literal Non-Literal Language Activity

This what does it mean literal non-literal language activity has 2nd to 4th grade students sort 16 food sentence cards and explain idioms. A practice page and answer key are included.

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Activity3rd GradeProofreading Capitalization and Punctuation Activity

This proofreading capitalization and punctuation activity gives 2nd to 5th grade students 16 self-checking detective cards for fixing sentences. A practice page and answer key are included.

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Activity3rd GradeFables and Folktales Activity

Read, retell and find the moral with this fables and folktales activity for 2nd and 3rd grade: story cards, moral cards, talk cards and a Story Map, with an answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeBeginning Middle End Plot Activity

Kids sort story cards with this beginning middle end plot activity for 1st to 3rd grade, then retell the story on a roller coaster plot chart. An answer key is included for easy checking.

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Activity3rd GradeGreek Mythology Activity

This greek mythology activity helps 3rd to 5th grade students match characters, words and meanings to learn words that come from old Greek stories. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeListen for the Main Idea Activity

This listen for the main idea activity helps 1st to 3rd grade students hear a short text, name its main idea, and retell a detail, with an answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeComparing Themes of Two Stories Activity

This comparing themes of two stories activity for 3rd-5th grade turns story pairs into a fun matching game, with a graphic organizer, practice page, and answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeClass Critics Summarizing Activity

This class critics summarizing activity gives 3rd to 5th grade students seven organizers to summarize books, videos, and articles. Answer key included for the model and practice.

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Activity3rd GradeDon't Wake the Librarian Sorting Books by Genre Activity

This don't wake the librarian sorting books by genre activity is a quiet board game where 1st to 3rd grade readers sort fiction, nonfiction and poetry books. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeVocabulary Jeopardy Activity

Using Vocabulary Jeopardy Activity, students determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text to build their use of vocabulary.

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Activity3rd GradeDescribing Characters Beginning Middle and End Activity

In this describing characters beginning middle and end activity, 1st to 3rd Grade students order story cards and name feelings. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeDetermining Theme Graphic Organizers Activity

This determining theme graphic organizers activity helps 3rd to 5th grade students find the lesson in a story, a play and a poem, then practice with fables. Answer key included.