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3rd Grade Reading Activities

105 resources

3rd Grade Reading Activities

105 resources

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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.

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Activity3rd GradeComplete Sentences with Subject and Predicate Activity

This complete sentences with subject and predicate activity has 1st to 3rd grade students match picture subject cards to predicate cards, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeFind It In The Text Activity

This find it in the text activity has 3rd and 4th grade readers answer 12 task-card questions and prove each one with a paragraph number. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeIdentifying Literary Elements Activity

This identifying literary elements activity has students sort 16 element cards into poem, drama, and prose. Made for 3rd to 5th grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeText Features Scavenger Hunt Activity

This text features scavenger hunt activity for 1st to 3rd Grade has kids match features to meanings, then find each one in a short sunflower book. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeMaking Inferences Pictures Activity

This making inferences pictures activity has 1st to 3rd Grade readers use tool clues to infer which community helper uses them. Includes a record sheet, practice page and answer key.

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Activity3rd GradeWhat Does This Word Mean Context Clues Activity

Students solve 12 task cards in this what does this word mean context clues activity for 2nd-4th Grade, with a tips chart, practice page and answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeCharacter Setting Plot Activity

This character setting plot activity has 1st to 3rd graders read a short story, sort story cards by element, and order the plot. Answer key included for quick checking.

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Activity3rd GradeWhat's the Moral of the Story Activity

This what's the moral of the story activity helps 2nd and 3rd graders read short fables, retell them, and match each one to its lesson. Answer key included for quick checking.

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Activity3rd GradeI Have Who Has Text Features Activity

This I Have Who Has text features activity gets 1st to 3rd Grade readers listening for clues to sixteen nonfiction features, then hunting for them in a book. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeHurricanes Reading Comprehension Activity

This hurricanes reading comprehension activity has 3rd to 5th grade students read a passage, match vocabulary cards and answer text-based questions. An answer key is included.

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Activity3rd GradeReasons and Evidence Activity

In this reasons and evidence activity, 3rd to 5th grade students sort sports cards to match each point with its reasons and evidence. Answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeNonfiction Fishin' Activity

This nonfiction fishin' activity gives 3rd-5th Grade readers six graphic organizers for different kinds of nonfiction text, a model article and practice, with an answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeRetelling Using Key Details Activity

This retelling using key details activity helps kindergarten to 3rd grade students sort key events, put them in order, and retell a story, with an answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeOrganize Your Thinking Informational Text Activity

This organize your thinking informational text activity helps students take clear notes on nonfiction. Made for 3rd to 5th Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeHelp From Other Author's Activity

Using this Help From Other Author's Activity helps, students collect story elements from literary or informational texts to write their own story.

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Activity3rd GradeSweetheart Sentences Activity

This sweetheart sentences activity lets 1st to 3rd grade children sort Valentine heart cards into statements, questions, exclamations and commands while building strong grammar skills. 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 GradeComparing Two Stories Activity

This comparing two stories activity has students sort 16 detail cards from Stone Soup and Nail Soup. Built for 1st to 3rd grade, with a Venn sheet, practice page and answer key included.

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Activity3rd GradeBlank BINGO Board

Play a blank bingo board activity with any skill you teach. Preschool to 5th grade students fill in the boards, listen for each answer, and cover five in a row to win.