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3rd Grade Seasons Resources

26 3rd grade seasons resources: 11 activities, 11 worksheets, 6 assessments and more. How teachers use these

3rd Grade Seasons Resources

26 3rd grade seasons resources: 11 activities, 11 worksheets, 6 assessments and more. How teachers use these

Video
Video3rd GradeSeasons Song

The Seasons Song by Have Fun Teaching is perfect for teaching and learning all about the seasons of the year. This is a fun way for kids to learn the seasons. With this seasons song, your kids can learn about Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter. While listening to the Seasons…

Flash Cards
Flash Cards3rd GradeBirthday Flash Cards

These birthday flash cards help preschool to 4th grade students learn 24 party words like cake, candles and presents. Fold-over picture cards, a practice page and an answer key are included.

Video
Video3rd GradeSeasons Song (MP3)

While listening to the Seasons Song (MP3), students learn about the seasons of the year while listening to a catchy song.

Activity
Activity3rd GradePlurals Activity

Using Plurals Activity, students add the proper word ending to make a plural noun for correct usage in writing.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeSeasons Drawing Worksheet

This seasons drawing worksheet has 3rd graders draw one tree across winter, spring, summer and fall, then describe each season's weather in their own state to build real science observation skills.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeSeasons Writing Worksheet

This seasons writing worksheet has 3rd graders describe spring and summer weather and activities in their own state, building vivid word choice and real science observation skills.

Activity
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.

Activity
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.

Assessment
Assessment3rd GradeStaying Cool Reading Comprehension Worksheet

A summer story worksheet where 3rd graders read about three friends beating the heat, then answer main idea, sequence, and detail questions. This Staying Cool Reading Comprehension Worksheet includes an answer key for fast, no-prep practice.

Flash Cards
Flash Cards3rd GradeMother's Day Flash Cards

These Mother's Day flash cards teach 15 holiday words with a picture on the front and the word inside. Made for Preschool to 4th Grade, with a practice page and answer key included.

Workbook
Workbook3rd GradeSeasons of the Year Mini Pack

Using this Seasons of the Year Mini Pack, students learn about Seasons through ten fun worksheets and five activities.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeSweet Summer Treats Money Addition Activity

This Sweet Summer Treats money addition activity has 1st and 2nd grade students count coins and match them to treat prices, then add two prices. A practice page and answer key are included.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeSt. Patrick's Day Writing Activity

This St. Patrick's Day writing activity gives 1st to 3rd grade children prompt cards, shamrock step cards, a story map and themed writing paper so every child can plan and write. Answer key included.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeSeasons Explanations Worksheet

This seasons explanations worksheet has 3rd graders read a bar graph of daylight hours and explain how Earth's tilt causes warm and cold seasons. An answer key is included.

Assessment
Assessment3rd GradeWinter Reading Comprehension Worksheet

A winter reading comprehension worksheet that gives 3rd Grade readers an informational passage about snow, animals, and short winter days, plus bubble questions and a writing prompt. Answer key included for fast, no-prep practice.

Activity
Activity3rd GradeDo You Want to Build a Snowman Contractions Activity

This do you want to build a snowman contractions activity has 1st to 3rd grade students match two-word body cards to contraction head cards, then practice on a worksheet. Answer key included.

Assessment
Assessment3rd GradeHoliday Time - Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The Holiday Time Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd graders an original Thanksgiving poem with cause, rhyme, sequence, and main idea questions. An answer key is included, so holiday poetry practice is ready to print.

Worksheet
Worksheet3rd GradeSeasons Descriptions Worksheet

This seasons descriptions worksheet has 3rd graders write about fall and winter weather and activities in their own state, building vivid word choice and careful weather observation.

Assessment
Assessment3rd GradeThe Lonely Swimming Pool Reading Comprehension Worksheet

The Lonely Swimming Pool Reading Comprehension Worksheet gives 3rd graders an original rhyming poem plus cause, rhyme, sequence, and main idea questions. An answer key is included, so poetry practice needs no prep.

From our teachers' playbook

Snowflakes, sunshine and everything between

What do 3rd graders learn about seasons?

Third graders study how weather changes in a pattern across the year: spring, summer, fall and winter. They describe the typical temperature, rain or snow, and daylight of each season where they live, and they use data like monthly temperatures to spot the pattern. They also notice how plants, animals and people change with the seasons, from migrating birds to winter coats. The click moment comes when a student looks at a temperature chart and predicts, "That must be July!"

Our favorite ways to make seasons stick

Seasons make sense when kids connect what they see outside with the patterns on paper.

Sing through the year

Play the Seasons Song and have kids act out each season: shivering, planting, swimming, raking. Then ask which clue in the song told them the season. Music plus movement makes the order and features easy to recall.

Why it works: words set to a repeating melody are easier to recall than the same words spoken (Wallace, 1994).

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Describe it like a weather reporter

Show a season picture and have kids describe the temperature, sky and what people are wearing using three detail words. Pictures give every reader something to talk about, even kids still building vocabulary.

Why it works: children learn more from words and pictures together than from words alone (Mayer, 2009).

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Explain the pattern

After a week of recording outdoor temperature, kids write a short explanation of what they think will happen next season and why. Using their own data turns seasons from a list of facts into a real science claim.

Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.

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Questions teachers and parents ask

What do 3rd graders learn about seasons?

They learn that each season has typical weather, that the pattern repeats every year, and how living things respond to seasonal changes. Many classes also graph temperature or rainfall data to describe the pattern.

Do 3rd graders learn why we have seasons?

Usually only at a simple level. The full explanation, that Earth's tilted axis changes how direct sunlight is, is typically taught in later grades. In 3rd grade the focus is on observing and describing seasonal weather patterns.

Why do seasons change?

Seasons change because Earth is tilted as it travels around the Sun. When our half of Earth tilts toward the Sun, we get more direct sunlight and longer days, which brings summer.

How can I teach seasons at home?

Take a photo of the same tree or yard every month and compare them together. Talk about temperature, daylight and what animals you notice. A simple weather log on the fridge works great too.