Using this Jumping Jack Song (MP3), your students will be working up a sweat as they do jumping jacks along with the catchy beat.
These Circle Cut Outs will quickly give you templates for classroom decoration or student activities.
This 9 pieces blank puzzle activity lets preschool through 3rd grade children draw a picture, cut out nine easy pieces, and build a puzzle to keep or give as a gift.
Using this Stretching Song (MP3), your students will cool down and stretch their muscles with perfect form along with the catchy beat.
This using digital resources assessment worksheet asks 3rd graders to choose the right online tool for each job and solve writing problems with computer skills. An answer key is included.
These Donut Cut Outs quickly give you templates that can be easily cut and applied for classroom decoration or student activities
These sports flash cards help PreK to 3rd Grade students name 18 sports from pictures of their gear, with an answer key included, to grow everyday vocabulary.
This barn cut out activity lets PreK to 3rd grade children color, cut, fold and glue a 3-D paper barn, roof and silo, then stand six farm animals beside it.
Using this42 Pieces Blank Puzzle, students put together puzzle pieces to create a larger picture to build critical thinking and problem solving skills.
The Creating a Powerpoint Worksheet walks 3rd graders through ordering the steps, deciding what belongs on a slide, and planning their own opening slide. Answer key included, so presentation practice takes no prep at all.
This 20 pieces blank puzzle activity lets preschool to 3rd grade children draw, color and cut out their own puzzle, then solve it or give it as a homemade gift.
This Fitness Songs (MP3 Album) provides you and your students with seven fitness songs to get your class moving and fit in a fun and musical way!
Kids color and cut big arrows, build a My Day timeline book, and make a toy car path in this arrow cut outs activity for preschool to 3rd grade.
This square cut outs activity gives PreK to 3rd grade children bold squares to color, cut, and turn into a little book or a paper quilt.
The Brain Break Song (MP3) is perfect for classroom brain breaks, transitions, indoor recess, and physical activities.
Using this Long Vowel U Puzzle, students match together puzzle pieces showing pictures and long U vowel sounds.
Use this technology worksheet to sort twelve everyday tools by the job each one does. Built for 3rd grade science, with clue items and an answer key included.
Let's Publish My Writing Activity helps 2nd to 4th Grade writers pick a prompt card, plan, and type one full page on the computer, then check their work with a publishing checklist.
Health & Fitness Reading Comprehension Workbook includes 38 Phonics-themed Stories. 5 test questions per story. Progress Reports.
Create, code, move and make music
By 3rd grade, specials get more skill-based. In technology, kids learn to make a simple slideshow, use digital resources safely and type with more confidence. In art, they plan designs and use shapes, patterns and color on purpose. In PE and health, they learn about fitness, healthy habits and teamwork in games. In music, they read simple rhythms and sing in groups. The click moment is when a student builds their first slideshow and proudly presents it to the class.
These moves connect specials to everything else kids are learning.
Show how to make a three-slide presentation on a topic the class is studying. Think aloud about titles, pictures and short bullet points. Then kids make their own. It builds tech skills and gives them a way to share research.
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 withCreating a Powerpoint WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →When focus fades, play a brain break song and move for two minutes. Kids come back calmer and ready to work. It's PE and music in one quick reset.
Why it works: a catchy, repeating tune gives the brain a hook to hang words on, so sung text is remembered better (Wallace, 1994).
Try it withBrain Break Song (MP3)SongsOpen it →Read a short passage about fitness or nutrition, then answer a few questions from memory. Kids learn why exercise and good food matter, not just that they do.
Why it works: researchers who compared ten study methods found practice testing is one of the two that work best (Dunlosky and colleagues, 2013).
Try it withHealth and Fitness Reading Comprehension WorkbookAssessmentsOpen it →Short bursts of art, music and movement keep 3rd graders energized.
VideosDo jumping jacks to the song and count by fives as you go.
Open Jumping Jack Song (MP3) →
ActivitiesTeams design and color a 42-piece puzzle, then swap and solve.
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ActivitiesUse cloud cut-outs to make a weather collage, then label each cloud type.
Open Cloud Cut Outs →Teacher favorites right now: Jumping Jack Song (MP3), Circle Cut Outs and Song About A Song.
Most 3rd graders can log in, type short pieces, use simple slideshow tools and search for information safely with guidance.
They build creativity, fitness, teamwork and tech skills. They also connect to reading, writing and math in fun ways.
Encourage drawing, music, outdoor play and safe technology use. Ask your child what they did in specials this week.
A brain break is a short movement or music activity that helps kids reset their focus. Even two minutes can help.
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