Teaching Third Grade

Activities, anchor charts, ideas, resources, projects, lessons, books, and more for teaching third grade. Includes 3rd grade reading, math, social studies, and science activities and resources, as well as seasonal activities. Find classroom management and organization help, as well as support for ELL or special education students in 3rd grade.

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Facts And Opinions

Engaged Pictures

Classroom Discussion

Reading Comprehension Strategies

Picture Books / Mentor Texts to Teach Fact and Opinion

Looking for mentor texts to teach the difference between facts and opinions? Check out this list of fun, engaging picture books that make these tricky concepts easy for upper elementary students (3rd, 4th, and 5th grade) to understand. Perfect for sparking meaningful classroom discussions with kids!

Parts Of Speech Lesson

Free Noun Worksheets for Your Parts of Speech Lessons

Make grammar fun with this engaging Parts of Speech resource! Ideal for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, it’s packed with activities to help students master identifying nouns. Great for independent practice or review, this no-prep download is perfect for keeping upper elementary students on track! Grab it for free now!

Reading Comprehension Questions

Comprehension Skills

21st Century Skills

Reading Comprehension Skills

Upper Elementary Classroom

Natural Disasters Reading Comprehension Activities and Worksheets

Help your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students learn about common natural disasters while practicing their reading comprehension skills. These natural disaster worksheets cover tornadoes, volcanoes, hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and earthquakes and include no prep questions and activities.

Math Art Activities

Christmas Math Centers

Teaching Math Strategies

Christmas Tree And Fireplace

Teaching Fractions

Fraction Activities

Struggling Students

Christmas Math Art Activity to Review Fractions

This no prep Christmas math center is a fun way to review fractions while celebrating the holiday season! 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will love drawing and coloring a snowman, Christmas tree, and fireplace scene use instructions that require them to use their fraction knowledge. These worksheets and activities are a great way to integrate math and art!

Christmas Reading Activities

Popular Christmas Songs

Christmas Reading

Abc Order

Fun Christmas Reading Worksheets for 2nd and 3rd Grade

Fun ELA review for your 2nd and 3rd grade students using Christmas songs! Students will sing Jingle Bells, Up on the Housetop, and Jolly Old St. Nicholas and then answer questions about the lyrics. Covers compound words, comprehension, rhyming, ABC order, and more. No prep holiday practice for Christmas!

Christmas Ela Activities

No Prep Christmas Fun Packet for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade

Christmas ELA Fun! 🎄 Bring holiday cheer to your upper elementary classroom with this Christmas fun activity packet! Packed with engaging, no-prep worksheets covering reading, writing, and more, it’s perfect for keeping 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students motivated and learning during the festive season. Just print and go! Great for elementary teachers looking for fun, educational Christmas activities.

Fraction Activities For 2nd Grade

Teaching Fractions 2nd

Christmas Math Activities 4th Grade

Third Grade Christmas Activities

Christmas School Activities

Fractions Craft

Third Grade Christmas

Christmas Maths

Fractions Activities

Christmas Fraction Review with Art and Coloring

Looking for a fun way to combine Christmas and fractions? This engaging Christmas Art and Math activity lets 2nd, 3rd, and 4th grade students build festive snowmen, Christmas trees, and more—all while practicing fractions! Perfect for elementary classrooms, these worksheets blends creativity with math skills, keeping students engaged and learning through the holiday season.

Fraction Practice

Christmas Worksheets

Holiday Songs

Fun Christmas Fraction Review using Holiday Songs

These Christmas worksheets are a fun way to celebrate Christmas in December while reviewing fractions with your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Students read the lyrics to 3 different Christmas songs and answer fraction questions about the songs. Your upper elementary students will love the fun practice!

How To Teach Students

Meaningful Questions

3rd Grade Reading

Comprehension Strategies

How to Teach Students to Ask Meaningful Questions About a Text

Wanting to teach your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students how to ask meaningful questions about a text? These 4 strategies and activities are a great way to scaffold this skill that can sometimes be challenging to teach. Upper elementary students sometimes need a little direction in order to ask meaningful and effective questions about fiction and nonfiction texts.

Brain Break Ideas

Positive Classroom Environment

Break Ideas

Behaviour Strategies

Quick Games

Elementary School Classroom

Positive Learning

6 Brain Breaks for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Students

6 Brain Break ideas for upper elementary students. Give students a chance to rest their brain and get them out of their seats with these fun movement activities that 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will love.

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Opinion Writing Topics

Opinion Writing Template

Writing Template

The Writing Process

Sentence Starters

Opinion Writing Template for 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade

Make opinion writing easy with these scaffolded essay and paragraph frame templates! Perfect for guiding upper elementary students through the writing process, these templates help structure their thoughts and build strong arguments. A great tool for boosting writing confidence and clarity!

Adverb Activities

Nouns Verbs Adjectives

Prep Activities

Ela Teacher

Teaching Parts of Speech: 6 Activity Ideas

Help your upper elementary students master parts of speech with engaging, no-prep activities and strategies! This resource is packed with fun ideas for identifying nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs. Perfect for building grammar confidence in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade!

Stone Soup Activities

Reading Aloud

Stone Soup

Questions and Activity Ideas for the Folk Tale Stone Soup

Stone Soup is a classic folk tale that lends itself to fun activities in the upper elementary classroom. Check out these questions and activity ideas to use when reading aloud Stone Soup to your 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students - including ideas for books and texts to compare and contrast this folk talke with another, similar one.

Outdoor Learning Ideas

Poetry Vocabulary

Outdoor Learning Activities

5th Grade Classroom

Scavenger Hunts

11 Outdoor Learning Activities for 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Students

Take your upper elementary classroom outside and use one of these outdoor learning ideas! There are educational ideas for teaching ELA skills, math, and science in the sunshine! Scavenger hunts, writing poetry, vocabulary review, word hunts, and more ideas for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. Get your students outside for the end of the school year!

Constructed Response

Reference Sheet

Short Constructed Response Practice - Writing Scaffolded for Success

Boost upper elementary student confidence with scaffolded, no-prep short constructed response practice. Perfect for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders, build skills using paragraph frames, sentence starters, and independent responses. Differentiate with various scaffolds and help students practice restating questions and writing thoughtfully. Includes a handy sentence starter reference sheet!