3rd Grade Teaching Resources
Explore free worksheets for 3rd graders, 3rd-grade math worksheets, spelling words, games and so much more! This collection of printable and digital teacher resources was created by elementary school teachers for teachers just like you.
You'll find thousands of 3rd-grade activities aligned with Common Core ELA and math standards, as well as state-level guidelines.
Best of all? Each resource in this collection has been rigorously reviewed by the expert educators on our team to ensure it's ready for your classroom, your lesson plans and your students!
Our 3rd Grade Teaching Resources
The third-grade worksheets, activities, games, instructional slide decks, and more have been created and designed to enable students to successfully transition into the middle years of their elementary school education. Each resource design features engaging layouts, grade-level appropriate text, appealing images, and interactive elements that captivate young minds.
You'll find printable worksheets, digital downloads, and more for the third-grade curriculum. Develop your students’ math skills like patterns and places value, number operations, problem-solving, and reasoning across 3 content strands. Explore English language arts with immersive resources for listening to, reading, and interpreting a diverse range of text types.
Download these resources plus thousands of science, art, social studies, and more activities below!
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Comparing Characters - Graphic Organizers
Encourage your students to compare story characters with this set of differentiated graphic organisers that can be used with any text.
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Character Appearance, Traits and Feelings - Worksheet
Explore and describe a character's personality, feelings and appearance with this differentiated worksheet to be used with any text.
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Main Idea Task Cards
Practice finding the main idea and supporting detail in a passage with these task cards.
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Main Idea and Detail Puzzle
Practice deciphering the main idea from the supporting detail with this printable puzzle.
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Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction - Interactive Activity
Help your students easily find the main idea and support details in a nonfiction text with this interactive activity.
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Listening to Others – Discussion Task Cards and Poster
Give students the opportunity to work on their listening skills and learn what it means to be a good listener with this set of 42 discussion cards and classroom poster.
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Affixes Word Building Puzzle Activity
Build words with affixes with a pack of printable word-building puzzles.
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Main Idea Kettle Writing Template
Create a cute kettle template to help students understands the main idea and supporting detail while reading.
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Main Idea Ice Cream Cones Sorting Activity
Practice distinguishing the main idea and the supporting detail with this fun ice cream sorting activity.
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Main Idea and Details Worksheets
Practice finding the main idea and supporting detail with this pack of main idea worksheets.
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Finding the Main Idea in Fiction Texts Interactive Activity
Help your students easily find the main idea and support details in a fiction text with this interactive activity.
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Add It In - Listen and Draw Activity
Practice following directions to color and draw pictures with a listen and draw activity pack.
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Main Idea and Supporting Details Posters
Display this set of posters to assist in the teaching and learning of the main idea and supporting detail while reading.
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Main Idea and Details Burger Template
Practice finding the main idea and supporting details of a piece of text with this hamburger template.
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Main Idea Exit Tickets
Check for understanding of the main idea and supporting detail with these exit tickets.
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Main Idea and Supporting Details Bookmarks
Learn about how to find the main idea and supporting detail in texts with these printable bookmarks.
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Finding the Main Idea in Nonfiction Text Worksheet
Identify supporting evidence for the main idea of an informational text passage and answer the comprehension questions.
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Finding the Main Idea in a Literary Text Worksheet
Find the main idea and supporting story clues of a literary text passage and answer the premise comprehension questions.
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Prefixes and Suffixes Flipbook
Review and assess prefix and suffix knowledge with a printable vocabulary flipbook.
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Rainbow Affixes - Prefix and Suffix Game
Define words with prefixes and suffixes with a self-checking interactive game!
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Finding The Main Idea - Comprehension Task (Turtles)
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Finding The Main Idea
A set of comprehension task cards to help students find the main idea when reading.
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What's the Main Idea? Worksheet-Graphic Organizer
Help students work out the main idea and supporting detail of a text with a handy main idea worksheet.
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Find the Main Idea Anchor Chart
Highlight how to find the main idea when reading a piece of text with this main idea poster.
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Double Consonant Rule - Word Building Cards
Practice spelling and building words that need double consonants when adding suffixes with a word-building center.
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Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Text — Instructional Slide Deck
Build skills in identifying main idea and details in nonfiction texts with an instructional slide deck for primary grades.
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Suffix Stars - Making Plurals Interactive
Practice reading and spelling plural nouns with an engaging Google Slides digital learning activity.
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Find The Imposter! Interactive Suffix Game
Practice using the suffixes -s and -es to pluralize words with an exciting FInd the Imposter Interactive activity.
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Make It Plural - Google Interactive Resource
Help children grasp the tricky concept of pluralizing nouns with an interactive Google Slides activity.
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Gum Ball Affixes Interactive Resource
Learn new words and their prefixes, suffixes, and base words with an engaging Google Slides digital learning activity.
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Inflectional Endings - Spelling with Suffixes Worksheets
Spell words with the inflectional endings -ed, -ing, -s, -es and -ies with a pack of printable practice worksheets covering inflected endings.
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Cooperation Word Splash and Acrostic Poem
Discuss cooperation with your students and write an acrostic poem with a printable word splash worksheet and poem template.