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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13 Colonies Reading Passages - New England, Southern, and Middle Colonies
Build reading comprehension skills and knowledge of the New England, Southern, and Middle colonies with printable comprehension worksheets.
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Free Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer
Practice identifying cause and effect with a blank cause and effect graphic organizer.
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Free Character Traits List
Teach your students to analyze characters more effectively by providing them with a list of character traits.
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Adverbs Google Interactive
Provide your students with engaging, interactive activities to help them improve their usage and identification of adverbs.
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Singular and Plural Subject Verb Agreement – Interactive Activity
Teach singular and plural subject-verb agreement with this interactive drag-and-drop resource, designed to help students master correct verb usage in a fun and engaging way.
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Has or Have? Subject Verb Agreement Task Cards
Download these has or have task cards, designed to help students confidently choose the correct verb form while improving their grammar skills.
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End of the Year Memory Wheel
Get your students’ minds spinning with this end-of-year reflection activity.
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End of Year Scoot and Glyph Activity
End the school year with an activity in which students get to share their summer plans, get moving, and create a work of art.
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Just Joking! Cursive Joke Book Practice Worksheets
Trace 10 cringe-worthy jokes in cursive font and rewrite each joke independently in cursive on the lines.
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What Does It Really Mean? - Hyperbole Task Cards
Identify and interpret hyperboles used in sentences.
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Antonym Task Cards
Build vocabulary and recognition of antonyms with a set of 24 task cards.
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Using Clues to Determine Meaning Worksheet
Practice defining unfamiliar words by looking for context clues within a sentence.
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Disappearing Ice Cream Sundae (Hangman Alternative)
Use this hangman alternative with your students during indoor recess or anytime they need a quick brain break!
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Last One Standing Active Game
An active game that allows students to build their vocabulary knowledge.
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Adverb Crossword – Worksheet
A crossword for students to review different adverbs.
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Author Study Flip Book – Editable Template
An editable flip book template that covers a range of topics when studying a particular author.
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First, Second, and Third Person Narration Posters
A set of three posters and a title page examining first, second, and third person narration.
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Assessment Rubric - Informative Writing
An assessment rubric designed to help teachers to assess students' informative writing.
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Readers' Theater Script - Best in Show
A readers’ theater script that can be used for reading fluency and expressive reading.
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Comprehension - That's Not My Pet
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Readers' Theater Script - Muddy Footprint Mystery
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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Five Finger Summary - Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use to summarize a fiction text.
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Identifying Parts of Speech (Nouns, Adjectives, Verbs and Adverbs) Worksheet Pack
Practice identifying nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs in text with this set of worksheets.
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Readers' Theater Script - Creepy Cat Club
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students in 4th grade or higher.
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Character Development – Fakebook Page Worksheet
Use research and creative writing skills to design a social media profile for fiction or nonfiction persons.
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Opinion Text Writing Prompts - Complete Set
A set of 5 opinion writing prompts, covering a variety of topics.
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Procedural Writing Sequencing Worksheet – How to Wash Your Dog
Use this procedural writing worksheet to teach your students about the importance of sequence in procedure texts.
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Guided Writing Groups Organizer Template
Identify your guided writing groups and move students to different levels with this binder-size template.
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Note-taking Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use when taking notes.
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Comprehension Keys Board Game
A fun comprehension strategy board game for students to play during literacy rotations.
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Snakes and Ladders Game Board Template
Create a fun activity for any subject area with this black-and-white board game template.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Recalling Facts And Details
A set of comprehension task cards to help students recall facts and details when reading.