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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Travel-Themed Reading Craft Template - Suitcase Book Review
Show off your students’ reading journeys while having them create fun travel-themed Reading-Response Reading Crafts.
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All About Me Jersey Design Template
Kick off the year and get to know your new team of students with an exciting All About Me Jersey Design Template.
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Slow & Fast Land Changes Worksheet - Cut and Paste
Use a Slow & Fast Land Changes worksheet to discover events that cause changes to the Earth’s surface.
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What Animals Live in Social Groups? PowerPoint Presentation
Discover what animals live in social groups and why with an engaging interactive Animal Behavior PowerPoint.
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All About Fossils PowerPoint
Bring ancient Earth to life in your classroom with an engaging Fossils PowerPoint.
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Using Simple Machines - Worksheet
Download a set of simple machines worksheets to use in the classroom when learning about simple machines and how they can help use solve everyday problems.
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Simple Machines Sorting Activity
A fun sorting activity to use in the classroom when learning about simple machines and how they work.
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Ye Olde Geometry Town Project
Build a charming medieval town with our Ye Olde Geometry Town project, designed to give your students engaging hands-on practice with multiple geometry and social studies standards.
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2nd Grade Hurricane Worksheets - Reading Comprehension
Read and learn about hurricanes with our 2nd Grade Hurricane Worksheets resource pack.
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Tornado Worksheets - Informational Writing (2nd Grade)
Use our printable tornado worksheets and organizers to teach 2nd grade informational writing lessons.
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Isometric Paper Templates - Dotted/Lined
Isometric Paper - Dotted Paper Printable
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Strip Diagrams (Bar Model) Poster Pack
Help your students solve problems using the four operations with a pack of printable strip diagrams anchor charts.
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Direct and Indirect Characterization Anchor Chart
Reference a direct and indirect characterization anchor chart to teach your students the difference between types of characterization.
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Complex vs Compound Sentences Worksheets (5-6)
Download a set of Complex vs Compound Sentences worksheets to help your upper elementary students practice writing, identifying and comparing sentence types.
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Color By Code - Simple or Compound Sentences Worksheet
Use a Simple or Compound Sentences Color By Code worksheet to help your students practice identifying simple and compound sentence types.
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Spell and Score - Word Tile Game for Kids
Play ‘Spell-and-Score’, an exciting Word Tile Spelling Game to help your students practice spelling words.
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Fixing Sentence Fragments Worksheet Pack
Use this no-prep sentence fragments worksheet pack to help your students improve their sentence writing skills.
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Free Author’s Purpose Handout
Use this Author’s Purpose Handout in the form of a brochure to explore the different reasons authors write.
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Capitalization Review Worksheet Pack (1-3)
Use printable Capitalization Handouts to help your beginning writers learn to capitalize words in sentences.
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Author's Purpose PowerPoint
Use this Author's Purpose PowerPoint to teach your students how to identify the author’s purpose in a text.
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Commas In a Series - Test Prep Task Cards
Try our Commas in a Series test prep task cards to prepare your students for end of grade testing.
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2nd Grade Comma Quiz - Commas in a Series
Assign a 2nd Grade Comma Quiz to assess your students’ ability to use commas in a list.
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Color by Code - Comma Practice Worksheet Pack (2-4)
Practice identifying correct and incorrect comma use with a color-by-code Comma Practice Worksheet Pack.
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Thank You Letter Template Pack
Encourage students to express gratitude with this thank you letter template pack featuring five ready-to-use letter and greeting card designs.
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Comprehension Fix-Up Strategies Teaching Slides
Teach your students different comprehension fix up strategies with this set of informative teaching slides.
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Spelling Spinner Homework Activity - Differentiated
Have fun practicing spelling words with an engaging Spelling Spinner Game for any spelling word list.
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Letter Writing PowerPoint
Download this letter writing PowerPoint to teach students about the purpose, audience and structure of letters through an engaging and easy-to-follow presentation.
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Printable Secret Code Spelling Worksheet Pack
Have more fun with spelling practice by using a Printable Secret Code Spelling Worksheet!
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Making Predictions from Sentences Worksheets
Practice making predictions with sentences using this set of making predictions worksheets.
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Differentiated Spelling Choice Board Pack
Give your students a variety of fun options for spelling homework with Differentiated Spelling Choice Board Templates.
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Differentiated Vocabulary Menus
Use our Differentiated Vocabulary Menus to give your students daily independent vocabulary practice.
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3rd Grade Spelling Words Worksheets
Practice 3rd Grade spelling words to strengthen spelling, alphabetization, and sentence writing skills with 30 weeks of Grade 3 Spelling homework sheets,