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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Statue of Liberty Comprehension Worksheet
Print a Statue of Liberty comprehension worksheet that encourages students to apply a range of reading strategies.
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Refugee Day Teaching Presentation
A 14 page teaching presentation on World Refugee Day.
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Pattern Coloring - Flower
Use colors to create a pattern using this sheet.
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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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Christmas Readers Theater Scripts
Download these Christmas readers theater scripts to help students practice reading fluency, expression and teamwork through fun holiday stories about Santa.
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Blank Digital and Analog Clock - Worksheet
A worksheet to practice telling time.
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Vivid Action Verbs Posters - Using Strong Verbs
Teach your students to omit boring, overused verbs from their writing with a classroom set of Vivid Verb Posters.
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Comprehension Task Cards - Distinguishing Between Fact and Opinion
A set of comprehension task cards to help students distinguish between fact and opinion when reading.
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Make Every Day Earth Day Poster
A poster that encourages students to think about the Earth every day!
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Love Heart Waterfall Card
Create a lovely heart waterfall greeting card for your students to give to someone special.
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Introduction to Homophones Teaching Slides
Teach your students how to use homophones correctly in their writing with this comprehensive set of teaching slides.
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The Recycling Process Poster
Show your students the process materials go through when they are recycled with printable recycling posters.
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CVC Letters
A sheet of letters to use when making CVC words.
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Interplay of the Sun, Earth and Moon Poster
A poster showing the interplay of the Sun, Earth and Moon.
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2D and 3D Shapes Crossword with Solution
A crossword with clues for both 2D and 3D shapes.
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0-9 Digit Cards
A set of 0-9 digit cards to be used for numeracy games in the classroom.
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Compare and Contrast - Comprehension Task
A task to use when teaching your students reading comprehension strategies.
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Interpreting Figurative Language - Worksheets
Explore figurative language in poetry with this age-appropriate poem and accompanying vocabulary questions.
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All About My Role Model Mini-Book
A fun mini-book of activities for students to complete when learning about female role models.
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Developing Report Writing Skills Teaching Slides
Use this slide deck to teach your students about the purpose, structural elements and language features of informational texts.
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The Elements of Drama - Information Cards
A set of 16 information cards providing definitions of the elements of drama.
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Student Behavior Discussion Cards for the Classroom
Print free student behavior discussion cards to encourage your class to think about what a positive learning environment looks like, sounds like, and feels like.
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Computer Username and Password Login Cards
Use these computer login cards as a reminder for each student.
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Dealing with Bullying Board Game
A fun board game for students to play when encouraging the use of resilience strategies.
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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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Multiplication Facts PowerPoint - Four Times Tables
A 28-slide PowerPoint to use when learning about multiplication.
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Build a Fact File Template
Get a sense of separating fact from opinion in texts with this graphic organizer.
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Write a Diamante Poem Worksheet
Set your students up for success when writing a diamante poem with this set of scaffolded, easy-to-follow worksheets.
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Past, Present and Future Tense Teaching Slides
Teach past, present and future tense to your 2nd- and 3rd-graders students with this engaging teaching slide deck that builds students’ understanding of verb tenses with clear explanations and relatable examples.
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Observing Temperature Changes - Moving Heat Experiment
Explore heat transfer and practice measuring temperature with a thermometer in this Moving Heat Experiment.
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Types of Heat Transfer Sorting Activity
Explore examples of conduction, convection, and radiation with an engaging Types of Heat Transfer Sorting Activity.
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Compound and Simple Sentences Task Cards
Use these compound and simple sentence task cards to help your students identify the difference between these types of sentences.