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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Germ Busters – Code-Cracking Game
Crack the code in this personal hygiene game.
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Biography Brochure Template
Help your students organize their thoughts about their biography subject.
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Number Talks - Classifying Figures Task Cards
Build geometric reasoning with this set of 20 task cards.
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Recognizing and Demonstrating Leadership
Students explain the words and actions they see leaders use and list examples of how they might model leadership at home and in school.
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Behavior Reflection Sheet – Lower Grades
Get your primary students to reflect on their behaviors with this reflection worksheet.
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Number Talks - Making Numbers Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 20 task cards.
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Be Kind to the Planet Template
A template for students to write ways they can be eco-friendly.
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Types of Verbs PowerPoint Presentation
A 26 slide PowerPoint presentation to use when teaching various types of verbs.
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Nothing but Nouns Game
A game to practice working with common, proper, and collective nouns.
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Action, Helping, and Linking Verbs Exit Ticket
Quickly assess your students' understanding of action, helping, and linking verbs with this exit ticket template.
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Book Character Profile - Stage and Curtains
A fun character profile worksheet set on a theater stage.
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Do YOU Have a Growth Mindset? – Word Search
Use this word search activity to show students the qualities and characteristics of creating a growth mindset in the classroom.
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Funky Chicken Craft Template
A fun craft activity to do with your students to create a funky chicken.
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What Could It Be? - Sensory Poem Template
Use this template when teaching students how to write sensory poems.
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Roll to Create a Superhero Character
A fun, hands-on activity using a die and a chart to create a superhero to include in a comic.
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Multiplication and Division Work Mat
Practice multiplication and division concepts with this work mat for students.
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Book Report Pennant Banner Template
Share your students' favorite books with a printable book review template in the shape of bunting.
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Coin Toss Active Game
An active, whole group game to play when learning coin recognition and counting money.
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Determining Elapsed Time-Word Problems Worksheet
Print an elapsed time word problems worksheet to provide students with practice measuring the passage of time.
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Roll and Write – Simple, Compound, and Complex Sentences
Practice writing simple, compound, and complex sentences with our Roll and Write activity.
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'I Have a Dream' Mobile
Celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. with this ‘I Have a Dream’ craft.
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2-Digit by 1-Digit Multiplication Worksheet
A worksheet for students to practice multiplying 2-digit numbers by 1-digit.
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All About Me - Retro Video Game Bulletin Board Display
Help your students get to know one another at the start of a new school year with this back-to-school bulletin board.
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Fishing to Know You
Get to know your new class at the beginning of the year with this Fishing to Know You activity.
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This or That! PowerPoint Game - Possessive Nouns
An active PowerPoint game to practice working with possessive nouns.
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Higher-order Thinking Bloom's Taxonomy Desk Plates
A simple and highly effective desk plate that makes higher-order thinking visible and encourages cognitive thinking.
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Easter Bunny Mindful Coloring Sheet
Use this bunny-themed mindful coloring sheet for an Easter activity in the classroom.
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Food Chain Poster
A poster to display in the classroom that shows the food chain.
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Animal Alliteration Activity - Brainstorming Template
Use this brainstorming template when teaching about alliteration.
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States of Matter
A poster to display in the classroom showing the states of matter.
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Library Scavenger Hunt – Lower Grades
Explore the school library with a scavenger hunt!
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Blank Letter and Number Cutouts
A set of printable bulletin board letters and numbers to use when decorating your classroom.