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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60 Comprehension Strategy Task Cards
A 144 page comprehension resource pack to help students apply comprehension strategies when reading.
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Desk Plate Alphabet and Number Line with Pictures - 0-30
Desk Plates with the alphabet, pictures and 0-30 number line.
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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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Compass Points Worksheet
A worksheet showing the 8 major compass points.
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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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Gratitude Journal Book Cover
A printable book cover for a gratitude journal.
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Readers' Theater Script - Hansel, Gretel and Nancy
A script which can be used during readers' theater or Drama sessions, aimed at students 10 years and over.
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William Shakespeare Play Writing Planning Template
A planning template to use in the classroom when writing a play.
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William Shakespeare Research Worksheet
A worksheet to use in the classroom on Shakespeare Day and when researching William Shakespeare and his plays.
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Country Investigation - Worksheet
A recording worksheet for students to use in the classroom when researching different countries and cultures.
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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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Colorful Chameleon Art Activity
An activity perfect for exploring the art elements of color, texture, and pattern.
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Author's Purpose - Sorting Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students about author's purpose.
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Personal Narrative Checklist Pack
Use this personal narrative checklist pack when teaching your students how to edit their writing.
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Narrative Setting Prompts Posters
A set of 2 posters giving ideas for the setting of a narrative.
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Attendance Record Chart BW
A chart to track the attendance of your students.
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Reading Detectives Name Tags
8 colorful reading detective name tags to assign students during book club sessions.
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Exploring 4-Digit Place Value PowerPoint
A 31-slide PowerPoint template to use when exploring place value to the thousands place.
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Persuasive Writing Template Pack
Download this persuasive planning template pack that helps upper elementary students organize their ideas clearly and confidently as they prepare to write well‑structured persuasive texts.
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Opinion Texts Writing Scaffold
A one page scaffolding sheet which can be used to write an opinion text.
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Opinion Texts Writing Task - Zoos Are No Place for Animals
A writing activity to help students construct a detailed and reasoned opinion text.
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3D Shapes Anchor Chart
Learn the names of some common 3D shapes with this classroom anchor chart.
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I Have, Who Has? 4 Digit Place Value Game
Explore numbers up to 4-digits with this fun whole class place value game of 'I have, Who Has?'
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Reading Comprehension Strategies Interactive Activity
Use this interactive quiz to review key reading comprehension skills with your students.
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Behavior Learning Ladder - Vertical Chart
Track your students behavior in the classroom with this set of 7 posters.
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Guided Reading Groups - Text Tracker
Track the texts used in each of your guided reading groups with this template.
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Winter Olympics Worksheets
A set of four Winter Olympics worksheets.
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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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Symbols and Flags Worksheet
A worksheet for students to design their own family flag.
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Blurt Buttons - Classroom Management Strategy
Curb calling out in your classroom with the Blurt Button Classroom Management Strategy.
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Newspaper Themed - Book Report Template and Poster
A fun newspaper themed poster with 3 book report templates to use when responding to literature.
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The Respiratory System - Worksheets
A set of worksheets to use in the classroom when learning about the human respiratory system.