Grade 3
The sentence, "I wear mittens on cold winter days" will help children find their way to the correct pair of mittens.
A simple and effective way to have students reflect on a book.
Details include title, author, illustrator, setting, main characters, brief summary, and rating different parts of the book.
Mix things up with this fun experiment!
Shake a bag full of ingredients to make your own ice cream!
Celebrate Fathers' Day with this edition of The Scoop newspaper!
Four versions included, to accommodate all family structures (1- dad, 2- brother, 3-uncle, 4-grandpa).
This wheel displays the animals, symbols, and years associated with the Chinese Zodiac.
Use this contract from October through March to help motivate students to read. You need to fill in the bottom left checkbox "Take a computer ______" (ex: quiz or test), child's name, and set a goal for the total number of minutes the child will read that month. Parent and Teacher signatures required.
Encourage your child to use these strategies when encountering difficult words in text.
A great worksheet to review how tricky the letter y can be and the sounds it can make.
Note card words include to, you, have, do, what, no, see, look, a, my, the, I, like, go, we, on, they, of, are, that.
High frequency word list for Kindergarteners and common words in writing are available as well.
Color and cut out the groundhog, then fold down the middle so it stands up on its own.
A handy chart to help children visualize addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
These 3 worksheets are a great way to get students thinking about addition, not just memorizing it!
This worksheet challenges students to make as many words as they can using the letters from "What good things are you most thankful for?"
In these tough economic times, we should be investing in Early Childhood Education!
Get ideas for inviting families, decorating the classroom, engaging families, parent take-aways, and a checklist (a teacher's best friend) to make the night go smoothly!
Introduce different hats with any of these wonderful stories:
- Which Hat Is That? By Anna Grossnickle Hines
- The Hat Book by Leonard Shortall
- Hats? By Dana Meachen Rau
- Zara's Hats by Paul Meisel
- Hats Off to Hats by Sara Corbett
- The Hatseller and the Monkeys by Baba Wague Diakite
- Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina
Hats off to hometown heroes! Have student write to local heroes and ask them about their favorite books. Showcase these hometown heroes and their choices in you reading celebration.
Have students make a list of hats that denote jobs (ex: fireman's hat, chef's hat, etc.). Draw a person wearing a hat. Have students write about it. For younger students, provide the prompt, "When I grow up. I want to be a ..."
Check out NEA's website here for more ideas!
This prompt lets students draw things they can buy with money and then write a few ways money helps meet their needs.
