Curated OER
Realistic Fiction
Explore the characteristics of realistic fiction by reading and then analyzing the book, Allie’s Basketball Dream by Barbara E. Barber. Using the I do, we do, you do model, learners practice identifying realistic fiction...
Curated OER
Just Lookin' For a Home
What is a boll weevil? Your class can find out that and more by following the activities included here. Pupils read an article, sing a boll weevil song, add to the song with their own original lyrics, illustrate the song, study the...
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McGraw Hill
Mc Graw Hill Education: Grade 3: Treasures: Practice Book O [Pdf]
Help third graders reinforce their understanding of reading skills, vocabulary acquisition, phonemic awareness, and sight words with the pages in this 230-page workbook. This workbook is designed to supplement the stories from Grade 3...
US Department of Education
U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Third Grade Activities (Spanish)
Links to 100 third grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set, or as...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: My World of Words: Building Vocabulary Lists
This lesson has a new approach to vocabulary building where students generate their own vocabulary word lists and research the words' meanings.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Pingus Penguins: Writing Good Instructions
Students use the free computer game Pingus to learn how engineers, specifically environmental engineers, use their technical writing skills to give instructions and follow the instructions of others. Students learn to write instructions...
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Vocabulary Stretchers
Here is a list of terrific ideas for teachers to use in the classroom to accompany vocabulary building lessons. These activities are well summarized and easy to understand.
BBC
Bbc: Skillwise: English: Grammar: Word Types: Parts of Speech Quiz: Basic Level
Quiz that assesses fundamental knowledge and application of the basic parts of speech. Identify the part of speech within a sentence or standing on its own. Three levels of difficulty and immediate feedback are provided. Certificates...
Other
City College: Skills for Life: Reading for a Purpose
This resource offers 11 exercises with variety of everyday reading passages such as letters, recipes, classified ads, etc. Students read the passage and answer multiple choice questions about its purpose.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Who's at the Door? Use Images to Find Out!
Students will use words acquired through reading to describe images (with adjectives) that demonstrate an understanding of characters in a story. The teacher will read Miss Nelson is Back which has great descriptors and will hold a class...
Other
Wisewire: Grade 3 Playlist: Identifying Real Life Connections Between Words
Often, without even realizing it, readers are connecting the words they read to their everyday lives. The human brain is moving so fast that even while reading, behind the scenes, readers are making connections to their real lives and to...
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Descriptive Writing
This is a comprehensive article about what descriptive writing including what it is, why to teach it and strategies to teach it. It also features two videos Five Senses Graphic Organizer and Writing Poems as well as an annotated list of...
US Department of Education
U.s. Dept. Of Education: Compact for Reading: Second Grade Activities (Spanish)
Links to one hundred second grade activities arranged by skill set and designed to improve reading and writing. All activities are in PDF format and are ready to print and use. They can be downloaded individually, according to skill set,...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Puns and Punctuation
A Writer's Workshop idea in which students learn to use and punctuate adverbs and specific dialogue to create puns called Tom Swifties. Teacher instructions, student instructions, and student writing samples are provided, as well as an...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Responding to Comparison/contrast: Word Splash Sentences [Pdf]
In this PDF comparison/contrast lesson, students learn a word splash writing activity which asks students to craft meaningful sentences that utilize content vocabulary words. Students-alone or in groups-examine a collection of vocabulary...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Colorful Desert
In this lesson plan, The Colorful Desert, written by Audrey Wood, is used as a mentor text for sentence fluency. The content focus of the lesson is about how sentences build through a "building on" book. Young scholars will use sentence...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Painting Places With Words
In this instructional activity students learn how to paint a setting with their descriptive choice of words.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Emotions and Colorful Days
In this lesson learners will learn to write descriptively.
TVOntario
Tvo Kids: Games: Amazing Spelling Fleas
Practice and play five games that build language skills like recognizing parts of speech, connecting images and words, spelling and completing words, and understanding simple sentences.
Other
English Language Centres: When to Use Able and Ible
Read definitions and examples of the suffixes "able" and "ible" to learn the proper usage of each. Then complete a practice activity by choosing the correct word and suffix to complete each of the ten sentences.
Other
Live Worksheets: Question Words
This interactive worksheet features interrogative sentences with missing question words. Students will type in one of following words or phrases into each sentence: who, what, where, why, when, how, and more. Students will then submit...
Hopelink
Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: Personal Vocabulary Notebook
This site has a simple but direct approach to building your vocabulary. Keeping a special notebook of new words can increase vocabulary, assist memorization, and encourage good study and organization skills. L.11-12. 6 Vocabulary
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: The Adjective Game for Kids
Students use this writing prompt generator to choose a writing topic and three adjectives to use in an original piece.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Write On!
In this activity, students create a book, newspaper or other published work to communicate what they have learned about engineering and the environment.