Digital and print activities to explore two amazing resources: the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade interactive website and Balloons Over Broadway, Melissa Sweet's biographical account of Tony Sarg, the master puppeteer behind the invention of the parade floats and balloons. These are such engaging activities. Students will focus excitement for the holiday on learning all about the parade. Use for independent screen time (with worksheets for accountability), small groups, whole group and co
Bundled 3rd grade materials to supplement National Geographic's Reach for Reading curriculum, Unit 1, weeks 1 through 4! Student-friendly activities to make your life easier. Includes leveled comprehension worksheets for each National Geographic reader (2 per week), as well as comprehension worksheets for all leveled readers (4 per week). Spelling activity pages (7 per unit) with keys are included. Also includes lesson plan options for using resources. * Included in this bundle: Weekly plans usi
3rd
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature
Bundled 3rd grade materials to supplement National Geographic's Reach for Reading curriculum, Unit 4, weeks 1 through 4! Student-friendly activities to make your life easier. Includes leveled comprehension worksheets for each National Geographic reader (2 per week), as well as comprehension worksheets for all leveled readers (4 per week). Spelling activity pages (7 per unit) with keys are included. Also includes lesson plan options for using resources and more! Included in this bundle: Weekly pl
3rd
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature
Bundled 3rd grade materials to supplement National Geographic's Reach for Reading curriculum, Unit 2, weeks 1 through 4! Student-friendly activities to make your life easier. Includes leveled comprehension worksheets for each National Geographic reader (2 per week), as well as comprehension worksheets for all leveled readers (4 per week). Spelling activity pages (7 per unit) with keys are included. Also includes lesson plan options for using resources and more! Included in this bundle: Weekly pl
3rd
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature
Bundled 3rd grade materials to supplement National Geographic's Reach for Reading curriculum, Unit 3, weeks 1 through 4! Student-friendly activities to make your life easier. Includes leveled comprehension worksheets for each National Geographic reader (2 per week), as well as comprehension worksheets for all leveled readers (4 per week). Spelling activity pages (7 per unit) with keys are included. Also includes lesson plan options for using resources and more! Included in this bundle: Weekly pl
Students will love this hands-on sequencing activity that turns reading directions into a real sticker craft! In this engaging literacy activity, students read a procedural text, identify time-order words, and color-code the steps while following directions to create their own working sticker using shipping tape and parchment paper. This resource is perfect for practicing: sequencing procedural text time-order words following directions close reading skills The included sticker pages give s
Super fun three-digit subtraction activity with and without regrouping! Students roll a die to make a number and draw from the story-maker cards to make a funny story problem. Students enjoy this game and pretending to operate the Story Maker Machine. This is a great activity to allow students to get the practice they need on subtraction with regrouping. Extra sheets included to modify this activity for easier or more challenging numbers. Write On/Wipe Off.
Bundled 3rd grade materials to supplement National Geographic's Reach for Reading curriculum, Unit 5, weeks 1 through 4! Student-friendly activities to make your life easier. Includes leveled comprehension worksheets for each National Geographic reader (2 per week), as well as comprehension worksheets for all leveled readers (4 per week). Spelling activity pages (7 per unit) with keys are included. Also includes lesson plan options for using resources and more! Included in this bundle: Weekly pl
This is a supplement to the 1999 60-minute movie, Our Friend Martin. This includes pre-viewing questions, a short comprehension handout on Martin Luther King, Jr., with questions and a post-viewing discussion guide. (The movie was on Youtube when last checked.)
3rd grade materials to supplement National Geographic's Reach for Reading curriculum, Unit 1, week 1. Includes leveled comprehension worksheets for National Geographic readers, as well as comprehension worksheets for four leveled readers. Word work activities pages (7 per unit) with keys are included. Also includes lesson plan options for using the resources.
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3rd
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Literature
Bundled 3rd grade materials to supplement National Geographic's Reach for Reading curriculum, Unit 6, weeks 1 through 4. Student-friendly, no prep activities to make your life easier. Includes leveled comprehension worksheets and keys for each National Geographic reader (2 per week), as well as comprehension worksheets for all leveled readers (4 per week). Spelling activity pages (7 per unit) with keys are included. Also includes lesson plan options for using resources and more! Included in this
3rd
English Language Arts, Informational Text, Spelling
Bundled 3rd grade materials to supplement National Geographic's Reach for Reading curriculum, Unit 7, weeks 1 through 4. Student-friendly, no prep activities to make your life easier. Includes leveled comprehension worksheets and keys for each National Geographic reader (2 per week), as well as comprehension worksheets for all leveled readers (4 per week). Spelling activity pages (7 per unit) with keys are included. Also includes lesson plan options for using resources and more! Included in this
This is a passage on artificial and real Christmas trees that students can use to form an opinion and write an opinion essay with supporting details. Written to help provide practice for the Air test writing component.
These time-filler activities fill the time at the end of the year with structured learning! Every teacher knows that it's important to keep students on a schedule with engaging activities. These ELA-based, critical-thinking activities allow students to practice reading, writing and speaking and listening standards. Many activities are open-ended and allow for students to first complete an activity and then re-create their own version. Great for after field day, sub plans, state testing or last-w
Give your students the background knowledge they need with this easy-to-understand American History packet! Designed for 2nd and 3rd grade readers, this resource provides a quick, culturally respectful overview of Native Americans, European explorers, Jamestown, the Pilgrims, The First Thanksgiving and the Thirteen Colonies. Each page includes a short reading passage, student-friendly explanations, and comprehension questions that build confidence and understanding. Perfect for a quick pre-Thank
This is a unit I created to supplement 2nd grade Math in Focus Chapter 4, but can be a useful way to interpret story problems in younger and older grades. It uses facts from the Mayflower and first Thanksgiving.
3rd grade materials to supplement National Geographic's Reach for Reading curriculum, Unit 5 week 3. Includes leveled comprehension worksheets for National Geographic readers, as well as comprehension worksheets for four leveled readers. Word work activities pages with keys are included. Also includes lesson plan options for using the resources and more!
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3rd grade materials to supplement National Geographic's Reach for Reading curriculum, Unit 5 week 1. Includes leveled comprehension worksheets for National Geographic readers, as well as comprehension worksheets for four leveled readers. Word work activities pages with keys are included. Also includes lesson plan options for using the resources and more!
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Whether you call it 2s Day, Two's Day or Twosday, celebrate on 2/22/22 with a day of print-and-go learning. These literacy and information text activities would be great for sub plans and include keys. Packet includes: a poster and worksheet on to, too and twocoloring page foldable showing to, too and twoa poster and word search for the spelling of words with "tw"Idioms featuring the number twoa Theme slide and worksheet to accompany the book, Two of Everythinga nonfiction passage, The Two Doll
3rd grade materials to supplement National Geographic's Reach for Reading curriculum, Unit 4 week 1. Includes leveled comprehension worksheets for National Geographic readers, as well as comprehension worksheets for four leveled readers. Word work activities pages with keys are included. Also includes lesson plan options for using the resources and more!
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