3rd Grade Thoughts

If you study maps, be sure to check out this resource for additional fun in your classroom! This will help your students recognize and understand the five parts of a map: - title - compass rose - key/ legend - scale - grid Have students bring in maps from home, spread them around the room, give each child a set of printed sticky notes and have them label the different parts of the map they see. Included in this set are: - full-size posters of the five parts of a map - sticky-note templates f

What's a dodecahedron? It's the greatest way to present your learning about an animal! Use this 12-sided shape to have students show what they know about an animal of their choice. Each sheet comes with a topic with lines and blank versions, and some with a map or graphic organizer. Choose 12 from the 38 total ideas, including: - Description - Habitat - Diet - Predators - Prey - Life Cycle - Adaptations - Range - Maps - Food Chain - Venn Diagram - Citations - About the Author - Several blank a

If you study landforms in your class, this set is a perfect way to play and learn about 24 landforms and bodies of water! Included in this set are: - 24 landforms posters with name, clip art image, and short description - 24 different Bingo boards with landform name and a Free Space - 1 Make-Your-Own Bingo template - 3 Bingo pieces pages for your students to cut out to make their own board- one with landform names, one with black & white clip art and one with full-color clip art of the landform

Looking for an easy way for students to capture their learning as you study the three states of matter? This handy flipbook is your answer! Featured in this book are solids, liquids and gases, as well as freezing, melting, evaporation and condensation. Each page asks for a variety of information like: - a definition - examples - atom arrangement (using dot stickers) At the end of the unit, celebrate with a root beer float party and sketch the three states of matter in the special treat! A two-pa

This is a PDF collection of 30 Animal Group Names fun facts to hang in your class and spark fun conversations and LOTS of curiosity! Facts include the names of groups of stingrays (fevers), rhinos (crash), owls (parliament), and more! Each fact is accompanied by photographs. I hang a new one of these up on our front board each day during the month and it gives the kids something fun to learn. For the more Did You Know? Fun Facts, click HERE. Enjoy and visit me on my blog for more ideas: 3rd Gr

This interactive packet is just what you need and your students will love to cover a wide variety of standards-aligned questions on any piece of fiction reading! This packet includes 78 QR Code Cards that are full of a range of questions! They are broken into before, during, and after reading questions, as well as genre-specific questions for mystery, fantasy, animal characters, fantasy, and historical fiction. Each QR code features adorable reading monsters and an smartphone image with a QR

This interactive packet is just what you need and your students will love to cover a wide variety of standards-aligned questions on any piece of fiction reading! This packet includes 60 QR Code Cards that are full of a range of questions! They are broken into before, during, and after reading questions and focus specifically on nonfiction reading and comprehension strategies. Each QR code features adorable reading monsters and an smartphone image with a QR Code inside. Students can use any QR