3rd Grade Thoughts

These menus are a fun-filled way to incorporate a variety of reading responses throughout the entire school year! The menu format provides two fiction and one nonfiction choice for each appetizer, main course, and dessert. Each fiction menu item is used twice throughout the entire year, so there's plenty of variety to go around! Each nonfiction menu item is alternated from month to month. Students will choose one of the three choices from each course- appetizer, main course, and dessert, and

When the Spring weather arrives and it gets harder and harder to keep your students motivated in writing, this engaging and interactive writing activity will save the day! Making your own paper airplane from a piece of copy paper is a blast! This activity capitalizes on this high-interest activity and sneaks in some functional writing practice and the use of transition/linking words. Included in this packet is everything you need (minus the paper) to get this activity off the ground: - a page

**HUGE UPDATE: Be sure to redownload to take advantage of all of the new additions! Do your students struggle with creating strong, complete, and concise paragraphs? This Hamburger Paragraph Planning Packet is perfect for you and your students! This packet will help your kids plan a complete paragraph including an introduction sentence, three strong supporting/detail sentences, and a concluding sentence- all in a fun, engaging, and kid-friendly way! Included in these 50+ pages are numerous res

These menus are a fun-filled way to incorporate a variety of reading responses throughout the entire school year! The menu format provides two fiction and one nonfiction choice for each appetizer, main course, and dessert. Each fiction menu item is used twice throughout the entire year, so there's plenty of variety to go around! Each nonfiction menu item is alternated from month to month. Students will choose one of the three choices from each course- appetizer, main course, and dessert, and

Are subjects and predicates challenging when it comes to motivating your students? Use this "Complete Sentences" pack and your favorite Star Wars characters to help! Included are: - 3 Anchor Charts (Color and B&W) - Instruction pages for each of the activities - Subject & Predicate Cards with Recording Sheets (3 levels of differentiation and **EDITABLE** blank cards included) - 2 worksheets and keys - Student signs for small-group or whole-class informal assessments (kids will show you either "

These menus are a fun-filled way to incorporate a variety of reading responses throughout the entire school year! The menu format provides two fiction and one nonfiction choice for each appetizer, main course, and dessert. Each fiction menu item is used twice throughout the entire year, so there's plenty of variety to go around! Each nonfiction menu item is alternated from month to month. Students will choose one of the three choices from each course- appetizer, main course, and dessert, and

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice different ways to write numbers in standard form, word form, expanded form, and using place value blocks. The Monster Math packet includes 24 cards, 5 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each monster card features a unique monster and a number in either standard form, word form, expanded form, or using place value blocks. Numbers are either two or three digits. Set these cards up around the

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice different ways to show multiplication: through problems, products, arrays, and fact triangles. The Multiplication Monsters packet includes 24 cards, 5 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each monster card features a unique monster and a multiplication problem, array, or fact family. Multiplication problems are from the 2-9 times tables. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class s

Making your own snowflake from square pieces of paper are my students' favorite thing to do in the wintertime. This activity capitalizes on that interest and sneaks in some functional writing practice and use of transition/linking words. Included in this packet is everything you need (minus the paper and scissors) to get this activity off the ground: - 2 pages of instructions - 3 pages to record beginning, middle and ending linking words- hang in your class for future reference - a student sh

This folder includes the four planning & writing units I sell in my store. For more information on each, click their title below: 1. Hamburger Paragraph Planning Packet (Updated with both "support" and "detail" in the center) 2. Extra! Extra! Star Planing for Retells3. Descriptive Writing: Sensory Web Planing Packet4. May the "Fours" Be With You: Planning a Story or SummaryPurchasing this bundle saves you some money and will ensure you have the right plan for any writing purpose- rubrics

Do you struggle to stay on top of all of the 3rd Grade Common Core Math Vocabulary? These cards can help by providing your students with math terms and helpful illustrations! Be sure to download the "PREVIEW" for a full list of words, as you may find these cards cover many grade levels' needs :) This HUGE set of cards is currently at 104 terms. These cards measure approximately 2 1/4" x 5" and come with full-color illustrations to held deepen your students' understanding. Use these laminated w

I always found it challenging to concretely teach my students what it meant to "show, don't tell". This unit will turn your students into directors and will explicitly teach "cutting" a telling sentence from their written piece and replacing with an action-filled showing sentences or group of sentences. I use a movie clapper board prop in class (link in the intro page) like the directors use in movies to raise the interest and excitement level more :) This packet includes: - an Anchor Chart

This is a combo set at a discounted price that includes all three of my word work centers in one convenient download. Included are: - How Much is Your Word Worth? (original version with pennies, nickels, dimes & quarters) - Place Value Spelling (original version with ones, tens & hundreds) - Letter Tile Spelling (full file with addition & multiplication) These are also available individually in my TpT Store. Recording sheets are included for each activity as well. For more info, visit my b

This writing unit uses the highly-engaging book from David Wisniewski (The Secret Knowledge of Grown Ups) as a mentor text for students to write their own "truths". This is a wonderful unit for students who struggle to get interested in writing! Included in this unit is everything you need (minus the book) to get this activity off the ground: - 1 page of instructions - 4 pages of school rules to help generate ideas for students - 1 EDITABLE page for you to add your own class' rules - 2 planni

This is another great activity to combine math and word work! I pair this sheet with a baggie of place value blocks in ones, tens & hundreds to have students determine the worth of each word. On the bottom of this page, they are also asked to order the words from least to greatest, which word is worth the most, least and more. The second page is a simple recording sheet for up to five words. I print out several of these on cardstock and laminate. Kids use dry erase markers to record their wor

This math activity is the perfect way to engage students, get them moving, and practice different ways to write fractions using pictures, word form, numerators & denominators, and a number line. The Fraction Friends packet includes 24 cards, 5 student work pages and a corresponding answer key. Each monster card features a unique monster and a fraction in either picture form, word form, using a numerator & denominator, or on a number line. Set these cards up around the class for an all-class s

Do your kids struggle writing descriptive pieces? This can be especially challenging for struggling or reluctant writers, but this packet can help! Use these "spider webs" to help your students brainstorm details that relate to all five senses (see, hear, touch, smell, and taste/feel). Helpful teaching tips and mentor text ideas are included to get you started successfully. This packet includes: - an Anchor Chart in full-color and black & white - two planning pages- one with sense doodles and

Do you love the Wizard of Oz as much as I do? These posters are perfect additions to your class and help you teach characters of all types! Included are nine posters to help you with teaching characters. Each poster includes: - some more complex character vocabulary (like protagonist and antagonist) - kid-friendly terms below (like main character and opponent) - a question to ask as kids look for that character (ex: Who is the story mostly about) - Wizard of Oz character clip art that relates t

Are learning about common and proper nouns a frustration when it comes to motivating your students? Use this nouns pack and your favorite Star Wars characters to help! Included are: - 3 Anchor Charts (Color and B&W) - Instruction pages for each of the activities - Common and Proper Noun Cards with Recording Sheets (teaching ideas and **EDITABLE** blank cards included) - 2 additional worksheets that include labeling & sorting common and proper nouns as well as correcting uncapitalized proper nou

This trio set includes ALL 3 of my Place Value Spelling Sheets and their matching recording sheets. Great for differentiation! Included are: 1. Place Value Spelling (original)- ones, tens, and hundreds 2. Place Value Spelling #2- ones tens, hundreds, and thousands 3. Place Value Spelling #3- ones and tens only I pair these sheets with baggies of place value blocks in ones, tens, hundreds, and thousands to have students determine the worth of each word. On the bottom of each page, they are asked