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Help your students become text evidence pros with this engaging baseball-themed reading activity! Students will read a fun nonfiction article about baseball and answer 10 multiple-choice questions by selecting the text evidence that best supports each answer. This activity helps students strengthen close reading, comprehension, and evidence-based thinking in an interactive and meaningful way. To keep learning exciting, this resource includes two different activity options: a traditional

Bring Super Bowl excitement into your classroom with this fun and engaging Football Squares activity! Modeled after a traditional football pool, this classroom-friendly version helps build a positive classroom community while creating meaningful opportunities for math talk around number sense and probability. Students will love participating in the game as they cheer on their squares leading up to the Super Bowl! This activity is perfect to use in the days before the big game and works well as

Make sight word practice spooky and fun this Halloween with the Boo! Fry Sight Word Games Bundle! This engaging collection includes 5 interactive games featuring the first 500 Fry sight words, giving your students plenty of opportunities to build fluency while having a blast. Students take turns reading sight word cards to collect them—but watch out! If a BOO! card is flipped, they lose all their cards and have to start again. The suspense keeps everyone excited and eager to play, making re

Support your students’ spelling success with this CKLA-aligned resource for Grade 3, Unit 6, List 1! This comprehensive spelling pack includes the weekly word list, engaging practice activities, and an assessment designed to reinforce spelling patterns and word mastery. Each activity provides structured practice to help students recognize patterns, apply their learning, and build confidence. Students will practice their words through a variety of meaningful tasks, including unscrambling, sortin

Help your students become stronger writers with this Word Choice & Thesaurus Practice Activity! This resource encourages students to move beyond basic vocabulary by using a thesaurus (print or online) to find more precise and descriptive word choices. Students will practice identifying overused words and replacing them with stronger synonyms to improve their writing. With a simple and structured format, this activity supports students in building vocabulary, enhancing their sentences, and deve

Bring some lucky learning into your classroom with this St. Patrick’s Day Write the Room Activity! Students will move around the room reading St. Patrick’s Day–themed sentences and deciding which type of figurative language is being used— onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor, or personification. This hands-on activity keeps students engaged while reinforcing important language skills in a fun, seasonal way. Perfect for literacy centers, small groups, or a whole-class activity, this resource gets st

Take your students on a trip around the globe with this Holidays Around the World Research Project! This project invites students to explore diverse holidays celebrated across different cultures. Working independently, with a partner, or in small groups, students will research a holiday of their choice using websites, books, or articles, then organize and present what they learned. With structured supports and clear expectations, this resource helps students build research, writing, and prese

Help your students bring their stories to life with these Narrative Writing Dialogue Posters! This set of 6 engaging posters encourages students to move beyond overusing the word “said” and instead choose more precise, descriptive dialogue words. By categorizing alternatives based on tone and emotion, students learn to elevate their word choice and make stronger writing decisions. Each poster focuses on a different type of conversation, giving students clear examples they can reference as the

Bring the Viking Age to life with this engaging companion activity for CKLA Grade 3, Unit on the Vikings! Designed to pair with Lesson 5 and the online “Viking Quest: A Viking’s Journey” activity, this resource helps students record important information as they explore Viking life and settlements. Students will use the structured recording sheet to gather key details during the online experience, then apply their learning in a creative final task— designing and building their own Viking settl

Make writing feedback positive and purposeful with this Glows and Grows Checklist! This easy-to-use tool helps teachers give meaningful feedback on student writing by highlighting both strengths ( Glows) and areas for improvement ( Grows). Students also have space to self-reflect on their own writing, making the process collaborative and empowering. Perfect for writing conferences, peer review, or end-of-unit reflections, this checklist encourages a growth mindset and helps students take owne

Turn math practice into game day fun with Touchdown!—a football-themed subtraction fact game your students will love! In this interactive game, players (or teams) start at one goal line and take turns drawing subtraction fact cards. All problems involve subtraction facts up to 18, giving students focused practice with an important subtraction strategy. Students solve each problem to move down the field, building fluency while staying motivated and engaged. Perfect for math centers, small gro

Turn math practice into game day fun with Touchdown!—a football-themed addition fact game your students will love! In this interactive game, players (or teams) start at one goal line and take turns drawing addition fact cards with sums up to 18. Students solve each problem to move down the field, building fluency while staying motivated and engaged. Perfect for math centers, small groups, tutoring, or Super Bowl week fun, this game encourages friendly competition while reinforcing addition s

Help your students become text feature experts with this engaging, hands-on activity! Designed to pair with CKLA Grade 3, Unit 2, Lesson 1, this Text Feature Hunt guides students as they explore their decodables and identify key nonfiction text features. Students will search for and record examples of table of contents, headings, bold print words, photos and captions, charts, maps, glossaries, and diagrams—noting the page numbers and examples they find. This organizer helps students strength

Brighten your classroom and strengthen writing skills with these Question Word Posters! This set of six posters helps students master the key question words— Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How—using examples that follow The Writing Revolution format. Perfect for writing walls, literacy centers, or student reference tools, these posters make an excellent visual support for helping students expand their responses and improve sentence variety. What’s Included: 6 Colorful Posters: Who, What,

Make sight word practice fun and interactive with this Fry Sight Word Memory Game!Students will build fluency with the first 100 Fry sight words while playing a classic memory matching game. Flip the cards, find pairs, and watch engagement soar as students read, recognize, and reinforce high-frequency words. Perfect for literacy centers, small groups, tutoring, or whole-class activities, this game turns sight word practice into an exciting, hands-on experience. What’s Included:100 Valentine's

Make sight word practice fun and interactive with this Fry Sight Word Memory Game!Students will build fluency with the second 100 Fry sight words while playing a classic memory matching game. Flip the cards, find pairs, and watch engagement soar as students read, recognize, and reinforce high-frequency words. Perfect for literacy centers, small groups, tutoring, or whole-class activities, this game turns sight word practice into an exciting, hands-on experience. What’s Included:100 Valentine's

Make sight word practice sweet and fun with this Valentine’s-Themed Fry Sight Word Board Game!Students will practice reading the second 100 Fry sight words while playing an interactive board game they’ll love. On each turn, students read a sight word card, roll a die, and move along the game board as they race to the finish. But watch out— special spaces can move players forward or backward, adding excitement and surprise to every game! Perfect for literacy centers, small groups, tutoring, or

Make sight word practice sweet and fun with this Valentine’s-Themed Fry Sight Word Board Game!Students will practice reading the first 100 Fry sight words while playing an interactive board game they’ll love. On each turn, students read a sight word card, roll a die, and move along the game board as they race to the finish. But watch out— special spaces can move players forward or backward, adding excitement and surprise to every game! Perfect for literacy centers, small groups, tutoring, or

Give your students meaningful practice with this set of spelling activities aligned to CKLA Grade 3, Unit 3, List 2! This resource provides five engaging activity pages to help students review and master their weekly spelling words through varied practice. Activities include sorting, ABC order, sentence completion, and more—perfect for reinforcing patterns and building confidence. Use these pages for centers, homework, small groups, or independent practice to support consistent, structured sp

Get your students up and moving with this fun and interactive grammar activity! In Noun Detectives, students take on the role of detectives, moving around the classroom to solve riddles by matching nouns to their clues —and determining whether each is a common or proper noun. Be careful not all the words hidden are nouns! This activity is perfect for reviewing noun types while keeping students engaged and active. It’s great for small group rotations, whole class practice, or even a fun review