Third Grade Lex

*UPDATE: I have saved this as a PowerPoint file for easy editing. Laminate, cut out, and attach these words to magnetic strips to create your own magnetic poetry kit! This kit contains more than 400 words, including punctuation and different parts of speech. Customize with your own 30 words in the remaining cells of the table on page 3 . This would be perfect for a literacy center. The creative possibilities are endless.

This colorful, informative power point answers many questions about bioluminescence, including: What is bioluminescence? Where does the light come from? How do underwater animals use their bioluminescence? It also lists ideas for teaching the concept and resources for both teachers and students.

This fraction assessment allows students to demonstrate whether or not they can identify a shaded fractional part, equivalence of landmark fractions and decimals, along with shading in fractional parts of 10 x 10 grids and placing fractions on a number line.

This two-page activity can be used as an introduction to the genre of "Mystery." It gauges what one's students might already know about mysteries, and it allows them to define content-specific words related to the genre as well.

This three-activity lesson plan for measuring and graphing in grades 2,3, and/or 4 involves almost everything you need to create a real-life learning experience for your students. The three activities outlined in the lesson include: 1. Measuring parts of one's body using metric units 2. Exploring parts of the classroom to gain experience with metric units and body referents. (i.e.: the width of a pinky is approx. 1 cm.) 3. Using decimeter cords within the classroom (Decimeter cord how-to incl

This document could easy be used as homework or a math center. Directions: Students, draw a rectangular array to represent the following groups of objects, write the corresponding equation, and solve for the total. Make sure your arrays are neatly drawn so that you do not miscount! Includes 5 groups of objects to show with arrays, and one for the students to write their own group of objects and solve themselves. Answer key included.

This fully-editable word document requires students to pick two class rules/essential agreements and explain them with an example. You may change to suit your classroom needs. The rules showcased in the document already are: 1. Be Respectful 2. Be Responsible 3. Be Safe 4. Show Pride Students pick two rules, choose a scenario in which one would use those rules, and then draw/write a detailed description. This is helpful in beginning to create a home-school connection, as well as starting a clas

This is a simple assessment that will shed light on whether or not your students know how to write money amounts using a dollar sign and a decimal point (rather than using the "cents" sign). Students need to read the money amount and fill in the correct notation in the blank. For example, 3 quarters = ________.

Use this two-page printable to allow your students to record different types of angles (acute, right, obtuse) while exploring your school. Go on an Angle Hunt and allow students to document their findings in these simple, open-ended, easy to understand pages.

This two-question page is designed for your students to problem solve and show their thinking in pictures, numbers, and/or words. It works perfectly as a homework, classwork, or quick assessment while revisiting multiplication concepts.