Third Grade Lex

This template allows students to write up to 15 sentences which will be written using the class's current list of spelling words. Use as homework or a word work center/activity within the classroom. It can also be used as an informal writing assessment.

Use this page as a tool to spark conversation before and after a field trip to the zoo. Students complete half of the page before going on the field trip to help them begin to make predictions about what they think they might encounter on the trip. Upon returning to school, students can take time to visualize and then draw a favorite scene from the zoo, in addition to writing three facts they learned. You might offer them an opportunity to expand upon their thinking by using the back as a drawi

Inspire a healthy, school-wide competition with a Read-A-Thon, or use this log for weekly reading accountability with your class. This two-page PDF includes: 1.) A week-long reading log for K-2 students that allows them to list how many books each day they have read 2.) A week-long reading log for 3-5 students that allows them to list how many minutes each day they have read I created this for Right to Read Week. Each student who filled out the Read-a-thon log received a special notebook an

UPDATED: Grade levels changed to reflect Common Core Shift. Common Core Standards tagged. This is a hands-on experience with 3-D shapes that your students will love. It would be great to use as an introduction to 3-dimensional figures and a helpful experience for students to use the math vocabulary. Students will explore seven polyhedron listed in the table (possibly as a manipulative math center). While exploring the objects, they will be able to record their findings in the table on the work

Use this "quiz" as a getting-to-know-you activity for your students. Have them take a pop quiz about YOU! This would be a great first day or first week of school activity. My favorite part about it is that it asks the students what they think they will learn from their new teacher, and also what their new teacher might learn from them. Once all of the students have taken the quiz on their own, go over the answers together and have a class discussion to tell your new class more about yourself

I created this work page as a pre-assessment before I explicitly taught any multiplication lessons to my students. My main goal was to see how my students were able to represent their thinking involving real-world multiplication problems. I allowed them ample work space to answer three separate math stories in order to uncover background knowledge and drive my future instruction. This three-question, simple page can reveal many things about your students without overwhelming them. Some may draw

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

After watching Kid President's Pep Talk to Teachers and Students, my students and I discussed how Robby (KP) was changing the world with his inspirational Youtube videos. Then, we took some time to reflect on the ways in which we as individuals were changing the world. My third graders used this PDF to free write about the ways they were changing the world. I received comments like: "I am teaching everyone to help each other and be nice. No bullies." "I am teaching the world to be a better

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.