3rd Grade Teaching Resources
Explore free worksheets for 3rd graders, 3rd-grade math worksheets, spelling words, games and so much more! This collection of printable and digital teacher resources was created by elementary school teachers for teachers just like you.
You'll find thousands of 3rd-grade activities aligned with Common Core ELA and math standards, as well as state-level guidelines.
Best of all? Each resource in this collection has been rigorously reviewed by the expert educators on our team to ensure it's ready for your classroom, your lesson plans and your students!
Our 3rd Grade Teaching Resources
The third-grade worksheets, activities, games, instructional slide decks, and more have been created and designed to enable students to successfully transition into the middle years of their elementary school education. Each resource design features engaging layouts, grade-level appropriate text, appealing images, and interactive elements that captivate young minds.
You'll find printable worksheets, digital downloads, and more for the third-grade curriculum. Develop your students’ math skills like patterns and places value, number operations, problem-solving, and reasoning across 3 content strands. Explore English language arts with immersive resources for listening to, reading, and interpreting a diverse range of text types.
Download these resources plus thousands of science, art, social studies, and more activities below!
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Brainstorming Template - A Favorite Memory With...
A template for brainstorming favorite memories.
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School Year Scoop
Reflect on the school year with this end-of-year template for students.
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Basic Fact Cards
A set of 72 basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division fact cards.
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Funky Alpaca Craft Template
Teach about Zentangle art patterns with a fun (an funky) printable alpaca template for teachers.
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Mind Map Template – Brain
A printable mind map template for students to use when gathering thoughts and ideas.
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Mini-Mystery – Who Drank the Teacher's Coffee?
A fun, logic-based activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.
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Pattern to Picture Activity
A fun art activity to experiment with the use of line and pattern.
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Finding the Theme Worksheet
Identify and explain the theme in 3 short story paragraphs provided in this worksheet.
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Goods and Services Word Search
Stretch your students’ vocabulary and reading skills with this economics-focused word search that features examples of goods and services.
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Germ Busters – Code-Cracking Game
Crack the code in this personal hygiene game.
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Student of the Week Certificate – Upper Grades
Celebrate your Student of the Week student with this certificate for upper grade students.
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Forces Quiz
Assess students' understanding of contact and noncontact forces with this forces quiz for 3rd grade students.
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Periodic Table of Education Acronyms
Use this guide as a reference for the many acronyms used in education.
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Biography Cube
Research and create an interactive biography for a historical figure.
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Using Google Classroom – Teaching Presentation
Teach students how to use Google Classroom with this 15-slide interactive presentation.
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Number Talks - Classifying Figures Task Cards
Build geometric reasoning with this set of 20 task cards.
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Recognizing and Demonstrating Leadership
Students explain the words and actions they see leaders use and list examples of how they might model leadership at home and in school.
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Number Talks - Making Numbers Task Cards
Build number sense skills with this set of 20 task cards.
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Onomatopoeia Poems Poster
A poster providing a definition and example of an onomatopoeia poem.
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Nothing but Nouns Game
A game to practice working with common, proper, and collective nouns.
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Past, Present, and Future Simple Tense Verbs Worksheet
Practice identifying past, present, and future tense verbs with this ad-lib style worksheet.
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Disappearing Ice Cream Sundae (Hangman Alternative)
An interactive, kid-friendly alternative to hangman.
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Rhyming Poems Poster
A poster providing a definition and example of a rhyming poem.
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Sensory Poem Poster
A poster providing a definition and example of a sensory poem.
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Reading Response Template – Character Report
Analyze a character in a piece of text with this one-page reading response template.
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ABC Order - Cut and Sort Worksheet
A cut and sort worksheet to practice alphabetizing words to the third letter.
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Possessive Nouns Worksheet
A worksheet to practice writing possessive nouns correctly.
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Easter Mini-Mystery – Who Stole the Easter Egg?
A fun, logic-based Easter-themed activity where students read clues to solve the mystery.
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2-Digit by 1-Digit Multiplication Worksheet
A worksheet for students to practice multiplying 2-digit numbers by 1-digit.
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All About Me - Retro Video Game Bulletin Board Display
Help your students get to know one another at the start of a new school year with this back-to-school bulletin board.
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A Whole LLAMA Learning Going On! - Bulletin Board Display
Make creating a fun bulletin board no prob-llama with this llama-themed bulletin board kit.
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This or That! PowerPoint Game - Possessive Nouns
An active PowerPoint game to practice working with possessive nouns.