3rd grade literacy

Literacy centers are a great way to help 3rd grade students practice ELA skills and standards. This post shares ideas for reading, writing, word work, and grammar stations that are great for third graders. #thirdgradewordwork #3rdgradeliteracycenters #3rdgradecenters #centersfor3rd #smallgroupsinthirdgrade #thirdgradeideas #literacycenters #literacycenters3rdgraders

Hello darlings! Amy here from That Teaching Spark! If you are like me, you use some semblance of technology in your classroom. You might be 1:1 with each student having a device or you may have access to a few devices for your entire class! I'm lucky enough to have a class set of chrome carts to share with my grade level of five teachers. We rotate the chrome books around to each other. I also have four devices that I use for math rotations every day! I have to admit, I would be lost without…

Literacy Centers in the classroom should be simple, easy, and fun! Using No Prep or Little Prep ideas help with time management, lesson planning, and easy weekly set-up. These five centers can be used all year with just a few simple changes each Friday afternoon. These literacy center ideas for 3rd grade will help you get home to your family without staying late at school.

This FREE reading response journal menu is a great tool for independent reading time, supporting comprehension skills, and keeping your students accountable during reading workshop. These reading response journal prompts are perfect for 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade.

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Here in third grade, we practice fluency daily with: -Word Lists -Phrase Lists -Passages/Running Records My Mental Journey I have had a love-hate relationship with fluency. As a third grade teacher, my students are subject to end of year, high-stakes testing for the first time. Fluency is not tested on these exams, students have

3rd grade anchor chart

3rd grade anchor chart

Reading fluency centers that will help students grow as fluent readers independently! Perfect for 2nd and 3rd grade students. Great reading center activity for a read to someone station, or just a weekly reading center in an elementary reading classroom.

Check out this teacher- and student-approved list of 3rd grade read alouds... with links!

Learn how to get your reading centers ready for the year! These ideas will help teachers plan and manage literacy centers. Ideas for ELA centers including the listen to reading center (listening center), read with a partner (buddy reading), word work center, and the work on writing center. These activities will help teachers at the beginning of the year establish expectations for literacy centers and rotations to maximize learning.

How to lead book clubs in the classroom with ease! Student jobs and routines that work with any novel in 3rd grade, 4th grade, or 5th grade.

Do 3rd graders need phonics? What does phonics in 3rd grade look like? Get answers to those questions and ideas for getting started in this post.

Books, games, and activities for the first week of school (third grade)

Organize your literacy centers in a way that makes your teaching life easier! Great organization and teaching tips for the reading block in 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade. Organize and run reading centers in a way that helps your students be successful in your classroom.

I am so excited to be ‘back in the saddle’ and teaching third grade again this year! I’ve been busily working on learning the new standards and crafting a plan that works for my new students in the fall. If you’ve followed me for any length of time, you know that my favorite two grades...Read More »

One of my favorite writing lessons is all about the Hamburger Paragraph Plan. It is such a third grade-friendly layout and something that provides enough structure to help any student feel success with their writing. For more on how I introduce this with my class at the beginning of the year, click HERE. As the year progresses, I want to up the complexity of their paragraphs by encouraging them to add in details, descriptions, and examples. It's at this point that I introduce the Deluxe…

I've been completely enjoying my time in 3rd grade. The kids are a scream! I've been making anchor charts for them because I'm a visual learner. I like to see in print what I am learning. So, I just assume these kids can also benefit - hence the love of anchor charts. I'm literally obsessed with pinning them on my Pinterest account. Anyhow, here's my recent anchor chart for our prefix and suffix lessons coming up: As you can see, I sorta ran out of room with all those suffixes, but it's…

Sentence Starters and Transitions Anchor Chart for Informational Writing! Helps Grade 1-3 students transition from their topic sentence, to points, facts, and closing. Great support for independent writing.