3rd grade reading activities

Our principal has really been encouraging us to add more writing into our daily lesson plans. "They should be writing all day long" he tells us. The research is there to back him up. I bumped into this Roll and Retell page from Fun In First on Pinterest awhile back and finally figured out how to add it to our learning day. I printed and laminated four copies of the Roll and Retell page to hand out to each of my four table groups. After a round of Daily 5 I handed them out. I also gave each…

Whether you are already using close reading strategies in your own upper elementary classroom or not, you’ll love using free close reading passages like The History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie! By using a purposeful, high interest set of close reading passages with proven reading comprehension strategies, your students will enjoy a greater level of reading success. Here is everything included in your FREE close reading passages download: The History of the Chocolate Chip Cookie Reading…

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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

Do you have struggling readers you just can't reach? This mega list of reading intervention activities will help you teach all students how to read!

Do you use reading response journals during independent reading time? I made a free reading response journal prompts menu for you to use.

I'm popping in with a quick post to share a few new ways to use my Reading Games that are perfect for reading comprehension review!

Activities that boost fluency all year long…and that you only have to prep once!

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

These tab books are a super engaging way to make nonfiction book report writing meaningful and fun! Skills covered include main idea and supporting details, nonfiction text strucuture, nonfiction text features, author's point of view, summarizing, and more. A low prep, printable activity that is great for independent or group work with students in grades 3, 4, 5 or 6. Use for any informational text or nonfiction reading passage.

Find 10 great Fun Friday Reading Activities that will add life and excitement to your reading classroom. These activities are easy and simple to plan and implement in any upper grade reading classroom. Help your students get excited about reading with these fun reading ideas.

Need a quick reading check? Need a reading comprehension passage that is high interest? Try these free reading comprehension passages with questions. I struggle to find non fiction reading comprehension passages that are high interest for my students. Many of my students are struggling readers, so I value passages that are interesting and fun for ... Read More about Reading Comprehension Passages

Adding some fun games for reading in the classroom schedule will instantly get your kids excited to read! These 5 fun reading games are...

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Third grade! Yay! I survived the first two weeks of third grade and finally have the time/energy to tell you a little bit about it. I won’t be going into total detail, so please leave a comment if you have a question! (UPDATE: I wrote a much more detailed post with more links and full ... Read More about The First Week of Third Grade

Teaching reading skills can be daunting; there is no doubt about that! We have to help each other out, so I want to share some fun reading comprehension games

Are you ready for the month of March? We are all geared up for some fun learning this month! Our March NO PREP packets are done and we are ready to go!

Hello darlings! Just a few more days until I leave 3 Teacher Chick and launch my new blog That Teaching Spark. The blog still looks yucky and I am just waiting on the designer for some finishing touches! She has been awesome! Make sure to check back for some amazing gift card giveaways, TPT Product giveaways, and crafty giveaways! This post is an overview of the Word Study Program I use in third grade. Stick with me though, because you could do the same thing in your classroom, you just need…

I mean...why WOULDN'T you use cootie catchers in your reading block? It makes perfect sense. Ok - remember last week how I was talking about doing a little spring cleaning with some of my TpT resources? Well, I did a little spring cleaning in my file folders on my computer as well. Yikes. Now THAT'S a bit of a rabbit hole. I got in a little deeper than I wanted to, but I figured I might as well finish the job. I got rid of a lot (a LOT) of cringe worthy products that just didn't make the cut…