3rd Grade English Language Arts Resources

Grammar Bell Ringer Warm-Ups: 50 Digital Grammar Activities for Grades 3-6

Created by
iTeach & iWrite

These 50 Grammar Time Filler Warm-Ups are exactly what your reluctant or struggling writers need to improve their grammar and writing skills. You’ll get access to both a PowerPoint presentation and a Google Slideshow with 10 weeks of no-prep digital bell-ringers.

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, Grammar, Writing

Also included in: Fragments and Run-On Sentences Bundle: Grammar Activities & Practice 4th-6th Gr.

International Women's Day Pack | Reading - Writing - Bulletin Board Decor

Created by
Meryma Learning

Celebrate International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month with this engaging, print and go classroom resource. This all in one pack combines reading comprehension, creative writing, and bulletin board decor to help students learn about influential women in meaningful ways.What’s Included? ✅ Rea...

3rd - 5th Reading, Writing

Also included in: Women's History Month Activities - Reading Passages Research Projects and More

Reading Sayings Coloring Bookmarks, Cute Kawaii Kids Cards Craft, Class Gift

Created by
Eden Digital Arts

Reward prize coloring bookmarks with Inspirational sayings about reading with cute Kawaii kids, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD, these bookmarks could be used as a fun coloring activity at a party, in the classroom, or done as a homeschool craft activity, early finisher activity, or could be given out as gifts for

Preschool - 3rd English Language Arts, Balanced Literacy, Reading

Limerick Writing Lesson | Poetry | March & St. Patrick's Day | Grades 3, 4, 5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Introduce students to limerick poetry with this engaging, print-and-go writing lesson! Perfect for St. Patrick's Day, March, or any poetry unit, students explore rhyme, rhythm, syllable patterns, and the AABBA rhyme scheme before creating their own original limericks. Includes model poems, a step-by-step writing guide, an “Is It a Limerick?” identification activity, and student practice and writing pages. Great for whole-class lessons, literacy centers, or independent writing.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing

Seasonal Winter Writing & Craft Projects | Winter Bulletin Board | Grades 3-5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Bring winter creativity to your Grades 3–5 classroom with Snow Globe Adventure, a narrative writing and craft project! Students imagine themselves inside a snow globe, plan and write a first-person story, and create a 3D snow globe display. This resource guides students through brainstorming, drafting, editing, and publishing while developing plot, dialogue, and sensory details. Includes lesson plans, graphic organizers, writing pages, craft directions, editing checklist, and rubric.

3rd - 5th Other (Arts), Creative Writing, Writing

Plot Mountain Graphic Organizer

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Help students visualize story structure with this FREE Plot Mountain graphic organizer! Students identify and record the introduction, rising action, conflict, climax, falling action, and resolution of a story. Perfect for Grades 3–6 reading comprehension, literature circles, independent reading, and ELA lessons.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Reading Strategies, Writing

Types of Conflict in Literature | Focus Unit | Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Teach types of conflict in literature with this 10-day ELA Focus Unit for Grades 3–5. Students explore protagonist and antagonist roles and four types of conflict: character vs. self, character, nature, and society. Using picture books as mentor texts, students analyze how conflict shapes plot and characters. Includes lesson plans, scenario sorting cards, task cards, student response pages, exit tickets, assessments, rubrics, and answer keys.

3rd - 5th English Language Arts, Literature, Reading

Fall Descriptive Narrative Writing & Craft | Figurative Language | Grades 3-6 | Fabulous Fall Characters

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

🍂 Bring fall creativity into your Grades 3–5 classroom with this descriptive and narrative writing project! Students create unique fall-themed characters, develop vivid descriptions, and practice adjectives, adverbs, and figurative language through engaging writing activities. Includes a character craft template, graphic organizers, writing pages, figurative language practice, a speaking and listening activity, and an assessment rubric. Perfect for a fall bulletin board display!

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, Writing

Dynamic Characters: Character Transformation in Literature | Focus Unit| 3, 4, 5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Explore character development and transformation in literature with this Grades 3–5 ELA Focus Unit. Students investigate internal and external changes, dynamic and static characters, and how characters evolve through picture book read-alouds, discussion, and evidence-based writing. Includes multi-day lesson plans, vocabulary posters, differentiated response pages, comparison activities, matching cards, summative assessment, and answer key.

3rd - 5th English Language Arts, Close Reading, Reading

Sarah Hale | Persuasive Writing | Thanksgiving | Primary Source Connection| Grades 3-5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Explore Sarah Josepha Hale's campaign to establish Thanksgiving as a national holiday in this engaging three-day writing mini-unit for Grades 3–5. Part of the Story to Source Investigations series, students connect a picture book to historical primary sources while practicing close reading, critical thinking, and persuasive writing. Includes lesson plans, primary source analysis, graphic organizers, writing activities, student publishing materials, and bulletin board display options.

3rd - 6th Art, Informational Text, Writing Essays

December Writing | December Craft | SEL Activity | SEL Bulletin Board | Holidays | Grades 3-5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

🕯️ Celebrate kindness and the theme of light in winter holidays with this Grades 3–6 SEL writing and craft activity. Students reflect on how they can "be a light in the world" through acts of kindness, then write a meaningful paragraph and create a candle craft for a winter bulletin board. Includes brainstorming pages, writing templates, differentiated supports, candle craft pieces, display signs, and a writing rubric. Perfect for December writing and classroom community building!

3rd - 6th Writing

Point of View & Perspective in Literature | Grades 3, 4, & 5

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Help students in Grades 3–5 master point of view and perspective with this comprehensive ELA Focus Unit! Students identify first, second, and third person narration, distinguish point of view from perspective, and explore how different characters interpret the same events. Includes multi-day lesson plans, anchor posters, task cards, graphic organizers, student practice pages, exit tickets, summative assessment, and answer keys. Works with picture books and other familiar texts.

3rd - 5th Literature

Back-to-School Family Engagement Activity | Parent Memory Book | Community Building

Created by
Uplifting Learning with Mrs. S-O

Build classroom community and strengthen family connections with Looking Back: School Memories from Our Families! This back-to-school project invites parents, grandparents, and other important adults to share memories of their school days. Students compare experiences across generations and create a class keepsake book. Includes teacher directions, a family letter, memory page designs, color and black-and-white covers, assembly ideas, and extension activities.

2nd - 5th Other (ELA), Classroom Community, Social Emotional Learning

Blueloon Book Character Education Read Aloud Activities Feeling Sad Worksheets

Created by
The Responsive Educator

Blueloon Book Character Education Read Aloud Activities Feeling Sad Worksheets is a structured companion for Blueloon by Julia Cook. It includes feeling sad worksheets, hope activities, guided discussion, and differentiated follow-up activities that help students understand sadness, identify sources

2nd - 5th English Language Arts, Character Education, Classroom Community

Also included in: SEL Read Alouds Character Education Book Activities Read Aloud Activities

It's Hard to Be a Verb Book Read Aloud Impulse Control Worksheets & Activities

Created by
The Responsive Educator

It’s Hard to Be a Verb Book Read Aloud Impulse Control Worksheets & Activities is a structured companion for It’s Hard to Be a Verb! by Julia Cook. Designed for students in 2nd–5th grade, it helps students understand impulsivity, develop self-control, and practice strategies for focusing and man

2nd - 5th English Language Arts, Character Education, Classroom Community

Also included in: SEL Read Alouds Character Education Book Activities Read Aloud Activities

Baditude Book SEL Character Education Read Aloud Activities Emotional Regulation

Created by
The Responsive Educator

Baditude Book SEL Character Education Read Aloud Activities Emotional Regulation is a structured read-aloud companion for Baditude! What to Do When Life Stinks! by Julia Cook. Designed for students in 2nd–3rd grade, it helps students recognize a negative attitude, practice reframing negative thought

2nd - 5th English Language Arts, Character Education, Classroom Community

Also included in: SEL Read Alouds Character Education Book Activities Read Aloud Activities

Fry Words Checklist, Sight Words Flash Cards Assessment (2nd 100)

Created by
The Responsive Educator

Fry Sight Words Checklist, Sight Words Flash Card 2nd 100For students advancing in sight word recognition, the Fry Sight Words Checklist 2nd 100 extends the foundational assessment and progress tracking initiated with the initial 100 Fry sight words.Key Features Tailored with meticulous design akin

Kindergarten - 3rd English Language Arts, Reading

Also included in: Complete Fry Words Checklist Sight Words Flash Cards Bundle 1st - 10th 100

Fry Words Checklist, Sight Words Flash Cards Assessment (3rd 100)

Created by
The Responsive Educator

Fry Sight Words Checklist, Sight Words Flash Card 3rd 100Continuing the journey of sight word mastery, the Fry Sight Words Checklist 3rd 100 builds upon the foundational assessment introduced in the first set of 100 Fry sight words.Key FeaturesMaintaining the meticulous design of the preceding Fry c

1st - 4th English Language Arts, Reading

Also included in: Complete Fry Words Checklist Sight Words Flash Cards Bundle 1st - 10th 100

Colourful Semantics Holiday Recount Descriptive Writing using the 5 Senses

Created by
The Wordsmith Cat

Help students organise holiday recounts and add rich sensory details with this Colourful Semantics descriptive writing resource for 1st-3rd Grade.The differentiated planning templates guide students through the key parts of a recount, including who, doing, when, where and what. Students then use the

1st - 3rd Grammar, Phonics & Phonological Awareness, Phonics & Phonemic Awareness

Also included in: Grammatically Correct Sentences Descriptive Writing with Five Senses Grade 1 2

air ear are aw Blends Spelling Practice 2nd 3rd Grade Phonics Review Worksheets

Created by
The Wordsmith Cat

During phonics practice, students often need repeated opportunities to decode and spell words with targeted patterns in meaningful contexts. This set of phonics worksheets provides focused practice with air, ear, are and aw patterns, along with additional vowel patterns, blends, digraphs and trigrap

1st - 3rd Close Reading, Reading Strategies, Science of Reading

Fictional Narrative Story Writing Paper with Prompts & Template 5th 6th Grade

Created by
The Wordsmith Cat

A Pirate Adventure theme gives students an engaging context for practising fictional narrative writing from a story starter through to a complete draft. This 11-page resource supports creative thinking, story structure and the writing process for students in Grades 5–6.Students begin with a two-page

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, Writing

Also included in: Finish the Story Independent Narrative Writing Packet Imaginative Fictional 5th

Outer Space Theme Writing Paper Prompts Sci Fi Fun Short Story 4th 5th 6th Grade

Created by
The Wordsmith Cat

Need a structured way to help students begin and develop a creative narrative? This outer space writing resource gives students a clear starting point for a science fiction short story without requiring them to generate an idea from scratch.Students choose from three prompt options for each section

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, Short Stories, Writing

Also included in: Finish the Story Independent Narrative Writing Packet Imaginative Fictional 5th

Figurative Language Worksheets 5th 6th Grade No Prep Packet Handout Guided Notes

Created by
The Wordsmith Cat

Students in 5th and 6th grade will love these figurative language review worksheets. There are 10 worksheets with engaging review task cards for students to practice identifying figurative language. The worksheets include practice activities, quizzes, and crack the code style review tasks.

3rd - 6th English Language Arts, Poetry, Writing

Fun Finish the Story Creative Writing ELA 5th 6th 7th Grade Independent Packet

Created by
The Wordsmith Cat

Are you looking for a narrative writing activity that captures imagination and boosts confidence?This Secret Agent themed short story writing paper provides students with a story starter, writing prompts, and a scaffolded template. Students will enjoy the writing process as they finish the story by

3rd - 6th Creative Writing, Writing

Also included in: Finish the Story Independent Narrative Writing Packet Imaginative Fictional 5th