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School-Home Links: Root Words and Suffixes
In this spelling new words worksheet, students learn to figure out the meaning of a new word by learning the root word and suffix. Students put the root words and suffixes together to make new words and write those words on the line....
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Spelling Word Activities
In this spelling word instructional activity, students practice reading and writing a list of spelling words which include words relating to the parts of a book such as prefix, appendix, index, contents, and bibliography. They use the...
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Digger and the Gang
Students participate in an online puzzle story. They practice notetaking skills and using adjectives and adverbs. They write a Cinderella story from a thief's point of view using idiomatic phrases. They review other English skills in...
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Nowak Metric Word Search Puzzle
In this math worksheet, students examine 8 prefixes for metric measurement such as centi, deka, kilo. Students locate them in the word search. It is unclear what the title means.
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School-Home Links: Syllables and Long Words
In this multi-syllable word worksheet, students preview five words that use prefixes and are multi-syllabic. Students then match these words up with the given definitions. Parents or guardians sign the worksheet.
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Using a Dictionary: Root Words
A dictionary is a very helpful tool. Teach your third graders how to locate words, define them, and understand what root words are. They look up 12 words, write their definitions, then determine the root word that helps categorize each...
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“THE LORAX” by Dr. Seuss
Few children's books convey the message of conservation as well as Dr. Seuss' The Lorax. Read the story aloud, emphasizing the interconnectedness of plants and animals in an ecosystem and discussing different ways people can help the...
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Life Science: Living Things
Have your class build their vocabulary bank by studying life science terms. Basic terms like organism, cell, unicellular, and vertebrate are included on the definition sheet provided. Demonstrate how to identify different life science...
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Charlotte's Web
Students complete a variety of activities related to the book "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White. They create a comic strip based on the characters, setting, and plot of the story, and examine the author's writing process. In small groups...
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Word Art
For this word art worksheet, students color or paint the pictures of life experiences through language bubbles. Students complete 14 problems.
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Making Words
Third graders spell words and define homophone. In this making words lesson, 3rd graders decipher words from letter strips in an effort to identify the "secret word". Students use a set of letters to spell different words.
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Exploring Magnification and the Micro-world
Students examine what magnification is and does. In this microscope and magnification lesson plan, students listen to a reading of Greg's Microscope by Millicent E. Selson which explains what a microscope does. They talk about...
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Compound Word Games
Students build compound words out of two separate words using a variety of activities. In this compound word lesson plan, students practice building compound words using word cards. These word cards can be used in a variety of ways to...
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Syllables: Learning to Read
In this reading/grammar worksheet, students practice reading words with more than one syllable. Next, students think of 4 more words that have at least 2 syllables. Worksheet is designed to be signed by both student and parent when...
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Summarizing Key Information
Students summarize information. In this language arts lesson, students summarize information from a fictional text. Students read a folktale and summarize the story.