3rd grade thematic units

Use these tips for planning an integrated multidisciplinary thematic unit to create meaningful and engaging classroom learning experiences.

Before I go any further, teaching theme is HARD…like really hard. Why didn’t anyone teach me a sequence or developmental process for learning and teaching theme. When I first started teaching, I would just dive in. I’d find cool activities that practiced theme. Then, a few weeks later, it would come again in our textbook […]

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Free Social Studies Lesson Plans for third grade. These unit plans are reading standard based. Topics include: Civics, Geography, Economics, History and more!

Project based learning can help you transform your 2nd or 3rd grade place value unit into a wildly engaging cross-curricular learning experience! Imagine sending your students on a wildlife expedition to find amazing information about animals that interest them in the habitat of their choice. While your students are fully immersed in their fun animal […]

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Get math project inspiration and check out this camping themed multiplication project! This project using arrays is a great fit for 3rd grade and 4th grade math. Make it a part of guided math, math workshop, or as a stand alone lesson! Project based learning is a great way for kids to make connections between math and the real world. Read more here!

Spring has officially sprung here in the Sunshine State! It is only fitting that we’re working on plants. To kick off our plant unit, we discussed the life cycle of a plant. We watched this little video to help our discussion along. Sign up to snag these! Receive all these classroom management tools right to […]

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A blog about teaching activities for second grade, third grade, and fourth grade.

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.

A reading classroom transformation can be so much fun for students! Here are my top ten favorite ELA classroom transformations.

*This blog was originally scheduled to post in March, but due to testing craziness and then end of year craziness, it is just now hitting the site. Enjoy! Test prep season is already in full swing over here in Virginia. When our pacing runs out and review for the state test begins, I usually

Teaching theme is not an easy task! Not only do students need to have a strong comprehension of the story's elements (like plot, setting, and characters), but they also have to be able to make inferences to find the author's message, since most themes are not overtly stated by the author. So, what are some of my favorite activities for helping kids understand theme? I'll list a number of them here. 1. Make an Anchor Chart Anchor charts are a great way to make learning visual and to have a…

The most engaging experiments, projects, and STEM challenges for 3rd grade science. An activity and idea for every single NGSS Science Standard in 3rd grade.

An Upper Elementary Collaborative blog written by 13 teachers. Includes teaching ideas and resources for grades 3, 4, and 5.

Learn about the 1970s for kids with this American History for Kids reader to color and learn: platform shoes, pet rocks, Star Wars, TV, & more

U.S. history worksheets are handy American history for kids by decade. 4 choices of Notebooking Pages in American History Worksheets!

These real life math activities are a great way to engage 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade students in financial literacy and project based learning.