Grade 3 teaching resources for Canada
My New School – Back-to-School Reading Passage
, Not Grade Specific,
A short first-person narrative about starting a new school pairs with five comprehension questions and a full answer key.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Reading, Reading Comprehension, Back To School Reading, Back To School, Back To School Activities, August Reading, September Reading, First Week Of School Reading
My School Pledge Worksheet – Back to School
, Not Grade Specific,
Thirteen "I will" commitments about effort, kindness and honesty fill a one-page class pledge, closing with a spot for students to sign and add a thumbprint.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Pledge, School Pledge, Student Pledge, First Day Of School, First Day Of School Activities, Back To School, Back To School Activities, Classroom Management
My Summer Plans Worksheet - End of Year Writing
, Not Grade Specific,
Two versions of a 'My Summer Plans' sentence-completion worksheet, one with a drawing space and one with more stems and a colouring activity, ask students to write about their summer plans.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags End Of Year, End Of Year Activities, Summer, Summer Activities, Literacy, Last Week Of School, Last Day Of School, Summer Writing Prompts, Plan
Sizzling Starts Posters - 15 Story Opening Techniques
, Not Grade Specific,
Fifteen story-opening techniques -- action, dialogue, onomatopoeia, and more -- are each illustrated with a short example paragraph for use as a writing mentor text or classroom display.
Author Teach2Tell
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Tags Narrative Writing, Story Openings, Story Openers, Introduction, Exposition, Orientation, Sizzling Starts, Sizzling Starters, Teach Narrative Writing, Strong Leads
National Heroes Day word search puzzle worksheet activity
, Not Grade Specific,
The puzzle page places civic and character-related language inside a dense letter grid. Terms emphasize qualities, actions, and ideas associated with public service and remembrance rather than focusing on named individuals. Learners locate the hidden words and can then discuss how concepts such as duty, unity, justice, and respect relate to a hero. The companion page serves as the completed reference without exposing marked answers in the product copy.
Author Lapiiin Art Activities
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Tags Word Search, Word Scramble , Puzzles, Worksheet, Activities, Vocabulary, Holidays, Printable, Games, Morning Work
National Honesty Day word search puzzle worksheet activity
, Not Grade Specific,
The puzzle presents a dense field of letters and a bank centered on honesty-related concepts. Learners search for words involving trust, fairness, ethics, values, and good conduct, then can compare how those ideas overlap or differ. A second page provides the completed reference for the search. The resource does not prescribe a behaviour program; it offers a vocabulary starting point for a broader discussion about truthful and responsible choices.
Author Lapiiin Art Activities
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Tags Word Search, Word Scramble , Puzzles, Worksheet, Activities, Vocabulary, Holidays, Printable, Games, Morning Work
National Picnic Day word search puzzle worksheet activity
, Not Grade Specific,
Picnic-related words are embedded across a single dense letter grid. The puzzle list mixes food, outdoor places, social experiences, and warm-weather terms, including snack, lunch, grass, breeze, family, games, and peace. Learners scan the grid while tracking which words have already been located. A second page presents the corresponding completed path information for reviewing the picnic search and checking any terms missed on the first attempt.
Author Lapiiin Art Activities
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Tags Word Search, Word Scramble , Puzzles, Worksheet, Activities, Vocabulary, Holidays, Printable, Games, Morning Work
National Superhero Day word search puzzle worksheet activity
, Not Grade Specific,
The student grid hides a lively bank of words associated with fictional superheroes. Some entries name visible attributes or actions, while others emphasize bravery, honor, loyalty, strength, rescue, and justice. Learners can find the vocabulary and then separate concrete costume or action words from abstract character qualities. The second page serves as the completed search reference, with no marked grid or term positions reproduced here.
Author Lapiiin Art Activities
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Tags Word Search, Word Scramble , Puzzles, Worksheet, Activities, Vocabulary, Holidays, Printable, Games, Morning Work
Natural Disasters Research Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,
The page frames preparation knowledge as a way to feel and be safer during natural disasters. Separate spaces are provided for an earthquake, tornado, hurricane, and drought. For each, learners investigate actions that can be taken by one person, a group, or an entire community, record findings, and draw an accompanying image. The task emphasizes preparedness research across different scales instead of supplying procedures or asking learners to memorize unsupported safety guarantees.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Weather, Research, Natural Disaster Activities, Natural Disasters Lesson Plans Pdf
News Story Writing Rubric
, Not Grade Specific,
A 50-point rubric scores a news story across content, organization, and mechanics, with two copies printed per page for easy handout.
Author The Language of Learning
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Tags Writing Rubric, Student Rubric, News Story, Creative Writing, Literacy Center
Newspaper Templates – 4 Styles for Google Docs
, Not Grade Specific,
Two Google Docs newspaper layouts are shared as read-only masters that students copy into their own Drive to write and format a class newspaper.
Author Roombop
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Tags Newspaper, News Template, Google Docs Newspaper Template, Newspaper Templates For Students, Class Newspaper Templates, Editable Newspaper Template Google Docs, Template, Google, Writing Template, Digital Activity
Nifty Fifty Base 10 Race Game
, Not Grade Specific,
Spin, collect unifix cubes and trade ten ones for a ten - partners race to fill every tens space on their base-10 boards, with a subtraction variant for taking tens apart.
Author Easy Peasy Primary Resources
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Tags Place Value, Math Center, Small Group, Math Games, Unifix Cubes
Animal Report Poster Template – Nonfiction Writing
, Not Grade Specific,
A worked tiger example models how to fill in habitat, predators, diet, and fun-facts sections, then blank animal, insect, and three open-topic templates let students research and report on their own subject.
Author CraftEdPrints
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Tags Nonfiction Report, Research Report, Animal Habitats, Animal Report, Animal Poster, Creative Writing, Literacy, Graphic Organizers, 3rd Grade Animal Research Project Template, How To Write An Animal Report
Nonfiction Text Features Posters | Ready-to-Print Anchor Charts
, Not Grade Specific,
Eight ready-to-print anchor-chart posters introduce nonfiction text features for classroom wall display.
Author Teacher's Clipart
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Tags Nonfiction, Features, Poster, Report, Non Fiction Text Structure Posters, Informational Text Features Posters
Nonfiction Text Structures Anchor Chart – Reading Set
, Not Grade Specific,
A nonfiction text-structures anchor chart defines five expository structures with their transition words and pairs a completed reference page with a matching fill-in-the-blank practice page.
Author First in Line
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Tags Nonfiction, Anchor Chart, Fill In The Blank, Text Structures Anchor Chart, Non Fiction Text Structure Worksheets, Text Structure Chart, Text, Text Structure
Nonfiction vs. Fiction – Comparison Anchor Charts
, Not Grade Specific,
A two-column chart pairs nonfiction features — real, fact-based, read to learn, table of contents, index, glossary, bold words — against fiction features — not real, story-based, read to enjoy, characters, setting, problem/solution. The chart appears once fully completed and once with key words blanked out for recall practice. Two identical genre-identification worksheets follow, each asking students to state whether a text is fiction or nonfiction and give two supporting reasons.
Author First in Line
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Tags Nonfiction, Fiction, Comparison, Anchor Chart, Reading Chart
Note Taking and Summarizing Graphic Organizer
, Not Grade Specific,
Note Taking and Summarizing Graphic Organizer divides one page into Notes, Pictures, and Summary sections. Learners can capture key information in words, represent important ideas visually, and then condense the combined material in the summary space. The labeled sequence makes the relationship between gathering information and synthesizing it visible without prescribing a particular text or subject. Each area remains open enough to accommodate different amounts of written and visual information.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Note Taking, Summarizing, Story Summary Graphic Organizer, Writing A Summary Graphic Organizer, Summarizing Graphic Organizers, Graphic Organizer Notes, Note Graphic Organizer, Note Taking Organizer, Graphic Organizers For Note Taking
Note Taking Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,
Note Taking provides three distinct spaces for processing information. The notes area holds key words or facts, the pictures area supports diagrams and visual reminders, and the summary section asks learners to condense what matters most. This progression can accompany a read-aloud, presentation, video, experiment, or independent text. Keeping raw notes separate from the summary helps students understand that summarizing requires selection and synthesis rather than copying every detail collected during learning.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Note Taking, Summarizing
Noun Sorting Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,
The activity provides a mixed word bank above four labeled columns for common noun categories. Learners decide whether each term names a person, place, thing, or animal and record it under the appropriate heading. This structure makes category boundaries visible and gives practice recognizing that nouns can name more than objects. A model sorting page follows, enabling side-by-side review of every placement and discussion of choices that were initially uncertain.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Parts Of Speech, Noun Sorting, Sort The Nouns
Nouns and Adjectives Anchor Chart – 2-Chart Set
, Not Grade Specific,
A two-column anchor chart defines nouns by person, place, or thing and connects adjectives to the questions they answer.
Author First in Line
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Tags Nouns, Adjectives, Reading, Interactive Notebook, Anchor Chart, Adjectives Chart
Novel Study Worksheets - "Dolphins at Daybreak" - Magic Tree House
, Not Grade Specific,
Jack and Annie's ocean adventure in "Dolphins at Daybreak" becomes a post-reading novel study with setting questions, chapter-by-chapter summary boxes, a postcard-writing task, and an alternate-ending essay.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags Novel Study, Books, Worksheets, Printable, Writing, Reading, Comprehension, Dolphins, Magic Tree House
Novel Study Worksheets - Good Morning, Gorillas - Magic Tree House
, Not Grade Specific,
Ten chapter-summary boxes for Mary Pope Osborne's "Good Morning, Gorillas", opening with where-and-when setting questions and closing with a postcard from the African Rainforest and an alternate-ending essay.
Author Learning with Alan
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Tags Novel Study, Worksheets, Gorillas, Magic Tree House, Africa, Reading, Writing, Activity, Comprehension, Printable
Number Multiples 1 to 10 Reference Diagrams
, Not Grade Specific,
Flower-shaped diagrams display the first ten multiples of each number from 2 through 10 for skip-counting practice.
Author Soumara Siddiqui
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Tags Number Multiples, Multiplies, Skip Counting
Number Sequences Math Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,
Students complete guided whole-number and decimal sequences, name the pattern rule, then create their own sequences from a given or chosen starting number.
Author Elementary Resources 4 U
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Tags Number Sequences, Number Patterns, Elementary Math, Partner Work, Skip Counting, Decimals, Number, Sequence, Sequencing