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The Butterfly Life Cycle
A large science packet teaching the butterfly life cycle (egg, caterpillar, chrysalis/pupa, butterfly), butterfly anatomy, and butterfly vs. moth differences, through posters, an interactive handbook, and a wide variety of printable practice activities.
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Dear Mr. Henshaw Choice Board and Rubric
A choice-board activity set with grading rubrics for the novel 'Dear Mr. Henshaw' by Beverly Cleary, letting students pick differentiated response/creative activities tied to the book.
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Louisa May Alcott: Writing from Her Life: A Cross-Curricular Unit
A cross-curricular unit teaching students how author Louisa May Alcott drew on her own life to write 'Little Women', combining reading comprehension, creative writing, vocabulary, and math (fractions/word problems) practice.
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Literacy worksheets: Story settings vol 2
Reinforce vocabulary, reading comprehension, and creative-writing skills using a second set of story-setting terms (jail, forest, desert, haunted house, railway bridge, ocean, party, space) that students can use when writing narratives.
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Literacy worksheets: Story setting vol 1
Reinforce vocabulary, reading comprehension, and creative-writing skills using story-setting terms (stadium crowd, cottage in the woods, city, castle, beach, campsite, treehouse, circus) that students can use when writing narratives.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | My New Friend
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: My New Friend) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | Journey Through Space
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: Journey Through Space) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | Discovering a New World
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: Discovering a New World) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | An Animal Saves the Day
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: An Animal Saves the Day) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
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Managing Emotions | SEL Story + Activities
An SEL (social-emotional learning) resource pack built around a printable story, 'Liam and the House of Five Feelings,' teaching students to identify and manage five emotions (happy, sad, angry, scared, calm).
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | A Robot Moves In
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: A Robot Moves In) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | An Exciting Journey
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: An Exciting Journey) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
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The Viking Princess (Novel Study) Gr. 5-8
Novel study guide supporting language-arts comprehension and literature enrichment for 'The Viking Princess'.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | A Day On Another Planet
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: A Day On Another Planet) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | Adventure in the Mountains
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: Adventure in the Mountains) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
Characters, dialogue & viewpoint
Night Flyers: A Cross-Curricular Unit on Bats
Teach students facts about bats (that they are mammals, use echolocation, are helpful and not dangerous) and correct common misconceptions, while building reading comprehension, vocabulary, math, and creative writing skills across cross-curricular worksheets.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | Animals at the Zoo
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: Animals at the Zoo) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | A Day as a Superhero
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: A Day as a Superhero) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
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All Aboard the International Space Station: A Cross-Curricular Unit
A cross-curricular unit teaching students about the International Space Station (ISS) through an informational reading passage, combined with reading comprehension, creative writing, vocabulary (Greek word roots), math, and geography activities.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | A Lost Animal
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: A Lost Animal) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | Adventure at the Lake
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: Adventure at the Lake) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | A Strange Discovery
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: A Strange Discovery) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.
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Creative Writing Prompts Grade 3 | In the Enchanted Forest
Gives 3rd-grade students eight themed creative-writing prompts (theme: In the Enchanted Forest) with sentence starters, guiding questions, and word banks so they can organize a story with a clear beginning, middle, and end, develop their own ideas, and build writing confidence.