English Language Arts and Literature 3
Grade 3 English Language Arts Projects and Lessons
Apply strategies to make inferences and draw conclusions: 2.1.4
Students will use the template to view images to go along with the story of the Three Little Pigs, and make predictions and inferences based upon what they know about the story and what they see within the images.
Experience a variety of genres such as poetry: 2.2.1
Recognize how words and word combinations influence or convey meaning: 2.3.6
Students will use the various poetry templates to learn about a specific poetic style while learning how these styles convey meaning of an idea in a specific way.
Include events, settings and characters when summarizing text: 2.3.3
Students will use these templates to recall and summarize key events from the various stories. The 3 Pigs and Daily Specials can be customized for various stories studied in class. Cinderella Around the World is a longer lesson that compares the Cinderella story among various cultures.
Cinderella Around the WorldIdentify correct subject-verb agreement - 4.2.2
Students will use the Google Slides template to learn about proper subject-verb agreement and show that they can identify proper subject verb agreement by manipulating the text with specific text tools.
Grade 3 Language Arts Templates
Reading and Writing Resources
Additional Links
TeachingBooks.net - is an easy-to-use website that adds a multimedia dimension to the reading experiences of children's and young adult books. The online database is developed and maintained to include thousands of resources about fiction and nonfiction books used in the K–12 environment.
Storyline Online - Streaming video program featuring SAG members reading children's books
RazKids - Online leveled reading. A subscription is required.
Into the Book - is a reading comprehension resource for K-4 students and teachers. We focus on eight research-based strategies: Using Prior Knowledge, Making Connections, Questioning, Visualizing, Inferring, Summarizing, Evaluating and Synthesizing.
SpellaRoo - Click on the word that is spelled wrong.
Spell Check - Select the word that is spelled incorrectly and write the correct spelling.
The Children's Univeristy of Manchester - Games to help learn parts of speech, idioms and more.
Storybird - Art Inspired Collaborative Story Telling! Storybird reverses the process of visual storytelling by starting with the image and "unlocking" the story inside. Choose an artist or a theme, get inspired, and start writing!
Scholastic Story Starters - A creative activity that can be different every time you try it. Select your grade and then spin the wheels to see what your story will be about. Then, choose a format for the story.
Story Starters! - What makes for an awesome story starter? Work with a team to rank the best and worst ways to start a story. Look at stars and stinkers, and figure out what makes the best ones work!