3rd Grade Phonics Independent Work Packet (by date, oldest first)

Master Beginning Sounds with Engaging Picture Sorting! (PreK-K)

Boost Letter Recognition & Phonics Skills:

This downloadable activity pack offers a fun and effective way for your PreK and Kindergarten students to master beginning sounds through a picture sorting activity!

What's Included:

• Engaging Picture Sorting Activity: Challenge young learners to sort pictures based on their beginning sounds (e.g., A or Not A).
• Differentiation Options: Adapt the activity to different learning styles by providing varying numbers of pictures to sort.
• Clear Instructions: Easy-to-follow instructions make implementation simple.
• Perfect for:
  • Independent Practice
  • Literacy Centers
  • Morning Work
  • Alphabet Review
  • Beginning Sounds Practice

Help your students build a strong foundation in phonics with this interactive picture sorting activity!

NOTE: This product is also included in the Letter of the Week Alphabet Worksheets A-Z | PreK and Kindergarten | Bundle, which contains every letter from A to Z. If you've already purchased the bundle, you don't need to buy this product separately.

Unlock Early Literacy Skills with The Ultimate Alphabet Mega Bundle!

Mastering Letters & Sounds (A to Z)
This powerful mega bundle is packed with engaging activities designed to help PreK and Kindergarten students build a strong foundation in letter recognition, formation, and sound association. It's the ultimate toolkit for launching their literacy journey!
What's included?

• 18 Interactive Workshops:
  • Drawing:
    • Draw & Discover: A to Z Picture Fun (26 Letters)
  • Tracing:
    • Trace It Up! Lowercase Letter Practice (26 Letters)
    • Trace It Up! Uppercase Letter Practice (26 Letters)
  • Matching & Sorting:
    • Trace, Find, & Write: Letter A to Z Names Practice
    • Preschool Letter Matching Fun: Uppercase & Lowercase Activities
    • A-Z Alphabet Match Up: Fun & Educational Picture Matching Worksheets
  • Coloring:
    • Color by Number, Lowercase Alphabet Coloring Pages (A-Z)
    • Color by Number, Uppercase Alphabet Coloring Pages (A-Z)
    • Lowercase Alphabet A to Z Coloring Activities
    • Uppercase Alphabet A to Z Coloring Activities
    • Lowercase Alphabet A-Z, Color by Number Activity Pages
    • Uppercase Alphabet A-Z, Color by Number Activity Pages
  • Fine Motor Skills:
    • Discover the Alphabet, Lowercase a-z Connect the Dots
    • Discover the Alphabet, Uppercase A-Z Connect the Dots
    • Fun Letter Sorting Activities: Alphabet Review & Beginning Sounds
  • Puzzles:
    • Alphabet Matching Puzzles: Lowercase Letters (No Prep)
    • Alphabet Matching Puzzles: Uppercase Letters (No Prep)
  • Mazes:
    • Alphabet Letters Shaped Mazes A-Z (Worksheets)
• Multi-sensory learning experiences cater to different learning styles and keep young minds engaged.
• Clear and easy-to-follow instructions for both teachers and students.
• Activities that progress in difficulty, allowing students to build confidence and mastery.

Benefits:

• Develops strong letter recognition and formation skills.
• Reinforces letter-sound association for a smooth transition to reading.
• Promotes creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Provides a variety of engaging activities for independent practice and center time.
• Saves you valuable time by having a complete alphabet curriculum at your fingertips.

Perfect for:

• PreK and Kindergarten teachers
• Homeschool parents
• Tutors and learning specialists

Engage your 2nd-grade students with a fun, Halloween-themed reading passage while reinforcing essential literacy skills! "The Night of the Bright Moon" is a short fiction story about Mia and Jake, two friends who bravely visit a spooky house while trick-or-treating on Halloween night. As they approach the house, the lights go out, and they get a little scared, but they soon discover a friendly surprise waiting inside. This story is perfect for helping students practice the -igh blend and engage in higher-level thinking questions.

What’s Included:

• Fiction Reading Passage: A fun and easy-to-read story (approx. 2nd-grade reading level) filled with -igh blend words like "light," "fright," "night," and more.
• 5 Higher-Level Multiple-Choice Questions: These questions encourage students to think critically about the story, make inferences, and understand character motivation.
• 2 Discussion Questions: Open-ended questions that promote class discussion, focusing on character emotions and personal connections to the text.
• Blend Practice: Students encounter and work with words containing the -igh spelling pattern.

Skills Covered:

• Reading Comprehension: Includes questions that require students to recall details, make inferences, and analyze character behavior.
• Phonics: Focuses on the -igh spelling blend, helping students recognize and practice this sound pattern in context.
• Critical Thinking: Higher-level multiple-choice and discussion questions test students’ understanding beyond the surface level.
• Vocabulary Development: Engages students with descriptive vocabulary tied to the Halloween theme.
• Character Analysis: Encourages students to explore how Mia and Jake's emotions change throughout the story and why.
• Story Elements: Students identify key elements such as setting, characters, and plot progression.

Possible Uses in the Classroom:

• Independent Reading Practice: Use as a fun Halloween reading assignment that builds comprehension and phonics skills.
• Guided Reading: Perfect for small groups or paired reading, where students can discuss the story and answer questions together.
• Phonics Focus: Great for reinforcing the -igh spelling pattern while keeping students engaged with a seasonal theme.
• Comprehension Check: Assess students’ understanding of fiction story elements and critical thinking with the multiple-choice and discussion questions.
• Homework or Early Finisher Activity: Can be sent home for additional reading practice or used as an independent task for early finishers.

This worksheet is a perfect addition to your literacy block around Halloween and helps students develop reading comprehension, phonics, and critical thinking skills—all in a fun and engaging way!

Delight your 3rd-grade students with "The Spooky Show," a fun Halloween-themed reading passage designed to strengthen their reading skills while practicing common consonant blends! In this charming story, Chase and his sister Shelly attend a spooky show at the town wharf. They’re thrilled to see flying bats and spooky ghosts, but the unexpected appearance of a playful cat brings laughter and fun. This engaging passage will capture students’ imaginations while reinforcing their understanding of blends like ch, sh, th, wh, bl, pl, fl, and sl.

What’s Included:

• Fiction Reading Passage: A high-interest, 300-word story perfect for 2nd graders, featuring beginning blends such as ch, sh, th, wh, bl, pl, fl, and sl.
• 5 Multiple-Choice Questions: These questions check for understanding and encourage higher-level thinking, focusing on key story elements like plot, character emotions, and story details.
• 2 Discussion Questions: Thought-provoking, open-ended questions that foster classroom discussion and deeper comprehension of the story.
• Blend Practice: The passage includes multiple examples of words with common consonant blends, helping students recognize and reinforce these patterns in a meaningful context.

Skills Covered:

• Reading Comprehension: Questions target understanding of key story details, character responses, and cause-and-effect relationships.
• Phonics: Focus on consonant blends ch, sh, th, wh, bl, pl, fl, and sl to build fluency and word recognition.
• Critical Thinking: Higher-level questions and discussion prompts encourage students to think beyond the text and relate to characters' actions and emotions.
• Story Elements: Practice identifying characters, setting, and plot development.
• Vocabulary: Introduces descriptive, seasonal vocabulary within the context of a fun, relatable story.

Possible Uses in the Classroom:

• Guided Reading: Use the story and questions in small groups for focused comprehension and phonics practice.
• Phonics Review: A great resource for reinforcing blends in context, making phonics practice more engaging.
• Independent Reading Practice: Suitable as a Halloween-themed assignment for individual reading time.
• Classroom Discussion: The included discussion questions can prompt a lively group conversation about the story and its fun Halloween setting.
• Homework or Early Finisher Activity: Perfect as a quick reading assignment that balances comprehension and phonics.

This worksheet makes phonics practice fun and engaging for your students, all while strengthening reading comprehension! It’s ideal for October and will keep your students excited and focused on learning, just in time for Halloween.

Engage your students in mastering long a spelling patterns with this easy, low-prep center activity pack, specifically designed for ai and ay words! Ideal for first and second graders, these activities make phonics practice fun and effective, reinforcing reading, writing, and word-recognition skills.

What’s Inside:

• Differentiated Reading Passage: A leveled reading passage filled with ai and ay words, helping students practice fluency and reinforce phonics skills.
• Sentence Writing Activity: Sentence-building exercises that use ai and ay words, perfect for practicing spelling, sentence structure, and creativity.
• Cut and Paste Activity: Hands-on sorting where students cut, sort, and paste ai and ay words into the correct categories.
• Word Unscramble: Engaging worksheets where students unscramble ai and ay words, boosting decoding skills and word recognition.
• And More!: Additional phonics activities to reinforce ai and ay patterns, including word hunts and silly sentence challenges.

Why Teachers Love It:

• Low/No Prep: Just print and go! Perfect for literacy centers, small groups, or independent work.
• Differentiated Activities: Designed for various learning levels with flexible options to meet each student's needs.
• Standards-Aligned Phonics Practice: A fun and meaningful way to support phonics standards while building confidence in reading and writing.

This activity pack provides an easy, effective way to help your students master long a spelling patterns. Add it to your teaching toolkit today!

French Decodable Sentence Strips that align with the Science of Reading and current Modern Language Standards 1.0. The easy to use decoding and encoding strips can be used in the K-2 French classroom with little to no preparation.

Make a few copies of each card and insert into clear pockets to create a quick and easy reading centre; arrange a table with four copies to create a quiet reading group; use one-on-one with your students to assess reading levels, to gain insights to their decoding skills, encoding skills, and to inform your upcoming lesson plans. Students use whiteboard markers to sound out each sound in the word, each syllable, or each word in the sentence. What a great way to build confidence! Whatever way you choose to use this resource, I am so grateful that you have given this item a try!

Science of Reading:

These sentence strips are aligned with sounds being taught in any Science of Reading aligned curriculum. They are set up for student success based on the research for increasing reading fluency and building student confidence in the classroom!

Once you have established the strategies for identifying sounds, initial sounds, and blending sounds, segmenting sounds, students will be able to use these self-driven sentence strips on their own. What a great way to build learning autonomy!

Who can use this resource:

Teachers who are just getting accustomed to using strategies from the Science of Reading can use these simple sentence strips to open up independent practice, small group evaluation, or up on a digital screen for whole group instruction and reading practice.

Make a set and send them home with students to build fluency in reading and confidence in reading strategies.

Sentences are designed to build a number of common French sounds and get more challenging as they go on.

What grade level:

I personally use these texts with Grade 1 and Grade 2 students in French Immersion. I feel confident that students from K-3 will find these most useful and teachers can come back to the texts with any students who may be experiencing challenges in their French reading skills. Core French teachers will be sure to add the resource to their repertoire for Grades 4 to 6 as they learn to read and write at the Junior level.

If you love this resource:

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***4. French Number Line

***5. French Attention Grabbers

***6. French Speaking Passport

***7. French Pyramid Reading

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Some of the Benefits of this resource:

1. Students use hands on materials
2. Boost confidence in French language acquisition with whole group, small group, independent work, and one-to-one instruction using the same resource
3. Word wall and pocket chart for class focus and sound focus activities
4. Students grow in independence at their own pace
5. Reinforce decoding and encoding skills
6. Social wellness and personal autonomy in using French in the classroom
7. Scaffold and support language acquisition, oral communication, and writing skills
8. Card set can be used all year long and re-introduced each year going forward

Check out French Science of Reading Assessment Tool

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French Decodable texts that align with the Science of Reading are a NO PREP printable activity for the K-2 French classroom. Students practice endoding and decoding skills and build confidence in reading.

Make a few copies of each text and insert into clear pockets to create a quick and easy reading centre; arrange a table with four copies to create a quiet reading group; use one-on-one with your students to assess reading levels, to gain insights to their decoding skills, and to inform your upcoming lesson plans. Ask students to highlight the key sound of each text and find the words all while having fun with their classmates. Whatever way you choose to use this resource, I am so grateful that you have given this item a try!

Who can use this resource:

Teachers who are just getting accustomed to using strategies from the Science of Reading can use these simple texts to open up independent practice, small group evaluation, or up on a digital screen for whole group instruction and reading practice.

Make a set and send them home with students to build fluency in reading and confidence in reading strategies.

Texts are designed to build a number of common French sounds and get more challenging as they go on.

Correction sheet is handy for use with a substitute as they can confidently assess students and command the lesson even when they are not assured of their French skills.

What grade level:

I personally use these texts with Grade 1 and Grade 2 students in French Immersion. I feel confident that students from K-3 will find these most useful and teachers can come back to the texts with any students who may be experiencing challenges in their French reading skills. Core French teachers will be sure to add the resource to their repertoire for Grades 4 to 6 as they learn to read and write at the Junior level.

Science of Reading:

These texts are aligned with sounds being taught in any Science of Reading aligned curriculum. They are set up for student success based on the research for increasing reading fluency and building student confidence in the classroom!

Once you have established the strategies for identifying sounds, initial sounds, and blending sounds, segmenting sounds, students will be able to use these self-driven passages on their own. What a great way to build learning autonomy!

If you love this resource:

***1. French SOR Sound Cards

***2. French Decodable Reading

***3. Roles et Responsabilites

***4. French Number Line

***5. French Attention Grabbers

***6. French Speaking Passport

***7. French Decodable Sentence Strips

Some of the Benefits of this resource:

1. Students use hands on materials
2. Boost confidence in French language acquisition with whole group, small group, independent work, and one-to-one instruction using the same resource
3. Word wall and pocket chart for class focus and sound focus activities
4. Students grow in independence at their own pace
5. Reinforce decoding and encoding skills
6. Social wellness and personal autonomy in using French in the classroom
7. Scaffold and support language acquisition, oral communication, and writing skills
8. Card set can be used all year long and re-introduced each year going forward

Check out French Science of Reading Assessment Tool

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French Decodable texts BUNDLE that aligns with the Science of Reading are a NO PREP printable activity for the K-2 French classroom. Students practice endoding and decoding skills and build confidence in reading.

Make a few copies of each text and insert into clear pockets to create a quick and easy reading centre; arrange a table with four copies to create a quiet reading group; use one-on-one with your students to assess reading levels, to gain insights to their decoding skills, and to inform your upcoming lesson plans. Whatever way you choose to use this resource, I am so grateful that you have given this item a try!

Who can use this resource:

Teachers who are just getting accustomed to using strategies from the Science of Reading can use these simple texts to open up independent practice, small group evaluation, or up on a digital screen for whole group instruction and reading practice.

Make a set and send them home with students to build fluency in reading and confidence in reading strategies.

Texts are designed to build a number of common French sounds and get more challenging as they go on.

Correction sheet is handy for use with a substitute as they can confidently assess students and command the lesson even when they are not assured of their French skills.

What grade level:

I personally use these texts with Grade 1 and Grade 2 students in French Immersion. I feel confident that students from K-3 will find these most useful and teachers can come back to the texts with any students who may be experiencing challenges in their French reading skills. Core French teachers will be sure to add the resource to their repertoire for Grades 4 to 6 as they learn to read and write at the Junior level.

If you love this resource:

***1. French SOR Sound Cards

***2. French Decodable Reading

***3. Roles et Responsabilites

***4. French Number Line

***5. French Attention Grabbers

***6. French Speaking Passport

Some of the Benefits of this resource:

1. Students use hands on materials
2. Boost confidence in French language acquisition with whole group, small group, independent work, and one-to-one instruction using the same resource
3. Word wall and pocket chart for class focus and sound focus activities
4. Students grow in independence at their own pace
5. Reinforce decoding and encoding skills
6. Social wellness and personal autonomy in using French in the classroom
7. Scaffold and support language acquisition, oral communication, and writing skills
8. Card set can be used all year long and re-introduced each year going forward

Check out French Science of Reading Assessment Tool

Like my Facebook and Instagram account.

Follow me on TeachShare

Merci!

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French Decodable activities that align with the Science of Reading in the K-2 French classroom. Students work on their phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, decoding and encoding skills and as they master the target sound.

Make a few copies of each card and insert into clear pockets to create a quick and easy reading centre; arrange a table with four copies to create a quiet reading group; use one-on-one with your students to assess reading levels, to gain insights to their decoding skills, encoding skills, and to inform your upcoming lesson plans. Students use whiteboard markers to sound out each sound in the word, each syllable, or each word in the sentence. What a great way to build confidence! Whatever way you choose to use this resource, I am so grateful that you have given this item a try!

Who can use this resource:

Teachers who are just getting accustomed to using strategies from the Science of Reading can use these simple sentence strips to open up independent practice, small group evaluation, or up on a digital screen for whole group instruction and reading practice.

Make a set and send them home with students to build fluency in reading and confidence in reading strategies.

Sentences are designed to build a number of common French sounds and get more challenging as they go on.

Correction sheet is handy for use with a substitute as they can confidently assess students and command the lesson even when they are not assured of their French skills.

Science of Reading:

These cards are aligned with sounds being taught in any Science of Reading aligned curriculum. They are set up for student success based on the research for increasing reading fluency and building student confidence in the classroom!

Once you have established the strategies for identifying sounds, initial sounds, and blending sounds, segmenting sounds, students will be able to use these self-driven sentence strips on their own. What a great way to build learning autonomy!

What grade level:

I personally use these texts with Grade 1 and Grade 2 students in French Immersion. I feel confident that students from K-3 will find these most useful and teachers can come back to the texts with any students who may be experiencing challenges in their French reading skills. Core French teachers will be sure to add the resource to their repertoire for Grades 4 to 6 as they learn to read and write at the Junior level.

If you love this resource:

***1. French SOR Sound Cards

***2. French Decodable Reading

***3. Roles et Responsabilites

***4. French Number Line

***5. French Attention Grabbers

***6. French Speaking Passport

***7. French Pyramid Reading

Some of the Benefits of this resource:

1. Students use hands on materials
2. Boost confidence in French language acquisition with whole group, small group, independent work, and one-to-one instruction using the same resource
3. Word wall and pocket chart for class focus and sound focus activities
4. Students grow in independence at their own pace
5. Reinforce decoding and encoding skills
6. Social wellness and personal autonomy in using French in the classroom
7. Scaffold and support language acquisition, oral communication, and writing skills
8. Card set can be used all year long and re-introduced each year going forward

Check out French Science of Reading Assessment Tool

Like my Facebook and Instagram account.

Follow me on TeachShare

Merci!

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Embrace the spirit of fall with our Candy Corn Themed Uppercase and Lowercase Letters File Folder Game!
This engaging resource is the perfect addition to your classroom, designed to captivate young learners and students in autism and MD classrooms while they explore the world of letters. With 26 uppercase and lowercase letters in a delightful candy corn theme, this game makes learning the alphabet fun and engaging.

Ideal for small group language arts centers and independent work stations, this game encourages active participation and literacy development. Plus, it's teacher-friendly, requiring minimal prep work, so you can focus on teaching and watching your students flourish.

And the best part? It's a reusable resource that can be enjoyed year after year, making it a valuable addition to your teaching toolkit.
Turn learning into a sweet adventure with our Candy Corn Themed Uppercase and Lowercase Letters File Folder Game. Download now and watch your students become alphabet experts! #Autism#SpecialEducation #TeacherResources #FileFolderGames

Simply:

• print single sided in color
• cut game pieces and glue one match to a file folder
• laminate the remaining set
• use velcro to create matching game

Easily engage your young learners and use this resource for years to come!

Save your prep time and download today!

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Get ready for a spook-tacular educational experience with our Halloween Themed Mega Bundle! This comprehensive resource is perfect for engaging students in independent work, small group centers, and whole group instruction, particularly in autism and moderate disabilities units.

What's Included:

• 11 File Folder Games: Fun, interactive math and language arts activities that keep students entertained while reinforcing core academic skills.
• 3 Reading Comprehension Passages & Questions: Engaging texts with thoughtful questions designed to enhance critical thinking and comprehension skills around Halloween and Trick-or-Treat Safety.
• Halloween Activities: Enjoy the festive season with word unscrambles, word searches, and more that captivate students’ imaginations while promoting learning.

Why Choose Our Mega Bundle?

It’s ideal for:

• Independent Work: Students can practice at their own pace with engaging materials.
• Small Group Centers: Foster collaboration and peer learning in a festive setting.
• Whole Group Instruction: Captivate your entire class with thematic lessons that keep everyone involved.

Benefits:

• Promotes active learning and student engagement
• Adapts easily to various learning styles and needs
• Saves you time with ready-to-use, low-prep resources

Enhance your Halloween classroom activities while reinforcing essential math and language arts skills with our Halloween Themed Mega Bundle. Perfect for educators seeking effective and enjoyable ways to celebrate the season while meeting curriculum standards.

Shop now and make this Halloween memorable for your students!

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Transform your classroom this spooky season with our comprehensive Halloween File Folder Bundle, featuring 10 engaging resources designed to boost math and language arts skills. Ideal for minimal prep and maximum fun, these Halloween-themed activities are perfect for independent work stations and small group settings. Make learning enjoyable and effective for your students with activities that seamlessly integrate into your curriculum. Prepare your classroom for an exciting and enriching Halloween experience today!

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Make learning the long a sound engaging and stress-free with this Long A (a and a_e) No Prep Activity Pack! Perfect for literacy centers, independent practice, or small group instruction, this resource provides a variety of hands-on and printable activities designed to support 1st and 2nd-grade students in mastering the long a sound.

What's Included?

1. Word Scramble Activity

   • Students unscramble words with long a patterns (a, a_e) to reinforce spelling and vocabulary skills.

2. Word Creation Activity

   • Add or change letters to form new words with long a sounds. Encourages creativity and phonics practice.

3. Cut and Paste Activities

   • Fun, interactive sorting tasks where students match pictures or words to the correct long a spelling pattern.

4. Sentence Building and Activities

   • Students complete sentences or write their own using a mix of long a words, improving sentence structure and grammar.

5. Scaffolded Reading Comprehension Passages

   • Engaging, differentiated passages that focus on long a words. Questions help students practice comprehension while applying phonics knowledge.

Why You'll Love It:

• No Prep Needed: Just print and go—perfect for busy teachers!
• Aligned with Phonics Standards: Helps meet literacy goals while building foundational skills.
• Interactive and Fun: Students will love the hands-on activities, making learning memorable.
• Flexible Use: Ideal for literacy centers, independent work, or homework.

Perfect For:

• 1st and 2nd Grade Classrooms
• Literacy Centers
• Small Group Instruction
• Intervention Support
• Homeschooling

Bring the joy of learning phonics into your classroom with this comprehensive, ready-to-use resource!

Make learning the long "E" sound fun and engaging with these Long E (EE, EA) Center Activities! Perfect for small group work, literacy centers, or independent practice, this resource includes hands-on activities that help students master the long "E" spelling patterns while building reading and writing skills.

What's Inside:

• Label the Animals: Match words like "tree frog" and "parakeet" to pictures.
• Cut and Paste Sentences: Complete sentences with long "E" words using picture clues.
• Synonyms and Antonyms: Match long "E" words like "team" and "sea" to their synonyms or antonyms.
• Picture Match: Connect long "E" words (like "meet" and "bean") to illustrations.
• Story Time: Write or illustrate a story featuring long "E" words with provided prompts and characters.
• Color the Word: Identify and color words with the long "E" sound.

These activities are kid-friendly, easy to implement, and align with foundational literacy standards. Great for Kindergarten, 1st, or 2nd grade classrooms, these engaging tasks promote learning through creativity and fun.

Use This Resource To:

• Support phonics lessons on vowel teams "EE" and "EA."
• Provide meaningful practice for literacy centers.
• Encourage independent or partner-based learning.

Give your students the tools they need to succeed in mastering the long "E" sound!