Free 3rd Grade Reading Strategies Resources

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Book Reading Log

By Creative Soul Printables

Keep track of your reading adventures with our adorable Animal Reading Lists! Perfect for students and homeschoolers, these free printable lists feature charming animals enjoying their favorite books.

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Get organized and track your reading progress with our delightful Animal Reading Lists! This freebie includes four unique designs, each featuring lovable animals immersed in the joy of reading. Students can record essential information such as the book title, author, and number of pages, creating a personalized log of their reading journey.

These printable reading lists provide a fun and engaging way for students to stay organized and motivated in their reading endeavors. With adorable animal illustrations and plenty of space to jot down details, these lists make it easy for readers to keep track of the books they've read and explore new literary adventures.

Why You'll Love This Product:

  • Adorable Designs: Capture students' interest with charming animal illustrations, making tracking reading progress fun and enjoyable.
  • Promotes Organization: Encourage students to stay organized by providing a structured format for recording book details.
  • Motivates Reading: Inspire a love of reading and encourage students to explore new books by keeping a log of their reading accomplishments.
  • Free Resource: Accessible to all students and homeschoolers, providing a valuable tool for tracking reading progress at no cost.
  • Easy to Use: Simply print and use! These reading lists are ready to go, making them convenient for both students and educators.

Who This Product Is For:

  1. Homeschoolers seeking a simple and effective way to track their reading progress and incorporate literacy activities into their curriculum.
  2. Teachers looking for engaging tools to motivate students to read and keep track of their independent reading assignments.
  3. Parents interested in fostering a love of reading in their children and providing them with tools to track their reading habits.
  4. Librarians aiming to encourage library patrons, especially young readers, to explore new books and keep track of their reading adventures.
  5. Reading enthusiasts of all ages who want to keep a record of the books they've read and create reading goals for themselves.
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STAAR Practice Informational Reading Grades 3-5 Test Prep FREEBIE!

By TooBookedUp

Transform your STAAR prep with our Texas-themed informational Text Sets for Grades 3-5!

What's Included:

This comprehensive bundle, perfect for Texas elementary teachers, features seven engaging texts, each accompanied by two STAAR-aligned multiple-choice questions, covering crucial skills.

Skills include:

  1. inference
  2. evidence
  3. fact vs. opinion
  4. text structure
  5. author's purpose
  6. vocabulary
  7. text features.

Ideal for varied classroom settings - from whole class instruction to small group work, or even as enriching homework tasks - these print-and-go PDFs are an educator's dream for seamless integration into daily routines or as part of a focused test prep unit.

Try using these products for:

✅ Whole Class Test Prep

✅ Intervention Groups

✅ Small Group Work

✅ Independent Work

✅ Assessment

✅ Homework

Get ready to enhance your students' reading comprehension and critical thinking skills with this meticulously crafted, teacher-approved resource, which aligns perfectly with Texas educational standards.

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SH | Consonant Digraphs Worksheets & Digital Phonics Lesson| No-Prep Sub Plans

By TaughtOught Homeschooling

Looking for engaging and fun "SH" consonant digraphs worksheets and digital phonics lesson? This true no-prep product includes consonant digraphs worksheets, a whole class reward system, tongue twisters, maze reading, and digraph sorting!

Problem Types Include: identifying the "SH" digraph through sound, sight, and writing

Solving teacher problems: 

    capturing - and sustaining - students’ attention for the full lesson

    a TRUE zero-prep lesson with activities. Pull this lesson out in a pinch!

    parents/guardians can use this for a fun homeschooling lesson

I use this very same lesson in my own classroom and I’ve become popular for getting quiet, shy, and unwilling students to participate and have fun!

NOTE: This resource includes both a Google Slide™ presentation and printable worksheets. Please review the product images and preview for samples of the included slides and pages.

The Presentation Includes:

   ✏ structured and guided teacher notes for a true no-prep product

   ✏ digital detailed lesson plan for quick reference 

   ✏ an exciting built-in whole class reward system (students love this feature!)

   ✏ a fun and silly warm-up question to get students engaged

   ✏ topic warm-up question and topic introduction

   ✏ examples of “sh” in the beginning, middle, and end of words with pictures

   ✏ unscrambling the "sh" word activity

   ✏ visual activities for students to find the picture that has a “sh” sound

   ✏ visual activity for students to guess what “sh” word images have in common

   ✏ identifying the “sh” word within a group of words activity

   ✏ digital tongue twister

   ✏ images of the printable worksheets for easy instruction

   ✏ My signature Adventure Time with Mavis the Monster game (students love how much Mavis gets into trouble!)

   ✏ Monster Maze! (students must read the SH words to see where the monster is going!)

The Worksheets Include:

   ✏ 1 comprehensive lesson plan

   ✏ 2 craft activities (cut and paste)

   ✏ 2 group activities (working in small groups)

   ✏ 2 enrichment worksheets

   ✏ 1 homework sheet to strengthen retention

   ✏ 4 different exit tickets/slips

   ✏ 1 “sh” digraph tongue twister

   ✏ No prep! Simply print and distribute (with or without the presentation) 

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Reading Strategies
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Emoji Bookmarks, Expressions

By Geography & Math Made Easy

Print these fun bookmarks on colored or white cardstock and provide them to your students. The goal is to challenge the students to read and keep up with the number of books they read. Once they have finished a book, they are to color it to reflect they have finished the book.

You may also choose to laminate and them and have them use a permanent marker to cross out the emoji.

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Literary Devices

By Educate and Create

Posters including 17 literary devices which are easy to print and use in your classroom. Add them to your word wall or brighten up a reading area.

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How fast can you circle Numbers 1-10 in order?

By Creative Discoveries Online Academy Printables

This product has the number words 1-10 spread out all over the page in colorful lettering for children to circle numbers 1-10 in order as fast as possible!

Good for reading number words, sequencing, and your memory!

The preview formatting is a little different than what product looks like because of the way it was generated. All the words should be on one page, instead of two. If for some reason you buy it and it looks like that, please tell me and I will fix it.

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My Frog Life Cycle Booklet

By Kim Romero

My Frog Life Cycle Booklet Includes:

-Color and Black & White of each handout.

-A fictional frog story that incorporates the handouts that come in the booklet.

- Graphic Organizer of the Frog Cycle (Descriptive-Writing).

- Graphic Organizer of the Frog Cycle (Students will illustrate).

- Reading Comprehension Sheet with fictional story (Questions for reading strategies).

This is a wonderful booklet to combine with a Science lesson on the frog cycle. Students will enjoy writing and drawing the frog cycle. The fictional story is fun and goes well with the lesson. I also created a reading comprehension sheet that incorporates the Reading Common Core as well.

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Topic Sentences Writing Activities

By Beth Hammett

Help students identify topic sentences with this engaging activity. Students use a Topic Sentence Bank to choose correct answers for paragraphs for the article "The Flood". Can also be used to teach: paragraphing supporting details organization. Meets CCSS.

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FREEBIE Book Tasting Menu - EDITABLE

By Dotty's Printables

This book tasting menue provides students with a structured way to explore different books and genres. Divided into three sections - Appetizer, Entree, and Dessert - students can engage with a variety of questions that prompt them to think critically about the books they're interested in.

Whether used individually or in group settings, this Book Tasting Menu encourages students to discover new books, share their thoughts with peers, and foster a deeper appreciation for reading.

This is fully editable on PowerPoint

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May Day Word Search Freebie!

By The Elementary Hut

This digital resource can be easily downloaded and printed for classroom use. The word search can include seasonal and May Day-related vocabulary such as "celebrate," "flowers," "basket" and "spring."

Overall, using this May Day spring-themed word search resource can be a great addition to classroom activities during the May Day holiday and spring season.

This Freebie is part of the May Day Spring Bundle. Feel free tocheck it out here!

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Design Your Own Book Trailer

By Shy's Sunshine Room

Make reading more fun with this activity!

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  • This single page worksheet is great for helping students to reflect on their finished books! This activity is perfect for creating an engaging lesson to see what they can remember. Have your students develop a movie trailer for their favorite book!
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Story Retell Graphic Organizer

By Simply Read

Use this graphic organizer to help students retell any story. Students will practice retelling only the most important parts of a story. Each section - Beginning, Middle, and End has a box for an illustration as well.

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Mix Dolch Sight Word Fluency Sentences Worksheet | Roll and Read Game Freebie

By Teach Savvy Store

This Roll and Read worksheet includes a mix of the 220 dolch sight words. These high frequency sight word sentences are perfect for reading centers, tutorials, small groups, homeschooling, homework, sub plans, and more! Students will practice their fluency sentences by rolling a physical or digital dice using the provided qr code, and then reading the matching sentence.

⭐Get the full version HERE!

Dolch Roll & Read Sight Words and Fluency Sentences Bundle

20 Mixed Dolch Sight Word Boards

10 Mixed Dolch Sight Word Fluency Sentences Boards

What's Included

  • 1 Roll and Read Board with mixed dolch fluency sentences
  • 36 fluency sentences

Directions

Rolling the Die:

  • Students roll a six-sided die to determine which sentence they will read.
  • Students can also scan the QR code on the worksheet using a device with a QR code scanner to access a virtual dice roller.

Reading the Sentence:

  • Students match the number rolled with the corresponding sentence on their worksheet.
  • Students read the sentence out loud clearly and fluently.
  • Students should focus on pronouncing each word correctly and using appropriate expressions.

Marking Progress:

  • Once students read a sentence, they should highlight or color the box. They could also cover it with a counter or place marker etc.
  • If students roll a number they have already completed, they should roll again until they land on a new sentence.
  • Students continue rolling and reading until they have completed all the sentences on their worksheets.

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Roll & Read Sight Words

Pre-Primer

Primer

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Roll & Read Sight Word Fluency Sentences

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Primer

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Second Grade

Third Grade

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Phoneme-Graphing Mapping Charts

By Literacy with Carly

Use these phoneme-grapheme mapping charts in your phonics and small group lessons! Two options are provided. One with 4 sound boxes for earlier readers and one with 7 boxes for more advanced patterns.

See the video below for this chart in action!

Word Mapping Chart Video

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Making Connections Graphic Organizer

By 1st Grade Salt Life

This graphic organizer will help students map out connections they have made to a lesson or a book! This is a free sample of my Graphic Organizers for Primary Grade which is 24 difference Graphic Organizers! Your feedback is important! Please rate and comment 1st Grade Salt Life

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THE WORLD'S WORST PETS by David Walliams Freebie Reading Comprehension

By The Book Bandit

A FREEBIE comprehension unit for the The Grizzly Bear chapter of "The World's Worst Pets" by David Walliams.

The pages in this unit are part of a Novel Study-

THE WORLD'S WORST PETS by David Walliams

The Unit can be followed chapter by chapter, with no extra preparation or planning required by the teacher. The responses in the unit have been planned and arranged so that your students will practise a wide range of comprehension strategies in context. It has been designed to promote thinking and comprehension. Tasks can be completed independently, collaboratively or alongside a teacher.

All Book Bandit Novel Studies have been designed with student engagement at the forefront. In responding to the book, students will be required to think both within and beyond the text. Children learn best when they are having fun! Even better that they are learning the love of books at the same time!

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Dog Man Series

Cat Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid No.16 - Big Shot

The Last Bear

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How fast can you circle the animals in alphabetical order?

By Creative Discoveries Online Academy Printables

Circle animal names in alphabetical order as fast as you can!

Good for reading vocabulary, sequencing and memory!

Formatting is a little different in the preview. There should be more words that show up.

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  • Search & Find The Hidden Letters
  • 100 Sight Words Activity Packet
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  • Under The Sea Activity Packet Bundle
  • Build Your Own Animal Set Craft Bundle
  • Alphabet Letter Coloring Page Book

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Sequencing

By Simply Read

This graphic organizer can be used for retelling any story. It includes lines for telling the beginning, middle, and End of a story and small picture box for each part.

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Mixed Nonsense CVC | CVCe | CCVC | CVCC Words | Roll and Read Game Freebie

By Teach Savvy Store

This Roll and Read worksheet includes a mix of CVC, CVCe, CCVC, CVCC nonsense words. This game is perfect for RTI, DIBELS, reading centers, tutorials, small groups, homeschooling, homework, sub plans and more! Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students will practice their CVC, CVCe. CCVC, CVCC words by rolling a physical or digital dice using the provided qr code, and then reading the matching nonsense word.

⭐Get the full version HERE!

✨Get the Nonsense Words Bundle HERE!

What's Included

  • 1 Roll and Read Boards with mixed CVC, CVCe, CVCC, CCVC nonsense words included throughout
  • 36 nonsense words

Directions

Rolling the Die:

  • Students roll a six-sided die to determine which nonsense word they will read.
  • Students can also scan the QR code on the worksheet using a device with a QR code scanner to access a virtual dice roller.

Reading the nonsense word:

  • Students match the number rolled with the corresponding word on their worksheet.
  • Students read the word out loud clearly and fluently.
  • Students should focus on pronouncing each word correctly and using appropriate expressions.

Marking Progress:

  • Once students read a word, they should highlight or color the box. They could also cover it with a counter or place marker etc.
  • If students roll a number they have already completed, they should roll again until they land on a new word.
  • Students continue rolling and reading until they have completed all the words on their worksheets.

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Nonsense Words

CVC

CVCe

CCVC

CVCC

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