$5 - $10 3rd Grade Reading Activities (by date, oldest first)

Differentiated "Guess Who Game" for Sight Words

Dolch Sight Words for pre-primer, primer, first grade, second grade, and third grade

Engage your elementary school ELA students by using this sight word game to practice reading sight words. Ideas for differentiation and prompting are included to ensure the game is suitable for students of all academic levels. This game also includes five levels of word difficulty- from pre-primer to third grade level words. The sets of cards are notated with different colored inner borders so you can easily tell them apart.

Note: All sight words for each level are included, but the entire set will not fit in each game board as the boards only hold 24 cards. Before game play, decide which cards you want your students to use and make sure the cards in both boards and the word card piles match.

This activity is perfect for elementary school reading and ELA centers, elementary school reading and ELA lesson plans, small group instruction, extra help sessions, early finishers, group/partner work, classroom competitions, individual practice, and so much more. 

What's included

• "word pile" cards for each level
• red board inserts for each level
• blue board inserts for each level
• 33 question prompts
• Directions for five different ways to play (for individual players, two players, or small group)
• Guess Who game board linked here (NOT INCLUDED IN DOWNLOAD)

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This resource features five realistic menus for students to explore. Designed for differentiation, this resource offers two levels of engagement focusing on real-world text comprehension and money math skills. The first level involves cut-and-paste activities with simpler questions, focusing on menu comprehension and basic price identification. The second level challenges students with write-in responses, encouraging critical thinking and analysis. Students tackle questions about menu item costs, ingredients, and comparisons of prices. They also practice calculating totals for orders and determining the correct amount of change. This comprehensive resource aims to enhance students' real-world understanding of menus, prices, and basic financial skills, preparing them for practical decision-making and equipping them with valuable life skills.

This resource is also apart of a BUNDLE saving you 20%!

Understanding Menus BUNDLE

Recently updated to include:

• 2 levels
• all new graphics
• 28 new worksheets per set/ 68 total new worksheets
• 94 additional questions added

This download includes:

• 5 different menus
• 2 levels
• A color & black and white set
• 5 separate large menu pages
• Teacher answer key

Level 1 - Cut & Paste - Simpler Questions - Bolded Key Words

• 15 worksheets with 75 questions (5 questions per page)

Level 2 - Write in the Answer - More Complex Questions - Multi-part questions

• 15 worksheets with 84 questions (4 - 6 questions per page)

40 different worksheets and 149 questions per set.

A total of 80 different worksheets.

Featured Menus:

Sushi Restaurant

Pizza Restaurant

Sandwich Shop

Burger Restaurant

Bagel Shop

As extension activities, students can use classroom money to present the correct amount of money. Students can calculate sales tax and or tip.

Check out the other units!

Understanding Menus Unit 2

Understanding Menus Unit 3

Understanding Menus Unit 4

This mini Earth Day Bundle is perfect to teach your students all about Pollution and Recycling. This bundle contains 5 non-fiction readers as well as a sorting recycling activity. With these Earth Day activities, learners will learn about pollution, its effect on Earth and how to recycle items properly to conserve and protect our Earth.

This Earth Day bundle contains the following items:

• Earth Day Reader - Pollution | Non-Fiction
• Sorting Recycling - Earth Day Activity
• Earth Day Bookmarks

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Earth Day Reader | Pollution | Non-Fiction

This printable contains a set of Earth Day Readers about Pollution. These Earth Day readers are perfect to teach your learners about pollution and its effects on Earth. Learners will also be exposed to real-life images of pollution and its damage to the environment as well as ways that can help to conserve and protect our Earth from damage.

Content of the books:

- Pollution: General overview of pollution

- Air Pollution: Mentions about what it is and what are the main causes.

- Water Pollution: Mentions about what it is and what are the main causes.

- Land Pollution: Mentions about what it is and what are the main causes.

- Reducing Pollution: Mentions several ways that pollution can be reduced.

Sorting Recycling - Earth Day Activity

Have fun this Earth Day with this fun and hands-on Sorting Recycling Activity. This Earth day activity is perfect to teach your learners about recycling and its importance. Learners will sort the items into the different bins and learn about the different materials that can be recycled.

This printable contains:

---> 7 different recycling bins

---> Items of different materials to be sorted into the different bins

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Learn about the history of Alaska and its state symbols with this state research project. This Alaska research project contains cards with real pictures, reading passages with comprehension questions, and two forms of research recording activities. Students can use the passages, posters and cards to answer the research questions in the two books, or conduct their own research through books or the internet. The preview shows a sampling of each part of this packet.

What is included?

Basic State Poster

State Symbol Cards with real photographs where available

History Time Line Cards with real photographs where available

Reading Comprehension Passages

• Alaska History
• Weather and Climate
• Agriculture and Industry

Fun Facts and Information Pages

Writing Activities

State Research Flip Book Pages

• Basic Facts
• Where is this State?
• Major Landmarks
• Flag
• State Symbols
• Interesting Facts

State Report Book Pages (Choose the pages according to what your focus is.)

• Basic Facts
• Location
• Flag
• State Map
• State Symbols
• Major Landmarks
• Weather and Climate
• Industry and Agriculture
• Famous Person
• Fun Facts

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More United States Activities

Where is the black cat? This pumpkin themed sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for all 220 sight words.
• black cat cards for hiding

The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.

Ways to Use:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Black Cat is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a cat is hidden behind a pumpkin. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the cat is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the cat is behind the pumpkin, then the cat must be hidden again to play further. If the cat is not behind the pumpkin, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

These flower sight word cards make a fun spring literacy center or spring sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the primer through third grade sight word list for a total of 220 sight words.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own flower card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This bundle contains the following products:

Pre Primer Sight Word Cards for Spring

Primer Sight Word Cards for Spring

First Grade Sight Word Cards for Spring

Second Grade Sight Word Cards for Spring

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Spring

This bundle is included in the following mega bundle:

All 220 Seasonal Sight Word Cards Mega Bundle

These holiday sight word cards make a fun holiday literacy center or holiday sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the third grade word list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the Room

Each word is printed on its own themed card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Sets Included:

• The Christmas cards have the sight words printed on Christmas trees.
• The Halloween cards have the sight words printed on pumpkins or candy corn.
• The Valentine's Day cards have the sight words printed on hearts of various shades of purple, pink and red.
• The St. Patrick's Day cards have the sight words of shamrocks of different patterns.
• The Easter cards have the sight words printed on Easter eggs of different patterns.
• The Patriotic cards have the sight words printed on red, white and blue stars.
• The Thanksgiving cards have the sight words printed on turkeys.

This product contains all 41 third grade sight words:

about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm

These pumpkin sight word cards make a fun Halloween literacy center or fall sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the preprimer to third grade sight word lists, for a total of 220 sight words.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own pumpkin card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

These seasonal sight word cards make a fun season literacy center or seasonal sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the third grade word list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the Room

Each word is printed on its own themed card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Sets Included:

• Spring flower cards
• Summer sun cards
• Fall leaf cards
• Winter snowball cards

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product contains all 41 third grade sight words:

about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm

This bundle includes the following products:

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Winter

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Spring

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Summer

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Autumn

This bundle is included in the following mega bundle:

All 220 Seasonal Sight Word Cards Mega Bundle

Where is the Object? These seasonal sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.

Products Included:

• Winter: Where's the Penguin?
• Spring: Where's the Ladybug?
• Summer: Where's the Sun?
• Fall: Where's the Acorn?

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for the third grade sight word list.
• Penguin cards for hiding

The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.

Ways to Use:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the ________? is a game for centers or whole group instruction where an object is hidden behind a sight word card. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the object is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the object is behind the sight word card, then the object must be hidden again to play further. If the object is not behind the sight word card, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

This product contains all 41 third grade sight words:

about, better, bring, carry, clean, cut, done, draw, drink, eight, fall, far, full, got, grow, hold, hot, hurt, if, keep, kind, laugh, light, long, much, myself, never, only, own, pick, seven, shall, show, six, small, start, ten, today, together, try, warm

These winter sight word spelling cards make a fun winter literacy center for students to enjoy while practicing spelling sight words from the preprimer through third grade sight word lists, for a total of 220 sight words.

What is Included:

• There is one sight word card for each sight word on this sight word list.
• Letter tiles to use while spelling the words.

Each sight word card features a winter hat with the sight word printed on it. Students will use the boxes to the right of the word to spell the sight word on the hat.

Ways to Use

• Literacy Center
• Small Group Activity

When using these cards inside a literacy center, the letter tiles can be used to spell the words, or teachers can provide letter stamps, letter clips, scrabble tiles or other types of letter manipulates for students to use to spell each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Spelling Sight Words

These winter sight word cards make a fun winter literacy center or winter sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the preprimer through third grade word list for a total of 220 sight words.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the Room

Each word is printed on its own snowball card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This bundle contains the following products:

Pre Primer Sight Word Cards for Winter

Primer Sight Word Cards for Winter

First Grade Sight Word Cards for Winter

Second Grade Sight Word Cards for Winter

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Winter

This bundle is included in the following mega bundle:

All 220 Seasonal Sight Word Cards Mega Bundle

Where is the ladybug? This spring sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for all 220 sight words
• Ladybug cards for hiding

The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.

Ways to Use:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Ladybug is a game for centers or whole group instruction where a ladybug is hidden behind a flower. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the ladybug is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the ladybug is behind the flower, then the ladybug must be hidden again to play further. If the ladybug is not behind the flower, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

These pumpkin sight word cards make a fun Halloween literacy center or fall sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the Fry 1-300 sight word list.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own pumpkin card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product contains all Fry sight words 1-300:

Where is the worm? This apple sight word game is great for students who are practicing sight word recognition and beginning reading skills. This game can be used in a pocket chart or on a table top for an early education classroom.

What is Included:

• Sight word cards for all 220 sight words.
• Worm cards for hiding

The cards are available in two formats, 6 to a page and 4 to a page to accommodate different sized pocket charts.

Ways to Use:

• small group game
• whole class game
• circle time game
• student led literacy center
• one on one instruction to target specific sight words for struggling students

How to Play:

Where's the Worm is a game for centers or whole group instruction where an worm is hidden behind an apple. A poem is chanted where the student(s) must say the sight word they think the worm is behind. Once guessed, the sight word is removed. If the worm is behind the apple, then the worm must be hidden again to play further. If the worm is not behind the apple, then the poem is chanted again with a new sight word.

Practice sight word recognition with these sight word mats. With these mats, students can use clay or play dough to fill in the letters. Students can also use a variety of manipulatives to fill in each letter. You can also have your students color the sight word or glue paper shapes to decorate the words. This packet contains one full page sized mat for each sight word from the PrePrimer to Third Grade lists totaling 220 sight words. This bundle contains the following products: Pre Primer Sight Word Mats Primer Sight Word Mats First Grade Sight Word Mats Second Grade Sight Word Mats Third Grade Sight Word Mats

These Easter egg sight word cards make a fun Easter literacy center or Easter sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the preprimer to third grade sight word list for a total of 220 sight words.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own Easter egg card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This bundle contains the following products:

Pre Primer Sight Word Cards for Easter

Primer Sight Word Cards for Easter

First Grade Sight Word Cards for Easter

Second Grade Sight Word Cards for Easter

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Easter

These sun sight word cards make a fun summer literacy center or summer sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the preprimer to the third grade sight word list for a total of 220 sight words.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the room cards

Each word is printed on its own sun card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This bundle contains the following products:

Pre Primer Sight Word Cards for Summer

Primer Sight Word Cards for Summer

First Grade Sight Word Cards for Summer

Second Grade Sight Word Cards for Summer

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for Summer

This bundle is included in the following mega bundle:

All 220 Seasonal Sight Word Cards Mega Bundle

These clover sight word cards make a fun St. Patrick's Day literacy center or St. Patrick's Day sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from the preprimer through third grade word list for a total of 220 sight word cards.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order
• Write the Room

Each word is printed on its own clover card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This bundle contains the following products:

Preprimer Sight Word Cards for St. Patrick's Day

Primer Sight Word Cards for St. Patrick's Day

First Grade Sight Word Cards for St. Patrick's Day

Second Grade Sight Word Cards for St. Patrick's Day

Third Grade Sight Word Cards for St. Patrick's Day

These turkey sight word cards make a fun Thanksgiving literacy center or Thanksgiving sight word game for students to enjoy while practicing sight words from all the sight word lists from preprimer up to 3rd grade for a total of 220 sight words.

These sight word cards have a variety of uses in the classroom from games, to instructional tools, to center props.

Ways to Use

• Flash Cards
• Memory Game
• Sand or Salt Tray Cards
• Writing Center Reference Cards
• Place in Alphabetical Order

Each word is printed on its own turkey card for students to use to practice reading, writing and spelling each sight word.

Skills Assessed:

• Reading sight words
• Writing sight words

This product contains all 220 Sight Words: