3rd Grade Writing Independent Work Packet

When it comes to writing, suggesting prompts can be extremely helpful for students. By providing a prompt, you can give students a specific topic or area to focus on, which can help them better organize their thoughts and ideas. Additionally, writing prompts can help spark creativity and encourage students to think outside the box.

There are six Christmas-themed writing prompts, with coordinating primary handwriting pages included. Students can also illustrate a scene in the space above their writing.

Not only will using writing prompts help get your students excited about writing, but it will also help them to practice and improve their skills. By focusing on specific areas such as grammar, punctuation, and spelling, your students will hone their technique and produce well-written pieces of work. They’ll also be able to develop their unique voice and style – something essential for any writer!

Check out our blog post Writing Prompts Your Students Will Love for more tips and inspiration!

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Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Celebrate the end of the school year with our Christian Perspective End-of-Year Memory Book for Kids! This beautifully designed, 10-page memory book is perfect for students in elementary grades. It provides them with a meaningful way to reflect on their year while incorporating faith-based elements.

What's Inside:

1. Introducing Me: A fun page for students to share about themselves, their favourite things, and fun facts.
2. All About My Friends: Students can write about their friends, favourite memories together, and a Bible verse on friendship.
3. All About My Teacher: A page dedicated to appreciating their teacher, favourite things, and special memories.
4. All About My Classroom: Students reflect on their classroom environment, favourite spots, and activities.
5. All About My School Day: A detailed look at their daily schedule and special moments throughout the day.
6. The Best Books I've Read This Year: Encourages reading by having students list and reflect on their favorite books.
7. All About Our Field Trips: Space for students to document their favorite field trips and memories.
8. My Plans for Summer: A fun way for students to share their summer plans and goals.

Perfect For:

• Christian educators looking for faith-based end-of-year activities.
• Creating a lasting keepsake that students and parents will treasure.
• Encouraging students to reflect on their experiences through the lens of their faith.

Practice the difference between synonyms and antonyms. One page has you generate your own synonyms for a word and match synonyms. The other is all about antonyms. You get to find and create your own antonyms for words. The last is a fun page where you have to decipher between synonyms and antonyms and color them correctly. A great way to practice similar and opposite meanings.

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Exceptional learners such as English language learners will benefit tremendously from previewing the text prior to starting a nonfiction text. By activating prior knowledge, zooming in to titles and subheadings, and analyzing pictures they will spend quality time building context before reading.

This product contains three pages:

• Previewing the text anchor chart reference sheet so students can refer back when needed
• Previewing the text graphic organizer
• Previewing the text sentence starters

This engaging pack of Catholic Lent Flipbook is great for Lent activities. This Lenten craftivity can be easily incorporated to your lessons for teaching about the occasion.

There are 3 different writing prompts based on the three pillars of Lent, i.e. Pray, Fast and Give. This Flipbook is great for helping your kids understand the true meaning of Lent.

Students have to color, cut and put the Pray, Fast and Give symbols on their respective writing templates in the space provided with a double-sided foam tape. Then place all the sheets together and staple to make their adorable Lent Flipbook.

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Boost Writing Skills with Engaging Independent Informal Letter Lessons – Ready to Go!

Help students in Grades 2-5 master the art of informal letter writing with this comprehensive, print-and-go resource. Designed for independent learning, this packet provides a structured framework that empowers students to write confidently about their favorite activities. With clear guidance and engaging tasks, it’s perfect for teachers seeking a low-prep, curriculum-aligned solution.

What’s Included?
✏️ Print Materials: Worksheets (PDF format), Answer Key

What’s Inside?

✔️ Teacher & Student Directions
✔️ Features of an Informal Letter

✔️ Informal Letter Features Exercise

✔️ Step 1: Favorite Activity Framework

✔️ Step 2: Favorite Hobbies Framework

✔️ Step 3: Letter Writing Template

✔️ Step 4: Review & Self-Reflection
✔️ 3 Letter Writing Templates

✔️ Model Answers

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

✏️ No Prep 

✏️Print and Go

✏️ Classroom-Tested

✏️ Aligned with Aligned with Common Core, TEKS, and UK National Curriculum.

When to Use This Resource:
✅ Literacy Lessons (1-2 hour lessons)

✅ Independent Work

✅ Literacy Centers
✅ Sub Plans

✅ Writing Workshops 
✅ Homework Assignments
✅ Early Finishers

What Do You Need?

✏️ Pencils

Skills Focused:

✔️ Informal letter structure

✔️ Idea organization
✔️ Vocabulary development
✔️ Sentence fluency
✔️ Editing and self-assessment
✔️ Creative expression
✔️ Independent writing skills

Curriculum Alignment
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

• W.2.3-W.5.3: Write narratives with descriptive details and clear sequences.
• W.2.4-W.5.4: Produce clear, coherent writing for task, purpose, and audience.
• L.2.5-W.5.5: Use synonyms, antonyms, and nuanced word meanings to enhance writing.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

• §110.4-§110.7 (Grades 2-5):
  • (b)(11)(A): Organize ideas with a clear purpose and audience.
  • (b)(12)(B): Apply proper capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
  • (b)(13)(A-B): Edit drafts to improve grammar, mechanics, and clarity.

UK National Curriculum (Years 2-5)

• Writing Composition: Plan, draft, and write for specific purposes and audiences.
• Grammar and Punctuation: Use appropriate punctuation and sentence structures.
• Reading Comprehension: Evaluate vocabulary choices and their effect on tone.

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Give your students the tools to write meaningful, well-structured letters. Add this engaging resource to your teaching toolkit today!

Save 20% on these two book report templates. I use one for any non-fiction book and the one with the map for any geography-based non-fiction book.

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100 Days of School Writing Prompts Coloring Activities Worksheets 100th No-Prep Worksheets :

This 12-page packet provides a variety of levels to reach each individual student. Please see preview pages and descriptions below . Worksheets include lined paper for easy handwriting practice:

12 pages include:

· 4 Writing Prompts with shaped lined paper

· Count by 10’s to 100 : Cut & Paste

· Color 100

· Color 100 with color key

· Acrostic Poem : HUNDRED

· How Many Words Can You Make From : One Hundred

· Venn Diagram : Me First Day of School Vs Me 100th Day

· I Can Count to 100 : Fill in the remaining spaces in the graph

· Writing prompt with illustrating area: ...

· Writing prompt with illustrating area: ...

· 100 Days of Kindness Challenge : How I Can Help Others in 100 Days : List of 25 individual Kindness Challenges that students can tackle (no money involved), with a tally chart.

· 2020 & 2021 Year Calendars : use this to help with the writing prompt, or other calendar practice.

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Bring Thanksgiving fun to your classroom with these easy, step-by-step directed drawings! Students can follow along to draw seasonal favorites like an acorn, piece of pie, turkey, turkey leg, squash, and a festive place setting. Designed to inspire creativity and enhance writing time, this pack makes it easy for students to add their drawings to writing projects, keeping them excited and engaged.

What's Included:

• 6 Thanksgiving/Fall-Themed Directed Drawings (Acorn, Pie, Turkey, Turkey Leg, Squash, Place Setting)
• Choice of Line Styles: Standard, Primary, or Drawing
• Large Cards
• Journal Strips for Easy Use in Notebooks or on Rings

Engage your students this Thanksgiving season with easy, step-by-step directed drawing pages! This Thanksgiving pack includes guided drawing sheets for creating holiday images like an acorn, piece of pie, turkey, turkey leg, squash, and a place setting. Students can use these drawings to spark ideas for writing and storytelling, making it a perfect addition to writing centers or independent activities.

Perfect For:

• Writer's Workshop & Creative Writing
• Independent Work & Centers
• Early Finishers & Homework
• Journal or Ring-Bound Use
• Sub Plans

With primary and standard-lined pages as well as journal strips, this pack provides versatile options for every classroom setup. Use it to boost students' creativity while encouraging them to express themselves through both drawing and writing!

Keywords: Thanksgiving directed drawing, step-by-step Thanksgiving drawing, Thanksgiving drawing activities, primary lined drawing pages, Thanksgiving writing prompts, drawing and writing centers, Thanksgiving journal strips

Are you passionate about your students' social and emotional wellbeing? Kickstart a positive and nurturing learning environment with our Social and Emotional Learning Wellbeing Journal! Perfect for the back-to-school season, this social and emotional journal provides a thoughtful space for students to reflect on their goals, learning experiences, and emotional well-being.

Key Features:

• Back to School Activities: Begin the academic year with engaging activities designed to help you connect with your students and understand their unique personalities through the 'All about me' worksheet and goal setting activities.

• Weekly Social and Emotional Journal Reflections: Encourage a habit of self-reflection by using the journal once a week. Students can express their feelings, record highlights or struggles, and track their personal growth throughout the school year.

• Comprehensive Worksheets: This journal includes a variety of worksheets such as 'Letter to Future Self,' 'Vision Board,' 'Self Care Plan,' and 'Goal Setting' to foster holistic student development.

• Journaling Prompts: Spark creativity and self-expression with 30 carefully crafted journal prompts that cover a range of topics to inspire thoughtful reflections.

• Mindful Colouring Pages: Foster relaxation and mindfulness with a mindful colouring page at the end of each week, creating a calming conclusion to their reflections.

• Year End Reflection: Wrap up the school year with an insightful 'End of Year Reflection' worksheet, allowing students to look back on their personal and academic journey.

Versatile Use:

• Use it as a weekly social and emotional learning lesson.
• Incorporate it into your mindfulness activities after lunch.
• Print and bind personalised copies for each student in your classroom.

Why Choose This Wellbeing Journal?

• Promotes Student Social and Emotional Wellbeing: Foster a positive and supportive classroom environment that prioritizes students' emotional growth.
• Versatile Integration: Seamlessly integrate into your curriculum for structured social and emotional learning lessons or use as an independent mindfulness activity.
• Comprehensive Resource: Cover a range of self reflection aspects, from personal goals to emotional wellbeing, using one comprehensive resource.

Empower your students with the tools they need for self discovery and personal growth. Download this Social and Emotional Learning Wellbeing Journal today to create a classroom environment where students thrive emotionally, socially, and academically!

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Get your upper elementary and middle school students excited about writing with these Gingerbread Man Writing Prompts and Themed Writing Paper! This festive product includes 5 engaging writing prompts that encourage creativity and seasonal fun, along with 2 pages of gingerbread man-themed writing paper—perfect for any holiday-themed writing activity.

What’s Included:

• 5 gingerbread man writing prompts to spark students’ creativity and engage them in seasonal writing

• 2 pages of gingerbread man writing paper for a festive, polished final product

This product is great for writing centers, independent work, bulletin board displays, or homework assignments, giving students multiple ways to enjoy and share their work. Use it as a standalone activity or integrate it into your holiday curriculum for an added touch of seasonal fun!

Key Features:

• Fun, engaging prompts that motivate students to write
• Themed writing paper for a polished and festive look
• Ideal for upper elementary and middle school students
• Perfect for bulletin boards, homework, writing centers, or independent work

Download this resource to bring some holiday cheer into your writing activities!

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Help your students master CVC words with this ultimate bundles CVC Unscramble Sentences with short vowels Fix-It, Write-It, Cut-and-Paste, and Draw-It Worksheets! This resource is packed with engaging activities designed to improve early reading, writing, and sentence-building skills, perfect for kindergarten and 1st-grade learners.

Each worksheet includes:

• Unscramble Sentences featuring CVC words to practice correct word order.
• A Fix-It section where students correct capitalization and punctuation.
• A Write-It section for students to rewrite the sentence independently.
• A Cut-and-Paste activity where students cut out words and rearrange them into a complete sentence.
• A Draw-It activity that encourages students to draw a picture related to the unscrambled sentence.

These hands-on activities are great for literacy centers, independent work, or morning tasks. Your students will have fun while strengthening their understanding of CVC words and sentence structure!

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Cette ressource comprend 16 semaines d'incitations d'écriture créative (4 questions au choix chaque semaine) pour un total de 60 incitations! Elles se présentent sous la forme de « démarreurs d'histoires », où les élèves réfléchissent ou inventent une histoire ou une expérience.

Vous pouvez demander aux élèves de choisir un nombre d'incitations d'écriture par semaine (ou tout!) et vous pouvez aussi choisir la quantité d'écriture. Vous pouvez choisir de les rendre formels ou informels, formatifs ou sommatifs. Vous pouvez choisir de les faire comme devoirs ou en classe.

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What's Included In This Bundle:

- Alphabet Play-doh Mats (Uppercase & lowercase Letters Aa-Zz)

- Number Play-doh Mats With Ten Frames

- Trace It, Color It, Write It Alphabet Book - Writing Center

- Alphabet Letter & Number Tracing Cards - Writing Center

- Matching Game ( Shapes - Letters - Numbers)

More Information On Each Item:

The Alphabet Play-doh Mats have both Uppercase and lowercase Letters. This activity is great for not only hands on learning through play but also to help your students practice forming each letter of the alphabet. Each play-doh mat also has a picture of an item that starts with that letter.

The Number Play-doh mats also have ten frames on them. This helps your students practice counting and one-to-one correspondence.

The Alphabet book is great for your literacy center and writing practice. Each page has both the Uppercase and lowercase letters on it. The students color the letter, trace it, and then practice writing each Uppercase and lowercase letter of the alphabet.

The Matching Game has Uppercase and lowercase letter matching practice as well as number and shape cards. The number cards have a matching card with the corresponding number of apple seeds on each one. This helps students practice counting and one-to-one correspondence.

The letter tracing cards are also another great way for your students to practice writing each Uppercase and lowercase letter as well as numbers 1-10.

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Get excited for the 2024 Solar Eclipse with this fun and NO PREP independent work packet! Your students will stay engaged while learning about the solar eclipse and enjoy doing these printable activities. Perfect for center work, early finishers, morning work, supplemental lessons, and more!

10 Pages Included

• Cover coloring page
• KWL
• word search
• write your own questions
• reading passage
• true or false questions
• finish the story prompt with writing paper
• lines of symmetry
• word work
• bubble map
• observation log

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As students are learning the difference between singular and plural nouns, coming up with sentences using those nouns is our next step. My students love booklets of any kind that they can refer back to. Once they have come up with their sentences, they will include pictures that they print and cut out, draw pictures freehand, or find pictures in a magazine that they can add to each page of the booklet to connect with what they wrote about. This gives students the opportunity to connect what they are learning about in the classroom with their own personal interests. This booklet is perfect for students that are on grade level as well as students who require instructional information to be adapted.

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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!

This resource includes 10 St. Patrick's Day themed writing prompts that would be best suited toward upper elementary or earlier middle schoolers. Each writing prompt features an engaging writing prompt, St. Patrick's Day themed cute background and front/back page of lines to allow students that have more to say a significant amount of space to do so. These writing prompts would be great for morning work, centers, fast finishers, independent writing tasks, etc.

The writing prompt questions include:

• Do you think that four leaf clovers actually bring a person good luck? Why or why not?
• Leprechauns are known for being mischievous and playing tricks. If you were a leprechaun, what tricks would you play on people?
• Which holiday is better, St. Patrick’s Day or Easter? Why?
• Where do you think that leprechauns get all that gold from?
• Where is the best place for a leprechaun to hide a pold of gold? Why?
• If you were a leprechaun, where would you hide your pot of gold so that no one finds it?
• Who would be more fun to hang out with, leprechauns or Santa’s elves? Why?
• Design a trap to catch a leprechaun. Describe it in detail and draw a picture of it.
• Using the chart of abilities below, which three do you think are the most important for a leprechaun to be? Why?
• Using the name chart below, find your leprechaun name. Then, write a story about your life as a leprechaun.

Transform your classroom into a hub of autumn creativity with this Fall Inspired Creative Writing Prompts Worksheet pack. This fun resource is designed to inspire young writers on an imaginative journey through the beauty of the fall season. With ten unique writing prompts, your students are invited to explore their creative talents while enhancing their storytelling skills. Each prompt worksheet is divided into sections for First, Next and Last. This format provides your students with a clear and organized framework for their narratives, making it perfect for young writers developing their composition and sequencing skills. These worksheets can be used for meeting activities, creative writing, inferencing, story starters, homework, early finishers, group work, paired work and individual work. Make fall an even more exciting with these Creative Writing Prompts.

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