English language arts for 3rd grade (page 4)
Reading, writing, phonics and language.
- Our class goals posterPrintable
A free printable class goals poster: up to six numbered goals, each with a line on how we will know, in a banded frame. Edit every word and print on letter or A4.
- Word wall letters A to ZPrintable
Free printable word wall letters A to Z, four to a page, each with a big capital and lowercase letter and sight words to start. Edit the letters, print and cut apart.
- Dismissal routine posterPrintable
A free printable dismissal routine poster: five steps with pictures from clean up to saying goodbye, in a banded frame. Edit every step and print on letter or A4.
- Calm corner choices posterPrintable
A free printable calm corner poster: a menu of six calming choices, from breathing to drawing, each with a short how-to. Edit every choice and print on letter or A4.
- How to teach phonics step by stepGuide
A step-by-step way to teach phonics: what the evidence supports, a typical sequence of patterns, a 30-minute daily lesson with scripts, blending, spelling, decodable text, tricky words and checking progress.
- Positive note home templatePrintable
A free positive note home template: what the child did, why it mattered and a question to ask at home, to print or paste into your class app, with a filled example.
- Test-taking strategies posterPrintable
A free printable test-taking strategies poster: five steps with pictures, from reading the directions to checking your work. Edit each step and print on letter or A4.
- Missing work logPrintable
A free printable missing work log: a row for each assignment, its due date, who still owes it and a box to tick when it is in. Edit the assignment list and print.
- 41 classroom jobs, with what each one doesIdea
Forty-one classroom jobs for K–8, each with what the student does, what you need and the grades it fits, plus a printable jobs chart and a jobs wheel.
- Analytic vs single-point rubric: which to use, with one example in both shapesGuide
The difference between an analytic and a single-point rubric, when each works, one presentation task written both ways, and how to switch in a free rubric maker.
- Classroom activities from any list: five games on the board and print sheetsTool
Paste terms and meanings, or questions and answers, and play match up, flip tiles, a quiz show, group sort or odd one out on the board, or print a matching sheet or cards. Free, no sign-in.
- Readability checkerTool
Paste any text and get its Flesch-Kincaid grade level and reading ease, worked out in your browser. Nothing is uploaded.
- Certificate makerMaker
Make printable award certificates: 30 award wordings, six borders, a certificate for every name on your class list. Free, no watermark.
- Matching game maker: match terms and meanings from your listTool
Turn a list of terms and meanings into a matching game for the board, with a printable matching sheet and cut-apart cards. Free, no sign-in.
- Rubric descriptors children understand: "I can" wording, one verb a cell, three grade bandsGuide
How to write rubric descriptors students can use: "I can" statements, one verb a cell, levels that differ by one visible thing, real examples for K–2, 3–5 and 6–8.
- Flashcard makerMaker
Make two-sided printable flashcards from a list, 6, 8 or 10 to a page with cut lines, or flip through them on the projector. Free, no sign-in.
- Flip tiles memory game maker from your own listTool
Make a memory game for the board from a list of terms and meanings: flip two tiles at a time to find a pair. Four, six or eight pairs a board. Free.
- Grading with a rubric in Google Docs: paste it as a table, total it, comment on each rowGuide
Grading with a rubric in Google Docs, step by step: copy it in as a real table, mark a level per row, fill the total line by hand, one comment per row, no retyping.
- Rubric makerMaker
Build a printable rubric with levels and points, or a single-point rubric, from writing, presentation and project templates. Free, no sign-in.
- Grade calculator and score chartTool
A free grade calculator: a score chart for any test length, weighted grades with what the rest needs, a curve for a test, and standards-based levels to a percent.
- Spelling practice and test makerMaker
Paste this week's spelling words and get a look-say-cover-write-check sheet, a numbered test, a scramble, and bingo and word search made from the same list. Free.
- 54 low-stakes writing prompts by gradeIdea
Fifty-four quick-write prompts, eighteen each for K–2, 3–5 and 6–8, written to get every student writing for five minutes without worrying about a grade.
- Distractors that aren't silly: how good wrong answers are built, and how to write your ownGuide
How to write multiple choice wrong answers that teach you something: a near miss, a real misconception, never a silly one, examples from math, reading and science.
- 25 formative assessment examplesIdea
Twenty-five formative assessment examples sorted by when you use them, from whiteboards and cold calls to card sorts and pre-checks, each with what to do and the grades it fits.