Art, health, music and more for 3rd grade (page 2)
Everything else a school day holds.
- Quiet focus brain breaks: 12 silent reset cardsTool
Twelve silent mental resets for before reading, writing or a test, with a random draw, a timer and printable cards. Nobody has to move or speak. Free.
- Reflection think sheetPrintable
A free printable think sheet for a calm reset: what happened, what I was feeling, what I can do next time, and a ready-to-return scale. Edit the questions and print.
- 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.
- Computer science for kidsGuide
Computer science for kids in plain words: the 2026 CSTA standards, Code.org, Scratch and ScratchJr, CS Unplugged, AP CS Principles vs. CS A, and what the evidence says.
Checked 2026-11-06
- Inquiry-based social studiesGuide
Inquiry-based social studies in plain words: the C3 Framework, the Inquiry Design Model, primary sources and Reading Like a Historian, civics and geography standards, and the evidence.
Checked 2026-11-06
- Knowledge-building EnglishGuide
What knowledge-building ELA is: why background knowledge drives comprehension, how CKLA, EL Education and Wit & Wisdom work, and what reviewers found.
Checked 2026-11-06
- Music education: Orff, Kodály, Suzuki and DalcrozeGuide
Orff, Kodály, Suzuki and Dalcroze in plain words: where each came from, what a lesson looks like, how they differ, the National Core Arts Standards, and what the evidence says.
Checked 2026-11-06
- Problem-based mathGuide
What problem-based math is: Illustrative Math, Investigations, CGI, Number Talks, Building Thinking Classrooms and Japanese lessons, and a fair account of the explicit-versus-inquiry debate.
Checked 2026-11-06
- 60 brain breaks for the classroomIdea
Sixty brain breaks sorted by kind: learning breaks, partner breaks, quick games, one-minute resets, calming breaks and hallway walks, each with what to do and the grades it fits.
- 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.
- 40 icebreakers by gradeIdea
Forty first-week icebreakers sorted for K–2, 3–5 and 6–8, each with what to say, what you need and how long it takes, plus a getting to know you wheel and an all about me page.
- Lesson plan templatesPage
Eight lesson plan formats to fill in on screen: daily, weekly, 5E, gradual release, Madeline Hunter, backward design, unit and centers. Print or copy to Docs.
- Pattern blocksMath
Virtual pattern blocks: the six shapes to drag, turn and snap together on the projector, with a fraction-of-a-hexagon count and a print of your design.
Checked 2026-11-06
- Social-emotional lessons for the classroomTool
Short lessons on feelings and getting along, K to 8: a story to read aloud, four questions, two choices to think through and a paper activity, with a printable teacher and student page.
Checked 2026-11-08
- Typing for your class: a free course, tests and printable sheetsGuide
Run Peabody's free typing course with a class: 18 lessons with no student accounts, typing tests of 1, 3 and 5 minutes, a printable sheet for each lesson, and a link that shows each seat's words a minute.
Checked 2026-11-10
- 25 calm-corner ideasIdea
Twenty-five ideas for a classroom calm corner: where to put it, what goes in it, the calming routines to teach and how to keep it from becoming a hiding place.
- 30 STEM challenges by gradeIdea
Thirty STEM challenges for K–2, 3–5 and 6–8 with cheap, safe materials: the challenge, the materials, the time limit and how to test each design fairly.
- 30 field day games with soft, cheap equipmentIdea
Thirty field day games for K–5 with soft, cheap equipment: relays, team challenges, water games and shady stations, each with the setup, and no games that knock children out.
- How to run a classroom escape roomGuide
Running a classroom escape room for review: choosing content, teams and time, printing locks and clue cards, envelopes, hints, checking codes, keeping it fair, and fixes.
- A gradebook without putting student names onlineGuide
Keeping marks and names off the internet: what FERPA and COPPA say in plain words, your district's gradebook first, paper, local files and browser-only tools, and habits for any gradebook.
- School calendar makerMaker
Print a month or the whole school year, August to June, with US federal holidays filled in and your own events added. Free, events stay on your computer.
- 25 transition songs and attention signalsIdea
Twenty-five original call-and-response lines, hand and sound signals, short songs to familiar public-domain tunes and visual cues for transitions, each with when to use it and the grades it fits.
- Unplugged coding task cardsPrintable
Twenty printable cards for coding without a screen: robot partner, repeat, find the bug, if-then rules. Print 4 or 8 to a page. Free, no sign-in.
Checked 2026-11-07
- 25 PE games for small spacesIdea
Twenty-five PE games for a classroom, a hallway or a corner of the gym, with soft equipment and no long outs, each with how to set up, what you need and the grades it fits.