Third Grade Goodies
As promised, here are the Word document templates I used to create the vocabulary dominoes, matching games, and making choices vocabulary activities. Hope they will save you some work as you prepare lessons this year!
Just click on the links and you'll be able to download the files. You can highlight the text
in the document and type in the vocabulary words for the unit stories. Keep checking back
because I'll be adding new resources as I find things that might be of interest to you.
One of my three reading groups is Partner Read. Students take turns reading to a partner,
then retell the story using the scoring rubric. While this group meets, I also have a Teacher
Group, who meets with me to read and discuss the story, work on skills strategies for
fluency and comprehension, as well as modeling Think Aloud strategies. A third group is my
Vocabulary Group, who works on vocabulary skills and games.
If you aren't into using the templates on your own, I've posted the vocabulary
games for the rest of the third grade units. I hope this gives you some extra time
to develop your story units.
That makes all of the matching and domino games for the whole year! Print them
out as blackline masters and then copy on cardstock and laminate!
If you have ideas for more resources, please let me know and I'll try to get them
online for everyone.
Need a way to plan for your centers? Here's a centers planning sheet I've created to use
with my lesson plans this year. Feel free to use it if you wish!
For those of you who would prefer to type in your centers information, I have created
a planning sheet with fields for typing in your plans.
JEOPARDY GAMES
These Jeopardy Games are great for Whole or Small Group Instruction. Your students
will love them! I use a magnetic wall pocket chart to display the game on my board. I've
added the games to my Interventions Box as an additional resource.
Don't forget these great web sites:
http://www.makingbooks.com/hotdog.shtml- I love this site! There are
some great ideas here for making books with kids. I use them lots for
vocabulary study and for note taking. Sign up for a monthly newsletter
with wonderful ideas. I've seen this hotdog book listed as a "poof" book, too.
Students can make several, stack them together, and glue them to make a growing
word book for vocabulary!
www.pearsonsuccessnet.com -This is the web site for Scott Foresman
http://classroom.jc-schools.net/waltkek/Third%20Grade.html
A terrific utility to use with Microsoft Word is Teacher's Pet.
With this facility you can make flashcards, crosswords, puzzles,
bingo cards, and lots, lots more! Download from:
If you haven't already been to Laura Candler's website---Teaching Resources at
www.lauracandler.com you have to check it out! She has some terrific ideas for small
groups in reading. I'm giving you a sampling of some of the materials on her site.
I can place interactive fields on any of the plans if you would like--just send me an email!
Let me know if you need any help with these files. You can email me at :
I've also created a website for fourth grade teachers. You might like to check out
some things online there: http://www.freewebs.com/readingsthething
Check out the Writing Connections Activities below!
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Here's a link to a web site with Mini-Office materials for your students to use
in editing their writing. I made a class set of these, laminated them, and
keep them at the Writing Center. You can choose the items you want to place
in your mini-offices, and then download or print the sheets directly from your
computer. This website is filled with lots of great materials!
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/mini_offices.htm
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