Fun writing activities for 3rd grade

Help your students remember this school year with this fun Skittles End of Year Writing Activity. Engaging % end of year activity.

Summer vacation is here! Keep young minds active with these 15 exciting summer writing prompts for 3rd grade!

Wondering how to teach informational writing effectively? These ideas will show you how to use Time For Kids to teach kids to conduct research and write expository pieces.

If you are looking for some fun, no prep writing ideas to keep your child writing during June and all summer, you will love these free printable Summer Writing Prompts. Each page includes a cute image to color, story starter, and ruled lines for writing. Lots of ideas for creative writing in June, July, and August with kindergarten, first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, and 4th grade students. For parents, homeschoolers, teachers, or summer learning!

Looking for fun and engaging ways to keep students writing over the summer? A summer writing challenge could be your answer!

Are you about to start your opinion writing unit? These opinion writing prompts and worksheets are ideal for elementary students.

Today I'm sharing one of my favourite tasks for building community in the classroom. Students are able to share an important aspect of themselves (the story of their name) with the class and with me, their teacher. Through this task we are also working on important skills, like reading comprehension, writing, and reflection. Day 1 To begin, I asked my students to write any name they wish they had on a sticky note. They then placed it in a mason jar. I read my class the story "The Name Jar"…

Read about ten activities to use in your classroom for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas for your upper elementary students. From STEM challenges to printables these activities cover curriculum and bring engagement to your students.

Are you looking for fun creative ways to practice spelling words? Read on for 10 spelling activities your students will enjoy that you can do with any word list.

The Sentence Game Let’s face it, writing is hard. It takes lots and lots of practice to master the many skills a writer needs. But practice can be boring. Not now! I’ve created a sentence writing game your kids will love. With this game they’ll write sentence after sentence without complaining, because it’s a game. It’s very simple, but practices very essential skills- capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling. The game can be played with 2 or more players. There’s even a way to…