3rd Grade Outlines

These guided reading comprehension notes or cheat sheet cover 16 essential skills such as main idea, inferences, story elements, summary, context clues, and more! Flexible for small groups, stations, and STAAR prep!

A great tool to differentiate support for all learners. To save you time, no cutting is required! If you need the pages to print smaller (to fit in a composition notebook), you can reduce the size when you print.

➡️ What’s Included

• 16 guided notes covering essential fiction elements, including:
  • Distinguishing Characteristics of Fiction
  • Using Context Clues
  • Making Connections
  • Evaluating Details to Determine the Main Idea or Central Idea
  • Making Inferences
  • Explaining the Author’s Purpose and Message
  • Inferring Themes
  • Analyzing Plot Elements
  • Analyzing the Relationships of Characters
  • Analyzing the Influence of Setting
  • Identifying the Point of View
  • Analyzing Text Structure
  • Analyzing Print and Graphic Features
  • Describing the Purpose of Figurative Language
  • Examining the Author’s Voice
  • Retelling, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing 

➡️ How to Use

• Direct Teach
• Small Group
• Independent Practice
• Collaborative Groups
• Anchor Chart
• Interactive Notebooks

➡️ Benefits

• No Prep Required
• Build Critical Thinking Skills
• Science of reading-aligned strategies
• Flexible Format

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Spark creativity in your students with these exciting picture prompts! Each prompt features an imaginative scene, two guiding questions, and two sentence starters to inspire descriptive and creative writing. Perfect for writing centers, assignments, or independent practice, this resource will engage students and make writing fun. Easy to use and ready to print, it’s a must-have for any upper elementary classroom!

Included:

- 30 Black and White Printables

- 30 Color Printables

- Options to Project 30 Color Printables on a Screen

- Each Page Includes: 

• A Picture Prompt
• 2 Guiding Questions to Inspire Creativity
• 2 Optional Story Starters

This is the perfect bundle of resources for your young learners during the Fall/Thanksgiving season. There are activities for your writing center, math center, literacy center, play-doh center, as well as a fun Thanksgiving craft included as well. Below is a list of items included as well as more details on each one.

- Turkey-Themed Number Play-doh Mats & Ten Frames: This resource has numbers 1-10 that your students can practice forming as well as ten frames that your students can use to practice counting and one-to-one correspondence.

- Turkey-Themed Tracing Cards: This resource is perfect for your writing center. There are both Uppercase & lowercase letters Aa-Zz as well as numbers 1-20 that your students can practice identifying and tracing as well.

- Turkey-Themed Flashcards: This resource can be used for so many activities. There are Uppercase and lowercase letter flashcards, as well as number flashcards, and shape flashcards included. You can use them for your students to practice identifying each number are turn it into a game of matching the items together.

- Thanksgiving Task Cards | Letter Match Activity | Fall -Themed:

These task cards are a great fall learning activity. There are both thanksgiving-themed letter cards as well as number cards.

- Turkey Themed Play-doh Mats:

These play-doh mats are perfect for letter recognition as well as helping your students practice forming each letter in a fun hands on way. There are both Uppercase and lowercase letters in this packet and the turkey theme and colors make the play-doh mats fun!Each letter task card has an Uppercase letter on the turkey as well as #3 different lowercase letters on the right side of the card to choose from. Your students will then clip a clothespin on the correct lowercase letter that matches the letter on the turkey. This is a great fine motor activity as well as a great way to practice matching Uppercase and lowercase letters together.

Number Count & Match Activity | Thanksgiving-Themed:

The thanksgiving-themed number cards have a different amount of thanksgiving items from 1-10 on each one. The students will count how many items are on each task card and then attach a clothespin to the matching number on the right.

- Thanksgiving Craft (My Thanksgiving Dinner): This is a fun writing/cutting Thanksgiving activity for your students. There is a “dinner plate” you can either keep on the paper or cut out and glue on a separate piece of construction paper or any paper of your choice. Once that is done there are #3 different pages of #30 different food items that your students can cut out and choose what they want their thanksgiving dinner to look like. Once they have cut the pieces out they will then glue the foods they want for their thanksgiving dinner onto the dinner plate.

Once your students have chosen what food they want for their thanksgiving dinner and glued it onto their plate they will practice tracing the words for each food item. Once they have cut out the words they need they can glue them to the paper I created or any blank paper of your choice. Then once that is done have them glue the words to the bottom of their plate paper and display their art in the classroom or send it home to parents.

Or if you have some independent writers you can have them write the words independently without the last step of tracing and gluing.

Mother's and Father's Day Interview Recording Sheets BUNDLE

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special lady or man in your life on Mother's Day and Father's Day! This set includes sheets for Mom, Grandma, Aunt, Dad, Grandpa, Uncle, or Someone Special to accommodate the students in your classroom.

For younger learners, they can draw a portrait of their loved one and a teacher can assist with writing their responses in the spaces given.

For older learners, a portrait can be drawn and students can write in their own responses to the questions asked.

Also available for individual purchase:

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Also Available for Mother's Day and Father's Day:

Mother's Day Activity Bundle

Celebrate Mother's day with ease as this bundle offers you several no prep options. Simply print and allow your students to create something special for their Mom, Grandma, Aunt, or any special woman in their life!

Mother's Day All About Books

Celebrate Mother's Day by gifting the special woman in your life with handcrafted All About book. Each version includes:

• A Front cover with a title, space for an illustration, and space for the author/illustrator's name
• 4 Pages with space for an illustration and prompts (name, age, hair and eye color, likes, what she is good at, why she loves you, and why you love her!)

Mother's Day Interview Recording Sheets

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special lady in your life on Mother's Day! This set includes sheets for Mom, Grandma, Aunt, or Someone Special to accommodate the students in your classroom.

For younger learners, they can draw a portrait of their loved one and a teacher can assist with writing their responses in the spaces given.

For older learners, a portrait can be drawn and students can write in their own responses to the questions asked.

Mother's Day Crowns

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special lady in your life on Mother's Day! This set includes sheets for Mom, Grandma, Aunt, or Someone Special to accommodate the students in your classroom.

This makes the perfect gift for any special ladies coming to your classroom to celebrate Mother's Day.

For younger learners, they can illustrate a picture of them with their loved one and a teacher can assist with writing their responses in the spaces given.

For older learners, a portrait can be drawn and students can write in their own responses to the prompt asked.

Mother's and Father's Day Portrait Prompts

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special lady or man in your life on Mother's Day and Father's Day! This set includes portrait prompts for Mom, Grandma, Aunt, Dad, Grandpa, or uncle. There are also blank prompts for students to fill in and make for anyone they love.

Encourage students to honor and celebrate the special women and men in their lives by creating a one of a kind portrait! These portraits are titled and waiting for the artists signature.

These make the perfect gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, or for any special occasion. Elevate this gift by adding a colorful cardstock/construction paper backing, laminating, or adding to a frame.

Father's Day Activity Bundle

Celebrate Father's day with ease as this bundle offers you several no prep options. Simply print and allow your students to create something special for their Dad, Grandpa, Uncle or a special man in their life!

Father's Day All About Books

All About... [My Dad, My Grandpa, My Uncle, Someone Special]

Celebrate Father's Day by gifting the special man in your life with a handcrafted All About book. Each version includes:

• A Front cover with a title, space for an illustration, and space for the author/illustrator's name
• 4 Pages with space for an illustration and prompts (name, age, hair and eye color, likes, what he is good at, why he loves you, and why you love him!)

Father's Day Interview Recording Sheets

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special man in your life on Father's Day! This set includes sheets for Dad, Grandpa, Uncle or Someone Special to accommodate the students in your classroom.

For younger learners, they can draw a portrait of their loved one and a teacher can assist with writing their responses in the spaces given.

For older learners, a portrait can be drawn and students can write in their own responses to the questions asked.

Father's Day Crowns

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special man in your life on Father's Day! This set includes sheets for Dad, Grandpa, Uncle or Someone Special to accommodate the students in your classroom.

This makes the perfect gift for any special men coming to your classroom to celebrate Father's Day.

For younger learners, they can illustrate a picture of them with their loved one and a teacher can assist with writing their responses in the spaces given.

For older learners, a portrait can be drawn and students can write in their own responses to the prompt asked.

Mother's and Father's Day Portrait Prompts

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special lady or man in your life on Mother's Day and Father's Day! This set includes portrait prompts for Mom, Grandma, Aunt, Dad, Grandpa, or uncle. There are also blank prompts for students to fill in and make for anyone they love.

Encourage students to honor and celebrate the special women and men in their lives by creating a one of a kind portrait! These portraits are titled and waiting for the artists signature.

These make the perfect gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, or for any special occasion. Elevate this gift by adding a colorful cardstock/construction paper backing, laminating, or adding to a frame.

If you enjoyed this product, please leave a review below. When you review you earn TeachShare credits to be used towards future purchases.

Thank you for your purchase and for supporting my small business!

Mother's Day Activity Bundle

Celebrate Mother's day with ease as this bundle offers you several no prep options. Simply print and allow your students to create something special for their Mom, Grandma, Aunt, or any special woman in their life!

This bundle includes:

**Each are also available for individual purchase by clicking the links below**

Mother's Day All About Books

Celebrate Mother's Day by gifting the special woman in your life with handcrafted All About book. Each version includes:

• A Front cover with a title, space for an illustration, and space for the author/illustrator's name
• 4 Pages with space for an illustration and prompts (name, age, hair and eye color, likes, what she is good at, why she loves you, and why you love her!)

Mother's Day Interview Recording Sheets

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special lady in your life on Mother's Day! This set includes sheets for Mom, Grandma, Aunt, or Someone Special to accommodate the students in your classroom.

For younger learners, they can draw a portrait of their loved one and a teacher can assist with writing their responses in the spaces given.

For older learners, a portrait can be drawn and students can write in their own responses to the questions asked.

Mother's Day Crowns

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special lady in your life on Mother's Day! This set includes sheets for Mom, Grandma, Aunt, or Someone Special to accommodate the students in your classroom.

This makes the perfect gift for any special ladies coming to your classroom to celebrate Mother's Day.

For younger learners, they can illustrate a picture of them with their loved one and a teacher can assist with writing their responses in the spaces given.

For older learners, a portrait can be drawn and students can write in their own responses to the prompt asked.

Mother's and Father's Day Portrait Prompts

A quick, fun, and easy gift for that special lady or man in your life on Mother's Day and Father's Day! This set includes portrait prompts for Mom, Grandma, Aunt, Dad, Grandpa, or uncle. There are also blank prompts for students to fill in and make for anyone they love.

Encourage students to honor and celebrate the special women and men in their lives by creating a one of a kind portrait! These portraits are titled and waiting for the artists signature.

These make the perfect gift for Mother's Day, Father's Day, or for any special occasion. Elevate this gift by adding a colorful cardstock/construction paper backing, laminating, or adding to a frame.

If you enjoyed this product, please leave a review below. When you review you earn TeachShare credits to be used towards future purchases.

Thank you for your purchase and for supporting my small business!

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