3rd Grade Writing Resources

Are you ready to dive into a world of gratitude this Thanksgiving season? By focusing on gratitude, we can improve our mood, strengthen our relationships, and even boost our creativity! These writing prompts are a great way to engage students with kindness and reflection for November.

Benefits of Thankful Writing Prompts

• Emotional Well-being: Focusing on gratitude can improve mood, reduce stress, and increase happiness.
• Improved Relationships: Expressing gratitude can strengthen bonds with loved ones and build deeper connections.
• Enhanced Self-Awareness: Reflecting on gratitude can help students identify their values and priorities.
• Increased Resilience: A grateful mindset can help students cope with challenges and setbacks.
• Boosted Creativity: Writing prompts spark imagination and encourage creative thinking.

What's Included:

1 journal prompt page

15 journal prompts (word bank included!)

6 pages of writing paper

Get Ready for Gratitude!

Students write, draw, and reflect as they explore many ways to express thankfulness. Let's make this a Thanksgiving filled with positivity and appreciation!

Embark on a 12-month musical journey through time with the Classical Journey Bundle! ♬

Add a touch of mindful music to any season, holiday, or composer unit study. With over 150 categorized classical pieces, the Classical Journey Bundle offers an engaging printable for every occasion. Each month unlocks a curated selection of themed classical music pieces, perfectly paired with a holiday or season!

Dive into the delightful world of gingerbread with this comprehensive 23-page "Gingerbread Adventures: Interactive Storytelling & Skill-Building Activities," featuring two distinct workbooks that blend creativity, literacy, and critical thinking. Perfect for educators, homeschooling parents, and anyone keen on providing engaging learning experiences. Preview all pages in the Preview section to discover the treasures within each workbook.

Workbook 1: My Gingerbread House - A Creative Exploration Unleash your students' imagination with "My Gingerbread House," a workbook designed to inspire creativity through writing and drawing. This workbook includes:

• A dedicated section for designing and describing a gingerbread house, sparking creativity and artistic expression.
• Three scaffolded writing pages with prompts to guide learners through the process of crafting detailed, imaginative narratives.
• Exercises focused on utilizing the five senses to enrich storytelling and descriptive writing.
• "What's on My Dinner Plate?" activity to encourage thoughtful discussions on nutrition and healthy eating habits, all within a fun, gingerbread-themed context.

Workbook 2: The Gingerbread Man Fairy Tale - A Literary Journey Embark on a fairy-tale adventure with "The Gingerbread Man," a workbook that brings this classic story to life through a variety of interactive activities:

• "The Gingerbread Man: A Fairy Tale" section with accompanying readers' response questions to enhance comprehension and critical thinking.
• "Cut and Find" and "Number the Sections of the Story" activities to develop sequencing skills and story structure understanding.
• "A Gingerbread Man in Disguise" drawing activity to stimulate creativity and imaginative thinking.
• "The Gingerbread Man Colour by Number" and "Word Search" to blend learning with fun, reinforcing color recognition, and vocabulary.
• "Find the Difference - Gingerbread Man" challenge to sharpen observational skills and attention to detail.

Key Features:

• Dual-Workbook Format: Two themed workbooks in one document for double the learning and fun.
• Creativity and Literacy: Activities designed to foster imagination, writing skills, and artistic expression.
• Engagement and Learning: Interactive tasks that promote critical thinking, comprehension, and foundational math skills.
• Educational Flexibility: Suitable for classroom use, homeschooling, or as enriching activities during holidays or themed learning days.

Target Audience: Ideal for elementary educators, librarians, homeschooling families, and caregivers looking to provide a mix of educational rigor and creative fun. These workbooks are perfect for students eager to explore the world of fairy tales and express themselves through writing and art.

Unlock the magic of gingerbread through storytelling, creativity, and learning with this unique dual-workbook offering. Whether exploring the architectural wonders of a gingerbread house or adventuring with the Gingerbread Man, students will be engaged, educated, and entertained.

The 'GUESS WHO' worksheet is a creative way to take student introductions.

· Distribute one sheet to each student and ask them to fill it out without writing their names.

· Collect all sheets once everyone has filled.

· Pick a sheet randomly, try to guess the student as a whole class. Ask the student (whose is being guessed) to reveal themselves.

· This activity will allow students to have fun while getting to know each other.

Enjoy guessing!

Regards,

My Innovative Classroom

Empower students to cultivate a Growth Mindset with this essential bilingual Self-Reflection Chart, available in English and Spanish. This valuable resource enhances self-awareness by guiding students to identify their strengths, weaknesses, values, and goals. By understanding the transformative impact of a Growth Mindset, students can achieve significant improvements in academic performance and personal achievement.

Teachers can use insights into students' beliefs and self-perceptions to provide tailored support, leveraging individual strengths. Building positive relationships fosters a collaborative classroom environment, enhancing both learning and personal growth.

This resource includes 2 pages:

• A growth mindset self-reflection chart in black and white (English Version)
• Autorreflexión Mentalidad de Crecimiento en blanco y negro (Spanish Version)

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Free worksheets to learn how to read and write the word LUNES.

The complete booklet includes:

• 2 worksheets for each of the week

  • Tracing
  • Identifying letters in words
  • Counting letters
  • Spelling
  • Name fact
  • Cut and Paste

• 4 different activities to practice all 7 days of the week

  • Word-search
  • Before and After
  • Writing the missing letters
  • Crack the Code

Just Print and Go!!!

❤️Looking for a creative and culturally appropriate way to celebrate Native American Heritage or Indigenous Peoples' Day in your classroom? Your students will love learning about the meaning of bears in Native American cultures, while making a beautiful Pacific Northwest-inspired craft and writing projects!

*This is a sample of the full resource. Get all 27 Indigenous animal crafts HERE!

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✏️Use the teaching materials to educate your students about traditional Pacific Northwest art, and the meaning of bears in Indigenous cultures.

✏️Works great as a social-emotional learning (SEL) activity!

✏️Craft is differentiated! There are several ways to make it including, coloring, drawing, painting, or decorating (cut and paste).

✏️Students can also choose from a variety of writing prompts, and writing project options (dotted vs. single lines etc.)

✏️Use these projects to meaningfully decorate your bulletin board, classroom, or hallway, while displaying your students' creativity!

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⭐️Great for centers (literacy, writing, art, social studies), whole group lessons, independent work, partner work, indoor recess, sub tub, intervention programs, and more!

⭐️This resource is low prep and will save you time! Simply print and go!

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✅ Includes: (22 pages)

Teaching Materials: (3 pages)

☑ Cultural information guide (2 pages)

☑ Bear meaning (1 page)

Craft Projects: (9 pages)

☑ Craft directions (3 pages)

☑ Craft pieces (3 pages)

☑ Craft example (1 page)

☑ Craft body templates (1 page)

☑ Craft body art pieces (1 page)

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☑ Informative writing - brainstorming sheet (1 page)

☑ "Bear" tracing - dotted lines (1 page)

☑ "Bear" or trait - blank dotted lines (2 pages)

☑ "Bear" or trait - blank solid lines (2 pages)

☑ "My Animal Symbol" - dotted lines & solid lines (2 pages)

☑ Full blank page - dotted lines & solid lines (2 pages)

✅ Bonus: (24 pages)

☑ What you need to know (1 page)

☑ Table of contents (1 page)

☑ Black and white set (22 pages)

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Ready to give your students a spook-tacular writing experience? These 10 Halloween-themed story starters are designed to spark imagination and creativity in your classroom. Perfect for grades 4 and up, these engaging prompts are open-ended, allowing students to create their own spooky, mysterious, or magical tales.

Use these story starters as:

• Bell ringers to jumpstart creative writing sessions
• Writing centers or stations for independent work
• Extension activities when students need an extra challenge
• Fun, seasonal writing prompts for October or Halloween-themed lessons

Included Story Starters:

• “As I walked through the dark forest, I saw a glowing jack-o’-lantern with a note attached. The note said…”
• “One rainy Halloween night, I heard a mysterious knock at the door. When I opened it, there was a box with something moving inside.”
• “While trick-or-treating, I came across a house that no one ever visits. The door creaked open by itself, and I decided to…”
• And 7 more eerie and thrilling prompts!

Why You’ll Love This Resource:

Easy to Use: Just print and go! No prep needed.
Engaging & Fun: Each prompt invites students to explore their creativity with a Halloween twist.
Flexible Use: Great for writing centers, independent work, or creative group activities.
Perfect for Fall: Bring the spooky season into your classroom with these seasonal story starters.

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This fun and engaging burger-themed rubric makes writing expectations clear and understandable for students. With four clear levels of achievement, this rubric provides valuable guidance for students to improve their writing skills.

What's Included:

• Four-Level Rubric: Detailed criteria for each level, from "Incomplete Work" to "Above and Beyond," covering essential writing elements.
• Versatile Format: Suitable for both classroom posters and individual student printouts as a guide for each student's binder/writing assignment.

⭐Writing Attempts:

Narrative
Christmas: Trapped in a Snow Globe | My Snowman Came to Life
Thanksgiving: How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner | How the Turkey Escaped Thanksgiving Dinner

Others: Journey to the Center of the Earth | Forms of Energy in my Car - Science, Art & WRITING Project

Easter: Benny the Bunny - Easter's Surprise | NOT Bunny - Eggcelent Easter/Spring Surprise

Halloween: Trapped in a Haunted House

Persuasive | Dear Santa - Villains Edition | Who Will Guide the Sleigh | Halloween: Can I Keep My Witch?

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Do you want to save time planning and preparing for the last week of November after the Thanksgiving break with your Reading, Writing, and Math Lessons)? A full day of activities just for you. Would you like to help your students become better readers and writers? With the help of this No Prep Reading, Writing, and Math packet, your students will review, practice, and enjoy all the skills while you only have to print and assign. Our main goal is to ensure your students improve their reading and writing skills daily and help you save time planning and preparing. For this reason, we have included detailed lesson plans for the reading and writing activities.

Included in this NO Prep December Packet:

• 1 Close Reading Passages and Worksheets ( The Last Week Of November Included to cover the Week after Thanksgiving Break).
• 1 Writing Worksheets, each with 3 prompts (Narrative)
• 1 Math Worksheet ( Spiral review ).
• Secret Code for early finishers
• Lesson Plans for Reading
• Rubric

Suggestions for Use:

• Sub plans
• Fun assessment
• Whole class or group activities
• Thematic connections
• Morning work

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⭐ Self-Checking Google Sheet Bundle 3rd-5th Grade

⭐ The Girl & The Bicycle Read Aloud Unit Lesson Plans, Slides & Activities

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Literacy Tales

Where Stories Come Alive✎

These FREE writing prompts were created to help kids (young believers) share their personal testimony with others. This is just general guide as you teach them how to share their faith.

Provided are 2 "My Testimony" Writing Prompts

•I provided two options: One for Younger Kids & One for Older Kids

•I also provided a few printable “My Testimony” paper options to write it on. You may choose to use this or your own paper.

Ideas for use

•Read aloud “My Testimony” during the young believer’s baptism.

•Give to young believers/kids as a way to teach them how to share their faith with others anytime.

Suggested Instructions:

•They can write completely from their heart, or you can sit with them and guide them through writing their testimony with these prompts.

•Use in children’s ministry or at home.

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These second-grade Christmas-themed writing prompts are perfect for in-class work, additional worksheets for early finishers, or an easy way to get your students warmed up to writing.

This resource includes:

✏ 5 Christmas-themed holiday free-write writing prompts

✏ No prep! Simply print and then distribute. 

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Bunny Rabbit Bulletin Board or Hallway Writing Craft Art Activity :
Fill in your own writing prompt. Write. Color. Cut. Decorate your hallway with a fun, bunny-themed spring look!

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Here you will find the full bundle to introduce, practice, and test the ''Words to Know'' of Wonders Grade 4. This resource contains everything you need for the entire Grade 4 program. This is all you will need to master the vocabulary included!

The file includes:

⭐️ Vocabulary Lists, consisting of each word, its definition and an example sentence.

Please note that the words’ definitions are not featured in the Reading Wonders books themselves, which makes this list very useful when explaining the meaning of the words to students.

⭐️ Vocabulary Tests, consisting of two parts:

Part 1: Vocabulary Words. Empty spaces are provided for students to write down the vocabulary words, based on either given definitions or the words themselves.

Part 2: Complete the Sentences. Let the students fill in the missing word(s) to complete the sentence.

⭐️ Word searches. This word search offers a fun way to practice all vocabulary words.

⭐️ Answer Keys. This page provides you with the answers to both parts of the vocabulary test.

For any questions, comments, or suggestions feel free to email us at: toms.talk.resources@gmail.com.

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Someone needed an acorn border for a writing class, so here it is. Free for everyone else to use for non-commercial use. Enjoy & Please leave feedback if you find this useful! Thanks! Brian If you like this product, please take a minute to "LIKE" it and "PIN" it! Key words: commercial, CU, keyword, paper, digital, acorn, nut, fall, border, borders, framed, writing, clipart, TeachShare sellers, search, cute, design, zebra, zisforzebra, www.zisforzebra.com, z is for zebra, back to school

A FREE Handwriting Practice Book Paper for Kids.

It is 85x11 inches - 10 Pages with 10 Handwriting Practice Dotted Midline lines

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Get your students excited about the back to school season with this free Back to School Directed Drawings Drawing and Writing activity! It is a fun and creative way for students to boost their drawing skills and build confidence, all while improving their fine motor skills, following instructions, handwriting, and applying vocabulary in context. Elevate your reading centers by seamlessly integrating these directed drawings and providing your students with hands on learning opportunities.

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Free Fall Sentence Writing Prompts with Picture Box | 1st & 2nd Grades | Occupational Therapy Support

This free resource offers fun and engaging fall-themed sentence writing prompts designed specifically for 1st and 2nd grade students. Perfect for occupational therapy support, these worksheets help develop fine motor skills while encouraging creativity and structured writing. Each page includes a picture box for students to draw their ideas before writing, fostering both imagination and sentence-building skills.

With 20 writing papers featuring fall-related images, this resource is ideal for use in the classroom or therapy sessions to make writing practice enjoyable and educational.

The S.T.E.A.L. anchor chart is a great visualization for students when making inferences in fiction. Print in color or black and white!

A Proofreading Checklist for students to monitor and proofread their own work. This Checklist includes important components needed in a quality paragraph. The following handout allows students to write a rough draft and then use this checklist to proofread their paragraph. This is a great visual for students to remember, while proofreading any type of writing. I hope you enjoy using this checklist in the classroom. If you like my product please check out my Christmas Persuasive Writing Activity Remember to leave a rate and comment. Check out my store for more products. Thanks!

This free sample includes 1 writing prompt from the product described below:

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These 15 narrative writing prompts featuring realistic animal photographs will get your students excited about writing. Each prompt is carefully designed to spark imagination and encourage storytelling skills in students, making writing fun and engaging.

Key Features:

• Differentiated Prompts: Each animal photo comes with two versions of writing prompts—one with a sentence starter and one without—allowing for differentiation based on your students' needs and writing levels.
• Encourages Creative Thinking: These prompts inspire students to think outside the box and develop unique narratives, enhancing their storytelling abilities.
• Perfect for Independent Work: Ideal for independent writing assignments, these prompts provide a structured yet flexible way for students to practice narrative writing.
• Versatile Use: Suitable for grades 3-5 and special education classrooms, making it a versatile resource for various learning environments.

Benefits for Teachers:

• Time-Saving Resource: No prep needed—just print and distribute to your students for easy, independent writing work.
• Supports Differentiation: With options for sentence starters, you can easily accommodate different writing levels within your classroom.
• Aligned with Learning Goals: Helps students practice narrative writing skills, use descriptive language, and engage in creative thinking.

Perfect for use in literacy centers, independent work, as homework assignments, or as a fun classroom activity.

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