Teaching third grade

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FREE Choice Boards for Students! Great ideas for early finishers and fast workers. "I'm done! Now what?" Give your early finishers fun choices they will love! Fill small gaps of time between finishing an assignment and transitioning to the next activity with student choice boards. Desk work, center work, quiet choices.

Third grade is a big year academically and teaching third grade is no small feat. Check out these tips for math, vocabulary, writing, reading

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Happy Tuesday! Today I am going to share one of my favorite ways to build classroom community: creating a classroom playlist. Here is what I had on our whiteboard when my third-graders entered Room 21 on our first day: I had placed an index card at each student's seat, and pencils were in the caddy in the center of each table. I told students they were welcome say things like, "That Taylor Swift song where she..." or "Anything by Twenty One Pilots." We have specials first thing in the…

Are you a new fifth grade teacher? Congratulations! I've put together a list of my favorite resources for fifth grade.

Use these FREE and fun 3rd grade writing prompts and give your students a chance to write about the things that inspire them.

These are the top 10 3rd grade room transformations just for you. They are easy to implement, rigorous, and fun for third graders!

Are you new to teaching third grade? Whether you’re a newbie or a veteran teacher, here’s what you need to know about teaching 3rd grade. #thirdgrade #3rdgrade

As adult writers, we have a clear idea of how we each personally attack a piece of writing. For me, I know that I tend to spend a lot of time collecting information, using sticky