Shared reading third grade

Literacy centers are a great way to help 3rd grade students practice ELA skills and standards. This post shares ideas for reading, writing, word work, and grammar stations that are great for third graders. #thirdgradewordwork #3rdgradeliteracycenters #3rdgradecenters #centersfor3rd #smallgroupsinthirdgrade #thirdgradeideas #literacycenters #literacycenters3rdgraders

Visualizing the text is such an important reading strategy used for building your students’ reading comprehension. This reading teacher's blog post shares teaching tips, strategies, activities, and resources for teaching visualizing in your classroom (reading crafts, posters and graphic organizers). Helpful for second grade, third grade, fourth grade, and fifth grade teachers.

Literacy centers in the classroom should be simple, easy, and fun! Using no-prep or low-prep ideas helps with time management, lesson planning, and easy weekly setup. Throughout the years, I have tried a plethora of ideas for my literacy centers. Some worked okay, and some did not work at all. Finally, I realized I was overthinking and making center time WAY more complicated than it should be for both myself and the students. Once I realized that the simplicity of the centers was what made…

If your anchor charts are cute but your students don't know how to use them, they're not purposeful. This post includes five ideas about how to make your ELA anchor charts interactive! Reading anchor charts are the best when students can add their thinking to them and access information. Read about tips for using sticky notes, interactive graphic organizers, and more to make your charts student-friendly! #anchorchart #elaanchorchart

These reading mini-lesson PowerPoint slides cover SO many reading skills and strategies. They are a lesson all by themselves, you can just download and teach! Take your students from zero to understanding on day one of a new topic or skill in your third, fourth, or fifth grade classroom.

Read-alouds for third grade? Of course! We all do read alouds in our classrooms with ties to the curriculum, but we also need to share good books just to prompt a love of reading. These

Back to school means a new group of scholars to meet, assess, teach and love on! It's so exciting! But it's tough too. You are busy making relationships and teaching routines, but you also have to get to know your students' academic needs. What reading level are they currently reading at? How much do they

Here in third grade, we practice fluency daily with: -Word Lists -Phrase Lists -Passages/Running Records My Mental Journey I have had a love-hate relationship with fluency. As a third grade teacher, my students are subject to end of year, high-stakes testing for the first time. Fluency is not tested on these exams, students have

Activities that boost fluency all year long…and that you only have to prep once!

Download your complete guide to the third grade reading standards for both nonfiction and fiction texts. This is handy tool for guided and shared reading.