3rd Grade Lesson Plans
68 ready-to-teach plans for 3rd grade, each with a timed sequence and the printable pages that go with it. Free to read and print.
Third grade is the pivot from learning to read to reading to learn, and from counting to multiplying. It is the grade where gaps from earlier years become visible.
Third grade math is the multiplication year. Facts move to recall, division arrives as its inverse, fractions appear as numbers rather than pictures, and area connects arithmetic to geometry.
- Place Value And Rounding6 practice pages
- Addition6 practice pages
- Subtraction6 practice pages
- Multiplication6 practice pages
- Division6 practice pages
- Order of Operations6 practice pages
- Roman Numerals6 practice pages
- Fractions And Decimals6 practice pages
- Measurement6 practice pages
- Counting Money6 practice pages
- Telling Time6 practice pages
- Geometry6 practice pages
Reading
All 14 reading plansThird grade is the year reading becomes a tool rather than a subject. Children read to learn: main idea, supporting detail, and evidence-based answers matter more than word-level accuracy.
- Leveled Stories6 practice pages
- Children's Stories6 practice pages
- Fables6 practice pages
- Phonics6 practice pages
- Paragraphs & Passages6 practice pages
- Comprehension Exercises6 practice pages
- Reading Comprehension6 practice pages
- Reading6 practice pages
- Short Stories3 practice pages
- Vocabulary3 practice pages
- Alphabetizing2 practice pages
- Multiple Meaning Words2 practice pages
Grammar
All 20 grammar plansThird grade grammar handles more complex sentences: conjunctions, clauses, comparative adjectives, and the difference between a sentence and a fragment.
- Nouns6 practice pages
- Verbs6 practice pages
- Adjectives6 practice pages
- Adverbs6 practice pages
- Pronouns6 practice pages
- Parts of Speech6 practice pages
- Sentences6 practice pages
- Capitalization6 practice pages
- Punctuation6 practice pages
- Narrative Writing6 practice pages
- Opinion Writing5 practice pages
- Informative Writing6 practice pages
Vocabulary
All 8 vocabulary plansThird grade vocabulary handles figurative language. Idioms, similes, homophones and the affixes that let a reader decode an unfamiliar word.
- The Meanings of Words6 practice pages
- Sentences and Paragraphs2 practice pages
- Homonyms, Homophones and Tricky Words5 practice pages
- Word Practice4 practice pages
- Affixes and Compound Words3 practice pages
- Idioms and Similes3 practice pages
- Synonyms and Antonyms3 practice pages
- Alphabetizing2 practice pages
Science
All 7 science plansThird grade science formalises the method. Forces, life cycles, weather patterns and the difference between an observation and a conclusion.