3rd Grade Worksheets

So you have a third grader? Whether you are a parent, teacher, doing school at home, or a homeschooler we have tons of 3rd grade worksheets, games, and activities to make learning fun! Use these third grade worksheets to teach or supplement your child’s education. We’ve included worksheets for 3rd graders including grade 3 math worksheets, 3rd grade math games, 3rd grade spelling & Language Arts, 3rd grade science, plus 3rd grade Social Studies, Art and more FUN! You will love that all these grade 3 worksheets are FREE!

Plus don’t miss free book report template, easy capillary action experiment, handy 3rd grade math worksheets, lots more free printable worksheets, and music note flashcards.

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3rd Grade Activities

  • Students are no longer learning how to read, but they are reading! This opens up a lot of opportunities for increased vocabulary, knowledge, and more time to dive deeper into other skills. Third graders are also able to work cooperatively on group projects and demonstrate increasing organization and logical thinking.
  • Write a neat, one-page opinion paper, report, or story with a clear introduction and a conclusion. They can even begin to type their papers and edit for spelling and punctuation errors too.
  • While diving into more complex numbers to add and subtract that are three-digit, they will also begin to multiply and divide! Use multiplication flashcards pdf and division flashcards to get lots of practice to improve fluency. They can also tell time to the nearest minute
  • Grade 3 kids will now the basic physical components of the earth, such as land forms, water, climate, weather, and planets too.
  • Learn about Native Americans, early explorers, about colonial america, as well as famous figures in those time periods too!

Free Worksheets for 3rd Grade

Here is your one-stop-shop for all things grade 3 on my blog! All my no prep free printable 3rd grade worksheets, 3rd grade activities, and fun 3rd grade games (including printable board games, card games, puzzles, clip cards, etc) are listed below!!  Just click on any thumbnail below to see more 3rd grade printable worksheets and print! There are LOTS so keep scrolling. To get you started, here are some of our most popular level 3 resources!

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3rd Grade Math

  • Third graders should know their addition with four-digit numbers
  • Subtraction with regrouping
  • Learn multiplication fact families and be able to multiply three and four digit numbers
  • Division fact families and dividing two and three digit dividents
  • Read and write numbers in the hundred thousands and decimals to the one-hundredth place; they should be able to identify place value for each digit
  • Round and compare numbers as greater than, less than, or equal to
  • Fractions – understand what equivalent fractions are and be able to change mixed numbers to improper fractions
  • Perform metal math when adding and subtracting
  • Know shapes and be able to determine a shape’s perimeter and area.
  • Measure with US and Metric system measurements for length, weight, volume and temperature
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3rd Grade Math Activities

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3rd Grade English

Third graders are reading confidently, but working on comprehension skills, writing, and use of the English language are still developing. Here are some important language arts skills grade 3 students are working on this year:

  • Reading strategies such as asking questions, making inferences and summarizing. They will work on describing, determining the main idea and details in both fiction and non-fiction texts.
  • Use context clues to learn new vocabulary and work on spelling more complex words too.
  • Organize their ideas wo write in a variety of genres including letters, personal narratives, fiction stories and research reports. They will continue to work on skills to revise and edit their writing.
  • Write in cursive.
  • Develop deeper understanding of parts of speech including: noun, verb, adverb, and adjective.
  • Correctly use basic punctuation.
  • Understand prefixes, suffixes and homophones.
  • Use reference books such as the dictionary and thesaurus.

Worksheets for 3rd Graders

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3rd Grade Science

Students continue using the scientific method with hands-on experiments that allow them to make a hypothesis and observations. Although schools vary slightly, typically Earth science activities – layers of the earth, types or rocks, volcanos, weather, the water cycle, fun states of matter projects, recycling, astronomy for kids – fizzy planets, solar system worksheets, moon phases, constellations, classifying animals, the human body activities and more are topics covered in level 3.

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3rd Grade History

While Grade 3 Social studies does depend on your school district’s curriculum, most often level 3 study geography terms & maps, Native American Activities, early explorers for kids, and Colonial America for kids.

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Third Grade Worksheets

To see all of our free activities, scroll below and click on any image to see more about that resource and print the pdf.

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Check out this free printable fall multiplication craft, perfect for 2nd and 3rd graders to practice math while having fun this Autumn!
Fall Multiplication Craft Printable: Squirrel and Acorn Activity for Hands-On Learning
Download and print our FREE printable Halloween word search puzzles! This fun and educational activity is perfect for kids of all age! Answers included!
Halloween Word Searches For Kids (Free Printable)
Learn how to draw 12 dinosaurs with step-by-step directed drawing directions in FREE printable worksheets for elementary students!
How to Draw a Dinosaur Step-by-Step: 12 Directed Drawing Worksheets
Looking to explore life of a zookeeper, amazing zoo animals, or simply as an extension for a fieldtrip to the zoo - we've got the best zoo books for kids of all ages! Come find a new favorite to read with your children.
50 Amazing Zoo Animal Books for Kids
Kids will enjoy enhancing their understanding of prepositions through these fun and FREE printable games designed for 3rd to 6th graders!
FREE Printable Prepositions Games and Activities
Enhance your child's penmanship with these FREE printable cursive writing worksheets designed for 3rd and 4th graders to practice their letter formation and speed!
Cursive Writing Practice Sheets - Free Worksheets!
If your child is learning about their state, this free printable state research report is just what you are looking for. This states printable includes places for you to identify your state on a map, answer some research questions, draw, and write a summary. Simply print the state research project and you are ready to learn with elementary age students - first grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th grade, and 6th grade students.
FREE State Research Report Printable Project for Kids
Explore top educational websites for kids with free, interactive resources. Plus the best home education websites with FREE resources!
24 BEST Educational Websites Kids will Love To Use
Help your students become fluent counting by 4 with this free printable skip counting math craft that makes to count by 4s FUN!
FREE Printable Skip Counting by 4s Math Craft
Discover the fascinating snail life cycle with these free printable worksheets filled with fun facts for kids in grades 2-6.
FREE Printable Snail Life Cycle Worksheets for Kids
Help your kids learn 3d shapes with fun, hands-on activity using this FREE printable math craft for 1st, 2nd & 3rd graders!
3d Shapes Craft - Free Printable Apple Tree Project
Looking for a fun way for 3rd and 4th grade students to practice prepositions? Check out this Dog and Dog House prepositions activity printable for a hands-on learning experience!
Dog and Dog House - FREE Prepositions Printable Activity
Get your free printable Paris Emergent Reader to help your kids learn all about the capital of France in preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics!
FREE Printable Paris Emergent Reader for Kids
Engage young learners with an educational, olympic activity for kids! We have olympic printables that will help students practice word problems while keeping with a fun Olympics theme! THese are perfect for using with 1st grade, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, and 5th grade students during the Summer Olympics Game from July through August, or as a back to school theme. These olympic worksheets are perfect for parents, teachers, tutors, and homeschoolers alike! These worksheets provide a fantastic way to combine sports excitement with educational enrichment.
Free Printable Olympic Worksheets with Math Word Problems
Check out these fun-to-read dinosaur books for kids with over 50 nonfiction children's books you will LOVE!
50+ Best Dinosaur Books for Kids
Grab these free printable music worksheets for elementary age kids to learn the musical symbols, instruments, and introduction theory.
FREE Fun Music Worksheets - Musical Instruments, Theory, & More!
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