English Language Arts — Grade 3

Word processing valentines

This lesson combines the need to practice keyboarding skills, completion of rhymes, a popular children's book, and the motivational aspects of the Valentine holiday.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)

By Kay Harrison.

Spring cinquain poems

Students will review parts of speech by learning what a cinquain poem is and then writing and typing a Spring cinquain.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 Computer/Technology Skills and English Language Arts)

By Jennifer Williams.

Postcards of the past

Students will participate in Heritage Day activities that will enhance students' awareness of their heritage. They will take digital pictures of activities to include on a web page, and research and report on information gathered. Students will create a web page to present their information.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)

By Karol Leaptrott, Rebecca Watt, and Regina Welsted.

Positively poetry: Part 6

Students will be learning about and writing limericks. Since limericks follow a strict rhyming pattern and word count, the students will work in partners to create their own limericks.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts and Information Skills)

By Maribeth Warren, Pam Purifoy, and Tracy Dagenhart.

Creating a book review using a multimedia stack

In this lesson, students will identify title, characters, setting, plot of a story that they have read. They will also be able to state their opinion of the story read and provide information about themselves as a reviewer.

Format: lesson plan (grade 3 English Language Arts)

By Crystal Johnston.

Resources on the web

More Amazing Americans: A WebQuest

In this EDSITEment lesson plan, students use the “Meet Amazing Americans” website created by the Library of Congress to explore the lives of some celebrated Americans. Working in small groups, they complete a WebQuest, identifying facts and... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, Information Skills, and Social Studies)

Provided by: EDSITEment

Cyberspace explorer: Getting to know Christopher Columbus

In this lesson, students participate in a cyber scavenger hunt to find information about explorer Christopher Columbus. After the teacher engages students in a discussion about their knowledge of the explorer, the class suggests other questions they would... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Computer/Technology Skills, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Creating a classroom newspaper

In this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students write authentic newspaper stories. Various aspects of newspapers are covered, including parts of a newspaper, writing an article, online newspapers, newspaper reading habits, and layout and design techniques. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

All about our town: Using brochures to teach informational writing

Students look at brochures and other informational tools to determine some of the purposes for which people read and write. After students brainstorm places in their town that fit certain categories created by the teacher, they examine sample brochures.... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 Visual Arts Education and English Language Arts)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink