3,854 results
3rd grade reading thematic unit plans
End of the Year Activities - Camping Room Transformation Camp Read a Lot Summer
Embark on an end of the year adventure with your students without leaving the classroom with our Camping Theme Activities: Camp Read-a-Lot! Transform your learning space into an exciting campsite where reading and exploration go hand in hand, perfectly capturing the spirit of camping in the classroom. Click here to see this resource AS PART OF A BUNDLE! Have theme days planned out for the whole year!What’s Inside? Dive into a treasure trove of activities (200+ pages!!!) designed to ignite a love
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Holidays Around the World Christmas Research Project - with Digital Resources
❄️ Explore Holidays Around the World with this comprehensive bundle, featuring a lapbook, stunning slides with real photos, and informative research fact sheets. Discover the diverse celebrations and traditions in 20+ countries, including Christmas in the USA, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, England, France, Germany, and many more. ❄️The Holidays Around the World Lapbook Bundle offers: 5 informative slides for each of the 20 countries, featuring real photos Engaging flip books to delve into each country's ho
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Also included in: Monthly and Seasonal Crafts & Projects Bundle - Lapbooks All Year
Camping Themed End of the Year Activities for 3rd & 4th grade - All Subjects
Do you want an engaging end of the year unit? Relate camping to science, social studies, math, and reading in 3rd or 4th grade!! All activities are rigorous, engaging, and upper elementary focused!You can transform your classroom into a campground or just work through a theme, either way these high level activities will keep your students engaged!How will this help the teacher and student?Engagement- Students will be engaged the ENTIRE time you are learning about camping and working with the the
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Also included in: End of the Year BUNDLE Activities, Awards, Writing, Camping, and more
Popcorn Day End of the Year Theme Day Activities Countdown to Summer
Enjoy the last week of school with this fun end of the year themed day. Enjoy eating popcorn, complete loads of activities and watching a movie with your students. Children will learn all about popcorn and complete popcorn related activities. There are math, writing, literature, experiments and more! Your students will be engaged and learning on one of the last days of school. This would also make great summer camp activities for a week filled of fun.Read all Popcorn Day here.Popcorn Fun Packet
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: ABC Countdown to Summer End of the Year Collection of Resources Bundle
End of the Year Camp A Week of Learning Fun!
Send your students off with a smile! This week long, end of the year, camp theme unit is a terrific way to end your year right! This end of year unit is a complete week of "camp themed" activities. The key features of the unit are:The unit has daily end of the year activities in each subject area (reading, writing, math, social studies, and science)All end of the year activities are academic and fun (your students will be learning to the very end)All worksheets and rubrics are includedEach end
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in: End of the Year Camp: Digital and Printable Bundle
American Revolutionary War Reading Passages Activities Worksheets Complete Unit
Making teaching about the American Revolutionary War fun with these engaging and hands-on American Revolutionary War activities! This resource highlights the causes, main events, important people, and results of the Revolutionary War all in one!**Newly Updated with Three Different Levels of Reading Passages**Students will learn about the American Revolutionary War. This unit includes lots of hands-on activities for students related to the causes, events, battles, influential people, and major re
Grades:
3rd - 5th
COMPLETE Fractured Fairy Tale Writing Unit!
***You can view every page in this unit by viewing the preview video above or visitng THIS LINK!***If you are interested in starting fractured fairy tales with your students, LOOK NO FURTHER!!! In this comprehensive unit you will find everything you need to teach students how to write their own versions of fractured fairy tales using the writing process and the structure of classic tales. The duration of this unit depends on what you want to do with it! It can take as little as 1 week or up to 3
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Polar Express Unit for 3rd & 4th grade with Christmas activities in all subjects
Relate the Polar Express to science, social studies, math, and reading in upper elementary! All activities are rigorous, engaging, and upper elementary focused!You can transform your classroom into the Polar Express or just work on analyzing the text, either way these high level activities will keep your students engaged!Have your students already read the book in previous grades? GOOD! This shows students how you can take a simple text and analyze it deeply! It is better if they have already re
Grades:
3rd - 4th
Penguins
Penguins Unit
Are you teaching about penguins in your classroom? This pack has EVERYTHING you need to teach about PENGUINS
This unit comes with a full 12 day lesson guide for the teacher.
Here are some of the activities included in this HUGE resource:
Penguin Book – use as read aloud
My Questions About Penguins
Close Read
Comprehension Page
Comprehension wheel
Facts Graphic Organizer
Sentence Writing
Bubble Map
Class Survey
Story Writing
Writing Task Cards – color and B&W
What Do You Kno
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Nonfiction Units BUNDLE
Christmas Around the World Bundle
This bundle includes these two items:Christmas Around the World Scrapbook & Craft PackChristmas Around the World Interactive Slideshow or Informational TextClick either of the links above to see previews for the two files.****************************************************************************Board the Polar Express with us to travel to each continent to learn about Christmas traditions around the world. This 163 page package contains a Christmas Around the World scrapbook, a suitcase to
Grades:
K - 3rd
100th Day of School Activities and Worksheets, No Prep Printables, 70 Pages!
Your students have been waiting all year for the 100th day of school! Use these printables and activities to celebrate this special day with them!This resource contains printables and activities to help your students celebrate the 100th Day of School with a variety of ready-to-go printables that will provide meaningful practice and tons of fun for the 100th day! ⭐️ Prep is quick and easy... Ideal for morning work, the writing center, stations, independent practice, small groups, homework, 5-minu
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
Rooted in Reading Comprehension for Back to School Reading & Grammar Activities
Let your students know an important rule for back-to-school, We Don't Eat Our Classmates! These engaging reading activities for this book are differentiated for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd grade. Add fun to your ELA lesson plans at the beginning of the year or whenever you need it most! Everything you need for a full week of ELA instruction is included. This reading unit is a companion pack to the book We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins. It is a fun and engaging story about a dinosaur who is
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Types:
Martin Luther King Jr. Lapbook - Activity and Craft
Explore the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in an engaging and interactive way with this Martin Luther King Jr. Lapbook. This educational resource is perfect for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Black History Month, or anytime you want to teach your students about this remarkable civil rights leader.***This resource is included in the Lapbooks All Year Bundle!***What's Included: Step-by-step instructions for creating the lapbook. Martin Luther King Jr. Topper & Cover Ways our World was
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Monthly and Seasonal Crafts & Projects Bundle - Lapbooks All Year
Arctic Animals
Arctic Animals
Are you teaching about Arctic animals in your classroom? This pack has EVERYTHING you need to teach about 8 different Arctic animals!
Students will learn about height, habitat, diet, predators, and fun facts in this 50 page slideshow.
The slideshow contains information on 8 animals:
Polar Bear
Snowy Owl
Walrus
Puffin
Orca (Killer Whale)
Caribou
Harp Seal
Arctic Fox
This pack also comes with activity sheets for each animal. Students can fill in these pages as they are learning
Grades:
K - 3rd
Also included in: Nonfiction Units BUNDLE
The Westing Game Comprehensive Novel Study Guide
▶️ UPDATE - DIGITAL VERSION ADDED 3/2022! ▶️ I can't even begin to tell you how much I LOVE this novel study! My students LOVED it, too! They were begging me to read every day, and I had students who do not enjoy reading find a love for it through this novel study. The activities and assessments in this guide are everything you need to conduct a fun novel study chock-full of critical thinking! Included in the 170+ page guide are:INCLUDED IN THE RESOURCE:Materials and instructions for creatin
Subjects:
Grades:
3rd - 8th
Leveled Reading Comprehension Passages and Worksheets with Visual Support
These no-prep printable reading comprehension passages and questions (50 weeks of materials included) with visuals are leveled and differentiated to meet the needs of the varying students in your classroom. There are 50 sets of passages/worksheets each on a different high-interest topic. Each set comes with 4 levels of differentiated materials! (So, really it's 200 passages & worksheets and more than 2,000 pages of materials!)You can find some of these items individually listed here! INCLUDE
Grades:
K - 4th
Rainbow Fish Story Book Companion
This download is a story companion pack for The Rainbow Fish, by Marcus Pfister. I love teaching this book, and I hope you will too! I truly hope you enjoy this packet as much as my students have enjoyed using it! I love teaching this book with my Ocean Theme, but it is also great when working on social language/pragmatic units as well! Other Buyers said: "Thank you for a comprehensive packet! I love how it covers artic, language, and social skills!""Adorable visuals and SO comprehensive. What a
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 5th
Plant Lapbook Craft - Plant Life Cycle - Parts of a Plant - Earth Day Project
Do you teach the plant life cycle? How about parts of a plant? Types of soil? Ways seeds move? Photosynthesis? How about what plants need? If your answer is yes then this is the unit that you need!UPDATE: This resource now includes a DIGITAL version - Google Slides and PowerPoint***Do you want to own an entire year of lapbooks and save money at the same time? Click here to purchase the Lapbook Bundle!***What components are included?-Planting Toppers (boy and girl)-Planting Lapbook Cover-P
Subjects:
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Also included in: Monthly and Seasonal Crafts & Projects Bundle - Lapbooks All Year
Ocean Animals Reading: Sea Turtles Differentiated Nonfiction Reading Passages
“All About Sea Turtles” includes everything you would need to work on vocabulary and comprehension skills with your students while helping them to gain content area knowledge at the same time! Differentiated reading passages (3 levels) allow you to meet the needs of all students to ensure complete understanding of the content. Take a look at the product preview for a closer look! This is 1 of 9 ocean animals available in the Ocean Animals Bundle.All follow-up activities are thoughtfully align
Grades:
1st - 4th
A Spotlight on Patricia Polacco: An Author Study
Patricia Polacco is now one of my favorite author�s to study with my students. Her stories really challenge and inspire young thinkers and learners. This unit encourages students to make connections, think deeply about their characters, and explore the many themes that Patricia incorporates into her stories. I hope that you and your students enjoy reading Patricia�s stories and learning through these activities as much as we did!
Included:
-Author Introduction
-Ch
Subjects:
Grades:
1st - 4th
All About Sharks Leveled Reading Passages with Comprehension Questions
“All About Sharks” includes everything you would need to work on vocabulary and comprehension skills with your students while helping them to gain content area knowledge at the same time! Differentiated reading passages (3 levels) allow you to meet the needs of all students to ensure complete understanding of the content. Take a look at the product preview for a closer look! This is 1 of 9 ocean animals available in the Ocean Animals Bundle.All follow-up activities are thoughtfully aligned to
Grades:
1st - 5th
Holidays Around the World Research Fact Sheets & Questions | with Diwali
Teach your students about how other countries celebrate the Christmas season through these Christmas Around the World Research Fact Sheets. Digital and printable fact sheets and question pages are included.IMPORTANT: These fact sheets were designed to accompany a Holidays Around the World Lapbook which is available as a bundle at a discount price.Click here for the Holidays Around the World BundleThe countries/celebrations included in this bundle:-USA-Hanukkah-Kwanzaa-Englad-France-Germany-Rus
Grades:
2nd - 4th
Turkey Trouble Book Companion
This 78 page companion packet is based on the book Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano. This is by far one of my favorite books to teach during Thanksgiving! IIt includes activities geared towards Pre-K-through 5th/6th grade students, but activities can be adapted for varying exceptionalities. Other Buyers said: "This companion pack is so well thought out. There are so many different activities included that extending the book will be no problem at all. Thank you for all the hard work you put into t
Subjects:
Grades:
PreK - 6th
Also included in: Turkey Trouble Book Companion Bundle
Fabulous Fairy Tales Unit (ideas for 10 Fairy Tales!)
Fabulous Fairy Tales is an 87 page unit that provides writing, math, science, and literacy activities for 10 popular fairy tales. The ten fairy tales included are: Cinderella, The Princess and the Pea, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstiltskin, The Frog Prince, Little Red Riding Hood, Golidlocks and the Three Bears, and The Elves and the Shoemaker. Here is what's included:
* Writing Prompts and themed writing paper (4 styles to hopefully meet the needs of students K-3
Subjects:
Grades:
K - 3rd
Showing 1-24 of 3,854 results
Find Reading resources | TPT
Learn more about reading resources
Not only is reading a core concept in the study of English language arts, but it’s also a cornerstone skill for proficiency in many other subjects (for instance, without strong reading skills, students won’t be able to solve math word problems or read through primary sources for social studies class).
If you’re a teacher or parent looking for printable and digital reading resources to help your student learn a reading concept, look no further! TPT has an extensive collection of resources, created by other teachers, that are designed to help with any need across grade levels.
Elementary students just learning to read can practice the basics with some simple, fun phonics practice activities or small-group reading centers focused around sight words. Students in middle and high school can read novels and complete hands-on, interactive assignments that build their comprehension and critical thinking skills. With plenty of TPT resources at your fingertips, you can sharpen your student's reading skills in no time.
Fun and engaging reading activities to try
Engaging reading activities can energize your students and foster a love of reading. Here are a few ideas for reading activities from our teacher-created resources that you can find on TPT and try in your classroom:
Interactive Phonics Activities
Use hands-on activities such as sorting, matching, or building words with manipulatives to help students recognize phonics patterns and learn word families.
Word Hunts
Encourage students to find specific words either in a text or around the classroom to help reinforce sight word recognition.
Reader's Theater
Bring short stories, books, poems, or plays you’re reading in class to life by assigning roles to students and having them act out scenes. This can help enhance fluency and comprehension.
Interactive Read-Alouds
Engage the class by pausing during read-alouds to discuss the story’s theme, reflect on a character’s motivations or actions, or to ask students questions.
Comparative Analysis
Explore different adaptations of the same story (book versus movie, classic version versus a modern retelling) to encourage analysis of interpretation and presentation. You can also pair texts that are similar in theme, like poems and songs.
By incorporating these (and other!) reading activities into your lesson plans, you can nurture a love for reading while enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and communication skills.
Frequently asked questions about teaching reading
What types of reading resources are available on TPT?
There are many different types of reading resources sold by Sellers on TPT. Some popular reading lessons include: phonics, vocabulary, spelling, and balanced literacy.
How do I find reading lessons on TPT?
Educators can save time preparing reading lessons with resources created by experienced teachers. Simply start a search for reading resources on the TPT marketplace, and filter by grade level, price, and/or resource type to find materials that've been proven to work in classrooms like yours. No matter what you’re teaching, there are plenty of reading lessons and activities sold by Sellers on TPT that are tailored to meet your students' skill levels.
How can I make my reading lessons fun and engaging?
Students learn best when they're engaged! Sprinkle a little fun into your reading lessons by using manipulatives, pairing unusual texts like poems and short films together, or doing an escape room activity.
TPT is the largest marketplace for PreK-12 resources, powered by a community of educators.
IXL family of brands