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Resources for Grades 3 – 4

Third and fourth grade mean full days with lots of reading and writing! The materials here can help you make the most of the time outside of school.

Activities & Projects

Explore and Write About Nature

In this activity, children look closely at living things in their natural environments and then make books about what they see.

Write "Moving" Sports Poetry

We've all heard the expression “poetry in motion”—this activity gets children writing poems about grace and movement using photos of athletes.

See All Grades 3 – 4 Activities & Projects

Games & Tools

Flip Book

The Flip Book allows users to type and illustrate tabbed flip books up to ten pages long.

See All Grades 3 – 4 Games & Tools

Tips & How To's

Read the World Around You

Encourage children to read print and pictures that are all around. Children feel pretty proud when they can read their street signs or the name of the store up the block. It’s part treasure hunt, part reading lesson.

See All Grades 3 – 4 Tips & How To's

Printouts

My Nature Story

Encourage children to ask questions about the natural world, to make observations, and to use their imaginations. They use their findings to create their own book.

See All Grades 3 – 4 Printouts

Podcasts

Celebrating the Earth

Every day is Earth Day! Emily shares her story of children inspired by The Lorax and how they might take action with 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do To Save the Earth. Emily also explores science and nature activities with guest Sharon Betty and The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming.

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