Additional Activities

catHere are easy activities you can do with your child to help reinforce the Third Grade language arts standards.

For several activities, we have listed similar online activities that your child can explore themselves or that you and your child can do together.


  • Play “Concentration” with your child, matching words that go together based on various word categories (e.g., synonyms, antonyms, or homonyms)
  • Have your child compile a “pretend” order for something he wants in a magazine or catalog
  • Get your child a library card and visit the library regularly
  • Have your child use the Internet to find information, such as the time schedule for a movie
  • Make holiday signs capitalizing the name of the holiday

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Encourage your child to write letters or send e-mails to family and friends

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  • Letter Generator

    Write a friendly or a business letter using this fun tool!

  • Stationary

    Print this fun stationary for letters, stories, notes, and any other writing to make it really stand out.

  • Write a Letter Game

    Put the letters back in order before the time runs out.

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Provide a variety of types of reading materials for your child to use—books, magazines, newspapers, encyclopedias, atlases, thesauri, and nonprint media (e.g., television, the Internet)

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Discuss the point of view of a character in a story

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Discuss exaggerations, comparisons between two unlike things , or human qualities given to non-human objects or animals when reading aloud to your child

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Have your child make predictions about a story based on the book jacket or title of the book. Have your child confirm or revise his predictions using evidence from the story

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Encourage your child to look up unknown words in a dictionary

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Create invitations for a party with your child

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  • Invitations

    Follow the directions to make invitations with a festive look.

  • Printable Invitations

    Use these free invitations online to make your own party invitations. What design will you use?

  • Card Creator

    Send cards electronically or print out a card to fold and color.

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Have your child write a descriptive paragraph about a picture in a magazine

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  • Stapleless Book

    Use the stapleless book to write your own story, collect facts, or take notes. The possibilities are endless!

  • Story Starter

    Spin the wheels to make a story starter. What will you write about today?

  • Story Starters

    Use these story starters to dream up your own story.

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Discuss topics that interest your child

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  • Make Your Own Nature Notebook

    Make a nature notebook to keep track of animals, plants, and other things you see in nature. Add your pictures and notes to make it your very own notebook.

  • Write for Change

    Using these steps, you can write a letter to a politician to show how you feel about a cause.

  • Highlights Magazine-Science in Action

    Got science on the brain? Read the stories of the week and the science questions to learn more about the world around you.

  • Ask Kids

    Use this search engine designed just for you to find information about almost any subject.

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Have your child retell a story. Ask questions about the characters, setting, and plot

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  • Finish a Story

    Write an ending to one of these stories and read what others have written.

  • Share What You’re Reading

    Read book reviews to find great new books and write your own review to let other kids know your opinion.

  • Anchor Framework Game

    Use shapes to find the setting, characters, problem, solution, and events in the story.

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Make up riddles or jokes with your child and try them out on family or friends

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Discuss cause-and-effect relationships in books or television shows

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