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3rd Grade Classroom Supplies and Books Teachers Love
Here is everything you need to teach a third-grade class and have a successful year!
Welcome to third grade: This will be an exciting year to teach your students more in-depth, introduce them to fresh ideas, and have fun!
As your students grow during the year, creating the best environment in which to learn is essential. Below, you’ll find a list of everything you’ll need to foster a lifelong love of learning.
Within this list, you’ll find all of the 3rd grade classroom essentials—everything from different types of books to fill your library shelves to professional development tools and third grade teacher supplies.
Whether you're preparing your classroom for your very first year of teaching, you just switched grades, or you're an experienced teacher looking to restock your classroom, these books and supplies will make the upcoming school year run smoothly.
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Book collections and sets are a great way to save on purchasing more titles for your library.
When you’re on a budget, purchasing multiple titles makes sense not only for your wallet, but for a robust classroom library as well.
Here are the most popular book sets and collections teachers choose for third grade:
This collection of quality Scholastic titles was hand selected to provide you with the best books at the best prices.
A quality classroom library includes a wide variety of genres for students to choose from. This Biography collection provides a convenient and cost effective way to provide your students with a selection of engaging titles focused on sports figures.
Enrich your classroom library with this cost effective collections of some of the most sought after graphic chapter books that are sure to engage and delight even the most reluctant of readers!
This collection of quality Scholastic titles was hand selected to provide you with the best books at the best prices.
This collection of quality Scholastic titles was hand selected to provide you with the best books at the best prices.
Celebrate diverse backgrounds, cultures, and orientations with this collection of books featuring characters, themes, or content that reflect and illuminate the diversity of our world.
This collection of quality Scholastic titles was hand selected to provide you with the best books at the best prices.
Introducing your students to fiction will ensure their creativity blooms.
As they flip through the pages of these fiction titles, they’ll meet memorable characters and go on unforgettable adventures they’ll keep returning to.
Here are the most popular fiction books teachers choose for third grade:
Even when caught in the middle, Ryan strives to see the bright side of life and refuses to let anything steal her joy. Readers will find Ryan"s sunny personality infectious!
Pick a book. Grow a reader! With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork, these books will plant a love of reading!
Mr. Wolf. Mr. Shark. Mr. Snake. Mr. Piranha. They're bad guys, everybody knows that. They're scary and dangerous and...well, just bad. But these guys want to be heroes. And they're going to prove it by doing good deeds, like rescuing those dogs from the city pound. Will the Bad Guys become the Good Guys when the dust settles?
Jaxon, a nine-year-old Brooklynite, becomes a witch"s apprentice and learns that even baby dragons can be big trouble. A diverse, urban fantasy from an award-winning author!
Dalia and Dominga would rather join a secret society of villains at the Bewitched Academy of the Dreadful than learn to be princesses. Full of friendship, hijinks, and self-discovery!
In this compelling graphic novel, Star embarks on a journey to reunite with his elephant herd. “This tender tale packs an all too timely environmental message."―SLJ, starred review
Billy Plimpton has a big dream: to become a famous comedian when he grows up. He already knows a lot of jokes, but thinks he has one big problem standing in his way: his stutter.
How many problems can a delicious cup of bubble tea cause? Plenty, if you're Chloe Wong. For starters, Chloe wants to go on the class trip to Broadway -- an expense Chloe's not sure she and her dad can afford since her mom passed away -- and those yummy cups of boba cost money. And then there's the fact that the incorrigible Henry Lee is the bobamaster at Tea Palace, and when he's not annoying Chloe, he's usually coming up with the perfect drink for every occasion. For Chloe, lover of neatness and control, the arrival of bubble tea is nothing but trouble!
Nonfiction introduces your students to the concept of reading stories that are based in facts and real life.
Supplementing their curriculum in learning about the world, nonfiction provides students an opportunity to continue having fun while reading and delve deeper into the subject matter.
Here are the most popular nonfiction books teachers choose for third grade:
Meet Mars! The red planet. Planet Marvelous. Favorite sibling of Earth (or so he claims). Sometimes they're close (just 34.5 million miles apart). Sometimes they need space (250 million miles apart)! Earth and Mars have a lot in common―clouds, mountains, polar icecaps. And while Earth has Earthlings, Mars makes a persuasive case for why people should make the journey to spend time with him. His day is 7 minutes longer! He is home to the largest volcano in the whole solar system. He's, well, marvelous.
Hilarious and packed with information, these unique books give our solar system and planet the chance to tell their own stories.
Brimming with kid-friendly facts and engaging illustrations, this hilarious introduction to the brain is deliciously good fun for all.
You can run, but you can't hide.
They're in the air you breathe. They're in the food you eat. They're on your body. Fungi are EVERYWHERE!
But wait . . . do you need to be afraid? From fun facts about fairy circles to the delicious secret behind pizza, this book is the perfect read for young scientists. It even contains a Q & A section with a real-life mycologist!
With a highly visual approach that mixes kid-friendly cartoons and engaging photographs, this series packs in the facts and is sure to become a favorite with newly independent readers.
Born Sarah Breedlove near Delta, Louisiana, in 1867, Madam C. J. Walker was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and political and social activist. She is recorded as the first female self-made millionaire in America. Among her many accomplishments, she invented a Black hair care method, known as the "Walker system," as a treatment for scalp disorders like alopecia, along with many other Black hair care products. It is time to remember how Madam C. J. Walker's inventions and her contributions changed our society... and our world!
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What If You Had T. Rex Teeth?: And Other Dinosaur Parts (Scholastic Reader, Level 2)
From a Velociraptor's sharp sickle-tipped toes to a T. rex's giant curved teeth, and from the body armor of an Ankylosaurus to the long neck of a Brachiosaurus -- discover what it would be like if you had one of these wild dinosaur parts! Readers will also learn what makes a dinosaur a dinosaur and why they aren't around today.
Which dangerous animals would win in a fight? Find out in this awesome bind-up of five books in the popular Who Would Win? series. The collection features a range of mammals, sea creatures, reptiles, and birds to satisfy all kinds of animal fans, including Falcon vs. Hawk, Hyena vs. Honey Badger, Komodo Dragon vs. King Cobra, Tarantula vs. Scorpion, and Whale vs. Giant Squid.
Workbooks are the perfect way to encourage your students to practice their newly honed skills on their own during quiet time.
Engaging characters, puzzles, games, and more await students in the pages of these fantastic workbooks that sharpen their reading, math, and writing skills.
Here are the most popular workbooks teachers choose for third grade:
This large collection of fun and engaging practice pages is designed to help students master essential skills in reading, writing, vocabulary, math, and more.
More than 40 ready-to-use, skill-building practice pages with easy-to-follow directions and fun, motivating exercises! Perfect for classroom or at-home use, this exciting practice book includes high-interest stories targeted to provide invaluable reinforcement and practice with reading comprehension skills.
This comprehensive activity book features 15 engaging topics in earth, life, and physical sciences that support the Next Generation Science Standards. Each topic includes an article to help build background knowledge, two hands-on projects, companion recording sheets, and tips.
300 skill-building pages that give kids practice with vocabulary, reading comprehension, writing, multiplication, fractions, and everything they'll need to succeed as students.
Each workbook reinforces the 100 words that children need to know—and it helps them master comprehension, spelling, writing, and usage of each word.
Three hundred skill-building pages that give kids practice with vocabulary, reading comprehension, writing, multiplication, fractions, and everything they'll need to succeed as students.
Supporting third grade classroom materials are an essential part to a complete curriculum. Whether students are learning a new language, more advanced math, or beginning science concepts, these materials reinforce the topics they learn during lessons.
Here are the most popular supporting materials teachers choose for third grade:
Inspire students to love science with these 10 charts featuring mini biographies and photos of people working in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) careers such as robotics and paleontology. Includes: Silas Adekunle; Sylvia Earle; Temple Grandin; Zaha Hadid; Stephen Hawking; Katherine Johnson; Shigeru Miyamoto; Ellen Ochoa; Mary G. Ross; Xu Xing.
Break the ice at the start of the school year with this super-cool, fill-in poster template that prompts students to toot their own horns!
Doing biography reports are easy and fun with this fill-in poster template that invites kids to research, write, and draw about any person, past or present.
This sturdy pocket chart features 10 pockets that fit letter-size folders. Perfect for organizing student files, file-folder games, forms, and other paperwork!
Full-color photo cards include 12 month cards, 33 date cards, 7 week days, 4 birthdays, 2 field trips, and 2 special days. Also includes a 2-page activity guide.
Help students learn text structures with these charmingly illustrated anchor charts.
For use with your Scholastic Daily Schedule Pocket Chart.
Fun 3rd grade teacher supplies make all the difference in making for a more interesting learning experience for your students.
Treat your students to stickers, awards, and other creative third grade classroom supplies to make them feel accomplished for their hard work.
Here are the most popular supplies teachers choose for third grade:
Keep your library organized with these useful labels. Measures 5.5" x 3". 72 pieces (6 each of 12 designs).
Colorful, die-cut crowns that students wear for special occasions! Two designs in each pack. They can easily be attached using tape or a staple. 36 per pack. Plastic-coated for color-fastness and durability, write-on, wipe-off surface.
Buy 10 or more copies and your price is only $1.50 per folder. Discount applied at checkout.Facilitate school to home communication with this durable two-pocket folder that makes carrying papers to and from school a snap. Sturdy enough to last through the school year. Helps teach responsibility and organizational skills.
Easy-to-use forms for recording grades in all subject areas.
Make this planner as unique as you are with full pages and doodles to color throughout the year. Express your creativity as you organize your teaching schedule with monthly and weekly planning pages, a student roster, birthday and holiday pages, and more. A cool way to combine organization and relaxation.
While you’re building your new classroom library, it’s important to remember that storing your books safely is what will keep them in circulation for years to come. Proper storage is an essential part of your 3rd grade classroom supplies.
Below, you’ll find some storage ideas to help keep your library safe and organized to suit your needs while not in use.
Here are the most popular storage bins teachers choose for third grade:
Convenient and sturdy plastic bins for storing books and teaching materials help keep your classroom resources neat and organized!
Professional development books are always a necessity for a prepared third-grade teacher’s personal library. Keeping up to date on teaching trends will further develop your own understanding of your class and how best to guide them throughout the year.
Here are the most popular professional development books teachers choose for third grade:
Use thoughtfully chosen multicultural mentors texts, such as We are the Water Protectors, Dreamers, and Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre, to build classroom community and honor the identities of everyone in your class. Companion mini-lessons offer reading strategies, discussion questions, and carry-over coaching prompts designed to hone students' comprehension skills, including character analysis, determining themes, and exploring perspectives. A must-have resource in every classroom!
This books illuminates in precise detail high-quality classroom literacy instruction, individualized according to student needs, using the very best children"s literature across a language and literacy framework.
Give students authentic reasons to write with this collection of stimulating project-based learning activities.
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The Power Of Joyful Reading Help Your Young Readers Soar To Success
When young children are immersed in joyful and engaging shared reading experiences throughout the day, something wonderful happens. They learn to love books, enjoy
reading, and see themselves as readers. They also gain basic reading skills and knowledge, which prepares them for successful reading instruction.
In this sequel to Cultivating Genius, Gholdy Muhammad adds a fifth pursuit-joy-to her groundbreaking framework. Dr. Muhammad shows how joy, which is rooted in the cultural and historical realities of Black students, can enhance our efforts to cultivate identity, skills, intellect, and criticality for ALL students, giving them a powerful purpose to learn and contribute to the world. Dr. Muhammad’s wise implementation advice is paired with model lessons that span subjects and grade levels.
Teachers and administrators will learn how to create the respectful, trusting relationships with families necessary to build the educational partnerships that best support children's learning.
Games are a guaranteed way to ensure your students continue to practice and understand key concepts taught during regular lessons.
While they play, they’ll be having fun learning the ins and outs of their course material.
Here are the most popular games and manipulatives teachers choose for third grade:
Give children a head start in math with these colorful, double-sided flash cards that teach fractions from 1/1 to tenths.
Give children a head-start in math with these colorful, double-sided flash cards that teach essential skills. Each set includes activity cards with helpful tips and suggestions for making learning fun.
Give children a head-start in math with these colorful, double-sided flash cards that teach essential skills. Each set includes activity cards with helpful tips and suggestions for making learning fun.
Give children a head-start in math with these colorful, double-sided flash cards that teach essential skills. Each set includes activity cards with helpful tips and suggestions for making learning fun.
A robust classroom library with a variety of books is a fundamental element of the classroom. Third graders are starting to build key literacy skills, and it is important to expose them to a wide range of books — like fiction and nonfiction. Start the year strong with these budget-friendly books under $5.
In the first book in this fully-illustrated series, 8-year old Drake is snatched up by King Roland's soldier and taken to the castle. He is to be trained as a Dragon Master. At the castle, he is joined by three other young Dragon Masters-in-training: Ana, Rori, and Bo.
Mr. Wolf. Mr. Shark. Mr. Snake. Mr. Piranha. They're bad guys, everybody knows that. They're scary and dangerous and...well, just bad. But these guys want to be heroes. And they're going to prove it by doing good deeds, like rescuing those dogs from the city pound. Will the Bad Guys become the Good Guys when the dust settles?
Told with a timeline, maps, illustrations, sidebars and a top ten list of facts, these insightful biographies are told in an accessible first-person voice, helping students emotionally relate to the subject.
Check out how these amazing, real-life creatures match up. Who's the strongest, fastest, biggest, and baddest-in a fight to the finish, who would win?
It can be difficult for young students to express their feelings and convey their emotions. Social-emotional books are a powerful tool and help teach important life lessons. Teach your students valuable lessons with these inspiring stories!
The horrible Herdmans from The Best Christmas Pageant Ever are modern-day outlaws and the most famous kids at Woodrow Wilson School. Their wild behavior and outrageous lies always lead to disaster, but somehow all of them continually escape blame.
With a simple, witty story and free-spirited illustrations, Peter H. Reynolds entices even the stubbornly uncreative among us to make a mark, and to follow where it takes us.
Have you ever wondered what you could do to change the world? Find out how kids are making a difference and changing lives.
Joe and Ravi don't think they have anything in common, but soon enough they have a common enemy (the biggest bully in their class) and a common mission: to take control of their lives over the course of a single crazy week.
Discover everything you need for effective literacy instruction. From readers to professional development books, build a solid reading foundation in your students through the Science of Reading shop and open up brand-new worlds.
Each box contains laminated cards that target and teach must-know concepts including short vowels, long vowels, blends, digraphs, and more. The front of each card introduces the skill focus while the back challenges kids to read a just-right decodable story. Includes five copies of each card to facilitate group learning and a complete teaching guide.
Support reading fluency with these large full-color cards! Each phoneme card features a large photo of a child demonstrating the correct position of the tongue, teeth, and mouth when making one of the 44 sounds in the English language. The cards also link to a video of a child articulating the sound. Perfect for your sound wall! 44 cards.
Leading phonics expert Wiley Blevins has updated his best-selling classic to include the latest in phonics instruction and the science of reading, as well as current research on handwriting and on phonemic awareness. This revised edition also offers ideas for maximizing your scope and sequence, practical tips for creating sound walls, a decodable text routine for building comprehension, strategies for differentiating during whole-group lessons while better targeting small-group work, and more.
In this no-nonsense guide, primary reading expert and classroom teacher Lindsay Kemeny shares seven ways K-3 teachers can modify what they are currently doing to transform their reading instruction. Each chapter focuses on a critical area of foundational reading. This book includes the literacy routines and lessons Kemeny uses every day with her students, along with links to video demonstrations showing how she puts them into practice.
