Grade 3 Worksheets

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• Identify observable features that can be used to classify organisms
• Use simple classification rules to place organisms into groups
• Compare organisms by their shared observable features+ Show more

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• Identify listening behaviors that help a conversation stay on the main idea.
• Choose responses that confirm understanding or ask for repetition when information is missing.
• Determine whether a response shows respect and attentive listening.+ Show more

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• Restate or rephrase key parts of a message to clarify meaning
• Ask targeted follow-up questions to fill in missing or confusing details
• Use brief confirmations that show understanding+ Show more

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• Identify ways to contribute ideas that connect to the shared topic in a conversation
• Explain how to respect turn boundaries and keep discussion focused
• Use talk moves such as giving examples and linking new ideas to prior comments

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• Use precise word choice to make a retell or description clearer
• Identify how sentence structure and tone change the meaning of an oral message
• Apply descriptive language to explain feelings and events during a retell

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• Explain how a speaker uses a clear topic and purpose when sharing ideas orally.
• Identify key parts of an oral message: beginning, middle, and end.
• Use logical ordering and relevant details to help listeners understand.+ Show more

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• Identify behaviors that support effective turn taking in group discussions.
• Use listening cues and appropriate pauses to add ideas that fit the ongoing topic.
• Explain how respectful volume and pacing help everyone participate.

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• Explain how a character’s actions and words show a trait, feeling, or motivation.
• Support a statement about character change using evidence from key moments in a story.
• Organize clues from multiple events to make a clear interpretation about why a character changes.

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• Notice when a text becomes unclear and name what feels confusing.
• Use context clues and reread earlier sentences to restore meaning.
• Explain how illustrations and captions can clarify pronouns and objects.

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• Identify meaning clues in a sentence such as examples, definitions, contrasts, and descriptions
• Infer the meaning of an unfamiliar word using nearby text evidence
• Use sentence clues to explain whether a statement about word meaning is correct

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• Identify how a text’s form helps communicate its purpose in stories, poems, and drama-like dialogue.
• Explain how rhyme or repetition can shape meaning in poetry.
• Describe how problem-solution structure in a narrative helps readers follow events.

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• Identify the main idea of a text passage and explain how it connects to key details.
• Distinguish between main idea statements and supporting details in informational and narrative writing.
• Use evidence from topic sentences and recurring problems/resolutions to summarize a text.

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• Identify the central idea of a short text using main events and important details
• Explain how relationships between ideas help the reader understand the text
• Use text evidence to support opinions and interpretations about why actions matter

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• Make a prediction about what might happen next using clues from a story
• Check predictions by comparing them to new information in the text
• Revise a prediction when evidence changes+ Show more

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• Identify situations where asking for help is the safest choice.
• Describe clear ways to communicate a concern to a trusted adult or peer.
• Match common helpers to the type of support they can provide.

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• Identify when a refusal is needed to stay safe and make healthy choices
• Use key refusal skills such as saying no, using body language, and offering an alternative
• Explain how refusal helps prevent conflict and supports healthy boundaries

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• Identify verbal cues such as word choice, tone, and clarity in a conversation.
• Explain how tone and clear wording can change the meaning people understand.
• Match facial expressions and speech behaviors to likely intentions in social situations.+ Show more

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• Identify common hazards in daily environments and describe safe choices to prevent injuries.
• Explain how protective gear and safety rules reduce the risk of accidents.
• Recognize basic emergency procedures and tell what to do during emergencies.+ Show more

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• Identify healthy personal health routines that help prevent illness
• Match hygiene habits to the health problem they help reduce
• Use context clues to complete sentences about handwashing, brushing, and rest+ Show more

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• Identify nutrients in balanced meals and explain why they help the body grow and stay healthy.
• Describe how physical activity supports the heart, muscles, and flexibility.
• Match healthy nutrition choices with appropriate activity habits.

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• Identify the steps in making a healthy choice: list options, weigh advantages and disadvantages, then choose
• Explain how considering pros and cons can help protect health, safety, and well-being
• Use decision steps to solve a health-related situation

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• Identify personal values, habits, and beliefs that influence health choices.
• Describe how personal attitudes and experiences can affect daily health routines.
• Choose positive actions that support long-term well-being.

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• Identify healthy choices that support physical, mental, and emotional health.
• Explain how stress-management habits can improve how people feel and act.
• Apply healthy-practice knowledge to new everyday scenarios.+ Show more

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• Identify how media messages can affect health choices and body image
• Recognize unrealistic standards and misleading health claims in media
• Use simple media literacy steps to judge a health message+ Show more

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• Describe how family routines and rules can affect health behaviors
• Explain how peer groups can support or pressure healthy choices
• Identify ways to use communication and refusal strategies to protect health+ Show more

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• Identify the purpose of a health advocacy campaign message
• Choose audience-friendly actions that support community health
• Explain how messages can influence community participation and policy decisions+ Show more

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• Explain how clear health messages can help people adopt healthier habits
• Identify examples of effective communication that promote community health
• Describe how health messages can influence community practices and policies+ Show more

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• Explain what health advocacy means and why it matters.
• Identify how people can encourage healthy choices through communication and actions.
• Describe how peer groups and community places can support health messages.

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• Identify characteristics of trustworthy health information sources.
• Compare examples of reliable and unreliable health information.
• Explain why information should be current, accurate, and applicable.

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• Observe and describe patterns in an object's motion using distance and time.
• Identify regularities such as constant speed, speeding up on steeper slopes, and slowing down due to friction.
• Use data to predict what motion will look like next.

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• Identify common external and internal body structures in plants and animals
• Match structures to the functions they help with for survival, growth, and reproduction
• Use models or simple drawings to show how different structures work together

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• Identify short-term and long-term health consequences of common choices.
• Use “if…then” reasoning to predict outcomes before acting.
• Explain how good choices can protect health and safety over time.

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• Explain how to compare benefits and risks when making a health choice.
• Identify safer snack, activity, and safety options using simple risk assessment.
• Use clues from a short scenario or passage to choose the most responsible option.

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• Explain how balanced forces affect an object’s motion.
• Identify how unbalanced forces change motion by starting, stopping, or changing direction.
• Compare contact forces (like friction) with the effect of net force on motion.+ Show more

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• Describe how magnets can attract or repel each other without touching
• Distinguish magnetic forces from contact forces such as pushes and friction
• Explain how distance and pole orientation affect the strength of magnetic attraction or repulsion+ Show more

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• Identify the main parts of vascular plants: roots, stems, leaves, and flowers
• Describe how each plant part helps the plant survive, grow, and reproduce
• Use examples such as taproots, woody stems, broad leaves, and composite flowers to explain plant part functions

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• Identify major stem parts and describe how xylem and phloem help plants transport resources.
• Explain how transpiration pull and sugar translocation support plant growth.
• Contrast herbaceous and woody stems, including vascular bundle arrangement and secondary growth.+ Show more

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• Determine whether a word or phrase in a story is literal or nonliteral using context clues.
• Explain the meaning of figurative language by using the sentence and the story situation.
• Compare literal meanings to nonliteral expressions to understand the author’s attitude, warning, or humor.

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• Explain how energy changes cause matter to change state (solid, liquid, gas).
• Describe melting, freezing, evaporation, and condensation as physical changes.
• Use temperature information to predict which state change is most likely.

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• Understand the importance of kindness and inclusion.
• Identify ways to support classmates who think or behave differently.
• Practice using kind words and actions to build a caring community.+ Show more

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• Identify key landmarks connected to Bastille Day in Paris using basic map-reading skills
• Use map vocabulary (landmarks, scale, direction) to describe where places are located
• Explain why the Bastille and other French monuments are significant to French history and citizenship+ Show more

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• Use context clues to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word in a sentence.
• Identify which type of context clues (nearby details, contrast, cause-and-effect, or restatement/examples) helps define a word.
• Explain how the context clue supports the meaning a reader chooses.

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• Define and use key words related to savings accounts, such as savings account, deposit, record, balance, and interest.
• Identify what happens to a savings account balance after a deposit.
• Explain how interest can increase money over time.

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• Use discussion norms to take turns respectfully during interactive talk.
• Ask clarification questions that connect to specific parts of a presentation.
• Identify how a speaker keeps details consistent to stay on topic.+ Show more

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• Identify key details that support the central idea in informational and literary texts.
• Distinguish key details (facts, definitions, pivotal events) from details that are not essential.
• Explain how a key detail helps clarify how and why something happens or moves the plot.

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• Use periods, question marks, and exclamation points to match sentence meaning.
• Use commas to separate items in a list and to set off introductory words or phrases.
• Apply quotation marks correctly for direct dialogue, including punctuation inside the quotation marks.

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• Explain how listening helps meaning in conversations.
• Identify main ideas and important details when someone is speaking.
• Use active listening responses such as confirming understanding and asking for repetition.+ Show more

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• Identify how community helpers (firefighters, police officers, and medical workers) keep people safe and healthy.
• Use new vocabulary related to public service, safety, and helping others.
• Explain how community helpers respond to emergencies and support everyday needs.