3rd Grade Small Group Reading Activities BUNDLE

3rd Grade Small Group Reading Lessons and Activities BUNDLE that is Targeted to meet the needs of YOUR learners for use in Focused Strategy Groups

* PRODUCTS AND SKILLS WILL CONTINUE TO BE ADDED TO THIS BUNDLE FOR THE 2025-26 SCHOOL YEAR.

While reading with your 3rd grade students you’ve taken notes with regard to skills your students are missing. You’ve given your reading assessments and hopefully, those have given you valuable information. Now you know what THEY need! All YOU need are the quick, easy-to-use and implement TARGETED lessons.

NOTE: LESSONS CONTINUE TO BE ADDED TO THIS BUNDLE. ENJOY!

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This packet contains 78 lessons for your small reading groups. It includes minilessons, reading passages, student resources, activities, poems, and independent practice sheets geared to address all skills below.

FICTION:

• Retelling
• Character Traits
• Character Actions and Responses
• How Characters Change
• Identifying Lessons Learned
• Author Message
• Improving Written Responses
• Making Inferences
• Important V. Unimportant Events
• Theme
• Figurative Language
• Author’s Point of View

POETRY:

• Identifying Poetry Elements
• Poetry Analysis
• Answering Comprehension Questions

NONFICTION:

• Using NF Text Features
• Making Connections
• “Cool” V. Important Facts
• Main Idea and Supporting Details
• Author’s Purpose
• Written Response to Reading

Fiction & Nonfiction:

• Inferring Meaning of Unknown Words
• Cause and Effect
• Finding and Using Text Evidence

Coming Soon (dates TBD):

• Reading Dialogue
• Fact and Opinion
• Compare & Contrast Texts on same topic/Versions of same story

Make your life easier with these easy to use, student approved small group reading lessons and activities. . Have these lessons and activities at your fingertips and watch your students jump reading levels! CHECK OUT THE PREVIEW!

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