Want a free pacing guide for content in third grade? This freebie will help you plan your entire year of science and social studies!

Free Social Studies Lesson Plans for third grade. These unit plans are reading standard based. Topics include: Civics, Geography, Economics, History and more!

In third grade our first unit for social studies is a fun one.....geography. The kids get very excited and love to start exploring maps and globes. Take a peek at a few of my favorite classroom activities for geography. I start the year off by introducing interactive notebooks. I explain to my students that these are notebooks that will keep track of our ideas, discoveries and information to help us grow. These are unique in the fact that they are never truly complete, the students learn…

Bodies of Water Anchor Chart

Make learning to read a map fun and easy with these engaging stations! Students create maps, read maps, write the room, and more! This Social Studies unit is perfect for first grade, second grade, or third grade.

CitizenshipRules and Laws, Communities, States and Nation, Public Officials, Characteristics and Models of Citizenship

Learning about explorers? Here’s a list of activities that would be perfect to add to your explorer curriculum. EXPLORER JOURNAL Every good explorer has a journal, right? Fleece Fun has a great free printable explorer journal, and there are several ways you could use it. Go on your own exploration adventure and write your thoughts […]

Interactive Notebooks are a great way to engage students in class, use multiple learning styles and for students to take ownership in the learning process.

My students LOVE making these fun 3D landform maps each year. Now let me just tell you- I am always wiped out by the end of the day when we make these- but they really are a blast and so meaningful to make. I first put the kids into groups of 3 or 4. Then, they used a landform map in their Social Studies book to sketch where the mountains and deserts are located. This just helps them get a start when they begin painting the plains on the map. After they have an idea of where the mountains…

Enhance geography skills with FREE printable 7 Continents and Oceans worksheets for elementary students: maps, facts & more!