Grade 3 and Up

Later Reader

In third grade children move from learning to read to reading to learn. In early grades students learn the basic skills that are like adding ingredients to baking a cake. Once the cake is baked the later reading skills are like the icing and decorations that make each cake unique and memorable.

3rd Grade

Here are some tips for parents of 3rd graders to help build literacy skills at home. You can also learn more about each skill and how to support it at home by selecting a skill below.

Phonemic & Phonological Awareness ~ Activities to help your child practice how to manipulate sounds to form words.
Phonics and Decoding Activities ~ Activities to help your child sound out words.
Fluency Activities ~ Activities to help your child read with speed, accuracy and appropriate expression.
Vocabulary Activities ~ Activities to help your child understand new words.
Comprehension Activities ~ Activities to help your child understand and think deeply about what they listen to or read.
Writing Activities ~ Activities to help your child spell and write sentences and paragraphs.