Recommended Book List

Books! Books! and more books! Here are a few of recommended favorites for third grade! Below are some podcasts about the books they get excited about and have been reading. Use them to inspire your readers or to get new read aloud ideas!

Podcast Book Reviews done by our school librarian can be found HERE!

1.) Lemonade Wars by Jacqueline Davies

2.) I Survived the attack of 9/11 by Lauren Tarshis

3.) The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

4.) Real Friends by Shannon Hale

5.) The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey

6.)The Unicorn in the Barn by Jacqueline K. Ogburn

7.) Gregor the Overlander Series by Suzanne Collins

8.) Frindle by Andrew Clements

9.) How to be Cool in Third Grade by Betsy Duffey

10.) Dog Man Series by Dav Pilkey

11.) Babymouse by Jennifer L. Holm

12.) Amulet Series by Kazu Kibuishi

Writing Conference (Templates)

Independent writing is such an important time for students to practice the skills that have been modeled or taught to them. But what should you do during this time? Make the most of this time by conducting INDEPENDENT WRITING CONFERENCES! This one on one time with each student will provide valuable information as you get to know them better as writers. I have created a series of questions to guide you through your conferences. These questions will take all the guess work out of conferencing, allowing you to keep a structured and focused time with your students. You will differentiate and individualize instruction with every student and you will enjoy every minute of it! Each template has questions by skill which are listed from easiest to most difficult. There are so many benefits of independent writing conferences: drives your whole group instruction with the data you gather, informative data for parent conferences, bonding time with each student, able to monitor each student closely for strategies used while writing, and the list goes on! CHECK IT OUT HERE