ELA Grades 3-5

Free Resources

The Great Debate (Grades 3-5) - Introduce debate through conundrums, arguing with yourself, jury deliberations, and more in this engaging unit that is sure to get students thinking.
- There is also a Great Debate Unit for grades 5-8 if it better suits your needs! It focuses on speech, writing, persuasion, presentation, and more!
Newspaper - Students get to create their own newspaper, with lessons on brainstorming topics, article analysis, editing, and more!
The Eleventh Hour - A curious mystery for students in grades 3-6. Horace the elephant is having a birthday, but someone has eaten the feast! Use clues hidden among the pages of the book to solve this crime! (Note: You'll want to purchase a copy of the book for every two students, so they can look through the clues.)
Genius Hour - This is the perfect age to introduce research and independent study projects. ELA incorporate seamlessly by focusing on research, writing, speech and presentation skills.
Podcasts - Great for listening (similar to a read aloud), reflecting, and even having students create their own in older grade levels!
- The Mars Patel Podcast is a great way to introduce students to wonderful writing, and you can use this unit from Teachers Pay Teachers to teach about writing creative narratives themselves. I use this in grades 4-6, but you could probably scaffold to get it to work with 3rd grade as well.
ELA Enrichment Room - Grades 3-5

William and Mary Language Arts Materials - Both their literature units and the Jacob's Ladder Program are high quality and go in depth with writing. The Jacob's Ladder program is much more cost effective, if that is a factor. Some options:

- Affective Grades 4-5
- 3rd, 4th, or 5th Comprehension Books
- 3rd, 4th, or 5th Nonfiction Books