Adobe’s collection of digital tools will help you challenge your students to learn writing concepts at a deep level while making the process fun and engaging. All our third-grade writing activities will empower you to create a dynamic and enriching classroom environment, as well as encourage your students to present writing in new ways through infographics, comics, videos, and more.
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Introduce free, creative third-grade writing projects, lesson plans, and supplemental resources into your curriculum to excite and challenge your students.
Film a short video to share your imaginary worlds
Students use Adobe Spark to produce short videos depicting hypothetical or imaginary scenarios.
Film a video to reflect on past mistakes
Students use Adobe Spark to share reflections on how mistakes can become opportunities.
Film a video about an imaginary or hypothetical situation
Students use Adobe Spark to imagine and describe fictional worlds.
Annotate a document to learn about and practice verbals
Students use Adobe Acrobat to identify verbals in an article.
Create a poster sharing a memory from your perspective
Students use Adobe Spark to illustrate posters depicting their unique viewpoints on memories.
Create a poster to distinguish common and proper nouns
Students use Adobe Spark to design images explaining the differences between noun types.
Annotate song lyrics to learn about metaphors
Students use Adobe Acrobat to analyze metaphors in song lyrics.
Present a climate change issue that affects your community
Students use Adobe Spark to present on climate change issues that affect them today.
Design a poster to illustrate a grammar concept
Students use Adobe Spark to design posters that teach others about the rules of grammar.
Create a multimedia biography for a historical figure
Students use Adobe Spark to create presentations about historical figures' lives.
Film a video to share an important story from your life
Students use Adobe Spark to create movies narrating critical moments in their lives.
Produce a video to teach others about grammar
Students use Adobe Spark to produce short video presentations on rules or elements of grammar.
Design a web page to narrate a water droplet's lifecycle
Students use Adobe Spark to illustrate a journey through the water cycle.
Film a short video about environmental awareness
Students use Adobe Spark to create videos about how they can help stop climate change.
Design a poster to illustrate an idiom
Students use Adobe Spark to illustrate common sayings or expressions.
Design a poster to show how tone and contrast tell a story
Students use Adobe Spark to demonstrate how visual choices accentuate storytelling.
Design a poster to practice persuasive writing
Students use Adobe Spark to create compelling infographics to support claims.
Annotate a poem to practice analysis and interpretation
Students use Adobe Acrobat to close-read and annotate a poem.
Design a web page using tone and color to tell a story
Students use Adobe Spark to build web pages that tell stories using visual and design elements.
Design an image to represent a fictional character
Students use Adobe Spark to visualize characters from a class reading.
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About this collection of free 3rd-grade writing activities
When you need to make writing fun and engaging, our third-grade writing exercises will give you the ideas you need to captivate your classroom. Whether you’d like your students to demonstrate their knowledge of grammar rules or get their creative storytelling juices flowing, our collection of writing projects, lesson plans, and supplemental resources are thoughtfully curated and require minimal teaching materials. Not only does this allow you to spend less time sharing instructions, but it also allows your students to spend more time working hands-on.
Spanning a variety of formats — including in-depth tutorials, slide presentations, and worksheets — our third-grade writing exercises are specifically designed to increase engagement, spark imaginations, and maximize fun while students are learning the nuances of the English language. And when utilizing any of our enriching writing activities, you can incorporate the power of digital media and grow your students’ ability to use different software tools — a key element to 21st century learning.
From incorporating new assignments into your third-grade writing curriculum to challenging your students with more advanced writing or storytelling projects, our writing resources are adaptable to fit your students’ unique needs. And no matter what subject or discipline you teach, our adaptable educational materials — created and curated by and for educators — will help you implement exciting writing assignments with ease.
Spark young students’ imaginations with these free 3rd-grade writing worksheets and activities
Using our free and adaptable third-grade writing activities, you can inspire your students and promote digital literacy through purposeful learning experiences. And to ensure that your students can successfully expand their writing skills, we’ve selected resources that incorporate a variety of creative tools and lesson types. New to Adobe’s suite of digital tools? All our writing resources include tutorials and step-by-step instructions to maximize simplicity, eliminate guesswork, and help you turn your classroom into a magical place for learning. In addition, we've made it a breeze to find third-grade writing resources that match your school’s or district’s software implementation or license type.
Ready to create fun and immersive writing experiences for your class? Our unique third-grade writing worksheets and activities help students learn how to communicate effectively, work independently or collaboratively, and contextualize online information. Explore the Adobe Education Exchange’s vast collection of writing resources today to incorporate modern writing skills and core competencies into your classroom.
Frequently asked questions
The Adobe Education Exchange is at the forefront of creative education, and the introduction of digital media into the classroom has become a focal point for our curation process. With each of our third-grade writing exercises, we’ve included the opportunity for both you and your students to utilize a variety of digital tools and media.
The Adobe Education Exchange allows you to source creative third-grade writing exercises and discover activities that introduce excitement and maximize engagement in your classroom. You can also use our writing resources to supplement, reimagine, or adapt assignments for other projects. Plus, our resources are designed so that you can easily incorporate them into an existing lesson plan.