Back to School Activities for ELA for 3rd & 4th Grade- Themed and Seasonal ELA

This back-to-school activity pack is filled with ELA activities for 3rd and 4th graders. There are themed activities for each of the six Common Core Standards domains (RL, RI, L, SL, RF, and W). Your students will practice their ELA standards while incorporating the back-to-school theme as well. This will take some of the stress off of your plate by providing you with standards-based and Common Core-aligned seasonal activities!

Each domain will have 3-4 activities or passages. The domains are Reading Literature, Reading Informational, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language, and Foundational Skills. There will be a mix of hands-on partner, whole group, and independent activities.

Please check out the preview to get a clearer idea of all that you're getting!

Back to School Activities Included:

• Reading Literature: 4 passages
  • RL.3.7, RL.4.7- Illustrations
  • RL.3.1, RL.4.1- Ask and Answer Questions and Inferences
  • RL.3.6, RL.4.6- Point of View
  • RL.3.5, RL.4.5- Story Structure

• Reading Informational: 4 passages
  • RI.3.5, RI.4.7- Text Features
  • RI.3.1, RI.4.1- Ask and Answer Questions and Inferences
  • RI.3.6, RI.4.8- Author's Point and Reasons
  • RI.3.8, RI.4.5- Text Structure

• Writing: 2 partner & 2 independent activities
  • W.3.1, W.4.1- Opinion Writing
  • W.3.2, W.4.2- Informative Writing

• Speaking & Listening: 3 partner activities
  • SL.3.2, SL.4.2- Understanding a Read Aloud
  • SL.3.3, SL.4.3- Elaboration and Conversation
  • SL.3.5, SL.4.5- Adding Visual Displays

• Language & RF: 3 partner activities and 1 independent activity
  • L.3.1.d, L.4.1.b- Irregular Verbs & Progressive Verbs
  • L.3.2.c, L.4.2.b- Quotation Marks
  • L.3.1.a- Parts of Speech
  • RF.3.4, RF.4.4- Fluency (with 4th 100 Fry Words)

This Back to School set is part of a bundle. Want all themes?

• Click HERE to check out the Themed ELA 3rd and 4th Grade Bundle.

This resource is an add-on to the ELA units I have created for Common Core. All of these activities are standards-based activities. What makes these unique is that they are themed to a holiday or a season!

• These activities were created to be used alongside the ELA curriculum! If you’re interested in checking that curriculum out, click here for 3rd and click here for 4th!

This purchase is for one single classroom only.

If you're interested in sharing with other classrooms, make sure to buy the extra licenses for a discount through the TeachersPayTeachers tool. If you are interested in a site license, please contact me for a quote at jessica.L.tobin@gmail.com.