10 free writing resources for 3rd Grade, organised by topic with answer sheets, study guides and topic tests.
Good writing is planned writing. Every prompt here includes a short planning section, then a writing task with success criteria that match what teachers look for in narrative, persuasive and informative texts.
Printable practice with an answer sheet.
A 3rd grade informative writing worksheet. Using a short paragraph about the Texas horned lizard, students learn that a topic sentence…
Persuasive writers choose their words carefully to win the reader over. Children learn three tools: strong feeling words (amazing,…
Instead of telling the reader that a character is scared, good writers show it through what the character does, says and how their body…
A 3rd grade procedural writing worksheet. Students read a model how-to text for making a pinecone bird feeder and find its parts: a title…
A strong persuasive paragraph does more than say what you think. Children learn to state an opinion, give a reason and back it up with an…
Every good story has a problem (sometimes called a complication) that the character must solve, and a resolution where it is fixed.…
Prompts with planning space and success criteria.
An informational writing prompt for 3rd graders: students teach the reader about a food that is popular in Texas, such as breakfast tacos,…
A test-style persuasive prompt on a topic every 3rd grade student has an opinion about. Students practice matching persuasive devices to…
A test-style narrative prompt: a small door appears in the trunk of a tree. Students plan the orientation, complication and resolution,…
A friendly letter prompt for 3rd graders: students imagine their class has just visited the Texas State Capitol in Austin and write a…
Writing prompts include a model opening and clear success criteria rather than a single 'correct' answer, so parents and teachers can give useful feedback.
Yes. All passages are written by Success Tutoring and checked for age-appropriate vocabulary and sentence length.
