3rd Grade

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Mathematics - 30 Minutes Daily

Complete the sentences by using preview words in the Vocabulary Builder section for each unit.

Use the vocabulary words from the Vocabulary Builder section to answer the prompt in the Reading and Writing in Math section.

Locate a nutritional facts label on a food product. How many calories, fat, sodium and carbohydrates are in the product? Record your findings.

Create a word problem using the nutritional facts label. Solve the word problem.

Online Resource(s) Available:

Mega Math tiny.cc/megamathdisd

Mega Math Spanish - tiny.cc/megamathdisdsp

Reading Language Arts - 45 Minutes Daily

(25 minutes) Reading

Watch a children’s tv show from a local station, such as PBS. What was the story about? Who were the major and minor characters and how did they interact with each other? What was the most exciting part of the show and how was it resolved or how did it end? Tell your parent, guardian, or friend about the show in a way that makes sense to them, even though they did not see it.

Draw a picture of your most important idea from the tv show and tape it up for someone else to see. Ask them to give you feedback from your explanation of the show as well as your drawing.

(15 minutes)

Read your classroom or library book for at least 15 minutes. As you read, make notes of what connections you can make to yourself, other books or texts, and society.

You can read a text in your HMH Into Reading consumable book that your teacher sent home with you. As you read, make notes of what connections you can make to yourself, other books or texts, and society.

(5 minutes) Writing

Write to the author or a character in the text about a part you read. Tell them what you liked about that part and what you predict is going to happen next.

Write a summary of the reading.

Choose the 4 most important events that happened in your book and make them into a comic strip.

Choose a character from the book and write an acrostic poem about them.

Ideas for extension:

Go to the website timeforkids.com

Choose the circle for grades 3 - 4. Then read through the titles of the topics for one that interests you. Read the article and then write your teacher a letter stating whether or not this article should be read by the whole class or not. State your reasons why the article is important.

Resources that may be needed for this day:

Library, classroom, or home outside reading book

Television

If internet: https://www.timeforkids.com/ (free)

Newsela https://newsela.com/ (English/Spanish)(free but must enroll as educator/parent)

Science - 30 Minutes Daily

Observe living organisms. Identify and describe the structures and functions that help them survive in their environment.

Observe interactions between living and nonliving elements in an ecosystem. Record and explain the interactions between some living and nonliving elements.

Illustrate and compare the life cycles of tomato plants, frogs, and lady beetles.

Online Resource(s) Available:

PBS Learning Media-Butterflies bit.ly/PBSButterfly

PBS Learning Media-Bird Migration bit.ly/PBSBirdMigration

PBS Learning Media-Habitat Basics bit.ly/PBSHabitats

Social Studies - 30 Minutes Daily

Overarching Activity:

Note: Create a calendar for the next two weeks.

Each day watch or read:

This Day in History or https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history (English)

Hoy en la historia or https://www.canalhistoria.es/hoy-en-la-historia/ (Spanish)

Share one of the stories and your graphic with a family member. Say: Did you know today in history…

Comparte la historia con un miembro de tu familia. Usa la siguiente frase de apoyo: Un día cómo hoy...