Find time for your reading life! Find a cozy spot in your home and read, read, read!

Go outside and make observations about your surroundings. Draw and write about what you see. Take your notes and write a poem about your observations.

Imagine that you have the opportunity to interview a local hero such as a policeman, firefighter, teacher, nurse/healthcare worker, doctor, principal, or first-responder. What would you ask him/her? Write down a minimum 5 interview questions. Write a letter to this person explaining why you chose him/her to interview and why you think they are a local hero.

Choose a topic you are passionate about and create a K,W,L chart. Write K- what you already know about the topic, W-What you want to learn about the topic, and then begin to research the topic. Once you have read several different resources about the topic, add to your KWL chart. Write L- what you have learned about the topic. Then create a brochure or poster that tells someone about the topic you have researched. Be sure to include text features including illustrations and captions.

After reading a book of your choice, discuss your reading with an adult, write at least a half-page response to the reading including a summary of what you read and connection to the reading.

Discuss stories that have been told in your family. Pick a story and write it down and include illustrations to go with your story. Consider writing about special traditions of your family.

Imagine that you have the opportunity to interview someone famous. What would you ask him/her? Write down 5 interview questions. Write a letter to this person explaining why you chose him/her to interview.

Create a comic strip with an interesting character and setting. Think about what your plot of the story will be. Consider the characters, setting, problem, and solution. You may want to map out the plot before writing your story. It might also be helpful to write your story down first, then turn it into a comic strip or graphic novel.

Choose an informational text such as a book or an online article to read. Think and write down questions, opinions or ideas you have about the text as you read. Choose one of your opinions or ideas. Write a paragraph to elaborate on your opinion or idea. Possible prompts include:

• The important part about this text is _____.

• I’m realizing ____.

• This makes me think ____.

• What surprises me about this text is ____.

Respond to your reading by writing about the main idea of your selected text. Possible prompts include:

• The most important point in this page/section/text is_____. I knew that because of_____.

• I learned______after reading this (sentence/paragraph/passage/page). The details that best support the main idea of this text are _____, _____and______.

• The text provides these specific details: _____, _______,and______. The generalization I can make from these details is______.

Practice fractions-remember there are 3 types of models (linear model, area model, and set model)--see this video for more clarification. Don’t worry if you don’t have these fraction manipulatives--you can make your own by using colored paper to create linear and area models, a ruler or draw a number line for the linear model, and objects such as beans or pasta for the set model).

• First try making equivalent fractions or sets (e.g. ½ = 2/4 = 3/6)

• Next compare the sets using familiar contexts such a pieces of pizza or parts of a graham cracker (e.g. “I know that ½ is a bigger piece of pizza than ⅓”)

• Compare the fractions (with the same numerator or denominator) by reasoning about their size. (e.g. ½ is bigger than ⅓ because… or ⅛ is smaller than ⅜ because…)

Recognize and draw examples and non-examples of quadrilaterals (rhombus, parallelogram, trapezoid, rectangle, square)

Find 3-D shapes at home with a family member (cylinder, cone, sphere, cube) and describe using geometric language. Use this video for guidance (e.g. “the cube has __faces and ____edges”) .

Practice telling time to the minute on an analog clock. Tell how long it takes you to do an activity such as “I started my math lesson at 10:00 and finished at 10:30 so I spent 30 minutes doing math.”

Practice figuring out the perimeter with a ruler or you can use pieces of notebook paper. How many papers does it take to go around the outside of your bedroom, kitchen, or bed?

Continue with Fact Fluency-3rd graders should know their multiplication facts up through the 10s. To practice use objects (beans, macaroni, paper clips, q-tips, etc.), or a deck of cards, or have them make their own set of flashcards with index cards and drawings. They can also fill in a multiplication chart (see example on the left).

Go outside and practice your multiplication and division facts with sidewalk chalk or create an array with things from nature such as rocks, leaves, and sticks.

Keep adding pictures to your weather journal. Can you predict what the weather will be like this week?

Everyone has a junk drawer or a catch-all container. Dump out the contents and group the objects by characteristics, like color, shape or texture. Can the objects be grouped more than one way?

Pose the question to your child that we need to pack a picnic lunch for a summer beach visit, but we must choose things that will not melt in the hot summer sun. Have your child sketch the picnic items and describe why they will not melt.

Have your child think about his/her daily activities. Have your child list problems he/she would have if he/she were not allowed to PULL anything all day. Opening doors, drawers, zippers, or other items may be more difficult. Create a list of problems on paper and share with a family member. Encourage creativity!

Why do you think hats were invented? Do we need hats inside buildings or our homes? Usually not! Hats are made to help us with the weather. Ask your child to describe several different hats and discuss how they are used. Your child can draw the “perfect hat” that would protect him/her from all weather conditions!

On a walk around your house or neighborhood, collect rocks, Determine ways the rocks can be grouped and sorted. Be sure to include color, texture, weight, and size!

What would happen if you put a note in a bottle, secured the top back on, and threw it into the ocean? What would happen if you put a note in a different bottle, secured the top back on, and threw this bottle into a lake? Most lakes are freshwater and the ocean is saltwater. In the freshwater lake, your bottle would sink and be lost. In the ocean, your bottle could be washed thousands of miles away. What would each bottle go through during these travels? Where in freshwater we could throw a message in a bottle, so it might not get lost?

Have your child think of his/her favorite foods. Can he/she pick just one favorite? Trace the food back through the food chain to the Sun. For example, if Johnny’s favorite food is chicken nuggets, Johnny would trace his food back first to the chicken, then to the grains, and finally to the Sun. Johnny should write the chain and be sure to include the arrows showing the direction the energy is flowing from the Sun to the grains to the chicken.

Children love to mix two different plants or animals to make a new creature. Ask your child to draw a plant or animal that he/she invents by combining two different living things. Discuss the new creature to correctly label all the names of the parts.

Go back and complete any activities from the previous week.

Keep adding pictures to your “Quarantine Calendar”. Can you find something different to do this week?

Go on a Scavenger Hunt in your house then talk about the items with a family member. What is it used for? Where did it come from? What is the story about it? See if you can find:

• a baby picture of a parent

• a map

• a sales receipt

• a hand-written note or card

• a clock with hands

• a tool from the garage

• a cookbook

• something handmade

• a ruler, yardstick or tape measure

• a school yearbook

• a kitchen tool

• a driver’s license

Look to the future. Draw a picture of yourself when you will be 25 years old. What job will you be doing? What will your house look like? What will your car look like? Share your future with a family member.

Set up a store and play shop-keeper and customer. You can use coins or play money.

Draw a picture of how you are being a good helper at home. What chores are you doing? What rules are you following? Share your picture with a family member.

There are three types of communities: urban with skyscrapers, apartment buildings and crowded streets; suburban with neighborhoods, houses, schools and stores; and rural with farms, ranches and open land. Make a three-column chart with the titles URBAN, SUBURBAN and RURAL. List in the correct column the types of things you would expect to see in each community. Which type of community do you live in?

Go back and complete any activities from the previous week.

Have fun with a few hand jive songs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHNeWSoLQZA

Now let’s draw some Easter Chicks. I would like to see your pictures. Send them to cake@lipanindians.net Have fun!! https://www.pinterest.com/pin/122019471137528434/

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