3rd Grade
The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.
- B.B. King
Below are suggested summer activities in the areas of Reading, Writing, and Mathematics that will help keep your skills sharp. This is not mandatory summer work, but your teachers and schools know that doing a little bit each day is very helpful in making you the best 4th grader you can be at the start of next year! In addition to all of these activities please make sure to check with the Technology Extension and Enrichment Activities webpage for additional resources. Here are some recommendations for new books for Summer Reading created by our Library/Media Specialists. Please note that your child should be working in the grade they just completed in the 2022-20223 school year.
When in doubt, here is a quick list of the most important activities.
Play! Have fun outside!
Set a routine to read everyday. Find new and interesting books that are "just right" for you. Read for a good chunk of time!
Start a summer writing journal with various types of writing.
Keep your math skills fresh by practicing math facts!
See below for more detailed resources in each area...
Reading
Read daily for at least 30 minutes. Students can also be responding to what they've read. See leveled book list for books at an appropriate reading level.
See the Millburn Library website for their summer offerings.
Here is the link to the Millburn Public Library’s Summer Reading Challenge 2023 video
For access to ebooks during the summer:
See the Millburn Library page and click on "eBooks & Streaming."
Epic!- Free 30 day trial for parents that allows access to over 40,000 premium books.
Epic Free- If students have access to EPIC already, student will have 2 hours of free reading a week in a limited library from 7:00 am until 3:00 pm Monday through Friday.
Here are some recommendations for new books for Summer Reading created by our Library/Media Specialists.
A list of possible response topics is attached. These responses may be kept in a google doc form.
Consider creating a book club to do with a small group of interested readers. Some book club information that can help can be found here.
Review your Red Words. Here is a link to flash cards for practice.
Writing
Keep a summer journal. Each day record what you’ve done that day. A list of ideas is included in this link!
Still acceptable and at times, even preferable, for students of this age to record writing using a pencil or pen, it is also beneficial to vary the mode of writing to also include the computer using google docs to keep track of this writing journal. Students have begun to learn how to type, though it will still be time consuming for some.
Some spelling errors are still to be expected for more difficult words, but students should rely on their word study/red word knowledge as well as digital tools to correct these errors (See above for list of red words). Proper capitalization and punctuation is expected at this age and may vary as sentence type varies.
Students at this level can write at greater length with more detail. Appropriate to expect at least a paragraph per day.
Math
Practice Math skills for 20 minutes. You can log onto any of our available math sites at this link or try logging into ixl.com (limited free access).
School Home Connections- Hands on activities to reinforce the learning in each chapter
Each chapter in Math in Focus has a Performance Task to reinforce skills learned at the end of that chapter. Some of these tasks you may have completed already. Challenge yourself to complete the performance tasks from this years Math In Focus units.