Homework Extensions

Roosevelt School’s homework policy clearly sets limits for how much time each child should spend on homework. If your child finishes the homework in much less time and WOULD LIKE TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL work, the following suggestions will help him/her further meet and exceed our curriculum goals for third grade.

  • Practice script

  • Write a story (a memory, a special wish, etc.)

  • Read something and write about it

  • Make a picture book

  • Study math facts (addition, subtraction)

  • Buy and extra math workbook and work on it at home

  • Search the Internet (with parent/guardian permission)- can you find an exciting Internet address and write a description about it to share with the class??

  • Become an expert on a topic that interests you (through reading, videos, interviews, etc.). Then write about it, create a board game, or prepare a lesson to teach your classmates. Be creative. How will you share your new knowledge??

  • Play a learning game (Dominoes, Memory, etc.)

  • Do an arts and crafts project

  • Think of words that rhyme with the spelling words of the week

  • Write a poem about someone you love

  • Draw a picture and write about it

  • Type a story on the computer

  • Observe someone or something and write about it (nature)

  • Research Japan

  • Look up words in the dictionary to increase your vocabulary


  • Learn about a country (books, Internet, world books, etc.)

  • Write your own math problems and solve them

  • Locate different states on a map

  • Write an acrostic poem

  • Watch the History Channel and write about what you learned

  • Play Hangman

  • Count your change- how many ways can you make $.37, $.25, etc.

  • Read a newspaper or magazine

  • Write in a writer's notebook

  • Read more- try to reach our goal of 30 minutes of sustained reading

  • Draw a map- Create your own city and make a key. Can you write directions to get from one point to another?

  • Make a joke book

  • Make a list of ideas for your writer’s notebook

  • What is a palindrome? Can you look it up on the Internet? Create a list of palindromes! (Homophones, Synonyms, Antonyms, etc.)

  • Think of a word and then only use those letters to make up more words. How many words are there in Thanksgiving?

  • Write a new ending to a story

  • Make a model butterfly (solar system, simple machine, etc.)

  • Describe an object in detail- can someone in your family guess what you are describing?

  • Write a chapter book

  • Make a comic book

  • Compare 2 items using a Venn Diagram

  • Create your own word problems and solve

  • Conduct a science experiment

  • Try a sibling’s homework

  • Make a list of rhyming words