Division 3
Monday, April 27 - Grade 3
Grade 3 Math
Grouping (Mulitiplication)
Parents: small countable objects, like hard beans, lego pieces, pebbles will help students develop counting strategies for grouping.
Watch the video - at the end there are 6 questions, do these on a piece of paper, and see if you're correct!
Complete this grouping activity
Math Game of the week:
Practice Skip Counting Patterns to get the big truck to the end of each road. Use a Hundred Chart , to help (ignore the instructions.)
Grade 3 Language
Reading and Responding
Read a chapter from "A Tale of Two Kitties" by Dav Pilkey - think about how he uses pictures, sound blasts and bubbles to tell his story.
Read "Meet Dav Pilkey"
*NOTE the magazine view on some stories now has a "read aloud" button, so you can hear all the words!
Talk with someone about the interview. What caused Dav to want to be a writer? Why does Dav like Dogman so much?
Writing:
Some Science Explorations:
A mother robin has decided to build a condominium at our house. Here is a picture of her nest.
I look forward to when the chicks hatch and again when they fledge (develop wings strong enough to fly).
Mystery Doug has a great video about birds and nesting this week, be sure to check it out.
PBS Plum Landing - Some great learning games about natural science -
Get outside: Parent Resource and ideas
Some general ideas and activities, and some more specific ones related to the Plum Landing games
Tuesday, April 28
Grade 3 Math
Grouping (Mulitiplication)
Watch the video. Hit pause so you can count on the screen. Once done, finish the grouping activity.
Grade 3 Language
Reading and Responding
Read the two stories:
Toys or Treasures and My Priceless Treasure (stay on this page for the read aloud).
Complete Writing a List
Writing:
Think about an object that is very valuable to you. Write a short story describing the object.
Use these ideas to help you:
- How did you get it.
- Who gave it to you (or did you buy it, or find it?)
- Did you do anything special to get it?
- What makes it worth a lot to you.
Wednesday, April 29
Math
Grouping (Mulitiplication)
Practice grouping with larger numbers than yesterday
Language
Reading and Responding
We have a direct link to Tumblebooks
We may have to put in a generic username and password - see below
Username: tumble735
Password: books
Choose a book from the Read Along section.
Write down the Title and Author on the tracking sheet
For the rest of the week, read 2 or 3 chapters each day, then write down what happened. Use the names of people, and what they did, where they went, and reflect on what you have read. The Book Report is set up to help you.
This sheet is set up for 3 reading sessions.
Writing:
Watch the Studyjams for Biomes. Draw a picture, and write about Each of the biomes.
Thursday, April 30
Math
Language
Reading and Responding
Continue reading novel from yesterday.
Fill in second section of the Book Report.
Writing:
Watch the video about quotation marks.
After watching the video, read the examples on "Quotation Marks 1" and try to use quotation marks on the examples.
Warning: Number three is tricky! Make sure all the spoken part is inside the marks, even though it has two commas and a question mark!
Friday, May 1 - May Day
Math
I have sent you a book called "Multiplication" in Epic
Today you learn about adding to multiply
When you have finished, you will do an activity to practice this skill.
Skills Review
Code Math - drag the arrows into the white boxes to "code" your robot to find the correct answer to each problem.
Addition Blocks - click 2 or more touching blocks to match the target number on the right. How many levels can you go!
Language
Reading and Responding
Continue reading novel from yesterday.
Fill in second section of the Book Report.
Writing:
Watch the video from yesterday, again. Pay close attention to the marks put on special sentences showing people's speech. Then complete the activity.