Division 3
Monday, May 4 - Grade 3
May the Fourth Be With You
Grade 3 Math
Multiplication - Repeated Addition
Watch the following video, to practice the strategy for multiplying - repeated addition.
Have some paper ready, so you can stop the video, and try the practice activities.
Also, there is a challenge at the end for you to try.
Now it's your turn to practice:
Beside each picture write the addition sentence first (just the green part):
4 + 4 + 4 = 12 There are 3 groups of four.
Then the multiplication sentence:
3 X 4 = 12
Math Game of the week:
Game Board The video also shows how to just make a pencil and paper model, if you don't want to print this.
Grade 3 Language
Reading and Responding
This week you will be using Epic Reading for your stories. All your books are in your mailbox.
Today, read Koala
Draw and label the life cycle of a Koala.
Use the lesson in the story to draw a koala. Label three things on the koala's body that help him survive. Explain how it uses each part.
[Paper with picture] [paper without]
Writing:
Choose one of the ideas - 1 is for people who watch Star Wars, and the other is for people who would rather write about something else.
Did you dress as a Star Wars character, or draw a picture about your favourite character, or Star Wars movie scene?
Write a story about your Star Wars adventure. Did you go somewhere in a Millennium Falcon? Did you do something with BB8? Maybe you had an important mission to finish!
If you don't want to write about Star Wars, it's okay! Write a story about your own adventure. Maybe you have an important mission in your own neighbourhood. Is something or someone missing, and you have to find them? What clues would you find to help you? How do you solve the problem! Have fun, use your imagination.
Backyard Explorations: Science world has some good suggestions, and this activity frame to get your junior scientists out to the yard. There are some good ideas to make the activity more challenging, and some questions to help them put their thinking caps on.
Mystery Doug has a great activity on how flowers bloom in the spring, with a new video, and hands on investigation.
The included activity has a Mother's Day project the children can complete.
Tuesday, May 5 Pyjama Day
Grade 3 Math
Grade 3 Language
Reading and Responding
For the rest of the week you will read a mystery novel. Choose one of these (they are all in your mailbox at Epic Reading )
Read 2 chapters each day. Today you will read chapters 1 - 2. Use this Summary Frame to keep track of what you read.
Writing:
Today is pyjama day. Are you wearing your favourite pyjamas right now? Draw a picture of yourself in your favourite pyjamas.
Do you prefer being in pyjamas or your regular clothes? Write about which you like better. Try to write three sentences to give reasons why you like one better than the other.
Wednesday, May 6 Pet or Stuffy Day
Math
Multiplication - Arrays
Language
Reading and Responding
Keep reading your novel from Epic Reading, yesterday.
Read 2 chapters each day. Today you will read chapters 3 - 4.
Continue to use the Summary Frame to keep track of what you read.
Writing:
Draw a picture of your favourite pet, or stuffy. Write about your pet or stuffy. Here are some ideas:
- your pet/stuffy's name?
- what you like best / what's special
about them
- describe them
- their age
- how you got them
- things you do together
- how they make you feel
- If they could talk, what would you talk about?
You should have about 50 - 75 words.
Don't forget: Capitals at the start of sentences, periods at the end. A complete idea is a sentence. If you wrote about a conversation you had with your pet, did you include "quotation marks?"
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Thursday, May 7 Sport Day
Math
Multiplication - Arrays
My Little Book of Arrays: This is a booklet you can print, or easily replicate with a pencil and paper.
Language
Reading and Responding
Read chapters 5 - 6 from the novel you chose Tuesday.
Use the Summary Frame to keep track of what you read.
Writing:
Draw a picture of you doing your favourite sport or movement activity. It can be anything, from dancing and gymnastics, to biking and running, to soccer and baseball - as long as it is athletic. Write about why you chose this activity, why you like it, and a your favourite story about a time you felt very successful while doing this.
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Friday, May 8 Fabulous Forts
Math
Multiplication
*Pro Tip - Drawing a picture to show what is happening in a story will help you solve each problem.
Example:
If each child has 2 ice-cream cones, and there are 3 children. Draw a picture of 3 children, with two ice creams.
Now count the ice-creams:
2 + 2 + 2 = 6
3 groups of 2 is 6
3 x 2 = 6
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
Finish your book. Were you surprised that you got to choose your own ending? Did you read the other endings, too, just to see how those stories ended? Talk with an adult about you ideas.
Complete this activity, where you get to create the ending!
Your "Write Your Own Ending" activity should be 50 - 75 words in length. Of course, you can add more to it, if you like. Use your imagination, and have fun!
Writing:
Draw a picture of a fort you have made, or a fort that you wish you could make. Label the picture. Tell about your fort. Where is it, what is it made from, and what are the things that make it special? What would you keep in your fort? What would you do? And who would you have over?
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