Activities for 3rd GradeMonday 3/30 Tuesday 3/31 Wednesday 4/1 Thursday 4/2 Friday 4/3

Reading /Writing 20 - 30 min.

per day

Read and annotate Hummingbirds

Re-read Hummingbirds,

answer comprehension

questions

Re-read passage. Read writing prompt and complete writing

rough draft using RACES

Edit and Final Copy Grammar Practice

Math 15 - 30 min.

per day

Complete daily questions and study

multiplication or division facts

Complete daily questions and study

multiplication or division facts

Complete daily questions and study

multiplication or division facts

Complete daily questions and study

multiplication or division facts

Complete daily questions and study

multiplication or division facts

Specials Menu 15 - 30 min.

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Independent Reading 15 - 30 min.

per dayRead and complete

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Creative Activity 15 - 30 min.

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Reading Log

Directions: Read 5 days this week, and record what you read.

Date Title Author Number of Pages Number of Minutes

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Creative Activities MenuChoose one fun activity to complete each day. Have Fun!

Baking Baking & Measuring: Bake cookies, bread, or muffins. Work together to measure, count, and mix ingredients using cups, half cups, quarter cups and teaspoons.

Stargaze Stargaze together. Head outside on a clear night, let your eyes adjust, and see if you can find constellations. There are some free apps that can help you find them.

Slime! To make slime, mix 1⁄2 cup of school glue, 1 teaspoon of baking soda, and 2 tablespoons of contact lens solution. Decorate with glitter and food coloring!

Hummingbird Feeder See attached paper for details

Lunch What's For Lunch? Draw and label your idea of a yummy healthy lunch.

30 Day Lego Challenge See Lego Challenge Calendar in our additional resources packet.

GamingGo to MathPlayground.com. Select 3rd grade. Choose a game from each subject

area: Math, Typing, Logic, etc... Have Fun!

Hummingbirds

Birds can be found nearly everywhere on Earth and they come in many different sizes and colors. They also live in many different types of habitats. This affects how they eat, nest, and sing songs. Hummingbirds are among the smallest birds. The bee hummingbird is the smallest bird on Earth, just two inches long. It weighs less than a penny!

A hummingbird is an amazing little animal. It can flap its wings up to 90 times in one second! That's so fast it looks like its wings are a blur. It's hard to see its wings because they are constantly flapping.

Hummingbirds dart around from flower to flower, like bees. They use their long, pointy beaks to drink sweet nectar from flowers. Since they are so busy flapping their wings, they need to eat a lot to replace all of their energy. A typical hummingbird will visit hundreds of flowers every day, drinking more than its own weight in nectar. Nectar has sugar, which gives hummingbirds plenty of energy. As they find insects on flowers, hummingbirds eat them up.

Hummingbirds are attracted to red flowers. They are also drawn to red feeders, which people hang on porches and trees. The feeders are filled with sugary water, which is then dyed red to attract the birds. People hang feeders for them because these birds are a lot of fun to watch!

Like many birds, the ruby-throated hummingbird migrates. This means it spends part of the year in one place and part of the year in another place. It can be found in parts of the eastern United States during the late spring and early summer. When autumn rolls around, it heads south for warmer weather.

Here is an amazing fact: this tiny bird, which is shorter than your finger, doesn't migrate just a few miles. It migrates all the way across the Gulf of Mexico-500 miles-without stopping! From there, it may continue south through Mexico to Costa Rica and beyond. Here is another interesting fact: they are the only birds that can fly backwards! They can also hover and fly upside-down.

The locations where the ruby-throated hummingbird lives in summer and winter

Their nests are very small, about half as big as a walnut shell. They make their nests using little bits of moss and leaves. They use spider webs to hold these little bits of nature together. They sometimes eat the spider before using its web as glue.

The spider's web is nice and sticky. It is also flexible. A hummingbird will lay two tiny eggs. When its tiny eggs hatch and the babies begin to grow, the spider web will allow the nest to expand. This helps the babies stay warm and safe. In the image, a hummingbird is feeding its babies. Maybe it is giving them a nice, juicy bug to eat. Maybe it is sharing a taste of sweet flower nectar with the babies. See if you can find a more interesting little bird than that!

A ruby-throated hummingbird feeds its babies.

Hummingbirds Questions

Directions: CLOSE read “Hummingbirds.” Answer each question and remember to go back to the text to check. Justify your work.

1. Read the excerpt below from the text. What is the text structure?

The spider's web is nice and sticky. It is also flexible. A hummingbird will lay two tiny eggs. When its tiny eggs hatch and the babies begin to grow, the spider web will allow the nest to expand.

a. compare and contrast b. sequencing c. cause and effect

2. What does the phrase, attracted to, mean as it is used in paragraph four?

a. get attention b. drawn to c. to like flowers d. to like red

3. What is the main idea of paragraph three?

a. Hummingbirds flap their wings rapidly and use a lot of energy. b. Hummingbirds are attracted to the color red and to sugary water. c. Hummingbirds visit hundreds of flowers each day to drink a lot of nectar. d. Hummingbirds dart to hundreds of flowers to find nectar and replace their energy.

4. Where can the ruby throated hummingbird be found in the spring and summer?

a. western United States b. eastern United States c. south of Mexico d. Costa Rica

5. Which part of the paragraph best explains the meaning of the word blur in paragraph two?

A hummingbird is an amazing little animal. It can flap its wings up to 90 times in one second! That’s

so fast it looks like its wings are a blur. It's hard to see its wings because they are constantly flapping.

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b c d

Hummingbirds Writing

Prompt: After CLOSE reading and annotating the “Hummingbirds” passage, write an opinion paragraph that describes what you think are the three most interesting facts about hummingbirds. Remember to use RACES and cite evidence from the text (citation). Then, read it to an adult!

Restate the question (turn the prompt into a statement with your opinion)Answer the questions (answer all the parts of the question) Cite the evidence (text talker and citation from the text)Explain the evidence (explain how your citation supports the answer)Summarize (summarize your information, restate your opinion with a call to action)

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Text Talker Cheat Sheet Transitional Words Cheat Sheet

The text states, “_____________________________.”The author wrote, “___________________________.”In paragraph ____, the author said, “___________.”According to the text, “_______________________.”

For this reason… First,In addition… Next,Also… In conclusion,Then…

Hummingbirds Grammar Practice

There are five highlights in the passage that may be incorrect. Close read the passage and then answer the questions to correct the text.

1. Replace dont with:

a. it is correct b. do'nt c. don’t d. do it

2. Replace their with:

a. it is correct b. there c. they’re d. theer

3. Replace flowers they with:

a. it is correct b. flowers, they c. flowers they’re d. flowers. They

4. Replace to with:

a. it is correct b. too c. two d. toe

5. Replace means with:

a. it is correct b. meens c. mean d. menes

Hummingbirds dont use their long beaks like straws. They have a tongue just like you. They use their tongues for eating. They flick their tongues in and out of their mouths while inside of flowers they lap up nectar. Flowers give them the energy that they need.

Hummingbirds help flowers to. They get pollen on their heads and bills when they feed. Flowers use pollen to make seeds. Hummingbirds help pollen get from one flower to the next. This helps flowers make more seeds. More seeds means more flowers. More flowers means more food for hummingbirds. Isn't it nice how that works out?

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2 What fractions are equivalent to 2/5?

a. 1/5b. 1/10c. 2/10d. 6/15

2 Compare the Fractions

2 What statement is true?

a. 1/2 < 3/4b. 1/2 > 3/4c. 1/2 = 1/4d. 1/4 > 1/3

2 What fraction is equivalent to 1/4?

a. 1/3b. 2/4c. 2/8d. 3/8

2 What statement is true?

a. 1/3 = 2/3b. 1/3 < 1/4c. 2/3 < 4/6d. 2/3 = 4/6

3 What is the fraction of shaded area?

3 Draw an illustration to represent 3/4

3 Draw a number line and plot 3/7

3 Shade in the shape to represent 2/4

3 Create a shape to represent 5/9

4 Mark 1/4 in the beaker

4 What is the measurement of the crayon?

4 What is the measurement of the object below?

4 How much liquid is in the beaker?

5Jeff’s teacher has 2 boxes of dry erase markers. Each box has 12 markers. If all 27 students need new markers, will Jeff’s teacher have enough?

5 Angela needed 32 erasers so she can give 2 to each classmate. She found packages that contain 6 erasers each. If she bought 4 packages, how many erasers would she have left over?

5Melissa has 76 stickers. She gives 16 to her brother. She wants to place the rest into 5 equal groups. How many stickers will be in each group?

5Heather had 15 green marbles. Then she bought 3 bags of blue marbles. There were 6 blue marbles in each bag. How many marbles does Heather have now?

5Mila and Desirae are collecting bracelets. Mila collected 32 bracelets, and Desirae collected 12. After they collected all of the bracelets, they decided to give 4 bracelets to each teacher. How many teachers could Mila and Desirae give bracelets to?

4 How much liquid is in the beaker?

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Intermediate Specialist Menu 3/30-4/3 *Choose one “Special” to participate in each day.*

Monday 3/30 Tuesday 3/31 Wednesday 4/1 Thursday 4/2 Friday 4/3

Art

15 - 30 min.

Outdoor nature sculpture: Look at the Andy Goldworthy Visual sheet in the additional resources. Go outside and find natural materials to use to create a work of art in his style.

Watch this Youtube video to learn how to draw Greg From Diary Of A Wimpy Kid! Create a new story for Greg and draw the comic for the story. https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=dw1re ZBtKMM

Use playdough, floam, or any other modeling type of clay to make a sculpture or creature. If you do not have playdough see the additional resources for a recipe. Make sure you ask your parents first. :) Challenge: Create stop-motion animation using the free app “Stop Motion Studio”

Follow “Let’s Draw Robots” guided drawing in the additional resources to draw a robot! Color your robot with washable markers to add some color. Bonus: Use a slightly wet paintbrush to paint over your marker lines to turn the marker into watercolor paint! https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=wiGnF etB7Wg

Find and discover new textures! Walk around your house or neighborhood and take texture rubbings of different objects! Use a piece of paper and a crayon to put over the top of the object. Rub the crayon on the paper to see the texture pop up! What is your favorite?

Music

15 - 30 min.

Instrument Invention: Draw a picture of your invention. Describe the following: how it is played, constructed, and what it sounds like. Challenge: build your instrument invention!

How many songs can you name? Write down or name as many songs as you can think of in one minute. Choose one of the songs you listed/named and sing or listen to a recording. Challenge: Write one paragraph about what the song means to you.

Music Interview: Interview a family member or trusted adult. Ask the following questions and write the answer in a notebook or journal. 1. What is your favorite song? Why? 2. What instruments do you play? 3. What does music mean to you? 4. Who are your favorite artists?

Listening Log: Write down music that you hear each day. This music can come from anywhere! Some examples include: the radio, commercials, and cartoon opening credits. Draw a picture or write a paragraph about what you hear.

Hand-washing dance choreography: Create a short dance routine with the different ways we can wash our hands (scrubbing nails and between fingers) Here is a Youtube video for inspiration!(Handwa shing Dance “Ghen Co Vy”): https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=ctF5a MV05kM

PE

15 - 30 min.

Spell your name PE style! Do exercises for each letter in your first and last name. Spell your name twice for an extra challenge. Refer to the attachment in the additional resources packet.

Participate in towel fitness challenges. Perform the challenges in open space. Always get your parent’s permission first! Towel Fitness & Challenges

Have a fidget spinner? Print out the “Fidget Spinner P.E. Board” in the additional resources packet. Use your spinner to see which exercises you should do! Mark one side of the spinner to point to an exercise.

Develop your own exercise routine! Pick 5-10 exercises from the website below. Do 15-20 repetitions of each exercise. Be sure to challenge yourself while taking breaks and drinking plenty of water. Exercises Archive

Ready for another full-body workout? Click on the link below to access the video. Be sure to take breaks and drink plenty of water! Full-Body Workout

Young Innovators

15 - 30 min.

Be a Junk Innovator! Can you find something in your recycling or trash that you could “re-engineer” and use for something else? Try it, and help save the planet!

Start a nature diary! Keep a daily diary of what is happening outside your window. Remember to do your observations at the same time each day to be consistent. Notice the trees, the birds, the temperature, the weather, the clouds. Are these things connected and affected by each other? If so, how? Write your observations and explanations in your nature diar y.

Design and make an obstacle course in your home or back yard. Have different members of your family complete it. What patterns do you notice? Make a note of your results and see if you can come up with a scientific explanation.

With parental permission, conduct this simple science experiment : https://www.highlight skids.com/explore/e xperiment/kitchen-m ystery-solved Then read the explanation of why it worked the way it did.

Watch this video to learn more about passenger trains: https://www.highlight skids.com/explore/di d-you-know/train But the trains we see are CARGO trains. Where did they originate? Where are they going? What are they carrying? With parental permission, do some research on the Internet to answer these questions.

Library/ Technology

15 - 30 min.

It’s Story Time! Listen to Mrs. Korth read a fun story at: https://ore.vailschool district.org/read-alou ds-with-mrs-korth

A word cloud is a visualization of words that can communicate much about an idea in a single glance. Click on the link, then type 15-20 words that come to mind when you think of the words “Ocotillo Ridge.” Follow the instructions on the site to create your own beautiful and meaningful word cloud! https://www.abcya.c om/games/word_clo uds

Practice typing simple sentences while working on your accuracy and speed. Sit up tall, use the home row keys, and work hard to reach your end of year goals! Gr.3 (15) WPM Gr.4 (20) WPM Gr.5 (25) WPM All 85% ACCY Click on the link to begin. https://www.turtlediar y.com/typing-tutorial/ simple-sentences.ht ml

What new skills can you learn today? Learn to make Toy Story alien toast from Kitchen Little with Chef Darrell & Atticus. Maybe you can make this for lunch or snack this week? Bon Appetit! https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=D8Xix 7YXk34

Do you know what pixels are and where you can find them? Do you know how many megapixels your eyes see with? Click on the first link to learn about pixels, then click on the second link to create your own masterpiece pixel-by-pixel! https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=1ptJa JT8jAM https://www.abcya.c om/games/pixel_art

Parents and Families: If your student would like to share what they have created with their specialist teacher please feel free to email them a picture of their activity! We would love to see their accomplishments!