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Mustang Public Schools 3rd Grade Continuous Learning Plan

Parents/Guardians, Attached you will find your student’s Continuous Learning Plan. This plan has been thoughtfully developed with MPS teachers to provide you with at-home learning tasks that are high interest and aligned to our Oklahoma Academic Standards. We don’t expect families to replicate the teacher and classroom experience, but we hope you will engage your child in learning with the daily activities provided in each content area. In this packet you will find 5 weeks of learning tasks. Each week, your student will have:

● 5 Reading Tasks (20 minutes daily) ● 5 Math Tasks (20 minutes- 3 days per week) ● 2 Science/STEM Tasks (20-30 minutes- 2 days per week) ● 2 Social Studies Tasks (15-20 minutes- 2 days per week)

In addition to these tasks, it’s important that students continue writing about their experiences. You can provide them with paper or a notebook to keep as a journal. There are journaling “sentence starters” included in the weekly plans that will be helpful for getting them started. The most important thing you can do is read with your child, or have them read a book of their choice for at least 20 minutes per day. To get the most out of their reading experiences, have students retell the story or ask them questions about the book. There are boxes at the bottom of each week’s lessons that will help you track your child’s at-home reading.

● Journaling (15-20 minutes daily) ● Daily Reading (20 minutes daily)

*** We also encourage at least 30-60 minutes of daily outdoor play. Your student’s teacher will be in contact with you throughout this continued learning experience. They will be connecting with your family through emails, phone calls, or virtual chats. They are available to guide and support, answer any questions you might have, and to stay connected to your child’s learning. Teachers are available via email Monday through Friday of each week. When the MPS Board of Education determines our final day of the school year, another packet will be available with end-of-year learning activities.


For additional enrichment resources, please visit our district website at www.mustangps.org.

On our website you will find a number of enrichment opportunities for continued learning, such as:

● Educational Websites; ● Access to MyOn - an online library where your child can check out online

books at no cost; and ● OETA’s programming schedule - OETA has rearranged their programming

to accomodate families who are engaging in continued learning during the school closure. The programming guide is color coded so you will know which programs are best suited for your student’s learning needs.

Also, don’t forget to check out your school’s website and social media posts on Facebook and Instagram for messages from teachers and principals, updates, and to stay connected with your learning community!

http://www.mustangps.org/

http://www.oeta.tv/blogs/education/distance-learning-with-oeta/


Week 1: Reading Activities

Read a story and/or chapter from a chapter book together. Where and when does the story take place? Who is/are the main character(s)?

Look through the book/chapter that you read in the previous activity. Create a list of contractions that you find in the story. Read the list of words to someone else.

Find a favorite toy or stuffed animal. Write a narrative about the day the toy came alive. Did you write complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation? Did you use paragraphs to group ideas?

“The store was a zoo” means the store was _____________. Draw a picture to illustrate the metaphor.

Remember that synonyms are words that mean the same thing. Write down a pair of synonyms. Use the synonyms in a sentence. Is your sentence a complete sentence? Does it start with a capital and end with a punctuation mark?

Math Activities Find 3 objects in your home or outside and measure to the nearest cm and inch with a ruler or use a non standard unit such as cereal, paperclips, toothpicks, or coins. List your objects and measurements on a piece of paper from smallest to largest.

Write down the numbers 0-9 on pieces of paper to make cards. Lay them face down. Turn over two cards and multiply them together. (2 x 9 = 18) Do this 20 times to create and practice 20 facts. Save cards for future activities.

Use your 0-9 cards, turn over two of the cards and make an array with objects in your home such as cereal, coins, paperclips, etc. Use your cards to make 10 different arrays. Save cards for future activities.

Using your 0-9 cards, turn over 3 cards to make a 3 digit number. Round each number to the nearest ten and hundred. Use your cards to make 10 different 3 digit numbers.Save cards for future activities.

Draw a clock face on a piece of paper or paper plate. Use toothpicks, straws, or craft sticks for the hour and minute hands. Create the following times on your clock face: 8:00, 3:30, 6:45, 7:10, 4:50, 9:55. Challenge someone in your home with your own times. Save your clock for future activities.

Science/STEM Activities Use legos or blocks to build a new kind of animal.

Discuss animal habitats. Use legos or blocks to build a habitat for your animal.

Social Studies Activities Make a list of at least 10 words that best describe you. Create a collage from the words on your list and pictures/illustrations supporting the words you chose.

Ask a family member to share stories about how their childhood was similar and different from yours. Create a Venn Diagram or write a story.


Week 1 Continued:

Journaling

Have student write in a journal 4-5 times a week using one of the sentence starters:

Today is _____. Today I read _____. Today I feel _____. Today I watched _____.

Today I will _____. Today I saw _____. Today I played _____. Today I ate _____.

20 Minutes of Daily Reading

Day 1: Day 2: Day 3: Day 4: Day 5:



Read a story and/or chapter from a chapter book together. Summarize the events.

How many different meanings can you come up with for the word trip? Draw a picture for one of the meanings and write a sentence to match it.

Think of an animal that you have seen or read about in the past. Write an informative paragraph about your animal. Be sure to include an introduction, 3 facts about your favorite animal, and a conclusion.

My room was such a mess it looked like a _____________. Draw a picture to illustrate the simile.

Remember that antonyms are words that mean opposites. Write down a pair of antonyms. Use each antonym in a sentence. Are your sentences complete sentences? Do they start with a capital and end with a punctuation mark?

Math Activities

Using your 0-9 cards from last week, draw 2 cards. Use those numbers to create and write 5 multiplication story problems. Use a number model to show your answers. (There were 5 chairs in 6 rows. How many chairs in all?)

Use your number cards to practice addition and subtraction fact extensions. For example 6 + 7 = 13, 60 +70 = 130, 600 + 700 = 1,300. Repeat 10 times and write the extended facts on a piece of paper.

Divide a collection of 24 objects such as cereal, macaroni, buttons, toothpicks, rocks, or coins in the following groups. Divide your collection into 2 groups, 4 groups, 6 groups, and 8 groups. How many are in each group? Write your answers on a piece of paper and list the fact family such as 12÷4=3, 12÷3=4, 3x4=12, 4x3=12

Using your 0-9 cards, turn over 4 cards to make a 4 digit number. Round each number to the nearest ten, hundred, and thousand. Use your cards to make 10 different 4 digit numbers.

Using your clock face, create the following time: 3:00, 12:30, 4:20, 6:15, 9:05. Challenge someone in your home with your own times. Save your clock for future activities.

Science/STEM Activities

Use gumdrops, jelly beans or marshmallows and toothpicks to build a structure or shapes.

Discuss or write about what you built.

Social Studies

Discuss what you appreciate most about your area of the state and what you have learned from it. (i.e. terrain, natural resources, location, people) Write a paragraph describing your favorite place in OK.

Make a banner or bumper sticker with a motto that relates to Oklahoma. Include a symbol that supports your motto.


Week 2 Continued:

Journaling








Read a story and/or chapter from a chapter book together. Is the story or chapter narrated in 1st or 3rd person? Remember: First person: The character will use I, me, and we. Third person: The narrator will use he, she, and them.

How many different meanings can you come up with for the word bill? Draw a picture for one of the meanings and write a sentence to match it.

What is your favorite candy? Write an opinion paragraph about why it's your favorite candy. Remember to state your opinion, give three reasons why it’s your favorite, and restate your opinion in the conclusion.

Illustrate the following example of personification: The plant begged for water.

Remember that homonyms are words that are spelled the same but mean different things. Illustrate the two different meanings for pen. Write a sentence for each meaning. Are your sentences complete sentences? Do they start with a capital and end with a punctuation mark?

Math Activities

Using your cards, create two 3 digit numbers. Put the largest number on top and write a subtraction problem on your paper. Solve the problem. Repeat 10 times.

Search your home for 5 geometric figures. Identify the figures by name (squares, rectangles, triangles, pentagons, hexagons, etc.) On a piece of paper, draw the shape, write the name and the number of sides and angles for each figure. Challenge: Are the angles acute, obtuse or right?

Using your cards, create a 5 digit number. Write this number on your paper in expanded form and word form. Repeat this 5 times. (23,456 = 20,000+3000+400+50+6, twenty three thousand, four hundred fifty six)

Put 30 coins in a cup. Draw out 6 coins. What is the value of the coins? Write the value on your paper. How could you make this amount using the fewest coins? Repeat 3 times.

Trace around an object such as a deck of cards, a box, or a plate. Divide the figure equally into 8 parts. Color 3/8 of the shape. Repeat this with 4/8, 2/8, 6/8, and 5/8.


Make a water scoop from recyclables that will hold the most water volume and have the most stability to use in a relay race. It must have a handle and a scoop part made from two different materials.

Design an obstacle course outside that you can use to test your water scoops. Run the course and see who ends up with the most water left in their scoop.


Week 3 Continued:

Social Studies Activities

Spell O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A down the left side of the page and list a characteristic of Oklahomans for each letter.

Create an illustrated timeline showing five major events in your life.

Journaling








Read a story and/or chapter from a chapter book together. Where and when does the story take place? Who is/are the main character(s)?

How many different meanings can you come up with for the word line? Draw a picture for one of the meanings and write a sentence to match it.

One day you wake up and realize that you can talk to animals. Write a narrative. Did you write complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation? Did you use paragraphs to group ideas?

Squish! Boom! Growl! Drip! Write a sentence and illustrate it using one of the onomatopoeias.

Read a story. Think about whose point of view the story is told from and how it would change if another character wrote it (For example, how does the story change if Papa Bear tells the story of Goldilocks?). Write the story from that character’s point of view.

Math Activities


Put 30 coins in a cup. Draw out 6 coins. What is the value of the coins? Write the value on your paper. How could you create this value using different coins? Repeat 3 times.

Draw two number cards to practice multiplication fact extensions. For example 6 x 7 = 42, 60 x 70 = 4200, challenge 600 x 700 = 420,000. Repeat 10 times and write the extended facts on a piece of paper.

Go on a 3D shape scavenger hunt in your house or outside. Set a timer for 15 minutes. How many of these shapes did you find: cylinder, sphere, cone, cube, rectangular prism. Challenge someone in your house to do the same.

Using your number cards,create a 2 digit x 1 digit multiplication problem (23x4 = 92) Write your problems on your paper and solve. Do this 10 times.


Using found objects, design and engineer a bird’s beak that could sip a liquid.

Using found objects, design and engineer a bird’s beak that could grab a seed.


Draw the state of Oklahoma and label or draw the surrounding states.

Design a travel brochure that focuses on a place you have been or would like to go in Oklahoma.


Week 4 Continued: Journaling








Read a story and/or chapter from a chapter book together. Summarize the events.

Think of the words which and witch? Draw a picture for each of the words and write a sentence to match it.

What is the best pet? Write an opinion paragraph about why you think it’s the best pet. Remember to state your opinion, give three reasons why it’s your favorite, and restate your opinion in the conclusion.

My feet are killing me! Illustrate the hyperbole. Remember: Hyperboles are exaggerations.

Pick a letter and make a list of words that begin with it. Then write a sentence using as many of those words as possible. Draw a picture that goes along with your sentence.

Math Activities


Put 30 coins in a cup. Draw out 6 coins. Have someone else draw out 6 coins. Both players find the value of their coins. Who has the most money? The player with the most money receives 1 point. Repeat 11 times to see who wins!

Start with 60 and skip count by 4’s ten times. Start with 175 and skip count by 5’s ten times. Start with 1,000 and skip count by 100 ten times. Start with 63 and skip count by 10’s ten times. Write your answers on your paper.

Divide 25 objects such as cereal, macaroni, buttons, toothpicks, rocks, or coins in the following groups. Divide into 2 groups, 4 groups, 5 groups, and 8 groups. How many are in each group? Write your answer with a remainder on your paper. (16÷3=5 R1)

Using your clock face from previous lessons, create the following times on your clock face: 12:15, 2:55, 1:30, 9:50, 7:35. On your paper, write what time it would be 10 minutes later for each time?


Using only thin spaghetti and mini marshmallows, build the tallest free standing tower.

Using only 8 sheets of newspaper and tape, design and build a table that will support the most weight.


Create a postcard or letter to send to someone in another state describing Oklahoma and illustrate.

Draw a stamp that could be used by the post office to represent the state or historical person from Oklahoma.


Week 5 Continued Journaling






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