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MRSD Learning Activities Grade 3 (June 2 - 10)
Dear MRSD Families,
As we release this final Distance Learning Activity Packet, please allow us to express our heartfelt appreciation for the efforts you’ve put forth during these past two months. Your ongoing partnership during this uncertain time has been the key to success and we can’t thank you enough.
You will see this final packet looks similar to prior ones, with an added component. Concluding the packet is this year’s Summer Reading Challenge (page 43 of this packet). Depending on your child’s grade, there is a goal amount of time to spend reading each day. This ensures your child is able to hit the ground running at the beginning of the school year with limited academic loss. Please hang the challenge up on the fridge, or somewhere you all will be able to see it, and initial each day you read over the summer. The challenge will be turned in when school resumes for a prize.
As summer begins, we hope it finds you well and full of memory making opportunities with family. We are looking forward to reconnecting with you in the fall, and please don’t hesitate to reach out with any remaining questions that you may have.
In gratitude,
K-5 Staff
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MRSD Learning Activities Grade 3 (June 2 - 10) We recommend each instructional day to include the following:
Teacher-Led Learning
Family-Led Learning and Supplemental Activities
Meeting Nutrition and Wellness Needs
60 Minutes Maximum 2 Hours Recommended 2 Hours Recommended
Instruction, tasks, and activities as assigned by teachers in this document (English Language Arts/Math/Wellness & Wellness/Music).
Suggestions: ● 20+ minutes of independent
reading or reading to family member (books of student choice)
● Counting and sorting ● Drawing ● Flashcards/math facts
review ● 60+ minutes of imaginative
play ● Journaling (write/draw) ● Arts and crafts ● Listening to music ● Board games, puzzles, dice,
cards ● Drama/acting/singing ● Listening to a read aloud ● Watching educational
programs or videos ● Finding and continuing
patterns ● Measuring around the
house ● Crafting, sewing, knitting
Suggestions: Meal Time ● Integrate hand washing ● Invite children to help ● Include all members of the
family if possible ● Connect/talk during meals
Outside Play ● Walk together ● Bike rides ● Jump rope ● Sidewalk chalk drawing
Inside Play ● Puzzles ● Games ● Stretching
Quiet Time ● Snuggling with a pet/stuffed
animal ● Resting or napping ● Listening to calm music
Please schedule your day as it makes sense for you and as it works best for family schedule and student needs. Each activity or subject does not need to occur in one sitting. Remember to take breaks, and enjoy the time with each other! Please see our Online Resources for Families to help with supplemental activities and wellness needs.
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
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✓ Day 1 Joke of the Day: What did the left eye say to the right eye?
Literacy Mystery Science: Stormy Skies Unit (Mystery 4) How can you keep a house from blowing away in a windstorm? https://bit.ly/3ge03of
● In this Mystery, students explore the effects of natural hazards, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and dust storms.
● Watch the Stormy SKies, LESSON 4 - Exploration section of How can you keep a house from blowing away in a windstorm? (18 minutes)
Math: Collect and Record Data ● Let’s learn about collecting data! Watch this video lesson: Tally Charts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6L2ch1esFGA ● Complete the Reteach Worksheet for Lesson 1: Collect and Record Data. (p. 15 of
this packet)
WEATHER WATCHING: Each day . . .you will be WATCHING, or observing, the weather and recording what you see on the Weather Data Charts (p. 16-17 of this packet). YOUR FIRST DAY WILL BE ON TUESDAY, JUNE 2ND.
● For Temperature ○ Look on a thermometer, or a weather app, to record the temperature. ○ Fill in the thermometers on the recording sheet.
● For Wind, Precipitation, and Cloud Coverage ○ Choose from the word banks to decide which term best describes what you
are seeing. ● For Appearance of the moon
○ Find the moon in the sky, and fill in the moon circle to show what you observe.
Optional practice
● IXL: U.4, U.5 ● My Math Book pages: 695-696 (Answer Key on p. 38 of this packet)
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Music Do you remember the different instrument families? Below is a link to watch a video on the brass family.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Dp2n-MouKU If you like House of Sound, you can go to the music google classroom and find a video for each instrument family. Can you get a rope or spring and make a standing wave like they did in the video? Note: Our Elementary Music Google Classroom Code is 2hxhc5m. All links can be accessed from here or from there.
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Joke of the Day: What did the Dalmatian say after lunch?
Literacy Mystery Science: Stormy Skies Unit (Mystery 4) Complete the activity for yesterday’s lesson - Design a Windproof House where students build paper house models. Then, using limited materials, students design multiple solutions that will make their houses sturdy enough to survive a wind storm, and compare the merits of their solutions.
● Watch the Hands-on Activity. This activity is broken up into 19 steps. Use Days 2 & 3 to do all 19 steps. You will need the following pages:
○ Design a Windproof House Worksheet: https://mysteryscience.com/docs/141 (Choose English/Spanish) on p. 18 & 19 of this packet
○ Paper House Model: https://mysteryscience.com/docs/62 (p. 20) ○ Wind Maker: https://mysteryscience.com/docs/64 (p. 21)
● Materials to be included with the packet to create the Paper House and Wind Maker:
○ 4 Stickers, 5 Paper Clips, 6 toothpicks, and recycle one piece a of paper from this packet
Math: Scaled Picture Graphs/Pictographs WEATHER WATCHING: Record your weather data for today on the recording sheet.
● If you like drawing, you’ll like learning about picture graphs and pictographs! Watch this video Building Scaled Picture Graphs to learn more about them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ewjzJ1JXWM
● Now let’s look at the difference between picture graphs and pictographs.
○ Complete the Reteach Worksheet for Lesson 2: Draw Scaled Picture Graphs (p. 22 of this packet).
Optional practice
● IXL: U.12, U.13 & My Math Book pages 701-702 (Answer Key on p. 39)
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Wellness Growth Mindset Teacher: What is “growth mindset”? Student: “I don’t know”. Teachers: “You don’t know, YET”. Growth Mindset is a way of thinking, learning and taking on challenges. Challenges are opportunities for us to grow. With a growth mindset you understand that you can improve your abilities by pushing yourself. You keep trying even when something is hard. You don’t give up. You develop...GRIT! Examples of Growth Mindset: Remember when you didn’t know how to zip up your jacket or tie your shoes? We would hear students say, “I can’t do it”. We would show you how and have you try again. Then comes the response, “I can do it!” Imagine if you had never tried to zip that jacket or tie your shoes again? As you got older you started to learn how to add, subtract, multiple and divide. You began to read picture books, short stories and chapter books. Some things were a challenge, while other things were easier for you. You probably didn’t know, you had a growth mindset. With each lesson you learn you are growing. Yes, some things may be more challenging and you think you’ll never learn, but keep trying, you will get it. You might not know it YET but you will and we will be there to help you. Practice: Think of something challenging for you right now?
Practice: What are some things you can say to yourself to keep you going through this
challenge? Still want to learn more about growth mindset, here’s some videos you can watch. 2-3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zrtHt3bBmQ
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✓ Day 3 Joke of the Day: How do you stop an astronaut’s baby from crying?
Literacy Mystery Science: Stormy Skies Unit (Mystery 4)
● Continue watching and participating in the Hands-on Activity section of How can you keep a house from blowing away!
● If you have not done so already, watch the Wrap-up section. (2 minutes) ● If you finished all 19 steps on Day 2, have fun exploring Mystery Science today!
Visit Bookshelf to read about Hurricanes. https://www.arcbookshelf.com/#9781429697248 and use these credentials upon logging in:
username: [email protected] password: summer
Watch the video on Dome Homes and Hurricanes: https://safeyoutube.net/w/bZOb
Math: Bar Graphs WEATHER WATCHING: Record your weather data for today on the recording sheet. Today you’ll practice interpreting (or reading) bar graphs.
● Watch this video to learn how to create bar graphs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReW4MPqXTvA
● Complete the Reteach Worksheet for Lesson 3: Draw Scaled Bar Graphs (p. 23 of this packet).
Optional practice
● IXL: U.6, U.7, U.8 ● My Math Book pages 707-708 (Answer Key on p. 39)
Music In the House of Sound video they made their own instruments. Can you make one? You can choose one from the House of Sound video or below are a few more links for making instruments. You do NOT have to watch them all; They are examples to give you choice and ideas.
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sUNXA4NYKI&t=6s · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBg48IK88TI · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFfBrCyHfWs
Note: Our Elementary Music Google Classroom Code is 2hxhc5m. All links can be accessed from here or from there.
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✓ Day 4 Joke of the Day: What do you call a fake noodle?
Literacy Summer Ice Storm-Hail Protection
● Watch this video to learn about hail and the damage it can cause: shorturl.at/eISVW
● Now complete the Summer Ice Storm-Hail Protection Worksheet (p. 24 of this packet) to design a device that will save cars and trucks from hail damage: https://mysteryscience.com/docs/2212 (Choose English/Spanish)
● Explain or share your design with a family member or your teacher.
Math WEATHER WATCHING: Record your weather data for today on the recording sheet. Measure to Halves and Fourths of an Inch
● It’s time to measure! You’ll need a ruler for the activity today (or use the paper ruler on p. 42 of this packet). Grab your ruler and watch the video How to Use a Ruler to Measure Inches (below) and learn how to measure an object to the nearest half and quarter (¼, fourth) inch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1r7WVh2Zgc
● Measure the flowers on p. 25 & 26 of this packet to the nearest ¼ inch and record your measurements on the ¼ Inch Tally Chart (p. 28 of this packet).
● Measure the flowers again to the nearest ½ inch and record your data on the ½ Inch Tally Chart (p. 27).
Optional practice
● IXL: BB. 3 ● My Math Book pages 727-728 (Answer Key on p. 41)
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Music Were you able to make a standing wave last week? If not, try today! What other waves can you make? Do waves with water look different than with your rope? How? Below is a link about sound waves and the different ways scientists use sound waves. Tell a family member or a friend about your favorite way we use sound waves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ude8pPjawKI Note: Our Elementary Music Google Classroom Code is 2hxhc5m. All links can be accessed from here or from there.
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✓ Day 5 Joke of the Day: What do you call an alligator in a vest?
Literacy Read Rain and Floods: http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-rain.htm (p. 29 of this packet)
● Writing activity: Write 8-10 things you learned about rain and floods, and 1 thing you would change and why. Share your writing with a family member or your teacher!
Math WEATHER WATCHING: Record your weather data for today on the recording sheet. Draw and Analyze Line Plots:
● Let’s learn a new type of graph, called line plots. Watch this video to learn all about them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHCBtKFhV8M
● From your tally chart of Flowers to a ¼ inch yesterday, make a line plot of your data on (p. 30 of this packet). *Hint: Each X you draw will represent one flower.
● Complete the Reteach Worksheet for Lesson 7: Collect and Display Measurement Data (p. 31 of this packet).
Optional practice
● IXL: U. 9,U.10, U. 11 ● My Math Book pages 719-720 (Answer Key on p. 41)
Wellness Careers…”What do you want to be when you grow up?” You will hear this question a bunch of times in your life. This is a great way to narrow down your interests so you will never work a day in your life because you’ll love what you do so much that it won’t feel like “work.”
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hQx_RPg9Ro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnfVrwp1lOI
Log into Kudergalaxy.com…Using your Clever Badge...where elementary kids of all ages
Play—games emphasizing basic learning objectives & career interests
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Explore—field trip ideas along with checklists & activity suggestions
Unlike other online resources available today, Kuder Galaxy provides an interactive learning environment that is entertaining for kids and provides valuable feedback to parents and teachers. The system exposes kids to a world of possibilities right at their fingertips.
CAREER ALPHABET CHALLENGE
A B Counselor D E F G
H I J K L M N
O P Q R S T Underwater diver
V W X Y Z
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✓ Day 6 Joke of the Day: What did the little corn say to the mama corn?
Literacy Mystery Science: Stormy Skies Unit (Mystery 4) Lesson Assessment
● Complete the “How can you keep a house from blowing away in a windstorm?” Assessment (p. 32 & 33 of this packet): https://mysteryscience.com/docs/119 Answer Key (p. 34 of this packet): https://mysteryscience.com/docs/352
Math WEATHER WATCHING: Record your weather data for today on the recording sheet. Graphing the Weather:
● Today you will use the information you have observed and recorded for the past 6 days to create the following graphs.
○ Create an Afternoon Temperatures bar graph (p. 36 of this packet) ○ and Cloud Coverage pictograph (p. 35).
Optional practice
● IXL: Complete any skills in section U.1-U.15
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✓ Day 7 Joke of the Day: How do you make an octopus laugh?
Literacy Weather Connection
● Complete the Wondering About Weather page (p. 37 of this packet) share your answers with a family member or your teacher.
● Use materials you find at home to: ○ Build a rain gauge
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/experiments-rain-gauge.htm ○ Make a pinwheel wind collector
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/experiments-wind-pinwheel.htm
Math WEATHER WATCHING: You can continue recording weather data for the remaining days if that’s something you’d like to keep doing. Be a Meteorologist: How do meteorologists forecast the weather? Weather forecasting is a prediction of what the weather will be like in an hour, tomorrow, or next week. Weather forecasting involves a combination of computer models, observations, and a knowledge of trends and patterns. By using these methods, reasonable and accurate forecasts can be made, up to seven days in advance. Writing: Use your data from your charts and write a script as if you were a meteorologist telling the weather for the past 7 days and make predictions about the weather for next week. Speaking: Present your weather forecast to family or friends. You can record this through Google Classroom on your webcam, through Class Dojo, or using a phone. Share it with your teacher! Optional practice
● IXL: Complete any skills in section U.1-U.15
Music Today we are going to SEE sound waves. Below there is a link about a young girl who did a science project.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9CkTCRjaEo
Now try the experiment at home. ● You can use your voice and repeat the experiment with a speaker and music. ● If you use sand (or similar), you may be able to get cool patterns.
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● Note, the girl in the video is putting her mouth as close to the bowl as possible but she is NOT touching the bowl. Have fun!
Our Elementary Music Google Classroom Code is 2hxhc5m. All links can be accessed from here or from there.
Stay safe this summer, and 3rd graders, see you next year!!!
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Rain and Floods (Day 5)
How does rain form?
Water droplets form from warm air. As the warm air rises in the sky it cools. Water vapor (invisible water in the air) always
exists in our air. Warm air holds quite a bit of water. For example, in the summer it is usually very humid. When enough of these
droplets collect together, we see them as clouds. If the clouds are big enough and have enough water droplets, the droplets
bang together and form even bigger drops. When the drops get heavy, they fall because of gravity, and you see and feel rain.
What causes rain?
When clouds develop or rain occurs, something is making the air rise. Several things can make this happen. Mountains,
low-pressure areas, cold fronts, and even the jet stream.
How big are raindrops?
Raindrops are much smaller than we think! They are actually smaller than a centimeter. Raindrops range from 1/100 inch (.0254
centimeter) to 1/4 inch (.635 centimeter) in diameter.
How fast do raindrops fall?
Not including wind-driven rain, raindrops fall between 7 and 18 miles per hour (3 and 8 meters per second) in still air. The range
in speed depends on the size of the raindrop. Air friction breaks up raindrops when they exceed 18 miles per hour.
What is a flood?
A flood results from days of heavy rain and/or melting snows, when rivers rise and go over their banks.
What is a flash flood?
A flash flood is sudden flooding that occurs when floodwaters rise rapidly with no warning within several hours of an intense
rain. They often occur after intense rainfall from slow moving thunderstorms. In narrow canyons and valleys, floodwaters flow
faster than on flatter ground and can be quite destructive.
Do flash floods hurt people?
Flash floods are the #1 weather-related killer in the U.S. Nearly 80% of flash flood deaths are auto related. Know beforehand
if your area is a flood risk.
How much water is needed for your car to float away?
A mere 2 feet of water can float a large vehicle or even a bus. This is why you should never drive through flooded roads. Just 6
inches of rapidly moving flood water can knock a person down.
What is a monsoon?
A monsoon is a seasonal wind, found especially in Asia that reverses direction between summer and winter and often brings
heavy rains. In the summer, a high pressure area lies over the Indian Ocean while a low exists over the Asian continent. The air
masses move from the high pressure over the ocean to the low over the continent, bringing moisture-laden air to south Asia.
During winter, the process is reversed and a low sits over the Indian Ocean while a high lies over the Tibetan plateau so air
flows down the Himalaya and south to the ocean. The migration of trade winds and westerlies also contributes to the monsoons.
Smaller monsoons take place in equatorial Africa, northern Australia, and, to a lesser extent, in the southwestern U.S.
What is radar?
Radar is an electronic instrument, which determines the direction and distance of objects that reflect radio energy back to the
radar site. It stands for Radio Detection and Ranging. This is what meteorologists use to see rain or snow.
What is Doppler Radar?
Doppler Radar detects precipitation intensity, wind direction and speed, and provides estimates of hail size and rainfall amounts.
Doppler Radar gives forecasters the capability of providing early detection of severe thunderstorms that may bring strong
damaging winds, large hail, heavy rain, and possibly tornadoes. Combined with satellites, radar gives forecasters the ultimate
tools to provide accurate forecasts and advanced severe weather warnings.
How does Doppler Radar work?
Doppler Radar gets its name from the Doppler Effect. Have you ever listened to a train whistle as it was coming toward you?
You probably noticed that the pitch of the whistle changed as the train passed you and moved away. This change in the
frequency of sound is called the Doppler Effect. Doppler Radar measures the changes in the frequency of the signal it receives
to determine the wind.
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Summer Reading Challenge
● Kindergarteners, 1st, and 2nd graders: read every day for at least 15 minutes! ● 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders: read every day for at least 30 minutes! ● Have an adult initial on the calendar each day you read. ● Bring calendars and the checklist back in the fall - the more you read the bigger the prize!
***Email prize ideas to your teacher!!***
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