3rd Grade Learning Board April 27- May 1

Complete daily activities under each category. We recommend spending 2-3 hours on learning each day. Feel free to take breaks between tasks. MAPEL activities can be done any day.

Please contact your child’s teacher if you have any questions.

Share what you are learning by posting on Seesaw, emailing a photo or video, or taking a screenshot of the Show Me app and email it to your teacher. If you don’t have access to technology, keep the paper copies

and bring them back when we see you next.

-Fairy Tale Theme-

Reading

Compare a fractured/retold

version of “The Three Little Pigs”/”The Three Billy Goats Gruff” to the original version.

Compare how the characters, settings, and problems are alike

and different.

To compare, use: -a Venn Diagram

- a T-Chart

OR

- write a paragraph

Math

Using graph paper, draw a bed for papa bear, mama bear, and

baby bear.

Find the area of all 3 beds by counting the squares or

multiplying the length x width.

Find the area of your own bed by measuring its length and

width. Multiply your measurements! Use the

calculator on your iPad if you need to.

Additional Learning

iPad Apps - IXL, Reflex,

Classhero, Prodigy

Games/Puzzles

Flashcards

Independent Reading

Baking/Cooking

Chores

PE

Lesson 1. Perform each exercise from the strength/flexibility sheet. (see attachment below) Lesson 2. Create an obstacle course in your house or outside. (see attachment and links below) Remember to drink enough water during the day.

Writing

Continue your work of writing your own fractured/retold

fairy tale based on either “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” or “The

Three Little Pigs”.

Today, begin writing the first paragraph (4-5 sentences

long).

The first paragraph is called the backstory. This will

introduce your characters, the setting, and the problem in your

story.

You can begin this paragraph by writing:

Once upon a time___.

Make sure to send a picture of your writing to your teacher!

Science

Mystery 2

What makes bridges so strong?

Open the camera app on your iPad to scan the code!

Click Me!

Watch Mystery 2 about forces

(or read the attached overview for those without internet).

Additional Learning

iPad Apps - Readworks, Epic,

Brainpop Jr., Raz Kids

Games/Puzzles

Flashcards

Independent Reading

Baking/Cooking

Chores

Music

1. Imagine (or sing) a known song (choose from

attachment) in a different style! How does it sound?

2. Describe it! Send me a video or email me your

description of what it sounds like, why you chose it, or your performance, if

you can! 3. If you choose not to sing,

who would you choose to sing it or perform it? What

style would you pick? Would you call it something

different? I can’t wait to see!

4. Check out this activity and more on the new music

google site !

Reading

Reread a fractured/retold fairy tale of “The Three Little

Pigs” or “The Three Billy Goats Gruff”.

What happened to your

characters? Track the most important details and events in

the story.

Retell the story by:

-using the 5-finger retell strategy (setting, characters, problem,

events, solution)

-tracking what happened on a story mountain

-recording yourself in a video telling

what happened

-using the strategy: Somebody__ Wanted__ But__ So__

Share a picture/video of your

retell to your teacher!

Math

Design a house for Beauty and the Beast to live in on graph

paper. Make sure your house has at least three rooms.

Find the area and perimeter of

each of the rooms.

You could design a bedroom, kitchen, living room, arcade

room, theater, or anything you think the characters would

enjoy!

Additional Learning

iPad Apps - IXL, Reflex,

Classhero, Prodigy

Games/Puzzles

Flashcards

Independent Reading

Baking/Cooking

Chores

Art

Free Draw

or Choose something to draw

along with from Art for Kids Hub - “How to Draw”

YouTube Channel

https://youtu.be/qJUclowq0J8

Writing

Continue your work of writing your own fractured/retold

fairy tale based on either “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” or “The

Three Little Pigs”.

Today, write your first scene. What happens to your

characters in the first part of the story?

Make sure to include lots of

details (using the five senses: taste, smell, sight, touch, hear),

dialogue (what your characters say), and action (what your characters do)!

You can begin this paragraph

by writing: “One day…”

Make sure to send a picture of your writing to your teacher!

Science

Build a Bridge for the Three Billy

Goats Gruff

Click Me!

After you’ve watched Mystery 2, complete the activity.

(For those without internet,

read through the overview and attached instructions.)

Additional Learning

iPad Apps - Readworks, Epic,

Brainpop Jr., Raz Kids

Games/Puzzles

Flashcards

Independent Reading

Baking/Cooking

Chores

Library

Read or listen to the story

Super Red Riding Hood

Or

Click Me!

Create the path that Red Riding Hood follows. See QR code or

worksheet below for directions.

Or

Click Me!

Reading

Read your writing out loud!

Record yourself reading the start of your fractured/retold

fairy tale OR read it out loud to a family member.

You can record yourself on

Seesaw or by taking a video on your iPad camera. Make sure to

send your video to your teacher!

Math

Design a bridge for the three

billy goats to cross. You can use your bridge from yesterday’s

science activity or create a new one using legos, popsicle sticks,

cardboard, paper, or other materials that you have at

home.

Find the area of your bridge by measuring the length and width to the nearest inch.

Area = Length x Width

Find the perimeter by adding the length of all four sides.

Additional Learning

iPad Apps - IXL, Reflex,

Classhero, Prodigy

Games/Puzzles

Flashcards

Independent Reading

Baking/Cooking

Chores

Writing

Read and fill in the

fractured/retold fairy tales “Jack and the Cornstalk”

and/or “Cinder Fella”.

You will need to fill in the details of the story to create your own fractured/retold

fairy tale.

Record yourself reading this story or read it to someone

at your house!

Science

Magnetic Forces

Open the camera app on your

iPad to scan the code!

Click Me!

Magnet Scavenger Hunt (see attached worksheet)

Using a refrigerator magnet,

bar magnet, horseshoe magnet, etc. find as many

magnetic objects as possible in your home!

Additional Learning

iPad Apps - Readworks, Epic,

Brainpop Jr., Raz Kids

Games/Puzzles

Flashcards

Independent Reading

Baking/Cooking

Chores

Mystery 2 Today, I want to tell you a true story about a place and about a guy whose name was Charles Ellis. Charles built something right in this spot, and what he built is world-famous. You'll see by the end of the Mystery that you'll probably recognize it. For this story, we have to go back in time. We're going to go to the year 1929, almost a century ago. Charles was an engineer -- that's someone who uses science in order to build things. And Charles faced a challenge. You see, he had been called to help two cities on the West Coast of North America. Between the two cities was this wide channel of water. The two cities often traded goods with each other, and some people even went between each city to work each day. But there was only one way to get across this stretch of water: by boat. It wasn't great. A boat ride took over 45 minutes to get from one side to the other. The people in the two cities wanted Charles to build a bridge across the big channel of water, so they could drive their cars and trucks from one city to the other. And they didn't want just any bridge: they wanted a bridge that would be beautiful -- really nice looking, something the whole world would admire, something that could be famous. A lot of experts said a bridge couldn't be built there. They said the distance was too great. It was more than a mile across. They also thought that the water in the channel was too deep. And it was really deep. If you sucked out all the water in this spot, like that, you'd see it was almost 400 feet down to the bottom. And what's more, lots of huge ships needed to get through the channel of water -- big ships like cargo ships, cruise ships, Navy ships. Any bridge that was going to be built couldn't have a lot of pillars or supports underneath it because those would block the passageway for huge ships like these. So, how could a bridge meet all of these challenges? Today, just like Charles, you're going to design your own bridge. You'll compete for fun with some of your classmates to see who can make their bridge the strongest. Now, unlike Charles, you don't need to worry about your bridge being able to carry people or cars. You just have to worry about your bridge holding some pennies on it for weight. For this, you're going to make a bridge out of paper. But since you might not have thought much about designing bridges before, let me tell you a little bit more about the story of Charles Ellis, the engineer, so that you can learn something about designing bridges. Now the first question any bridge designer might ask is: well, what's wrong with just a really long board? After all, that's the simplest kind of bridge. Like, imagine all we had to do was cross a little stream or creek. It's just wide enough that you probably don't want to jump. So you might lay down a board to walk across. But see, if the creek were even a little wider, you start running into problems with putting a board across because the board now has to be longer in order to reach the other side. The longer a board, the more it weighs. And the more it weighs, the more it sags under its own weight. And now, if you add a weight on top of that, like a person walking, then the sagging downwards gets even worse. If you put too much weight on it, it might sag down into the water or

even snap. So what could you do with a bridge like this? How could you keep it from sagging? One idea we had was you could put a pillar underneath the board to keep it from sagging. This is the idea they used for a bridge like this in Louisiana.

Where the bridge would have been sagging, they put big pillars underneath it to keep it from sagging. The weight of the road and any cars or trucks driving on it pushes down. So something is needed to push back up otherwise the bridge will fail and break. As long as you have lots of supporting pillars, it’s possible to build a bridge as long as you want it to be. The Lake Pontchartrain bridge here is really long, it’s one of the longest bridges in the world. When you build your paper bridge, maybe you can build it super long using pillars like this. But poor Charles can’t just build a bridge with pillars all along it because Charles has to deal with a really deep channel and there has to be room for large ships to go through. So suppose we have a situation where a bridge is going over something really deep. You can’t just put a stick or pillar to support a bridge in the middle, BUT you can put 2 pillars off to the side like these bridges here.

Now you’re supporting the middle of the bridge because the force of the weight is pushing off to the sides. You can probably guess what this kind of bridge is called, it’s an arch bridge! Arch bridges are a very

popular design for bridges, you may even have one near where you live. So, could Charles use an arch bridge design? This definitely would make for a beautiful bridge, and it wouldn’t have any pillars underneath so that’s great for his problems, but unfortunately he can’t use this design because arch bridges can only be so long. If an arch bridge is too long, the sides won’t support the weight of the bridge. The longest arch bridge in the world is just over 550 feet across. The gap of water Charles Ellis needs to cross is over 5,000 feet, that’s almost a mile across! This design may work well for your bridge made out of paper, but this won’t work for Charles Ellis. He needs a different design. There is a 3rd design that is possible. Now remember with a pillar bridge you are using pillars to push up on the weight of the bridge from down below, and in an arch bridge you are using two pillars off to the sides to push up on the weight from the sides. But notice, for both designs, they’re pushing UP on the bridges. What if you didn’t have anything pushing up on the bridge? Could the bridge have something pulling down instead? Well, you can! This kind of bridge is called a suspension bridge. If you know the word suspenders this is easy to remember. It’s called this because the bridge suspends, or hangs, from towers, it’s a pulling force. The road is here, and the weight of it or anything driving on it, is supported by ropes made of steel supported by the towers.

THIS is the design that Charles Ellis chose to cross over the channel of water. And when he did this, he created one of the most famous bridges in the world. In fact, I chose not to tell you the cities the bridges connected on purpose. The city on one side is San Francisco, CA and the city on the other side is called Sausalito. Now by now, you may have guessed which bridge Charles Ellis designed. It’s this: The Golden Gate Bridge. The suspension bridge design solved all of Charles’ problems. It was able to cross the wide gap of water, but without needing any pillars in the middle where it was so deep and

large ships could still go through. To make this bridge, Charles and his crew had to construct 2 large towers that were placed in the shallower ends of the channel to hang the bridge from. Then they hung the bridge itself, the roadway, using incredibly strong steel cables.

When it was completed in 1937, the Golden Gate bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world. And it still makes the top 10 list, but even if it is not the longest suspension bridge anymore, it is still one of the most famous probably for its beautiful design, its striking dark orange color, and the incredible views from almost anywhere near the bridge. People often ask, why is it called the Golden Gate bridge? It’s orange, not gold! Well the channel of water underneath the bridge is called the channel of the Golden Gate, so it’s named for the body of water it crosses, not for its color. That’s the story of Charles Ellis the engineer and the bridge he built, the Golden Gate Bridge! Now might be a time to think about the bridges you have seen, and what makes a bridge strong. There’s one little extra thing that you can do to make a bridge extra strong. This may be something you want to know before you go designing a paper bridge. If we think about the world’s simplest bridge, a simple board across the stream. Remember if the board is very long, it would sag in the middle, and if you walked on it the board may sag in the middle or even break and tip into the water. But if you turned the board so that it’s on its side, it’s a LOT stronger! If you were to walk on it now, it wouldn’t sag. It

can support a lot of weight. So if you took 2 boards and put them on their side, and then put a flat board on top for walking over, this bridge alone would be stronger than the flat board across. What’s crazy is that this bridge doesn’t even have to be turned this way. If you nailed those 3 boards together, and then you turned them so it’s facing upwards, it still has the same strength. The 2 boards pointing up make this bridge stiff, they keep the bridge from sagging. Many real life bridges are made this way, but they

use steel instead of wood since steel is even stronger. The problem is, steel is very heavy, so bridge builders thought about how they could make a bridge like this, but keep it light. They realized it doesn’t have to be one giant flat piece of steel along the side. You could also have steel beams or poles, and it would be just as strong, but a whole lot lighter. They call this type of bridge a truss bridge, for the French word for bundle, since it’s like a bundle of beams or poles. But all it is is a lightweight version of this, a way to make it stronger. Sometimes you can even see a truss design inside of other types of bridges too! Even the Golden Gate Bridge uses a truss underneath the roadway to support it. So you may want to consider that as you are building your own paper bridge.

Science Activity Instructions- See Bridge Challenge

Sheet

Math Resources

Area Brainpop Jr. Perimeter Brainpop Jr. Click Me Click Me

Library 4/27-5/1

Little Red Riding Hood by Leanne Guenther

Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a village near the forest. Whenever she went out, the little girl wore a red riding cloak, so everyone in the village called her Little Red Riding Hood.

One morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could go to visit her grandmother as it had been awhile since they'd seen each other. "That's a good idea," her mother said. So they packed a nice basket for Little Red Riding Hood to take to her grandmother.

When the basket was ready, the little girl put on her red cloak and kissed her mother goodbye. "Remember, go straight to Grandma's house," her mother cautioned. "Don't dawdle along the way and please don't talk to strangers! The woods are dangerous." "Don't worry, mommy," said Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll be careful."

But when Little Red Riding Hood noticed some lovely flowers in the woods, she forgot her promise to her mother. She picked a few, watched the butterflies flit about for awhile, listened to the frogs croaking and then picked a few more.

Little Red Riding Hood was enjoying the warm summer day so much that she didn't notice a dark shadow approaching out of the forest behind her...

Suddenly, the wolf appeared beside her. "What are you doing out here, little girl?" the wolf asked in a voice as friendly as he could muster. "I'm on my way to see my Grandma who lives through the forest, near the brook," Little Red Riding Hood replied. Then she realized how late she was and quickly excused herself, rushing down the path to her Grandma's house.

The wolf, in the meantime, took a shortcut... The wolf, a little out of breath from running, arrived at Grandma's and knocked lightly at the door. "Oh thank goodness dear! Come in, come in! I was worried sick that something had happened to you in the forest," said Grandma thinking that the knock was her granddaughter. The wolf let himself in. Poor Granny did not have time to say another word, before the wolf gobbled her up!

The wolf let out a satisfied burp, and then poked through Granny's wardrobe to find a nightgown that he liked. He added a frilly sleeping cap, and for good measure, dabbed some of Granny's perfume behind his pointy ears. A few minutes later, Red Riding Hood knocked on the door. The wolf jumped into bed and pulled the covers over his nose. "Who is it?" he called in a crackly voice. "It's me, Little Red Riding Hood." "Oh how lovely! Do come in, my dear," croaked the wolf.

When Little Red Riding Hood entered the little cottage, she could scarcely recognize her Grandmother. "Grandmother! Your voice sounds so odd. Is something the matter?" she asked.

"Oh, I just have a touch of a cold," squeaked the wolf, adding a cough at the end to prove the point.

"But Grandmother! What big ears you have," said Little Red Riding Hood as she edged closer to the bed. "The better to hear you with, my dear," replied the wolf. "But Grandmother! What big eyes you have," said Little Red Riding Hood. "The better to see you with, my dear," replied the wolf.

"But Grandmother! What big teeth you have," said Little Red Riding Hood her voice quivering slightly. "The better to eat you with, my dear," roared the wolf and he leapt out of the bed and began to chase the little girl.

Almost too late, Little Red Riding Hood realized that the person in the bed was not her Grandmother, but a hungry wolf. She ran across the room and through the door, shouting, "Help! Wolf!" as loudly as she could.

A woodsman who was chopping logs nearby heard her cry and ran towards the cottage as fast as he could.

He grabbed the wolf and made him spit out the poor Grandmother who was a bit frazzled by the whole experience, but still in one piece."Oh Grandma, I was so scared!" sobbed Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll never speak to strangers or dawdle in the forest again."

"There, there, child. You've learned an important lesson. Thank goodness you shouted loud enough for this kind woodsman to hear you!"

The woodsman knocked out the wolf and carried him deep into the forest where he wouldn't bother people any longer.

Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother had a nice lunch and a long chat.

Library 4/27-5/1 Choose one of the story lines from the 2 stories this week. 1. Little Red Riding Hood visiting grandma 2. Super Red Riding Hood going out to pick raspberries. Make a map of Red Riding Hood’s path from the beginning of the story to the end. You can draw in the space below, use the drawing feature in Seesaw, or create a 3D map. Be creative! Include the characters from the story as well as the scenery (example: trees, path, etc.).

Physical Education:

Indoor Rainy Day obstacle Course Link INDOOR OBSTACLE COURSE IDEAS LINK IDEAS FOR OUTDOOR COURSE Chalk obstacle course Chalk Obstacle course Ideas

MUSIC ACTIVITY CHOICES

Pick one song!:

Rock a bye baby, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, ABC’s, Mary Had a Little Lamb.

Pick one style!:

Rap : Music that includes rhythmic speech more than singing voices and usually with electronic instruments. Cardi B is one popular rapper. Can you perform the ABC’s in rap style?

Classical: An orchestra includes violins, violas, cellos, string basses, brass instruments like trumpets, trombones and tubas, french horns, and woodwinds like flutes and clarinets; timpani drums for percussion (large, loud drums with pedals) and are sometimes led by other instruments such as piano or harp, or voice. One popular classical musician today is Yo-Yo Ma. Imagine Twinkle performed by a whole orchestra, or maybe just one Cello!

Pop : Music usually heard on the radio and popular with young people. The tempo can range from fast to slow. Instruments vary, and there is usually a lead singer. This music includes popular artists such as Taylor Swift. Can you imagine Taylor Swift singing Rock-a-Bye Baby?

Blues: Music that usually includes guitar and/or voice, and lyrics or music that tell a sad story. One popular blues artist would be BB King. How about the “Mary Had a Little Lamb Blues”?

Rock: Music that is also heard on the radio and usually includes electric guitars, drums, bass guitar, and voice. Rock music includes bands like AC/DC.

Jazz : Music that usually involves instruments like voice, piano, bass, drums, sometimes guitar, saxophone or brass instruments like the trumpet. Jazz music uses a wide variety of notes and rhythms, and lots of tempos (speeds) as well. One Example of a jazz musician is Duke Ellington.

Cinder Fella

Cinder Fella was a poor boy who lived with his stepfather and

two brothers. They made Cinder Fella work very hard. Every day he

had to __________________________________________________.

One day the king said that he was going to have a ball. The

king wanted to have a ball because ___________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________.

Everybody was going to the ball, everybody except Cinder Fella. He couldn't go

because ________________________________________________________________.

Early that morning, whie Cinder Fella was working, the Godfather suddenly appeared.

The Godfather was dressed in some really wild clothes. He was wearing _______________

_________________________________________________________________________.

Because Cinder Fella wanted to go to the ball, the Godfather changed a tomato into a

motorcycle and two birds into __________________________________________________.

Off went Cinder Fella to the ball. When he arrived, the whole castle was decorated with

___________________________________________________________________________.

Nobody recognized Cinder Fella at the ball. But everyone liked him, because _______

___________________________________________________________________________.

He was dancing with the princess when the clock struck twelve. He ran out of the

castle, jumped on his motorcycle and ____________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________.

The princess was sad that Cinder Fella had left her. The only thing he had left behind

was ______________________________________________________________________.

The princess searched and searched for Cinder Fella. She finally found him in a tomato

patch looking for _____________________________________________________________.

The whole story ended happily when the Godfather ___________________________

__________________________________________________________________________.

Jack and the Cornstalk By: ________________________________ Once upon a time there was a poor boy named Jack. He lived with his mother in a _______________________________________. One day his mother told Jack to sell their car so they would have some money for food. Jack traded the car for some magic corn that was supposed to ______________________________________. Jack’s mother got mad and threw the corn out the window. The next morning, Jack saw a giant cornstalk growing so high that ___________________________________________________. Jack climbed up the cornstalk. When he got to the top, he saw a huge house not far away. It was made from _________________. The giant who lived in the huge house was very mean. Every day he would _______________________________________________. The giant owned a magic machine that made golden ping-pong balls. Each golden ping-pong ball was worth ________________________. Jack tried to run off with the magic machine while the giant was sleeping, but the giant woke up when Jack slammed the door. The giant

began to _____________________________________________. Jack ran to the cornstalk. He started to climb down. Halfway down he __________________________________________________. At the bottom Jack quickly got an ax and chopped down the cornstalk. The giant and the cornstalk fell to the ground with a big crash that caused a _____________________________________. Jack and his mother lived happily ever after, with the magic machine.

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